LINUX Unplugged

658: Automated Love Crunch

March 15th, 2026  |  1 hr 2 mins

1l pc, acp, agent browser protocol, ai, ai agent, ai benchmark, ai hardware, anti-detection browser, beelink, browser automation, browser fingerprint spoofing, brunch with brent, btrfs, camofox, camoufox, canirun.ai, chinbasto, chinese diesel heater, chinese diesel heater communications protocol, chrome, chrome devtools mcp, diesel heater, esp32, esphome, failing disk, filesystem error, firefox devtools mcp, gpio, headless browser automation, home automation, hunter alpha, jason spisak, jupiter broadcasting, lenovo thinkcentre m720q, lenovo thinkcentre m920q, lfnw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, littlefox-mcp, llmfit, lore, lossless video editing, losslesscut, mcp, mcp client, mcp registry, mcp tools, mcp-server, mini pc, model context protocol, mqtt, nixos, nodemcu, npx, open hardware, open source, open source coding agent, opencode, planet nix, ray jones, reverse engineering, rvbee, scale, self-hosted, self-hosting, ssd, system migration, transistor, tui, uart, video editor, webasto

We each spent the week on our own projects, breaking then fixing things. Now we're back to compare progress, and a few lessons learned.

639: The Mess Machine

November 2nd, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min

agentic ai, ai, altitude boost, call for paper, cheat.sh, config confessions, cursor, devops by prompt, distro maintainer, don't fear the flake, duf, hyprland, hyprvibe, jupiter broadcasting, kitty, lfnw, lightspeed, linux podcast, linux system administration, linux unplugged, llm, nixbook, nixos, open source, opensuse, promptops, red hat, rip chrisf, roast my nix, scale, seagl, stable diffusion, suse, suse linux enterprise, virtual assistants

After all the AI hype is over, one change for Linux will be sticking around; we put it to the test.

611: Distro Double Trouble

April 20th, 2025  |  59 mins 41 secs

anaconda, arm64, beacondb, canonical, cosmic, digital wellbeing, encryption, fedora, fedora coreos, fedora workstation, github, gnome, gnome 48, hdr, ignition, jb gaming den, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde plasma, lfnw, linux 6.14, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lxqt, matthew miller, nvidia, oci images, openwebui, ostree, plucky puffin, recordapps, self-hosted, tui challenge, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.04, wayland, web ui installer

Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04 are here—We break down what’s new, what stands out, and what we love most about each release.

609: We Used to Be Friends

April 6th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins

anti-cheat, battle.net, battleye, brood war, easy anti-cheat, framework, game emulator, gaming, gaming on linux, jupiter broadcasting, kooha, lfnw, libreoffice draw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lutris, nes, pdf signature, proton, r36max, retro gaming, retro handheld gaming, screen recorder, snes, starcraft, steam, vtt-summarizer, wine

We attempt to get one of the great gaming classics running on Linux, and dig into some of the technical issues still holding back Linux. Plus: Chris has a new handheld.

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.

598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro

January 19th, 2025  |  1 hr 23 mins

ansible, declaritive, desktop linux, docker, immutable, isd, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, lup 600, nextcloud, 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.

561: Folders as a Service

May 5th, 2024  |  43 mins 22 secs

1st linux box, airdrop alternative, ajax, arch server, arch update, audioserve, awesome-webservers, bbq, campus surplus, docker, files, folders as a service, fountain.fm, fun with files, homelab, http static server, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, linux for windows, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, little server that could, live upgrade, localsend, maple syrup pour, neofetch, nix drama, nix flake, nixos, no auth required, photosynth, php, podman, production arch server, rolling distro, rust, self, slackware, southeast linuxfest, spaceballs boost, sputnik, tiny file manager, wes’ janky options, winmodem, yellow dog linux

A few of our go-to tools for one-liner web servers, sharing media directly from folders, and a much needed live Arch server update, and more!

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.

533: LinuxFest North Jeff

October 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 55 mins

1-up lounge, almalinux, dotmatrix, esp, florian, freeipa, games, gorilla banana, jupes o-droid, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest, mini-fest, nixos, notes pc, online linux vector editor, paper, paper prices, pikvm, pinball, proxmox, relays, rv automation upgrades, scuba.tech, stones throw brewery, the little fest that could, vectorpea, void

We try and pull off one too many projects, but you can't argue with the results. We report on our week of rebuilds and rescues and having a blast at LinuxFest Northwest.

529: Changing the Game

September 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 12 mins

alberto garcia, alpine linux, amd, arch, arch linux, battery life, collabora, convergence, dead space, docking station, emudeck, emulators, flatpak, foss, fps, game console, gaming, gaming on linux, garage pc, gta, igalia, imessage, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix bridge, mesa, nextcloud, nixos, open source, opengl, ori and the blind forest, plasma desktop, proton, retrodeck, steam, steam deck, steam deck review, steamos, stray, thinkpad, upstream development, usb-c, valve, vulkan, wine, xdg portals

Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck.