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500: Our Biggest Announcement Yet
We're celebrating 500 episodes with the biggest announcement yet.
499: 'velopers Choose Snap
Ubuntu makes its anti-Flatpak stance official, while KDE and GNOME team up to turn Flathub into a universal Linux app store. Plus, we try the Intel Arc GPU. Could this new hardware make Linux bulletproof?
498: Rolling Papercuts
Sometimes running the latest and greatest means you have to pave your own path. This week two examples from living on the edge.
497: More Features? More Problems.
How Chris wasted three months tracking down a Wi-Fi problem, plus we debate if immutable distros need to be simplified.
496: Tux in the Hen House
Chris attempts to get Fedora 37 on his M1 Max MacBook Pro, while Wes and Brent try the "every distro at once" desktop.
495: The Moment of Truth
Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.
494: Updating Our Fiddly Bits
Today we are finally taking on a project months in the making, and we're switching to an entirely new generation of Linux tech in the process.
493: Network Nirvana
Chris' sticky upgrade situation, and we chat with the developer behind an impressive mesh VPN with new tricks. Special Guest: Ryan Huber.
492: A New Challenge Approaches
Join us on a journey to true software freedom. We embark on our 30-day challenge and discover a whole new philosophy that will change the way you think about technology. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.
491: 2023 Spoilers
We assemble to predict what will happen in 2023 and score how our 2022 predictions turned out.
490: 2022 Tuxies
It's the third annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, desktops, and services of 2022.
489: Brent's Secret Emails
Brent's been hiding your emails; we confront him and expose what he's been keeping from the show.
488: Revenge of the Lizard People
We complete a year-long journey and discover some unspoken truths about a great Linux distro. Plus one small, and one major update on our GrapheneOS adventure.
487: The Debian Debate
After nearly half a year of woe, Brent is ready to give Linux the go. Join us as we compare and contrast two Linux distros and end up with one going on Brent's machine. Plus, follow-up on Chris' GrapheneOS adventures and more.
486: Goodbye, Google
Chris ditches the iPhone and switches to GrapheneOS, a security and privacy-focused project that lets you take control back from Google.