web02.fireside.fm Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:45:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) LINUX Unplugged - Episodes Tagged with “Flox” https://linuxunplugged.com/tags/flox Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:45:00 -0700 An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux. en-us episodic Weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests and tons of opinion. Jupiter Broadcasting An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux. no Jupiter Broadcasting chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com 657: Slop to Slap https://linuxunplugged.com/657 f6c50b1b-d4e4-420e-919e-f2435fb85ab3 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:45:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting After experiencing Planet Nix and SCaLE, we come back convinced the next phase of Linux is already taking shape. 1:23:45 no After experiencing Planet Nix and SCaLE, we come back convinced the next phase of Linux is already taking shape. Special Guests: Carl Perry, Cindy Cohn, Graham Christensen, Jason Spisak, Jonas Chevalier, Kelsey Hightower, Ron Efroni, and Yuning Liang. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Planet Nix, SCaLE, Nix, NixOS, NixOS Foundation, Flox, open source AI, AI, AI agents, Carl Perry, Yuning Liang, DeepComputing, RISK-V, Jonas Chevalier, Numtide, Cindy Cohn, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jason Spisak, Soundboard Guy, Graham Christensen, Determinate Systems, Ron Efroni, Roxane Fischer, Anyshift.io, ELF, autopatchelf, flake schemas, providence, elf on the shelf, pocket meat, Carl George, Anthropic, System76, Aneesh Agrawal After experiencing Planet Nix and SCaLE, we come back convinced the next phase of Linux is already taking shape.

Special Guests: Carl Perry, Cindy Cohn, Graham Christensen, Jason Spisak, Jonas Chevalier, Kelsey Hightower, Ron Efroni, and Yuning Liang.

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Special Guests: Carl Perry, Cindy Cohn, Graham Christensen, Jason Spisak, Jonas Chevalier, Kelsey Hightower, Ron Efroni, and Yuning Liang.

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]]> 656: Why KDE Linux Surprised Us https://linuxunplugged.com/656 eed50e77-cf2f-485d-8dd6-ad0eb2898644 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:45:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander. 1:08:39 no We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander. Special Guest: BeardedTek. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Nebula, Nebula Commander, mesh network, Bearded Tech, Planet Nix, Flox, KDE Linux, KDE Plasma, Plasma 6.6, Project Banana, Arch, NixOS, distrobox, Nix package manager , kapsule, delta updates, Enhanced Read-Only File System, systemd-sysupdate, SquashFS, systemd-repart, systemd, mkosi, EROFS, Flatpak, Star Trek Comms badge, OpenCode, Tetris, Unraid, OpenClaw, TrueNAS, JB DnD, Home Assistant, Home Assistant MCP, raw disk images, hcloud-upload-image, Hetzner, socks-to-http-proxy, tinyproxy, Launcher Studio, We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander.

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]]> 655: Speeding Up Mistakes https://linuxunplugged.com/655 5d3c76a2-9b06-4e13-9f37-012514114e1d Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here! 56:48 no Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here! Special Guests: Kelsey Hightower and Michael Stahnke. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Planet Nix, SCaLE, JB Meetup, Michael Stahnke, Kelsey Hightower, Flox, VP of Engineering, AI, declarative AI, Nix, LLM, OpenClaw, MimiClaw, ESP32, AI agent, openclaw-esp32, Abes, WebsocketCAM, openclaw-mcp-bridge, MCP server, FreshRSS, freshrss-mcp, wechsel, home folder symlinks Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here!

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Special Guests: Kelsey Hightower and Michael Stahnke.

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]]> 652: Have Your Bot Call My Bot https://linuxunplugged.com/652 2822fc36-5a13-4436-9947-b0c54c66513c Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent’s $20 Wi-Fi upgrade. 1:09:57 no We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent’s $20 Wi-Fi upgrade. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Planet Nix, SCaLE, Flox, OpenWRT, open source router, router upgrade, OpenWRT One, adblock, whole-home adblocking, adblock-fast, dnsmasq, second-hand tech, used tech, upcycle tech, GL.iNet, wifi optimizing, Abe’s Agents, OpenClaw, Moltbot, Clawdbot, open source AI agents, persistent agent, personal assistant, AI, LLM, persistent digital assistant, MoltBook, selorabox-nix, Holesail, Nixtcloud, Gaussian Splatting, ML-Sharp, ml-sharp-pinokio, Gradia, screenshot We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent’s $20 Wi-Fi upgrade.

