LINUX Unplugged

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.

464: Git Happens

June 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 13 mins

5g, awesome-git, bios, bitkeeper, boost, brunch with brent, cvs, dish, distributed, dvcs, emacs, fountain.fm, git, gitea, github, gitkraken, gitlab, google, helipad, hp devone, hugo, ingenuity, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, laser link, linus torvalds, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxcopter, mars 2020, matrix, meetup, oh my git!, pop!_os, raspberry pi, satellite internet, scm, spacex, starlink, starship, subversion, svn, system76, tim canham, tinypilotkvm, umbrel, ungit, value4value, version control, windows server, wsl 2

We're going back in time to witness the early days of a critical tool to build Linux, then jump forward 15 years and join our buddy Brent on his journey to learn that very tooling.

458: NVIDIA's New View

May 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

ansible, ansible vaults, avery pennarun, bitwarden, christian schaller, firmware blog, jupiter broadcasting, lan, linux action news, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxd, mesh network, mesh vpn, nixos, nouveau driver, nvidia, open source, red hat, sshuttle, star trek, starlink, tailscale, vm, vpn, webrtc, weron, wireguard

NVIDIA is open-sourcing their GPU drivers, but there are a few things you need to know. Plus, we get some exclusive insights into Tailscale from one of its co-founders.

457: Automated Chaos

May 8th, 2022  |  47 mins 56 secs

ansible, ansible galaxy, astronomy, bgp, black hole, canonical, dishy, docker, infrastructure as code, ipv6, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lxc, lxd, nasa, networking, nix, nixos, orchestration, overlay network, perseus galaxy cluster, podman, portability, remote work, satellite internet, sonification, spacex, starlink, ubuntu, vanlife, virtual machines, virtualization, vm, work life rv, zfs

Each of us brings a secret topic to the show, and we discover a common theme about using the wrong tool for the right job.

448: A Mystery in Plain Sight

March 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins

jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nextcloud, spacex, starlink, steam deck, steamos 3

We surprise each other with three different topics, hidden away by encryption in our show notes - we literally have no idea what we're talking about this week.

438: Million-Dollar Predictions

December 28th, 2021  |  48 mins 48 secs

2022 linux predictions, apple, arch, asahi, bitcoin, btrfs, canonical, deck, flathub, flatpak, flutter, fuschia, gaming on linux, homeassistant, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, log4j, m1, nft, opensuse, raspberry pi, risc-v, rust, snap, snap packages, snapcraft, starlink, steam, steam deck, system76, thunderbird, ubuntu, valve

We do our best to predict what will happen in 2022, and own up to what we thought might happen in 2021.

429: Starlink's Linux Secrets

October 26th, 2021  |  59 mins 54 secs

canonical, croc, crocgui, element one, elon musk, ems, fdroid, firefox snap, gnome 40, go, isp in space, jupiter broadcasting, kdeconnect-ios, kubuntu, linux in space, linux podcast, linux unplugged, magic wormhole, mate, matrix, mir, openwrt, peplink, plasma, poe, preempt_rt, signal, spacex, speed test, starlink, starlink-grpc-tools, telegram, ubuntu 21.10, unity, whatsapp, wireless internet, yaru, zfs data loss

We attempt a live production over Starlink, and dig into the secrets of this giant Linux network in space.

416: Server Meltdown

July 27th, 2021  |  52 mins 27 secs

alpine, arch, battery life, containers, decrentalized communication, dendrite, docker, docker-wine, electron, element, fedora, fingerprint reader, framework laptop, freebsd, gamescope, guacamole, hardware, hellosystem, ipfs, jingos, jingpad a1, jupiter broadcasting, linux gaming, linux graphics, linux laptop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxserver.io, matrix, metaplanet, obs, oneweb, pierre-loup griffais, protocol labs, proton, rdp, remote desktop, right to repair, satellite internet, skype, spacex, starlink, steam, steamcompmgr, steamos, synapse, ubuntu, valve, vulkan, wayland, webtop, windows, wine, winetricks, xvfb, xwayland

We try to pull off a show while recovering from an epic server crash. Then we build the ultimate remote Linux desktop—in the cloud!

379: Favorite Linux Tweaks

November 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 11 mins

.local, active directory, allan mcrae, amd, arch conf 2020, arch linux, autojump, canonical, castnow, catt, chromecast, chromium, coreboot, fedora, firefox adwaita theme, fish shell, freeipa, fzf, gitea, gitlab, gpu-viewer, greg kroah-hartman, hypnotix, iptv, jump, jupiter broadcasting, ldap, linux mint, linux podcast, liquorix kernel, mkchromecast, openbmc, oreboot, osfc, pacman, pipewire, profile-sync-daemon, project x, satellite internet, smartcd, snap packages, snapcraft, spacex, starlink, tridactyl, ubuntu, unplugged, video trimmer, vimperator, x86, youtube-dl, zen, zentyal

We round up our favorite tweaks to the desktop, and apps that make it great.

358: Our Fragmented Favorite

June 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

a cloud guru, accesibility, apple, btrfs, checksums, containers, copy on write, cow, crew dragon, data integrity, disk layout, disk partitioning, disk space, docker, ext4, facebook, falcon 9, fedora, fedora workstation, filesystem, flatpak, gimp, github, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux podcast, lvm, macos, master, matt ahrens, media production, mobile, nvme, phone, phosh, pine64, pinephone, pinetab, pipewire, postmarketos, preempt, proprietary software, purism, python, redis, rich bowen, ruby, snapshots, spacex, ssd, starlink, unplugged, welcoming nomenclature, windows, xfs, zfs

It's time to challenge some long-held assumptions.

Today's Btrfs is not yesterday's hot mess, but a modern battle-tested filesystem, and we'll prove it.

Plus our thoughts on GitHub dropping the term "master", and the changes Linux should make NOW to compete with commercial desktops.