LINUX Unplugged

680: Go Hack Yourself

August 16th, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

ai, ai agents, ai policy, ai security, ai-assisted security, apple device management, audiobooks, bbs, bcachefs, black hat, black hat usa 2026, cbbs_pi, cfp, chicken coop, chickens, cluckwork, community event, covered bridge cookies, deepseek, exploit development, flock management, hexstrike, home assistant, hugging face, idescriptor, idevice management tool, jupiter broadcasting, kali, kimi k3, kiwifs, libro.fm, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llama.cpp, llm, local llm, mcp, minimax m3, mother hen, nmap, nuclei, open source, open source conference, open source security, openai, openai talk, openai–hugging face incident, openclaw, opencode, openssh, openssh vulnerability, pen test, podman, red team, red teaming, rust llm policy, scale, security, security mcp, security release, self-hosting, slack dumper, slackdump, ssh-agent forwarding, texas linux fest, the original chicken coop home assistant man, token maxing, topgrade, trek, trip planner, vulnerability disclosure, zero-day, zipcode boost, 🐔, 🤖

We turn HexStrike’s red team agents loose on our systems, as OpenSSH warns that AI-assisted bug hunting is already changing the security race.

678: Entropy Ain't Easy

August 2nd, 2026  |  1 hr 8 mins

ai agents, ai code ownership, ai copyright, ai ethics, ai-assisted security review, amd, amd ryzen 5950x, bitcoin, btrfs, cache-aware scheduling, cfait, chacha20, coinkite, coldcard, coldcard mk3, coldcard mk4, coldcard mk5, coldcard q, debian, dkms, dust, entropy, entropy pool, epyc, firmware bug, galaxy research, gaming correspondent jeff, getrandom, gpu scheduler, greg kroah-hartman, hardware entropy, hardware wallet, i486, jupiter broadcasting, kernel cleanup, kernel eol, kvm, legacy code removal, linus torvalds, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llama.cpp, llm security, local llm, lts, mongodb, nextcloud, open source, openssl, podman, preempt_rt, producer jeff, randomness, real-time scheduling, rust, security, sega dreamcast, self-hosted, steam, strncpy removal, trek, ubuntu, valgrind, xeon, zfs

Seven Linux kernels landed in one day. We sort out which belong in your homelab, and trace Linux’s long, occasionally disastrous quest for truly random numbers.

666: Berkeley Suffering Distribution

May 10th, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

1-800-its-unix, ai agents, ai apis, ai assisted security, ai privacy layer, ai proxy, bhyve, bsd, bsd challenge, bsd desktop, bsd jail, bsd unplugged, copy fail, danger zones, declarative configuration, dirty frag, dirty pipe, doas, does it loo?, exploit, fail tax, freebsd, freebsd foundation, freebsd homelab, fuzz testing, gershwin, ghostbsd, homelab, jail management, jupiter broadcasting, kernel vulnerability, kiji-proxy, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux vulnerability, local dev dashboard, local privilege escalation, localhost ports, long live linux, magnolia mayhem, netbsd, netflix, nixbsd, open source, openbsd, pii masking, pinchflat, podman, portbook, producer jeff, responsible disclosure, security testing, self-hosting, sinchflat, starcraft bsd, sylve, txlf 2026 cfp, zfs, 😈

Who survived the install, who made it to the desktop, and who learned the hard way that one little mistake will blow up the entire BSD box.

659: Truth Trapper Keepers

March 22nd, 2026  |  52 mins 37 secs

appliance, binary boost, binary format inspection, cage, cage kiosk, calendar aggregation, calendar syncing, cm4, cold storage, compute module 4, embedded linux, file fridge, fq, homelab, i want that van!, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, keeper, keeper.sh, kiosk, kubesail, linux podcast, linux unplugged, logic analyzer, mcp, media server, nas, nixos, open source, pentium 2, pibox, podman, pulseview, raspberry pi, raspberry pi backplane, raspberry pi compute module 4, roast songs, rpiboot, sbc, self-hosted, signal analyzer, sigrok, single-board computers, systemd, tiny nas, usbboot, van life classifieds, wayland kiosk

The self-hosted app that turned Chris into a family Time Lord, then we iterate on a long-desired hardware hack.

638: The Distro Everyone Should Copy

October 26th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins

/boot, anaconda, atomic distro, btrfs, coreos, cosmic desktop, discover, fedora, fedora 43, fedora cosmic, fedora kinoite, fedora spins, fedora wallpaper, fedora workstation, flatpak, gnome, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kinoite, lemurs, linux podcast, linux unplugged, millisecond, open source, plasma 6.5, podman, rdp, rpm-ostree, slitherer, systemd-resolved, wayland, x11

Fedora 43 arrives with polish, new spins, and a smarter installer; and one decision the rest of the Linux world should pay attention to.

623: 50 Days of Blue

July 13th, 2025  |  1 hr 14 mins

arch linux, atomic, aur, aurora, bazzite, bitchat, bluefin, bluenixfin, bluetooth mesh chat, bootc, brew, briar, chromebook, cloud-native linux, commonarch, community projects, container workflows, determinate systems, dhh, esp32, esp8266, fedora, fedora silverblue, fhs, filesystem hierarchy standard, flatpak, homebrew, immutable, immutable distros, jack dorsey, jakoolit, jupiter broadcasting, las arch challenge, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh messaging, nix, nix integration, nix vegas, nixos, obtainium, oci container, omarchy, open source, podman, rpm-ostree, steamos, texas linux fest, ujust, universal blue, user feedback

Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises?

616: From Boston to bootc

May 25th, 2025  |  1 hr 30 mins

ai, ai wish machine, ansible, artificial intelligence, atomic updates, bluefin, bootc, carl's pocket meat, crab cakes, fedora, fedora project leader, fips, hugging face, hybrid cloud, image mode, immutable, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, llm, llm-d, matt hicks, mcp, model context protocol, nixos, ollama, open source, open source ai, openshift, openshift virtualization, podcast completionists, podman, post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing, ramalama, red hat, red hat ai, red hat ansible automation platform, red hat enterprise linux, red hat summit, red hat summit 2025, rhel 10, tui challenge, vllm, yazi

Fresh off Red Hat Summit, Chris is eyeing an exit from NixOS. What’s luring him back to the mainstream? Our highlights, and the signal from the noise from open source's biggest event of the year.

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.

562: Red Hat Knows How to Party

May 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 14 mins

ai, announcement links, berlin meetup report, block party, bootc, centos, expo hall, fedora, granite code model, ibm, image mode, instructlab, jupiter broadcasting, keynote, lab, large-scale alignment for chatbots, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lup phone, podman, red hat, red hat enterprise linux, rhel, summit

Three revelations from Red Hat Summit. Our on-the-ground report will separate fact from hype.