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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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566: Chef's Choice Ubuntu Jun 09, 2024

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We try Omakub, a new opinionated Ubuntu desktop for power users and macOS expats.

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Kolide: Kolide 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.

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Have a pint with Alex in Norwich , Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 2:30 PM | Meetup
Spokane Meetup, Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
Nextcloud Conference 2024: call for speakers - Nextcloud
Nextcloud Conference 2024 - Nextcloud
Berlin with Brent: September Meetup @ Nextcloud Conference, Fri, Sep 13, 2024 | Meetup
notch on X — Alright, that's enough spyware in my OS. Do I go desktop Mac, or do I have the energy to go full Linux? Not sure, but I'm tired of my operating system treating me like the product.
DHH on X — If I have such a fundamental misalignment with where Apple has gone, why stay? I think that was the question I finally just asked myself for the umph-teenth time, and realized I didn’t have a good answer that wasn’t just based on comfort.
For the Love of Linux — In this podcast episode, REWORK host Kimberly Rhodes talks with David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of 37signals and CTO, about his personal shift from using Apple products to exploring Linux and Windows platforms. He discusses the expanded platform integration at 37signals, which now includes all three operating systems.
DHH on X — The big YearofLinuxontheDesktop will be 2025. Snapdragon X chips will be ready. Folks will be sick of AI shoved into every crevasse of their life. Thank heaven for disagreeable nerds refusing to bend the knee to the corporate agenda!
Linux as the new developer default at 37signals — I've personally been having a blast over the last few months digging deeper and deeper into the Linux rabbit hole, and it's been a delight discovering just how good its become as developer platform.
Introducing Omakub — Omakub turns a fresh Ubuntu installation into a fully-configured, beautiful, and modern web development system by running a single command.
Xournal++
Flameshot
Pinta
Framework
Omakub list of installed apps
Omakub — An Omakase Developer Setup for Ubuntu 24.04 by DHH
Omakub on GitHub
Omakub introductory video
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devenv — Fast, Declarative, Reproducible and Composable Developer Environments using Nix
squid
GeneBean on X — My dad was so happy with his desktop after I switched him to #Pop_OS! that he had me do the same to the laptop he takes on trips. Thanks for such a stellar distro @system76
Walkthrough of Nix Install and Setup on MacOS by zmre on YouTube
Wildspaces.work — Wildpsaces.work is designed for remote workers interested in reconnecting with community and working from new and wild places.
Chris' Amazon Tablet — 10.1 Inch Android 13 Octa-core with 8(4+4) GB+128GB Tablets, 5MP+8MP Camera, Bluetooth 5.0
Fully Kiosk Browser Lockdown
Jellyfin Media Player — Desktop client using jellyfin-web with embedded MPV player. Supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
kthresher: Tool to remove unused kernels in Debian/Ubuntu
helipad-flake — A Nix flake to provide a helipad package and NixOS module. Intended for use with nix-bitcoin.
Kopia — Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup Software
Pick: Multiplex — Multiplex is an app to watch torrents together, providing an experience similar to Apple's SharePlay and Amazon's Prime Video Watch Party.
weron — weron provides lean, fast & secure overlay networks based on WebRTC.

565: Mistakes That Made Us Love Linux Jun 02, 2024

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The facepalm moments that make us question our sanity—and swear off sudo for a week.

