A radical new way to do SSH authentication, special guest Jeremy Stott joins us to discuss Zero Trust SSH. Plus community news, a concerning issue for makers, an Arch server follow up, and more. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Jeremy Stott, Martin Wimpress, and Neal Gompa. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: The makers of Jif peanut butter team up with Giphy to try to settle the GIF/Jif debate once and for all Manjaro Linux on Twitter: After several months of development we are happy...
Feb 26, 2020•59 min
We question the very nature of Linux development, and debate if a new approach is needed. Plus an easy way to snapshot any workstation, some great feedback, and an extra nerdy command-line pick. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Google slams Samsung for making changes to Linux kernel code Mitigations are attack surface, too Regular Release Distributions Are Wrong (archive.org cache) Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram Timeshift: system rest...
Feb 18, 2020•53 min
The difficult and fascinating conversations from FOSDEM 2020. Plus how elementary OS does coopertition right. And a bunch of community news, app picks, and much more. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Danielle Foré, and Dusty Mabe. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: KDE Plasma 5.18: More Convenient and with Long Term Stability - KDE.org What’s New in KDE Plasma 5.18 LTS? - OMG! Ubuntu! System76 Launches Impressive Line Of Thelio Major Linux Workstations Powered By AMD Ryzen Thread...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 13 min
We get into the Linux Mint mindset after years away and share our take on Cinnamon's many improvements. Plus news that'll have knock-on effects for the rest of the year, and more. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Bosch Gets Smartglasses Right With Tiny Eyeball Lasers Google opens its latest Google Glass AR headset for direct purchase - The Verge Ginni Rometty to Step Down as C.E.O. of IBM - The New York Times Who is Arvind Krishna, the new IBM CEO replacing Ginni Rome...
Feb 05, 2020•58 min
How did we get from shareware to free software? We jump in the Linux powered time machine and revisit software past. Plus a new Plasma focused laptop, and two powerful command-line picks. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: MarsCat is a Bionic Cat Powered by Raspberry Pi 3 (Crowdfunding) Kubuntu Focus Offers The Most Polished KDE Laptop Experience We’ve Seen Yet - Phoronix Kubuntu Focus Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release | Windows Command Line Th...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 4 min
We make an appeal to keep Linux powerful and avoid the Macification of the desktop, and review the latest developer-focused XPS 13. Plus some community news that's getting missed, picks, and more. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: PinePhone started shipping January 17th Fedora CoreOS out of preview - Fedora Magazine Flatcar Container Linux | Linux for containers Doing Things That Scale – Space and Meaning We Ditched Mac Pro for THIS… New Ubuntu Th...
Jan 22, 2020•58 min
Linus Torvalds says don't use ZFS, but we think he got a few of the facts wrong. Jim Salter joins us to help us explain what Linus got right, and what he got wrong. Plus some really handy Linux picks, some community news, and a live broadcast from Seattle's Snowpocalypse! Special Guest: Jim Salter. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020 Chris Snowed in WSDOT Traffic on Twitter: "Five cars and a semi on this collision SB I-5 north of SR 530. Back up with only o...
Jan 15, 2020•54 min
Find out what's happening in 2020 before it happens. Our crew returns from the future with predictions so perfect you could bet some Dogecoin on it. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Why you should replace Windows 7 with Linux | Vivaldi Browser Pacman Candy Easter Egg Cheap DIY LED Light Strip | Self-Hosted Live Hack - YouTube Boston Dynamics Parkour Robot...
Jan 07, 2020•55 min
We review our predictions and own up to what we got wrong, and what we got right in 2019. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Q&A with Sam K - Acquisition Announcement Follow Up Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram Jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram My recent Plasma Basic to Brilliant video is out Mac Pro case clone No More Secrets - This project provides a command line tool called nms that recreates the famous data decryption effect se...
Dec 31, 2019•48 min
Open source won the last decade, but what if it hadn’t? We look back at some major milestones and reflect on a world where they never existed. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Introducing netboot.xyz Docker Network Boot Server Image (PXE) Tails - Celebrating 10 years of Tails! Ten Years Past GNOME’s 10x10 Goal, The Linux Desktop Is Still Far From Having A 10% Marketshare - Phoronix Linux Headlines Jupiter Extras - NOW ON YouTube Keep the conversa...
