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

Chris' Data Crisis | LINUX Unplugged 355

26 May 2020

Chris' tale of woe after a recent data loss, and Wes' adventure after he finds a rogue device on his network.

Microsoft FINALLY Gets It | LINUX Unplugged 354

19 May 2020

Windows is getting more competitive by adopting core Linux features, so we cover the latest Linux-inspired additions to Windows. Then review the new release of Pi-hole, sort through recent PINE64 updates, and read your feedback.

Feeling Elive | LINUX Unplugged 353

12 May 2020

We're blown away by the Enlightenment desktop, and its little known features, and we share a quick way for you to try it out yourself.

Three Course Battery | LINUX Unplugged 352

5 May 2020

Manjaro has a new hardware partner so Phillip joins to share the details, and we have the Lemur Pro in house for a battery endurance test like no other.

Lenovo Loves Linux | LINUX Unplugged 351

28 April 2020

Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller joins us to discuss Lenovo shipping ThinkPads loaded with Fedora, and our review of the new 32 release.

Focal Focus | LINUX Unplugged 350

21 April 2020

The latest Ubuntu LTS is here, but does it live up to the hype? And how practical are the new ZFS features? We dig into the performance, security, and stability of Focal Fossa.

Arm: A New Hope | LINUX Unplugged 349

14 April 2020

We build the server you never should, a tricked out Arm box, and push it to the limit with a telnet torture test.

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.