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636: Engineering the Future Oct 12, 2025

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We're back from Texas just in time to chat with Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of Engineering, and their new era with Ubuntu 25.10. On the way, we visit System76 in Denver where the COSMIC team has surprises waiting for us.

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COSMIC — Next generation Cosmic desktop environment. Use it on your favorite distro!
System76 — Powerful Linux computers designed by nerds, engineered by experts, handcrafted by humans in the US.
GitHub - pop-os/cosmic-epoch: Next generation Cosmic desktop environment
GitHub - pop-os/cosmic-applets: WIP applets for cosmic-panel
Pop!_OS 24.04 (with COSMIC Desktop) Just Hit Beta - OMG! Ubuntu
Canonical releases Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka
Ubuntu Engineering in 2025: A Retrospective · Jon Seager
Ubuntu 25.10 Fix Pending For Broken Flatpak Support - Phoronix
LINUX Unplugged 634: Config Confessions
Hybrid Pick: ncspot
Pick: poop (Performance Optimizer Observation Platform) — This command line tool uses Linux's perf_event_open functionality to compare the performance of multiple commands with a colorful terminal user interface.
sharkdp/hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool

635: The Texas Linux Fest Special Oct 05, 2025

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Our cross-continent race to Texas Linux Fest culminates into fantastic meat, meetups, and more.

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634: Config Confessions Sep 28, 2025

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From finely tuned to total config carnage. We review listener homelabs to share what works, and what really doesn't.

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Texas Linux Festival 2025 - Austin, TX
Texas Linux Festival Trip Support (Fake boost)
JB Meetup: Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party - Meetup.com — Saturday, Oct 4 - 12:00 AM to 01:30 PM CDT
JB Meetup: Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party - Colony Events
Turnstile Coffee Beer Cocktails and Burgers - Austin, TX
Dawarich — Automatically track your daily life with Dawarich. Never forget where you went or what you did. Relive your memories with precise location data.
LINUX Unplugged 614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking
Dawarich API Docs
AlbinLind/dawarich-api — A python wrapper for Dawarich
Texas Tracker — Real-time distance tracking and movement visualization
JupiterBroadcasting/texastracker: — A static website that tracks our trip to Texas Linux Festival 2025.
bitchat
A Guide To bitchat version 1.2-1.3 : r/bitchat
Geohash Converter - Find and visualize your Geohash
Overland GPS Tracker on the App Store
gpslogger: :satellite: Lightweight GPS Logging Application For Android.
Zakk's (2kOS) nix config
NotAShelf/nvf: Modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS
suderman's nixos — system configurations & dotfiles
NixOS impermanence — Lets you choose what files and directories you want to keep between reboots - the rest are thrown away.
numtide/blueprint: Standard folder structure for Nix projects — blueprint is an opinionated library that maps a standard folder structure to flake outputs, allowing you to divide up your flake into individual files across these folders. This allows you to modularize and isolate these files so that they can be maintained individually and even shared across multiple projects.
gmodena/nix-flatpak — Install flatpaks declaratively
Adam's (A Manzer) nix-config
Prowlarr
nzbhydra2: Usenet meta search
Kieran dots
Fortyduex's nix config
Fortydeux's Firewire
Brad's nix config
Brad's SMB
Monty's Ansible
Monty's Nix
Monty's NXC
ChrisLAS/hyprvibe: A riced up Hyprland desktop running ontop of NixOS.
Namespace nixosModules options under "hyprvibe" to avoid potential collisions - hyprvibe Issue #10
Pick: vtunnel — vTunnel is a tool that proxies IP traffic between guest and host networks by using the VSOCK protocol.
Pick: Tab-Session-Manager — WebExtensions for restoring and saving window / tab states

633: A Kernel in Every Core Sep 21, 2025

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Can't get enough Linux? How about multiple kernels running simultaneously, side by side, not in a VM, all on the same hardware; this week it's finally looking real.