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]]> 651: Uptime Funk https://linuxunplugged.com/651 f18f3888-ecb8-49e8-b595-11703b3f7e01 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:45:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won’t ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups. 1:02:43 no When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won’t ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, self-hosted, DNS, mesh network, VPN, Tailscale, Nebula, Pi-hole, Technitium, Prometheus, Grafana, monitoring, local DNS, mesh VPN, Planet Nix, SCaLE, Flox, Meetup, VPS, MagicDNS, automatic hostname resolution, ad-blocking, NACME, ACME for Nebula PKI, uptime-kuma, metrics, Home Assistant, Docker, Ntfy, enterprise-grade monitoring stack, Librem 5, Purism, PinePhone, FuriLabs, Linux phone, nixos-router, YNAB, Actual Budget, Wifiman, van automation, RichARCH Hyprvibe Spin, Switchyard When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won’t ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups.

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]]> 606: Nix's Magic Cookbook https://linuxunplugged.com/606 f9c6f499-4216-462e-88df-6a97ae3b7947 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 16:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We have stories to share, guests joining us, insights from our week at Planet Nix, and Brent's big bombshell. 1:38:15 no We have stories to share, guests joining us, insights from our week at Planet Nix, and Brent's big bombshell. Special Guests: Aneesh Agrawal, Eelco Dolstra, Kelsey Hightower, Mike Kelly, Ron Efroni, and Ross Turk. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Flox, Planet Nix, SCaLE, Kelsey Hightower, Anthropic, Eelco Dolstra, Aneesh Agrawal, Ron Efroni, Ross Turk, Mike Kelly, Olympia Mike, Chromebook, Nixbook, NixOS, Flakes, Nix in the Wild, System76, laser tag champions, JB Meetup, Bang Bus, 🚐, The Launch, Firefox, Mozilla, eBPF, deep dive, rust, Bang Boost, Producer Jeff, TUI challenge, year of the terminal, Thunderbird, pyatv, atv-desktop-remote, Apple TV We have stories to share, guests joining us, insights from our week at Planet Nix, and Brent's big bombshell.

Special Guests: Aneesh Agrawal, Eelco Dolstra, Kelsey Hightower, Mike Kelly, Ron Efroni, and Ross Turk.

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Special Guests: Aneesh Agrawal, Eelco Dolstra, Kelsey Hightower, Mike Kelly, Ron Efroni, and Ross Turk.

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]]> 604: One Week Left https://linuxunplugged.com/604 b47d1bb4-6a54-45ec-a7d1-79e54e9ba0e0 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We're pre-gaming two of the biggest Linux events of the year. Engineers, organizers, and surprise guests are dropping by to give us the scoop before it all begins. 1:01:09 no We're pre-gaming two of the biggest Linux events of the year. Engineers, organizers, and surprise guests are dropping by to give us the scoop before it all begins. Special Guests: Kelsey Hightower, Rob Hernandez, and Ron Efroni. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, SCaLE, Planet Nix, JB Meetup, Ron Efroni, Flox, NixOS, Kelsey Hightower, Robert Hernandez, nixbook, Chromebook, Karousel, Niri, PaperWM, Matrix, Dendrite, Synapse, Element, Fountain, Alby Hub, Graphene OS, 🦒, Android Auto, Libro.fm, 🤟❄️⚖️, OpenAudible-To-AudibleBookShelf, audiobookshelf, OpenAudible We're pre-gaming two of the biggest Linux events of the year. Engineers, organizers, and surprise guests are dropping by to give us the scoop before it all begins.

Special Guests: Kelsey Hightower, Rob Hernandez, and Ron Efroni.

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]]> 602: The BSD Humbling https://linuxunplugged.com/602 6cb6dd49-1d39-4ed7-abc7-bbad5f1b81e7 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax. 1:07:11 no Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Planet Nix, Flox, SCaLE, Launch, 🚀, GhostBSD, 👻, FreeBSD Challenge, Framework, Tailscale, libluksde, jails, Syncthing, linuxulator-steam-utils, bhyve, doas, Ardour, Jellyfin, ZFS, Podman, FreeBSD, Mizutamari, MATE, retro gaming, NES, SNES, Libation, audiobookshelf, Audible, DJ Khaled, NetBSD, Music Assistant, HedgeDoc, Add Water Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax.

