Jupiter Extras

Joe, Alan, and Dan speculate about what the world will be like after the situation with Coronavirus is under control and life returns to something resembling normality. Special Guests: Alan Pope and Danielle Foré .

Brent sits down with Aleix Pol, president of KDE e. V., KDE software developer, co-founder of Linux App Summit and Barcelona Free Software. We discuss his longstanding collaborations within the KDE community, developer sponsorships in open source business models, and more. Special Guest: Aleix Pol.

Brent sits down with Stuart Langridge, co-host of Bad Voltage, for an exploration of open source's "final mile", the text and language interface as a UX opportunity, terminals vs. search engines, Darwinian processes and crab-bucketism in software development, and more. Special Guest: Stuart Langridge.

We share what goes into making LINUX Unplugged special, and have a laugh at some of our bad ideas from show past.

Brent sits down with Elizabeth K. Joseph, Developer Advocate at IBM Z, former Ubuntu Community Council member, and contributor to Ubuntu, Debian, Xubuntu, and others. We discuss her new passion for mainframes, her early contributions to open source projects, the niche opportunities in Z DevOps on mainframes, and more. Special Guest: Elizabeth K. Joseph.

Brent sits down with Nuritzi Sanchez, Senior Open Source Program Manager at GitLab, former GNOME Foundation President and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and Founding Member of Endless, Inc. We explore her current experiences at GitLab, her deep involvement in the growth of GNOME's community, the evolution of the Linux App Summit, her involvement with Endless, and why she is so drawn to the...

Brent sits down with Brandon Bruce, Director of Customer Support at Linux Academy. We explore the world of support, how his former role as professional chef informs his "Kitchen Brigade" approach to building a support team, analytics data's ability to reveal surprising user experience patterns, and more. Special Guest: Brandon Bruce.

Brent sits down with Heather Ellsworth, Software Engineer on Canonical's Ubuntu Desktop Team, a GNOME Foundation Member, and former Purism Librem 5 Documentation Engineer. We discuss her deep history in experimental high energy physics at CERN, the similarities and synergies between the sciences and software engineering, her love of documentation, her newly established maintainership of LibreOffic...

Joe talks about the basics of podcasting including recording spaces, types of microphones, post-production techniques, editing, and more.

Brent sits down with Peter Adams, professional photographer and former founder and CTO of several internet-technology startups in New York and Silicon Valley. In this Part 2 we explore open source and photography through workflows, lighting controls, and camera OSs, artificial intelligence and the future of photography, and more. Special Guest: Peter Adams.

Brent sits down with Peter Adams, professional photographer and former founder and CTO of several internet-technology startups in New York and Silicon Valley. We explore his photography project "Faces of Open Source", his history in the dot-com bubble era, how he came to love open source, and more. Brunch with Brent: Peter Adams Part 2 comes out this Friday. Special Guest: Peter Adams.

Brent sits down with Jim Salter, co-host of Jupiter Broadcasting's TechSNAP and technology reporter at Ars Technica. We explore his relationship with computers via the US Navy, when code has it's place in either proprietary or open source licensing, the value in being a social gadfly, and Jim's motivations behind his writing and who he is hoping to reach and inspire. Special Guest: Jim Salter.

Join Alex and Brent for a chat about upgrading your home network with an eye towards stability, simplicity, and hosting things yourself.

Brent sits down with Joe Ressington, Jupiter Broadcasting Podcast Content Director, Late Night Linux host, and musician, for an exploration of his journey in podcasting, a behind-the-scenes of User Error and Linux Action News, how music led to Linux, the origins of Brunch with Brent's theme music, and more. Special Guest: Joe Ressington.

Brent sits down with Jackie DeVore, co-host of horror podcast Sirens of Scream and multi-disciplinary artist. Our in-person chat explores the origins of her podcasting, creativity as a lifestyle, women in tech, art, and gaming, and her co-founding and recent launch of Hell Bunny Independents Club, a women's inclusive and supportive digital safe space. Special Guest: Jackie DeVore.

Brent sits down with Catherine Kretzschmar, professional music teacher, coding bootcamp enlistee, and humanist celebrant, for an in-person connective chat on the relationship between music and coding, the quality-of-life implications of ever-evolving home automation, an intro to humanist celebrancy, and more. Catherine is a good friend of the Jupiter Broadcasting family and wife of Alex Kretzschma...

Brent sits down with Jason Spisak, professional voice actor, actor, producer, and co-founder of multiple Linux-related projects including Lycoris, Symphony OS, and Symple PC. In Part 2 we explore Jason's various voice acting roles, his approach to embodying roles like The Joker, the setup in his Linux-only audio recording studios, the power in collaborative innovation, examining yourself through m...

Brent sits down with Jason Spisak, professional voice actor, actor, producer, and co-founder of multiple Linux-related projects including Lycoris, Symphony OS, and Symple PC. In Part 1 we chat about everything from Jason's deep motivations behind his Linux projects, to patents vs. open source, digital independence and the nature of human endeavor. A few additional voices join us throughout for goo...

Brent sits down with Alan Pope (popey), who shares his knack for fuzzy-testing, the beginnings of Ubuntu Podcast, insights into Ubuntu Touch and Unity, the joys and perils of being "Internet Famous", and how to contribute meaningfully to your favorite Linux distributions. popey is a Developer Advocate at Canonical working on Snapcraft & Ubuntu , co-host of User Error and Ubuntu Podcast . Speci...

Brent sits down with Rocco of Big Daddy Linux for a conversation about the origins of Linux Spotlight, some shared behind-the-scenes podcasting perspectives, and just how great we feel about our Linux community. Special Guest: Rocco (BigDaddyLinux).

Brent sits down with Jacob Roecker, long-time Jupiter Broadcasting community member and Bronze Star Medal decorated United States Army veteran. Jacob shares his journey from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan through to dealing with PTSD, and how Jupiter Broadcasting and its community was integral throughout. Special Guest: Jacob Roecker.

Chz sits down with Alan Pope (popey) to discuss his thoughts about ThinkPads, and why they might be the perfect Linux laptop. Find out what those model numbers really mean, plus our tips for picking which one is right for you. Special Guest: Alan Pope.

Brent sits down with Emma Marshall, Customer Happiness Manager at System76 for a fun chat touching on her love of pinball and puppies, spreading happiness, women in tech, and more. Note: This episode was recorded before the Superfans 3 event, which occurred between November 15-17, 2019. Special Guest: Emma Marshall.

Brent sits down with Jill Bryant Ryniker, long time linux aficionado, for a connective conversation exploring her deep involvement in linux and open source, from community to professional animation and more. Jill wears many complimentary hats, a few of which include: co-host of Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday, regular community guest on Linux Unplugged, LinuxChixs LA co-organizer, professional animat...

Brent sits down with Martin Wimpress, co-founder and project lead for Ubuntu MATE https://ubuntu-mate.org/ , Director of Ubuntu Desktop at Canonical, and co-host of Ubuntu Podcast https://ubuntupodcast.org/ . We dive into why innovative, creative people are attracted to open source, his journey through Linux and podcasting, his feelings on his new position in the Desktop Team at Canonical, and muc...