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Every week TWiT hosts talk to the smartest people in the world about the most important topics in technology. Join Leo Laporte and other TWiT hosts for these enlightening one-on-one interviews. Although the show is no longer in regular production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
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The Untitled Linux Show covers the week's hottest Linux news for desktop, gaming, and even enterprise. ULS is the weekly update you don't want to miss, from the latest kernel development to the updates on your favorite apps! Each episode finishes with a killer command line tip from each host. You can join Club TWiT for $7 a month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for Untitled Linux Show and all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $2.99 a ...
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TWiT Events is your window to the best tech events in the world. Whether it's the hottest announcements from CES or the latest security tech, TWiT Events is there.
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Every week TWiT hosts talk to the smartest people in the world about the most important topics in technology. Join Leo Laporte and other TWiT hosts for these enlightening one-on-one interviews. Although the show is no longer in regular production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
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ULS 170: Always 10 Years Away - Pi News, Torvalds Weighs In, and RT Finally Lands
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This week we muse on upcoming Raspberry Pi products, prompted by confirmation from Ubuntu that the CM5 is imminent. Then Torvalds has thought on Rust in Linux, Wind River has thoughts on Red Hat, and AWS gives OpenSearch away. Don't miss the non-update on Wireguard, the DirectX surprise, and the long-awaited merge of the Real Time Linux patches! Fo…
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ULS 169: Not Good But It's a Reason - Maintaining Apt, Certifying for Alma, & Selecting Mitigations
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This week we chat about yet another Linux mobile device, the new AlmaLinux certification script, and Ubuntu's fine-grained security controls. Then there's the Attack Vector Controls, Redox OS, and some much-needed updates to Apt. For tips we have Hardinfo for hardware details, findmnt part 2 for tracking your drives, Planify for person task managem…
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ULS 168: He Pulled a Rob - Money, Audio, and the Critical Bug
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Open Source Programmers need to eat, The 6.11 kernel is right around the corner, and Ubuntu 24.04 has a critical bug. Rhino Linux looks promising, the Furi Phone impresses, and Firefox marches on. For tips, we have Bleachbit for desktop cleanup, findmnt for filesystem info, DebPostInstall for the things you ought to do after a fresh install, and mq…
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ULS 167: Don't Have a Bad Time on Purpose - Market Share, Kernel Drama, and Forks
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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 hav…
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ULS 166: Update At Your Peril - Microsoft Breaks Grub, Torvalds Talks Kernel, & Linux LLMs
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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 …
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ULS 165: The Onion Ring - Easter Eggs, Privacy, and Performance
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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 Mi…
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ULS 164: Not Entirely Headless - Cosmic, Mozilla, and Malicious Compliance
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We're talking about Linux on the Snapdragon laptops, AMD's latest chips, and LibCurl's 24th birthday. Then there are SerpentOS and Cosmic previews to try, and Firefox teases releases 129 and 130. And don't miss the scoop on GhostWire, the devastating vulnerability in a couple of RISC-V chips. For tips, we have Oneko for mouse cursor fun, feh for co…
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ULS 163: A Terribly Fun Bad Idea - Xen 4.19, Fossa & StackShare, Intel CPUs
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Xen 4.19 is released with a new 9pfs backend, why Snap and Flatpak make Linux a better OS and how they're different, FOSSA is buying StackShare, Canonical saw a $251M revenue last year and grew to more than 1,000 employees, and Intel extends its CPU warranties for its 13th and 14th-gen desktop CPUs as a result of crashing 13th and 14th-gen CPUs. Sh…
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Berserkr = NORSE Börg? Publisher interview with Slightly Reckless Games
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We chat with Sacha Lightfoot from Slightly Reckless Games about their Norse-themed Mörk Borg-engine Kickstarter Berserkr, running an indie tabletop RPG press, last year's big crowd-funding hit Ronin, the importance of music in roleplaying games, TTRPG design, games art, Norse myths, Japanese culture, Cyberpunk 2020... and snowplough duellist Jeremy…
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ULS 162: Open Source Invoice - AlmaLinux, Gnome, and Fedora Goes For It!
