LINUX Unplugged

516: The Fixer-Upper

June 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

EFF, Jupiter Broadcasting, NextCloud, Privacy, WireGuard, amd radeon, asus, cai, cyberattack, darknet diaries, data brokers, extreme privacy, gnome rdp, go2tv, grapheneos, have i been pwned, immich, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, moveit, nixos, obs, odni, pai, seedvault, self-hosting, stable diffusion, stalkerware, tailscale, 🦒

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

514: Connection Established

June 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

APFS, Altispeed, Ask Noah Show, Flatpak, Jupiter Broadcasting, LFNW, Noah Chelliah, Red Hat, SELF, WireGuard, ans, ask noah, bookworm, charlotte, comma, debian 12, debian bookworm, element, fluffychat, fountain, fractal, gnome 43, ham radio, jmp, kde plasma 5.27, kinoite, ktailctl, libreoffice, linux 6.1 lts kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, mesh vpn, nix, nix-index, nix-shell, nixos, podcasting 2.0, raspberry pi, southeast linuxfest, suse, synapse, thinlinx, virtual lug, xfce 4.18

We get the inside scoop on SouthEast LinuxFest, and share a few stories from the early days of the Linux community.

513: There Is No Distro

June 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

Jupiter Broadcasting, Red Hat, WireGuard, build system, disko, distribution model, distro tooling, ktailctl, libreoffice, linux distro model, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live swap linux distributions, mesh vpn, netbird, nix, nix-portable, nixos, nixos anywhere, nixos foundation, nixos-anywhere, obsolete, production server, reproducibility, s3 costs, tailscale

We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete.

511: Accepting the Future

May 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

AI, Btrfs, Jupiter Broadcasting, Privacy, Red Hat, Right to repair, Wayland, aprs, asahi linux, bard, brew, contact scopes, custom-built pc, desktop linux, desktop session, digipeater, display manager, display server, docker-compose, electron, full text search, garden gnome, giraffeneos, gmscompatconfig, grapheneos, ham radio, hector martin, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux unplugged case, llm, mesh network, nix, nixos, odroid, odroid case, odroid-h3+, pipewire, podcastguru, pulseaudio, rhel, rust, security, signal from the noise, software insurance, spotify, subtitles, systemd, text-to-speech, upstream, x11, x86, xorg, youtube full text search, yt-dlp, yt-fts, zfs, 🦒

How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.

509: The Next Gen Desktop

May 7th, 2023  |  59 mins 50 secs

Jupiter Broadcasting, arch, archwiki, awesome-hyprland, dynamic tiling, easy configuration, ecowitt weather station, esp32, garden automation, hall of fame, hyprland, hyprland wiki, installation, linux podcast, linux unplugged, manual installation, master tutorial, nb, nix, nixos, notes, nvidia gpus, opensuse tumbleweed, running hyprland, smooth animations, the sprinkler geeks, xwmx/nb

The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux.

508: The Worst Distro Ever

April 30th, 2023  |  52 mins 10 secs

Jupiter Broadcasting, Pop!_OS, apt, audiobookshelf, bash, bashrc, boston harbor, boston harbor marina, bullseye, containers, debian, dendron, determinate nix installer, determinate systems, digital estate planning, docker, fedora, finland, hugo, hugo extended build, jupiterbroadcasting.com, kde, linux podcast, linux spring meetup, linux unplugged, nala, nix, nix-shell, nixos, olympia meetup, package managers, pacstall, password manager, personal knowledge management, plasma, podgrab, postal-code boost, rss, sam hughes, self-hosting, spotify, spring meetup, static site, suicide linux, the sprinkler geeks, tumbleweed

Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?

506: Three Wild and Crazy Topics

April 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 16 mins

AI, Apple Music, Btrfs, Feedback, Jupiter Broadcasting, NextCloud, Social Media, autogpt, awesome-nostr, boston harbor, bus problem, censorship, cloud services, decentralization, determinate systems, diff, difftastic, digital estate planning, dotfiles, fleek, getfleek.dev, git, google keep, home-manager, lightning, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxserver.io, logseq, nix, nix-installer, nixos, nixpkgs, nostr, obsidian, olympia meetup, raspberry pi, relay, rust, self-hosting, silk road, simplex, tuxedo computers, yaml

We surprise each other with three secret topics, with one big catch.

504: It's a Trap!

April 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 25 mins

Android Auto, Apple Watch, Carplay, Jupiter Broadcasting, NFC, NextCloud, Privacy, a-kenji, airplay, android, apple, apple tax, aurora store, berlin, berlin buds, berlin hackfest, c-base, chores, f-droid, gbyte, germany, gesture ui, gigatexel, giraffeneos, google pixel, grapheneos, icloud, immich, iodé, ios, kde, kde connect, libresign, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lock-in, matelight, media playback, nextcloud aio, nextcloud cookbook, nixos, pixel 7 pro, plasma, podman, 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.

497: More Features? More Problems.

February 12th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

Gnome, Jupiter Broadcasting, Ubuntu, WireGuard, apt, arch linux, aur, balanced power, battery life, beers with lup, blendos, boxxy, calamares, distrobox, dnf, docker, docker-rollout, game streaming, gboard, gentoo, google takeout, grapheneos, home networking, http, kde plasma, krunvm, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mbox, moonlight, nixos, performance, plasma 5.27, podverse, power profile, power profiles daemon, raspberry pi, raspberrypi, remote desktop, rustdesk, snowflakeos, spinrite, steam deck, steamdeck, tp-link, vanillaos, vimusic, vpn, wi-fi problems, wireless

How Chris wasted three months tracking down a Wi-Fi problem, plus we debate if immutable distros need to be simplified.

494: Updating Our Fiddly Bits

January 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 17 mins

AMD, Arc, Jupiter Broadcasting, Plasma Desktop, System76, Wayland, aj-snapshot, autorestic, backblaze, backups, borg, borgbackup, borgbase, borgmatic, borgwarehouse, carla, defined networking, elgato stream deck, emborg, graphics card, hardware acceleration, helvum, idrive, intel, jack, jellyfin, kde plasma, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live usb, livestreaming, lts kernel, material shell, modern linux desktop, nebula, nix, nixos, obs, obs-websocket, obsws-python, open-source graphics, persistent usb, pipeline, qpwgraph, radeon rx 6500 xt, remote desktop, restic, rsync, rsync.net, rustdesk, streamdeck-ui, streaming, thelio, tiling window manager, traefik, vorta, zfs, znapzend

Today we are finally taking on a project months in the making, and we're switching to an entirely new generation of Linux tech in the process.