LINUX Unplugged

643: The Sunday Soapbox

November 30th, 2025  |  1 hr 31 mins

android, android aosp, aosp, backdoors, bcachefs, boosties, bootleg, chat control, cve, dawarich, dkms, encrypted communication, encryption, encryption backdoor, encryption backdoors, europe, family features, fossil, france, game emulator, git, google pixel, gopher64, grapheneos, grapheneos phone, home manager, homelab, jellyfin, jellyswarrm, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter party membership, kernel performance, kernel smb, ksmbd, kubernetes, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, livetv, location sharing, location tracking, motorolla, n64 emulator, ngrok, open source, open source privacy, ovh, pangolin, pavel durov, pinchflat, pixel phones, plex, privacy, project hummingbird, proxy, red hat, remote access, remote media server, reverse proxy, rust for linux, sponsorblock, talosos, telegram, the great holiday homelab, tunneled reverse proxy, vpn, vps, youtarr, youtube, 🦒

We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.

614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking

May 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins

bcachefs, cb radio, coreutils, dawarich, degoogle, element.fm, filesystem, gmrs radio, gnome, gnome foundation, golden grot award, google location history, grafanacon, home assistant, immich, jeff's industrial trash bin rescue special, jupiter broadcasting, launch, libcaca, linux podcast, linux unplugged, live meep, location history, location tracking, maps, meshsidecar, mq-7, nixos, nixos hardware team, nixos steering committee, nixos-hardware, phoronix, photoprism, podcasting 2.0, privacy, road trip tracker, rust, self-hosted, steven deobald, sudo-rs, tailscale, tailscale meetup, tui challenge, ubuntu, ubuntu 25.10, uutils, van rescue, youtube, ytviewer

We test-drive a self-hosted alternative to Google Location History. Plus, we cover the week’s Linux news highlights, then spill the beans on our upcoming TUI challenge.

528: Where's Your Data?

September 17th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins

ai assistant, ask noah, beeper, cli, communities, data sovereignty, databases, datacenter, decentralized, decentralized collaboration, dell, dendrite, dynamic ip, element, element x, federation, file manager, garage computer, gdpr, grafana, healthy meeting culture, homeserver, hub 6, jupiter broadcasting, linuxfest northwest, matrix, matrix bridge, matrix community summit, nextcloud, noah chelliah, nsa, podverse, postgresql, postponed, privacy, rust, security, self-hosted collaboration, self-hosting, sliding sync, spinning rust, steam deck, sustainability, synapse, syncv3, terminal, thinkpad, yazi

Today's theme is data sovereignty, and we'll check in with two crucial projects that are giving you more options.

523: Ride the Rhino

August 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

apt, arch, aur-like package manager, data privacy, deb packages, dpkg, duckduckgo, fastmail, fingerprinting, flatpak, git packages, gnome, instability, jupiter broadcasting, kde plasma, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nextdns, opensuse tumbleweed, pacstall, pi-hole, podverse, privacy, privacy tools, protonvpn, rhino linux, rhino-pkg, rolling release, search engines, snap, ubuntu, ubuntu devel, unicorn desktop, xfce, 🦄, 🦏

We're trying out Rhino Linux—a unique take on rolling Ubuntu with AUR-like powers and other surprises.

522: Practical Privacy

August 6th, 2023  |  1 hr 17 mins

2fa, adguard home, aegis authenticator, built-in monitoring software, cloud storage, content filtering, davx5, dns, doorbell button, element, email, encryption, esp32 smart doorbell, esphome, etesync, file sync, freetube, frontends, gl.inet routers, grapheneos, home assistant, libredirect, linux, local integration, mass surveillance, mesh vpn, messaging services, nextcloud, nextdns, nitter, notifications, online safety bill, open source, pi-hole, privacy, privacy friendly, privacy resources, privacy rights, privacy tips, privacy tools, privacyguides.org, privacytools.io, proton calendar, proton drive, real-time chat, self-hosting, send, signal, simplelogin, simplex chat, starlink, storage, surveillance self-defense, syncthing, tailscale, uk government, vendors, vpns, wireguard

Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS.

517: Caught Red-Hatted

July 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

ai, almalinux, berlin buds, berlin meetup, centos stream, conservancy blog, data privacy, extreme privacy, fcc, fedora, fedora linux, geocache found, gpl issues, ham broadcast, ham sandwich, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, low cost rhel programs, nasa, privacy, red hat, rocky, rocky linux, sdr tuner, springdale linux, srpms, tech ethics, technology news

Just about every take on the Red Hat news seems to have missed the mark.

516: The Fixer-Upper

June 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

amd radeon, asus, cai, cyberattack, darknet diaries, data brokers, eff, extreme privacy, gnome rdp, go2tv, grapheneos, have i been pwned, immich, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, moveit, nextcloud, nixos, obs, odni, pai, privacy, seedvault, self-hosting, stable diffusion, stalkerware, tailscale, wireguard, 🦒

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

511: Accepting the Future

May 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

ai, aprs, asahi linux, bard, brew, btrfs, 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, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linux unplugged case, llm, mesh network, nix, nixos, odroid, odroid case, odroid-h3+, pipewire, podcastguru, privacy, pulseaudio, red hat, rhel, right to repair, rust, security, signal from the noise, software insurance, spotify, subtitles, systemd, text-to-speech, upstream, wayland, 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.

505: Keep Your Darn Secrets

April 9th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins

appimage, block editor, block reference, clojure, clojurescript, codex docs, datalog, decentralized, delete for everyone, device local, disappearing messages, double ratchet, e2ee, editor.js, electon, end-to-end-encrypted, evernote, flashcards, gnome, gping, graph, graph database, haskell, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde connect, knowledge base, linux podcast, linux unplugged, logseq, markdown, message broker, note sync, notes, obsidian, open-source, org mode, outliner, pdf annotation, personal knowledge management, plasma, plugins, privacy, private chat, productivity, roam research, rust, security, signal, simplex, simplex relay, simplexmq, smp, spaced repetition, task management, telegram, todo, todoist, tuxedo os, user identifiers, whiteboard, zettelkasten

We try out the most secure messaging app in the world, and Wes’ new note system that's so great you’ll want to abandon your current one.

504: It's a Trap!

April 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 25 mins

a-kenji, airplay, android, android auto, apple, apple tax, apple watch, aurora store, berlin, berlin buds, berlin hackfest, c-base, carplay, chores, f-droid, gbyte, germany, gesture ui, gigatexel, giraffeneos, google pixel, grapheneos, icloud, immich, iodé, ios, jupiter broadcasting, kde, kde connect, libresign, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lock-in, matelight, media playback, nextcloud, nextcloud aio, nextcloud cookbook, nfc, nixos, pixel 7 pro, plasma, podman, privacy, 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.