Last Updated on July 6, 2021
Blurb
An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux.
About the Show
This show provides sterling commentary about Linux software, hardware, technology, and open source developments. There’s a wide spectrum of topics covered in each show covered without any toxicity.
Special guests on the show have included Martin Wimpress of Canonical, Dusty Mabe of RedHat, and Ilan Rabinovitch of DataDog.
The show notes offer hyperlinks to articles, stories, and web sites covered in each show. Timestamping of segments of the show would make a great addition.
The show is supported by advertising. We appreciate professionally produced podcasts like LINUX Unplugged need funding.
There is some strong language in the show, so it’s not really family friendly.
The show bills itself as an “open show”, while shows are recorded with REAPER, a full-featured proprietary digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software. Note, we’re not casting aspersions on the choice of REAPER, or proprietary software itself, or intimating open source digital audio workstations like Ardour are superior products to produce a podcast.
About the Hosts
Chris Fisher is the host and owner of Jupiter Broadcasting. Chris used to host the podfaded Linux Action Show, a weekly video tech podcast which covered the best in the open source and Linux world. Chris has his own YouTube channel with nearly 3,000 subscribers, but it’s been some time since he’s uploaded new content.
Wes Payne hails from Seattle, Washington, USA. He’s a Linux and open source enthusiast. Aspiring Clojurian and functional programmer, combined with a physics and math nerd. He bills himself as “Inquisitive nonsense and other such things”.
and occasionally,
Brent Gervais is from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He has tons of commercial, editorial and event photography experience. He uses Darktable for 80% of his photography work.
| Website | linuxunplugged.com |
| Length | Over an hour |
| Format | MP3 |
| First Show | 12 August 2013 |
| License | Proprietary |
| What do we think of this podcast? | |
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| Verdict: | We're big fans of LINUX Unplugged. It's professionally produced, offers good news coverage, and the hosts share shrewd, pragmatic, and thoughtful opinions. |