LINUX Unplugged

608: Linus' NT Surprise

607: Ubuntu's Rusty Roadmap

606: Nix's Magic Cookbook

605: Goodbye World

604: One Week Left

603: All Your Kernels Belong to Rust

602: The BSD Humbling

601: Taming the Demons

600: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once

599: Psycho Shower Linux Power

598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro

This panel discussion-style podcast addresses criticisms of NixOS, a Linux distribution. The hosts begin by introducing a critique from a previous podcast episode, comparing NixOS to outdated science fiction visions. They then structure their response around sections of the critique: "good," "so-so," and "bad" aspect...

597: Cache My OS

596: Perilously Pontificated Predictions

In this episode of the Linux Unplugged podcast, the hosts reflect on their predictions for 2024, surprisingly revealing a strong success rate, before diving into their bold forecasts for 2025. The episode is structured around evaluating previous predictions, introducing sponsors like Tailscale and 1Password, promoting ...

595: Network 'n Burning Bonanza

594: 2024 Tuxies

593: Zen and the Art of Kernel Preempting

592: Chris' Netboot Nonsense

591: KDE Goes Banana

This week's episode of the Linux Unplugged podcast dives into some exciting distribution news. KDE is launching its own distribution, KDE Linux (Project Banana), which is based on Arch Linux and features an immutable layer. This new distro aims to be user-friendly for everyday use and compatible with hardware vendors. ...

590: Self-Host Before You're Toast

This week's episode of the Linux Unplugged podcast takes listeners on a two-year journey with Graphene OS, showcasing its benefits over standard Android and iOS. The hosts delve into self-hosting solutions as a viable alternative to cloud services, particularly discussing the shift from Albi's hosted Lightning wallet t...

589: 6 Reasons to Love Linux 6.12

This week's episode of the Linux Unplugged podcast dives into the exciting release of the Linux 6.12 kernel. The hosts explore six standout features: it’s the next Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel, promising stability and support; there are major enhancements to file systems like BcacheFS, XFS, and ext4; a new scheduling...