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.

Your Hosts

Brent Gervais

Chris Fisher

Wes Payne

I See Live People | LINUX Unplugged 648

4 January 2026

We unleash a networking monitoring tool to spot new devices, track changes in real time, and fire alerts straight into Home Assistant, MQTT, and your phone.

Plausibly Postulated Prophecies | LINUX Unplugged 647

28 December 2025

We make our big Linux predictions for 2026, but first, we score how we did for 2025.

The Great Holiday Homelab Special 🎄 | LINUX Unplugged 646

21 December 2025

The Great Holiday Homelab Special! Where our community brought their absolute best, from budget busters to beautiful disasters. Plus, a boosties celebration! Grab an eggnog and join us as we attempt to choose this year's winners.

COSMIC Christmas | LINUX Unplugged 645

14 December 2025

We cut the streaming cord the Linux way with free, legal internet TV you can curate, DVR, and self-host via Jellyfin or Plex. Then, we talk COSMIC stable with System76's CEO.

The People's Filesystem | LINUX Unplugged 644

7 December 2025

Kent Overstreet joins us for a full update on bcachefs. What's new, what's next, and the surprising upside of getting kicked out of the kernel.

The Sunday Soapbox | LINUX Unplugged 643

30 November 2025

We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.

Tunneling Home for the Holidays | LINUX Unplugged 642

23 November 2025

Chris cooked up a wild remote-access trick for Jellyfin that skips VPNs entirely. One tiny toggle spins up a secure tunnel on demand. Simple, absurd, and shockingly effective.

Something New, Something Old | LINUX Unplugged 641

16 November 2025

We dig into the biggest Linux hardware news of the year, then fire up our new-to-us 1L PC server.

Duece Configalo: Desktop Gigolo | LINUX Unplugged 640

9 November 2025

We dive into your configs, the genius moves, the glorious blunders, and everything in between.

The Mess Machine | LINUX Unplugged 639

2 November 2025

After all the AI hype is over, one change for Linux will be sticking around; we put it to the test.

The Distro Everyone Should Copy | LINUX Unplugged 638

26 October 2025

Fedora 43 arrives with polish, new spins, and a smarter installer; and one decision the rest of the Linux world should pay attention to.

Chris' Smart Home Disaster | LINUX Unplugged 637

19 October 2025

The biggest failure in seven years, right before a trip. What broke, how Chris pulled it back together, and how Wes would fix it right.