Sponsored By:

• Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
• 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
• Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
• LINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules
• darnir's TUI Report
• zee — A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust
• Helix Editor
• Browsh — fully-modern text-based browser
• ddgr — 🦆 DuckDuckGo from the terminal
• Ranger - A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console — Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy.
• Joshuto — Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust
• tenere — 🤖 TUI interface for LLMs written in Rust
• elia — A snappy, keyboard-centric terminal user interface for interacting with large language models. Chat with ChatGPT, Claude, Llama 3, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma and more.
• kpxhs — Interactive Keepass database TUI viewer
• keepass-mode — Emacs mode to open KeePass DB
• gocheat — A beautiful customizable TUI Cheatsheet for keybindings,hotkeys and more in the terminal
• castero: — TUI podcast client for the terminal
• textual-web — Run TUIs and terminals in your browser
• todoist: Todoist CLI Client. — Todoist is a cool TODO list web application. This program will let you use the Todoist in CLI.
• gomuks/gomuks: A TUI Matrix client — A Matrix client written in Go using mautrix.
• orf/gping: Ping, but with a graph
• impala — 🛜 TUI for managing wifi on Linux
• cmus - C\* Music Player — cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
• systemctl-tui — A fast, simple TUI for interacting with systemd services and their logs.
• tdf — A tui-based PDF viewer
• rainfrog — 🐸A database management TUI
• jqp — A TUI playground to experiment with jq
• andcli — A 2FA TUI for your shell
• iamb — A Matrix client for Vim addicts
• parllama — TUI for ollama and other LLM providers.
• russ — A TUI RSS reader with vim-like controls and a local-first, offline-first focus
• ytui-music — Youtube client in terminal for music (lightweight youtube client)
• wiki-tui — A simple and easy to use Wikipedia Text User Interface
• tuifeed — 📰 A terminal feed reader with a fancy ui
• yazi — 💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
• vault-tasks — TUI Markdown Task Manager
• Don's TUI Challenge blog — #TUIChallenge
• Shyfox's TUI Challenge results
• Himalaya — CLI to manage emails, based on email-lib
• jellyfin-tui — Jellyfin music streaming client for the terminal.
• Alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
• apple/containerization — Containerization is a Swift package for running Linux containers on macOS. Containerization is written in Swift and uses Virtualization.framework on Apple silicon.
• Pick: somo — A human-friendly alternative to netstat for socket and port monitoring on Linux.

Sponsored By:

• Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
• 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
• Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
• Texas Linux Festival 2025 - Austin TX, Oct 3-4, 2025
• Texas Linux Festival 2025 CFP
• NixCon 2025 - Switzerland, September 5-7, 2025
• NixCon 2025 CFP
• Seattle GNU/Linux Conference - November 7-8, 2025
• SeaGL 2025 CFP
• Phoronix: Marking 21 Years Of Covering Linux Hardware
• Phoronix.com
• LINUX Unplugged - TUI Challenge Rules!
• Terminal Apps — A collection of awesome TUI apps from around the web.
• Terminal Trove — Find your next Terminal love.
• awesome-tuis — List of projects that provide terminal user interfaces.
• Superfile: Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager
• Ranger: A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console
• joshuto: Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust
• neomutt: ✉ Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
• meli: Rusty terminal mail client
• slack-term — Slack client for your terminal
• GitHub - tramhao/termusic: Music Player TUI written in Rust
• zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included
• MyNav: Go-based workspace and session management TUI — A powerful terminal-based workspace navigator and session manager built in Go. MyNav helps developers organize and manage multiple projects through an intuitive interface, seamlessly integrating with tmux sessions.
• aerc - A pretty good email client — aerc is an email client that runs in your terminal. It's highly efficient and extensible, perfect for the discerning hacker.
• aerc - A pretty good email client that runs in your terminal - GitHub
• ulyssa/iamb: A Matrix client for Vim addicts — a Matrix client for the terminal that uses Vim keybindings
• magiblot/tvterm: A terminal emulator that runs in your terminal. Powered by Turbo Vision. — tvterm is an experimental terminal emulator widget and application based on the Turbo Vision framework. It was created for the purpose of demonstrating new features in Turbo Vision such as 24-bit color support.
• sxyazi/yazi: 💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O. — Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and customizable file management experience.
• meli MUA — meli is a configurable and extensible e-mail client with sane defaults.
• The Mutt E-Mail Client — "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -circa 1995
• glow: Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻
• gomuks — A Matrix client written in Go
• NCSA Mosaic - Wikipedia — Mosaic is a discontinued web browser. It was instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet during the 1990s by integrating multimedia such as text and graphics.
• carbonyl — Chromium running inside your terminal
• After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More
• PipeWire
• bhh32's tui_player: A video player for the terminal
• How I used o3 to find CVE-2025-37899, a remote zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s SMB implementation – Sean Heelan's Blog
• tempy — A simple, visually pleasing weather report in your terminal.
• arabcoders/ytptube: A WebUI for yt-dlp with concurrent downloads support, presets and scheduled tasks and many more. — YTPTube is a web-based GUI for yt-dlp, designed to make downloading videos from YouTube and other video platforms easier and more user-friendly. It supports downloading playlists, channels, and live streams, and includes features like scheduling downloads, sending notifications, and a built-in video player.

