LINUX Unplugged

606: Nix's Magic Cookbook

March 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 38 mins

Apple TV, Jupiter Broadcasting, System76, aneesh agrawal, anthropic, atv-desktop-remote, bang boost, bang bus, chromebook, deep dive, ebpf, eelco dolstra, firefox, flakes, flox, jb meetup, kelsey hightower, laser tag champions, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mike kelly, mozilla, nix in the wild, nixbook, nixos, olympia mike, planet nix, producer jeff, pyatv, ron efroni, ross turk, rust, scale, the launch, thunderbird, tui challenge, year of the terminal, 🚐

We have stories to share, guests joining us, insights from our week at Planet Nix, and Brent's big bombshell.

605: Goodbye World

March 9th, 2025  |  53 mins 43 secs

Jupiter Broadcasting, bcachefs, bcc, berkeley packet filter, bpf, bpftrace, bpftune, dtrace, ebpf, execsnoop, ext4slower, kernel tracepoints, kprobes, linux podcast, linux unplugged, multi-monitor, netop, nixos, oci images, opensnoop, python, tailscale, wes' cryptominer, xdp, xfsslower

We are digging into a superpower inside your Linux Kernel. How eBPF works, and how anyone can take advantage of it.

604: One Week Left

March 2nd, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min

Android Auto, Jupiter Broadcasting, alby hub, audiobookshelf, chromebook, dendrite, element, flox, fountain, graphene os, jb meetup, karousel, kelsey hightower, libro.fm, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, niri, nixbook, nixos, openaudible, openaudible-to-audiblebookshelf, paperwm, planet nix, robert hernandez, ron efroni, scale, synapse, 🤟❄️⚖️, 🦒

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.

603: All Your Kernels Belong to Rust

February 23rd, 2025  |  1 hr 30 secs

Jupiter Broadcasting, amazon, asahi linux, bhyve, christoph hellwig, dma, freebsd challenge, gentoo challenge, greg kroah-hartman, hector martin, kernel, kernel maintainer, kindle, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, miguel ojeda, nping, planet nix, rust, rust kernel policy, scale, texas linux fest, txlf

There have been major Rust developments in the Linux Kernel; we discuss what's new and how it will impact the future. Plus, we're joined by a special guest.

602: The BSD Humbling

February 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 7 mins

Jupiter Broadcasting, Mate, SNES, add water, ardour, audible, audiobookshelf, bhyve, dj khaled, doas, flox, framework, freebsd, freebsd challenge, ghostbsd, hedgedoc, jails, jellyfin, launch, libation, libluksde, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxulator-steam-utils, mizutamari, music assistant, nes, netbsd, planet nix, podman, retro gaming, scale, 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

Jupiter Broadcasting, LFNW, bsd battlestation, flox, freebsd, freebsd challenge, garmindb, ghostbsd, kexec, 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.

600: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once

February 2nd, 2025  |  1 hr 8 mins

Jupiter Broadcasting, announcements, app configuration, audio setup, bsd systems, community support, firewall setup, freebsd challenge, freebsd challenge rules, linux podcast, linux podcasts, linux unplugged, meetups, mumble room, network security, network services, podcast history, podcast shift, tailscale integration, transcripts, video strategy, youtube dominance

We celebrate 600 episodes, announce a new show feature, and officially launch the FreeBSD challenge.

599: Psycho Shower Linux Power

January 26th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

Chromium, Jupiter Broadcasting, Oscars, Wine, aconfmgr, bazzite, birthday boost, debian, declarative, decman, ersatztv, freebsd challenge, iptv, liberux, liberux nexx, liberuxos, linux handheld, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lup 600, mecha comet, metapac, nixos, olivetin, open-tv, phosh, pinephone, replit, server monitoring, showerthoughts, steamos, supporters of chromium-based browsers, tuxies

On the eve of episode 600, we introduce our next challenge and explore the new wave of Linux phones.

598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro

January 19th, 2025  |  1 hr 23 mins

Ansible, Jupiter Broadcasting, LFNW, NextCloud, declaritive, desktop linux, docker, immutable, isd, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lup 600, nix, nixos, notepad next, passkey, planet nix, planify, scale, super productivity, todoist, tuxies, ubuntu declarative donkey, zen kernel, zfs, 🫏

With more criticisms of NixOS than ever—do they have a point? We'll dig into the tough critiques and give our perspective.

597: Cache My OS

January 12th, 2025  |  1 hr 18 mins

Flatpak, Jupiter Broadcasting, arch, bore, btrfs assistant, burstiness, cachyos, chatgippity, kernel developers, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, regressions, rt kernel, rusticl, sched-ext, scheduler, zram

We're taking on some of the toughest critiques of the Linux desktop, then taking a look at CachyOS and what makes it feel like a million bucks.