# Distro Triforce

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/372/
> What would it really take to get you to switch Linux distributions? We debate the practical reasons more and more people are sticking with the big three.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 372
- Date: 2020-09-22
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Guests: brent, carl-richell, nealgompa
- Duration: 01:00:41
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/2b7ab18a-d5bf-4c5c-9c5d-0167b196c861.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/3iIpoodHI8U



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### Episode Links

  * [Second-hand TV wipes out broadband for entire village](https://www.openreach.com/news/second-hand-tv-wipes-out-broadband-for-entire-village/ "Second-hand TV wipes out broadband for entire village")
  * [Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24520397 "Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB | Hacker News")
  * [Raspberry Pi USB Boot - UASP, TRIM, and performance | Jeff Geerling](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/raspberry-pi-usb-boot-uasp-trim-and-performance "Raspberry Pi USB Boot - UASP, TRIM, and performance | Jeff Geerling")
  * [Switching Between Proprietary Firmware and System76 Open Firmware - System76 Support](https://support.system76.com/articles/transition-firmware/ "Switching Between Proprietary Firmware and System76 Open Firmware - System76 Support") — System76 Open Firmware is designed to be lightweight and performant with a simple and straightforward user interface. 
  * [OpenPOWER Summit 2020 Was This Week With Many Interesting Hardware/Software Talks - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenPOWER-Summit-2020 "OpenPOWER Summit 2020 Was This Week With Many Interesting Hardware/Software Talks - Phoronix") — Roberto Innocenti provided an update on the POWER64 laptop that is still being worked on via community donations as an open hardware platform.
  * [Open Hardware GNU/Linux PPC64 Laptop Potential - Roberto Innocenti, Power Progress Community - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvExq7u7BMk "Open Hardware GNU/Linux PPC64 Laptop Potential - Roberto Innocenti, Power Progress Community - YouTube")
  * [Donation Campaign for Signal Integrity Analysis of the PCB Design - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook](https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/campaigns/donation-campaign-for-signal-integrity-analysis-of-the-pcb-design/ "Donation Campaign for Signal Integrity Analysis of the PCB Design - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebook")
  * [Arch Linux-Based EndeavourOS ARM Launches for ARM Devices - 9to5Linux](https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-based-endeavouros-arm-launches-for-arm-devices "Arch Linux-Based EndeavourOS ARM Launches for ARM Devices - 9to5Linux")
  * [Deepin 20 Review](https://itsfoss.com/deepin-20-review/ "Deepin 20 Review") — Gorgeous Distro Becomes Even More Beautiful.
  * [Feedback: systemd skepticism](https://slexy.org/view/s20lMxbPhE "Feedback: systemd skepticism")
  * [EmacsConf2020](https://slexy.org/view/s2zV618Go5 "EmacsConf2020") — Have you heard about the recent announcement for EmacsConf 2020? It's a free two-day online Emacs conference scheduled for the weekend of November 28th and 29th, 2020.
  * [cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor](https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor "cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor") — A rust-vmm based cloud hypervisor.
  * [marin-m/SongRec](https://github.com/marin-m/SongRec "marin-m/SongRec") — An open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust. 
  * [almarklein/mypaas](https://github.com/almarklein/mypaas "almarklein/mypaas") — Run your own PaaS using Docker, Traefik, and great analytics. 
  * [sdushantha/tmpmail](https://github.com/sdushantha/tmpmail "sdushantha/tmpmail") — A temporary email right from your terminal.