LINUX Unplugged

Weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests and tons of opinion.

About the show

An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.

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Episodes

  • 583: Nix on Easy Mode

    October 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 16 mins
    dev shell, development environment, devenv, etchdroid, flakes, framework, google photos alternative, immich, internal loathing of windows, jefftastic, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, nix, nixos, nixpkgs, nixy, pip, python, seagl, will it nix

    Wes gives his shell superpowers to solve a tricky problem. Then, we share an update on our favorite Google Photos alternative, including breaking changes and a great new way to run it.

  • 582: On the CUPS of Disaster

    September 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
    activate linux, alby hub, atari vcs, clapgrep, common unix printing system, cups, cups-browsed, cve, evilsocket, exploits, foomatic-rip, frog, haiku, jefftastic, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, nixos, nodeboard, printer, producer jeff, pwnscript, reactos, servo, unix, vulnerability, 🐸

    We explain the one-packet attack on CUPS and discuss its real-world implications. Plus, a Meshtastic update and more.

  • 581: The Linux Escape Hatch

    September 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
    apple, community engagement, developer focus, dhh, haiku os, jupiter broadcasting, kernel development, linux alternatives, linux evangelism, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lora radios, mesh networks, meshtastic, nix, off-grid communication, omakub, open-source, ruby on rails, rust, software ports, stability, system management, web development

    What if we had to abandon ship and stop using Desktop Linux? We've come up with a master plan, and put it to the test.

  • 580: Brent’s Boogie Bus Broadcast Bash

    September 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins
    amd, apple vision pro, autoflow, berlin, boost, cosmic, encryption, executive director, federation, file request, framework laptop, gnome, homeassistant, hub 9, intel, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux 6.11, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mailvelope, membership discount, nextcloud, nix, opensats, supersonic, waycheck, windmill, wireguard

    The things we like in the new Nextcloud release, and we attempt to upgrade our production server live—from a big blue bus.

  • 579: Lost & Found

    September 8th, 2024  |  57 mins 45 secs
    firefox, floppy disk, free deck, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged

    Secret moments from the show you've never heard before. We kick off with some hardware hurdles, then dive into the news and share a few surprising stories.

  • 578: Young and the Rustless

    September 1st, 2024  |  1 hr 28 mins
    2fa, american maple syrup, appletv no more, bazzite, berlin meetup, beverly by coke, bitcoin well, buy bitcoin in canada, c, c++, chrislas since middle school, davx5, dc stephen, dirk hohndel, fido2 keys, hand-smacking os, hawn dale, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, keybase.io, kiro, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux kernel api, linux podcast, linux strorage filesystem summit, linux unplugged, longhorn, maple sats, nixos, nontechnical nonsense, open source summit, pantheon, rust, rust4linux, seaweedfs, soc 2, toronto meetup, totp, vaultwarden, wedson almeida filho

    Rust meets Linux in a clash of coding cultures. Why some developers are resisting, and where things go from here.

  • 577: Summer Kernel Corn Roast

    August 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 20 mins
    2fa, alpine, ansible, bcachefs, berlin meetup, canonical, cloudflare, cosmic alpha, cve, cve-2022-2601, dual-boot, efi, gentoo, greg kroah-hartman, grub, hyprland, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, linus torvalds, linux 6.11, linux kernel developer team, linux podcast, linux unplugged, microsoft, nix drinking game, nixos, nixos feedback, nixos image generator, nixos stable or unstable, patch tuesday, pihole, proxmox virtual environment, saunafs, sbat, secure boot, tailscale, toronto meetup, ublue cosmic, ubuntu, ubuntu 24.10, ubuntu kernel

    Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual.

  • 576: The Secret Server

    August 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 20 mins
    2fa, aegis, archcraft hyprland, authy, auto tab discard, berlin meetup, colo server, comcast fail, fido2, firehol, flathub, immich, incus, iptables, js8call, jupiter broadcasting, keepassium, keepassxc, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, mesh network, meshtastic, mixer vodka and vernors, newpipe, nftables, nixos, proxmox, sat holiday, sponsorblock, sunos, tailscale, toronto meetup, totp, tree-style tabs, trusted interfaces, tubular, vps proxy, who exactly is wes payne?

    We reveal how we turned our humble LAN into a public server farm, all while keeping our IP address under wraps and our ISP blissfully unaware.

  • 575: Brent's Busted Builds

    August 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 26 mins
    2fa, android, anker powerconf s330, authy, beelink, beelink ser5, collapse os, cosmic, docker-osx, framework, gentoo challenge, grapheneos, hyprland, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, openziti, sacramento meetup, services.jb.summerbreak, toronto meetup, universal blue, 🦒

    Brent's computer pulls an all-nighter at the worst possible moment, and the hits keep coming for open-source Android distributions and our new 2FA tool.

  • 574: COSMIC Encounter

    August 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins
    aeon, alpha release, app store, appimage, bazzite, bootc, cinnamon, compositor, configuration, cosmic, cpap, desktop environment, fedora, file manager, full disk encryption, garmin, gear lever, gentoo challenge, github actions, gui, iced, immutable operating systems, jupiter broadcasting, kalpa, keyboard shortcuts, kitterman creative, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, manjaro, nixos, oscar, performance, pop!_os, portability, rust, screenshot tool, secure boot, smb shares, smithay, steam deck, system76, themes, tpm, tumbleweed, universal blue, wayland

    The COSMIC desktop is just around the corner. We get the inside scoop from System76 and go hands-on with an early press build.

