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Untitled Linux Show (Video)

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. Y

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 38 min
Latest: 11 Oct 2026
Language: English

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11 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 34 minNew

ULS 274: Not Even Embarrassed - Kage, Artcraft, and the Potential Pi Killer

The end of proprietary programs may be upon us, and a project ends and goes proprietary. Ubuntu surprises us with changes to Grub, Qualcomm is making moves in the Linux space, but the Radxa Raspberry Pi killer has a software shortcoming. Huawei has an expirimental filesystem, Google is looking to Kage kernel drivers, and more! For tips we have pcguage for a quick heads up on system stats, mokutil for managing system secure boot certs, and the Adafruit Arcade Bonnet for building an arcade on a Raspberry Pi. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4jhiE5N and have a great week! Host:…

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E273 · 4 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 40 min
ULS 273: Lost Me at Technically - Spectre Again, ACME, and The Netherlands
This week, we're celebrating Shotcut, Cloudflare's new ACME Certificate Authority, and OpenSUSE's Leap Micro. Then there's a new SPECTRE attack and a Zimbra faw under attack. KDE Plasma and Fedora both have Betas to try, Microsoft has released WSL Containers, and the Netherlands is going with NixOS. For tips, we have eval for building scripts with variables, tuxdle for your word-game addiction, and shwim for easy remote shells in hard places. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4y0Hcnq and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to…
E272 · 28 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 51 min
ULS 272: Typing with Mittens - Security, Raspberry Pi, & the Window in the Other Room
We're back again, a little jet lagged, and ready for fun! Up first is a mind-bending experiment to run VMs through a kernel reboot, followed by Ubuntu's new approach to kernel updates. There's a clever security flaw in inotify, another group working on Apple hardware Linux, and some divisive news about the Raspberry Pi. KDE's AI discussion blew up, Stema has a new streaming codec, and VLC and SPEC have updates worth talking about. For tips, we have the Starling Desktop, zoxide to spice up your cd life, lltag for managing audio metadata, and pstree for a tree view of processes. The show notes…
E271 · 20 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 27 min
ULS 271: Touched By AI - New Toys, New Code, & End of an Era
This week Jonathan starts out talking about his new Framework 13 pro, and Rob tries to convince him to buy a Steam Frame to go with it. The 7.4 kernel is really shaping up to be special, with huge wins in build time, AMD HDMI support, Google finally dropping its legacy binder code, and files opening significantly faster. Ubuntu is continuing to push into Rust coreutils, KaOS is trying to manage a SystemD-free existence, and Intel is done paying out bug bounties. For tips, we have excise for a TUI disk usage visualizer, snoopy for watching what your system is really up to, and a quick primer…
E270 · 13 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 9 min
ULS 270: Bet on Heat Death - Switzerland, SCO, & Lemonade
Ubuntu has security patches that you may not be getting, Bottles has some interesting tricks on ARM, and Switzerland is going Open Source. The SCO case is still twitching, Xorg is about to make another release, and we give Lemonade a test-run. The tips this week are TMOG the new Task Manager, smlstarlet for munging XML, metaflac for manipulating FLAC metadata, and Updatecli for automating actions when an update is found. Take a look at the show notes at https://bit.ly/3T2f04T and have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie , Rob Campbell , and Ken McDonald Download or…
E269 · 6 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
ULS 269: Kerfluffel - CERN, Ur, and AGENTS
This week, we dive back into Omarchy, discuss the Ur project, and celebrate CERN's upgrade to Debian. Audacity 4 is finally out, Jeff tries to convince everyone to buy a Southbridge on a PCIe card, and the LLVM project is debating their AGENTS.md file. Firefox 155 is out, and KDE is working on better BTRFS support. For tips, we have postcard, the vibecoded simple mail client; seq, the for-looper for bash; and systemd-run, the oneshot service runner with interesting capabilities. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/46atanC and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell and…
E268 · 30 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
ULS 268: Merry Christmas -- Maybe - Multikernel, Debian AI, & Flatpak Chromium
