web02.fireside.fm Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:56:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) LINUX Unplugged - Episodes Tagged with “Grub” https://linuxunplugged.com/tags/grub Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:30:00 -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 660: Boots and Breakups https://linuxunplugged.com/660 ed8b13c0-17f4-4656-9327-89a58c04354d Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting 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. 57:06 no 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. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Ubuntu, GRUB, bootloader, BTRFS, ZFS, filesystems, EXT4, TWIB, This Week in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Node, Alby Hub, /boot, BootHole, Secure Boot, Ubuntu installer, UEFI, LUKS, LVM, TPM, RAID, systemd-boot, BIOS, shim, Ubuntu 26.10, minimal GRUB, ErsatzTV, ErsatzTV Next, Tunarr, IPTV, Jellyin, Plex, TV channels, hardware-accelerated transcoding, QuickSync, ODROID, HEVC, Star Trek, TNG broke the machine, hardware acceleration, ffmpeg, 10-bit HEVC TNG, Dispatcharr, media center, homelab, self-hosted, Linuxfest NorthWest, The Computer Upcycle Project, Olympia Mike, Nixbook, computer upcycle, Chromebooks, Turnstone, multi-node AI orchestration platform, AI orchestration, GreenBoost, Miramichi NB, age verification, OpenClaw, Cage Kiosk, Ampere, Planify, calendar, bore, SMS TUI, kdeconnect, kdeconnect-sms-tui, Busybridge, calendar sync 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.

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]]> 577: Summer Kernel Corn Roast https://linuxunplugged.com/577 b9009434-10d6-4ff1-b8bb-29ccdc09dda4 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual. 1:20:21 no Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Toronto Meetup, Berlin Meetup, Microsoft, dual-boot, Patch Tuesday, GRUB, Secure Boot, CVE, CVE-2022-2601, SBAT, EFI, Ubuntu Kernel, Ubuntu, Canonical, Ubuntu 24.10, Linus Torvalds, Bcachefs, Linux 6.11, Kent Overstreet, Linux kernel developer team, Greg Kroah-Hartman, pihole, NixOS, NixOS feedback, Hyprland, Nix drinking game, NixOS stable or unstable, Cosmic Alpha, UBlue Cosmic, Cloudflare, Tailscale, Proxmox Virtual Environment, NixOS image generator, 2FA, Ansible, SaunaFS, Alpine, Gentoo Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual.

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]]> 565: Mistakes That Made Us Love Linux https://linuxunplugged.com/565 879a6bbe-003c-4eb4-a611-595fac3ab622 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting The facepalm moments that make us question our sanity—and swear off sudo for a week. 1:23:49 no The facepalm moments that make us question our sanity—and swear off sudo for a week. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, Linux Mistakes, Windows 8 moment, Linux refuge, GNOME 3, AI strategy tax, 🤦, everyone makes mistakes, Kate, Microsoft, AI Clippy, Linux Don'ts, live-USB, sudo rm -rf, beginner mistakes, dotfiles, distrohopping, Ubuntu, Nvidia, Debian, dependency hell, SSH updates, dd, NixOS, BeeLink, zram, OOM killer, grub, nine-fives, linux install mistakes, Podverse, GoboLinux, Delfin, Frank Karlitschek, Nextcloud The facepalm moments that make us question our sanity—and swear off sudo for a week.

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  • Kate Asks about Mistakes to Avoid — Hey boys-Microsoft has officially gone off the deep end with this AI stuff. I'm pretty sure AI Clippy is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Any tips for escaping to Linux before I get assimilated? What are the big "don'ts" for a newbie?
  • Jeremy Molina on X — sudo rm -rf ./ on the root directory 😓
  • Lee Ball on X — I thought I was in a backup directory when I did an rm -rf but turned out I'd forgotten the ./ and just went into /var/lib/mysql and not the backup of said directory.
  • ChaoticHuman on X — I think my most major beginner mistake once was something like "sudo chown useraccount /" because I wanted to not have to deal with file-ownership-conflicts though I no longer remember what exactly I did. I only remember that it led to completely destroying my Linux-system.
  • Ken Starks on X — What are all these files with a dot before them. They aren't programs. Might as well delete them.
  • PDunn on X — Using fringe distos and too much distrohopping causing loss of time and not being productive. Linux can be a time sink I don't have time for. So I installed Ubuntu and moved on. I just use what works and is easy to maintain. Unplugged contributor here.
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  • Chris' Beelink Nix Config
  • Nix from First Principles: Flake Edition — This guide is a beginner's guide to Nix and related tooling, focusing on the newer nix command, and flake.nix compared to older tools like nix-env and default.nix. It does not require any prior Nix knowledge, and instead builds up the Flake based world from first principles, so that it can serve as an introduction to Nix itself, as well as the concept and uses of Flakes.
  • Pick: Delfin — Delfin is a native client for the Jellyfin media server. It features a fast and clean interface to stream your media in an embedded MPV-based video player.
  • Delfin on Flathub
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  • Delfin nix package
  • A fireside chat with Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek - Nextcloud — Part of this talk was on LUP, now you can hear the full thing.
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  • Kate Asks about Mistakes to Avoid — Hey boys-Microsoft has officially gone off the deep end with this AI stuff. I'm pretty sure AI Clippy is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Any tips for escaping to Linux before I get assimilated? What are the big "don'ts" for a newbie?
  • Jeremy Molina on X — sudo rm -rf ./ on the root directory 😓
  • Lee Ball on X — I thought I was in a backup directory when I did an rm -rf but turned out I'd forgotten the ./ and just went into /var/lib/mysql and not the backup of said directory.
  • ChaoticHuman on X — I think my most major beginner mistake once was something like "sudo chown useraccount /" because I wanted to not have to deal with file-ownership-conflicts though I no longer remember what exactly I did. I only remember that it led to completely destroying my Linux-system.
  • Ken Starks on X — What are all these files with a dot before them. They aren't programs. Might as well delete them.
  • PDunn on X — Using fringe distos and too much distrohopping causing loss of time and not being productive. Linux can be a time sink I don't have time for. So I installed Ubuntu and moved on. I just use what works and is easy to maintain. Unplugged contributor here.
  • Membership Summer Discount — Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!
  • Chris' Beelink Nix Config
  • Nix from First Principles: Flake Edition — This guide is a beginner's guide to Nix and related tooling, focusing on the newer nix command, and flake.nix compared to older tools like nix-env and default.nix. It does not require any prior Nix knowledge, and instead builds up the Flake based world from first principles, so that it can serve as an introduction to Nix itself, as well as the concept and uses of Flakes.
  • Pick: Delfin — Delfin is a native client for the Jellyfin media server. It features a fast and clean interface to stream your media in an embedded MPV-based video player.
  • Delfin on Flathub
  • Delfin repo
  • Delfin nix package
  • A fireside chat with Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek - Nextcloud — Part of this talk was on LUP, now you can hear the full thing.
]]> 524: How Our Server Got It's Groove Back https://linuxunplugged.com/524 301bf82e-5fde-47c9-8129-5fc5c6ef7fc4 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet? 1:06:16 no Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet? Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, indestructible server, best laptops for NixOS, Mobile NixOS, mesh VPN, WireGuard, Iron Goat Brewing, meetup, LinuxFest Northwest, NixOS on VPS, NixOS friendly hosters, Linode, project cycle, NixOS server, nix, Impermanence, immutable infrastructure, nixos-anywhere, disko, nix flakes, NixOS Wiki, GitHub Star History, email privacy tip, homelab machine, backups, LVM, Stratis, Podverse Bounty, Android Auto, tmpfs, btrfs, zfs, snapshots, rollback, security, IaC, Infrastructure as Code, bootload, systemd, grub, hedgedoc Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet?

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]]> 467: All Hands on Deck https://linuxunplugged.com/467 af6e3748-2872-4ce3-a9de-f50391641410 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck. 1:21:27 no We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, tech pants, Microsoft, Neon, KDE, BIOS, UEFI, partitioning, filesystem, NVIDIA, graphics card, non-free drivers, Ubuntu, GRUB, Steam Deck, Valve, Linux gaming, desktop Linux, touchscreen, proton, X11, virtual keyboard, pacman, Arch, read-only filesystem, battery life, python, REPL, Furtherance, Rust, Flatpak, nebula, Manjaro, v4l2loopback, droidcam, boostcli, 80HD, Larix Broadcaster We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck.

