LINUX Unplugged

554: SCaLEing Nix

March 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 29 mins

ai, alaska, california, castamatic, community, daphne muller, dconf, determinate systems, docker, eelco dolstra, flox, fossnorth, fountain, germany, gnome, gsettings, hydra, jim klark, jos poortvliet, lanzaboote, martin wimpress, ml, nextcloud, nix, nix-starter-configs, nixcon, nixcon na, nixos, nixos desktop, nixpkgs, nostr, podcast addict, podcast guru, podverse, ross turk, ryan lahfa, scale, scale 21x, secure boot, self-hosted ai, southern california linux expo, tom bereknyei, ubucon, wimpy, yuba city, zach mitchell

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.

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.

520: To Infinity and Berlin

July 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

alma linux, berlin, budgie, bytebitten, charging profiles, cpu freq control, cpu power limits, ddev, fan control, flipper zero, germany, infinitybook pro 14 gen8, intel i7-13700h cpu, intel iris xe graphics, intel raptor lake-h processor, iso keyboard layout, kubuntu, linux, linux 6.2, meetups w/brent, nixos, nixpkgs, omemo, plasma 5.27.6, privacy-preserving powertools, thunderbolt 4, tuxedo computers, tuxedo control center, tuxedo os 2, tuxedoos, ubuntu, ubuntu 22.04, usb-c charging options, wget, wild fire update, xmpp

Do they build them better in Germany? We try out the next-generation InfinityBook Pro 14 and dig into TUXEDO OS.

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.

503: Berlin with Brent

March 26th, 2023  |  1 hr 29 mins

ai, arm, berlin, berlin meetup, bruch with brent, chatgpt, collaboration, cycling, dall-e 2, daphne muller, developer program, docker, e2ee, end-to-end encryption, ethical ai, ethical rating, europe, files, frank karlitschek, germany, gif, giphy, jos poortvliet, jupiter broadcasting, launcher, linux podcast, linux unplugged, litestream, machine learning, microsoft, nextcloud, nextcloud hub 4, nimisha vijay, odroid, office 365, productivity, self-hosted, self-hosting, skinny dipping, smart picker, sqlite, swimming, talk, tasks, ui, ux, whisper

Brent dives deep into Nextcloud's new release from inside their offices, and takes an unexpected dip in the local lake with a listener.