546: What You’re Missing about NixOS

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546: What You’re Missing about NixOS

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Jan 21, 2024

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Trying NixOS can be fraught with complexity, half-completed guides, and boring videos. Even if you never plan to switch to NixOS, we invite you to come along for a hype-free ride that digs into one of the most rapidly developing areas of Linux.

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Jan 21, 2024

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Episode 19: Fixing Linux Support | LUP 19: Experienced Linux users may soon be finding a new call on their talents to help new users switching to Linux. But with services like Stackexchange, Google+ Helpouts, and more is it time to reboot the way we provide support to new Linux users? by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 8: Cloud Guilt | LINUX Unplugged 8: Should Linux users be anti-cloud? Why do so many of us feel guilty for using the”cloud”? This week will dig into this conundrum and maybe even solve this more and more complex question. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 33: Graphical Civil War | LUP 33: Is devastating fragmentation going to doom Desktop Linux, can a case for multiple display servers? Don’t care about the display server? We’ll make the case why you need to care, and why the biggest community confrontation could be brewing. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 6: The Android Problem | LINUX Unplugged 6: Is that exploit in your pocket? This week we'll ask if Android is Stallman's worst nightmare, making Tivo look like a quaint abuser of Linux. And how Linux is poised to push past it's current limitations over the next few years. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 3: Go Dock Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 3: After rebuilding his KDE desktop better and stronger than before, Chris and Matt dig into what really seems to be troubling the Gnome project, what really makes a desktop easy to use, and if the Ubuntu Edge campaign was a sophisticated PR stunt. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 7: Full SteamOS Ahead | LUP 7: Valve has announced SteamOS, and we have our analysis of how this will impact the Linux ecosystem at large, the challenge Valve faces, and the reasons Valve is the right company to pull this effort off. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 15: Don’t Switch to Linux | LUP 15: Our frank advice for switches to Linux. Despite what what the advocates would have you believe, there are some important consideration a potential Linux switcher should make. Our team of silverback Linux users shares their tips after years of using Linux. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 23: Google Invades Your Nest | LUP 23: We follow up on some of the most innovative Linux powered devices at CES, and this discuss Google buying Nest Labs. Is the future of the “Internet of Things” locked down to proprietary devices running locked down software? by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 21: Unplugging 2013 | LUP 21: In the final moments of 2013 our virtual LUG shares their expectations and predictions for 2014. We’ll debate some of the most anticipated changes. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 22: Hurd Mentality | LUP 22: Does building by group consensus slow down open source innovation? We’ll look at some big choices Debian is facing and debate if some stronger leadership might produce more expedient and practical results. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 30: Talkin' Tox | LUP 30: Two developers from the TOX project, an open source secure Skype killer join us to discuss their new project, the future, and how they hope to become your new messaging system. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 12: Debating Debian Decisions | LINUX Unplugged 12: Upstart or systemd which will Debian choose? We’ll discuss the inherent benefits and disadvantages of both, and the larger ramification Debian’s decision will have on the Linux ecosystem. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 28: Neckbeard Entitlement Factor | LUP 28: Michael Hall from Canonical joins us to discuss his personal views on what he’s coined the new 80/20 rule for open source. Are the consumers of open source the biggest hurdle to projects becoming sustainable? by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 31: Ubuntu Punching Bag | LUP 31: Is the Linux community’s animosity towards Ubuntu turning away new switchers? We’ll analyze what has the community so upset, and how that can color a new Linux users first impressions. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 17: Swap It Outta Here | LUP 17: Do you run without swap? This week we reach into the topic grab bag and debate to swap or not to swap, the reasons long timer Linux users are switching to BSD, and what’s wrong with our Sailfish OS coverage. by LINUX Unplugged
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Episode 24: FUD for Thought | LUP 24: The battle lines have been drawn and the assault against upstart is in full force. We’ll discuss the heat being put on Canonical, the CLA, and upstart with our virtual LUG. Then we’ll bust some Linux switching FUD that’s been popping up. by LINUX Unplugged
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