We're celebrating Christmas a little early by looking forward to predicted HDMI 2.1 support at the end of the year. Chromium is testing Flatpacks, Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund wants in on the Flatpak action, and there's a new Multikernel in town. Ardour has a new release, and Debian has voted to allow "responsible" AI use. For tips, we have linecast for weather in the terminal, CLOUDMOUNT for mounting and unmounting cloud shares, and readelf for looking inside Linux binaries. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/3SjFS0d and Happy Linuxing! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell and…
E267 · 23 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 35 min
ULS 267: I Used To Be Cool - Kernel Deprecation, New Foundations, & Fan Control
This week, kernel 7.2 is out, with cache-aware scheduling headlining an impressive set of features. Canonical is researching automated translation from C to Rust, Omarchy gets a big boost with the Omacom Foundation, and we're gaming with the official release of GeForce NOW. GIMP 3.4 is taking shape, KDE 6.8 has us excited, and the Arctic fan controller is particularly cool on Linux. For tips, we have minidlna for streaming media, rclone mount for local mounting remote cloud shares, and i2cdetect for looking for i2c devices. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4x99iNw and try not to…
E266 · 17 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 31 min
ULS 266: Stratification - Bullet Proof KDE, Rolling Servers, and DEF CON Wrap-up
Does 10% make this the Year of the Linux Desktop? ClamAV gets some important CVE fixes, and the kernel staging area is now a no-AI zone. We talk about DEF CON, QR codes, and rolling servers. For command line tips we have userdel for removing users, rclone's listremotes option for managing remote backup destination, and socat for shuffling bits around the network. You can catch the show notes at https://bit.ly/4xMjaNh and happy Linuxing! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join…
E265 · 2 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 59 min
ULS 265: Malicious From the Beginning - GrapheneOS's Duress Pin
This week, the guys are talking about a duress-wipe phone case that's landed someone federal charges, GCC's new policy on AI-generated code, and yet another AUR malware wave that's got Arch disabling package adoptions entirely. There's a from-scratch Rust rewrite of the X server called YServer, ShadowFetch Linux brings local AI to the desktop, Nouveau is enabling atomic mode setting by default, and GOG is finally building an official Linux client. For tips, we have DNS Globe for watching DNS propagation, the bash builtin complete for custom tab-autocompletion, uv for fast Python environment…
E264 · 26 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
ULS 264: We Have The Worst Analogies - Patents, Codeberg, & Pi Touch 10 Inch
This week, the guys are talking about Canonical's new Enterprise Store, the final patent freedom for MPEG-4 layer 2, and what's new in OBS 32.2. There's yet another AI code ban, Jellyfin is having a leadership exodus, and Firefox has shipped 153. For tips, we have keyward for SSH key management, uvx for running a python command in an ephemeral install, ydotool for mouse and keyboard automation, and the scoop on how to install claude code without resorting to a curltobashism. The show notes are available at https://bit.ly/4wrijkK and have an epic week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff…
E263 · 19 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
ULS 263: Getting Back With My X - Torvalds Embraces AI Tools for the Linux Kernel
This week, we're talking Open Source X, the new normal at the Linux Kernel, and the not-liquid glass in the newest COSMIC release. We check in on Flathub's AI ban, get a sneak peek at the code behind Valve's VR project, and more! For tips, we have memReady to decode your ram details, mount point to get details about whether a drive is mounted, and the Meshtastic Desktop app now available on FlatHub. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/44zt4oS and have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Rob Campbell Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at…
E262 · 12 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 27 min
ULS 262: Spewing Common Sense - Mint, Montana, & Mandriva
Linux Mint is about to enter the modern era with Wayland for Cinnamon, Hannah Montana Linux is (sorta) back, and OpenMandriva was sabotaged. There's a minor AI fight in the kernel, Razer has a laptop with certified Linux support, and the Fedora Council is making big changes. For tips, we have the new Claude Desktop for Linux, nvme CLI for managing drives, and avahi-publish-address for a modern take on a host's file. You can see the show notes at https://bit.ly/4ygANWh and have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Rob Campbell Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux…
