Episodes
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636: Engineering the Future
October 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 27 mins
alby hub, arch linux, benchmarking, canonical, carl richell, cosmic, desktop environment, dracut, flatpak, gasp, gnome, go, google’s android source project, home assistant, hyperfine, hyprland, initramfs-tools, jeremy soller, jon seager, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma, kernel development, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, ncspot, ncurses, nixos, omarchy, open source, open source engineering, performance optimizer observation platform, phoronix, phoronix test suite, poop, road-trip stories, rust, snap, spotify tui, sudo-rs, system76, techdev, texas linux fest, texas tracker, texsats, tpm, txlf, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, ubuntu 25.10 questing quokka, ubuntu engineering, ubuntu for developers, ubuntu lts, ubuntu server, uutils coreutils, wayland
We're back from Texas just in time to chat with Jon Seager, Canonical’s VP of Engineering, and their new era with Ubuntu 25.10. On the way, we visit System76 in Denver where the COSMIC team has surprises waiting for us.
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635: The Texas Linux Fest Special
October 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 30 mins
buc-ees boost, chainguard, config confessions, dawarich, dustin kirkland, fake boost, fake sats, isd, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live tracker, meetup, meshsidecar, moose ftw, moose vs bogfoot, open source, race, race to texas, systemd, texas linux fest, texas tracker, txlf
Our cross-continent race to Texas Linux Fest culminates into fantastic meat, meetups, and more.
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634: Config Confessions
September 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 30 mins
bitchat, config reviews, custom installers, dawarich api, firewire audio, flake structure, geohash chat, gps tools, hyprland setup, impermanence setup, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live map, location tracking, lxc deployment, nix, nix config, nix modules, nixos, nixos configs, open source, proxmox setup, secret management, self-hosted apps, self-hosted services, team travel, texas linux fest, txlf
From finely tuned to total config carnage. We review listener homelabs to share what works, and what really doesn’t.
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633: A Kernel in Every Core
September 21st, 2025 | 1 hr 28 mins
anaconda webui, barrelfish, brisket boost, campfire, cong wang, dhh, fake boost, fedora 43, fedora kinoite, gnome, gnome 49, hyprland, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, linux multikernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, multikernel architecture support, nebula, omarchy, omarchy 3.0, open source, owntracks, paperless-ngx, phoronix, rate my nix, rust, rust coreutils, savr, systemd, systemd 258, texas linux fest, txlf, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, wayland, wee deep dive
Can't get enough Linux? How about multiple kernels running simultaneously, side by side, not in a VM, all on the same hardware; this week it's finally looking real.
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632: The Nightly Wobble
September 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
arch, austin meetup, btrfs, fake boost, flatpak, holesail, hyprland, hyprvibe, immutable, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde linux, kde neon, lazyssh, linux podcast, linux unplugged, open source, plasma, plasma 6.5, term.everything, texas linux fest, texas meetup, txlf, wayland
Our first look at KDE Linux, then Chris shares the latest on Hyprvibe, while Wes braves his first install.
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631: Offline By Default
September 7th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
alby hub, archive, audiobookshelf, bcachefs, brother ads-1800w, coral, date privacy, document management system, document scanner, ersatztv, fake boost, home assistant, immich, ipod, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, karakeep, kvaesitso, linux podcast, linux unplugged, natural language document search, network monitoring tool, nix, nix module, nixos, offline, offline data, open source, paperless, paperless-ai, paperless-ngx, pinchflat, podcast 2.0, podcastguru, rockbox, rustnet, scanning, self-hosted, starlink, texas linux fest, txlf, viva las texas, youtube media manager, 🎂
Chris managed to turn low bandwidth into a lifestyle, and curated a batch of self-hosted apps that make near-offline living possible.
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630: Google's Garden Lockdown
August 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 16 mins
android, android 16, android container, android development, android launcher, android sandbox, android terminal, aosp, bcachefs, blendos, btrfs, de-google, debian, f-droid, flameshot, frigate, google, google play services, jupiter broadcasting, just a widdle boost, kvaesitso, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux on android, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos-avf, open source, paperless-ngx, phoronix, security camera, texas linux fest, thingino, thunderbird, thunderbird add-on, txlf, wansview w7, zune
Google's sideloading lockdown has us pushing Wes' Pixel further than Google ever dreamed.
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629: Arch Enemies
August 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
ai, arch, arch user repository, aur, aurpublish, aurweb, bcachefs, cachyos, caddy, caddy-tailscale, coral, crush, ddos, denial of service, dhh, filesystems, framework, framework desktop, frigate, home automation, hyprland, hyprvibe, jupiter broadcasting, license plate recognition, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llm, malware, mirrors, ml, ml accelerator, music assistant, nebula-manager, networking, nixbook, nixos, nvr, ocr, omarchy, open source, qwen, rat, salvador, security, self-hosted, self-hosting, shuthost, spectacle, spectacle-ocr, spectacle-ocr-screenshot, systemd, task management, tasktrove, trojan, txlf, vibecoding, voy, wake-on-lan, wakemypotato, warp, wifi camera, wol
Arch is under fire, two weeks and counting. We’ll break down the mess, and share a quick fix. Plus, the killer new apps we've just added to our homelabs.
