LINUX Unplugged

654: Creating Discord in the Matrix

February 15th, 2026  |  1 hr 24 mins

5g, age verification, alby, bcachefs, booklog, btrfs, casaos, christian brauner, clan, clan.lol, connectten fortress router, copy-on-write, data privacy, decentralized, discord, element, ext4, face scanning, federation, fediverse, filesystem, fountain, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, kernel, kyc, linux 7.0, linux kernel, linux meetup, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lte, matrix, matrix server, mattermost, mobile internet router, network discovery, nixos, nixos framework, nmap, nullfs, open source, open source community, open_tree_namespace, openclaw, openwrt, personal library, pivot_root, planet nix, privacy, project hydra, prometheus, raspberry pi, rv internet, scale, self-hosted, self-hosted communities, switch_root, synapse, tablet as monitor, tablet as second screen, the structural spacer, thinkbox, truenas scale, vfs, virtual file system, wan redundancy, weylus, whosthere, xfs, zfs, zimaos

We were minutes away from shutting down our Matrix server when the Discord news hit. Now we’re not just keeping it, we’re doubling down. Can open source seize this moment?

653: The Kernel Always Wins

February 8th, 2026  |  1 hr 5 mins

1l nas, android rom, api ftw!, bcachefs, bcachefs reconcile, bcachefs tui, bcachefs-tools, calyxos, claude code, cloudflare, cloudflare tunnel, computer upcycle project, debian, dkms, earth day open source challenge, erasure coding, google play services, hypervisor, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, lenovo thinkcentre, lineageos, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux virtualization, llm scrapers, m720q nas, m920q, mattermost, meetup, microg, nas, nixbook, open source, openwrt, oracle, planet nix, plexus, podcast_mcp, podcasting 2.0, qwen code, reinschrifttodo, scale, sff nas, steam controller, steam frame, steam machine, thinkbox, user-space vm manager, valve, virt-manager, virtualbox, virtualization, vmware, wifi access point, yolo

The news this week highlights shifts in Linux from multiple angles. What's evolving, why it matters, and that moment where the future actually works.

652: Have Your Bot Call My Bot

February 1st, 2026  |  1 hr 9 mins

abe’s agents, adblock, adblock-fast, ai, clawdbot, dnsmasq, flox, gaussian splatting, gl.inet, gradia, holesail, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llm, ml-sharp, ml-sharp-pinokio, moltbook, moltbot, nixtcloud, open source, open source ai agents, open source router, openclaw, openwrt, openwrt one, persistent agent, persistent digital assistant, personal assistant, planet nix, router upgrade, scale, screenshot, second-hand tech, selorabox-nix, upcycle tech, used tech, whole-home adblocking, wifi optimizing

We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent’s $20 Wi-Fi upgrade.

651: Uptime Funk

January 25th, 2026  |  1 hr 2 mins

acme for nebula pki, actual budget, ad-blocking, automatic hostname resolution, dns, docker, enterprise-grade monitoring stack, flox, furilabs, grafana, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux phone, linux podcast, linux unplugged, local dns, magicdns, meetup, mesh network, mesh vpn, metrics, monitoring, nacme, nebula, nixos-router, ntfy, open source, pi-hole, pinephone, planet nix, prometheus, purism, richarch hyprvibe spin, scale, self-hosted, switchyard, tailscale, technitium, uptime-kuma, van automation, vpn, vps, wifiman, ynab

When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won’t ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups.

650: This Old Network

January 18th, 2026  |  1 hr 3 mins

1l pc, actual, actualbudget, bluevault, computer upcycle project, coral tpu, coral usb accelerator, frigate, geekom, home assistant, hp prodesk 600 g5 mini, ikea, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh network, mini pc, nas, nebula, network makeover, nixbook, nixos, nixos router, oidc, open source, open source ai coding agent, open source budgeting, opencode, openwrt, openwrt one, planet nix, pocket tts, pocket-id, printing issues, scale, sff pc, sonoff, sonos, swag, symfonisk, text-to-speech, tts, unplugged pivot, vpn, webview-kiosk, wifi, wifi speaker, ynab, z-wave, zbt-2, zigbee

We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. Things don't go quite as expected...

606: Nix's Magic Cookbook

March 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 38 mins

aneesh agrawal, anthropic, apple tv, atv-desktop-remote, bang boost, bang bus, chromebook, deep dive, ebpf, eelco dolstra, firefox, flakes, flox, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, 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, system76, 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.

604: One Week Left

March 2nd, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min

alby hub, android auto, audiobookshelf, chromebook, dendrite, element, flox, fountain, graphene os, jb meetup, jupiter broadcasting, 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

amazon, asahi linux, bhyve, christoph hellwig, dma, freebsd challenge, gentoo challenge, greg kroah-hartman, hector martin, jupiter broadcasting, 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

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

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.