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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 $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes posted every Sunday.

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August 23, 20261 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 break your desktops! 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 Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

August 17, 20261 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 Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

August 2, 20261 hr 55 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 and package management, and Miller for slicing and converting CSV, TSV, and JSON data. You can view the show notes at http://bit.ly/4vZejHf , and have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie , Rob Campbell , 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 get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord . Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit

July 26, 20261 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 Massie , Ken McDonald, and Rob Campbell 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 get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

July 19, 20261 hr 23 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 https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord . Sponsor: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT

July 12, 20261 hr 26 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 Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord . Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit

June 28, 20261 hr 20 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 and enjoy! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell and Jeff Massie 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 get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

June 21, 20261 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 get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

June 14, 20261 hr 37 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 Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord .

June 7, 20261 hr 51 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 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 get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord . Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit