The messy details and tidy excuses we noticed in all this OpenAI upset, and some fundamental problems that have been plaguing desktop Linux for years. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. …
PipeWire hits 1.0, and Wim Taymans joins us to reflect on the smooth success of PipeWire. Plus the details on the first NixCon North America, and more. Special Guests: Wim Taymans and Zach Mitchell. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere.…
OpenAI's weekend coup, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's gambit and their looming risk. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer…
Can we save an old Arch install? We'll attempt a live rescue, then get into our tips for keeping your old Linux install running great. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linode Cloud Ho…
That man behind the Google Photos killer joins us to chat about the latest release of Immich. Plus, Alex's first impressions of 45Homelab's HL15. Special Guests: Alex Tran and Brent Gervais. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 u…
Yet another thing Microsoft was early to, and still somehow missed the boat. Plus, building a PC is rare; it's a solved problem. If AI tools excel as expected, will coding face a similar fate? Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking t…
The problem with GNOME's great news, plus our first look at Plasma 6. Then, the surprising place NixOS is getting adopted. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linode Cloud Hosting: A spe…
A special guest joins us, and we each give Fedora 39 a try. What’s new, what we liked, and what didn’t make the cut! Special Guest: Drew DeVore. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linod…
New AI "regulation" from on high this week, a few signs you might be pissing in your own pond, and the game dev team that's been together for 40 years. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals.…
How we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server. Sponsored By: Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/ssh Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. …
We've all made mistakes and tried to play dumb, but this week history is being made. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer n…
We did Proxmox dirty last week, so we try to explain our thinking. But first, a few things have gone down that you should know about. Sponsored By: Kolide: Kolide is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn’t trusted and secure, it can’t log into your cloud apps. Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for…
Rumors of internal panic at Apple, and concerns about the future of RISC-V. Plus, the software update of the century. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale: Tailscale is the easie…
We try and pull off one too many projects, but you can't argue with the results. We report on our week of rebuilds and rescues and having a blast at LinuxFest Northwest. Special Guest: Frank Karlitschek. Sponsored By: Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged…
Home Assistant's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, shares details about the Year of Voice, recent legal actions from Mazda, and the results of a recent third-party audit. Plus, our recommended Nextcloud setup, converting dumb devices into smart ones with ESPHome, and more. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Listener Jeff, and Paulus Schoutsen. Sponsored By: L…
We're about to see a wave of big tech AI features "inspired" by third-party developers at a scale that makes the Sherlocking on Apple's platform seem like chump change. Plus, how Dropbox turned around their dev retention rates, and more. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power…
Has Canonical finally nailed snaps? Why it looks like Ubuntu has turned a new corner; our thoughts on the latest release. Plus, a special guest and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal accou…
Mike checks in from the grind and shares some challenges in recent cross-platform testing; then, we get into the avalanche of negative AI press coverage this week and the one massive story they're not touching. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of i…
We ran Windows for the week with three seemingly simple objectives. How we did, our take on what's gotten a lot better about Windows, and what still needs some work. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a pe…
With a dose of pragmatism and optimism, we chat about making the best out of old hardware and where we draw the line and buy new. Plus, getting practical about your home media setup, bringing Spook into Home Assistant, and more. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minut…
How does your first major programming language/technology still shape your work and career? Then grab some popcorn and let's watch the next epic tech titan battle unfold. Sponsored By: Alderon Games: Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for pass…
Wes visits the office to chat about some new podcast tech inbound, Google killing their Podcast app, and Chris' story from his morning with Podfans. Special Guest: Alecks Gates. Sponsored By: Join the Party! The Jupiter Membership Party: Join the party and get exclusive content. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Send a boost from th…
Why the Raspberry Pi 5 doesn't meet our expectations, and the x86 boxes you should consider instead. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Lin…
Our unique take on the Unity outrage, thoughts on RustRover, and Mike shares a very annoying mistake. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments …
Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Listener Jeff. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and wo…
