Episode 5:12: 10,000 Tabs and an Extended Warranty

2025-05-05

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Coming up in this episode Extended service warranty for your Linux 10,000 Tabs Made Easy! A Chrome Firesale The Video Version https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I 0:00 Cold Open 1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu 17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies 41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale! 58:33 The Science of Next Time 1:11:14 Stinger Upgrade or ESM? Why not both? This blog post reminded Leo he needed to make a decision. Ubuntu Pro could let him kick the can a little. Upgrades generally go well unless you have a bunch of...

Coming up in this episode

Extended service warranty for your Linux
10,000 Tabs Made Easy!
A Chrome Firesale

The Video Version
https://youtu.be/pTGaEsSA12I

0:00 Cold Open
1:40 Extended Warranty for Ubuntu
17:36 Tab Groups and Unwanted Cookies
41:39 A Google Chrome Firesale!
58:33 The Science of Next Time
1:11:14 Stinger

Upgrade or ESM? Why not both?

This blog post reminded Leo he needed to make a decision.
Ubuntu Pro could let him kick the can a little.
Upgrades generally go well unless you have a bunch of 3rd party repos.
Always have a backup before any major changes.

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