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 173: Upgrade vs Nuke 'n Pave | LUP 173

    November 30th, 2016  |  1 hr 25 mins

    After a slew of open source updates we contrast upgrades vs fresh install, get an update on the state of snaps & get geeky about performance monitoring our Linux rigs.

    Plus the fake VLC story, a live install of Plasma Desktop & more!

  • Episode 172: It's Not X, It's Wayland | LUP 172

    November 22nd, 2016  |  1 hr 54 mins

    Fedora 25 is out & Matthew Miller joins us to chat about what’s new. Plus Wimpy & Popey are back from UbuCon and share their experience & Solus OS founder Ikey Doherty joins us to discuss benchmarking the “feel” of the Linux desktop & much more!

  • Episode 171: Uncontained Human Error | LUP 171

    November 15th, 2016  |  1 hr 29 mins

    This week we take a deep dive into the IOT & the Cloud. Noah isn’t quite dead yet as he gives us an earful on the future of MacOS. Plus our thoughts on Signal, Telegram, Wire, IRC & more!

  • Episode 170: Nano Users Unite | LUP 170

    November 9th, 2016  |  1 hr 12 mins

    Nano users come out of the closet, we demystify NFS a bit & discuss the top 5 commands new Linux users should learn.

    Plus a NUC killer with a GPU, new Cinnamon & more!

  • Episode 169: Apple's Out Of Touch Bar | LUP 169

    November 1st, 2016  |  1 hr 15 mins

    Swaths of Apple users are trying out Linux for the first time this week, with varying results. We discuss why & how it's going.

    Then, we play some great clips by long time Kernel guru GregKH, dream about a future Linux living room & more!

  • Episode 168: Linux Shadow Force | LUP 168

    October 25th, 2016  |  1 hr 33 mins

    We get the inside scoop on what happens when Canonical gets a bunch of employees & community members in the same room, discuss the cool open hardware project Chris just ordered for the studio & update you on the big community highlights of the week!

  • Episode 167: Livepatch Bait & Switch | LUP 167

    October 18th, 2016  |  1 hr 34 mins

    Canonical may have the best take on live patching. VeraCrypt’s audit results are out & KDE shares their long term plans for the Plasma Desktop.

    Then we bust some Linux FUD and misconceptions & ponder the role of Free Software in a world that doesn't care

  • Episode 166: Linux Winter Developments | LUP 166

    October 11th, 2016  |  1 hr 29 mins

    Serendipity this week as a beautiful theme reveals itself throughout the episode.

    Plus we get updates from some of our favorite projects, discuss the historic shift happening in Linux desktop & wrap it all up with some macOS shade.

  • Episode 165: In OpenDaylight | LUP 165

    October 4th, 2016  |  1 hr 30 mins

    We connect with the communities & hardware projects using Software Defined Networking, update you on some of our favorite open source projects, share some anecdotes from a recent trip & update you on our trails with OpenMediaVault.

  • Episode 164: Dial Up Linux | LUP 164

    September 28th, 2016  |  1 hr 26 mins

    In this special edition of Unplugged we do away with the traditional format & take calls LIVE on the air for free.

    Some say the advice is worth what you pay for it!

  • Episode 163: Games of Linux Future | LUP 163

    September 20th, 2016  |  1 hr 14 mins

    We towards the future of Gnome & KDE, The Linux Gamer joins to discuss creating his content on Linux, game releases he’s looking forward to & answer questions from our virtual LUG. Plus we gush about Canonical hiring Wimpy & much more!

  • Episode 162: Linux Flying High | LUP 162

    September 13th, 2016  |  1 hr 39 mins

    Ubuntu powered drones that double as a desktop PC, tweaking your Linux desktop vs polish & coreboot’s efforts to bypass Intel ME.

    Plus our we update you on some OSS projects, the MySQL 0-day, why we're excited about the crazy USB/IP Project & more!

  • Episode 161: A Real Pain in the Flash | LUP 161

    September 6th, 2016  |  1 hr 15 mins

    Wayland by default may finally be nigh & we share what we’re looking forward to the most about Wayland powered desktops. The ext4 bug that bit Wimpy, Adobe Flash comes crawling back to Linux & our quick review of a well put together Plasma Desktop distro.

  • Episode 160: Binary Decisions | LUP 160

    August 30th, 2016  |  1 hr 5 mins

    W take a look around at some of the niftier tricks systemd is pulling off, some of the quirky bugs & quickly touch on some myths around the binary log format.

    Plus Wimpy gets Ubuntu Touch on an Android Meizu Pro 5, the SteamOS problem & much more!

  • Episode 159: All Wimpy's Vault! | LUP 159

    August 23rd, 2016  |  2 hrs 23 mins

    We become masters of our own files this week, chat with the ElementaryOS project about inspiring development & rolling our own file sync solution. Plus a quick look at the new Android N & why now might be the ideal time to switch to a Linux based phone OS

  • Episode 158: Happy Birthday Debian | LUP 158

    August 16th, 2016  |  1 hr 40 mins

    We throw a birthday party for Debian & the awkward moment that might be near.

    Plus Ryan Sipes stops by to give us a post Mycroft update, we dream of a bcachefs future, challenge Wes to get Linux fully working on a MacBook & lots of updates!