LINUX Unplugged

Jupiter Broadcasting
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.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro

    With more criticisms of NixOS than ever—do they have a point? We'll dig into the tough critiques and give our perspective. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMNixOS is interesting, but has fatal flawsLUP 600 meetups!Planet Nix — March 6-7, Before and Alongside SCaLESCALE 22x — March 6-9, 2025 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA.LFNW2025 - "25 Years of Community Excellence" — April 25 - 27, 2025Nix - Death by a thousand cuts — TLDR: In its current state (2025), I don't generally recommend desktop use of Nix(OS), even for seasoned Linux users.Rich Hickey: Simple Made Easy — Rich Hickey emphasizes simplicity’s virtues over easiness’, showing that while many choose easiness they may end up with complexity, and the better way is to choose easiness along the simplicity path.Simple Made Easy TranscriptAnsible is a LispShould I use NixOS? Short answer: no. — If words like "declarative", "generational", and "immutable" don't put your sexuality in jeopardy, you're considering NixOS for the wrong reasons.Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!OliveTin/OliveTin: OliveTin gives safe and simple access to predefined shell commands from a web interface.Pick: isd — Simplify systemd management with isd! isd is a TUI offering fuzzy search for units, auto-refreshing previews, smart sudo handling, and a fully customizeable interface for power-users and newcomers alike.Pick: planify — Task manager with Todoist & Nextcloud support designed for GNOMEPick: Super Productivity — A to do list to get your head freeSuper Productivity on FlathubSuper Productivity GitHub — Keep organized and focused!LUP 553: Portably Predictable Productivity

    1h 24m

  2. 12 JAN

    597: Cache My OS

    We're taking on some of the toughest critiques of the Linux desktop, then taking a look at CachyOS and what makes it feel like a million bucks. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMWhy Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final editionWhy Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition | Hacker NewsWhy Desktop Linux Matters, Even If (Almost) No One Uses ItColony EventsCachyOS — Blazingly Fast OS based on Arch Linux — CachyOS is designed to deliver lightning-fast speeds and stability, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable computing experience every time you use it. Whether you're a seasoned Linux user or just starting out, CachyOS is the ideal choice for those looking for a powerful, customizable and blazingly fast operating system.CachyOS/linux-cachyos: Archlinux Kernel based on different schedulers and some other performance improvements.firelzrd/bore-scheduler: BORE (Burst-Oriented Response Enhancer) CPU Scheduler — BORE (Burst-Oriented Response Enhancer) is enhanced versions of CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) and EEVDF (Earliest Eligible Virtual Deadline First) Linux schedulers. Developed with the aim of maintaining these schedulers' high performance while delivering resilient responsiveness to user input under as versatile load scenario as possible.oracle/bpftune: bpftune uses BPF to auto-tune Linux systems — bpftune aims to provide lightweight, always-on auto-tuning of system behaviour.Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Self-Hosted Toronto Crew -- Meetup2 · GathioAmazon.com: Wi-Fi Smart LED Controller | WLED Pre-Installed | Internal Antenna | Designed to Control WS2811 or WS2812B 5volt Smart LEDs : Tools & Home ImprovementCryptomator on Flathubcryptomator on GitHub — Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.Flatsweep on Flathub — When you uninstall a Flatpak, it can leave some files behind on your computer. Flatsweep helps you easily get rid of the residue left on your system by uninstalled Flatpaks.BufferBuffer on Flathub — Celebrating transience, Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don't need keeping. Designed for keyboard workflows on desktop.

    1h 18m

  3. 6 JAN

    596: Perilously Pontificated Predictions

    We make our big Linux predictions for 2025, but first, we score how we did for 2024. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLinuxFest Northwest 2025: Call for Speakers — Call closes at 11:59 PM PST on Planet Nix CFP - Jan 6thColony EventsLUP was the #2 top show on Fountain.fm for 2024. THANK YOU!LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days LaterMAGI OS: AI powered LinuxMakuluLinux AI podcast – MakuluLinuxMakuluLinux X – AI Integration Update – MakuluLinuxOpenZFS Native Encryption Use Raises Data Corruption ConcernsDebian Installer Trixie Alpha 1 Brings RISC-V & Drops i386 InstallerAfter Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Endsmesa-dri-drivers-24.2.4-1.fc41 - Fedora PackagesUbuntuUpdates - Package Search (all versions of mesa)Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Moving To NVK + Zink For OpenGL On Newer GPUs - PhoronixMesa's NVIDIA Vulkan Driver "NVK" Now Exposes Vulkan 1.3 Support - PhoronixNixOS-based distributions - NixOS WikiIt's time for change, it's time for Linux. - YouTubeHow I Broke up with AdobeAutomotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota to Help Automakers Manage Open Source Activities - Automotive Grade LinuxAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Enclosed - Send private and secure notes — Minimalistic web application designed for sending end-to-end encrypted notes and files.enclosed - GitHub