Sponsored By:

• The Bitcoin Company: You can spend your sats, and keep the show on the road. Earn Bitcoin with every credit card, gift card, flight, hotel stay, prepaid Visa card purchase, and shopping through our app. Promo Code: UNPLUGGED
• Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
• Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
• 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
• Jupiter Extras: Brunch With Brent: Tim Canham
• LINUX Unplugged 478: The Best of Both Worlds
• audiobookshelf — Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
• audiobookshelf showcase
• Self-Hosted 114: Unintended Consequences
• Libation: Liberate your Library — Free and open-source app to manage your Audible books. Fully supported on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
• OpenAudible Home — Download, Backup and Manage Audible Audiobook Libraries
• Readarr — Book Manager and Automation (Sonarr for Ebooks)
• r/audiobooks thread
• New Releases | Audiobooks.com
• New Audiobook Releases | Downpour.com
• Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups | Nothing Much Happens
• Announcing - First NixCon North America!
• NixCon NA 2024 Schedule is Live! — March 14 – 15, 2024
• Southern California Linux Expo 21
• 🍔 Lunch at SCaLE 🍇, Sat, Mar 16, 2024, 1:30 PM — The Yardhouse has always been a solid go-to, so sit down and break bread with the Unplugged crew during the lunch break on Saturday!
• Yard House Menu
• Administrator Bill Nelson announces the end of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - YouTube — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has announced that the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has come to an end. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history by achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. Despite initial plans for up to five flights, the helicopter has exceeded expectations and executed an impressive 72 flights on the Red Planet. NASA pays tribute to its accomplishments, which have far exceeded what was thought possible and have paved the way for future flights in our solar system.
• Legacy of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - YouTube
• #ThanksIngenuity – NASA’s Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye - YouTube — The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter flew for the last time on Jan. 18, 2024, and NASA concluded its flight operations after post-flight imagery confirmed damage to at least one of the rotorcraft’s rotor blades that rendered it no longer capable of flight. As the historic mission comes to its end, Ingenuity’s team reflects on some of their favorite moments and memories from the helicopter’s time on Mars.
• Clear Course is Set for openSUSE Leap — The openSUSE release team confirms there will be a successor to Leap 15 and it’s a numerical leap forward.
• Zellij — A terminal workspace with batteries included
• nix-flatpak — Declarative flatpak manager for NixOS inspired by declarative-flatpak and nix-darwin's homebrew module. NixOs and home-manager modules are provided for system wide or user flatpaks installation.
• Smart AudioBook Player — The app is designed specially for playing audio books.
• ShelfPlayer — A beautifully designed Audiobookshelf client that feels right at home on iOS 17.
• hass-audiobookshelf — Adds sensors for an Audiobookshelf server to Home Assistant to show connection and active sessions
• LINUX Unplugged 522: Practical Privacy
• BadaBoomBooks: An audiobook organizer — Quickly organize audiobooks using a terminal and web-browser
• audiobookshelf-sonos: Play your audiobooks from Audiobookshelf on your Sonos speakers — A standalone server that adds support for listening to an Audiobookshelf library on Sonos speakers. Built on top of the Sonos Music API (SMAPI).

