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

Fat Stacks for Flatpaks | LINUX Unplugged 501

12 March 2023

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.

Our Biggest Announcement Yet | LINUX Unplugged 500

5 March 2023

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

'velopers Choose Snap | LINUX Unplugged 499

26 February 2023

Ubuntu makes its anti-Flatpak stance official, while KDE and GNOME team up to turn Flathub into a universal Linux app store.

Rolling Papercuts | LINUX Unplugged 498

19 February 2023

Sometimes running the latest and greatest means you have to pave your own path. This week two examples from living on the edge.

More Features? More Problems. | LINUX Unplugged 497

12 February 2023

How Chris wasted three months tracking down a Wi-Fi problem, plus we debate if immutable distros need to be simplified.

Tux in the Hen House | LINUX Unplugged 496

5 February 2023

Chris attempts to get Fedora 37 on his M1 Max MacBook Pro, while Wes and Brent try the "every distro at once" desktop.

The Moment of Truth | LINUX Unplugged 495

29 January 2023

Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.

Updating Our Fiddly Bits | LINUX Unplugged 494

22 January 2023

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.

Network Nirvana | LINUX Unplugged 493

15 January 2023

Chris' sticky upgrade situation, and we chat with the developer behind an impressive mesh VPN with new tricks.

A New Challenge Approaches | LINUX Unplugged 492

8 January 2023

Join us on a journey to true software freedom. We embark on our 30-day challenge and discover a whole new philosophy that will change the way you think about technology.

2023 Spoilers | LINUX Unplugged 491

1 January 2023

We assemble to predict what will happen in 2023 and score how our 2022 predictions turned out.

2022 Tuxies | LINUX Unplugged 490

25 December 2022

It's the third annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, desktops, and services of 2022.