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.

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Brent Gervais

Chris Fisher

Wes Payne

Fedora's Hidden Upgrades | LINUX Unplugged 691

2 November 2026

Fedora 45 has serious upgrades under the hood; we dig in, and may have found our new favorite dashboard.

The S in PHP is for Security | LINUX Unplugged 690

25 October 2026

A major PHP flaw puts servers everywhere at risk; so we hack ours. Meanwhile, open source helps debloat our smart TVs.

First Kontact | LINUX Unplugged 689

18 October 2026

A new documentary reveals KDE's 30-year underdog story. Plasma pioneer Aaron Seigo joins us to look back, and explore what's next with Plasma 6.8.

Eyes on Deck | LINUX Unplugged 688

11 October 2026

We've turned our Steam Deck into a security monitoring system; Monitor your property, identify people, pets, and vehicles with detailed daily intelligence briefings. All local.

Linux by Proxy | LINUX Unplugged 687

4 October 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.

Stop Desktop Slop | LINUX Unplugged 686

27 September 2026

KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years.

Pool Party | LINUX Unplugged 685

20 September 2026

We're turning our spare, scattered storage into one giant network drive. Good idea? Maybe.

You Ain't Ready For This Jelly | LINUX Unplugged 684

13 September 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.

Website Speedrun | LINUX Unplugged 683

6 September 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.

Oops! All Shells! | LINUX Unplugged 682

30 August 2026

Quickshell is rising, and bringing with it a new wave of customizable Linux desktops, community-built plugins, and serious funding.

Ain’t Nothing But a Syncthing | LINUX Unplugged 681

23 August 2026

Syncthing saves the day in an unexpected way, and we dig into what’s new in Linux 7.2.

Go Hack Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 680

16 August 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.