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It's a tale of woes & wins in a Linux laptop showdown, from $200 to $10,000 we report back on the limits of mobile productivity. The human side of Unity’s death, the Linux kernel feature Chris has been waiting years for, picks, feedback & more!

We didn’t go all the way to Texas for just one episode, it's a very special edition this week. We wanted to share some of the great stories, Linux memories & impressive hardware. Plus the unexpected change behind the scenes that Linux is pushing at Dell!

Is Dell's new hardware a sign of serious commitment to Linux or a large company’s hedge against market changes? We go inside Dell, get exclusive access to the teams & people behind many of Dell’s products that run Linux & find out. Plus we discuss Ubuntu dropping Unity for Gnome, Lightworks’ latest release & more!

We start this week covering the latest news about Red Hat’s record profits, some new changes coming video editing & audio sampling under linux & Apple releasing their new APFS file system Then Noah reveals the real reason behind LAS ending, we cover your feedback & much more!

We start with the week’s news, then announce what’s next for the Linux Action Show, our Texas sized adventure coming up & new shows coming soon!

Behind the curtain of SCaLE 15x, news of the week, picks & we announce the future of the Linux Action Show.

NextCloud founder Frank Karlitschek joins us to discuss the recent remote version checking initiative of private NextCloud instances, the controversial notifications sent by ISPs to users found to be running out of date NextCloud instances & the larger security problems facing all open source projects like NextCloud. Plus why Chromebook usage surging past Linux in the last year is a good thing, picks, news of the week & more!

From the floor of 2017’s Southern California Linux Expo aka SCALE 15x, we give you interviews & our impressions of the event. Plus news of the week, picks & more!

Noah’s built an audio stream recording monster & he’ll share it’s inner workings. Plus Firefox’s big upgrade, the puzzling Android problem & some very spooky Fedora news!

Our take on Dell’s latest Linux powered Sputnik laptop. Find out why this laptop might be your future work horse & why it’s called a developer edition. Plus rumors that suggest Valve is abandoning Steam Machines, Munich’s Linux blunder & much more!

Jonathan Riddell & the Plasma Desktop team join us for a chat. From Neon user stats to Plasma on IoT, we get the scoop on the latest KDE & Plasma desktop developments live from their development Sprint. Plus Elementary OS founder Daniel Fore joins to discuss their Pay for what you want App store fundraiser & more!

How inexpensive can a Linux system get & still be considered useable? We experiment with a low-end laptop & desktop, report back on the compromises you might be surprised you don’t have to make. Plus news, picks, your emails & more!

How Noah uses IPsec to set up secure network traffic. The law that might open up hardware to hobbyist & we narrow down the options for bulletproof Linux. Plus the picks, news & more!

We own up to our top 14 predictions for 2016, discuss a major software update, start to discuss building a bulletproof Linux install & more!

We get a first hand take on how Linux & Open Source could be revolutionizing the backend of healthcare. Plus a look at the ZeroPhone, Dell’s new Linux hardware, we ask you some questions & answer a few of yours.

What’s happening in 2017, before it happens. It’s our annual predictions episode, Chris & Noah surprise each other with their futurecasting. Plus why Ubuntu Phone is going on a hiatus of sorts, Neon puts KDE in a Container & much more!

Solus might just be the distribution to watch in 2017. Every intention & tweak coming together to create something unique in Linux land. Noah & Chris take two very different views of this important up & coming distro. Plus the big news of the week, picks, emails & more!

This week, while the guys are away on holiday, we take a look back and see just how much Linux has progressed into new areas over the course of 2016 & also some of the spots where it may have stumbled a bit. Get settled in with your eggnog & hot cocoa because it's gonna be a BIG SHOW!

We chat with Joss from NextCloud about two factor, crazy performance improvements, the OwnCloud hangover, setting up your ultimate Dropbox and Google Docs replacements & more!

