Plus, we announce who will be joining us at JPL in September.

Special Guest: Cassidy James Blaede.

Sponsored By:

• Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
• Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.
• Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.

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• GNOME launches a new “telemetry” program to improve GNOME
• gnome-info-collect repository — gnome-info-collect is a simple client-server application used for collecting information on GNOME systems. The data will be used to improve GNOME, specifically by informing design decisions, influencing where resources are invested, and generally helping us to understand users better.
• Self contained flake for gnome-info-collect courtesy of kenji
• Jupiter Broadcasting Meetups
• JB Matrix westcoastcrew Meetup Room
• Hot on Fountain
• Mobilizon — Mobilizon is a tool that helps you find, create and organize events.
• Endless OS — Comes preloaded with over 100 apps and essential tools so you have all you need, even when there's no internet access.
• Keybase
• May 7th 2020: Zoom Acquires Keybase
• MSGConvert — A .MSG to mime/mbox converter
• VisiData — VisiData is an interactive multitool for tabular data. It combines the clarity of a spreadsheet, the efficiency of the terminal, and the power of Python, into a lightweight utility which can handle millions of rows with ease.
• googerteller — audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into google.
• Espanso — Tired of typing the same sentences over and over? Discover the incredible power of a full-blown text expander.
• New Jupiter Broadcasting Website

Plus an update on elementary OS, GNOME's next chapter, and we kick off the NixOS Challenge.

NixOS Challenge Goals:

• Study the Nix Expression Language
• Setup at least one Nix/NixOS system.
• Install htop.
• Join the Nix Nerds Matrix channel.
• Post a screenshot in the NixOS Challenge GitHub.
• Complete all the above before the end of April.

Special Guest: Danielle Foré.

Sponsored By:

• Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.

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• I made this bash script to build Linux from Scratch automatically.
• JB Meetup
• Farewell, elementary
• Livestream with Danielle Foré
• Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond – Chris’s Design & Development — Since we’re right on the heels of a release, I want to keep some momentum going and share my plans for features I want to implement during the upcoming release cycles.
• Fractal
• GNOME Weather
• Various things in the GNOME ecosystem
• Synapse Workers Docs
• Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs
• Jupiter Extras: March Boost Battle
• Fountain.FM — Share podcast clips and support creators with Bitcoin.
• Nix Expression Language
• NixOS Manual
• Nix Nerds Matrix channel
• nixpkgs
• NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub
• osmbtc.org — OSM BTC is an open Fund initiative which has a primary goal to support OpenStreetMap contributors by small donations via Bitcoin.
• UserLAnd — UserLAnd is an open-source app which allows you to run several Linux distributions like Ubuntu.
• CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd — Main UserLAnd Repository
• Termux — Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android.

Plus we chat with Daniel Foré and Cassidy James Blaede about the just released elementary OS 6.

Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Cassidy James Blaede, Danielle Foré, and Jim Salter.

Sponsored By:

• A Cloud Guru: By the end of this course, you will feel comfortable working with a large variety of networking tools and configurations to manage complex Linux networking implementations.
• Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account.

