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

Stay and Compile a While | LINUX Unplugged 295

2 April 2019

Is there really any advantage to building your software vs installing the package? We discuss when and why you might want to consider building it yourself.

Tainted Love | LINUX Unplugged 294

26 March 2019

Why we sometimes go too far with our Linux advocacy, and a few humble strategies to switch people to Linux.

Netflix's Gift to Linux | LINUX Unplugged 293

19 March 2019

Developers at Netflix are creating the next set of super powers for Linux, we'll get the details straight from the source.

Cheese on the SCaLE | LINUX Unplugged 292

12 March 2019

A new voice joins the show, and we share stories from our recent adventures at SCaLE 17x.

Dirty Home Directories | LINUX Unplugged 291

5 March 2019

We reveal all and look at the mess that is our home directories. How we keep them clean, back them up, and organize our most important files.

Proper Pi Pedigree | LINUX Unplugged 290

26 February 2019

We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system.

The Meat Factor | LINUX Unplugged 289

19 February 2019

Will there ever be another "big" Linux distro, or has that time passed?

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Repo | LINUX Unplugged 288

12 February 2019

The hype around a new security flaw hits new levels. Fedora has a bunch of news, and we discover what's new in the latest Plasma release.

Clean up After Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 287

5 February 2019

Why FOSDEM might be the quintessential community event, and our thoughts after playing with Pi-Hole.

Ell is for Linux | LINUX Unplugged 286

29 January 2019

We're playing Robin Hood with the content, and a new member of our team joins to tell you all about it.

Pain the APT | LINUX Unplugged 285

22 January 2019

An embarrassing vulnerability has been found in the apt package manager, we’ll break it all down. Plus Alessandro Castellani tells us about his plans to build a professional design tool for Linux.

Free as in Get Out | LINUX Unplugged 284

15 January 2019

ZFS on Linux is becoming the official upstream project of all major ZFS implementations, even the BSDs. But recent kernel changes prevent ZFS from even building on Linux. Neal Gompa joins us to discuss why it all matters.