LINUX Unplugged
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An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.
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687: Linux by Proxy
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5 Oct 2026
Millions of people may already be using Linux by proxy, so we went digging through their strange little cloud desktops to see if we can turn them into servers. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual
686: Stop Desktop Slop
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28 Sep 2026
KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
685: Pool Party
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20 Sep 2026
We're turning our spare, scattered storage into one giant network drive. Good idea? Maybe. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
684: You Ain't Ready For This Jelly
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14 Sep 2026
We rebuild our media stack around Jellyfin 12, survive a major upgrade, and add self-hosted tools that make sharing with family and friends much better. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual
683: Website Speedrun
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6 Sep 2026
Brent has two hours to build a great website, and the solution he finds feels more like a Linux tool than a modern web framework. Naturally, Wes takes it too far. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party
682: Oops! All Shells!
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30 Aug 2026
Quickshell is rising, and bringing with it a new wave of customizable Linux desktops, community-built plugins, and serious funding. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
681: Ain’t Nothing But a Syncthing
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23 Aug 2026
Syncthing saves the day in an unexpected way, and we dig into what’s new in Linux 7.2. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
680: Go Hack Yourself
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17 Aug 2026
We turn HexStrike’s red team agents loose on our systems, as OpenSSH warns that AI-assisted bug hunting is already changing the security race.
679: The Last Shutdown
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10 Aug 2026
An old Linux box powers down for the last time as we unwind its history, and the entire show, back to the beginning. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
678: Entropy Ain't Easy
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2 Aug 2026
Seven Linux kernels landed in one day. We sort out which belong in your homelab, and trace Linux’s long, occasionally disastrous quest for truly random numbers. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party
677: We Got a Buzz
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27 Jul 2026
Block’s Buzz is an open, self-hostable workspace for humans, AI agents, chat, and code; and it may be the most Linux-friendly vision for what comes next. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual
676: Fork Around and Find Out
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20 Jul 2026
Linus delivers a blunt verdict on AI in the Linux kernel, Chris finds the remote Linux desktop that finally works, and Brent gives his notes system a serious rebuild. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party
675: Sloppy Agent Roasting
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13 Jul 2026
Wes' brother's PC is toast, making this the perfect moment to switch him to Linux. If our ambitious plan doesn’t scare him away first. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
674: LAN Before Time
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6 Jul 2026
The kernel taketh away, so we bringeth back. We build an AppleTalk LAN, ditch TCP/IP, and give a legendary retro network protocol the send-off it deserves. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual
673: 8 Hidden Steam Machine Details
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29 Jun 2026
Eight details most people missed hint at the bigger Linux play behind Valve’s new Steam Machine. Sponsored By: • Webroot (http://webroot.com/unplugged): Webroot is cloud-based antivirus,
672: The Kernel Is Not a Museum
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22 Jun 2026
Your favorite open source projects have been busy. We round up the new releases worth knowing about, plus the big kernel changes headed your way soon. Sponsored By: • Webroot
671: Windows Without Windows
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15 Jun 2026
We found the best way for a Linux user to manage Windows: keep it remote, keep it contained, and touch the desktop as little as possible. Sponsored By: • Webroot (http://webroot.com/unplugged):
670: There's Chickens in that Nebula
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8 Jun 2026
Leave the farm without killing the chickens, or losing remote access? We dig into how we pulled it off: Frigate, local automation, sun-tracking coop doors, and a network that shrugged off an ISP
669: Harshing rsync's Vibe
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1 Jun 2026
rsync's founder came back, patched real security bugs with AI help, and triggered an open source meltdown. Plus, two more projects reject AI-generated code as the community's newest fault line cracks
668: --yolo
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25 May 2026
Brent's been hacking smart speakers, Wes has a surprise, and Chris gives up on OpenClaw. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
667: The Enterprise Endgame
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18 May 2026
Fedora Hummingbird, RHEL Forever, and Red Hat's AI play: three big Summit takeaways, and why they matter far beyond Red Hat. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
666: Berkeley Suffering Distribution
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11 May 2026
Who survived the install, who made it to the desktop, and who learned the hard way that one little mistake will blow up the entire BSD box. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
665: Patch Me If You Can
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4 May 2026
We dig into the Copy Fail vulnerability and test a proof-of-concept against our own box. Plus, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical joins us, and we kick off the BSD Challenge! Sponsored By:
664: Back to Root
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27 Apr 2026
After 26 years, we return to our roots and reflect on why LinuxFest Northwest is still a special event. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
663: The 99.8% Rescue
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20 Apr 2026
We all have data to rescue, you just don't realize it yet. This week we build our own custom live rescue distros, recover real data, and show you how to make your own. Sponsored By: • Jupiter
662: The GitHub Diet
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13 Apr 2026
Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
661: Sink Your Claws In
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6 Apr 2026
The expensive, challenging, and humbling journey with open source agents. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership (https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r): Put your
660: Boots and Breakups
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29 Mar 2026
Ubuntu wants a leaner, stricter GRUB, and your favorite setup may not survive the cut. We break down what’s really changing, and the practical ways to adapt. Plus, Chris moves on from one of his
659: Truth Trapper Keepers
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23 Mar 2026
The self-hosted app that turned Chris into a family Time Lord, then we iterate on a long-desired hardware hack. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
658: Automated Love Crunch
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16 Mar 2026
We each spent the week on our own projects, breaking then fixing things. Now we're back to compare progress, and a few lessons learned. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
657: Slop to Slap
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9 Mar 2026
After experiencing Planet Nix and SCaLE, we come back convinced the next phase of Linux is already taking shape. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
656: Why KDE Linux Surprised Us
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2 Mar 2026
We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander. Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual Membership
655: Speeding Up Mistakes
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23 Feb 2026
Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here! Sponsored By: • Jupiter Party Annual