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• Denver Meetup
• Jupiter Garage Stickers
• JB Telegram Group
• Principal Software Engineer in Redmond, Washington, United States
• elementary OS 6 Odin Available Now — It’s been a long road to elementary OS 6 but it’s finally here. elementary OS 6 Odin is available to download now. And it’s the biggest update to the platform yet!
• Valve working with AMD to support Windows 11 on Steam Deck — “There’s work looking at TPM just now. We’ve focused so much on Windows 10, so far, that we haven’t really gotten that far into it. Our expectation is that we can meet that.”
• Valve dumped Debian Linux for Arch Linux with SteamOS 3 because surprise - faster updates — "We were making a bunch of updates and changes to specifically make sure that things work well for Steam deck, and Arch just ended up being a better choice for them."
• Web UIs for WireGuard That Make Configuration Easier
• wireguard-manager — wireguard-manager enables you to build your own vpn under a minute.
• easy-wg-quick — Creates Wireguard configuration for hub and peers with ease.
• wg-manage — An awesome command-line tool to manage Wireguard configurations.
• dsnet — Simple command to manage a centralised wireguard VPN. Think wg-quick but quicker: key generation + address allocation.
• dsnet-gui — A simple gui for dsnet.
• subspace — A simple WireGuard VPN server GUI.
• subspacecommunity/subspace — A fork of the simple WireGuard VPN server GUI community maintained.
• wg-ui — WireGuard Web UI for self-serve client configurations, with optional auth.
• wireguard-ui — Wireguard web interface.
• wg-easy — The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI.
• drago — Securely connect anything with WireGuard® and manage all your networks from a single place.
• WireGuard Home Assistant Community Add-on — WireGuard is pretty simple, however, can be quite complex for user that isn't familiar with all terminology used. The add-on takes care of a lot of things for you (if you want).
• autowire — Automatically configure Wireguard interfaces in distributed system. It supports Consul as backend.
• wiresteward — Wireguard peer manager with OAuth2.
• wireguard-p2p — A tool for setting up WireGuard connections from peer to peer.
• wesher — Wireguard overlay mesh network manager.
• netmaker — Netmaker is a platform for creating and managing fast, secure, and dynamic virtual overlay networks using WireGuard.
• wiretrustee — Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network.
• headscale — An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server.
• innernet — A private network system that uses WireGuard under the hood.
• Pro Custodibus — Pro Custodibus is a SaaS with a web GUI that makes it easy to add users and devices to WireGuard VPNs, manage their configuration, and monitor their usage.
• New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows — The WireGuard VPN project announced a major milestone for its Windows users today—an all-new, kernel-mode implementation of the VPN protocol called WireGuardNT. The new implementation allows for massively improved throughput on 10Gbps LAN connections—and on many WI-Fi connections, as well.
• 2.5 Admins
• JingPad A1 (DVT) review, part 1
• PIck: ethr — Ethr is a Comprehensive Network Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP & ICMP.

Plus we'll share some gadget gift ideas, and what we're building for the holidays.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Cassidy James Blaede.

Support LINUX Unplugged

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• Thermal testing Raspberry Pi 4 - Raspberry Pi
• Black Friday Sale is almost done!
• Librem 5 backers have begun receiving their Linux phones
• Richi’s Blog - ZeroNet
• Here’s An Early Look at the PinePhone Developer Edition (Video) - OMG! Ubuntu!
• Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera ⋅ elementary Blog
• Linux App Summit 2019
• Linux Headlines
• Get Together | Distros and Drinks
• Jupiter Extras - NOW ON YouTube
• Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram Jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram
• Giving the Gift of Linux.
• The gift of network backups
• backuppc - Docker Hub
• Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements – A black hole for Internet advertisements
• Free Backup Solution - Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition
• AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome: Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server
• Lakka - The DIY open source retrogaming emulation console
• RetroArch - runs on iOS/Apple TV and Android for tablets and phones, as well as on game consoles like PS2, PS3, PSP, PS Vita, Wii, Wii U, 2DS, 3DS, Switch, and more! (what Lakka uses)
• Amazon.com: Retroflag NESPi Case+ Plus with USB Wired Game Controllers & Cooling Fan & Heatsinks for RetroPie Raspberry Pi 3/2 Model B & Raspberry Pi 3B+: Computers & Accessories
• Lee Seymour on Twitter: “@ChrisLAS @Raspberry_Pi There’s a Gameboy clone that runs on a Pi Zero.” / Twitter
• Odroid GO - Retro gaming based on the ESP32 microcontroller
• Adafruit Pi GRRL 2.0 - Handheld gaming based on the Raspberry Pi - Case and Pi not included
• Pimoroni Picade Cabinet Kit - Mini arcade cabinet based on the Raspberry Pi (Pi not included)
• jellyfin/jellyfin-kodi: Kodi app for Jellyfin
• Dennis Hoshield on Twitter: “@ChrisLAS @Raspberry_Pi The options are endless! I built a frame for the LCD panel and controller, and velcro’d a wood case enclosed R pi to it. https://t.co/ncS9UmPtK7” / Twitter
• OSMC - (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open source media player based on Linux. Founded in 2014, OSMC lets you play back media from your local network, attached storage and the Internet.
• OSMC’s Vero 4k + - £99 - Pair the power of OSMC with hardware anyone can use.
• Hass.io
• Installing Hass.io - Home Assistant
• Kasa Smart WiFi Plug Mini by TP-Link
• Holiday Light Show - System76 Weekend Project
• Strobe Audio — Open Source Multiroom Music System
• Pi-DAC+ I2S audiophile sound card for Raspberry Pi
• badaix/snapcast: Synchronous multi-room audio player
• Pi MusicBox - A Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Music player for the Raspberry Pi, with remote control
• Mopidy
• Open Media Vault - openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux.
• Orange Pi Zero
• Pioneer FreedomBox Home Server Kit
• Overview | FreedomBox - Personal Server at Home
• Self healing reverse SSH setup with systemd
• OpenSSH/Cookbook/Proxies and Jump Hosts - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
• Self-healing SSH Tunnel with autossh by jnsgruk
• IPv6 VPN · Slexy.org Pastebin
• 6tunnel · Slexy.org Pastebin
• 6tunnel: Tunnelling for application that don’t speak IPv6
• Ubuntu Manpage: 6tunnel - tunnelling for application that don’t speak IPv6
• DS-Lite – IPv4 over IPv6 and NAT | Citrix Blogs
• This Month in Mutter & GNOME Shell | November 2019 – GNOME Shell & Mutter Dev

