ULS 166: Update At Your Peril - Microsoft Breaks Grub, Torvalds Talks Kernel, & Linux LLMs

08/25/24 • 85 min

The gang is back, and the big, weird news is that Microsoft is fixing Grub, and it may break your Linux dual boot. Then Torvalds talks about kernel work, AI, Rust, and more. Ubuntu is late, but will be fresher; Libreoffice ships 24.8; and Winter is coming for GIMP 3. For tips we have no more secrets for fun movie-style faux decryption, ProtonUp-Qt for managing Proton versions, brew for installing isolated software stacks, and crtlaltdel for managing what exactly your machine does in response to the classic three-finger salute. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3ADKZiu until next week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

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

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Host: Jonathan Bennett

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

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ULS 165: The Onion Ring - Easter Eggs, Privacy, and Performance

This week the guys are chatting about Snap improvements, the new Ryzen 9 9000 chips, and Debian 11 hitting LTS. Then they chat about Tails, Proton VPN, and ClamAV 1.4 all for security. Then Ubuntu prepares for 24.10 with some Easter eggs, and HandBrake fixes some irritating problems. For tips we have Cosmic community projects, Reflector for Arch Mirrors, wl-clipboard, and a one-liner to apply patches from a URL. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3M836zB and see you next week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

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

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ULS 167: Don't Have a Bad Time on Purpose - Market Share, Kernel Drama, and Forks

The week brings the drama, from kernel hackers retiring in frustration, to a panning take on COSMIC, to a high profile fork of a very popular database program. It's not all drama, as Linux celebrates an all-time high in market share, Microsoft's LinkedIn moves to Microsoft's Azure Linux, and the Mono project calls Wine its new home. For tips we have findfs for looking up filesystem devices, bython for python with braces instead of whitespace, and gh for command line Github manipulation. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3XrIhWj and enjoy the show!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and David Ruggles

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