# DNF or Die

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/325/
> Fedora 31 strikes the right balance, we get the latest on the Librem 5 situation, and an easy graphics boost for laptops.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 325
- Date: 2019-10-29
- Hosts: chris, wes, chzbacon
- Guests: alex, brent, drew-devore
- Duration: 01:09:09
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/66809e83-454a-4303-a8e5-5209bfa2a220.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/Jk6kfWtLgQY





### Episode Links

  * [srslol on Twitter: “@ChrisLAS --> Hey dude. Quick question. What is the device you’re using as external GPU for your laptop. Is it called a breakaway box? Can you add any GPU and PCIe you want through Type C USB?”](https://twitter.com/srslol/status/1187112672338202625 "srslol on Twitter: “@ChrisLAS --> Hey dude. Quick question. What is the device you’re using as external GPU for your laptop. Is it called a breakaway box? Can you add any GPU and PCIe you want through Type C USB?”")
  * [Mantiz Venus MZ-02 External Graphic Enclosure eGPU](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0745H6GTX "Mantiz Venus MZ-02 External Graphic Enclosure eGPU")
  * [Using the Razer Core eGPU with Fedora Linux ](https://medium.com/@davidtstrauss/using-the-razer-core-v2-with-fedora-linux-8bf54fa4194d "Using the Razer Core eGPU with Fedora Linux ") — I set launch options to DRI_PRIME=1 %command% to run the game on the eGPU
  * [Supplying the Demand – Purism](https://puri.sm/posts/supplying-the-demand/ "Supplying the Demand – Purism")
  * [First Librem 5 Smartphones are Shipping – Purism ](https://puri.sm/posts/first-librem-5-smartphones-are-shipping/ "First Librem 5 Smartphones are Shipping – Purism
")

  * [Jay Little - Software Obsessionist - The Sad Saga of Purism and the Librem 5 : Part 1 ](https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2019/10/the-sad-saga-of-purism-and-the-librem-5-part-1 "Jay Little - Software Obsessionist - The Sad Saga of Purism and the Librem 5 : Part 1
")

  * [Purism’s Librem 5 phone starts shipping—a fully open GNU/Linux phone | Ars Technica ](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/09/purisms-librem-5-phone-starts-shipping-a-fully-open-gnulinux-phone/ "Purism’s Librem 5 phone starts shipping—a fully open GNU/Linux phone | Ars Technica
")

  * [Why Librem 5 will never succeed (in my opinion)](https://telegra.ph/Why-Librem-5-will-never-succeed-in-my-opinion-09-12 "Why Librem 5 will never succeed \(in my opinion\)")
  * [Purism Librem 5 Linux phone delayed a bit due to CPU thermal problems - SlashGear ](https://www.slashgear.com/purism-librem-5-linux-phone-delayed-a-bit-due-to-cpu-thermal-problems-24597048/ "Purism Librem 5 Linux phone delayed a bit due to CPU thermal problems - SlashGear
")

  * [An electrical engineers opinion on the Librem 5. : Purism ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Purism/comments/dnoyh0/an_electrical_engineers_opinion_on_the_librem_5/ "An electrical engineers opinion on the Librem 5. : Purism
")

  * [Ubucon Europe - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCZ80HI7OJaMEGTTsEDDpA/ "Ubucon Europe - YouTube")
  * [Fedora 31](https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-31/ "Fedora 31")
  * [Releases/31/ChangeSet - Fedora Project Wiki ](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/31/ChangeSet "Releases/31/ChangeSet - Fedora Project Wiki
")

  * [support cgroup v2 (unified hierarchy) · Issue #654 · opencontainers/runc · GitHub ](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/654 "support cgroup v2 \(unified hierarchy\) · Issue #654 · opencontainers/runc · GitHub
")

  * [Fedora 31 ARM options](https://arm.fedoraproject.org/ "Fedora 31 ARM options")
  * [Fedora 31 vs Ubuntu 19.10 Stock](https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1910274-AS-1910176AS55 "Fedora 31 vs Ubuntu 19.10 Stock")
  * [How to check Linux I/O scheduler » Linux Ask! | Linux Ask! ](http://www.linuxask.com/questions/how-to-check-linux-io-scheduler "How to check Linux I/O scheduler » Linux Ask! | Linux Ask!
")

  * [Bug 745032 – Mouse Tracking ‘Laggy’ on Wayland, and mouse movements cause frame drops in other OpenGL applications ](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745032 "Bug 745032 – Mouse Tracking ‘Laggy’ on Wayland, and mouse movements cause frame drops in other OpenGL applications
")

  * [Multi-monitor rendering in Wayland sessions spends some random fixed percentage of its time (average 50%) blocked, sleeping and unable to render the screen or respond to the user54](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/3 "Multi-monitor rendering in Wayland sessions spends some random fixed percentage of its time \(average 50%\) blocked, sleeping and unable to render the screen or respond to the user54")
  * [Boosting the Real Time Performance of Gnome Shell 3.34 in Ubuntu 19.10 ](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/boosting-the-real-time-performance-of-gnome-shell-3-34-in-ubuntu-19-10/13095 "Boosting the Real Time Performance of Gnome Shell 3.34 in Ubuntu 19.10 ")
  * [Toolbox :: Fedora Docs Site](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/toolbox/ "Toolbox :: Fedora Docs Site")
  * [tmate • Instant terminal sharing](https://tmate.io/ "tmate • Instant terminal sharing")
  * [New Linux Foundation Effort to Focus on Data Confidence Fabrics to Scale Digital Transformation Initiatives - The Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/10/new-linux-foundation-effort-to-focus-on-data-confidence-fabrics-to-scale-digital-transformation-initiatives/ "New Linux Foundation Effort to Focus on Data Confidence Fabrics to Scale Digital Transformation Initiatives - The Linux Foundation")



