No Tux Allowed

By Tuxbase Media Group

A Tech Podcast about tech things, rambles, and sometimes a penguin.

... more

· Technology

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about No Tux Allowed:

How many episodes does No Tux Allowed have?

The podcast currently has 124 episodes available.

No Tux Allowed episodes:

September 16, 2026LG the Bad Guy
Valve Watch: Steam Frame now has a reservation
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-Frame-moves-closer-to-launch-as-Valve-adds-reservation-system-for-the-VR-headset-to-Steam-s-backend.1389089.0.html
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe
LG TV caught scanning the network for third party devices
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/lg-tv-shown-capable-of-tracking-user-activity-even-when-offline/
Gamers Nexus Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
LG TV was caught indexing and recording even when not connected to a network.
Detected every device on the LAN including smart watches, themostats, air conditioners, computers, server, and phone even was caught recording the MAC address of each device.
TV Records microphone audio even when in suspend mode.
Apple Event
A20 pro
A Foldng iPhone
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
42min
September 08, 2026Reproducible Chaos: The Hidden Costs of NixOS
Office365 outage
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4216867/microsoft-365-outage-enters-second-day-as-search-disruptions-persist.html
Apple changes CEO’s
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/cook-hands-apple-ternus-bigger-richer-catching-up-ai-race-2026-09-01/
We talk about NixOS
https://nixos.org/
What is Nix and NixOS
The Origin Story
Package Manager
Language
Operating System
What are the Benefits.
Declarative configuration with the goal of reproducibility
Generational Rollbacks
Why we don’t really like it.
Documentation
Community
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
1h 7min
August 31, 2026GLM-Flashed Us
Adobe will now install additional software without user interaction
https://community.adobe.com/announcements-623/adobe-express-photos-june-auto-install-for-certain-windows-acrobat-auto-update-users-starting-june-2026-opt-out-instructions-1626143
To opt out you literally have to make a registry edit on windows
SK Hynix suggest the memory shortage will last until 2030
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sk-hynix-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-4-billion-indiana-ai-chip-packaging-2026-08-27/
The memory shortage is causing prices in a lot of different things to go up. Even some you might not expect.
Secretly Released AI Model Ox Alpha is not exactly a secret now.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/whos-behind-the-new-stealth-model-ox-alpha/
https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/glm-5-3-flash
The Linux Distro Omarchy made headlines does it deserve it?
https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/27/omarchy-distro-gains-serious-backing/5293026
We talk about the security issue reporting…. It’s all fluff articles. No seriously.
https://community.frame.work/t/omarchy-is-not-a-secure-distribution-and-should-be-taken-off-the-linux-installation-options/77363
https://happyfellow.bearblog.dev/merchants-of-insecurity/
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
43min
August 25, 2026AI is Getting Too Good and it’s TOO LATE
Social Media
Meta Social Media Addiction Trial officially begins
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-federal-trial-child-social-media-addiction/
France Social media Age Verification struck down in court
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2vj433xqlo
Was cited as a constitutional right to privacy issue
AI Dystopia
Google to allow users to remove watermarks from Gemini Output
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-will-allow-users-to-remove-watermarks-from-geminis-output
AI models are now attacking everything and even when trying to give fake names in the prompts their still attacking real places
https://www.securityweek.com/irregular-details-how-a-naming-error-let-ai-models-attack-a-real-company/
This won’t stop as long as AI companies dont properly sandbox their AI’s
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
41min
August 03, 2026AI Dystopia is Confirmed
Github Adds a new feature to Dependabot to add a cooldown period
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/github-adds-3-day-dependabot-cooldown.html
https://github.blog/security/supply-chain-security/the-case-for-a-cooldown-why-dependabot-now-waits-before-issuing-version-updates/
Google AI search is getting more popular
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/googles-ai-search-is-rapidly-becoming-the-default-new-data-shows/
Cloudflare apparently has tools to block scrapers too, dunno how we missed this