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Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare — What if you care about AI's environmental impact, privacy holes, and the ethical problems of training on data without the creators' permission? The answer might be to switch to Linux. Yes, Linux.
Kate Asks about Mistakes to Avoid — Hey boys-Microsoft has officially gone off the deep end with this AI stuff. I'm pretty sure AI Clippy is pulling the strings behind the scenes. Any tips for escaping to Linux before I get assimilated? What are the big don'ts for a newbie?
Jeremy Molina on X — sudo rm -rf ./ on the root directory 😓
Lee Ball on X — I thought I was in a backup directory when I did an rm -rf but turned out I'd forgotten the ./ and just went into /var/lib/mysql and not the backup of said directory.
ChaoticHuman on X — I think my most major beginner mistake once was something like sudochownuseraccount/ because I wanted to not have to deal with file-ownership-conflicts though I no longer remember what exactly I did. I only remember that it led to completely destroying my Linux-system.
Ken Starks on X — What are all these files with a dot before them. They aren't programs. Might as well delete them.
PDunn on X — Using fringe distos and too much distrohopping causing loss of time and not being productive. Linux can be a time sink I don't have time for. So I installed Ubuntu and moved on. I just use what works and is easy to maintain. Unplugged contributor here.
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Chris' Beelink Nix Config
Nix from First Principles: Flake Edition — This guide is a beginner's guide to Nix and related tooling, focusing on the newer nix command, and flake.nix compared to older tools like nix-env and default.nix. It does not require any prior Nix knowledge, and instead builds up the Flake based world from first principles, so that it can serve as an introduction to Nix itself, as well as the concept and uses of Flakes.
Pick: Delfin — Delfin is a native client for the Jellyfin media server. It features a fast and clean interface to stream your media in an embedded MPV-based video player.
Delfin on Flathub
Delfin repo
Delfin nix package
A fireside chat with Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek - Nextcloud — Part of this talk was on LUP, now you can hear the full thing.

564: The Goldilocks Build May 26, 2024

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We're following one simple rule to build a Linux desktop so stable it could outlive us.

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Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature for Windows 11 could already be in legal hot water
Apple GPT — What We Know About Apple's Work on Generative AI
Chris' BeeLink — Beelink Ryzen 7 5700U Up to 4.3GHz 8C/16T
RV BeeLink Nix configuration.nix
Slack - NixOS Wiki
Chris' Win 7 Inspired Look
musnix — Real-time audio in NixOS
Boost Pick: nh — NH reimplements some basic nix commands. Adding functionality on top of the existing solutions, like nixos-rebuild, home-manager cli or nix itself.
Pick: gridplayer — Simple VLC-based media player that can play multiple videos at the same time. You can play as many videos as you like, the only limit is your hardware. It supports all video formats that VLC supports (which is all of them). You can save your playlist retaining information about the position, sound volume, loops, aspect ratio, etc.

563: Nix's People Problem May 19, 2024

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After months of debate, the Nix community might be coming to a resolution. We'll examine what happened, what's changing.

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Using Tailscale for Android just got a whole lot better
Report on NixOS Governance Discussions - by Chris McDonough
The NixOS Foundation board announced on April 30 that Eelco Dolstra is stepping down from the board following the recent calls for his resignation.
A leadership crisis in the Nix community (LWN) — On April 21, a group of anonymous authors and non-anonymous signatories published a lengthy open letter to the Nix community and Nix founder Eelco Dolstra calling for his resignation from the project.
NixOS Foundation board: Giving power to the community - Announcements - NixOS Discourse
NixOS Foundation Board: Constitutional Assembly Appointment - Announcements - NixOS Discourse
Full Email with Graham
Chris' s nginx Config
NixOS Manual: Using DNS validation with web server virtual hosts
NixOS Manual: SSL/TLS Certificates with ACME
Unplugged Core Membership
Signing up with an email address
Dell OEM Replacement Parts
Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source — Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.
RcloneShuttle — Upload your files to anywhere - GTK4 GUI for Rclone

562: Red Hat Knows How to Party May 12, 2024

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Three revelations from Red Hat Summit. Our on-the-ground report will separate fact from hype.