It’s a holiday miracle, a fully computer controlled automated light display without the cloud. It’s also a great excuse to troll Chris about Linux video editing. Plus news, picks & more!

How do you pick the best Linux distribution for you? This week we reflect on one of the most critical questions before you switch to Linux. Plus Canonical says their taking a stand against unofficial Ubuntu images, a Mycroft update & your Linux questions!

Fedora 25 ships with Wayland by default, the latest Gnome & the promise of upgradeability. We test upgrade a Fedora 24 workstation with Gnome customizations, third party repos & some history. We capture and share the failures and successes. Plus the bigger problems the Tor phone raises, the docking station that could make convergence real & more!

Linux server installs sometimes don’t go as planned. We take you through the hardware modifications we made to install Chris’ new NAS in Lady Jupiter (his RV). Plus are we faking it about Microsoft joining the Linux Foundation?

Chris gets a big surprise when he learns the features of the QNAP NAS review unit. Plus is Linux really seeing a wave of MacBook switchers? The future of Vulkan and VR under Linux, solving IoT’s security woes & more!

Ubuntu fails Noah during a critical moment & it’s the final straw. Noah takes us along as he switches his systems over to Arch. Plus why you might want to think twice about LessPass & is the $4 Linux computer legit?

What happens if you fail to update your home Arch server for two years? Chris finds out the hard way & is forced to replace it with OpenMediaVault. We take you on the scene, and share the hard lessons learned! Plus some big Firefox news, an update on Pirate Kodi boxes & the Lenovo egg.

Canonical’s Dustin Kirkland’s Beard tell us about their new Livepatch service, we discuss Dirty COW the “Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever, explain what a CRM is & what great open source solutions are available. Plus some much discussed feedback, our picks & more!

Has Ubuntu fallen behind, or setting a new bar of refinement? We load up our hardware with Ubuntu 16.10, walk away with some big surprises & two totally different experiences. Plus KDE celebrates 20 years in a way only open source can, real VR gets demoed on Linux, the big BSD news & more!

Plasma 5.8 marks a major milestone in the project's history & one that deserves a complete review. Plus we discuss the continued Fedora 24 issues, another take on Kodi box privacy, our picks & much more!

What is Software Defined Networking (SDL) & why is it a major focus for The Linux Foundation? We visit the OpenDayLight Summit & discover how the open source philosophy applied to networking is transforming an industry. Plus the big Kodi crackdown in the UK, Purism want’s to build a Librem Phone, our picks, feedback & more!

Two long-time FreeNAS users test the Debian-based OpenMediaVault, we share our favorite features FreeNAS doesn’t have, where FreeNAS still pulls ahead, standout features of version 3 over version 2 & why we think the project has a very bright future. Plus Lenovo & Intel feed Linux users another shit sandwich, take a look at Greyhole & chat up the new desktop releases.

A new Linux build is nigh & Noah takes us through his new PC built for a specific task. Plus we try out Android N x86, get impressed by new Linux software releases, ponder what would happen if unbreakable encryption were made illegal & more!

We review the new Loki release from elementary OS. One of the most unique distributions, that’s often misunderstood. But how does it hold up for advanced Linux users? Tune in to find out! We argue about the true value of Let's Encrypt, celebrate the 10 millionth Raspberry Pi & more!

We hit the road and convert a middle school to Linux, join us as we dig into their initial deployments & successes. Plus why we think the punishment for the kernel.org “hacker” is extreme, the Linux “trojan” that’s really a Drupal flaw, the big news from our BSD friends & more!

Ryan Sipes stops by to share his big news & debate the value and control Linux users can get from the much hyped Internet of Things. Plus we drool over the specs of a new Linux rig, break down the war against Linus, get impressed by Nextcloud 10 & more!

We follow up on many of the projects, distros & gadgets we’ve reviewed recently & tell you where things stand now that we’ve been using them for a while. We report back to you with a series of mini-review follow ups! Plus the big “Linux Malware” threat that’s basically hype, hosting your own YouTube, Google Building a new OS & more!

