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.

Snappy Collaboration | LINUX Unplugged 155

26 July 2016

We dive right in when Martin aka Wimpy returns from the Snappy Sprint & shares his experience from his recent trip. Wes ask our Virtual LUG to sound off on the projects they’d audit if given the means & why, the Starbound server challenge & more!

Pragmatic Idealism | LINUX Unplugged 154

19 July 2016

Do you use desktop Linux for idealistic or practical reasons? Plus Chris’s new VPN solution & the hosted vs self hosted debate. Plus Canonical’s smart move to push Snap packages, updates from our favorite projects, the disturbing news about Chrome & more!

One NAT to Rule Them | LINUX Unplugged 153

12 July 2016

Chris discovers he’s being snooped on by his ISP & Is Linux Mint 18 really the best Linux distro every? Plus our chat with a Matrix.org developer, Solus goes rolling, Unity on Windows & building a long-term financially sustainable open source product.

To .NET or to .NOT? | LINUX Unplugged 152

5 July 2016

Noah joins Wes for the second time this week to talk with the mumble room. We cover package management for Bash, Nvidia putting GPUs in your containers, surprising things about open source at Comcast & discuss just what "Microsoft ♥ Linux" really means.

Universal Divide | LINUX Unplugged 151

28 June 2016

We go hands on with Linux Mint 18, then discuss the latest batch of desktop killers & Wimpy’s new rig. Plus what makes Mattermost really great, a new new universal package format, the confusing things Red Hat says & we get to know WireGuard!

War of the Packages | LINUX Unplugged 150

21 June 2016

We have a spirited discussion from both sides of the universal packaging issue, take a quick look at maru OS that turns a Nexus phone into your desktop, get the inside scoop on the recent Mycroft update & the new Solus release. Plus much more!

Snaps are Go! | LINUX Unplugged 149

14 June 2016

Canonical drops a bombshell by making snap packages available for many Linux distros, Nextcloud has some serious momentum, Samsung is rumored to drop Android in favor of Tizen across all devices & Wes kicks the tires of elementary OS’ new Beta of Loki.

Mind on my Cloud & Cloud on my Mind | LINUX Unplugged 148

7 June 2016

Great open source project achievements, we discuss the slippery slope that online services represent to Linux users. Plus we get all big picture, what can be learned from ownCloud’s recent troubles, what we conclude by reading between the lines & more!

The Talking Gnome | LINUX Unplugged 147

31 May 2016

Open Source artificial intelligence in all the things? Ryan from Mycroft joins us to update us on their recent hard work. Is YubiKey going to hell in a handbasket? The latest from openSUSE, our first impressions of Remix OS & more!

Snap, Flaps & Package Drops | LINUX Unplugged 146

24 May 2016

Package once, run anywhere. But are we finally about to nail it? Plus why you're going to want to wait on that systemd upgrade, funding projects with a rocky past, the big thing about Mycroft no one is talking about & we try out Mycroft on the desktop.

BuzzwordFS | LINUX Unplugged 145

17 May 2016

You're insecure unless you're running Greg’s Kernels. Plus openSUSE chairman Richard Brown stops by to follow up on not shipping ZFS in openSUSE And the simple thing we could all be doing to improve OSS, but maybe we’re all feeling a little entitled!

Flavorless Mint | LINUX Unplugged 144

10 May 2016

Is a new wave of tech savvy Linux users coming? Chris makes his case & why distributions like Linux Mint won’t be ready for it. Plus updates from some of our favorite projects, Linux on the PS4 & a quick look at the Fedora 24 beta.