Our thoughts on two recent Plex crackdowns, why the Apple TV just got a lot better, how home Assistant could improve 10 years in, and much more. Sponsored By: 45drives: Big. Strong. Fast storage servers with affordable high-performance, high-capacity, enterprise storage solutions for all industries and now your Home Lab. Linode: Receive a $100 60-d…
The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments w…
Today's theme is data sovereignty, and we'll check in with two crucial projects that are giving you more options. Special Guest: Noah Chelliah. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linode…
We're testing a new Podcasting 2.0 feature and need your ears! Sponsored By: Send us a Boost w/a new Podcast App: Send a boost into the show, try out a new app, and help keep podcasting independent. Join the Party! The Jupiter Membership Party: Join the party and get exclusive content. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web 🎉 Office Hours …
Did Apple's event live up to our expectations? And our thoughts on what new goodies for developers might be in the new hardware and software. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account…
Brent's new Framework laptop has been torn apart and put back together again. We'll find out if it's up to his standards. Plus, we're kicking off a new build. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal …
Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more. Special Guest: Antonio Musumeci. Sponsored By: Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/ssh Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes…
Azure suffers a big outage, and Microsoft blames faulty automation; why we think there might be early signs of weak demand for Apple's Vision Pro and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create a…
While chaos is brewing in SUSE and Red Hat land, Canonical stays the course and doubles down on the Linux desktop. Plus, our thoughts on the kernel team GPL-blocking NVIDIA. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free …
U.S. officials are warning open-source software could be a cyber security threat. Their solution? Money. But do we want them picking the winners and losers of open source? Plus, Mike's thoughts after using Cursor AI and a Cornell study take generated code to the shed. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer ne…
We daily drive Asahi Linux on a MacBook, chat about how the team beat Apple to a major GPU milestone, and an easy way to self-host open-source ChatGPT alternatives. Special Guest: Neal Gompa. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20…
Behind-the-scenes details of a new show in the works, our thoughts on a new genre of Podcasts bursting onto the scene, and we make JB history live on the show. Sponsored By: Join the Party! The Jupiter Membership Party: Join the party and get exclusive content. Send us a Boost w/a new Podcast App: Send a boost into the show, try out a new app, and …
Alex does a significant overhaul of his website and shares new insights. Chris finally archives complete local voice control of his network, we complain about the state of domain name sellers, and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywh…
Mike hits the limits of ChatGPT's knowledge, a chat about editors and what we'd do for a living if it had to be outside of tech. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lig…
Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet? Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for a…
Chris and Brent are running with scissors and breaking things again. From the website to YouTube, how we broke just about everything this week. Sponsored By: Join the Party! The Jupiter Membership Party: Join the party and get exclusive content. Send us a Boost w/a new Podcast App: Send a boost into the show, try out a new app, and help keep podcas…
Java developers are getting the Oracle shakedown, openAI is running out of money, and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever y…
We're trying out Rhino Linux—a unique take on rolling Ubuntu with AUR-like powers and other surprises. Sponsored By: Kolide: Kolide is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn’t trusted and secure, it can’t log into your cloud apps. Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast li…
A few tools to build your own Way Back Machine, we check in with the "Year of Voice" and more. Sponsored By: Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/ssh Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 device…
Did we get this one wrong? It seems consumer AI is eating the lunch of some web's biggest names. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments where…
Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 20 devices for free for a personal account. Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Pod…
A quick Pocket Office from "the field" on the new tech inbound to Office Hours and a big update on our bounty for episode 34! Sponsored By: Send us a Boost w/a new Podcast App: Send a boost into the show, try out a new app, and help keep podcasting independent. Links: Sovereign Feeds IPFS Podcasting IPFS Podcasting | Umbrel App Store — Turn your Um…
Microsoft's dirty old API games, the new, even more restrictive rules Apple developers will now have to follow, and why Google's "Web Integrity API" seems gross. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Cr…
Two important news stories, plus our thoughts on GNOME’s new windowing proposal and the Framework 16. Sponsored By: Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Kolide: Kolide is a device trust solution for companies w…
Alex shares a suite of self-hosted apps that replace Reddit. Chris is struggling with Jellyfin, and we discuss where NixOS is killing it and where we think it falls down. Sponsored By: Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/ssh Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in min…