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
531: The Windows Challenge
We ran Windows for the week with three seemingly simple objectives. How we did, our take on what's gotten a lot better about Windows, and what still needs some work.
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530: Leave the Pi in the Oven
Why the Raspberry Pi 5 doesn't meet our expectations, and the x86 boxes you should consider instead.
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529: Changing the Game
Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck.
Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar an…
528: Where's Your Data?
Today's theme is data sovereignty, and we'll check in with two crucial projects that are giving you more options.
Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
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527: Framing Brent
Brent's new Framework laptop has been torn apart and put back together again. We'll find out if it's up to his standards. Plus, we're kicking off a new build.
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525: Beating Apple to the Sauce
We daily drive Asahi Linux on a MacBook, chat about how the team beat Apple to a major GPU milestone, and an easy way to self-host open-source ChatGPT alternatives.
Special Guest: Neal Gompa.
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524: How Our Server Got It's Groove Back
Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet?
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523: Ride the Rhino
We're trying out Rhino Linux—a unique take on rolling Ubuntu with AUR-like powers and other surprises.
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522: Practical Privacy
Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS.
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521: Rethinking GNOME
Two important news stories, plus our thoughts on GNOME’s new windowing proposal and the Framework 16.
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520: To Infinity and Berlin
Do they build them better in Germany? We try out the next-generation InfinityBook Pro 14 and dig into TUXEDO OS.
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519: The Clone Grift Wars
Have Oracle and SUSE lost their minds? Plus, we dig into Fedora's proposal to add telemetry collection to Workstation.
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518: Race To Immutability
Can Ubuntu make a great immutable desktop? We're trying the brand-new "Everything is a Snap" Ubuntu Core Desktop.
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517: Caught Red-Hatted
Just about every take on the Red Hat news seems to have missed the mark.
Special Guest: Carl George.
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516: The Fixer-Upper
Chris tears into two old PCs, and builds a surprisingly powerful multi-monitor Wayland workstation.
Plus, Wes has a new device, and Brent wants answers.
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515: Ham Sandwich
Is Ham Radio a natural hobby for Linux users? An old friend joins us to explain where the two overlap.
Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
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514: Connection Established
We get the inside scoop on SouthEast LinuxFest, and share a few stories from the early days of the Linux community.
Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.
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513: There Is No Distro
We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete.
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512: The Sound of Rust
We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.
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