LINUX Unplugged

666: Berkeley Suffering Distribution

May 10th, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

1-800-its-unix, ai agents, ai apis, ai assisted security, ai privacy layer, ai proxy, bhyve, bsd, bsd challenge, bsd desktop, bsd jail, bsd unplugged, copy fail, danger zones, declarative configuration, dirty frag, dirty pipe, doas, does it loo?, exploit, fail tax, freebsd, freebsd foundation, freebsd homelab, fuzz testing, gershwin, ghostbsd, homelab, jail management, jupiter broadcasting, kernel vulnerability, kiji-proxy, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux vulnerability, local dev dashboard, local privilege escalation, localhost ports, long live linux, magnolia mayhem, netbsd, netflix, nixbsd, open source, openbsd, pii masking, pinchflat, podman, portbook, producer jeff, responsible disclosure, security testing, self-hosting, sinchflat, starcraft bsd, sylve, txlf 2026 cfp, zfs, 😈

Who survived the install, who made it to the desktop, and who learned the hard way that one little mistake will blow up the entire BSD box.

665: Patch Me If You Can

May 3rd, 2026  |  1 hr 20 mins

ai developer, ai in ubuntu, amd rocm, background removal, backup system, bcachefs, bcachefs nas, bsd challenge, bsd jails, canonical, canonical vp engineering, container escape, copy fail, cuda, cve-2026-31431, declarative configuration, defuse, freebsd, freebsd setup, frontier ai for ubuntu, ghostbsd, gnu coreutils, jon seager, jupiter broadcasting, kernel security, linux exploit, linux kernel vulnerability, linux podcast, linux unplugged, local llm, nas os, nasty, nixos, nixos nas, odroid, open source, page cache attack, patch sunday, python, rescue nix config, resolute raccoon, rust, rust coreutils, security, snaps, tpm-backed full disk encryption, ubuntu, ubuntu 26.04 lts, ubuntu engineering, ubuntu lts, uutils coreutils, ventoy, wayland, zfs, 🦝

We dig into the Copy Fail vulnerability and test a proof-of-concept against our own box. Plus, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical joins us, and we kick off the BSD Challenge!

602: The BSD Humbling

February 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 7 mins

add water, ardour, audible, audiobookshelf, bhyve, dj khaled, doas, flox, framework, freebsd, freebsd challenge, ghostbsd, hedgedoc, jails, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, launch, libation, libluksde, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxulator-steam-utils, mate, mizutamari, music assistant, nes, netbsd, planet nix, podman, retro gaming, scale, snes, syncthing, tailscale, zfs, 👻, 🚀

Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax.

601: Taming the Demons

February 9th, 2025  |  1 hr 8 mins

bsd battlestation, flox, freebsd, freebsd challenge, garmindb, ghostbsd, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, lfnw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nixos analogy, planet nix, podman, prime episode, raspberry pi 400, rc.conf, shower thoughts pen, showtoshi, zach mitchell, zfs

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.

544: Half the Bits, Double the Pain

January 7th, 2024  |  1 hr 27 mins

#!++, 32-bit, 32-bit challenge, antennapod, atom n2600, bbs, castamatic, chromium, crunchbang, crunchbangplusplus, debian, debian 12, dell, desktop, distro, electron, fountain, freebsd, gentoo, ghostbsd, hp mini 110, inspiron 6400, intel t2300, jupiter broadcasting, kolide, lfnw, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lmde, mageia, mageia 9, midnightbsd, mumble, nix, nixcon, nixcon na, nixos, nohang, peppermint, podcast index, podverse, psi, scale, texas linux festival, xfce, zram, zswap

This challenge gets ugly as we slowly realize we've just become zombie slayers.

416: Server Meltdown

July 27th, 2021  |  52 mins 27 secs

alpine, arch, battery life, containers, decrentalized communication, dendrite, docker, docker-wine, electron, element, fedora, fingerprint reader, framework laptop, freebsd, gamescope, guacamole, hardware, hellosystem, ipfs, jingos, jingpad a1, jupiter broadcasting, linux gaming, linux graphics, linux laptop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxserver.io, matrix, metaplanet, obs, oneweb, pierre-loup griffais, protocol labs, proton, rdp, remote desktop, right to repair, satellite internet, skype, spacex, starlink, steam, steamcompmgr, steamos, synapse, ubuntu, valve, vulkan, wayland, webtop, windows, wine, winetricks, xvfb, xwayland

We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud!

398: Back in the Freedom Dimension

March 23rd, 2021  |  1 hr 44 secs

cve, dalton durst, daniel fore, discord, drivers, dsnet, edw, elementary developer weekend, elementary os, fedora 34, firewalls, free software, freebsd, fsf, gcc, gnome 40, gnu, greg kroah-hartman, hoppy, hoppy.network, iptables, jupiter broadcasting, linus torvalds, linux, linux modules, linux podcast, linux-next, luplug, matrix, meerschaum, microsoft, nat, netgate, networking, ngrok, openssl, ota 16, pfsense, pockit, port forwarding, raspberry pi, richard stallman, rms, router, rust, rust-for-linux, security, social forking, ssh, subspace, ubports, ubuntu touch, unplugged, vpn, wireguard

We share our favorite networking trick of all time, and then chat with the blokes behind a new WireGuard-powered service.

359: Death of the Mac

June 23rd, 2020  |  47 mins 7 secs

a cloud guru, adobe, ai, airdrop, ampere, apple, arm, arm servers, artificial intelligence, bhyve, blender, bsd, chrome, cloud, containers, cooking, debian, docker, ffmpeg, final cut pro, freebsd, fujitsu, google, hackintosh, homebrew, ibm, japan, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, machine learning, macos 11, microsoft, nearby share, nearby sharing, parallels, python, recipes, supercomputers, tensorflow, top500, unplugged, unsilence, xhyve

Why we think Apple just handed market share to Desktop Linux, and why you can kiss running Linux on the Mac goodbye forever.

357: The Little Distro That Could

June 9th, 2020  |  56 mins 24 secs

a cloud guru, antix, arc, assembly, bake off, breathe, breeze, bsd, bunsenlabs, community, cpu, dark mode, debian, exhale, foss, free software, freebsd, gaming on linux, gtk, hdd, helium, jupiter broadcasting, kolibrios, lightweight, lightweight distro, linux, linux desktop, linux distributions, linux podcast, multicore, multithreading, netflix, open source, package managers, pkg, pop!_os, ports, ppa, qt, ram, sparky linux, supertux, supertuxkart, theming, unix, unplugged, video games, virtual lug, vscode, yaru, youtube

The lightweight distro that stole our hearts, the four of us each try out a different contender and come away with what we think will be the leanest and meanest distribution for your PC.

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.