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

Offline By Default | LINUX Unplugged 631

7 September 2025

Chris managed to turn low bandwidth into a lifestyle, and curated a batch of self-hosted apps that make near-offline living possible.

Google's Garden Lockdown | LINUX Unplugged 630

31 August 2025

Google's sideloading lockdown has us pushing Wes' Pixel further than Google ever dreamed.

Arch Enemies | LINUX Unplugged 629

24 August 2025

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 homelabs.

Don't Call it a Christro | LINUX Unplugged 628

17 August 2025

When personalities clash, the users come last. Meanwhile, Chris' hyper-tuned setup stops being a toy and starts looking like a daily driver.

The 2 a.m. Rescue | LINUX Unplugged 627

10 August 2025

Wes performs a 2 a.m. rescue at DEFCON, and Chris attempts to build a Linux desktop using nothing but vibes.

The Btrfs Blues | LINUX Unplugged 626

3 August 2025

A Btrfs bug that bites is in the wild, and we discover whole home audio that works like a charm.

They're Doing it Wrong! | LINUX Unplugged 625

27 July 2025

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.

Tiny PC, Huge Problems | LINUX Unplugged 624

20 July 2025

Everything wrong with our homelabs, and how we're finally fixing them. Plus: two self-hosted apps you didn't know you needed.

50 Days of Blue | LINUX Unplugged 623

13 July 2025

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 compromises?

Omarchy Hits Different | LINUX Unplugged 622

6 July 2025

Developers are abandoning their Macs for a new frontier: Arch Linux with Hyprland. We dive into Omarchy, and the broader trend fueling it.

The Sunday Secret Sauce | LINUX Unplugged 621

29 June 2025

We're highlighting several stories and reviews that never made it into the show. From GrapheneOS trouble, Asahi updates, Framework's desktop reveal, Starlink's Linux magic, and more.

Brent Loves Building Things | LINUX Unplugged 620

22 June 2025

Off-the-shelf didn't cut it, so we built what we needed using open hardware and open source.