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It's about time that Fwupd supports the Pi 5, the kernel has moved to a minimum Rust version, and we chat about the TinyWatch. Then Fedora is headed towards some sane metric reporting, Curl fixes a vulnerability and blames C for it, and Gnome worries us again. For tips we have a Rust coreutils howto, a Bitlocker decryptor, and pdfgrep for finding t…
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RPG Author Interview with Potatocubed
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We interview RPG author Chris Longhurst, aka Potatocubed, about his upcoming RPG "Threadcutters", his previous work (Bleak Spirit, Pigsmoke, Attorneys at Jaw, and Strike Force Omega), and his experiences with game design and publishing as a indie writer/developer. The interview took place on 24/06/2024. You can find Potatocubed's games here: https:…
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ULS 161: Mouthful of Laptops - Previously Known as OpenSUSE, Sefar Rust, and Try 15 reboots
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This week We chat about AMD's drive for Raytracing performance, Nvidia's push towards open kernel drivers, what Fedora did to help make that possible, and what's new in Kernel 6.10. Then Linux is making Rust safer, OpenSUSE is having a crisis, and oh yeah, the world's computers were bricked this weekend. It was a good day to be Linux users. For tip…
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Join us we talk all about the TTRPGS, boardgames, art, and miscellaneous arts and crafts that we explored at the UK Games Expo 2024 in Birmingham! Thanks to everyone we mentioned in this episode, and all the games and RPGs we loved - in no particular order: Slightly Restless Games' RPG Ronin; Stockholm Kartell and Mork Borg, Pelle Nilsson, Johan No…
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The Chronicles Of Future Earth RPG - Author Interview with Sarah Newton
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In this episode, we interview the award winning RPG author Sarah Newton about her new RPG "The Chronicles of Future Earth". "The Chronicles of Future Earth" is powered by FATE. It is written and designed by Sarah Newton and published by Typhon Games (Formally Mindjammer Press Ltd) You can find out more about "The Chronicles of Future Earth" and pur…
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Welcome to the Critical Twits 2.0! Stick with us as we've got loads coming up, including tabletop RPG and board game discussion, insightful interviews with leading figures within the tabletop gaming communities, reviews, news and so much more! Don't forget to subscribe so you can come with us on this journey, and if you can share the podcast with s…
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Event 18: CES 2024: Gadgets - Innovations in cables, speakers, and more at CES 2024 with Father Robert Ballecer
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Father Robert Ballecer provides an entertaining rundown of his favorite gadgets from CES 2024. In part 2 of his Las Vegas trip, he showcases 10 cool and unique devices that caught his eye at the show. The RCA smart bird feeder uses AI to identify bird species and provides HD video footage that you can access via an app. The Govee AI sync box 2 (#9)…
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Event 18: CES 2024: Gadgets - Innovations in cables, speakers, and more at CES 2024 with Father Robert Ballecer
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Father Robert Ballecer provides an entertaining rundown of his favorite gadgets from CES 2024. In part 2 of his Las Vegas trip, he showcases 10 cool and unique devices that caught his eye at the show. The RCA smart bird feeder uses AI to identify bird species and provides HD video footage that you can access via an app. The Govee AI sync box 2 (#9)…
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Event 17: CES 2024: Tech Trends - Energy and AI Innovations Ignite at CES 2024 with Father Robert Ballecer
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Father Robert Ballecer reports live from CES 2024, giving an overview of the major technology trends and themes on display at the massive electronics and technology trade show, including the proliferation of off-grid and portable power solutions, the ubiquity of electric vehicles, the explosion of AI integrations, and the concept of autonomous reso…
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Event 17: CES 2024: Tech Trends - Energy and AI Innovations Ignite at CES 2024 with Father Robert Ballecer
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Father Robert Ballecer reports live from CES 2024, giving an overview of the major technology trends and themes on display at the massive electronics and technology trade show, including the proliferation of off-grid and portable power solutions, the ubiquity of electric vehicles, the explosion of AI integrations, and the concept of autonomous reso…
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Event 16: Podcast Movement 2023: It Pays to Podcast - How TWiT launched Club TWiT with Memberful
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At Podcast Movement 2023, Jen Matichuk of Memberful and Lisa Laporte of TWiT.tv give creators an inside look at how the long-running tech podcast network TWiT grew its community and revenue by partnering with Memberful. Lisa goes into the hesitations and benefits of launching a paid membership for an established podcast network and how losing 60% o…
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Event 16: Podcast Movement 2023: It Pays to Podcast - How TWiT launched Club TWiT with Memberful
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At Podcast Movement 2023, Jen Matichuk of Memberful and Lisa Laporte of TWiT.tv give creators an inside look at how the long-running tech podcast network TWiT grew its community and revenue by partnering with Memberful. Lisa goes into the hesitations and benefits of launching a paid membership for an established podcast network and how losing 60% o…
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Event 15: The Father of Modern Genomics - George Church
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown. They also talk about: How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600) Where are we on s…
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Event 15: The Father of Modern Genomics - George Church
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown. They also talk about: How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600) Where are we on s…
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Triangulation 433: The Father of Modern Genomics - George Church
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown. They also talk about: How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600) Where are we on s…
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Triangulation 433: The Father of Modern Genomics - George Church
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown. They also talk about: How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600) Where are we on s…
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Triangulation 432: Daniel Suarez: Critical Mass - Daniel Suarez on his latest book 'Critical Mass'
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New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's…
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Event 14: Daniel Suarez: Critical Mass - Daniel Suarez on his latest book 'Critical Mass'
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New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's…
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Triangulation 432: Daniel Suarez: Critical Mass - Daniel Suarez on his latest book 'Critical Mass'
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New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's…
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Event 14: Daniel Suarez: Critical Mass - Daniel Suarez on his latest book 'Critical Mass'
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New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's…
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Triangulation 431: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin: Chokepoint Capitalism - How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
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Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to com…
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Triangulation 431: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin: Chokepoint Capitalism - How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
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Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to com…
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Event 13: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin: Chokepoint Capitalism - How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
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Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to com…
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Event 13: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin: Chokepoint Capitalism - How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
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Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to com…
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Triangulation 430: Tripp Mickle: After Steve - A Conversation with Tripp Mickle
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Tripp Mickle joins Leo Laporte to discuss his new book, "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul". They discuss the shift in Apple's dynamic and approach to products after the passing of Steve Jobs from a company of innovation with Jony Ive, to a company of efficiency under Tim Cook. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Tripp …
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Triangulation 430: Tripp Mickle: After Steve - A Conversation with Tripp Mickle
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Tripp Mickle joins Leo Laporte to discuss his new book, "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul". They discuss the shift in Apple's dynamic and approach to products after the passing of Steve Jobs from a company of innovation with Jony Ive, to a company of efficiency under Tim Cook. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Tripp …
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