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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 631
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Episode 191: What’s a Distro? | LUP 191
Joe Ressington of Late Night Linux joins Wes to discuss just what makes a “Proper” distribution. Then the latest news about Libreboot and the Free Software Foundation, Containers explained in picture…
Episode 190: Boot Free or Die Tryin’ | LUP 190
We dig deep into the LibreBoot project, how the Intel ME problem impacts open source & limits badass free laptops. Then we spend Wes’ money and shop for his next perfect Linux rig.
Plus we discuss t…
Episode 189: Das Boot Manager | LUP 189
Bulletproof Linux Kernel upgrades might be near, Kodi gets a real Netflix Plugin & the dirty, stinky, no good, obvious, elephant in the room around desktop Linux.
Plus why Bcachefs might be Linux’s …
Episode 188: Celebrating Linux on Pi Day | LUP 188
We celebrate Pi Day by loading Mycroft & Alexa onto a Raspberry Pi 3, look at the actual use cases for VR & AR under Linux today, flash back to Linux in the 90s & update on our favorite projects.
Episode 187: CIA's Dank Trojans | LUP 187
It’s the year of the CIA linux desktop, with multiplatform malware & boot environments designed to attack Macs, Popey & Wimpy share their Mobile World Congress adventures & Bryan joins us to discuss …
Episode 186: AWS Loses Its ShIOT | LUP 186
The worst smart device hack we’ve ever heard of, dreams of the Pi Zero W, the AWS outage that savaged the Internet of Things & more!
Episode 185: Plasma Injection | LUP 185
Austrian schools are switching, Wes is trying & Chris is reviewing the Plasma desktop this week. Why the heck we keep talking about it & what’s really bugging us about it.
Plus the 7-Inch Ubuntu Lap…
Episode 184: Chilling with Kylin | LUP 184
A surprising new desktop environment, the latest on cross-distro snappy support & how to get the most out of Android without Play Services.
Plus a script to take over a running server and replacemen…
Episode 183: Niche Distros Need Not Apply | LUP 183
Is software ever really finished? Should we avoid boutique or niche Linux distributions? We have a spirited discussion & attempt to finally answer both of those questions.
We also chat about what's …
Episode 182: Death by Download | LUP 182
Remotely bricking Android devices, the new Plasma is looking great, first hands on with the new XPS 13 Sputnik, more btrfs woes & hacking Popey’s system.
Plus Kernel.org’s big change, building your …
Episode 181: A Brisk MATE for Solus | LUP 181
It’s a huge show with a bonanza of updates, big future plans & cross project collaboration.
Michael Hall from Canonical join us to discuss UbunCon, SCALE15x plans & much more!
Episode 180: The Theory of Liri | LUP 180
We take a look at a material design influenced distribution, the FSF’s new high priority list & much more this week!
Episode 179: Project Sputnik Interview | LUP 179
Project Sputnik’s Barton George joins us to discuss the new Dell hardware running Linux & the history of the Sputnik project.
Plus the KillDisk hype is high, The Pi’s PIXEL is taking on MATE, anothe…
Episode 178: Big Sister is Watching | LUP 178
Robots take over the show while we go around the table & get our 2017 predictions in for Linux.
Plus updates from projects we love & the great Mac migration continues!
Episode 177: The Many Faces of Linux | LUP 177
While the guys are hibernating over this holiday week, We look back on some of the most interesting topics the virtual LUG covered this year.
Everything from snap packages & ubuntu reviews to LXD & …
Episode 176: Shell-Shocked 2016 | LUP 176
We review the very worst moments in Linux during 2016, look ahead to what might be big in 2017 and toss out the rules for our last live episode of the year!
Episode 175: Best of MATEs | LUP 175
We get the inside scoop about some fantastic collaboration happening between three Linux distributions that are supposedly big competitors.
Plus Google’s response to Ubuntu Core & the big NextCloud …
Episode 174: Mesh of Thoughts | LUP 174
We ponder the implications of Fedora possibly going rolling & LTS, get schooled by the mumble room about the state of linux on the Raspberry Pi & debate about the effectiveness of mesh networking
Pl…
Episode 173: Upgrade vs Nuke 'n Pave | LUP 173
After a slew of open source updates we contrast upgrades vs fresh install, get an update on the state of snaps & get geeky about performance monitoring our Linux rigs.
Plus the fake VLC story, a liv…
Episode 172: It's Not X, It's Wayland | LUP 172
Fedora 25 is out & project leader Matthew Miller joins us to chat about what’s new. Plus Wimpy & Popey are back from UbuCon and share their experience, Ryan shares some tweaks Sytstem76 made to jump …