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Big things are coming to Microsoft's WSL so we get the inside scoop on what's just around the corner. Plus a few new GNOME features, some Arch server follow up, and more! Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Hayden Barnes. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: New Gnome Extensions Tool GNOME 3.36 Bringing Better Multi-GPU Handling With Switcheroo-Control, NVIDIA Support Jonathon F in Launchpad Pocket Popcorn Computer Old Pocket C.H.I.P. Better Together: A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Jo...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min
We're myth-busting this week as we take a perfectly functioning production server and switch it to Arch. Is this rolling distro too dangerous to run in production, or can the right approach unlock the perfect server? We try it so you don't have to. Plus some big community news, feedback, and more. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux Microsoft Teams is the first Office app for Linux | VentureBeat Black Friday Sale is almost done! ...
Dec 11, 2019•59 min
Give the gift of remote support with our neat SSH trick. Also, Cassidy from elementary OS joins us to discuss what's great about their new release. Plus we'll share some gadget gift ideas, and what we're building for the holidays. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Cassidy James Blaede. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Thermal testing Raspberry Pi 4 - Raspberry Pi Black Friday Sale is almost done! Librem 5 backers have begun receiving their Linux phones Richi’s Blog - ZeroNet Here’s An Early Loo...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Build one flat network across cloud providers, personal networks, with even thousands of nodes. We feature two amazing open source solutions, and the creators behind them. Plus community news, first impressions of Google Stadia, listener feedback, and some great picks. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Guus Sliepen, and Ryan Huber. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Chris Fisher on Twitter: “Trying out @GoogleStadia before today’s @LinuxUnplugged. Google is Working to Bring Mainline Linux Kernel to ...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 7 min
The Pinebook Pro gets put through the travel test, while we get an update on Pine64 projects straight from the source. Plus a few surpises from the System76 Super Fan event. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Lukasz Erecinski. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: PinePhone “BraveHeart” Limited Edition Linux SmartPhone for early adopters MacBook Pro 2013 | eBay Apple MacBook Pro 2013 15.4" RETINA Laptop - ME294LL/A i7 16GB 512GB GT 750M | eBay KDE is looking for an experienced project...
Nov 20, 2019•53 min
Get to know our Linux Users Group a little better and learn why they love their Linux distros of choice, and the one thing they'd change to make them perfect. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Neal Gompa. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Neal’s DNF-on-Tumbleweed Hack New LA free course for November Yellow Dog Linux - Wikipedia APT-RPM — APT-RPM is a port of Debian's APT tools to a RPM based distribution. URPMI - Mageia wiki — urpmi is Mageia's command line tool for managing pack...
Nov 12, 2019•59 min
Dell expands their linux hardware lineup, why elementary OS's Flatpak support sets the bar, and we chat with Christian Schaller of Red Hat about Fedora 31 and what's around the corner. Plus an update on Ubuntu on the Raspberry Pi 4 and a pick that's just for Wes. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Christian F.K. Schaller, Danielle Foré, and Martin Wimpress. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Dell bets large on Ubuntu Linux laptops for builders - Mash Viral XPS 13 ...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Fedora 31 strikes the right balance, we get the latest on the Librem 5 situation, and an easy graphics boost for laptops. Plus the best way to share your terminal yet, and more. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Drew DeVore. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: srslol on Twitter: “@ChrisLAS --> Hey dude. Quick question. What is the device you’re using as external GPU for your laptop. Is it called a breakaway box? Can you add any GPU and PCIe you want through Type C USB?” Mantiz V...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Is the ZFS tax too high? We pit ZFS on root against ext4 in our laptop pressure cooker and see how they perform when RAM gets tight. Plus we take a look at Pop!_OS 19.10, complete our Ubuntu 19.10 review, cover community news, and lots more. Special Guest: Alex Kretzschmar. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Unix Turns 50 Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie Explain UNIX (Bell Labs) - YouTube Fedora at 15: Why Matthew Miller sees a bright future for the Linux distribution How a business was built on podc...