  • 573: Universal Blue Man Group

    July 28th, 2024  |  1 hr 19 mins
    anacaonda, aurora, bazzite, bcachefs, bitlocker, bluebuild, bluefin, bootc, brentley's gentoo fund, brew, clevis, cloud-native, container fatigue, containerfile, disk encryption, fedora atomic desktop, fedora coreos, flatpak, floppy disk, garmin, gearlever, gentoo, glue balloons, gnome, immutable linux, jorge castro, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux podcast, linux unplugged, luks, mooltipass, nixos, omakub, opensuse tumbleweed, ostree. fedora, plasma 6, ptyxis, rpm-ostree, silverblue, steam, ucore, universal blue, yast

    Think Silverblue, but with cloud-native tooling used to build it. From Aurora to Bazzite, our impressions of the ambitious Universal Blue project.

  • 572: Data Security Only a Maniac Could Love

    July 21st, 2024  |  1 hr 31 mins
    apple watch killer, automated decryption, autossh, barix, bazzite, bcachefs, bcachefs encryption, bcachefs on rootfs, blue bubbles, bluefin, boot chain, bustle, celeste, clevis, coinbase, contactless payment, crowdsec, disk encryption, encryption, fedora, flakes tutorial, fosdem, framework 13, futo, futo keyboard, garmin, gentoo challenge, gigawatt boost, github rate limiting, grapheneos, grayjay, guix, iotas, jupiter broadcasting, libreoffice, linux podcast, linux unplugged, luks, measured boot, morse code, nextcloud, nixos, obtainium, open-and-shut, opensuse aeon, pcr, pcr 7, rclone, rolling release, rust, slam your laptop lid, sleephq, smartwatch, systemd-cryptenroll, tang, that hash lifestyle, tpm, windows outage, 🦒

    Wes' self-decrypting bcachefs disk and a GrapheneOS twist that'll make you ditch your iPhone.

  • 571: Multi-Machine Lifestyle

    July 14th, 2024  |  1 hr 19 mins
    0xchat, 1.21 gigawatts!, autopatchelf, beelink ser5, circle of trust, decentralized identity, dotenvx, fear of updates, freeoffice, gathio, great scott!, headscale, jack, jupiter broadcasting, kate, kate sudo saves, learn nix the fun way, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lup 100, minisforum um690 pro, minisforum um790 pro, nip-05 verified, nix, nix shell, nixos, nostr, openbsd desktop challenge, opensuse, oxchat, patchelf, pipewire, plasma 6, postgres, psycopg2, pw-jack, pyenv, python, rcs, reaper, rolling distro, skunkworks, termscp, tumbleweed, vercel, wps office

    Wes reports from the Skunkworks lab, and Brent tells us about his new computing lifestyle.

  • 570: RegreSSHion Strikes

    July 7th, 2024  |  47 mins 5 secs
    32-bit, ars, atomic clock, autossh, cve, dan goodin, denial-of-service, exploit, fail2ban, firewall, firewall knock operator, fried onion, fwknop, jb time, jupiter broadcasting, kaspersky, kdeconnect, krunner, letmein, linux podcast, linux unplugged, malicious payloads, nixos, openssh, port knocking, qualys, rce, regresshion, regression, security advisory, server hardening, spa, spokane meetup, stan kaminsky, stu, tailscale, tui, vulnerability

    We dig into the RegreSSHion bug, debate it's real threat and explore clever tools to build a tasty fried onion around your system.

  • 569: Our Plasma Panacea

    June 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins
    crossover, flatpak, freerdp, futo keyboard, gathio, gnome, grapheneos, headscale, house-to-house lasers, intel integrated graphics, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde plasma, krdp, kwin, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mastadon, nixos, no-li brewhouse, nostr, not-michigan, openbsd, packagekit, plasma 6.1, plasma 6.1.1, rdp, shake-that-cursor, spokane meetup, tailscale, tlp, triple buffering, wayland, 🦒

    Why we think Plasma 6.1 is the desktop for people who like to mess with computers.

  • 568: All Your Silos are Broken

    June 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 21 mins
    amethyst, awesome-nostr, blogstack, btc prague, commercial identity, cryptography, decentralized web, distrobox, distrobox-assemble, ditto, gathio, gnupg, highlighter, hivetalk, id, jia tan, jupiter broadcasting, ladybird, lightning, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nips, nix drinking game, nixos, nosta, nostr, nostr nook, notes and other stuff transmitted by relays, open source zealot, openpgp, ostrgit, pgp, piper, primal, relays, relevance glue, satlantis, squid, starship, stirling-pdf, sudo flame war, systemd, systemd run0, text to speech, tts, web of trust, wikifreedia, world coin, xz, xz backdoor, xz utils, yana, zap.stream, zsh, ⚡

    Online identity is a ticking time bomb. Are trustworthy, open-source solutions ready to disarm it? Or will we be stuck with lackluster, proprietary systems?