Best Critical Onions Podcasts (2024)

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ULS 171: Too Many Maybes - Source Available, Forking Wayland, & The Big* Vulnerability 1:33:13

7h ago1:33:13

1:33:13

It's another week of big Linux news, starting with a new Ardour release, that one of our hosts had a tiny part in. The Winamp source release has been a trainwreck, Cloudflare spills the tea on their newest servers, and Valve is shaking things up. Proton may be adding support for Arm64 gaming, Valve engineers are laying down a challenge to Wayland, …

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Black Dog Green Room - Quickly Nibbles! 9:06

30m ago9:06

9:06

Rubber Bands, ill advised cinema trips alone and inappropriate requests for rescue from a hamster.

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Back Country 2:10:01

1h ago2:10:01

2:10:01

This week Jim laments the insidious nature of private healthcare but enjoys Lego Star Wars, Elton discovers his mother has a previously unrevealed blood lust for violent sports. Darren is whelmed by Agatha All Along and Lee has a week of heart operations, speed cameras, wild google maps goose chases and digestively explosive dogs. Then after some b…

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ULS 170: Always 10 Years Away - Pi News, Torvalds Weighs In, and RT Finally Lands 1:23:20

7d ago1:23:20

1:23:20

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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71 2:25:48

6d ago2:25:48

2:25:48

This week Jim tweaks a knee, Elton gets a video game to simulate walking around a train station, Darren has a leaky light switch and Lee suffers a nose hair removal malfunction. Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film A tense fictionalised account of a british squadie stranded in hostile territory in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles…

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Black Dog Green Room - Spring Onion Rubber Bands 16:45

29m ago16:45

16:45

spring onions are great for free rubber bands... Also mundane mysteries that baffle the finest minds in science!

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ULS 169: Not Good But It's a Reason - Maintaining Apt, Certifying for Alma, & Selecting Mitigations 1:22:28

7d ago1:22:28

1:22:28

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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Die Hard With A Vengeance 2:33:31

17d ago2:33:31

2:33:31

This week goes weird quickly as Jim dad jokes Lee, Elton watches part of a Kind of Kindness, we go off on one about the newly announced waist of cash the PS5 Pro, Darren gets old and watches Beetlejuice 2 and totally loses the ability to not say the name 3 times. While Lee recounts his time in New York, and its reality warping and utterly insane ca…

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Black Dog Green Room - Live from the cutlery drawer 10:46

2d ago10:46

10:46

Stuff like getting AI to argue with itself... And the PS5 Pro all get glanced over briefly

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ULS 168: He Pulled a Rob - Money, Audio, and the Critical Bug 1:29:29

7d ago1:29:29

1:29:29

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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Emily The Criminal 2:21:04

23d ago2:21:04

2:21:04

This week Jim watches the Decameron and has a shocking pram discovery in the real world. Elton, doesn't get a roll with it but certainly does look back in anger at his mission to purchase Oasis tickets. Darren finds Borderlands on YouTube (yes that film and yes on that service and yes its still available....) while Lee gets bored with a John Cena /…

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Black Dog Green Room - The Great Rubber band heist 8:12

26d ago8:12

8:12

stationary cupboards bewared Elton is in town

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ULS 167: Don't Have a Bad Time on Purpose - Market Share, Kernel Drama, and Forks 1:11:12

11d ago1:11:12

1:11:12

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 1:25:57

27d ago1:25:57

1:25:57

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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Swimming With Sharks 2:36:37

1M ago2:36:37

2:36:37

This week Jim watches an Irish thriller with a fine line in comedy cursing. Darren spoils Alien Romulus for himself by seeing it, Lee also watches Romulus and Elton deliberately ruins Alien Romulus for himself by listening to Lee and Darren. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO SPOILERS! Theres also a small review for Confess Fletch and a horror / thriller sho…

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Alien Romulus Review 2:20:29

26d ago2:20:29

2:20:29

+++SPOILER WARNING REPEAT SPOILER WARNING+++ In a special bonus episode (read between the lines - Lee wanted to rant to someone other than his long suffering family) - Lee is joined by Darren and Andy Poulastides to discuss the latest entry into the Alien franchise Alien: Romulus. Will it wash out the foul taste of Alien Covenant from their mouths …

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ULS 165: The Onion Ring - Easter Eggs, Privacy, and Performance 1:17:50

26d ago1:17:50

1:17:50

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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Maniac Cop 1:49:07

2M ago1:49:07

1:49:07

This week Jim has meter madness, Elton cranks it over curtains and has to deal with [ALBATROS!] the most refined literary author but also a dab hand with a lethal hardback taekwondo fighting. Darren goes "oop north" and inadvertantly ends up in the Lincolnshire version of a Steven King novel while he looks for a shop in the middle of nowhere. And L…

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Black Dog Green Room - Low Energy Technical Errors 9:21

2M ago9:21

9:21

No intro music, minor kitchen confessions and technical errors abound.... Its what we call in the business a freaking car crash.