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]]> 601: Taming the Demons https://linuxunplugged.com/601 75da12ed-c228-4e80-b259-287ef42cc42c Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close! Plus, Zach Mitchell joins us to update us on Planet Nix. 1:08:41 no It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close! Plus, Zach Mitchell joins us to update us on Planet Nix. Special Guest: Zach Mitchell. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, FreeBSD, Showtoshi, GarminDB, FreeBSD Challenge, Raspberry Pi 400, BSD Battlestation, kexec, Planet Nix, zfs, Flox, Podman, rc.conf, GhostBSD, Zach Mitchell, LFNW, prime episode, NixOS analogy, Shower Thoughts Pen It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close!

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]]> 554: SCaLEing Nix https://linuxunplugged.com/554 4367c38a-a954-4de1-a94d-e0d31558224d Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We're on the ground live at NixCon and SCaLE. We catch up with old friends, and discover how Nix is devouring the Linux world one function at a time. 1:29:10 no We're on the ground live at NixCon and SCaLE. We catch up with old friends, and discover how Nix is devouring the Linux world one function at a time. Special Guests: Daphne Muller, Eelco Dolstra, Jos Poortvliet, Martin Wimpress, Noah Chelliah, Producer Jeff, Rok Garbas, Ron Efroni, Ross Turk, Ryan Lahfa, and Zach Mitchell. Nix, Eelco Dolstra, Ryan Lahfa, nixpkgs, NixOS, Hydra, Docker, Flox, Determinate Systems, NixCon, NixCon NA, Ross Turk, Zach Mitchell, Tom Bereknyei, Jim Klark, Wimpy, Martin Wimpress, gsettings, dconf, Nextcloud, Jos Poortvliet, Daphne Muller, SCaLE 21x, SCaLE, Southern California Linux Expo, fossnorth, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Castamatic, Podverse, Nostr, Podcast Guru, Alaska, Yuba City, California, Germany, Gnome, NixOS Desktop, AI, ML, self-hosted AI, secure boot, lanzaboote, community, UbuCon, nix-starter-configs We're on the ground live at NixCon and SCaLE. We catch up with old friends, and discover how Nix is devouring the Linux world one function at a time.

Special Guests: Daphne Muller, Eelco Dolstra, Jos Poortvliet, Martin Wimpress, Noah Chelliah, Producer Jeff, Rok Garbas, Ron Efroni, Ross Turk, Ryan Lahfa, and Zach Mitchell.

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Special Guests: Daphne Muller, Eelco Dolstra, Jos Poortvliet, Martin Wimpress, Noah Chelliah, Producer Jeff, Rok Garbas, Ron Efroni, Ross Turk, Ryan Lahfa, and Zach Mitchell.

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]]> 538: Surprisingly Smooth Transition https://linuxunplugged.com/538 24a47150-5bc8-406c-94ae-2d45e271a397 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting PipeWire hits 1.0, and Wim Taymans joins us to reflect on the smooth success of PipeWire. Plus the details on the first NixCon North America, and more. 1:06:06 no PipeWire hits 1.0, and Wim Taymans joins us to reflect on the smooth success of PipeWire. Plus the details on the first NixCon North America, and more. Special Guests: Wim Taymans and Zach Mitchell. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, NixCon North America, Southern California Linux Expo, SCaLE, Zach Mitchell, flox, Nix Documentation Team, Nix community, Nix contributors, Pipewire 1.0, El Presidente, Wim Taymans, Linux audio, IRQ-based ALSA driver, JACK, low-latency, API compatibility, PulseAudio, Wayland, Flatpak, Jackdbus, 32-bit Challenge, Nix configs, LTS, Debian, Distrobox, Syncthing, Duplicati, Ladder, redundant hardware, NASA protocols, space station, SpiralLinux, Debian, Btrfs snapshots, proprietary networks, Whisper, Helvum, patchbay, PipeWire hits 1.0, and Wim Taymans joins us to reflect on the smooth success of PipeWire. Plus the details on the first NixCon North America, and more.

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