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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.Plus Carl from System76 stops by to surprise us with some firmware news.Chapters:59:11 Post-ShowSpecial Guests: Brent Gervais, Carl Richell, and Neal Gompa.Sponsored By:Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. A Cloud Guru: Hundreds of courses, thousands of hands-on labs.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Second-hand TV wipes out broadband for entire villageRaspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB | Hacker NewsRaspberry Pi USB Boot - UASP, TRIM, and performance | Jeff GeerlingSwitching 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 — 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 - YouTubeDonation Campaign for Signal Integrity Analysis of the PCB Design - GNU/Linux Open Hardware PowerPC notebookArch Linux-Based EndeavourOS ARM Launches for ARM Devices - 9to5LinuxDeepin 20 Review — Gorgeous Distro Becomes Even More Beautiful.Feedback: systemd skepticismEmacsConf2020 — 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 — A rust-vmm based cloud hypervisor.marin-m/SongRec — An open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust.almarklein/mypaas — Run your own PaaS using Docker, Traefik, and great analytics.sdushantha/tmpmail — A temporary email right from your terminal.