LINUX Unplugged

662: The GitHub Diet

April 12th, 2026  |  1 hr 24 mins

ai agents, apollo automation, async io, big tech criticism, bpf, btrfs, centralized platforms, ci/cd, code hosting, codeberg, configuration as code, copilot criticism, cv resume, data sovereignty, declarative configuration, embedded firmware, environmental sensor, esp32, esphome, esphome starter kit, ext4, federation, filesystem, forgejo, foss, fountain, git, git up offa that thang, gitea, give up github, government tech, hardware security, home assistant, homelab, homelab storage, i486 deprecation, iot, job search, jupiter broadcasting, kernel tracing, linux 7.0, linux desktop, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, microsoft, motion sensor, nas, network automation, network-aware ssh router, networking, nixos, open home foundation, open source, open source license, opencode, opengist, phoronix, physical computing, practical ai, process scheduler, proprietary software, rendercv, resume generation, rust in linux, scheduler, self hosted git, self hosting, self-healing filesystem, sfc, smart home, smart lighting, software freedom, software freedom conservancy, ssh, sshroute, storage, systems programming, sécurix, version control, visual programming, xfs, yaml

Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release.

660: Boots and Breakups

March 29th, 2026  |  57 mins 6 secs

/boot, 10-bit hevc tng, age verification, ai orchestration, alby hub, ampere, bios, bitcoin node, boothole, bootloader, bore, btrfs, busybridge, cage kiosk, calendar, calendar sync, chromebooks, computer upcycle, dispatcharr, ersatztv, ersatztv next, ext4, ffmpeg, filesystems, greenboost, grub, hardware acceleration, hardware-accelerated transcoding, hevc, homelab, iptv, jellyin, jupiter broadcasting, kdeconnect, kdeconnect-sms-tui, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, luks, lvm, media center, minimal grub, miramichi nb, multi-node ai orchestration platform, nixbook, odroid, olympia mike, open source, openclaw, planify, plex, quicksync, raid, secure boot, self-hosted, shim, sms tui, star trek, systemd-boot, the computer upcycle project, this week in bitcoin, tng broke the machine, tpm, tunarr, turnstone, tv channels, twib, ubuntu, ubuntu 26.10, ubuntu installer, uefi, zfs

Ubuntu wants a leaner, stricter GRUB, and your favorite setup may not survive the cut. We break down what’s really changing, and the practical ways to adapt. Plus, Chris moves on from one of his favorite open source apps.

654: Creating Discord in the Matrix

February 15th, 2026  |  1 hr 24 mins

5g, age verification, alby, bcachefs, booklog, btrfs, casaos, christian brauner, clan, clan.lol, connectten fortress router, copy-on-write, data privacy, decentralized, discord, element, ext4, face scanning, federation, fediverse, filesystem, fountain, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, kernel, kyc, linux 7.0, linux kernel, linux meetup, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lte, matrix, matrix server, mattermost, mobile internet router, network discovery, nixos, nixos framework, nmap, nullfs, open source, open source community, open_tree_namespace, openclaw, openwrt, personal library, pivot_root, planet nix, privacy, project hydra, prometheus, raspberry pi, rv internet, scale, self-hosted, self-hosted communities, switch_root, synapse, tablet as monitor, tablet as second screen, the structural spacer, thinkbox, truenas scale, vfs, virtual file system, wan redundancy, weylus, whosthere, xfs, zfs, zimaos

We were minutes away from shutting down our Matrix server when the Discord news hit. Now we’re not just keeping it, we’re doubling down. Can open source seize this moment?

625: They're Doing it Wrong!

July 27th, 2025  |  1 hr 15 mins

a-a-ron, app packaging, atomic write support, bcachefs, bluefin, bootc, btrfs, distro packaging, etesync-knotes, ext4, fedora, fedora flatpaks, fedora workstation, flathub, flatpak, flatpak-centric desktop, greg kroah-hartman, home assistant, homelab, immutable, io_uring, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, kinoite, linkwarden, linux 6.16, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lwn, macintosh ii, managing nixos configs, michael catanzaro, nebula, netbird, nixos, open source, phoronix, rhel, rust, self-hosted, silverblue, snapdragon x1 elite, toney, ubuntu concept iso, wireguard, xfs, zigbee, zigbee dongle

A radical rethink of what a Linux distro should do, and what it should stop doing. Plus, we dig into what's great about Linux 6.16.