    1h 15m

  4. 29/12/2024

    595: Network 'n Burning Bonanza

    We tested out the OpenWRT One and tried it in a unique use case. Then, Wes goes back to 1999 to solve a problem. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLinuxFest Northwest 2025: Call for Speakers — Call closes at 11:59 PM PST on 2025-01-10. Conference is 2025-04-25 through 2025-04-27.Qobuz — Buy your favourite albums in CD or Hi-Res quality and enjoy them forever.Los Machucambos In Phase 4, Los Machucambos - QobuzLos Machucambos – In Phase 4 – Vinyl (LP, Album, Stereo), 1961 [r5061780] | DiscogsLos Machucambos - Wikipediacdrdao: cdrdao is a free and open source utility software application for authoring and ripping of audio and data CD-ROMscdrdao-pled: Portable Linux x86_64 pre-built download of the open source CD burning/ripping utility cdrdao that works on all modern Linux distros.freac.org: fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encodersk3b: Full-featured CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning and ripping applicationCD writing using cdrecordxfburnjlesage/docker-xfburn: Docker container for XfburnOpenWrt OneOpenWrt One IntroductionBanana Pi OpenWrt OneBanana Pi OpenWrt One PCBA Router BoardAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!mjvc's 2014 nix configincus gpu docsveyman's immich-frame configGitHub - LACT: Linux GPU Configuration Toolexislow/tidal-dl-ng: Multithreaded TIDAL Media Downloader Next Generation! Up to HiRes Lossless / TIDAL MAX 24-bit, 192 kHz.ebb-earl-co/tidal-wave: Waving at the TIDAL music serviceDXX-Rebirth — DXX-Rebirth is a modern port of the Descent game engine, based on the late D1X and D2X source ports (which, in turn, were based on the original Descent source release and LDescent). The Rebirth Team has spent a lot of time working to improve the source code by fixing old bugs and adding some improvements, while always staying true to our philosophy: Keep it Descent!Descent on GOG.COMdxx-rebirth on GitHub

    1h 10m

  5. 23/12/2024

    594: 2024 Tuxies

    It's the fifth annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, and desktops of 2024. Join us for the final Tuxies, and the second annual Boosties! Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLINUX Unplugged 542: 2023 TuxiesAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!

    56 min

  6. 16/12/2024

    593: Zen and the Art of Kernel Preempting

    A special guest joins us for the news, then we dive headfirst into our RT Linux kernel adventures—where speed seduced, but stability ghosted us. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMXfce 4.20 Desktop Released With Wayland Improvements & New FeaturesXfce 4.20 Release NotesThe Last TuxiesPlan your meetup: Colony EventsLUP 600 Pacific Northwest Party · Colony EventsIntroducing CentOS Stream 10 — CentOS Stream serves as a development branch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), providing a continuous preview of features before they are incorporated into RHEL.EPEL 10 is now available — The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) 10 has been officially released, offering users access to over 10,000 packages built from 3,600 source packages, thanks to the efforts of over 150 Fedora package maintainers.Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: A change of hats! — Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Leader for over a decade, has announced his decision to step down from the role. Initially aiming for a five-year term, he extended his tenure after feeling there was more to accomplish. Now, after ten years, Miller believes it is the right time for a leadership change to bring fresh energy and ideas to Fedora.Fedora COSMIC Desktop Spin Proposed For Fedora 42 — The Fedora Project is considering a new "Fedora COSMIC" spin for Fedora 42, featuring the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment developed by System76.Changes/FedoraCOSMIC - Fedora Project WikiPtyxis Becomes Ubuntu's Recommended Replacement To GNOME Terminal — Ptyxis was introduced as an option in Ubuntu 24.10, though it was not the default terminal. While GNOME Console remains the default in Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds, there is growing support for Ptyxis within the Ubuntu community. Canonical Desktop Software Engineer Jeremy Bicha confirmed this shift, stating that Ptyxis is now the "recommended replacement for GNOME Terminal."Zen Kernel FAQ — Result of a collaborative effort of kernel hackers to provide the best Linux kernel possible for everyday systemsThe MuQSS CPU schedulerLinux Audio System Configuration GuideI've turned preempt=full on and it solved most of my problems : r/FedoraHow to 'test' if kernel is truly PREEMPT=FULL and threadirqs? - Fedora DiscussionRevisiting the kernel's preemption models (part 1) [LWN.net]config_preempt_dynamic - kernelconfig.ioKernel preemption - WikipediaDynamic Preemption Support Sent In For The Linux 5.12 Kernel - PhoronixAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!kb6nu study guideARISS SSTV GalleryLibro.fm, Your Independent Bookstore for Digital AudiobooksFountain 1.1.10 - Payment UX Improvements and Faster BoostsPorts-info — Simple utility to show open ports on linux systems