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nebula-tower — A user-friendly server to manage your Slack Nebula mesh network.
Texas Linux Festival 2025 - Austin, TX
JB Meetup: Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party, Sat Oct 4 - Meetup.com
JB Meetup: Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party - Colony Events
Turnstile Coffee Beer Cocktails and Burgers - Austin, TX
bitchat
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GNOME 49 Release Notes — We code named the release “Brescia”, after a beautiful Italian city that hosted this year’s GUADEC.
GNOME 49 Officially Released With Wayland Improvements, Showtime As Video Player
Ubuntu 25.10 Beta Officially Released For Testing — Canonical today released the Ubuntu 25.10 Beta as they work toward the stable Ubuntu 25.10 release in mid-October.
Ubuntu 25.10's Rust Coreutils Transition Has Uncovered Performance Shortcomings — Ubuntu 25.10's transition to using Rust Coreutils in place of GNU Coreutils has uncovered a few performance issues so far with the Rust version being slower than the C-based GNU Coreutils.
base64 implementation almost 8x slower than GNU for some large files
sort does not finish for large one line file
Fedora 43 Beta ISOs Released For Testing — Fedora 43 Beta ISOs are now available for those wanting to help in testing.
Omarchy 3.0 — Omarchy 3.0 is here — faster installs, big MacBook support, and lots of polish.
systemd 258 Released With systemd-factory-reset & Other New Tools — Systemd 258 brings systemd-factory-reset to request a factory reset on the next reboot, systemd-pty-forward to allocate a pseudo TTY/PTY, UEFI firmware images can now be embedded in a UKI, and many other new features.
systemd 258-rc1 Is A Massive Feature Release With New Tools, More Than 260 Changes
Kernel RFC: Introduce multikernel architecture support — This patch series introduces multikernel architecture support, enabling multiple independent kernel instances to coexist and communicate on a single physical machine. Each kernel instance can run on dedicated CPU cores while sharing the underlying hardware resources.
The Multikernel: A new OS architecture for scalable multicore systems [PDF]
mirdaki/computer-config — Config for server and personal deployments
My Ultimate Self-hosting Setup — Matthew shares their ultimate self-hosting setup built on NixOS, ZFS, and Tailscale, balancing privacy, data control, and usability for family and friends.
basecamp/once-campfire — Campfire is a web-based chat application.
Pick: savr: Read it later. Keep it local. No server needed. — Savr is an app for saving online content to read later. It is file-centric, offline first, future proof, and favors decentralization.

632: The Nightly Wobble Sep 14, 2025

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Our first look at KDE Linux, then Chris shares the latest on Hyprvibe, while Wes braves his first install.

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nebula-manager — Unified CLI tool to manage and maintain multiple Nebula VPN servers with ease.
Nebula - Apps on Google Play
Texas Linux Festival 2025 - Austin, TX
JB Meetup: Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party, Sat Oct 4 - Meetup.com
JB Meetup: Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party - Colony Events
Turnstile Coffee Beer Cocktails and Burgers - Austin, TX
bitchat — bitchat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over bluetooth mesh networks.
Texas Linux Festival Trip Support (Fake boost)
Jupiter Broadcasting Garage - New swag available!
KDE Linux
KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki
Announcing the Alpha release of KDE Linux
GitHub - ChrisLAS/hyprvibe: A riced up Hyprland desktop running ontop of NixOS.
Hyprland 0.51 dropped! — The gesture system has been reworked and is now way more flexible.
Nixtcloud: Self-Hosted Cloud in One Command — Nextcloud with NixOS in the backend and P2P connectivity enabled
holesail-nix: Holesail package for the Nix package manager — A comprehensive Nix package and NixOS module collection for Holesail - the peer-to-peer tunnel that lets you create instant, secure connections between devices without port forwarding or exposing ports.
Pick: lazyssh — A terminal-based SSH manager inspired by lazydocker and k9s — but built for managing your fleet of servers directly from your terminal.
Pick: term.everything — Run every GUI app in the terminal!

631: Offline By Default Sep 07, 2025

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Chris managed to turn low bandwidth into a lifestyle, and curated a batch of self-hosted apps that make near-offline living possible.

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Pinchflat — Your next YouTube media manager
ErsatzTV — ErsatzTV lets you transform your media library into a personalized, live TV experience—complete with EPG, channel scheduling, and seamless streaming to all your devices.
Wes' ErsatzTV Flake — A Nix package and NixOS module for ErsatzTV
Karakeep — Quickly save links, notes, and images and karakeep will automatically tag them for you using AI for faster retrieval. Built for the data hoarders out there!
lup-0631 NixOS Config
Home Assistant — Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.
Immich — Self-hosted photo and video management solution
Jellyfin — The Free Software Media System
audiobookshelf — Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
Paperless-ngx — Paperless-ngx is a community-supported open-source document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper.
Paperless
Paperless-ng
Brother ADS-1800W
Genius Scan
QuickScan iOS scanner with OCR
swift-paperless
paperless-ai — An automated document analyzer for Paperless-ngx using OpenAI API, Ollama, Deepseek-r1, Azure and all OpenAI API compatible Services to automatically analyze and tag your documents.
iPod parts from Elite Obsolete Electronics
Pick: Rustnet — A high-performance, cross-platform network monitoring tool built with Rust. RustNet provides real-time visibility into network connections with enhanced state display, intelligent connection lifecycle management, deep packet inspection capabilities, and a responsive terminal user interface.

630: Google's Garden Lockdown Aug 31, 2025

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Google's sideloading lockdown has us pushing Wes' Pixel further than Google ever dreamed.