Sponsored By:

• Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
• Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.
• Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• Jupiter Broadcasting Meetups — Two April Meetups: Raleigh - April 8th and Olympia - April 29th.
• LinuxFest Northwest on Twitter — Call for Speakers is open from March 5th through June 4th, so if you are interested in being a speaker please submit a proposal now!
• LinuxFest Northwest 2023: Call for Speakers
• Logseq — A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base. Logseq is the open toolbox for workflows that deal with lots of information.
• logseq-publish — Publish your Logseq graph with a GitHub Action.
• logseq-schrodinger — A plugin to export pages in Logseq to Hugo.
• logseq-searchable — A quick utility to conduct OCR parsing on images and insert the result as a property.
• SimpleX Chat — The first messenger without user IDs.
• SimpleX on Google Play
• SimpleX APK
• SimpleX on iOS
• SimpleX TestFlight preview for iOS
• SimpleX CLI
• SimpleXMQ — A reference implementation of the SimpleX Messaging Protocol for simplex queues over public networks.
• LFNW Matrix Chat
• gping — Ping, but with a graph.
• Alby
• LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org
• Pick: Codex.docs — Free Docs app powered by Editor.js ecosystem
• Editor.js — Free block-style editor with a universal JSON output

We just have one last job to complete.

Special Guest: Danielle Foré.

Sponsored By:

• A Cloud Guru: By the end of this course, you will feel comfortable working with a large variety of networking tools and configurations to manage complex Linux networking implementations.
• Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.
• MailRoute: Try out MailRoute today and get 10% off the lifetime of your account and start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card required.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• elementary OS 6 Beta Available Today — Developers and testers, it’s the day you’ve been waiting for: elementary OS 6 Beta is available now!
• elementary Builds
• Get Involved with elementary OS — Everything that we make is 100% open source and developed collaboratively by people from all over the world. Even if you're not a programmer, you can get involved and make a difference.
• Audacity & MuseScore Announcement! — Audacity has just joined Muse Group, a collection of brands that includes another popular open source music app called MuseScore.
• (Video) I’m now in charge of Audacity. Seriously.
• Jupiter Broadcasting Garage Sale
• RainLoop docker-compose YAML
• roundcubemail-docker — Resources to build Docker images for Roundcube Webmail
• Documentation / Configuration / RainLoop Webmail
• (Video) PipeWire: The New Multimedia Service, Now Ready for Automotive
• (Video) LUP 272 OG PipeWire Interview Oct 23, 2018 — The lead developer of PipeWire Wim Taymans joins us to discuss Linux’s multimedia past, and its exciting future.
• Pick: Rentry.co — Rentry.co is a markdown pastebin service with preview, custom urls and editing. Fast, simple and free.
• Pick: procs — A modern replacement for ps written in Rust

Plus Alexi Pol joins us for two big updates from the KDE community.

Chapters:
0:00 Pre-Show
1:30 Intro
1:49 SPONSOR: A Cloud Guru
2:56 Linux Action News Returns!
4:17 Ubuntu 20.10 Embraces Active Directory
7:26 DebConf 2020
12:58 Pipewire Progress with Wim Tayman
23:26 SPONSOR: Linode
25:28 Akademy 2020
33:41 Housekeeping
36:19 SPONSOR: Unplugged Core Contributors
38:08 Jono Bacon's Book Club
39:05 Feedback: Alpine Server Challenge
40:15 Feedback: Remote Office
44:05 Picks: SC-IM
45:11 Picks: Present
47:30 Outro
48:49 Post-Show

Special Guests: Aleix Pol, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Neal Gompa, and Wim Taymans.

