LINUX Unplugged

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

555 episodes of LINUX Unplugged since the first episode, which aired on August 12th, 2013.

  • 523: Ride the Rhino

    August 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins
    apt, arch, aur-like package manager, data privacy, deb packages, dpkg, duckduckgo, fastmail, fingerprinting, flatpak, git packages, gnome, instability, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nextdns, opensuse tumbleweed, pacstall, pi-hole, podverse, privacy, privacy tools, protonvpn, rhino linux, rhino-pkg, rolling release, search engines, snap, ubuntu, ubuntu devel, unicorn desktop, xfce, 🦄, 🦏

    We're trying out Rhino Linux—a unique take on rolling Ubuntu with AUR-like powers and other surprises.

  • 522: Practical Privacy

    August 6th, 2023  |  1 hr 17 mins
    2fa, adguard home, aegis authenticator, built-in monitoring software, cloud storage, content filtering, davx5, dns, doorbell button, element, email, encryption, esp32 smart doorbell, esphome, etesync, file sync, freetube, frontends, gl.inet routers, grapheneos, home assistant, libredirect, linux, local integration, mass surveillance, mesh vpn, messaging services, nextcloud, nextdns, nitter, notifications, online safety bill, open source, pi-hole, privacy, privacy friendly, privacy resources, privacy rights, privacy tips, privacy tools, privacyguides.org, privacytools.io, proton calendar, proton drive, real-time chat, self-hosting, send, signal, simplelogin, simplex chat, starlink, storage, surveillance self-defense, syncthing, tailscale, uk government, vendors, vpns, wireguard

    Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS.

  • 521: Rethinking GNOME

    July 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins
    ansible, anytype.io, automation platform, berlin with brent, brunch, chicago meetup, gl-inet routers, gnome window management, jetporch, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meetup, mosaic concept, nextcloud conference 2023, obsidian, open podcast api, paypal locked grapheneos, privacy tool, privacy tools for linux, rust, rust’s beginnings, self-hosted email, suse, suse liberty linux, travel update, wes, window management

    Two important news stories, plus our thoughts on GNOME’s new windowing proposal and the Framework 16.

  • 520: To Infinity and Berlin

    July 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins
    alma linux, berlin, budgie, bytebitten, charging profiles, cpu freq control, cpu power limits, ddev, fan control, flipper zero, germany, infinitybook pro 14 gen8, intel i7-13700h cpu, intel iris xe graphics, intel raptor lake-h processor, iso keyboard layout, kubuntu, linux, linux 6.2, meetups w/brent, nixos, nixpkgs, omemo, plasma 5.27.6, privacy-preserving powertools, thunderbolt 4, tuxedo computers, tuxedo control center, tuxedo os 2, tuxedoos, ubuntu, ubuntu 22.04, usb-c charging options, wget, wild fire update, xmpp

    Do they build them better in Germany? We try out the next-generation InfinityBook Pro 14 and dig into TUXEDO OS.

  • 519: The Clone Grift Wars

    July 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 25 mins
    $10 million investment, almalinux, almalinux’s future, ciq, ciq collaboration, clone grift wars, data collection, downstream distributor, endless os, enterprise linux, fedora workstation, forking rhel, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, metrics system, oracle, privacy-preserving telemetry, rhel developers, rocky linux, rocky linux's stance, suse, suse announcement, suse open source foundation, telemetry, thunderbird 115, vendor lock-in

    Have Oracle and SUSE lost their minds? Plus, we dig into Fedora's proposal to add telemetry collection to Workstation.

  • 518: Race To Immutability

    July 9th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins
    almalinux, bobrossquotes, btrfs, canonical, centos, centos stream, chromeos, composability, conshax, container, debian, ffmpeg, floss.social, future of desktop linux, gnome boxes, immutability, immutable desktop, juju, jupiter broadcasting, lan, linux action news, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, nix-shell, nixos, opensuse microos, prosody, redhat, reliability, rhel, rocky linux, security, silverblue, snap store, snapcraft, snaps, snikket, stability, ubuntu core, ubuntu core desktop, workshops, xmpp, youtube-dl

    Can Ubuntu make a great immutable desktop? We're trying the brand-new "Everything is a Snap" Ubuntu Core Desktop.

  • 517: Caught Red-Hatted

    July 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins
    ai, almalinux, berlin buds, berlin meetup, centos stream, conservancy blog, data privacy, extreme privacy, fcc, fedora, fedora linux, geocache found, gpl issues, ham broadcast, ham sandwich, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, low cost rhel programs, nasa, privacy, red hat, rocky, rocky linux, sdr tuner, springdale linux, srpms, tech ethics, technology news

    Just about every take on the Red Hat news seems to have missed the mark.

  • 516: The Fixer-Upper

    June 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins
    amd radeon, asus, cai, cyberattack, darknet diaries, data brokers, eff, extreme privacy, gnome rdp, go2tv, grapheneos, have i been pwned, immich, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, moveit, nextcloud, nixos, obs, odni, pai, privacy, seedvault, self-hosting, stable diffusion, stalkerware, tailscale, wireguard, 🦒

    Chris tears into two old PCs, and builds a surprisingly powerful multi-monitor Wayland workstation.