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/03/cloudflare-launches-a-tool-to-combat-ai-bots/
Sam Altman says we might want to “pace” AI Developmnent
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-is-ready-to-decelerate/
Codeberg bans all vibe-coded projects
https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
51min
July 27, 2026Google fined AGAIN by the EU
EU Fines Google for antitrust AGAIN
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/eu-fines-google-1-billion-for-digital-markets-act-breaches-in-search-and-play-store/
Canonical snap-confine has a root access flaw
HackerNews (Josh has issues with this report)
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/ubuntu-snap-confine-flaw-could-give.html
Original report
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/07/21/cve-2026-8933-snap-confine-local-privilege-escalation
Microsoft Says outage due to maintenance bug
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-massive-microsoft-365-outage-on-maintenance-bug/
Nivida plans to send GPU’s to the moon, literally
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/nvidia-is-sending-gpus-to-the-moon/
OpenAI accidently hacks HuggingFace
HuggingFace announcement (this was published first)
https://huggingface.co/blog/security-incident-july-2026
OpenAI evaluation
https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
46min
July 20, 2026We installed Openclaw — so you don’t have to
Valve Watch: Steam Deck LCD parts are being discontinued
https://www.techpowerup.com/350758/valve-silently-discontinues-steam-deck-lcd-spares-at-ifixit
Google vs Epic finally settles: App stores allowed
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play-next-week-as-epic-settlement-withdrawn/
Josh has been playing Star Citizen
https://starcitizen.com/en/
Bigpod sets up Openclaw
https://openclaw.ai/
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
26min
July 15, 2026 Bigpod Talks AI news
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
24min
July 06, 2026The End of An Era
Microsoft extends Windows 10 Support for another year
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/windows-10-users-can-get-free-security-updates-until-2027-heres-how/
Costs $30 requires one drive and cloud backup enabled
The end of Physical media in gaming
Sony to end physical disk sales
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/sony-will-stop-making-physical-copies-of-playstation-games-in-2028/
Xbox testing a way to digitize existing physical game copies
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/xbox-reportedly-testing-a-way-to-digitize-physical-games-in-the-wake-of-playstation-killing-game-discs-feature-said-to-go-back-to-xbox-one-era-games
OpenClaw comes to Android and iOS
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/openclaw-is-finally-available-on-android-and-ios/
New “BioShock” attack proves AI browsers might not be a great idea
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/ai-browsers-can-be-lulled-into-a-dream-world-where-guardrails-no-longer-apply/
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
24min
June 30, 2026The Steam Machine is FINALLY HERE
About half of US adults are using AI chat bots
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/
Most are still skeptical about it
Mark Zuckerburg wants to create a “prediction market”
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/mark-zuckerberg-wants-meta-to-launch-its-own-prediction-market/
Currently doesn’t have fiscal money but a point system
Valve Watch:
Steam Machine shows up on a pre-order
https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steammachine
You can build your own steam machine
Steam OS
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/697641379212298072
Bazzite
https://bazzite.gg/
So we tried
Bigpod’s Build https://nextcloud.tuxbase.com/s/sKeAnkLSbHHb9rZ
Josh’s Build https://nextcloud.tuxbase.com/s/ryRRDJGmqY47nPb
Send us feedback!
mailto:[email protected]
Join out Discord
https://tuxbase.com/discord
Join us on Matrix
https://matrix.to/#/#tuxbase:community.tuxbase.com
Support us on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/notuxallowed
Intro and Outro Music: I Dunno by Grapes
https://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626
You can find all the links to our stuff here!
https://tuxbase.com
Did you know we’re on YouTube and Mastodon?
https://www.youtube.com/@NoTuxAllowed
[email protected]
Find Josh
https://www.youtube.com/@10leej
[email protected]
Find Bigpod
https://www.youtube.com/@bigpod
[email protected]
No Tux Allowed is member of Tuxbase Media Group
License CC BY-SA 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
...more
1h 3min

FAQs about No Tux Allowed:

How many episodes does No Tux Allowed have?

The podcast currently has 124 episodes available.