We try out Linux on the Microsoft Surface Pro & the results were much better than we expected. We share this odd journey towards the perfect laptop…. Or Tablet… Plus the major security flaw in the Linux Kernel, the btrfs project recommends you use ZFS, Red Hat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops & more!

Noah’s back from Defcon! He shares his experience at this infamous conference, his Linux in the wild sightings & his surprising takeaway. Plus Btrfs’ RAID 5/6 code has been found “unsafe”, the FossHub compromise, an Internet of Things failure that struck close to home & more!

We compare two very compelling boxes side by side & discover the advantages of Android as our HTPC. As two long time Linux users we were surprised & a little horrified. We share our strange journey to this place & why we are staying. Plus we discuss the impact that free Windows 10 had on Linux, Microsoft’s lost opportunity & geek out over Noah’s cool new hardware.

This week we share a big project that blew up in our face, the technical speed bumps we faced & the ultimate goal to accomplish something a Mac could never do. Plus the big snap sprint that might just push the format over the edge, a quick look at Korora 24 & more!

We review Linux Mint 18 & our experience turns out to be a roller coaster ride from impressed glee to cautious concern. We’ve never felt more conflicted over a version of Linux Mint. Plus we discuss the Ubuntu Forum hack, a Fedora bug that’s bricking some laptops & why we just can’t quit FreeNAS.

This week we take a look at what Noah's using at Altispeed to provide remote assistance to his clients. We ponder over what Microsoft might have planned for Skype on Linux, cover why Android's full disk encryption might not be as secure as you think, Mycroft's collaboration with Canonical, the picks, your feedback & more!

We go back in time and take a look at what you missed at SELF 2016. Plus we're 1% closer to the Linux Desktop, why Evernote sucks & more!

Fedora 24 is both a delight & simply frustrating at the same time. We share our experiences with one of the most highly anticipated Fedora releases. Plus Canonical makes good on the code, a big hole in Linux & more!

We review the ThinkPad x260 with Linux & compare it to the XPS 13. Then we discuss Snaps, AppImage, Flatpak & the Universal Package war that’s brewing, what the major downsides are & why we think this concept of universal Linux apps is not going away. Plus our picks of the week, a laptop giveaway & more!

A special celebration of 10 years of the Linux Action Show. We drop the format & have fun on a couple of projects we’ve really been wanting to share with you. How a nonprofit ISP built on tops of trees running Linux, with impressive engineering & custom code connected an entire community to the Internet. Then a special project that celebrates 10 years of Linux, our show & more!

Frank & Jos of Nextcloud join us to discuss their fork of ownCloud, some of the history behind the fork, the reaction by ownCloud, & what they plan to do differently this time around. Plus we debate if Valve’s Steam Machines are a bust, a bit more on Oracle vs Google & much more!

Purism has sent us the Librem 13 for review, does a laptop designed to protect your digital life make a good Linux workstation? With physical kill switches, and a well built aluminum housing, we answer if this could be your next ultimate Linux laptop. Plus why were not so excited about Google’s recent win against Oracle, new features coming to Linux, what the heck is going on at OwnCloud & more!

We share our early experiences with virtualization, then show you how Linux’s built-in enterprise grade virtualization curb stomps some commercial options. The discussion wraps up with examples of awesome hardware passthrough, and the major shift Linux has made possible. PLUS: Chromebooks outsell Macs, the sad story of an important project fading away, the big choice facing Fedora & more!

We go behind the scenes & give you details on our new Linux rig builds, using OBS to stream to multiple services, the hard lessons we learned & our Linux powered production pipeline. After our year long skunkworks project this episode is living proof of how for media production under Linux has come. Plus now we can all say ZFS is officially on Linux, Intel’s plans to make up for their Linux Skylake screw up, Ubuntu gets some snaps, Fedora “attempts” H.264 support, some games worth your time & more!