  • 515: Ham Sandwich

    June 18th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins
    adobe cc on linux, amateur radio software for linux, arrl, ask noah show, atmospheric research, awesome ham radio repositories, bluetuith, boost implications, chromeo, closed source ham radio software, cooler master, davinci resolve, framework, ft8, ham official documentary, ham radio linux superstation, ham radio operators, hamming it up, hamnix, jupiter broadcasting, kdenlive, lightworks, linux and ham community, linux podcast, linux unplugged, pink floyd, portable ham radio, pre-built distros, remote ham radio, sam and dave, taxes, technician license, the clash, tui bluetooth manager

    Is Ham Radio a natural hobby for Linux users? An old friend joins us to explain where the two overlap.

  • 514: Connection Established

    June 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins
    altispeed, ans, apfs, ask noah, ask noah show, bookworm, charlotte, comma, debian 12, debian bookworm, element, flatpak, fluffychat, fountain, fractal, gnome 43, ham radio, jmp, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma 5.27, kinoite, ktailctl, lfnw, libreoffice, linux 6.1 lts kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, mesh vpn, nix, nix-index, nix-shell, nixos, noah chelliah, podcasting 2.0, raspberry pi, red hat, self, southeast linuxfest, suse, synapse, thinlinx, virtual lug, wireguard, xfce 4.18

    We get the inside scoop on SouthEast LinuxFest, and share a few stories from the early days of the Linux community.

  • 513: There Is No Distro

    June 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min
    build system, disko, distribution model, distro tooling, jupiter broadcasting, ktailctl, libreoffice, linux distro model, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live swap linux distributions, mesh vpn, netbird, nix, nix-portable, nixos, nixos anywhere, nixos foundation, nixos-anywhere, obsolete, production server, red hat, reproducibility, s3 costs, tailscale, wireguard

    We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete.

  • 512: The Sound of Rust

    May 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins
    android, automation, bitcoin dad pod, bitfocus companion, call for papers, chatgpt, daniel micay, dmr, docker-polaris, elgato, f-droid, ft8, git, gmrs, gnome plugin, google account deletion, grapheneos, grapheneos restructuring, gtk, ham, happy birthday brent, jupiter broadcasting, lapce, linux audio setup, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lsp, modal editing, music streaming, nextcloud cookbook, pipewire, please run that, polaris, redox os, rope science, rust, rust code editor, security, stream deck, turtle, vim, wasi, xi, 🦒

    We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.

  • 511: Accepting the Future

    May 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins
    ai, aprs, asahi linux, bard, brew, btrfs, contact scopes, custom-built pc, desktop linux, desktop session, digipeater, display manager, display server, docker-compose, electron, full text search, garden gnome, giraffeneos, gmscompatconfig, grapheneos, ham radio, hector martin, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux unplugged case, llm, mesh network, nix, nixos, odroid, odroid case, odroid-h3+, pipewire, podcastguru, privacy, pulseaudio, red hat, rhel, right to repair, rust, security, signal from the noise, software insurance, spotify, subtitles, systemd, text-to-speech, upstream, wayland, x11, x86, xorg, youtube full text search, yt-dlp, yt-fts, zfs, 🦒

    How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.

  • 510: Thinking in Decades

    May 14th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins
    ada & zangemann, ai regulation, antitrust case against microsoft, baller boosts, berlin, contribute, deep personal connection, define free software, eu parliament, free software foundation europe, fsfe, get involved, history, involvement, journalists, jupiter broadcasting, liability, light sensor, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matthias kirschner, public code, rog ally, soil moisture, steamdeckhq, water valve, zipcode vote

    The push for free software takes years, maybe even generations. Brent gets the inside story from the Free Software Foundation Europe.

  • 509: The Next Gen Desktop

    May 7th, 2023  |  59 mins 50 secs
    arch, archwiki, awesome-hyprland, dynamic tiling, easy configuration, ecowitt weather station, esp32, garden automation, hall of fame, hyprland, hyprland wiki, installation, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, manual installation, master tutorial, nb, nix, nixos, notes, nvidia gpus, opensuse tumbleweed, running hyprland, smooth animations, the sprinkler geeks, xwmx/nb

    The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux.

  • 508: The Worst Distro Ever

    April 30th, 2023  |  52 mins 10 secs
    apt, audiobookshelf, bash, bashrc, boston harbor, boston harbor marina, bullseye, containers, debian, dendron, determinate nix installer, determinate systems, digital estate planning, docker, fedora, finland, hugo, hugo extended build, jupiter broadcasting, jupiterbroadcasting.com, kde, linux podcast, linux spring meetup, linux unplugged, nala, nix, nix-shell, nixos, olympia meetup, package managers, pacstall, password manager, personal knowledge management, plasma, podgrab, pop!_os, postal-code boost, rss, sam hughes, self-hosting, spotify, spring meetup, static site, suicide linux, the sprinkler geeks, tumbleweed

    Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?