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Introducing image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux — Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a new deployment method that takes a container-native approach to deliver the OS as a bootc container image.
Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Overview
Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux YouTube Example
podman-desktop-extension-bootc — Support for bootable OS containers (bootc) and generating disk images.
bootc Introduction — Transactional, in-place operating system updates using OCI/Docker container images. bootc is the key component in a broader mission of bootable containers.
Show HN: Convert your Containerfile to a bootable OS
What is InstructLab? — InstructLab is an open source project for enhancing large language models (LLMs) used in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications.
InstructLab — InstructLab is a model-agnostic open source AI project that facilitates contributions to Large Language Models (LLMs).
instructlab CLI — Command-line interface. Use this to chat with the model or train the model (training consumes the taxonomy data).
IBM's Granite code model family is going open source — We're releasing a series of decoder-only Granite code models for code generative tasks, trained with code written in 116 programming languages. The Granite code models family consists of models ranging in size from 3 to 34 billion parameters, in both a base model and instruction-following model variants.
ibm-granite/granite-code-models — A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence.
Getting Started with Fedora/CentOS bootc — The Fedora/CentOS bootc project generates reference base images that are designed for use with the bootc project. Its goal is to provide a host system easily configurable via container tooling, usable as a container host, but also to allow non-containerized deployments with applications bound to the host context.
CentOS/centos-bootc — Create and maintain base bootable container images from Fedora ELN and CentOS Stream packages.
LAB Paper: Large-Scale Alignment for ChatBots
Spring Membership Discount — $3 off forever.
psitransfer — Simple open source self-hosted file sharing solution. It's an alternative to paid services like Dropbox, WeTransfer.
bhh32's food-journal — Command line tool and web application to keep track of my food intake.
Pick: URL to PNG — A URL to PNG generator over HTTP with a fairly simple API accessed via query params passed to the server.
Bonus Pick: Telegraph — Telegraph is a simple Morse translator, start typing your message to see the resulting Morse code and vice versa.

561: Folders as a Service May 05, 2024

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A few of our go-to tools for one-liner web servers, sharing media directly from folders, and a much needed live Arch server update, and more!

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Berlin with Brent — May Meetup, Sat, May 11, 2024, 6:30 PM CEST
Linuxfest Northwest 2024 Videos
Tiny File Manager — Web based File Manager in PHP, Manage your files efficiently and easily with Tiny File Manager and it is a simple, fast and small file manager with a single file.
Tiny File Manager Password Options
Tiny File Manager Project Demo
noblepayne/tinyfilemanager-flake — nix run github:noblepayne/tinyfilemanager-flake
Big list of http static server one-liners — python -m http.server 8000
awesome-webservers: ⚙️ — Collection of one-liner static servers.
static-web-server — A cross-platform, high-performance and asynchronous web server for static files-serving. ⚡
The smallest Docker image to serve static websites
Self-Hosted 122: Back to the Future — How Chris created live TV streaming from his local media collection, Alex breaks down the new Open Home Foundation and what it means for self-hosters. Brent's been trying out an open-source AirDrop replacement for all systems, and much more!
LocalSend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop.
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SouthEast LinuxFest — June 7-9, 2024 in Charlotte, NC.
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Pick: audioserve — Simple personal server to serve audiofiles files from folders. Intended primarily for audio books, but anything with decent folder structure will do.
Neofetch is Dead! Here are 7 Alternatives for Your Linux System

560: Linux Festivus For the Rest of Us Apr 28, 2024

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The first LinuxFest is back and better than ever. We share stories and friends from one of the best Linux gatherings of the year: LinuxFest Northwest.

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LinuxFest Northwest 2024 — An annual open-source event co-produced by Bellingham Linux Users Group, the Information Technology department at BTC, Cascade STEAM, and Jupiter Broadcasting.
Bellingham Technical College — At BTC, we're here to help you access the hands-on education that can give you an advantage in today's job market.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Downloads Now Available — Ubuntu 24.04 is an exciting Long Term Support (LTS) update with this new Linux distribution release being powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel, making use of Netplan for networking on the desktop, features the modernized desktop OS installer, various performance optimizations, and a ton of new features.
x32-proxy — UDP and Web Socket proxy server for Behringer and Midas digital mixer control.
LinuxFest Northwest YouTube
Peyton's GitHub
Electromagnetic Field — A non-profit camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, artists, geeks, crafters, scientists, and engineers.
completenoob's NixOS ZFS on Root Setup — Install NixOS with ZFS on root on a ThinkPad T470 with 24gb Ram and a 1TB nvme ssd.
radio-browser.info — This is a community driven effort (like wikipedia) with the aim of collecting as many internet radio and TV stations as possible. Any help is appreciated!
Pick: Playlifin — A tool to convert a Youtube Music playlist to a Jellyfin playlists.
Pick: Playlifin Voyager — Playlifin Voyager is a tool to export and import playlists from and to your Jellyfin Server.

559: Linux is Bigger in Texas Apr 21, 2024

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We're back from Austin, with interviews and stories to share. Plus, it's Gentoo week and we take our first look at Fedora 40.

