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LINUX Unplugged

by Jupiter Broadcasting · English · Tech & Science

An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 16 min
Latest: 5 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

687: Linux by Proxy

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Connecten : ConnecTen fixes it with one trick I love: their routers ride on top of every major carrier in the US and Canada. Flat rate, no contract, 14-day…

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E686 · 28 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

686: Stop Desktop Slop

KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG Going All-In on a Wayland…
E685 · 20 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

685: Pool Party

We're turning our spare, scattered storage into one giant network drive. Good idea? Maybe. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker Clanker Therapy…
E684 · 14 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

684: You Ain't Ready For This Jelly

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage…
E683 · 6 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

683: Website Speedrun

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter…
E682 · 30 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

682: Oops! All Shells!

Quickshell is rising, and bringing with it a new wave of customizable Linux desktops, community-built plugins, and serious funding. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG Quickshell —…
E681 · 23 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 35 min

681: Ain’t Nothing But a Syncthing

Syncthing saves the day in an unexpected way, and we dig into what’s new in Linux 7.2. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG AppleTalk 1985-2026 Memorial Sticker Sorry, I only open regular…
E680 · 17 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

680: Go Hack Yourself

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG…
E679 · 10 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

679: The Last Shutdown

An old Linux box powers down for the last time as we unwind its history, and the entire show, back to the beginning. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG AppleTalk 1985-2026 Memorial…
E678 · 2 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

678: Entropy Ain't Easy

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter…
E677 · 27 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

677: We Got a Buzz

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Jupiter Broadcasting Buzz Community Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX…
E676 · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

676: Fork Around and Find Out

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM…
E675 · 13 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

675: Sloppy Agent Roasting

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Jupiter Garage SWAG AppleTalk…
E674 · 6 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

674: LAN Before Time

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: AppleTalk 1985-2026 Memorial Sticker Jupiter Garage SWAG Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker Web Boost — Send us a boost via…
E673 · 29 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

673: 8 Hidden Steam Machine Details

Eight details most people missed hint at the bigger Linux play behind Valve’s new Steam Machine. Sponsored By: Webroot : Webroot is cloud-based antivirus, engineered to stay out of your way. For a limited time, you can save sixty percent. Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Webroot — Save sixty percent when you go to…
E672 · 22 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

672: The Kernel Is Not a Museum

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. Sponsored By: Webroot : Webroot is cloud-based antivirus, engineered to stay out of your way. For a limited time, you can save sixty percent. Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: AppleTalk…
E671 · 15 Jun 2026 · 55 min

671: Windows Without Windows

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. Sponsored By: Webroot : Webroot is cloud-based antivirus, engineered to stay out of your way. For a limited time, you can save sixty percent. Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and…
E670 · 8 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

670: There's Chickens in that Nebula

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: ConnecTen Internet — Get $35 off your order total with Jupiter35 💥 Gets Sats Quick…
E669 · 1 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

669: Harshing rsync's Vibe

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. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: ConnecTen Internet — Get $35 off your order total with Jupiter35 💥 Gets Sats…
E668 · 25 May 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

668: --yolo

Brent's been hacking smart speakers, Wes has a surprise, and Chris gives up on OpenClaw. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: ConnecTen Internet — Get $35 off your order total with Jupiter35 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden My first 100 days at…
E667 · 18 May 2026 · 1 hr

667: The Enterprise Endgame

Fedora Hummingbird, RHEL Forever, and Red Hat's AI play: three big Summit takeaways, and why they matter far beyond Red Hat. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM The mobile experience you've been asking for - Defined Networking — The most recent…
E666 · 11 May 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

666: Berkeley Suffering Distribution

Who survived the install, who made it to the desktop, and who learned the hard way that one little mistake will blow up the entire BSD box. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham,…
E665 · 4 May 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

665: Patch Me If You Can

We dig into the Copy Fail vulnerability and test a proof-of-concept against our own box. Plus, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical joins us, and we kick off the BSD Challenge! Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM Copy Fail — CVE-2026-31431 —…
E664 · 27 Apr 2026 · 59 min

664: Back to Root

After 26 years, we return to our roots and reflect on why LinuxFest Northwest is still a special event. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LINUX Unplugged 666 BSD Challenge - Rules and Regrets LFNW2026 - Back to Root LinuxFest Northwest 2026…
E663 · 20 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

663: The 99.8% Rescue

We all have data to rescue, you just don't realize it yet. This week we build our own custom live rescue distros, recover real data, and show you how to make your own. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root —…
E662 · 13 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

662: The GitHub Diet

Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LinuxFest Northwest 2026 — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington LFNW2026 Schedule Linux…
E661 · 6 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

661: Sink Your Claws In

The expensive, challenging, and humbling journey with open source agents. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington Preferring Local OSS LLMs Qwen3.5 27B vs Gemma4 31B…
E660 · 29 Mar 2026 · 58 min

660: Boots and Breakups

Ubuntu wants a leaner, stricter GRUB, and your favorite setup may not survive the cut. We break down what’s really changing, and the practical ways to adapt. Plus, Chris moves on from one of his favorite open source apps. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on…
E659 · 23 Mar 2026 · 53 min

659: Truth Trapper Keepers

The self-hosted app that turned Chris into a family Time Lord, then we iterate on a long-desired hardware hack. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington Keeper.sh —…
E658 · 16 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

658: Automated Love Crunch

We each spent the week on our own projects, breaking then fixing things. Now we're back to compare progress, and a few lessons learned. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham,…

About 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.

LINUX Unplugged is a English tech & science podcast from Jupiter Broadcasting. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Jupiter Broadcasting
Language: English
Category: Tech & Science
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 16 min
Latest episode: 5 Oct 2026
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Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id687598126
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