E261 · 28 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
ULS 261: I Regret My Decisions - Steam Machine Prices, Akrites Security, & COSMIC
Steam Machines are expensive! But maybe not too expensive? The Academy Software Foundation, yes like the Academy Awards, has a Wayland Working Group. Akrites is the new game in town for Open Source vulnerability response, and Pine64 is teasing an Open Smart Speaker. The Linux kernel has some big performance wins, and at least one platform with a mixed bag after updates. Then KDE And COSMIC have interesting updates. For tips, we have Herald for TUI email goodness, ss for modern socket statistics, and relayd for network traffic redirection. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4oOWto6…
E260 · 21 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 49 min
ULS 260: Meme It Into Existence - KDE Plasma 6.7 Released!
An AUR safety net arrives with Yay v13, adding visibility into packing timestamps. A developer found and fixed ~4ms of hidden mouse latency in KWin stemming from three separate sources. And Canonical announced a local, private, hotkey-activated speech-to-text tool coming in Ubuntu 26.10. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3Sq5Qi4, and happy Linuxing! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell , Jeff Massie , and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and…
E259 · 14 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
ULS 259: Capture the Orphans - Audacity, Poisoned AUR, & It's Too Powerful!
This week the headlines are big! First up, more than 400 packages on the AUR have been compromised. Then, the Linux kernel patches a critical ARM CVE from last year. Plus, Linux 7.1 is about to release with FRED and HDMI 2.1. And the US Government has shut down Anthropic Fable and Mythos. The tips are a bit more mellow, with xxd for terminal hex dumps, schroot for secure chroots, and the keyboard shortcuts provided by readline. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3PXQbWA and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux…
E258 · 7 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 52 min
ULS 258: Leans the Wrong Way - Xorg, X86box, & X-ing AI
Flathub maintainers are sick of AI, Windows broke Jeff's laptop, and Xorg has even more vulnerabilities. Cloudflare covers in glorious detail a bug where Idle wasn't idle, Ardour gets even better with 9.7, and Valve is continuing to improve the gaming on Linux experience. Windows adds rust coreutils, and Ubuntu is looking to the future. For tips, we have Croft, a tui clone of vscode; cachy-chroot, an easier way to rescue your system; mv, the simple command to move files; and resolvectl, the best tool for peering into systemd-resolved. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4odmUUo and…
E257 · 31 May 2026 · 1 hr 47 min
ULS 257: Better with Butter - Workshop, Hummingbird, & KernelScript
This week the trio covers the Latest Ubuntu, Fedora, and CachyOS news. Btrfs has a big performance win, USB4 brings fast data transfers, the latest kernel RC has prompted a classic Torvalds rant. And then Jonathan flies in to wrap up the show with Open Source AI definition news. For tips, we have quein for turbo-charges who is, Shelly for smarter package management, htmlq for querying a web page, and DuckDB for slick SQL on the command line. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/434Hrkg and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald, Rob Campbell , and Jeff Massie Download…
E256 · 24 May 2026 · 1 hr 51 min
ULS 256: Cash Aware - AI in Your Terminal?
This week a popular distro adds AI into its offering, Fedora is retiring Deepin, Google is abandoning Gemini CLI, and the fight to give Vizio smart TV owners more control over software running on their TVs. For tips, BleachBit's new TUI is great for headless servers, an update to arch, update-alternatives, and Lynis! You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4f6smWz. Enjoy the show! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell , Jeff Massie , and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!…
E255 · 17 May 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
ULS 255: End of the 8-Bit Era - Security Nightmare, Performance Win, & Public Beta
This week we're talking GCC performance wins, then a parade of security issues, (including a security catastrophe on Windows). Debian is moving to reproducible builds, while the kernel updates its security docs. KDE has a beta out of 6.7, Dell and Lenovo back LVFS, and California may save gaming. For tips, we have CoolerControl for fan controls, stow for managing symlinks, and bb for sweet ASCII demo swag. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4urTUKE and enjoy the show! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Jeff Massie Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at…

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