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
511: Accepting the Future
How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.
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509: The Next Gen Desktop
The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux.
Why we think every desktop will copy ideas from Hyprland s…
508: The Worst Distro Ever
Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?
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507: Full Wobble
Why Fedora 38 might Sway you to try it; and how it runs on the MacBook M1 Max.
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506: Three Wild and Crazy Topics
We surprise each other with three secret topics, with one big catch.
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505: Keep Your Darn Secrets
We try out the most secure messaging app in the world, and Wes’ new note system that's so great you’ll want to abandon your current one.
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504: It's a Trap!
Why using the iPhone makes it harder to run Linux; Chris follows up on his four-month-long challenge to ditch iOS for GrapheneOS.
Plus, Brent's extended stay in Berlin has led to some developments …
503: Berlin with Brent
Brent dives deep into Nextcloud's new release from inside their offices, and takes an unexpected dip in the local lake with a listener.
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502: Docker Shocker
The story of an open-source hero who became a villain.
Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar.
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501: Fat Stacks for Flatpaks
Robert McQueen shares the inside scoop on Flathub’s ambitious plans to create a universal app store for all distros—and we ask the hard questions.
Special Guest: Robert McQueen.
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500: Our Biggest Announcement Yet
We're celebrating 500 episodes with the biggest announcement yet.
Special Guest: Listener Jeff.
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499: 'velopers Choose Snap
Ubuntu makes its anti-Flatpak stance official, while KDE and GNOME team up to turn Flathub into a universal Linux app store.
Plus, we try the Intel Arc GPU. Could this new hardware make Linux bullet…
498: Rolling Papercuts
Sometimes running the latest and greatest means you have to pave your own path. This week two examples from living on the edge.
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497: More Features? More Problems.
How Chris wasted three months tracking down a Wi-Fi problem, plus we debate if immutable distros need to be simplified.
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496: Tux in the Hen House
Chris attempts to get Fedora 37 on his M1 Max MacBook Pro, while Wes and Brent try the "every distro at once" desktop.
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495: The Moment of Truth
Are the free software alternatives good enough? The conclusion to our 60-day challenge to drop Google, Apple, and the iPhone.
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494: Updating Our Fiddly Bits
Today we are finally taking on a project months in the making, and we're switching to an entirely new generation of Linux tech in the process.
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493: Network Nirvana
Chris' sticky upgrade situation, and we chat with the developer behind an impressive mesh VPN with new tricks.
Special Guest: Ryan Huber.
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492: A New Challenge Approaches
Join us on a journey to true software freedom. We embark on our 30-day challenge and discover a whole new philosophy that will change the way you think about technology.
Special Guest: Alex Kretzschma…