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

Nix on Easy Mode | LINUX Unplugged 583

6 October 2024

Wes gives his shell superpowers to solve a tricky problem. Then, we share an update on our favorite Google Photos alternative, including breaking changes and a great new way to run it.

On the CUPS of Disaster | LINUX Unplugged 582

29 September 2024

We explain the one-packet attack on CUPS and discuss its real-world implications. Plus, a Meshtastic update and more.

The Linux Escape Hatch | LINUX Unplugged 581

22 September 2024

What if we had to abandon ship and stop using Desktop Linux? We've come up with a master plan, and put it to the test.

Brent's Boogie Bus Broadcast Bash | LINUX Unplugged 580

15 September 2024

The things we like in the new Nextcloud release, and we attempt to upgrade our production server live—from a big blue bus.

Lost & Found | LINUX Unplugged 579

8 September 2024

Secret moments from the show you've never heard before. We kick off with some hardware hurdles, then dive into the news and share a few surprising stories.

Young and the Rustless | LINUX Unplugged 578

1 September 2024

Rust meets Linux in a clash of coding cultures. Why some developers are resisting, and where things go from here.

Summer Kernel Corn Roast | LINUX Unplugged 577

26 August 2024

Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual.

The Secret Server | LINUX Unplugged 576

18 August 2024

We reveal how we turned our humble LAN into a public server farm, all while keeping our IP address under wraps and our ISP blissfully unaware.

Brent's Busted Builds | LINUX Unplugged 575

11 August 2024

Brent's computer pulls an all-nighter at the worst possible moment, and the hits keep coming for open-source Android distributions and our new 2FA tool.

COSMIC Encounter | LINUX Unplugged 574

4 August 2024

The COSMIC desktop is just around the corner. We get the inside scoop from System76 and go hands-on with an early press build.

Universal Blue Man Group | LINUX Unplugged 573

28 July 2024

Think Silverblue, but with cloud-native tooling used to build it. From Aurora to Bazzite, our impressions of the ambitious Universal Blue project.

Data Security Only a Maniac Could Love | LINUX Unplugged 572

21 July 2024

Wes' self-decrypting bcachefs disk and a GrapheneOS twist that'll make you ditch your iPhone.