534: We Nixed Proxmox

October 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins

32-bit challenge, bcachefs, bitcoin beach, btrfs, cinnamon, debian, ext4, fedora, fedora 39, fountain, homeassistant, immich, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, kernel, kmon, kvm, linux 6.6, linux kernel manager, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lxc, nextcloud, nextcloud aio, nix, nixos, phoronix, podverse, proxmox, rust, rust-analyzer, selinux, silverbullet.md, tuxies, virtualization, vm, wayland, wyze, xfs, zfs

We did Proxmox dirty last week, so we try to explain our thinking. But first, a few things have gone down that you should know about.

532: We Like Snaps Now

October 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 15 mins

1l pc, amd ryzen, app center, cad, chocolately, debian, docker desktop, enterprise desktop, enterprise linux, ext4, fde, firefox, flutter, fountain 1.0, full disk encryption, gnome 45, intel arc, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, legacy installer, linux 6.5, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, log viewer, mantic minotaur, mozilla, nixos, no corporation november, noto fonts, ntfs, one liter pc, pipewire, plex, podman, quick settings, raspberry pi 5, security, snapcraft, snapd, tags, take my brent away, text tagger, tiling, tiling desktop, tpm, translations, ubuntu 23.10, ubuntu budgie, ubuntu core, ubuntu iso, wayland, wifi 7, windows challenge, wsl, wyse terminal, zfs

Has Canonical finally nailed snaps? Why it looks like Ubuntu has turned a new corner; our thoughts on the latest release. Plus, a special guest and more.

371: Cabin Fever

September 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

alan pope, amiga fast file system, apache, app development, audiobooks, benchmarks, borg backup, btrfs, cabin, cozy, desktop development, elementary os, ext4, facebook, fedora, github, josef bacik, jupiter broadcasting, kakoune, kernel regression, linus torvalds, linux 5.9, linux podcast, mark shuttleworth, memory management, michael larabel, nano, nextcloud, openaudible, page lock fairness, phoronix, programming, scheduling, stuart langridge, sublime text, ubuntu, ubuntu community council, unplugged, vim, vscode, walter lapchynski, wxl, xfs

Friends join us to discuss Cabin, a proposal that encourages more Linux apps and fewer distros.

358: Our Fragmented Favorite

June 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

a cloud guru, accesibility, apple, btrfs, checksums, containers, copy on write, cow, crew dragon, data integrity, disk layout, disk partitioning, disk space, docker, ext4, facebook, falcon 9, fedora, fedora workstation, filesystem, flatpak, gimp, github, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux podcast, lvm, macos, master, matt ahrens, media production, mobile, nvme, phone, phosh, pine64, pinephone, pinetab, pipewire, postmarketos, preempt, proprietary software, purism, python, redis, rich bowen, ruby, snapshots, spacex, ssd, starlink, unplugged, welcoming nomenclature, windows, xfs, zfs

It's time to challenge some long-held assumptions.

Today's Btrfs is not yesterday's hot mess, but a modern battle-tested filesystem, and we'll prove it.

Plus our thoughts on GitHub dropping the term "master", and the changes Linux should make NOW to compete with commercial desktops.

355: Chris' Data Crisis

May 26th, 2020  |  57 mins 35 secs

a cloud guru, arp, backups, booting, btrfs, data integrity, dnsmasq, ext4, filesystems, fing, firehol, fireqos, firmware, hardware, jupiter broadcasting, linssid, linux podcast, mac address, netdiscover, networking, nmap, opnsense, pfsense, raspberry pi 4, smokeping, speedtest, tcpdump, unplugged, usb boot, vim, vimkiller, vpn, wavemon, wfh, wifi, wireless, wireless networking, wireshark, working from home, zfs

Chris' tale of woe after a recent data loss, and Wes' adventure after he finds a rogue device on his network.

347: Arm is Here

March 31st, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

20.04, a cloud guru, arch, arm, armbian, btrfs, bulletproof linux, ext4, f2fs, fedora, freebsd, functional, guix, json, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux 5.6, linux laptop, linux mint, linux podcast, manjaro, multipath tcp, nixos, pi 4, powershell, raspberry pi, snapshots, timeshift, tuxedo computers, ubuntu, unplugged, usb4, virtualbox, wireguard, xfs, zfs

We discover a few simple Raspberry Pi tricks that unlock incredible performance and make us re-think the capabilities of Arm systems.