LINUX Unplugged
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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.
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636: Engineering the Future
We're back from Texas just in time to chat with Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of Engineering, and their new era with Ubuntu 25.10. On the way, we visit S...

635: The Texas Linux Fest Special
Our cross-continent race to Texas Linux Fest culminates into fantastic meat, meetups, and more.
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634: Config Confessions
From finely tuned to total config carnage. We review listener homelabs to share what works, and what really doesn't.
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633: A Kernel in Every Core
Can't get enough Linux? How about multiple kernels running simultaneously, side by side, not in a VM, all on the same hardware; this week it's finally...

632: The Nightly Wobble
Our first look at KDE Linux, then Chris shares the latest on Hyprvibe, while Wes braves his first install.
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631: Offline By Default
Chris managed to turn low bandwidth into a lifestyle, and curated a batch of self-hosted apps that make near-offline living possible.
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630: Google's Garden Lockdown
Google's sideloading lockdown has us pushing Wes' Pixel further than Google ever dreamed.
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629: Arch Enemies
Arch is under fire, two weeks and counting. We'll break down the mess, and share a quick fix. Plus, the killer new apps we've just added to our homela...

628: Don't Call it a Christro
When personalities clash, the users come last. Meanwhile, Chris' hyper-tuned setup stops being a toy and starts looking like a daily driver.
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627: The 2 a.m. Rescue
Wes performs a 2 a.m. rescue at DEFCON, and Chris attempts to build a Linux desktop using nothing but vibes.
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626: The Btrfs Blues
A Btrfs bug that bites is in the wild, and we discover whole home audio that works like a charm.
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625: They're Doing it Wrong!
A radical rethink of what a Linux distro should do, and what it should stop doing. Plus, we dig into what's great about Linux 6.16.
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624: Tiny PC, Huge Problems
Everything wrong with our homelabs, and how we're finally fixing them. Plus: two self-hosted apps you didn't know you needed.
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623: 50 Days of Blue
Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh comp...

622: Omarchy Hits Different
Developers are abandoning their Macs for a new frontier: Arch Linux with Hyprland. We dive into Omarchy, and the broader trend fueling it.
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621: The Sunday Secret Sauce
We're highlighting several stories and reviews that never made it into the show. From GrapheneOS trouble, Asahi updates, Framework's desktop reveal, S...

620: Brent Loves Building Things
Off-the-shelf didn't cut it, so we built what we needed using open hardware and open source.
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619: The Trouble with TUIs
We spent the week learning keybindings, installing dependencies, and cramming for bonus points. Today, we score up and see how we did in the TUI Chall...

618: TUI Challenge Kickoff
Our terminal apps are loaded, the goals are set, but we're already hitting a few snags. The TUI Challenge begins...
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617: The Disposable Server
Spin up, share, nuke. We each build a throwaway server, and then rate each others' setups.
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616: From Boston to bootc
Fresh off Red Hat Summit, Chris is eyeing an exit from NixOS. What's luring him back to the mainstream? Our highlights, and the signal from the noise...

615: 25.05 Reasons to NixOS
With NixOS 25.05 around the corner, we sit down with a release manager to unpack what's new, what's changing, and what's finally getting easier. Spoil...

614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking
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 upcom...

613: Packets, Power, and Paulus
We chat with the founder of Home Assistant and then fire up Brent's Linux-powered rig.
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612: 25 Years of LinuxFest Northwest
We're live from LinuxFest Northwest 2025. We're joined by guests from the audience, try our hand at Linux trivia and share our experiences from the be...

611: Distro Double Trouble
Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04 are here—We break down what's new, what stands out, and what we love most about each release.
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610: Linus' Next Big Thing
Apple's software is going rotten, while Linux sneaks up as the better Mac. Linus grumbles through Git's 20th birthday, and we spot a hardware window L...

609: We Used to Be Friends
We attempt to get one of the great gaming classics running on Linux, and dig into some of the technical issues still holding back Linux. Plus: Chris h...

608: Linus' NT Surprise
Linux 6.14 lands with big improvements for gaming, laptops, and filesystems—but why is a Windows feature sneaking into our kernel?
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607: Ubuntu's Rusty Roadmap
Canonical's VP of Engineering for Ubuntu reveals why they're swapping coreutils for Rust-built tools. Then we break down the GNOME 48 release, and why...

606: Nix's Magic Cookbook
We have stories to share, guests joining us, insights from our week at Planet Nix, and Brent's big bombshell.
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605: Goodbye World
We are digging into a superpower inside your Linux Kernel. How eBPF works, and how anyone can take advantage of it.
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604: One Week Left
We're pre-gaming two of the biggest Linux events of the year. Engineers, organizers, and surprise guests are dropping by to give us the scoop before i...

603: All Your Kernels Belong to Rust
There have been major Rust developments in the Linux Kernel; we discuss what's new and how it will impact the future. Plus, we're joined by a special...

602: The BSD Humbling
Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax.
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601: Taming the Demons
It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close! Plus, Zach Mitchell joins us to upd...

600: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once
We celebrate 600 episodes, announce a new show feature, and officially launch the FreeBSD challenge.
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599: Psycho Shower Linux Power
On the eve of episode 600, we introduce our next challenge and explore the new wave of Linux phones.
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598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro
With more criticisms of NixOS than ever—do they have a point? We'll dig into the tough critiques and give our perspective.
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597: Cache My OS
We're taking on some of the toughest critiques of the Linux desktop, then taking a look at CachyOS and what makes it feel like a million bucks.
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