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

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.

The Enterprise Endgame | LINUX Unplugged 667

17 May 2026

Fedora Hummingbird, RHEL Forever, and Red Hat's AI play: three big Summit takeaways, and why they matter far beyond Red Hat.

Berkeley Suffering Distribution | LINUX Unplugged 666

10 May 2026

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.

Patch Me If You Can | LINUX Unplugged 665

3 May 2026

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!

Back to Root | LINUX Unplugged 664

26 April 2026

After 26 years, we return to our roots and reflect on why LinuxFest Northwest is still a special event.

The 99.8% Rescue | LINUX Unplugged 663

19 April 2026

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.