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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Chris Fisher

Wes Payne

OK OOMer | LINUX Unplugged 348

7 April 2020

Today we make nice with a killer, an early out-of-memory daemon, and one of the new features in Fedora 32. We put EarlyOOM to the test in a real-world workload and are shocked by the results.

Arm is Here | LINUX Unplugged 347

31 March 2020

We discover a few simple Raspberry Pi tricks that unlock incredible performance and make us re-think the capabilities of Arm systems.

The One-Click Trap | LINUX Unplugged 346

24 March 2020

We debate the dangers and advantages of one-click deployments. Then Dan from elementary OS shares an AppCenter for Everyone update.

Don't Go Viral, Go Virtual | LINUX Unplugged 345

17 March 2020

It was the first of its kind, and the first forced to go virtual. We get the behind the scenes story of WSL Conf from the organizers.

Our Week with Windows | LINUX Unplugged 344

10 March 2020

We load up Windows 10 with WSL2, the new Terminal, and give it a go to see what it does better than Linux. Then we dive into the deep end and attend the first-ever WSLConf.

What Linux is Best At | LINUX Unplugged 343

3 March 2020

We try the Mac desktop for 30 days, find out what we think it does best, and where Linux will always have it beat.

Shrimps have SSHells | LINUX Unplugged 342

25 February 2020

A radical new way to do SSH authentication, special guest Jeremy Stott joins us to discuss Zero Trust SSH.

Long Term Rolling | LINUX Unplugged 341

18 February 2020

We question the very nature of Linux development, and debate if a new approach is needed.

IRC is Dead | LINUX Unplugged 340

11 February 2020

The difficult and fascinating conversations from FOSDEM 2020. Plus how elementary OS does coopertition right.

The Mint Mindset | LINUX Unplugged 339

4 February 2020

We get into the Linux Mint mindset after years away and share our take on Cinnamon's many improvements.

Success Through Vulnerability | LINUX Unplugged 338

28 January 2020

How did we get from shareware to free software? We jump in the Linux powered time machine and revisit software past.

Mystical Users | LINUX Unplugged 337

21 January 2020

We make an appeal to keep Linux powerful and avoid the Macification of the desktop, and review the latest developer-focused XPS 13.