LINUX Unplugged

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

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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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 620: Brent Loves Building Things

    June 22nd, 2025  |  57 mins 19 secs
    automation, battery cooling, bsd challenge, buildfhsenv, castamatic, dc power, diy electronics, docker, embedded device, esp32 projects, esp8266, esp8266 nodemcu, esphome, esphome firmware, espressif systems, fhs-compatible sandboxes, freertos, gpio, grapheneos, high tide, home assistant, home automation, humidity sensor, internet of things, iot, junction, jupiter broadcasting, lady jupes, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lit, microcontrollers, micropython, nixos, offline tech, open hardware, open source, openshift, platformio, podcasting 2.0, real-time operating system, relay, rv, soc, temperature sensor, tidal, tui challenge, tuitickler, victron

    Off-the-shelf didn’t cut it, so we built what we needed using open hardware and open source.

  • 619: The Trouble with TUIs

    June 15th, 2025  |  1 hr 12 mins
    aerc, alacritty, apple containerization, bluefin, browsh, carbonyl, cmus, emacs, email clients, file managers, gomuks, gping, ham radio, helix, himalaya, iamb, impala, jellyfin, jellyfin-tui, joshuto, jupiter broadcasting, keepass, kitty, kpxhs, linux podcast, linux tools, linux unplugged, listener reports, markdown, matrix, multiplexer tools, mutt, neomutt, neovim editor, netstat, nixos, obsidian, obsidian-livesync, open source, openshift, parllama, productivity tools, rainfrog, ranger, redhat, rust, secure networking, session management, somo, subaru, system monitoring, tdf, tenere, terminal apps, terminal music, terminal user interface, tmux, todoist, tui browsers, tui challenge, tui learning, vault-tasks, vim, w3m, wiki-tui, wwdc25, yazi, zee, zellij

    We spent the week learning keybindings, installing dependencies, and cramming for bonus points. Today, we score up and see how we did in the TUI Challenge.

  • 618: TUI Challenge Kickoff

    June 8th, 2025  |  1 hr 10 mins
    aerc, app picks, awesome-tuis, bazzite with brent, bluefin, boosts sale, carbonyl, console, curses, disposable server, emacs, file manager, glow, go, gomuks, iamb, joshuto, jupiter broadcasting, kitty, linux format magazine, linux magazine, linux media, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mail client, markdown, matrix, meli, michael larabel, mosaic, mutt, mynav, neomutt, nixos, open source, phoronix, picks, pipewire, podcast advertising, podcasting 2.0, ranger, redhat, rust, session management, slack-term, species designation boost, superfile, tempy, terminal, terminal emulator, terminal trove, terminal user interface, termusic, tidal, tmux, tui, tui apps, tui challenge, tui player, turbo vision, tvterm, v4v, value-for-value, vi, vim, yazi, yt-dlp, ytptube, zellij

    Our terminal apps are loaded, the goals are set, but we're already hitting a few snags. The TUI Challenge begins...

  • 617: The Disposable Server

    June 1st, 2025  |  48 mins 51 secs
    albyhub, aurora, bazzite, bluefin, brew, debian, disposable server, distrobox, dnf, ephemeral server, fedora, fedora 42, fuse, homebrew, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, lazygit, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mini-challenge, minio, nextcloud, nix, nixos, open source, plex, rclone, rhel, rhel 10, self-hosted, server, silverblue, systemd, tailscale, tui challenge, ubi, universal base images, vps, weather api, weatherstar 4000, ws4kp, yt-dlp, ytdl-sub

    Spin up, share, nuke. We each build a throwaway server, and then rate each others' setups.

  • 616: From Boston to bootc

    May 25th, 2025  |  1 hr 30 mins
    ai, ai wish machine, ansible, artificial intelligence, atomic updates, bluefin, bootc, carl's pocket meat, crab cakes, fedora, fedora project leader, fips, hugging face, hybrid cloud, image mode, immutable, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llm, llm-d, matt hicks, mcp, model context protocol, nixos, ollama, open source, open source ai, openshift, openshift virtualization, podcast completionists, podman, post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing, ramalama, red hat, red hat ai, red hat ansible automation platform, red hat enterprise linux, red hat summit, red hat summit 2025, rhel 10, tui challenge, vllm, yazi

    Fresh off Red Hat Summit, Chris is eyeing an exit from NixOS. What’s luring him back to the mainstream? Our highlights, and the signal from the noise from open source's biggest event of the year.

  • 615: 25.05 Reasons to NixOS

    May 18th, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins
    #! /bus, actual budget, asahi, asahi nixos, bash, brett johnson, cb, cosmic, crab-hole, cursor, dawarich, flake, gmrs, gnome, gokapi, haven, hydra, immich-public-relay, jupiter broadcasting, kde, lan van, linux podcast, linux unplugged, marytts, mazanoke, mazanoke-nix, nix-search-tv, nixos, nixos 25.05, nixos modules, nixos-rebuild-ng, nostr-rs-relay, omnom, owntracks, pinchflat, plasma, podcast completionists, postgrest, python, release manager, self-hosted, strfry, switcheroo, text-to-speech, traccar, tristan ross, tsdproxy, tui challenge, umurmur, vamoose

    With NixOS 25.05 around the corner, we sit down with a release manager to unpack what’s new, what’s changing, and what’s finally getting easier. Spoiler: it’s not just the tooling.

  • 614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking

    May 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins
    bcachefs, cb radio, coreutils, dawarich, degoogle, element.fm, filesystem, gmrs radio, gnome, gnome foundation, golden grot award, google location history, grafanacon, home assistant, immich, jeff's industrial trash bin rescue special, jupiter broadcasting, launch, libcaca, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live meep, location history, location tracking, maps, meshsidecar, mq-7, nixos, nixos hardware team, nixos steering committee, nixos-hardware, phoronix, photoprism, podcasting 2.0, privacy, road trip tracker, rust, self-hosted, steven deobald, sudo-rs, tailscale, tailscale meetup, tui challenge, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, uutils, van rescue, youtube, ytviewer

    We test-drive a self-hosted alternative to Google Location History. Plus, we cover the week’s Linux news highlights, then spill the beans on our upcoming TUI challenge.

  • 613: Packets, Power, and Paulus

    May 4th, 2025  |  1 hr 13 mins
    big juicy van, dad hat, dodge ram b250, home assistant, home assistant interview, jeff's industrial trash bin rescue special, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter garage, linux automation, linux community, linux in excel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, open home, open home foundation, open source, paulus schoutsen, self-hosted, self-hosted swag, ssh swag, state of the open home, the launch, van rescue, works with home assistant

    We chat with the founder of Home Assistant and then fire up Brent’s Linux-powered rig.

  • 612: 25 Years of LinuxFest Northwest

    April 27th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins
    bcachefs fixes, boosts feedback, carl richell, cosmic, crowd interviews, distro discussions, fedora, flatpak, james sundquist, josé ibañez, jupiter broadcasting, linux community, linux podcast, linux prepper podcast, linux trivia, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, live show, meep, open source accessibility, retro gaming, system76, trimui, trimui smart pro

    We're live from LinuxFest Northwest 2025. We're joined by guests from the audience, try our hand at Linux trivia and share our experiences from the best fest in the West.