LINUX Unplugged

566: Chef's Choice Ubuntu

June 9th, 2024  |  1 hr 32 mins

.net, 37signals, alacritty, apple, babylon 5, backups, backwoods setup, bash, chef's choice, configuration, customizability, david heinemeier hansson, deb packages, desktop stability, desktop themes, dev workstation, developer environment, developer setup, devenv, dhh, docker, dotfiles, extensibility, flameshot, flatpak, fully kiosk browser, gnome, jellyfin media player, jupiter broadcasting, keyboard-first workflow, kopia, kthresher, lazydocker, lazyvim, linux mistakes, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux workstation bootstrapping, linux's slow burn, lts, macos, mate, mise, multiplex, neovim, nix, nix drinking game, nixos, notch, omakase, omakase spirit, omakub, opinionated setup, overlay network, pop!_os, ppa, setup script, shareplay, squid proxy, syncplay, tactile extension, tokyo night, torrents, ubuntu, ubuntu 24.04, ulauncher, vscode, watch party, watch together, webrtc, weron, window tiling, windows, wsl, xournal++, zellij

We try Omakub, a new opinionated Ubuntu desktop for power users and macOS expats.

525: Beating Apple to the Sauce

August 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 12 mins

16k kernel, 16k pages, ai, alyssa rosenzweig, apple, apple silicon, arch arm, arm, arm64, asahi linux, battery life, btrfs, chatgpt, conformant gpu driver, data center, data loss, davide calvalca, disk encryption, dual booting, fedora, fedora asahi remix, filesystem, gallium3d, gpu, gpu acceleration, hector martin, hpc, immutability, impermanence, jbod, jitsi meet, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde connect, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llama 2, llama-gpt, llama.cpp, llm, luks, lvm, m1, m2, mac mini, macos, mattermost, meta, ml, neal gompa, nixos, oneplus 6, open source ai, openai, opengl es 3.1, openstreetmap, opensuse tumbleweed, organic maps, plasma, rdp, self-hosting, server temperature, sip, snapdragon 845, streetcomplete, telemetry, thunderbolt, uefi, umbrel, vnc, voip, xfs, xfs_repair, zfs, 🦙

We daily drive Asahi Linux on a MacBook, chat about how the team beat Apple to a major GPU milestone, and an easy way to self-host open-source ChatGPT alternatives.

474: Linux's Malware Inevitability

September 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 13 mins

anti-malware, antivirus, apple, canonical, element, endlessos, federation, flutter, fragmentation, google photos, ham radio, harmonoid, immutable os, ios, jupiter broadcasting, libmpv, linux podcast, linux unplugged, local media, macos, malware, matrix, media player, mpv, nemo, nix, peertube, photo backup, pluma, power users, privacy, rhel, security, ubuntu, ubuntu unity, unity tweak, unity7, virus, x11

Can Linux do better? Apple is scrambling to build always-on malware protection into the next macOS as its market share grows. A precautionary tale for Linux users.

469: Tough Linux Love

July 31st, 2022  |  59 mins 55 secs

ansible, axel f, bluetooth problems, commodore 64, cryptomator, cups, dell, distrobox, dragonball z, flatpak, glinux, gnome, gokus, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mac, macos, macos vs linux, nix, plasma, printer support, rclone, silverblue, snap, tdarb, thinkpad, toolbox, vegeta, x220, xfce, xps 13

Is the Linux desktop hard to love? A long-time user experience developer argues it is, and we respond to his criticisms.

453: Raleigh Action Show

April 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins

amd, ansible, armbian, automation, bitwarden, bore, coreos, debian, devops, dod, east coast meetup, flatseal, flutter, freerdpserver, gmc rv, gpu, hotswap, immutable, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, macos, microsoft, nfs, ngrok, nix, nixos, python, raleigh, raspberry pi, rdp, redhat, rust, slackware, tcp tunnel, tea, terraform, webtop, wsl2, yellowdog

We just wrapped up our East Coast meetup and have a bunch of great stories to share. Plus some Nix ups and downs, and more.

407: And the Answer is...

May 25th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins

alexa, ama, apple, ask me anything, ask us anything, bcachefs, btrfs, centos, dns, docker, domain names, emp, expanse, foss, gaming, hammer2, homelab, iain banks, jupiter broadcasting, linux desktop, linux podcast, lithium batteries, macos, microsoft, music, mycroft, nebula, networking, open source, origin story, pci passthrough, pop! shell, raspberry pi, ronald jenkees, rv, sci-fi, siri, smart assistant, solar, solar storm, steam, sysadmin, termbin, thinkpad, tiling, ubuntu, vpn, wireguard, wsl, wslg, zfs

From our origins with Linux to preparing your home LAN for a solar storm, it’s an Ask us Anything special edition!

389: Harder Butter Faster Stronger

January 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 37 secs

backups, btrfs, chmod, cloud, containers, database, dban, distro-hopping, exfat, filesystems, gpt, home directory, jupiter broadcasting, kde neon, ldap, linux 5.10.8, linux laptops, linux podcast, live cd, live usb, macos, mbr, nano 5.5, ntfs, object storage, opensuse, pghoard, plasma, postgresql, s3, security, system76, systemrescuecd, text editors, thinkpad x12, tuxies, ubuntu 21.04, uefi, unix permissions, unplugged, usb, ventoy, windows

We showcase a tool that will change your Linux game.

358: Our Fragmented Favorite

June 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

a cloud guru, accesibility, apple, btrfs, checksums, containers, copy on write, cow, crew dragon, data integrity, disk layout, disk partitioning, disk space, docker, ext4, facebook, falcon 9, fedora, fedora workstation, filesystem, flatpak, gimp, github, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux podcast, lvm, macos, master, matt ahrens, media production, mobile, nvme, phone, phosh, pine64, pinephone, pinetab, pipewire, postmarketos, preempt, proprietary software, purism, python, redis, rich bowen, ruby, snapshots, spacex, ssd, starlink, unplugged, welcoming nomenclature, windows, xfs, zfs

It's time to challenge some long-held assumptions.

Today's Btrfs is not yesterday's hot mess, but a modern battle-tested filesystem, and we'll prove it.

Plus our thoughts on GitHub dropping the term "master", and the changes Linux should make NOW to compete with commercial desktops.

344: Our Week with Windows

March 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

a cloud guru, appcenterforeveryone, apt, canonical, chocolatey, containers, denver, docker, elementary, elementaryos, google photos, hayden barnes, html5, jupiter broadcasting, kubernetes, linux podcast, macos, opensilver, package management, plasma, plasmoid, silverlight, snapshots, ubuntu, unplugged, windows, windows 10, windows subsystem for linux, windows terminal, wsl, wslconf, zfs, zsys

We load up Windows 10 with WSL2, the new Terminal, and give it a go to see what it does better than Linux. Then we dive into the deep end and attend the first-ever WSLConf.

343: What Linux is Best At

March 3rd, 2020  |  57 mins 8 secs

a cloud guru, apple, cattlinux podcast, desktop linux, docker, firefox, gaming, gaming on linux, gnome, gnome extension, gnome shell 3.36, javascript, jupiter broadcasting, linux, macos, pop!_os, power users, ripgrep, rust, stadia, steam, system76, the silver searcher, tiling window manager, tiling windows, typescript, unplugged, wayland, windows wsl2

We try the Mac desktop for 30 days, find out what we think it does best, and where Linux will always have it beat.