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]]> 387: Tumbling Into the New Year! https://linuxunplugged.com/387 bd535c48-6ffa-4aac-95e1-28a13ad51285 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We have some strong opinions about the state of openSUSE Tumbleweed. We've secretly been running it for the past week, and share our experience. 1:20:11 no We have some strong opinions about the state of openSUSE Tumbleweed. We've secretly been running it for the past week, and share our experience. Plus Microsoft's path to dominating the Linux desktop becomes clear. Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Unplugged, bucklespring, IBM Model M, mechanical keyboards, Valve, Steam, Linux Gaming, Linus Torvalds, ECC, Intel, Microsoft, Project Monarch, Outlook, Electron, email, Mailspring, FOSDEM, Matrix, KDE, Plasma, Plasma System Monitor, openSUSE, Tumbleweed, YaST, Nvidia, Zypper, flatpak, Grub, btrfs, snapshots, todoist, todo apps, Planner, elementary OS, Tuxies, GNOME 40, We have some strong opinions about the state of openSUSE Tumbleweed. We've secretly been running it for the past week, and share our experience.

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]]> 350: Focal Focus https://linuxunplugged.com/350 df8501b2-02bf-4f48-8315-2cbe5d096036 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting The latest Ubuntu LTS is here, but does it live up to the hype? And how practical are the new ZFS features? We dig into the performance, security, and stability of Focal Fossa. 1:12:57 no The latest Ubuntu LTS is here, but does it live up to the hype? And how practical are the new ZFS features? We dig into the performance, security, and stability of Focal Fossa. Plus our thoughts on the new KWin fork, if Bleachbit is safe, and a quick Fedora update. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore. Jupiter Broadcasting, A Cloud Guru, Unplugged, Linux Podcast, Arch, i3, 3mux, tiling, tmux, pacat, PulseAudio, Grub, LTS, Pop shell, Pop!_OS, EROFS, snapshots, zsys, ZFS, XFS, kernel lockdown, exFAT, VirtIO-FS, WSL, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Budgie, MATE, Feral Interactive, GameMode, Yaru, GNOME 3.36, Focal Fossa, Ubuntu 20.04, LupLUG, Fedora 32, BleachBit, Roman Gilg, KwinFT, Plasma, KDE, Kwin, Lemur Pro, System 76, Linux laptop, TUXEDO Control Center, Teletype The latest Ubuntu LTS is here, but does it live up to the hype? And how practical are the new ZFS features? We dig into the performance, security, and stability of Focal Fossa.

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]]> 300: Ultimate Fedora Test https://linuxunplugged.com/300 e2f5f5e5-7759-4699-8a0b-6724e07ec8e3 Tue, 07 May 2019 14:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Is Fedora 30 the peak release of this distribution? We put it through the ultimate test, live on the air, and put everything on the line. 1:05:56 no Is Fedora 30 the peak release of this distribution? We put it through the ultimate test, live on the air, and put everything on the line. Plus Red Hat’s new logo, Dell’s new Linux workstations, and meet a new member of our crew. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Neal Gompa. Homebrew smart watch, smarch watch, Red Hat, Red Hat Logo, shadowman, Dell, Project Sputnik, Ubuntu, RHEL 8, 18.04, Dell Precision 3540, Wayland Conformance Suite, Mir, Wayland, L4T, Linux on the Switch, Nintendo Switch, Fedora 30, Fedora, XFCE, Gnome 3.32, Flicker free boot, grub, systemd-boot, bootloaderspec, LXQt, pantheon, silverblue, python classroom, buku, sysctl explorer, termshark, wireshark, pcap, Linux Unplugged, Jupiter Broadcasting Is Fedora 30 the peak release of this distribution? We put it through the ultimate test, live on the air, and put everything on the line.

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