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 155: Snappy Collaboration | LUP 155

    July 26th, 2016  |  1 hr 19 mins

    We dive right in when Martin aka Wimpy returns from the Snappy Sprint & shares his experience from his recent trip. Wes ask our Virtual LUG to sound off on the projects they’d audit if given the means & why, the Starbound server challenge & more!

  • Episode 154: Pragmatic Idealism | LUP 154

    July 19th, 2016  |  1 hr 37 mins

    Do you use desktop Linux for idealistic or practical reasons? Plus Chris’s new VPN solution & the hosted vs self hosted debate. Plus Canonical’s smart move to push Snap packages, updates from our favorite projects, the disturbing news about Chrome & more!

  • Episode 153: One NAT to Rule Them | LUP 153

    July 12th, 2016  |  1 hr 52 mins

    Chris discovers he’s being snooped on by his ISP & Is Linux Mint 18 really the best Linux distro every?

    Plus our chat with a Matrix.org developer, Solus goes rolling, Unity on Windows & building a long-term financially sustainable open source product.

  • Episode 152: To .NET or to .NOT? | LUP 152

    July 5th, 2016  |  1 hr 28 mins

    Noah joins Wes for the second time this week to talk with the mumble room. We cover package management for Bash, Nvidia putting GPUs in your containers, surprising things about open source at Comcast & discuss just what "Microsoft ♥ Linux" really means.

  • Episode 151: Universal Divide | LUP 151

    June 28th, 2016  |  1 hr 48 mins

    We go hands on with Linux Mint 18, then discuss the latest batch of desktop killers & Wimpy’s new rig. Plus what makes Mattermost really great, a new new universal package format, the confusing things Red Hat says & we get to know WireGuard!

  • Episode 150: War of the Packages | LUP 150

    June 21st, 2016  |  1 hr 56 mins

    We have a spirited discussion from both sides of the universal packaging issue, take a quick look at maru OS that turns a Nexus phone into your desktop, get the inside scoop on the recent Mycroft update & the new Solus release. Plus much more!

  • Episode 149: Snaps are Go! | LUP 149

    June 14th, 2016  |  1 hr 34 mins

    Canonical drops a bombshell by making snap packages available for many Linux distros, Nextcloud has some serious momentum, Samsung is rumored to drop Android in favor of Tizen across all devices & Wes kicks the tires of elementary OS’ new Beta of Loki.

  • Episode 148: Mind on my Cloud & Cloud on my Mind | LUP 148

    June 7th, 2016  |  1 hr 8 mins

    Great open source project achievements, we discuss the slippery slope that online services represent to Linux users.

    Plus we get all big picture, what can be learned from ownCloud’s recent troubles, what we conclude by reading between the lines & more!

  • Episode 147: The Talking Gnome | LUP 147

    May 31st, 2016  |  1 hr 26 mins

    Open Source artificial intelligence in all the things? Ryan from Mycroft joins us to update us on their recent hard work.

    Is YubiKey going to hell in a handbasket? The latest from openSUSE, our first impressions of Remix OS & more!

  • Episode 146: Snap, Flaps & Package Drops | LUP 146

    May 24th, 2016  |  1 hr 28 mins

    Package once, run anywhere. But are we finally about to nail it?

    Plus why you're going to want to wait on that systemd upgrade, funding projects with a rocky past, the big thing about Mycroft no one is talking about & we try out Mycroft on the desktop.

  • Episode 145: BuzzwordFS | LUP 145

    May 17th, 2016  |  1 hr 28 mins

    You're insecure unless you're running Greg’s Kernels. Plus openSUSE chairman Richard Brown stops by to follow up on not shipping ZFS in openSUSE

    And the simple thing we could all be doing to improve OSS, but maybe we’re all feeling a little entitled!

  • Episode 144: Flavorless Mint | LUP 144

    May 10th, 2016  |  1 hr 51 mins

    Is a new wave of tech savvy Linux users coming? Chris makes his case & why distributions like Linux Mint won’t be ready for it.

    Plus updates from some of our favorite projects, Linux on the PS4 & a quick look at the Fedora 24 beta.

  • Episode 143: Can't Contain Linux | LUP 143

    May 3rd, 2016  |  1 hr 22 mins

    Your marvelous container powered future, Subsonic is going closed source, we discuss alternative options, hands on with the HTC Vive under Linux, DuckDuckGo supporting their favorite open source, the goals for Ubuntu 16.10 & much more!

  • Episode 142: Long Term Disappointment | LUP 142

    April 26th, 2016  |  1 hr 30 mins

    This week LTS has a new meaning as we reflect on a couple of weeks with Ubuntu 16.04 & why we’re dumping it.

    We pick up the mood with some exclusive LinuxFest Northwest clips, projects updates & another clip that was never meant to air.

  • Episode 141: 16.04 and Shut Your Face | LUP 141

    April 19th, 2016  |  2 hrs 6 mins

    We get a little rambunctious as we talk about Ubuntu 16.04, why not the openSUSE Build Server & the problem with Ubuntu that’s just now being solved.

    Plus some audio never meant for public release, first hands on with the Bq Ubuntu Tablet & more!

  • Episode 140: Blame Popey for ZFS | LUP 140

    April 12th, 2016  |  1 hr 21 mins

    ZFS on Ubuntu gets new prominent criticism from Richard Stallman, Leo Laporte gives Linux & reports back with some interesting insights.

    Then we discuss updates to XFCE, the Vive's lack of Linux support & setting up Traccar & discovering it’s limitations