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 189: Das Boot Manager | LUP 189

    March 21st, 2017  |  1 hr 27 mins

    Bulletproof Linux Kernel upgrades might be near, Kodi gets a real Netflix Plugin & the dirty, stinky, no good, obvious, elephant in the room around desktop Linux.

    Plus why Bcachefs might be Linux’s next hit filesystem, Mozilla's Obsidian & more!

  • Episode 188: Celebrating Linux on Pi Day | LUP 188

    March 14th, 2017  |  1 hr 5 mins

    We celebrate Pi Day by loading Mycroft & Alexa onto a Raspberry Pi 3, look at the actual use cases for VR & AR under Linux today, flash back to Linux in the 90s & update on our favorite projects.

  • Episode 187: CIA's Dank Trojans | LUP 187

    March 7th, 2017  |  1 hr 28 mins

    It’s the year of the CIA linux desktop, Popey & Wimpy share their Mobile World Congress adventures & Bryan joins us to discuss the last Linux Sucks talk ever.

    Plus we chat with Gnome at SCALE, take a look at Endless OS & ponder the Litebook.

  • Episode 186: AWS Loses Its ShIOT | LUP 186

    February 28th, 2017  |  1 hr 17 mins

    The worst smart device hack we’ve ever heard of, dreams of the Pi Zero W, the AWS outage that savaged the Internet of Things & more!

  • Episode 185: Plasma Injection | LUP 185

    February 21st, 2017  |  1 hr 27 mins

    Austrian schools are switching, Wes is trying & Chris is reviewing Plasma. Why we keep talking about it & what’s really bugging us about it.

    Plus the 7-Inch Ubuntu Laptop might be legit & Linus reflects on what he really hates after 25 years of Linux.

  • Episode 184: Chilling with Kylin | LUP 184

    February 14th, 2017  |  1 hr 15 mins

    A surprising new desktop environment, the latest on cross-distro snappy support & how to get the most out of Android without Play Services.

    Plus a script to take over a running server and replacement it with FreeBSD, a fresh take on VPNs & more!

  • Episode 183: Niche Distros Need Not Apply | LUP 183

    February 7th, 2017  |  1 hr 23 mins

    Is software ever really finished? Should we avoid boutique or niche Linux distros? We have a spirited discussion & attempt to finally answer those questions.

    We also chat about what's new in Kodi 17, why open source on our TV’s is critical & more!

  • Episode 182: Death by Download | LUP 182

    January 31st, 2017  |  1 hr 32 mins

    Remotely bricking Android devices, the new Plasma is looking great, first hands on with the new XPS 13 Sputnik, more btrfs woes & hacking Popey’s system.

    Plus Kernel.org’s big change, building your own local Steam repository & more!

  • Episode 181: A Brisk MATE for Solus | LUP 181

    January 24th, 2017  |  1 hr 23 mins

    It’s a huge show with a bonanza of updates, big future plans & cross project collaboration.

    Michael Hall from Canonical join us to discuss UbunCon, SCALE15x plans & much more!

  • Episode 180: The Theory of Liri | LUP 180

    January 17th, 2017  |  1 hr 35 mins

    We take a look at a material design influenced distribution, the FSF’s new high priority list & much more this week!

  • Episode 179: Project Sputnik Interview | LUP 179

    January 10th, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

    Project Sputnik’s Barton George joins us to discuss the new Dell hardware running Linux & the history of the Sputnik project.

    Plus the KillDisk hype is high, The Pi’s PIXEL is taking on MATE, another Mac dev switches to Linux & more!

  • Episode 178: Big Sister is Watching | LUP 178

    January 3rd, 2017  |  1 hr 36 mins

    Robots take over the show while we go around the table & get our 2017 predictions in for Linux.

    Plus updates from projects we love & the great Mac migration continues!

  • Episode 177: The Many Faces of Linux | LUP 177

    December 27th, 2016  |  2 hrs 23 mins

    While the guys are hibernating over this holiday week, We look back on some of the most interesting topics the virtual LUG covered this year.

    Everything from snap packages & ubuntu reviews to LXD & Arch MacBook installs, plus a whole lot more!

  • Episode 176: Shell-Shocked 2016 | LUP 176

    December 20th, 2016  |  1 hr 31 mins

    We review the very worst moments in Linux during 2016, look ahead to what might be big in 2017 and toss out the rules for our last live episode of the year!

  • Episode 175: Best of MATEs | LUP 175

    December 13th, 2016  |  1 hr 35 mins

    We get the inside scoop about some fantastic collaboration happening between three Linux distributions that are supposedly big competitors.

    Plus Google’s response to Ubuntu Core & the big NextCloud news!

  • Episode 174: Mesh of Thoughts | LUP 174

    December 6th, 2016  |  1 hr 14 mins

    We ponder the implications of Fedora possibly going rolling & LTS, get schooled by the mumble room about the state of linux on the Pi & debate about mesh networking.

    Plus we talk about Clonezilla, one of our favorite backup tools & more!