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ULS 164: Not Entirely Headless - Cosmic, Mozilla, and Malicious Compliance 1:46:56

1M ago1:46:56

1:46:56

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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Drive 2:22:08

2M ago2:22:08

2:22:08

This week Jim celebrates his birthday and watches Maxxine, Elton discovers Fanny Payne and bonds with his chair, Darren buys himself *ahem* I mean he buys his granddaugher an attack hellicopter for cartoon dogs then he and Lee discuss the latest Batman cartoon. And finally Lee takes a trip "oop north" figuratively with the video game Thank Goodness…

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Black Dog Green Room - Hiccup cures 14:03

2M ago14:03

14:03

Stop hiccuping and drink some damn water...

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ULS 163: A Terribly Fun Bad Idea - Xen 4.19, Fossa & StackShare, Intel CPUs 1:27:19

2M ago1:27:19

1:27:19

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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Inside Llewyn Davis 2:23:37

2M ago2:23:37

2:23:37

This week, we get a drains update with Jim, Elton has some thoughts about the Olympic opening ceremony, Darren jangles some keys and Lee is going through the stages of grief with the news of a new actor being announced for Doctor Doom. Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film. Is it a story about nothing, but an asshole with a cat? Is it …

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Black Dog Green Room - She Ra rambling 16:04

2M ago16:04

16:04

This week is brief and cryptic and may contain moaning about the heat... and an apology from Elton

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ULS 162: Open Source Invoice - AlmaLinux, Gnome, and Fedora Goes For It! 1:09:48

2M ago1:09:48

1:09:48

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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The Corner Office 2:47:15

2M ago2:47:15

2:47:15

This week is an epic length one. Apologies in advance. We talk about such savoury subjects as blocked sinks, puss filled cows hooves, beavers and bed bugs. We also discuss Clarksons Farm 3, The Gentlemen on Netflix, Star Trek Prodigy, Peter Serafinowitz, the band Garbage, retro consoles and Hundreds of Beavers. Then after a brief bit of feedback we…

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Black Dog Green Room - Uber Pot Goodies 22:35

2M ago22:35

22:35

What work would we do if we were the Goodies and selling Pot from an Uber.... These and many other questions will not be answered

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Paddington 2 2:13:22

3M ago2:13:22

2:13:22

This week, Jim deals with an ill dog and an ill car, Elton deals with a feathered friend, Darren continues to get Covid loyalty points, while Lee finishes Fallout (against his better judgement) and also goes to see the horror film of the moment Longlegs. Then after some Night of the Hunter feedback its on to this weeks film. A charming, nice, witty…

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Black Dog Green Room - Photoshop for Beginners 26:40

3M ago26:40

26:40

Rubber bands cost a fiver, how big is a taint and now with free football hair stylist information and Photoshop black and white tutorials

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Black Dog Green Room - Googlewhack 20:00

3M ago20:00

20:00

Lets see what we can make Google not do....

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Night of the Hunter 2:23:56

3M ago2:23:56

2:23:56

This week its being too old to watch elections all night, concert tickets, France, square buns, running over feet with concrete posts, getting cold and damp in forrests, Fallout fallout and a lot of Godzilla feedback. Oh and Noel Edmonds talking to cats on Radio 2. Why? Why not. Then finally its time for this weeks review the 50s cult classic film …

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Godzilla Minus One 2:28:24

3M ago2:28:24

2:28:24

This week Jim dives deep into streaming watching Baghead, In a Violent Nature and Nightmares & Daydreams all of which sound pretty interesting. Elton on the other hand has a problem with his ball cock, and a little leak. For Darren, old age continues to encroach as his cyatica plays up something rotten as does his Thalassaphobia (look it up) as he …

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Black Dog Green Room - Ladies day at the neigh neigh clip clops 26:58

3M ago26:58

26:58

Sports I hates it... Oh and politics... for a bit

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2:17:53

3M ago2:17:53

2:17:53

This week, Jim comes back from holiday to regail us with fantastical tales of bacon steaks, Elton finally succumbs to Covid, which causes him to watch nazi Harry Potter films. Darren sticks to a theme of only watching stuff with Inside in the title, while Lee laments a choice of spacecraft, watches the Foo Fighters and then rages against shady MOT …

