LINUX Unplugged

425: Sad Server Stories

September 28th, 2021  |  52 mins 40 secs

alexa, amazon astro, anti-cheat, arch linux, battleye, btrfs, centos, collabora, dead by daylight, dell poweredge r820, destiny, disk array, dual booting, eac, elementary os, epic, gentoo, hackfest, idrac, intel software defined silicon, ipmi, itanium, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, location tracking, nebula, networking backdoor, nextcloud, nix, nixos, phonetrack, pikvm, raspberry pi, rawhide, robot dog, rolling release, rolling server, rustdesk, sdsi, self-hosting, snapper, snapshots, steam deck, storage, syscall user dispatch, tubearchivist, tumbleweed, ups, valve, wireguard, youtube, yt-dlp, zfs

Sometimes things go wrong; this week, we admit we've got a problem.

424: Space for Theming

September 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins

arch linux, budgie, compiz, conferences, dark style, denver, devops, docker, element, fedora 35, free culture, free software, gamma, gnome, gnome 41, gtk, homeserver, joshua strobl, jupiter broadcasting, libadwaita, libre, linux podcast, linux unplugged, matrix, nebula, open-source software, postgresql, reunion roadtrip, rolling release, seagl, server maintenance, solus, synapse, sysadmin, theming api, wayfire, wireguard, zfs

A serious problem is brewing in Desktop Linux that hasn't impacted end users yet, but will soon. We break down why distribution makers are getting upset and explain what's next.

407: And the Answer is...

May 25th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins

alexa, ama, apple, ask me anything, ask us anything, bcachefs, btrfs, centos, dns, docker, domain names, emp, expanse, foss, gaming, hammer2, homelab, iain banks, jupiter broadcasting, linux desktop, linux podcast, lithium batteries, macos, microsoft, music, mycroft, nebula, networking, open source, origin story, pci passthrough, pop! shell, raspberry pi, ronald jenkees, rv, sci-fi, siri, smart assistant, solar, solar storm, steam, sysadmin, termbin, thinkpad, tiling, ubuntu, vpn, wireguard, wsl, wslg, zfs

From our origins with Linux to preparing your home LAN for a solar storm, it’s an Ask us Anything special edition!

384: Born To Run Fedora

December 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

2020 tuxies, academic tuxies, arch linux, arch server, btrfs, centos, centos stream, clipboard sharing, cloudlinux, dendrite, fedora, fractal, gentoo, glances, intel, jupiter broadcasting, lenovo, linux podcast, matrix, nheko, openzfs, pbgopy, project lenix, red hat, rust, snapper, synapse, system monitoring, thinkpad, this week in matrix, thunderbolt, top, unplugged, x1 carbon, zfs

It's light as a feather, fast as hell, and everything is upstream. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon ships with Fedora, and this week we put it to the test.

382: A New Endeavour

December 1st, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins

antergos, apple silicon, arch, calamares, corsair, endeavouros, gallery-dl, gnome 40, gnome circle, haruna, hector martin, jupiter broadcasting, l2arc, linux laptops, linux podcast, m1, mpv, mutter, openzfs, pro1 x smartphone, reflector, rf headphones, terminal-centric distro, tuxies, unplugged, xda, xfce, zareason, zfs, zstandard

A problem that just kept getting worse and worse. What it was, and why it led us to "check in" on EndeavourOS.

373: Your New Tools

September 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

backup, btrfs, compression, copy-on-write, cow, dell, encryption, fedora, fedora 33, jupiter broadcasting, lenovo, linux podcast, linux vendor firmware service, lvfs, microsoft, raspberry pi 4, replication, richard hughes, rsync, send and receive, thinkpad, thunderbolt 4, unplugged, wayland, weston, windows, wsl, wslg, x11, xen, xps 13, zfs

We embrace new tools to upgrade your backup game, securely move files around the network, and debunk the idea that Windows will ever be based on Linux.

362: The Hidden Cost of Nextcloud

July 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

a cloud guru, arch server, aur helpers, debian, digital ocean, dirk hohndel, dropbox, egpu, email, file storage, file syncing, firmware, fwupd, git, i3, ibm, jupiter broadcasting, kernel name, lenovo, linus torvalds, linux kernel development, linux laptops, linux podcast, luplug, nextcloud, object storage, open source summit, pop!_os shell, postgresql, s3, saying no, secret codename, software maintenance, spaces, subsurface, syncthing, thermal throttling, thinkpad, thunderbolt, tiling window managers, unix surplus, unplugged, vmware, yay, zfs

Our team has been using Nextcloud to replace Dropbox for over a year, we report back on what has worked great, and what's not so 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.

356: Linux Hardware Love

June 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

10nm, 4k, a cloud guru, arm, barton george, battery life, btrfs, dell, developer edition, face id, fingerprint reader, gaming, gnome, gnome foundation, howdy, ice lake, infrared, intel, jupiter broadcasting, killer wifi, linux kernel 5.7, linux podcast, lvm, neil mcgovern, new xps, open source, pine64, pinebook pro, privacy, project sputnik, python, rockpro64, rothschild patent imaging, rpi, seccomp, snakeware, software patents, syscalls, thermal pressure, ubuntu, unplugged, wifi, windows, wine, x11, xfs, xps, xps 13, zfs

From the low-end to the high-end we try out both ends of the Linux hardware spectrum. Wes reviews the latest XPS 13, and Chris shares his thoughts on the Pinebook Pro.

355: Chris' Data Crisis

May 26th, 2020  |  57 mins 35 secs

a cloud guru, arp, backups, booting, btrfs, data integrity, dnsmasq, ext4, filesystems, fing, firehol, fireqos, firmware, hardware, jupiter broadcasting, linssid, linux podcast, mac address, netdiscover, networking, nmap, opnsense, pfsense, raspberry pi 4, smokeping, speedtest, tcpdump, unplugged, usb boot, vim, vimkiller, vpn, wavemon, wfh, wifi, wireless, wireless networking, wireshark, working from home, zfs

Chris' tale of woe after a recent data loss, and Wes' adventure after he finds a rogue device on his network.