Episode Archive
559 episodes of LINUX Unplugged since the first episode, which aired on August 12th, 2013.
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Episode 271: Juno Jubilation
October 16th, 2018 | 1 hr 42 mins
chrome os, dalton durst, dxvk, elementary os, flatkill, flatpak, gnome, gpd pocket 2, gtk3 themes, juno, kde, linux podcast, linux unplugged, ota5, palm, photopea, plasma, ubports, vulkan
elementary OS’ latest and greatest released today, and we talk with Dan and Cassidy from the project about their biggest release yet.
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Episode 270: Stratis Pulls it All Together
October 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
andy grover, application menus, appmenu, creative selection, device mapper, eazel, gnome, gnome history, google, google plus, hardware acceleration, irl glasses, ken kocienda, linux podcast, nautilus, plasma, project stream, project strobe, red hat, stratis storage, todoist, unplugged, xfs
Red Hat developer Andy Grover joins us to discuss Stratis Storage, an alternative to ZFS on Linux and its recent milestone.
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Episode 269: Alternate Desktop Universe
October 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 4 mins
beos, fedora, fedora 29, firmware, flicker free boot, game streaming, haiku, halloween documents, kimchi, kvm, laptop stress test, linux gaming, linux podcast, lvfs, microsoft, project stream, s-tui, t480, thelio, thermal throttling, thinkpad, unplugged, virtual machine manager, virtual machines
What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit.
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Episode 268: Elementary, My Dear Plasma
September 25th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins
appcenter, cookies, dell precision 5530, elementary os, feedback, google, google chrome, kde plasma, linux audio, linux podcast, open source funding, pipewire, playonlinux, tidelift, traefik, unplugged, usability, wlinux, wsl, zfs
We chat with Nate Graham who’s pushing to make Plasma the best desktop on the planet. We discuss his contributions to this effort, and others.
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Episode 267: People Patches
September 19th, 2018 | 1 hr 19 mins
code of conduct, code of conflict, distributed web gateway, ipfs, jack, kxstudio, lenovo, linus, linus apologises, linux, linux podcast, t480, talk show, thinkpad, thinkpad throttling bug, unplugged
Linus takes a break and the Linux kernel adopts a new Code of Conduct. We work through these major watershed moments, and discuss what it means for the community.
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Episode 266: From Jupiter to Beyond
September 11th, 2018 | 54 mins 45 secs
libre application summit, linux academy, linux podcast, nextcloud, solus
We announce our big news, Jupiter Broadcasting is joining Linux Academy and what we have planned for the future is huge!
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Episode 265: Privacy Priorities
September 4th, 2018 | 50 mins 23 secs
android, android security, chromebook, cindy, gnome, gnome tweaks, google, intel, keybase, librem, librem 5, linux, linux mint, linux podcast, lmde, meltdown, privacy, proven, purism, random number generators, raspberry pi zero, rat, responsible disclosure, rng, security, spectre, tcpdump, zerophone
Intel has disappointed the kernel community with its latest security disclosures but there’s still hope for a better future. That’s more than can be said for the state of privacy on Android, so we discuss some alternatives.
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Episode 264: Proton, Electron for Games!
August 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 7 mins
codeweavers, fedora, gaming on linux, intel microcode, kde itinerary, libre application summit, linux podcast, lvfs, plasma, proton, realtek, steam, ubuntu touch, vulkan, wine
Steam Play rocks the Linux world as it promises new levels of compatibility with AAA Windows games. But the story of how Valve is doing it might be just as fascinating.
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Episode 263: Updates from the Source
August 21st, 2018 | 47 mins 49 secs
akademy, docker, firmware, flathub, flatpak, fosscon, intel, kde, licensing, linux podcast, man pages, oggcamp, plasma, pulseeffects, sandboxing, snapcraft, um
Docker controversy is brewing, but it's probably not what you think. We get around of community updates directly from the source, and why Debian an Intel are playing the game of he said, she said.
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Episode 262: Tribes of Init
August 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 17 mins
18, blender benchmark, dropbox, filesystem, freebsd, fstransform, kde neon, libre application summit, linux 4, linux podcast, loopback, meetbsd, mir, openbenchmark, sparse image, systemd, the tragedy of systemd, xdg shell, xfs
The FreeBSD community shares the hard lessons learned from systemd, we play some great clips from a recent event.
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Episode 261: GNOME, GNOME on the Range
August 7th, 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins
cassidy james blaede, denial of service, elementary os, extensions, firmware, gnome, gpg sync, gtk+, javascript extensions, linux podcast, lvfs lenovo, peertube, plasma, powershell, removing themes, transitions dj
GNOME is discussing big changes, Elementary OS has big news, and a big bug has been found in Linux.
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Episode 260: Thinkpad as a Service
July 31st, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
barton, chromebooks, dell, full time, george, kde neon, kirta, linux podcast, microsoft store, odio, s-tui, sputnik, stress test, windows as a service, xps 13
We get an update from Dell’s Barton George on their Linux initiative Sputnik, cover some important community news, and the uncomfortable questions raised by Krita’s new financial boost.
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Episode 259: Proprietary Action News
July 25th, 2018 | 1 hr 21 mins
chromebook gpu acceleration, commercial software on linux, crostini, elementary os, gpu, hiri, linux podcast, making profit on linux, reactos, reaper, selling software on linux, snap, steamos, ubuntu, unplugged
Another potential desktop Linux app is scared away by an aggressive free software community, and we struggle to find the balance between our moral ideals, and getting work done.
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Episode 258: The Future of Retro
July 18th, 2018 | 1 hr 28 mins
atari vcs, atarios, blockchain phone, fedora, gtk4, htc exodus, linux podcast, linux users group, lug, mir, python, ssh, ubuntu, unplugged, wayland, yum
Atari has released details about its upcoming Linux powered console, some of us are sold… And some of us are rather skeptical.
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Episode 257: Security Amateur Hour
July 11th, 2018 | 1 hr 16 mins
arm, aur malware, best practices, dolphin share, firefox for android, gentoo, github, kdenlive, linux podcast, lockbox, minimal ubuntu, plasma desktop, unplugged, wine, wineconf
We reflect on recent FOSS security screw ups and ponder a solution powered by community.
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Episode 256: Peering Into the Future
July 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 43 mins
allan jude, chrome os, debian, elementary os juno, fedora, freebsd, have i been pwned, linux community, linux mint 19, linux talk show, linux unplug, lug, nintendo switch hack, peertube, project trident, stylish, tara, trueos, ubuntu studio, yum
A major Internet monopoly might just be on the edge of cracking thanks to free software, a bit of initiative, and a lot of gumption. We'll follow up on a major experiment we kicked off last week.