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Black Dog Green Room - Bath Beer 28:39

3M ago28:39

28:39

Bath brewery, bananas and bongs

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The Creator 2:18:08

4M ago2:18:08

2:18:08

This week Jim is away but we still manage to fill the time with chat about being ill, Murder in Successville, The Hitman, Star Wars Acolyte, Dr Who, Dave the Diver, Everquest and the extreme and deadly acidity of crisps Then after some feedback its on to this weeks film Is it a deep emotional study of humans vs AI or is it Dances With Robots? We tr…

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Black Dog Green Room - How many writers? 30:17

4M ago30:17

30:17

This week, we amble about trying to decide stuff, eat ice cream and then realise Beyonce and 2 Unlimited need more writers for songs with less lyrics

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The Black Phone 2:23:25

4M ago2:23:25

2:23:25

This week we come to you through the power of ZenCastr as Jim continues wandering Dead Island and gets vexed by a jet wash. Elton has that most relatable of issues, a pigeon in the east wing of his house. Darren is harassed by a mobility scooter. And Lee watches The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Wicked Little Letters, while also doing ILMs …

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Black Dog Green Room - Party Political AI frogs 24:44

4M ago24:44

24:44

Elastic bands expand, politics is discussed, AI can't do anything with frogs and Sid James gets a few laughs in.

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The Northman 2:31:36

4M ago2:31:36

2:31:36

Welcome to the crumpled remains of episode 176 This weeks episode is cobbled together from random files after we had something of an online recording disaster (thanks cleanfeed) Therefore timings are off, rambling goes on longer (because we were very tired) and sound quality varies a bit. In any case this week, Jim visits Dead Island, gives us a ai…

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Black Dog Green Room - 80s Game Show Host Currency 23:20

4M ago23:20

23:20

We're waiting... Elastic Bands are wrapped game show hosts are rated....

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The Social Network 2:18:19

4M ago2:18:19

2:18:19

This week, Jim watches old BBC presenters get off their mash on gin, Darren visits the hentai section of Forbidden Planet, Lee watches Abigail (AT THE CINEMA!) and explains the terrible state of his kitchen electrics. Then after a lot of discussion about last weeks film Gone Baby Gone we move on to this weeks movie. A celebration of an entire group…

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Black Dog Green Room - The Boiled Bacon of Film Reviewers 18:41

4M ago18:41

18:41

Here we are again, talking about rubber band acquisition, an "oh internet" moment, poor things, and why you shouldnt let your mum wander around a honda dealership

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Gone Baby Gone 2:32:12

5M ago2:32:12

2:32:12

This week the guy collectively talk Eurovision (well three of us not in Facebook jail do). Jim misses the Northern Lights and finds a spectacular book from his childhood. Darren discovers Apes Together Strong watching Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and is then traumatised by Baby Reindeer. While Lee runs headfirst into the reality of his old ag…

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Black Dog Green Room 2 - I can't see the Northern Lights 14:09

5M ago14:09

14:09

Ssssh we're still hiding... We're are on rubber band number 2 - talking about being cold, balls in socks and northern lights mocking.

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Wolf of Wall Street 2:28:41

5M ago2:28:41

2:28:41

This week, Jim and Lee talk Godzilla Minus One, Elton's email woes continue despite his birthday and Darren has to deal with a hotwater bottle "ring of fire" Then after some feedback its time to not worry about the chop, thump your chest, make some cash and "get the ludes man" as we review The Wolf of Wall Street. Media Discussed This Episode Monol…

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Black Dog Green Room 1 - Blu Tac Rubber Band Ball 22:44

5M ago22:44

22:44

Shhhhhsh... We're in the green room... Waiting. Talking Blu Tac, rubber bands and all sorts while waiting

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Saturnalia Cave-Woman From Outer Space 2:21:26

5M ago2:21:26

2:21:26

We start this weeks episode with Lee suffering a head cold. Meanwhile Jim has car tech trouble, but manages to watch Parasite The Grey, Fallout and is looking forward to something that sounds like Shart Lake, which has nothing to do with Thames Water we're relably informed. Elsewhere Elton watches the very cheerful Zone of Interest and then quizzes…

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Trainspotting 2:22:17

6M ago2:22:17

2:22:17

This weeks shambles is solely Lees fault due to his inability to read an email, or a diary or tell the difference between the number 16 and 23. However, this week, Jim laments the quality of graffiti these days and witnesses a police raid on a old age pensioner drugs ring. Elton wonders why everything sounds so odd in Three Body Problem. Darren get…

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