494: Updating Our Fiddly Bits

This challenge gets ugly as we slowly realize we've just become zombie slayers. We load Linux on three barely alive systems, and it takes a turn we didn't expect.

We make our big Linux predictions for 2024, but first, we score how we did for 2023.

It’s the fourth annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, and desktops of 2023.

The stories that kept us talking all year, and are only getting hotter! Plus the big flops we're still sore about.

We test two popular methods to run local language models on your Linux box. Then, we push the limits to see which language models will toe the line and which won't.

This week, our embarrassment is your entertainment. Then, we check the age and health of all our disks with one app.

PipeWire hits 1.0, and Wim Taymans joins us to reflect on the smooth success of PipeWire. Plus the details on the first NixCon North America, and more.

Can we save an old Arch install? We'll attempt a live rescue, then get into our tips for keeping your old Linux install running great.

The problem with GNOME's great news, plus our first look at Plasma 6. Then, the surprising place NixOS is getting adopted.

A special guest joins us, and we each give Fedora 39 a try. What’s new, what we liked, and what didn’t make the cut!