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

The Cottonwood Disaster | LINUX Unplugged 471

14 August 2022

Our garage Linux server has died, and this time we’re looking at data loss. We attempt to revive our zombie box and reflect on what went wrong.

Let's Call It an Upgrade | LINUX Unplugged 470

7 August 2022

We present a buffet of budget Linux boxes. From $40 to $400 you'll be surprised by what we found. Then we attempt to find the perfect distro for them.

Tough Linux Love | LINUX Unplugged 469

31 July 2022

Is the Linux desktop hard to love? A long-time user experience developer argues it is, and we respond to his criticisms.

The Read Only Scenario | LINUX Unplugged 468

24 July 2022

A fundamental change is coming to desktop Linux, and Silverblue might be our hint at where things are going.

All Hands on Deck | LINUX Unplugged 467

17 July 2022

We try and bust a common Linux distro myth. Then what surprised Chris about his new Steam Deck.

The Night of a Thousand Errors | LINUX Unplugged 466

10 July 2022

We were fixing servers all night, but at least we have a great story. A special guest joins us to help make a big show announcement.

Too Nixy for My Shirt | LINUX Unplugged 465

3 July 2022

The one shared secret behind some of the world's most powerful open-source projects.

Git Happens | LINUX Unplugged 464

26 June 2022

We're going back in time to witness the early days of a critical tool to build Linux, then jump forward 15 years and join our buddy Brent on his journey to learn that very tooling.

Humble Beginnings | LINUX Unplugged 463

19 June 2022

One of the pioneers of the web, VNC, Webcams, and more joins us; plus we'll update you on a few projects we love.

One Cosmic Collaboration | LINUX Unplugged 462

12 June 2022

From skeptic to buyer, why the HP Dev One is the best Linux laptop yet. This is the one review you don't want to miss.

Deep in the Tumbleweeds | LINUX Unplugged 461

5 June 2022

Three tails of tech tribulations, and how Brent saved his openSUSE Tumbleweed box from the brink.

CPU as a Service | LINUX Unplugged 460

29 May 2022

A new Linux update allows Intel to control features in your CPU using hardware-level DRM.