Untitled Linux Show (Audio)

This week we start out with the critical OpenSSH bug, where some systems let you log in with any password over 256 characters. Then there's the end of the 7.4 merge window, a really exciting Linux release slated for the holidays, and boasting the biggest single version changeset in the kernel's history. OpenAI has found nearly a thousand vulnerabilities in the kernel, GOG Galaxy is officially coming to Linux, OpenShot releases 4.1, and Asahi Linux is making progress and some big changes to the project. For tips we have ccrypt for file encryption and decryption, rmlint for finding unneeded files, gio for lots of things including emptying the trash, and ebook-polish for cleaning up your EPUBs. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4iE8Wsb and have a great week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

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

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This week we're contemplating an Untitled Ginux Show -- or at least that's the bit, based on the completely vibe-coded Linux replacement we talk about. Then CachyOS has a surprisingly underwhelming benchmark performance, with some details to unpack. OpenEuler keeps the AI hype train running, System76 has an impressive desktop announcement, and it looks like a new Raspberry Pi is finally coming. Floorp is an interesting take on the browser, Omarchy is coming for BSD, and Ubuntu has lots planned for Tenacious T-Rex. For tips, we have kernwatch and filelight for system monitoring, ebook-meta for more library management, and vt-cli for Virus Total access without the browser. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4sCpoh9 and Happy Halloween!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

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

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We're back, and we're forking OBS! Then there's a KDE fork for continued X11 support. We have filesystem schenanigans, including live swapping EXT4 for ZFS and the BeamNG resilient filesystem proposal. Kernel 7.3 is out with the normal slew of fixes and new features, though we're still excited for 7.4, which already has interesting patches landing in the merge window. Then there's the insane security week brought to you by PHP and the number 4. For tips, we have calibredb for managing your library, network-doctor for an all-in-one network toolkit, wipefs for an easy solution for a few specific disk problems, and the we-have-a-problem tool for auditing your CA bundle. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4BFQtnY and don't miss the fun!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

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

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Microsoft is bringing Defender to Linux, and that's not even the biggest news of the week. Valve is going 64-bit for the Linux Steam client, and KDE turns 30 with 6.8. Epic has announced that Fortnite is officially coming to Linux. Linus is an AI enthusiast, Framework is supporting CachyOS, and we have questions about RTX Spark. For tips, we have the Convey email client, psutils for PDF manipulation, and tshark for capturing packets on the command line. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4ytjXm3 and enjoy!

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The end of proprietary programs may be upon us, and a project ends and goes proprietary. Ubuntu surprises us with changes to Grub, Qualcomm is making moves in the Linux space, but the Radxa Raspberry Pi killer has a software shortcoming. Huawei has an expirimental filesystem, Google is looking to Kage kernel drivers, and more! For tips we have pcguage for a quick heads up on system stats, mokutil for managing system secure boot certs, and the Adafruit Arcade Bonnet for building an arcade on a Raspberry Pi. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4jhiE5N and have a great week!

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This week, we're celebrating Shotcut, Cloudflare's new ACME Certificate Authority, and OpenSUSE's Leap Micro. Then there's a new SPECTRE attack and a Zimbra faw under attack. KDE Plasma and Fedora both have Betas to try, Microsoft has released WSL Containers, and the Netherlands is going with NixOS. For tips, we have eval for building scripts with variables, tuxdle for your word-game addiction, and shwim for easy remote shells in hard places.

You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4y0Hcnq and enjoy!

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Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald

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We're back again, a little jet lagged, and ready for fun! Up first is a mind-bending experiment to run VMs through a kernel reboot, followed by Ubuntu's new approach to kernel updates. There's a clever security flaw in inotify, another group working on Apple hardware Linux, and some divisive news about the Raspberry Pi. KDE's AI discussion blew up, Stema has a new streaming codec, and VLC and SPEC have updates worth talking about. For tips, we have the Starling Desktop, zoxide to spice up your cd life, lltag for managing audio metadata, and pstree for a tree view of processes.

The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4rCvsWz and have a groovy week!

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This week Jonathan starts out talking about his new Framework 13 pro, and Rob tries to convince him to buy a Steam Frame to go with it. The 7.4 kernel is really shaping up to be special, with huge wins in build time, AMD HDMI support, Google finally dropping its legacy binder code, and files opening significantly faster. Ubuntu is continuing to push into Rust coreutils, KaOS is trying to manage a SystemD-free existence, and Intel is done paying out bug bounties. For tips, we have excise for a TUI disk usage visualizer, snoopy for watching what your system is really up to, and a quick primer on .pc files. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3V6eLGM and enjoy!

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Ubuntu has security patches that you may not be getting, Bottles has some interesting tricks on ARM, and Switzerland is going Open Source. The SCO case is still twitching, Xorg is about to make another release, and we give Lemonade a test-run. The tips this week are TMOG the new Task Manager, smlstarlet for munging XML, metaflac for manipulating FLAC metadata, and Updatecli for automating actions when an update is found. Take a look at the show notes at https://bit.ly/3T2f04T and have a great week!

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