Sponsored By:

• A Cloud Guru: Hundreds of courses, thousands of hands-on labs.
• Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• YARH.IO MKI: Raspberry Pi 3B+ Hackable Linux Handheld
• Linux Action News is BACK: Linux Action News 153
• Ubuntu 20.10 Adding Active Directory Support To The Installer
• The Problems Debian Is Facing In 2020
• PipeWire Is In Increasingly Great Shape - Ready For More User Testing
• PipeWire Late Summer Update 2020 — Christian F.K. Schaller
• Launching Pipewire! — Christian F.K. Schaller
• PipeWire GitLab
• PipeWire Homepage
• WirePlumber, the PipeWire session manager
• LUP 272: Prepare for Pipewire
• Akademy 2020 — Friday 4th to Friday 11th September
• Brunch with Brent: Aleix Pol
• Aleix Pol on Twitter
• BigBlueButton - Open Source Web Conferencing
• The Linux App Summit Call for Papers
• Coder Radio
• Unplugged Core Contributors
• ‘People Powered’ Book Club - Jono Bacon
• Feedback: Server challenge
• Feedback: Remote Office
• Self-Hosted 24: OPNsense Makes Sense
• Setup a secure (SSH) tunnel as a systemd service
• What no one needs: An ncurses spreadsheet program for the terminal
• present: A terminal-based presentation tool with colors and effects.
• Why I Link to WayBackMachine Instead of Original Site - Hawaii GenTech - Big Island Website Management and Tech Assistance
• (WaybackMachine Link) Why I Link to WayBackMachine Instead of Original Site - Hawaii GenTech

Plus the best tool for getting things done on Linux, we take a look at openSUSE Leap 15.2, and breathe new life into an old Pebble.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Jeff Fortin Tam, and Neal Gompa.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• Show & Tell: A steampunk desktop background radiation monitor
• Getting Things GNOME 0.4 released!
• Getting Things GNOME - GNOME Wiki
• Getting Things GNOME on Flathub
• Stirring things up for Fedora 33
• Know when we’re going to be live. Check out the calendar!
• openSUSE Leap 15.2 Release Notes
• Leap 15.2 - openSUSE Wiki
• openSUSE Leap 15.2 Released With Focus on Containers and AI
• Rebble.io: Bring life back to your Pebble
• Zettlr: A Markdown Editor for the 21st century.
• Roam Research: A note-taking tool for networked thought.
• Athens Research: An open source take on Roam
• Org-roam: a Roam replica built on top of the all-powerful Org-mode.
• Doom Emacs: Doom is a configuration framework for GNU Emacs
• Spacemacs: A community-driven Emacs distribution

Plus some community news that's getting missed, picks, and more.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• PinePhone started shipping January 17th
• Fedora CoreOS out of preview - Fedora Magazine
• Flatcar Container Linux | Linux for containers
• Doing Things That Scale – Space and Meaning
• We Ditched Mac Pro for THIS…
• New Ubuntu Theme in Development for 20.04
• Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram
• Use your Terminal like a Desktop now on YouTube
• Terminal like a desktop LUP article
• Home Assistant Podcast with Alex
• Brent sits down with Jim Salter of TechSNAP in the latest episode of Brunch with Brent
• Dell XPS 13 7390 Review: The Best Laptop For Desktop Linux Users - Linux.com
• Phoronix Test Suite Results
• Kernel panic when booting with EFISTUB - Arch Linux Forums
• Kakashiiiiy/EFISTUB: passes kernel-commandline to the kernel if the UEFI does not support it
• Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Launches With Linux Support In Tow - Phoronix
• Linux* Support for Intel® Wireless Adapters
• glow: Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!