LINUX Unplugged

614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking

May 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins

bcachefs, cb radio, coreutils, dawarich, degoogle, element.fm, filesystem, gmrs radio, gnome, gnome foundation, golden grot award, google location history, grafanacon, home assistant, immich, jeff's industrial trash bin rescue special, jupiter broadcasting, launch, libcaca, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live meep, location history, location tracking, maps, meshsidecar, mq-7, nixos, nixos hardware team, nixos steering committee, nixos-hardware, phoronix, photoprism, podcasting 2.0, privacy, road trip tracker, rust, self-hosted, steven deobald, sudo-rs, tailscale, tailscale meetup, tui challenge, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, uutils, van rescue, youtube, ytviewer

We test-drive a self-hosted alternative to Google Location History. Plus, we cover the week’s Linux news highlights, then spill the beans on our upcoming TUI challenge.

595: Network 'n Burning Bonanza

December 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins

alby hub, audio cd tools, banana pi, cd burning, cd ripping, cd-r, cdrdao, descent, dxx-rebirth, fre:ac, immich, jupiter broadcasting, k3b, kitty, lact, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, los machucambos, mifi setup, minisforum um790, nixos, one, openwrt, openwrt one, producer carl, qobuz, raspberrypi, streaming, tailscale, tidal

We tested out the OpenWRT One and tried it in a unique use case. Then, Wes goes back to 1999 to solve a problem.

585: Choosy Moms Choose Ubuntu

October 20th, 2024  |  1 hr 14 mins

24.10, alby hub, apt 3.0, breez, dumb, flutter, framework, framework 13 amd, gluetun, gnome 47, heroic games launcher, imagegenius, immich, jupiter broadcasting, kdeconnect, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lutris, nixos, notebooklm, oracular oriole, scale, snap, steam, tab hoarding, ubuntu, ubuntu lts, ubuntu unity, wayland, wes' mom

Wes got Mom a new Linux laptop, and he lets her pick the distro. Plus, we take a look at the new Ubuntu 24.10, and why we think this release might be a good sign for the future.

583: Nix on Easy Mode

October 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 16 mins

dev shell, development environment, devenv, etchdroid, flakes, framework, google photos alternative, immich, internal loathing of windows, jefftastic, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meshtastic, nix, nixos, nixpkgs, nixy, pip, python, seagl, will it nix

Wes gives his shell superpowers to solve a tricky problem. Then, we share an update on our favorite Google Photos alternative, including breaking changes and a great new way to run it.

576: The Secret Server

August 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 20 mins

2fa, aegis, archcraft hyprland, authy, auto tab discard, berlin meetup, colo server, comcast fail, fido2, firehol, flathub, immich, incus, iptables, js8call, jupiter broadcasting, keepassium, keepassxc, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, mesh network, meshtastic, mixer vodka and vernors, newpipe, nftables, nixos, proxmox, sat holiday, sponsorblock, sunos, tailscale, toronto meetup, totp, tree-style tabs, trusted interfaces, tubular, vps proxy, who exactly is wes payne?

We reveal how we turned our humble LAN into a public server farm, all while keeping our IP address under wraps and our ISP blissfully unaware.

542: 2023 Tuxies

December 24th, 2023  |  47 mins 19 secs

2023 boosties, asahi linux, best desktop de, best desktop distro, best desktop environment, best linux server distro, best newcomer project, best self-hosted app, best server distro, best text editor, boost experiment, community, community chat platform, devices, home assistant, hyprland, immich, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, linux hardware, linux podcast, linux unplugged, networking software, nextcloud, open source project, private, radical transparency, remote access, results, secure, self-hosted app, services, stabledif, tuxies, umbrel, votes

It’s the fourth annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, and desktops of 2023.

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.

516: The Fixer-Upper

June 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

amd radeon, asus, cai, cyberattack, darknet diaries, data brokers, eff, extreme privacy, gnome rdp, go2tv, grapheneos, have i been pwned, immich, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, moveit, nextcloud, nixos, obs, odni, pai, privacy, seedvault, self-hosting, stable diffusion, stalkerware, tailscale, wireguard, 🦒

Chris tears into two old PCs, and builds a surprisingly powerful multi-monitor Wayland workstation.

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.

495: The Moment of Truth

January 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 35 mins

android, android auto, apple, backups, borg, carbonyl, carplay, chromium, community, duplicacy, duplicity, f-droid, giraffeneos, google, grapheneos, imessage, immich, ios, iphone, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter.tube, kopia, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, mumble, nextcloud, opensuse, peertube, photoprism, photosync, pixel 7, podcasting 2.0, privacy, restic, rsnapshot, rsync, security, telegram, tumbleweed, vorta, yast, 🦒

Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.