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.

Your Hosts

Brent Gervais

Chris Fisher

Wes Payne

The Last Shutdown | LINUX Unplugged 679

9 August 2026

An old Linux box powers down for the last time as we unwind its history, and the entire show, back to the beginning.

Entropy Ain't Easy | LINUX Unplugged 678

2 August 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.

We Got a Buzz | LINUX Unplugged 677

26 July 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.

Fork Around and Find Out | LINUX Unplugged 676

19 July 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.

Sloppy Agent Roasting | LINUX Unplugged 675

12 July 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.

LAN Before Time | LINUX Unplugged 674

5 July 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.

8 Hidden Steam Machine Details | LINUX Unplugged 673

28 June 2026

Eight details most people missed hint at the bigger Linux play behind Valve’s new Steam Machine.

The Kernel Is Not a Museum | LINUX Unplugged 672

21 June 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.

Windows Without Windows | LINUX Unplugged 671

14 June 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.

There's Chickens in that Nebula | LINUX Unplugged 670

7 June 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 outage.

Harshing rsync's Vibe | LINUX Unplugged 669

31 May 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 wide open.

--yolo | LINUX Unplugged 668

24 May 2026

Brent's been hacking smart speakers, Wes has a surprise, and Chris gives up on OpenClaw.