LINUX Unplugged

575: Brent's Busted Builds

August 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 26 mins

2fa, android, anker powerconf s330, authy, beelink, beelink ser5, collapse os, cosmic, docker-osx, framework, gentoo challenge, grapheneos, hyprland, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, openziti, sacramento meetup, services.jb.summerbreak, toronto meetup, universal blue, 🦒

Brent's computer pulls an all-nighter at the worst possible moment, and the hits keep coming for open-source Android distributions and our new 2FA tool.

572: Data Security Only a Maniac Could Love

July 21st, 2024  |  1 hr 31 mins

apple watch killer, automated decryption, autossh, barix, bazzite, bcachefs, bcachefs encryption, bcachefs on rootfs, blue bubbles, bluefin, boot chain, bustle, celeste, clevis, coinbase, contactless payment, crowdsec, disk encryption, encryption, fedora, flakes tutorial, fosdem, framework 13, futo, futo keyboard, garmin, gentoo challenge, gigawatt boost, github rate limiting, grapheneos, grayjay, guix, iotas, jupiter broadcasting, libreoffice, linux podcast, linux unplugged, luks, measured boot, morse code, nextcloud, nixos, obtainium, open-and-shut, opensuse aeon, pcr, pcr 7, rclone, rolling release, rust, slam your laptop lid, sleephq, smartwatch, systemd-cryptenroll, tang, that hash lifestyle, tpm, windows outage, 🦒

Wes' self-decrypting bcachefs disk and a GrapheneOS twist that'll make you ditch your iPhone.

569: Our Plasma Panacea

June 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

crossover, flatpak, freerdp, futo keyboard, gathio, gnome, grapheneos, headscale, house-to-house lasers, intel integrated graphics, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde plasma, krdp, kwin, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mastadon, nixos, no-li brewhouse, nostr, not-michigan, openbsd, packagekit, plasma 6.1, plasma 6.1.1, rdp, shake-that-cursor, spokane meetup, tailscale, tlp, triple buffering, wayland, 🦒

Why we think Plasma 6.1 is the desktop for people who like to mess with computers.

527: Framing Brent

September 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

android, arm, bcachefs, berlin, boot-to-obsidian, box64, canonical, cinnamon, cuda, devone, emulation, f-droid, flakes, framework, framework 13, framework laptop, germany, gpl condom, hp devone, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, kinoite, laptops, lenovo, lfnw, lightning, linus, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meetup, mesh networking, neo-store, new laptop, nextcloud, nix flakes, nixos, notes station, nvidia, obtainium, odroid, plasma, pxe boot, right to repair, risc-v, self-hosting, silverblue, steam deck, sway, the blog index, thin client, thinkpad, ublue, ubuntu desktop, value4value, wayland, zap, zerotier, 🦒

Brent's new Framework laptop has been torn apart and put back together again. We'll find out if it's up to his standards. Plus, we're kicking off a new build.

516: The Fixer-Upper

June 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

amd radeon, asus, cai, cyberattack, darknet diaries, data brokers, eff, extreme privacy, gnome rdp, go2tv, grapheneos, have i been pwned, immich, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, moveit, nextcloud, nixos, obs, odni, pai, privacy, seedvault, self-hosting, stable diffusion, stalkerware, tailscale, wireguard, 🦒

Chris tears into two old PCs, and builds a surprisingly powerful multi-monitor Wayland workstation.

512: The Sound of Rust

May 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins

android, automation, bitcoin dad pod, bitfocus companion, call for papers, chatgpt, daniel micay, dmr, docker-polaris, elgato, f-droid, ft8, git, gmrs, gnome plugin, google account deletion, grapheneos, grapheneos restructuring, gtk, ham, happy birthday brent, jupiter broadcasting, lapce, linux audio setup, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lsp, modal editing, music streaming, nextcloud cookbook, pipewire, please run that, polaris, redox os, rope science, rust, rust code editor, security, stream deck, turtle, vim, wasi, xi, 🦒

We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.

511: Accepting the Future

May 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

ai, aprs, asahi linux, bard, brew, btrfs, contact scopes, custom-built pc, desktop linux, desktop session, digipeater, display manager, display server, docker-compose, electron, full text search, garden gnome, giraffeneos, gmscompatconfig, grapheneos, ham radio, hector martin, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux unplugged case, llm, mesh network, nix, nixos, odroid, odroid case, odroid-h3+, pipewire, podcastguru, privacy, pulseaudio, red hat, rhel, right to repair, rust, security, signal from the noise, software insurance, spotify, subtitles, systemd, text-to-speech, upstream, wayland, x11, x86, xorg, youtube full text search, yt-dlp, yt-fts, zfs, 🦒

How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.

504: It's a Trap!

April 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 25 mins

a-kenji, airplay, android, android auto, apple, apple tax, apple watch, aurora store, berlin, berlin buds, berlin hackfest, c-base, carplay, chores, f-droid, gbyte, germany, gesture ui, gigatexel, giraffeneos, google pixel, grapheneos, icloud, immich, iodé, ios, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde connect, libresign, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lock-in, matelight, media playback, nextcloud, nextcloud aio, nextcloud cookbook, nfc, nixos, pixel 7 pro, plasma, podman, privacy, security, sideloading, tailscale, value4value, 🦒

Why using the iPhone makes it harder to run Linux; Chris follows up on his four-month-long challenge to ditch iOS for GrapheneOS.

Plus, Brent's extended stay in Berlin has led to some developments you won't want to miss.

495: The Moment of Truth

January 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 35 mins

android, android auto, apple, backups, borg, carbonyl, carplay, chromium, community, duplicacy, duplicity, f-droid, giraffeneos, google, grapheneos, imessage, immich, ios, iphone, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter.tube, kopia, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, mumble, nextcloud, opensuse, peertube, photoprism, photosync, pixel 7, podcasting 2.0, privacy, restic, rsnapshot, rsync, security, telegram, tumbleweed, vorta, yast, 🦒

Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.

489: Brent's Secret Emails

December 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 30 mins

activitypub, android, aosp, apple, arch linux, brently, btrfs, canonical, clonezilla, clown show, cow, dave, dns, element, ergodox, fedora, flatpak, fosdem, giraffeneos, gnome boxes, google, grapheneos, i3, iphone, jupiter broadcasting, let's encrypt, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mastodon, matrix, nextcloud, nextcloud talk, nix, nixos, nixpkgs, nobara linux, opensuse, owntracks, playstore, retro kde theming, rsync, smarttubenext, snapshots, sway, tailscale, tiling window manager, tumbleweed, ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization, wayland, waze, xfs, yast, zfs, zfs-on-root, zsys, 🦒

Brent's been hiding your emails; we confront him and expose what he's been keeping from the show.