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DECbot/nebula-cert-maker: Simple yaml and python script to create certificates for your Nebula Mesh VPN — The Nebula Cert Maker will create a new Nebula CA certificates and then generate and sign certificates for all hosts in the host list.
Texas Linux Festival 2025
JB TXLF Matrix Room
Jupiter Broadcasting Garage
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs As Now "Externally Maintained" — Linus Torvalds updated the maintainers file for Bcachefs and now reflects its upstream state as "externally maintained" rather than "supported".
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year — Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device.
Android Developers Blog: A new layer of security for certified Android devices
Android developer verification
nixos-avf: NixOS for Android Terminal — This profile contains the necesarry services and kernel configs to get it running under the Terminal app
nixos-avf-image-app releases
NixOS VM on my phone lol (Android Virtualization Framework) - NixOS Discourse
Setup SSH and Tailscale on Android 15 Linux Terminal App
droid-nixos — NixOS VM on the Android "Terminal" app
ttyd: Share your terminal over the web
Introduction - Book of crosvm
crosvm: The Chrome OS Virtual Machine Monitor
Android 16 New Feature Terminal (Debian 12) Actual Test: Network Configuration and Software Installation
💻 How to Install Android 16 Linux Terminal with GUI Mode on Your Android Phone Step-by-Step Guide
Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone!
Android 16 Terminal Debian GUI Access Tool — This script is specifically designed for terminal environments on Android 16 systems, enabling quick configuration of graphical interface access for Debian 12. After configuration, you can access the native Debian 12 GUI environment within the Android terminal from your PC through the following steps
wansview 2K Security Cameras Wireless — Outdoor-2.4G WiFi Home Security Cameras via Remote Control with Phone APP for 360º View, Color Night Vision, 24/7 SD Card Storage.
Thingino — Open-source Firmware for Ingenic SoC IP Cameras.
themactep/thingino-firmware: Open-source firmware for Ingenic SoC IP cameras
paperless-upload-thunderbird — Add-On for Thunderbird to upload PDF directly to paperless-ngx
distrostu's nix config
Flameshot — Open source screenshot software
Hyprshot — A utility to easily take screenshots in Hyprland
blendOS — Arch Linux made declarative, immutable and atomic
Frigate NVR — Frigate is an open source NVR built around real-time AI object detection. All processing is performed locally on your own hardware, and your camera feeds never leave your home.
Pick: Kvaesitso — A search-focused, free and open source launcher for Android
Jonas Hietala: I'll only buy devices with GrapheneOS — I use the Kvaesitso launcher.

629: Arch Enemies Aug 24, 2025

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Arch is under fire, two weeks and counting. We'll break down the mess, and share a quick fix. Plus, the killer new apps we've just added to our homelabs.

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nebula-manager — Unified CLI tool to manage and maintain multiple Nebula VPN servers with ease.
Frigate NVR
Coral USB Accelerator: ML Accelerator, USB 3.0 Type-C
Arch Linux - News: Recent service outages
Arch Linux takes a pounding as DDoS attack enters week two — For now, the Arch team is working to mitigate the attack's impact, which highlights a bootstrapping issue. Tools designed to shift traffic to mirrors in the event the main infrastructure is unavailable rely on a mirror list obtained from that same main infrastructure.
DHH on X — "Omarchy 2.0 release might have to wait a little longer. The AUR DDoS attack has picked back up, but the upside is that we're building in all sorts of resilience for the installer to deal with the assault! And meanwhile, we'll build a complete Omarchy package mirror for all.
DHH on X — "We're pulling AUR out of the Omarchy install hotpath. It's an incredible resource, but we actually only need a handful of packages for the initial setup, and we can just host those ourselves. AUR really needs a new mirror strategy to avoid this predicament."
Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full service
Arch Linux Status Page
Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces
aurpublish — PKGBUILD management framework for the Arch User Repository
salvador — salvador is a bash script that will help you maintain your AUR packages.
archlinux/aurweb — Hosting platform for the Arch User Repository (AUR), a collection of packaging scripts created by the Arch Linux community
TaskTrove — Self-hostable task managment that respect your privacy.
shuthost — A neat little helper that manages the standby state of unix hosts with Wake-On-Lan configured, with Web-GUI.
Closing the Digital Divide: Q&A with Local Computer Upcycler Mike Kelly
mkellyxp/nixbook — Convert your old computer (even chromebook) to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.
CachyOS — Blazingly Fast OS based on Arch Linux
MOES Wireless Smart Scene Switch Button
Minoston 800 Series Z-Wave Scene Controller, 4 ZWave Button
Brent hates ricing PCs • Clip by @genebean
add master branch nixpkgs overlay · nikolarobottesla/infra-nix-config
Pick: WakeMyPotato — Restart a Linux server made of a potato laptop after power outages
Pick: spectacle-ocr-screenshot — A simple utility to automatically extract text from spectacle on plasma desktops
Pick: spectacle-ocr — Add OCR functionality to Spectacle