# Server Meltdown

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/416/
> We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud!

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 416
- Date: 2021-07-27
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 00:52:27
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/d8160733-ba40-49e7-8f5a-abd14fdf6186.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/bqgW6pUtkcQ



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### Episode Links

  * [Live Starlink Satellite Map](https://satellitemap.space/ "Live Starlink Satellite Map")
  * [Salt Lake City Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/278854904/ "Salt Lake City Meetup")
  * [Denver Meetup Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/278855088/ "Denver Meetup Meetup")
  * [Framework Laptop review: pick your ports](https://www.theverge.com/22587205/framework-laptop-review "Framework Laptop review: pick your ports") — In other words, upgradability is the reason to buy the Framework laptop.
  * [Latest Framework Laptop DIY Edition/Linux topics](https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91 "Latest Framework Laptop DIY Edition/Linux topics") — Setup guides, advice, troubleshooting, and more, for those of us who use Linux-based Operating Systems on our Framework Laptops.
  * [Which Linux distribution do you want to use on your Framework Laptop?](https://community.frame.work/t/which-linux-distribution-do-you-want-to-use-on-your-framework-laptop/1802 "Which Linux distribution do you want to use on your Framework Laptop?")
  * [[Video] A COMPLETELY Upgradeable Laptop?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k "\[Video\] A COMPLETELY Upgradeable Laptop?")
  * [Framework: The Touchpad and Fingerprint Reader](https://community.frame.work/t/the-touchpad-and-fingerprint-reader/2488 "Framework: The Touchpad and Fingerprint Reader") — If you’re a Linux user, we’ve got you covered too! Our firmware lead Kieran submitted a patch to libfprint, and support is making its way into various distributions to be able to work automatically.
  * [FreeBSD Working On A New Installer, Updates To Their Linux Compatibility Layer](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeBSD-Q2-2021-Report "FreeBSD Working On A New Installer, Updates To Their Linux Compatibility Layer") — A variety of improvements to FreeBSD's Linux compatibility layer for running Linux binaries on FreeBSD.
  * [Gaming sessions on Steam Deck are run via gamescope, a Wayland compositor](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/or1es7/gaming_sessions_on_steam_deck_are_run_via/ "Gaming sessions on Steam Deck are run via gamescope, a Wayland compositor") — This also suggests that SteamOS 3.0 requires Vulkan, and specifically support for async compute.
  * [Element raises $30M to boost Matrix](https://matrix.org/blog/2021/07/27/element-raises-30-m-to-boost-matrix "Element raises $30M to boost Matrix") — Element, the startup founded by the team who created Matrix, just raised $30M of Series B funding in order to further accelerate Matrix development and improve Element, the flagship Matrix app.
  * [Webtop](https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-webtop "Webtop") — Alpine and Ubuntu based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via any modern web browser.
  * [LinuxServer.io: Meet Webtops A Linux Desktop Environment In Your Browser](https://www.linuxserver.io/blog/2021-05-05-meet-webtops-a-linux-desktop-environment-in-your-browser "LinuxServer.io: Meet Webtops A Linux Desktop Environment In Your Browser") — A lot of different Docker GUI solutions exist today, but what we always found is they were just missing some common sense stuff.
  * [Webtop - Running Linux Desktop inside a Container in the Browser](https://medium.com/featurepreneur/webtop-running-linux-desktop-inside-a-container-in-the-browser-d8de91192276 "Webtop - Running Linux Desktop inside a Container in the Browser")
  * [JingOS](https://en.jingos.com/ "JingOS") — Future Mobile OS based on Linux
  * [Chris Fisher on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ChrisLAS/status/1419778722392010765 "Chris Fisher on Twitter") — I joined the @latenightlinux boys to cover my @syncthing setup that just hit the two-year mark, and we chat a little @teamsilverblue, the problem of OSS grifting, and more.
  * [JB Telegram](http://jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram "JB Telegram")
  * [PIck: docker-wine](https://github.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine "PIck: docker-wine") — Docker image that includes Wine and Winetricks for running Windows applications on Linux and macOS