    1h 18m

  7. 09/12/2024

    592: Chris' Netboot Nonsense

    USB thumb drives are old and busted. No hard drive? No problem. Need a quick system rescue or work in another distro for the day? Easy. Sponsored By: Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMODROID H4 PLUSODROID H4 Mini-ITX KitPlan your meetup: Colony EventsLUP 600 Pacific Northwest Party · Colony EventsRequest for Proposals: Flathub Program Management — The GNOME Foundation, in partnership with KDE e.V., is bootstrapping Flathub LLC to become a self-sustaining entity.Flathub to become a self-sustaining entity and they're looking to hire someone to helpFlathub StatisticsFlathub Verified AppsVerification | Flathub Documentationopen issues on FlatHub-Infra GitHubnetboot.xyz — Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE.Booting Methodsboot netboot.xyz from grubboot netboot.xyz from a USB DiskWindows | netboot.xyzWindows PE image as an ISO, instructions on how to build it can be found hereLUP 333Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Proxmox and Veeam backupshome-assistant-technitiumdns — This custom integration allows you to integrate TechnetiumDNS with Home Assistant, providing sensors for various DNS statistics.sam h's nix config with BlockyRescuezilla — Rescuezilla is an open-source easy-to-use disk imaging app that's fully compatible with Clonezilla — the industry-standard trusted by tens of millions.rescuezilla/rescuezilla: The Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery

    1h 17m

  8. 02/12/2024

    591: KDE Goes Banana

    The KDE and GNOME projects are working on official Linux distributions, but do we need more distros? We dig into their special sauce. Plus: Wes' top DNS server pick, and it's not one we've heard before. Sponsored By: Black Friday Member Sale: 30% Off for the lifetime of your Membership! Code: blackfriday Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMFirst Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released — The OpenWrt One costs $89 with a case ($68.42 for the logic board only) and is hacker-friendly, featuring robust hardware specifications such as a MediaTek MT7981B SoC, dual Ethernet ports (2.5 GbE and 1 GbE), USB-C power, and modular expansion options.Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros"KDE Linux" (codenamed "Project Banana")Akademy 2024 - Saturday 7th September - Room 1 - YouTubeAn Operating System of Our Own - Akademy 2024 - FTVAdrian VovkA Desktop for AllGNOME OS NightlyFitting Everything TogetherShell Yes! | Push the Button2024 Tuxies.Party — New category based on your feedback, and we've cleared out the hall of fame, all distros and desktops up for a vote!Reminder that PlanetNix Call for Papers is still open!Technitium DNS ServerTechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer: Technitium DNS Server — Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server for privacy & security. It works out-of-the-box with no or minimal configuration and provides a user friendly web console accessible using any modern web browser.Technitium Blog: Running Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu LinuxDnsServer/docker-compose.ymltechnitium-dns-server - MyNixOSNixOS Search - Options - technitiumtechnitium-dns-server.nixMembership Black Friday Sale 30% offAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Errands — Todo application for those who prefer simplicity.Errands GitHub Page

    1h 18m
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An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.

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    Jupiter Broadcasting
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2025
  • Episodes
    598
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    Clean
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    © 2024 Jupiter Broadcasting
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