Hosts Jonathan Bennett, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie discuss several significant developments in the Linux ecosystem. They begin with an urgent security vulnerability in rsync version 3.3 and earlier that requires immediate updates. The hosts then cover the progress of KDE Plasma 6.3's development, highlighting numerous bug fixes and improvements. They discuss the upcoming Linux kernel 6.13 release and preview features coming in kernel 6.14, including significant improvements for gaming through Wine with NTSync support. The conversation also covers TuxCare's extended support for Microsoft's .NET 6.0, LXQT's new Wayland session support in OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and a detailed technical discussion about PCI Express 7 specifications and testing requirements. Find the show notes at https://tinyurl.com/2zd37cp3

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Jeff Massie

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This week we talk browsers, with coverage of the Servo updates and the new Supporters of Chromium group in the Linux Foundation. The Raspberry Pi has a 16Gb model of the Pi 5, and not everyone is happy about it. KDE Plasma 6.3 has a public beta, Flatpack has released version 1.16, and Mint is on the cusp of releasing version 22.1. For tips we have kshift for quick or automated KDE re-theming, php -S for local php site testing, a quick tar howto, and pipewire-pulse for more pipewire and oulse audio fun. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3BUzLqV Enjoy!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie

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It's the year-in-review show, and the Steam survey, and the Linux Kernel commit review. There's also Proxmox news, news on Debian 13, and questions about x.org. Then the guys dove into their predictions from last year, and made new predictions for 2025. Check it out to see how they did! You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fMbHnK and happy new year!

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Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and Ken McDonald

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The guys are back, this time with Intel news, Microsoft's new open source tool, and the dust-up between bottles and OpenSuse. We finally cover the Pi 500 and Pi monitor, review the latest Framework laptops, and take a look at Microsoft's new Open Source MarkItDown tool. For tips we have comm for comparing files, a tip on bash expansion, fbi for displaying images right on the frame buffer, and abcde for super simple audio CD extraction. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4gtMyQ0

Merry Christmas, and we'll see you next year!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and David Ruggles

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It's the Jeff and Jonathan Show, with the guys talking about the new Intel Arc Battlemage graphics cards, the new hardware attack known as BadRam, and the new proposed Fedora COSMIC spin. There's a new Proton release, CentOS Stream 10 is out, and KDE ships 6.3. For tips we have Cargo for all your rust packaging needs, and switcherooctl for video card management. See the show notes at https://bit.ly/4iDntUk and enjoy!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Host: Jeff Massie

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There's been a bit of a shakeup this week, with Torvalds criticizing Docker, Rustls dominating the TLS performance war, and Intel releasing a graphics card while "retiring" their CEO. Then, Flathub and KDE are working on their finances, OpenVPN has modernized its kernel driver, and Steam Machines may be back! Oh, and don't forget OBS 31 or the potential security issue with OpenWRT! For tips, we have eza as an ls replacement, pv for pipe progress viewing, IMSProg for EEPROM hacking, and HandlePowerKey for customizing what your machine does when you hit the power button. Grab the show notes at https://bit.ly/4gl1VtB and enjoy!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, David Ruggles, and Jeff Massie

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This week we pontificate on Gnome OS and whether KDE and Gnome really need their own distros, the much-delayed progress in Wayland development that's finally happening, and whether here's really a trend from Ubuntu back to Debian. We discuss the Pi CM5 announcement, the new UEFI bootkit announcement, and the leaked steam controller designs. For tips we have dstat for system monitoring, and SSH agent forwarding to forward your SSH keys on remote systems. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4idT1Qb and until next week!

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There's releases, bug fixes, and Windows news. We covered CAD, DigiKam, and Wine. Then new hardware and support, EPEL on WSL, and the Free Software Foundation's de-blobbed kenel. Then finally we cover the latest drama in the kernel and Code of Conduct enforcement. For tips we have pw-container, kdocker on Wayland, and Qucs-S. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3ALweut and we'll see you next time!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald

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This week is full, with chat about KDE's new, upcoming distro; the details on Kernel 6.12 and what's coming with 6.13; and the latest scoop on Microsoft's .NET. Then there's copy-on-write, Ubuntu 25.04 news, and Framework's RISC-V mainboard/ For tips we have unalias, ngspice, pw-link, and a github hack for removing offline runners. Catch the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fvweO2 and until next week!

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This week we're still waiting for Ubuntu Core, But the wait is over for AMD's new 9800X3D processor! We get better kernel PWM support, Russia appears to be forking the kernel, the Mozilla Foundation makes cuts, and Framework is teaming with Mint. For tips we have pw-cat for sniffing on Pipewire, nvtop for sniffing on your GPU, ssh jump servers, and the zen browser. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fmWf22 and enjoy!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: David Ruggles, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie

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