LINUX Unplugged

527: Framing Brent

September 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

android, arm, bcachefs, berlin, boot-to-obsidian, box64, canonical, cinnamon, cuda, devone, emulation, f-droid, flakes, framework, framework 13, framework laptop, germany, gpl condom, hp devone, jupiter broadcasting, kent overstreet, kinoite, laptops, lenovo, lfnw, lightning, linus, linux podcast, linux unplugged, meetup, mesh networking, neo-store, new laptop, nextcloud, nix flakes, nixos, notes station, nvidia, obtainium, odroid, plasma, pxe boot, right to repair, risc-v, self-hosting, silverblue, steam deck, sway, the blog index, thin client, thinkpad, ublue, ubuntu desktop, value4value, wayland, zap, zerotier, 🦒

Brent's new Framework laptop has been torn apart and put back together again. We'll find out if it's up to his standards. Plus, we're kicking off a new build.

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.

500: Our Biggest Announcement Yet

March 5th, 2023  |  1 hr 41 mins

192 brewing, 2600hz, 500, albuquerque, alby, antennapod, arch challenge, arch server, australia, belgium, boosts, canada, captain crunch, castablasta, coder robe, computer action show, cottonwood, demerger, episode 500, fountain charts, grapheneos, headless seeding, japan, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter.tube, lfnw, linux action show, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxfest northwest 2023, listener jeff, mainframe, matrix, meetup, nextcloud, peertube, podverse, postal code, solaris, value4value, where ya at booster, windows unplugged, zipcode

We're celebrating 500 episodes with the biggest announcement yet.

471: The Cottonwood Disaster

August 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 13 mins

3d emoji, android, anki, asus, audio, beelink mini, boosts, california, columbus, e-ink, element, embedded os, endless, endlessos, fedora, flashcards, fluffychat, fountain, gnome, hp probook, hugo, jb.com, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, linux mint, linux podcast, linux unplugged, lrn, matrix, meetups, microsoft, new-user distro, nixos, ohio linuxfest, oregon, package manager, pi juice, raspberry pi, rust, slovenia, smartpi touch 2, spaced repetition, usb interface, value4value, vivobook, website, x1 carbon

Our garage Linux server has died, and this time we’re looking at data loss. We attempt to revive our zombie box and reflect on what went wrong.

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.

451: The NixOS Challenge

March 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins

ansible, apfs, apple silicon, asahi alpha, asahi linux, bitcoin, boosts, compelling, configuration management, decentralized, declarative configuration, element, fascinating, federation, filesystems, functional programming, hector martin, jupiter broadcasting, lightning, linux distributions, linux podcast, linux unplugged, m1 max, matrix, nix, nix expression language, nixos, noteworthy, package management, package manager, podcasting 2.0, rebuild, remarkable, satoshi, unique, value4value

We explore what makes NixOS so powerful, and why it might be the future of all Linux distributions.

449: Bugfix and Chill

March 13th, 2022  |  50 mins 25 secs

adhd, bookstack, boostagram, boosts, bug, bugfixing, chole, electric system, emacs, epic, feedback, flathub, flatpak, floss, foss, free software, gaming on linux, gog, headscale, heroic games launcher, independent podcasting, issue tracking, jupiter broadcasting, lady jupes, libre, lightning, linux podcast, linux unplugged, onionshare, open-source, org-mode, oss, podcasting 2.0, rv, support, tailscale, tor, ubuntu, value4value

How each of us asks for features and help from free software projects, and one of our most prescient soapboxes in a while.

440: Saving Podcasting from Centralization

January 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 17 mins

adam curry, bitcoin, blockchain, clockworkpi, dave jones, decentralize, devterm, fireside, fountain, hive blockchain, jupiter broadcasting, keysend, lightning, linux podcast, linux unplugged, namespace, no agenda show, open source, openrss, peer-to-peer, podcast index, podcasting 2.0, podcastwallet, podping, rss, rust, satoshi, sats, value for value, value4value

A new initiative uses open source to keep podcasting decentralized and add new features.