An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.
Open-source hardware and software ecosystems provide robust solutions for legacy device maintenance and modern infrastructure management. Community-led projects like AfterTouch successfully revive discontinued Bose SoundTouch speakers by bypassing official servers, enabling local control and streaming. Meanwhile, the N...
Building custom live rescue environments has become significantly more accessible, shifting from static, vanilla images to personalized, persistent toolkits. Modern approaches leverage tools like NixOS to create specialized bootable environments that can be loaded entirely into RAM, allowing for the removal of the phys...
Linux 7.0 introduces significant performance and architectural updates, including a long-awaited Time Slice extension for improved desktop responsiveness and foundational driver support for next-generation AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm platforms. The release marks a major milestone for Rust, which is now officially integrat...
The podcast explores the current landscape and future potential of open-source AI agents, balancing enthusiasm with practical considerations. It addresses audience concerns about the dominance of AI topics, emphasizing intentional spacing and a focus on real-world Linux applications. The discussion covers the uses of a...
The podcast explores Ubuntu's proposed changes to GRUB in the 2610 release, focusing on the removal of features like ButterFS and LUX encryption for secure boot. The hosts debate the implications of these changes, particularly the potential backlash from enterprise users needing full disk encryption for compliance. The...
The podcast explores self-hosting solutions and hardware configurations for improved digital living. Chris introduces Keeper.sh, a self-hostable calendar syncing tool to consolidate multiple calendars into a single feed, resolving scheduling conflicts. The hosts then discuss repurposing a PiBox KubeSail, a Raspberry Pi...
The hosts share their recent tech-focused projects and experiences. Brent details his work on reverse engineering and connecting a Chinese diesel heater to Chris’s Home Assistant, using ESP32s and OpenCode to control the heater and extract data. Wes explores Chrome's native MCP server for browser automation, demonstrat...
The podcast episode centers on the Planet Nix and SCaLE conferences, exploring the evolving landscape of Nix, AI agents, and open-source contributions. Discussions cover the potential impact of AI-driven code generation on open-source contributions, questioning whether AI agents will contribute back upstream or create ...
The hosts explore KDE Linux, focusing on its modern technology and practical technical decisions. They highlight its lean, mean, and focused nature, built on Arch with Flatpak and App Images, and discuss the immutable OS idea using EROFS. The discussion covers MKOSI for reproducible OS image building and systemd sysupd...
The podcast explores the evolving landscape of Linux, Nix, and AI, particularly regarding enterprise adoption and the balance between deterministic systems and AI-driven flexibility. Michael Stahnke, VP of Engineering at Phlox, discusses the challenges of Nix adoption in enterprises, highlighting the need for team coll...
The hosts of the Linux Unplugged podcast discuss their evolving stance on self-hosting Matrix, highlighting the project's history, operational challenges, and a recent shift towards doubling down on their own server due to privacy concerns with Discord's new age verification policies. They explore the benefits of self-...
The podcast explores recent developments in Linux, focusing on the impact of delays and technical shifts. It covers Valve's hardware release delays due to RAM and SSD shortages, questioning whether a bare-bones Steam Machine would be viable. The discussion then shifts to VirtualBox adopting KVM, reducing reliance on pr...
The podcast explores the emerging landscape of open-source AI agents, contrasting them with traditional, proprietary AI models. It highlights Abe's local agent orchestration swarm for home lab management, which uses domain-specific agents and a multi-tiered memory system for autonomous task delegation. The hosts then d...
The podcast explores practical Linux use cases, focusing on name resolution, network monitoring, and mobile Linux. Chris details setting up Pi-hole across multiple mesh networks using TailNet and Nebula VPNs, emphasizing security through application configuration and IP tables. Wes introduces NACME, a tool for simplify...
The hosts of Linux Unplugged recount their experience overhauling the network infrastructure for the wife of one of the hosts' clinic, emphasizing the challenges and solutions encountered. The team aimed to improve the clinic's Wi-Fi, backup systems, and overall network stability, initially facing hurdles with OpenWrt ...
The podcast explores the increasing costs of data storage and strategies for managing storage needs. The discussion highlights the dramatic price increases in SSDs and NVMEs, driven by demand from enterprise data centers and AI applications. Michael Tenel joins the hosts to discuss ways to stretch existing storage, inc...
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