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628: Don't Call it a Christro
August 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 31 mins
alby hub, bcachefs, bitchat, bluefin, bpf, brunchos, btrfs, canonical, canonical spikes, dangerous desktop images, document archiving, ebook reader, epub, ffshare, filesystem drama, flatpak, gameboy locker, home assistant, home assistant connect zwa-2, hyprland, hyprland nixos, hyprvibe, jb events, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, kernel, librenms, linux 6.17, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux politics, linux unplugged, lue, matter, nixos, nixos configs, omarchy, open source, opencode, papra, performance tuning, register, snap, snap testing, soltrosos, steam, syncthing, syncthing 2.0, syncthing update, terminal ebook reader, texas meetup, text-to-speech, toronto meetup, tts, txlf, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, ubuntu dangerous, waybar, wayland gameboy locker, wlgblock, z-wave, z-wave alliance, z-wave revival, zen kernel
When personalities clash, the users come last. Meanwhile, Chris’ hyper-tuned setup stops being a toy and starts looking like a daily driver.
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627: The 2 a.m. Rescue
August 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
aaron asks, actual budget, ai coding, alby hub, bpftune, breez, btrbk, btrfs, conference, crush, cursor, ffmpeg, ffshare, flake system, forester, gpodder, gpt5, homebox, hyprland desktop, hyprvibe, ikea speakers, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llm, music assistant, nix, nix optimizations, nix rescue, nixos, notes, open source, podverse, reproducible badge, rice, simplefin, sonos, system tweaks, texas linux festival, txlf, v4v, vegas, vibe coding, void, waybar rice, yolo, zen kernel, zfs, zram
Wes performs a 2 a.m. rescue at DEFCON, and Chris attempts to build a Linux desktop using nothing but vibes.
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626: The Btrfs Blues
August 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
academic publishing, airplay, airplay support, boot failure, btrfs, btrfs corruption, btrfs rescue, bug reports, chawan, chromecast, data loss, duckstation, esp32, file deletion, file system, filesystem log tree, flatpak, fossy, fsync failure, heliumos, home assistant, home assistant gradual volume control, home assistant voice, homepods, inode handling, journal mismatch, jupiter broadcasting, kde-control-station, kernel bug, lightning, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, log replay, log tree, mount failure, music assistant, note-taking, notes, open source, plausible slop, plex, plex media downloader, plexripper, rust-motd, rustdress, silverbullet, sonos, speaker sync, stable kernel, streaming tips, symfonisk, todo, unclean shutdown, zero links, zfs, zotero
A Btrfs bug that bites is in the wild, and we discover whole home audio that works like a charm.
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625: They're Doing it Wrong!
July 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 15 mins
a-a-ron, app packaging, atomic write support, bcachefs, bluefin, bootc, btrfs, distro packaging, etesync-knotes, ext4, fedora, fedora flatpaks, fedora workstation, flathub, flatpak, flatpak-centric desktop, greg kroah-hartman, home assistant, homelab, immutable, io_uring, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, kinoite, linkwarden, linux 6.16, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lwn, macintosh ii, managing nixos configs, michael catanzaro, nebula, netbird, nixos, open source, phoronix, rhel, rust, self-hosted, silverblue, snapdragon x1 elite, toney, ubuntu concept iso, wireguard, xfs, zigbee, zigbee dongle
A radical rethink of what a Linux distro should do, and what it should stop doing. Plus, we dig into what's great about Linux 6.16.
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624: Tiny PC, Huge Problems
July 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 22 mins
aeon, bazzite, bluefin, bluenix, bookmark manager, bootc, btrfs, cachy os, cachyos, decentralized vpn, endurain, esphome, git, health tracking software, home assistant, home assistant yellow, intel n100, intel n150, jupiter broadcasting, linkwarden, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh vpn, mini pc, miniflux, minisforum, nebula, neko, nixos, odroid, odroid h4, open source, overlay network, raspberry pi, raspberry pi cm4, remote backup, remote desktop, sbc, sff pc, single-board computer, small form factor pc, soltros-os, syncthing, tiny pc, universal blue, virtual browser, vpn, webrtc, winapps, zotero
Everything wrong with our homelabs, and how we're finally fixing them. Plus: two self-hosted apps you didn't know you needed.
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623: 50 Days of Blue
July 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 14 mins
arch linux, atomic, aur, aurora, bazzite, bitchat, bluefin, bluenixfin, bluetooth mesh chat, bootc, brew, briar, chromebook, cloud-native linux, commonarch, community projects, container workflows, determinate systems, dhh, esp32, esp8266, fedora, fedora silverblue, fhs, filesystem hierarchy standard, flatpak, homebrew, immutable, immutable distros, jack dorsey, jakoolit, jupiter broadcasting, las arch challenge, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh messaging, nix, nix integration, nix vegas, nixos, obtainium, oci container, omarchy, open source, podman, rpm-ostree, steamos, texas linux fest, ujust, universal blue, user feedback
Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises?
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622: Omarchy Hits Different
July 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 7 mins
a1a, arch, arch installer, arch linux, bash, beelink, bitcoin, canada, david heinemeier hansson, dhh, framework, gemini, gemini cli, grapheneos, hot tub tuesday, hyprland, jupiter broadcasting, lazyvim, linux hardware, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mac, mac expats, mesh networks, mise, neovim, nix, nixos, odroid, odroid h4+, omakub, omarchy, open source, sniffnet, tollgate, tuesday on a sunday, tui, unixporn, webapp, 🖖
Developers are abandoning their Macs for a new frontier: Arch Linux with Hyprland. We dive into Omarchy, and the broader trend fueling it.
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621: The Sunday Secret Sauce
June 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
asahi linux, bootleg clips, bootleg membership, framework desktop, grapheneos trouble, hardware setups, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos recovery, onedrive crisis, open source, starlink linux, steamos amd, thunderbolt dock, touchscreen safety, windows expiration
We're highlighting several stories and reviews that never made it into the show. From GrapheneOS trouble, Asahi updates, Framework's desktop reveal, Starlink's Linux magic, and more.