Episode Details

We speculate about a future where IBM owns Red Hat, and review the latest Fedora 29 release that promises a new game changing feature.

Plus Chris returns from MeetBSD with his review, and we get the inside scope on System76’s Thelio hardware.

Special Guests: Alan Pope and Martin Wimpress.

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