Plus we complete our Red Hat arc by giving Silverblue the full workstation shakedown, Drew shares his complete review, and we discuss the loss of Antergros.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Cassidy James Blaede, and Drew DeVore.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• Antergos Linux Project Ends — Today, we are announcing the end of this project. As many of you probably noticed over the past several months, we no longer have enough free time to properly maintain Antergos.
• The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference — OS-wide dark styles are hard. For ages you’ve been able to forcibly change out the system style on GTK, KDE, Android and Windows with something that’s dark by default instead of light, but this causes issues when apps don’t expect it
• WireGuard in NetworkManager — NetworkManager 1.16 got native support for WireGuard VPN tunnels
• GDC 2019 Developer Session: First Light - Bringing DOOM to Stadia — The inside story of how DOOM came to life on Stadia.
• System Builder - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core, Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC, P300 ATX Mid Tower
• User Error
• The Friday Stream Episode 4: The Techxorcist — Chris tries to convince Brent to take a buddies trip, we try to get the audience a discount chicken deal, and Ell’s trying to get out of a locked server room.
• Texas Linux Fest 2019 — Texas Linux Fest is an annual Linux and open source software event for Texas and the surrounding region.
• Mobile Apps Now Open to Community Edition students - Linux Academy Blog — Starting with today’s release (3.0), Community Edition students will be able to log in and use the our mobile apps
• Team Silverblue — Before we chose the name Team Silverblue, the team was the Fedora Atomic Workstation SIG, and the Atomic Workstation is what we are producing, now under its new name, Silverblue. At its core, it is a variant of the Fedora Workstation which uses rpm-ostree to provide an immutable OS image with reliable updates and easy rollbacks.
• MineTime — MineTime is part of a research project to build a modern, multi-platform, AI-powered calendar application.
• New Guake Drop-Down Terminal PPA (Ubuntu And Linux Mint Installation) - Linux Uprising Blog — Guake is a drop-down terminal for the GNOME desktop which includes split terminal functionality, session save/restore, support for transparency, and many other features.

Plus an update on our PeerTube efforts, our take Android P, and Lenovo’s big commitment to ThinkPad’s running Linux.

Special Guests: Alan Pope, Cassidy James Blaede, Danielle Foré, and Eric Hendricks.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• July ended with 3.97M startups of #PowerShell Core 6!. ~82% of it on #Linux!
• Linux Kernel TCP implementation vulnerable to Denial of Service
• Common Fedora Workstation Crashes Traced Back to GNOME JavaScript Extensions
• GNOME Might Need To Crack Down On Their JavaScript Extensions
• Moving Beyond Themes
• Daniel Foré on Twitter
• A New Chapter – Cassidy James Blaede
• Please welcome Lenovo to the LVFS
• Recently added PeerTube videos
• Android 9 Pie
• Install Transitions DJ for Linux, Linux apps in seconds
• GPG Sync v0.2