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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Episode 255: Fedora to the Core

    June 27th, 2018  |  1 hr 17 mins
    auphonic, bittorrent, canonical, codec2, community news, debian 8.11, enigma code, fedora atomic, fedore coreos, firefox, github, gitlab, gnome software, kde neon, linux community podcast, linux user groups, microsoft, new york times, open source project news, peertube, rhel, unplugged

    Big changes are coming to Fedora with the merger of CoreOS. We chat with a couple project members to get the inside scope about what the future of Fedora looks like.

  • Episode 254: Don’t Link to This

    June 20th, 2018  |  1 hr 25 mins
    article 13, blender, deepin 15.6, gog galaxy wine, librem 5, linux community podcast, linux unplugged, pclinuxos, puretube, texstar, trackmania nations forever

    Free Software projects concerned about Article 13 are claiming it could destroy free software as we know it. We debate this controversial copyright law about to be voted on in the EU.

  • Episode 253: Personalities Happen

    June 13th, 2018  |  1 hr 8 mins
    acer, bsdcan, chromebook linux apps, copperheados, flatpak, foss talk, linux podcast, mars rover runs linux, plasma 5.13, snaps, southeast linux fest, texas linuxfest, winepal

    There is trouble at CopperheadOS, Plasma has a shiny new release, and we share the story of how Linux has powered the curiosity rover for 17 years.

  • Episode 252: Github Hubbub

    June 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins
    electron, gitea, linux podcast, overload, pulseaudio-dlna, trackmania nations forever

    Microsoft has purchased GitHub, sending shock-waves through the free software community. We discuss the bidding war that took place, and it leaves us questioning what the future of Electron might be.

  • Episode 251: The Qt and the Ugly

    May 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 26 mins
    best linux laptop, canonical, fedora 26, fedora 29, gnome donation, librem 15, linux podcast, mark shuttleworth, netbsd audit, openstack, red hat, thunderbolt networking, xps 13

    After we make ourselves at Gnome, we look at some future open source goodies coming your way, look at how Canonical’s upstream pitch, and get excited about the next great Linux filesystem hope.

  • Episode 250: Only The Best

    May 23rd, 2018  |  1 hr 13 mins
    best linux laptop, evernote, gnome performance, lenovo thinkpad, librem 15, linux podcast, mycroft blockchain, nextcloud, oryx pro, qownnotes, qt, rust, tennibot, tusk, ubuntu core, x270, xps 13

    What is the best laptop for Linux in 2018? How about the best Evernote killer, and production setup? We cover the best of the best this week.

  • Episode 249: Home Grown FUD

    May 15th, 2018  |  1 hr 21 mins
    archiveos, gs connect, gtk, linux podcast, plasma sprint, purism fsp reverse engineering, qt, snap store malware, swaywm, system76 vs lfvs, ubuntu data collection

    The Linux community is eating its own this week, as attention seeking plucky YouTuber’s trade on free software’s good name for clicks. We learn the real story behind some of the Internet’s recent free software freak-out.

  • Episode 248: Contain All The Things

    May 9th, 2018  |  1 hr 16 mins
    chrome os linux apps, cockpit, containers, docker, glibc, gvisor, linux podcast, nextcloud, red hat summit, wave-share

    Chrome OS is officially getting full-fledged Linux apps, and we ponder if this is truly a win for Linux.

  • Episode 247: Year of the Linux Desktop 😎

    May 1st, 2018  |  1 hr 33 mins
    bpf, darktable tips, fedora 28, fedora atomic workstation, first impressions, gnome 3.28, iptables vs bpf, kubuntu, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lts, plasma, review, ubuntu 18.04, vortex linux maintainer

    Ubuntu and Fedora have new releases, and our early impressions are great. We’ll share the features that we think make these distros some of the best Linux desktop releases ever.

  • Episode 246: The Bionic Bet

    April 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 20 mins
    bionic beaver, blloc phone, bolt, fedora 28, gnome memory leak, kbackup, kubuntu 18.04 review, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux users group, lug, pipewire, plasma desktop, wayland

    We get the inside scope from the Ubuntu flavors prepping for the 18.04 release, and then we finally make good on a long running threat.