LINUX Unplugged

LINUX Unplugged

An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.

Episodes

513: There Is No Distro

June 4, 2023 • 61 mins
We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete.
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512: The Sound of Rust

May 28, 2023 • 73 mins
We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.
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511: Accepting the Future

May 21, 2023 • 70 mins
How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.
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510: Thinking in Decades

May 14, 2023 • 68 mins
The push for free software takes years, maybe even generations. Brent gets the inside story from the Free Software Foundation Europe. Special Guest: Matthias Kirschner.
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509: The Next Gen Desktop

May 7, 2023 • 59 mins
The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux. Why we think every desktop will copy ideas from Hyprland soon.
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508: The Worst Distro Ever

April 30, 2023 • 52 mins
Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?
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507: Full Wobble

April 23, 2023 • 52 mins
Why Fedora 38 might Sway you to try it; and how it runs on the MacBook M1 Max.
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506: Three Wild and Crazy Topics

April 16, 2023 • 76 mins
We surprise each other with three secret topics, with one big catch.
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505: Keep Your Darn Secrets

April 9, 2023 • 73 mins
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.
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504: It's a Trap!

April 2, 2023 • 85 mins
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.
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503: Berlin with Brent

March 26, 2023 • 89 mins
Brent dives deep into Nextcloud's new release from inside their offices, and takes an unexpected dip in the local lake with a listener.
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502: Docker Shocker

March 19, 2023 • 79 mins
The story of an open-source hero who became a villain. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.
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501: Fat Stacks for Flatpaks

March 12, 2023 • 75 mins
Robert McQueen shares the inside scoop on Flathub’s ambitious plans to create a universal app store for all distros—and we ask the hard questions. Special Guest: Robert McQueen.
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500: Our Biggest Announcement Yet

March 5, 2023 • 101 mins
We're celebrating 500 episodes with the biggest announcement yet. Special Guest: Listener Jeff.
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499: 'velopers Choose Snap

February 26, 2023 • 87 mins
Ubuntu makes its anti-Flatpak stance official, while KDE and GNOME team up to turn Flathub into a universal Linux app store. Plus, we try the Intel Arc GPU. Could this new hardware make Linux bulletproof?
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498: Rolling Papercuts

February 19, 2023 • 63 mins
Sometimes running the latest and greatest means you have to pave your own path. This week two examples from living on the edge.
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497: More Features? More Problems.

February 12, 2023 • 70 mins
How Chris wasted three months tracking down a Wi-Fi problem, plus we debate if immutable distros need to be simplified.
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496: Tux in the Hen House

February 5, 2023 • 61 mins
Chris attempts to get Fedora 37 on his M1 Max MacBook Pro, while Wes and Brent try the "every distro at once" desktop.
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495: The Moment of Truth

January 29, 2023 • 95 mins
Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.
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494: Updating Our Fiddly Bits

January 22, 2023 • 77 mins
Today we are finally taking on a project months in the making, and we're switching to an entirely new generation of Linux tech in the process.
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