LINUX Unplugged

663: The 99.8% Rescue

April 19th, 2026  |  1 hr 4 mins

Encryption, Jupiter Broadcasting, aegis-boot, android, backup, bazzite, data rescue, dumpster hardware, ebpf, fedora, fedora 45, finnix, flash drive, forgejo, gitea, hyprland, hyprlive, kexec, linux podcast, linux unplugged, little snitch, live iso, livesys-scripts, mat2, mesh network, metadata cleaner, metadata removal, netboot.xyz, nixos, open source, opencode, pcapdroid, persistent overlay, plasma, pocket id, remote desktop, rescue distro, rustdesk, secure boot, systemrescue, tailscale, usb persistence

We all have data to rescue, you just don't realize it yet. This week we build our own custom live rescue distros, recover real data, and show you how to make your own.

643: The Sunday Soapbox

November 30th, 2025  |  1 hr 31 mins

Encryption, Europe, Jupiter Broadcasting, Plex, Privacy, Red Hat, Telegram, android, android aosp, aosp, backdoors, bcachefs, boosties, bootleg, chat control, cve, dawarich, dkms, encrypted communication, encryption backdoor, encryption backdoors, family features, fossil, france, game emulator, git, google pixel, gopher64, grapheneos, grapheneos phone, home manager, homelab, jellyfin, jellyswarrm, jupiter party membership, kernel performance, kernel smb, ksmbd, kubernetes, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, livetv, location sharing, location tracking, motorolla, n64 emulator, ngrok, open source, open source privacy, ovh, pangolin, pavel durov, pinchflat, pixel phones, project hummingbird, proxy, remote access, remote media server, reverse proxy, rust for linux, sponsorblock, talosos, the great holiday homelab, tunneled reverse proxy, vpn, vps, youtarr, youtube, 🦒

We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.

630: Google's Garden Lockdown

August 31st, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins

Btrfs, Jupiter Broadcasting, android, android 16, android container, android development, android launcher, android sandbox, android terminal, aosp, bcachefs, blendos, de-google, debian, f-droid, flameshot, frigate, google, google play services, just a widdle boost, kvaesitso, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux on android, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos-avf, open source, paperless-ngx, phoronix, security camera, texas linux fest, thingino, thunderbird, thunderbird add-on, txlf, wansview w7, zune

Google's sideloading lockdown has us pushing Wes' Pixel further than Google ever dreamed.

575: Brent's Busted Builds

August 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 26 mins

2FA, Jupiter Broadcasting, android, anker powerconf s330, authy, beelink, beelink ser5, collapse os, cosmic, docker-osx, framework, gentoo challenge, grapheneos, hyprland, 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.

536: Plasma Power-Ups

November 12th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins

El Salvador, Gnome, Jupiter Broadcasting, Wayland, WireGuard, accessibility, amazon, android, app shortcuts, boosts, breeze, fire tvs, hardware support, hdr games, kde 6, kde plasma activities, key bindings, krunner, lightning conference, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux-based os, megarelease, mesh vpn, mumble room, nixos, open source, plasma 6.0, power management, qt 6.6, react native, tailscale, tuxies, vega, virtual desktops, webos, weekly linux talk

The problem with GNOME's great news, plus our first look at Plasma 6. Then, the surprising place NixOS is getting adopted.

527: Framing Brent

September 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

Canonical, Jupiter Broadcasting, LFNW, Lenovo, NextCloud, Right to repair, Thin Client, ThinkPad, Wayland, android, arm, bcachefs, berlin, boot-to-obsidian, box64, cinnamon, cuda, devone, emulation, f-droid, flakes, framework, framework 13, framework laptop, germany, gpl condom, hp devone, kent overstreet, kinoite, laptops, lightning, linus, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meetup, mesh networking, neo-store, new laptop, nix flakes, nixos, notes station, nvidia, obtainium, odroid, plasma, pxe boot, risc-v, self-hosting, silverblue, steam deck, sway, the blog index, ublue, ubuntu desktop, value4value, 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.

512: The Sound of Rust

May 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins

Jupiter Broadcasting, 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, 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.

504: It's a Trap!

April 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 25 mins

Android Auto, Apple Watch, Carplay, Jupiter Broadcasting, NFC, NextCloud, Privacy, a-kenji, airplay, android, apple, apple tax, aurora store, berlin, berlin buds, berlin hackfest, c-base, chores, f-droid, gbyte, germany, gesture ui, gigatexel, giraffeneos, google pixel, grapheneos, icloud, immich, iodé, ios, kde, kde connect, libresign, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lock-in, matelight, media playback, nextcloud aio, nextcloud cookbook, nixos, pixel 7 pro, plasma, podman, 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 Auto, Carplay, Chromium, Jupiter Broadcasting, NextCloud, OpenSUSE, Privacy, Telegram, android, apple, backups, borg, carbonyl, community, duplicacy, duplicity, f-droid, giraffeneos, google, grapheneos, iPhone, imessage, immich, ios, jupiter.tube, kopia, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, mumble, peertube, photoprism, photosync, pixel 7, podcasting 2.0, restic, rsnapshot, rsync, security, 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

Btrfs, Canonical, Flatpak, Jupiter Broadcasting, NextCloud, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, VirtualBox, Wayland, activitypub, android, aosp, apple, arch linux, brently, clonezilla, clown show, cow, dave, dns, element, ergodox, fedora, fosdem, giraffeneos, gnome boxes, google, grapheneos, i3, iPhone, let's encrypt, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mastodon, matrix, nextcloud talk, nix, nixos, nixpkgs, nobara linux, owntracks, playstore, retro kde theming, rsync, smarttubenext, snapshots, sway, tailscale, tiling window manager, tumbleweed, virtualization, 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.