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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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677: We Got a Buzz
Block’s Buzz is an open, self-hostable workspace for humans, AI agents, chat, and code; and it may be the most Linux-friendly vision for what comes ne...
676: Fork Around and Find Out
Linus delivers a blunt verdict on AI in the Linux kernel, Chris finds the remote Linux desktop that finally works, and Brent gives his notes system a...
675: Sloppy Agent Roasting
Wes' brother's PC is toast, making this the perfect moment to switch him to Linux. If our ambitious plan doesn’t scare him away first.
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674: LAN Before Time
The kernel taketh away, so we bringeth back. We build an AppleTalk LAN, ditch TCP/IP, and give a legendary retro network protocol the send-off it dese...
673: 8 Hidden Steam Machine Details
Eight details most people missed hint at the bigger Linux play behind Valve’s new Steam Machine.
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672: The Kernel Is Not a Museum
Your favorite open source projects have been busy. We round up the new releases worth knowing about, plus the big kernel changes headed your way soon....
671: Windows Without Windows
We found the best way for a Linux user to manage Windows: keep it remote, keep it contained, and touch the desktop as little as possible.
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670: There's Chickens in that Nebula
Leave the farm without killing the chickens, or losing remote access? We dig into how we pulled it off: Frigate, local automation, sun-tracking coop d...
669: Harshing rsync's Vibe
rsync's founder came back, patched real security bugs with AI help, and triggered an open source meltdown. Plus, two more projects reject AI-generated...
668: --yolo
Brent's been hacking smart speakers, Wes has a surprise, and Chris gives up on OpenClaw.
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667: The Enterprise Endgame
Fedora Hummingbird, RHEL Forever, and Red Hat's AI play: three big Summit takeaways, and why they matter far beyond Red Hat.
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666: Berkeley Suffering Distribution
Who survived the install, who made it to the desktop, and who learned the hard way that one little mistake will blow up the entire BSD box.
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665: Patch Me If You Can
We dig into the Copy Fail vulnerability and test a proof-of-concept against our own box. Plus, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical joins us, an...
664: Back to Root
After 26 years, we return to our roots and reflect on why LinuxFest Northwest is still a special event.
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663: The 99.8% Rescue
We all have data to rescue, you just don't realize it yet. This week we build our own custom live rescue distros, recover real data, and show you how...
662: The GitHub Diet
Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release.
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661: Sink Your Claws In
The expensive, challenging, and humbling journey with open source agents.
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660: Boots and Breakups
Ubuntu wants a leaner, stricter GRUB, and your favorite setup may not survive the cut. We break down what’s really changing, and the practical ways to...
659: Truth Trapper Keepers
The self-hosted app that turned Chris into a family Time Lord, then we iterate on a long-desired hardware hack.
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658: Automated Love Crunch
We each spent the week on our own projects, breaking then fixing things. Now we're back to compare progress, and a few lessons learned.
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657: Slop to Slap
After experiencing Planet Nix and SCaLE, we come back convinced the next phase of Linux is already taking shape.
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656: Why KDE Linux Surprised Us
We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander.
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655: Speeding Up Mistakes
Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts...
654: Creating Discord in the Matrix
We were minutes away from shutting down our Matrix server when the Discord news hit. Now we're not just keeping it, we're doubling down. Can open sour...
653: The Kernel Always Wins
The news this week highlights shifts in Linux from multiple angles. What's evolving, why it matters, and that moment where the future actually works.<...
652: Have Your Bot Call My Bot
We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent's $20 Wi-Fi upgrade.
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651: Uptime Funk
When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won't ignore, and DNS for...
650: This Old Network
We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. Things don't go quite as expected...
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649: Burned by AI
The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s ap...
648: I See Live People
We unleash a networking monitoring tool to spot new devices, track changes in real time, and fire alerts straight into Home Assistant, MQTT, and your...
647: Plausibly Postulated Prophecies
We make our big Linux predictions for 2026, but first, we score how we did for 2025.
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646: The Great Holiday Homelab Special 🎄
The Great Holiday Homelab Special! Where our community brought their absolute best, from budget busters to beautiful disasters. Plus, a boosties celeb...
645: COSMIC Christmas
We cut the streaming cord the Linux way with free, legal internet TV you can curate, DVR, and self-host via Jellyfin or Plex. Then, we talk COSMIC sta...
644: The People's Filesystem
Kent Overstreet joins us for a full update on bcachefs. What's new, what's next, and the surprising upside of getting kicked out of the kernel.
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643: The Sunday Soapbox
We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.
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642: Tunneling Home for the Holidays
Chris cooked up a wild remote-access trick for Jellyfin that skips VPNs entirely. One tiny toggle spins up a secure tunnel on demand. Simple, absurd,...
641: Something New, Something Old
We dig into the biggest Linux hardware news of the year, then fire up our new-to-us 1L PC server.
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640: Duece Configalo: Desktop Gigolo
We dive into your configs, the genius moves, the glorious blunders, and everything in between.
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639: The Mess Machine
After all the AI hype is over, one change for Linux will be sticking around; we put it to the test.
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638: The Distro Everyone Should Copy
Fedora 43 arrives with polish, new spins, and a smarter installer; and one decision the rest of the Linux world should pay attention to.
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