Oct 23, 2019•59 min
We risk it all and try ZFS on root with Ubuntu 19.10, and share our first impressions and what improvements we can't live without. Plus, exciting news for both Plasma and GNOME, coreboot laptops from System76, and too many picks. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, and Martin Wimpress. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: KDE Plasma 5.17 System76 launches two Linux with Comet Lake chips and Coreboot GNOME Shell & Mutter 3.34.1 Deliver On Their Prominent Fixes Jupiter Extras: Brunch with Br...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 12 min
We reveal our secrets for bridging networks with WireGuard and Linux-powered networking. Plus the future of OpenPGP in Thunderbird, a disappointing update for the Atari VCS, and a shiny new Spotify client for your terminal. Special Guest: Martin Wimpress. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Linus Torvalds Shares His Thoughts on Microsoft’s New-Found Love for Linux - OMG! Ubuntu! Future OpenPGP Support in Thunderbird Game over: Atari VCS architect quits project, claims he hasn’t been paid for six mont...
Oct 09, 2019•47 min
What makes a fresh install of Linux perfect? We ask our panel and share a few tools, tips, and habits that make our Linux installs perfect. Plus the big little updates coming to Ubuntu MATE, some Pi pontification, and some significant changes for Wireguard. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: openSUSE Election Commitie Set to Open Vote on Project Name Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Release Notes Fedora Workstation 31 – Whats new — Christian F.K. Schaller GameMod...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 8 min
CentOS goes rolling and announces version 8. Find out why we're excited to take a dip in this stream. Plus we review what might just be your next Linux laptop, and explain why systemd is coming for your /home. Special Guest: Neal Gompa. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Ubuntu Touch on the Pinebook CentOS 8.1905 — Hello and welcome to the first CentOS-8 release. The CentOS Linux distribution is a stable, predictable, manageable and reproducible platform derived from the sources of Red Hat Enterpris...
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Richard Stallman has resigned as president and director of the Free Software Foundation, and that's just one of the major shifts this week. Also what makes Manjaro unique? We chat with one of the founders and find out why it's much more than a desktop environment. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Bernhard Landauer, Brent Gervais, and Neal Gompa. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Richard Stallman Resigns — On September 16, 2019, Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Founda...
Sep 18, 2019•59 min
It’s official, Manjaro is a legitimate business; so what happens next? We chat with Phil from the project about the huge news. Plus we share some big news of our own and the strange feels we get from Chrome OS. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Ell Marquez, and Philip Muller. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Kate Planning — Whereas Kate already works well as a general purpose editor, the competition in the text editor space got more intense in the last years. For example Sublime, Atom and Visual Stud...
Sep 11, 2019•56 min
We take a trip to visit Level1Tech's Wendell Wilson and come back with some of his performance tips for a smoother Linux desktop. Plus the story behind exFAT coming to Linux, and the big desktop performance improvements landing next week. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Drew DeVore, and Ell Marquez. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: XKCD Forum Hacked — The security breach occurred two months ago, according to security researcher Troy Hunt who alerted the compa...
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Safely host your own password database using totally open source software. We cover BitWarden, our top choice to solve this problem. Plus we announce a new show we're super proud of, and chat with Dan Lynch from OggCamp. Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Dan Lynch, and Ell Marquez. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: low-memory-monitor: new project announcement — low-memory-monitor, as its name implies, monitors the amount of free physical memory on the system and will shoot...
Aug 28, 2019•55 min
We spend our weekend with Wayland, discover new apps to try, tricks to share, and dig into the state of the project. Plus System76's new software release, and Fedora's big decision. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Drew DeVore. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: System76 Blog — The New Firmware Manager — we’re excited to announce that you can now check and update firmware through Settings on Pop!_OS, and through the firmware manager GTK application on System76 hardware running other Debian-based di...
Aug 21, 2019•57 min
It's huge, and it's getting bigger every month. How do you test the Linux Kernel? Major Hayden from Red Hat joins us to discuss their efforts to automate Kernel bug hunting. Plus our honest conversation about which Linux works best for us. Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, Drew DeVore, Ell Marquez, Major Hayden, and Neal Gompa. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter — When a user opens the KDE file viewer to access the directory ...
Aug 14, 2019•56 min
We put the Raspberry Pi 4 to the desktop test, and try it as our daily driver. Plus some neat and powerful uses for recent Pis, and our thoughts on Manjaro's change of heart. Special Guests: Alan Pope, Alex Kretzschmar, and Brent Gervais. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Millions of Books Are Secretly in the Public Domain. You Can Download Them Free — Prior to 1964, books had a 28-year copyright term. Extending it required authors or publishers to send in a separate form, and lots of people didn't...
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 2 min