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Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I've tested — Apps opened in the blink of an eye. The Overview appeared instantly. Everything seemed to be built around the idea that the user works at the speed of madness and the OS is there to help make it happen.
Fedora Linux 40 Docs
Fedora Linux 40 Cleared For Release — Fedora 40 thus will see its official release happen next Tuesday, 23 April.
F40 Change Proposal: Drop Delta RPMs — According to early feedback from Release Engineering, it looks like it will not be feasible to address the shortcomings of Delta RPMs as they are currently implemented, and since they often no longer result in a net reduction in download sizes for upgrades, this Change proposes both to disable the generation of DeltaRPMs during the compose process, and to disable the deltarpm support in dnf / dnf5 by default.
Berlin with Brent May Meetup — May 11, 2024
LinuxFest Northwest 2025 — April 26 - 28, 2024
System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ — Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 12:00 PM
LFNW Talk: 5 Reasons to Love NixOS — NixOS seems to be everywhere these days and has the fanatic energy usually reserved for Arch users. But WHY is it so popular? In this talk, I'll go over 5 reasons I love NixOS and you might too.
LFNW Talk: Deploying NixOS Anywhere — In this talk, we'll unlock the full potential of NixOS by exploring how its unique architecture enables installation just about anywhere—from bare metal and VMs to a VPS provider near you.
LFNW Talk: LINUX Unplugged LIVE — We're recording a live edition of LINUX Unplugged in person. Our weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests, and tons of opinions.
Scinary Cybersecurity — Founded in 2015, we are proud to be one of few full-service cybersecurity firms focused on small and midsized governmental entities. Serving clients in mutiple states, we provide quality services and solutions that best fit your needs.
Jupiter Extras — Texas LinuxFest Day 1
Jupiter Extras — Texas LinuxFest Day 2
Texas Linux Festival 2024 — Texas Linux Fest is the first state-wide annual community-run conference for Linux and open source software users and enthusiasts from around the Lone Star State.
MIL-STD-1553 — MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard published by the United States Department of Defense that defines the mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of a serial data bus.
Chris' Cave Pictures
Buc-ees — If you've been to Buc-ee's, you may already know that this friendly neighbor along the highways has the cleanest restrooms in America. In 2012, Cintas ran a nationwide restroom contest and made it official!
Street Fighter 2 Music — Arcade Intro
Street Fighter 2 Music — OC Remix
UEFI Boot Standalone NixOS (2024-04-20) — This guide will explain how to install NixOS on the internal NVMe drive of an Apple Silicon Mac using a customized version of the official NixOS install ISO, then boot it without the help of another computer.
TeX Shinobi Keyboard
nixos-conf-editor — A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations.
nix-software-center — A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages.
bhh32's app installer
dharple/detox — Tames problematic filenames
Jovian NixOS — NixOS on the Steam Deck
Pick: Shortwave — Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 30,000 stations, including Jupiter Broadcasting.

558: Top 5 Essential Apps Apr 14, 2024

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We asked, and you answered: Your top 5 Linux app essentials and post-install rituals. Plus, some news to better cope with "extreme file-system damage."

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Warp — Warp allows you to securely send files to each other via the internet or local network by exchanging a word-based code.
Bcachefs Repair Code Reaching Complete & Robust Recovery — "This patchset was kindly tested by a user from India who accidentally wiped one drive out of a three drive filesystem with no replication on the family computer - it took a couple weeks but we got everything important back."
Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches — "[...] but hey, if you had a corrupted bcachefs filesystem you'd probably want this, and if you thought bcachefs was stable already, I have a bridge to sell you. Special deal only for you, real cheap."
Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME
F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation — Switch the default desktop experience for Workstation to KDE Plasma. The GNOME desktop is moved to a separate spin / edition, retaining release-blocking status.
Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation - Fedora Project Wiki
412linux.io — N100 Media Serving Efficiency with Quick Sync
Pick: FreeTube — FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron.
FreeBSD Speedruns — The zero-to-desktop FreeBSD speedrun category records the time taken from the first boot of a FreeBSD image, through installation, to the display of a desktop environment or window manager.
FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge — The operations and commands that needed to be done took me 1:33 and installation of base.txz/kernel.txz datasets took 0:28. Downloading and installing needed pkg(8) packages took 2:22 of time.