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• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
• 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
• Ad-Free Viewing By Showing Your Support During The Phoronix Oktoberfest / Autumn Sale — Through the end of the month (30 September), you can enjoy premium at the Oktoberfest rate. The normal Phoronix Premium rate is $45 USD per year or $250 for a lifetime subscription but for this year's Oktoberfest deal, you can go premium for just $30 per year or $150 for a lifetime subscription.
• 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.

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• Nebula: Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.
• 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
• Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.

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• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
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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 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

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• Nix Vegas - Extended CFP, and a sneak preview
• Nix Vegas CFP
• Bluefin | The Next Generation Linux Workstation
• Four Years of Universal Blue
• chad-russell/nix-blue: uBlue derivative with nix compatibility
• karypid/bluenix: Bluefin with /nix
• thrix/nix-toolbox: Fedora toolbox with nix.
• add nix using either the determine systems nix installer or the vanilla installer · Issue #2371 · ublue-os/bluefin
• Include smallest pieces necessary to make installing Nix easier · Issue #765 · ublue-os/main
• Recommend homebrew as the default · Issue #576 · ublue-os/bluefin
• feat: homebrew on image by m2Giles · Pull Request #1293 · ublue-os/bluefin
• Add support for ostree-based Linux distributions by Hofer-Julian · Pull Request #586 · DeterminateSystems/nix-installer
• Ostree installation breaks with composefs changes in Fedora 42 · Issue #1445 · DeterminateSystems/nix-installer
• Arbitrary top level mount points and composefs (#26) · Issue · fedora/bootc/tracker
• composefs: The reliability of disk images, the flexibility of files
• ublue-os/bluefin: The next generation Linux workstation, designed for reliability, performance, and sustainability.
• ublue-os/image-template: Build your own custom Universal Blue Image!
• amyos
• veneos: Bootc images based on Fedora Atomic & Fedora CoreOS
• m2os
• bos: Customized OS images based on Universal Blue
• Building Locally | Bluefin
• ublue-os/cayo: A bootc server image for your self-hosting needs
• Zach: Easy Omarchy update and install.
• CommonArch
• JaKooLit's Hyprland setups
• Pick: bitchat — A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks. No internet required, no servers, no phone numbers. It's the side-groupchat.
• Bitchat: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes
• bitchat-android: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes
• bitchat privacy
• Jack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security | TechCrunch
• LINUX Unplugged 459: Better than Butter
• Briar — Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in.
• Obtainium: Get Android app updates straight from the source.

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• LINUX Unplugged 566: Chef's Choice Ubuntu
• Omarchy — Opinionated Arch/Hyprland Setup By DHH
• The Omarchy Manual
• Omacom: Opinionated Linux
• DHH on X — "Omarchy is ready! Hyprland + Arch have never been so easy. Everything comes preconfigured, preinstalled, and with six beautiful themes in the box. This is the smoothest, most pleasant operating system I've ever had under my fingers.
• DHH on X — "Huge kudos to @vaxryy for making Hyprland! I've been so impressed with his creation that I've committed to a €1,000/month support level for at least a year as a token of my appreciation. Consider chipping in if you end up digging it too.
• Good Linux Hardware · The Omarchy Manual · DHH
• DHH on X — "Next step for Omarchy is clearly to level up to become a full distro. Then convince @FrameworkPuter and @Beelinkofficial to offer it preloaded. Going to will The Year of Linux into existence!"
• thalys on X — @dhh I'm a designer using macs for work in the past 14y. no linux experience. decided to jump straight into omarchy and i'm lovin it. already made a small theme for myself, some binds using grim/slurppy/satty to emulate cleanshot, replaced dropbox with owncloud on waybar, etc.
• Elvinas Predkelis on X — "All right, Omarchy is quite something. It's been a while back since I've last used Linux as a daily driver. But Omarchy is a breeze - snappy, intuitive and a joy to use. Some personal tweaks here and there, adding Ghostty and it's a dream machine. Thank you @dhh 🙏
• DHH on X — "Mainstream Linux distros have been focused for too long on being as similar to Windows and Mac as possible to ease adoption. I've come to believe this isn't the way. Linux needs to embrace its own aesthetic, its own ethos, unapologetically. Lean into rice and TUIs!"
• DHH discusses Linux and Omarchy @ Typecraft - YouTube
• DHH - Get in losers, we're moving to Linux!
• Good Linux Hardware · Omacom · DHH
• ODROID-H4+ – ODROID
• H4 Mini-ITX Kit – ODROID — a kit that adapts the form factor so that the H4 board can be mounted on a Mini-ITX case for a desktop PC or a DIY-NAS.
• ODROID and Chill - Self-Hosted 138 — Brent joins to share part two of his NAS build adventure, and things take a tiny turn. Plus, picking the right encrypted chat app and Chris stacks a few Jellyfin wins.
• Hotkeys · The Omarchy Manual · DHH
• Neovim · The Omarchy Manual · DHH
• TUIs · The Omarchy Manual · DHH
• Dotfiles · The Omarchy Manual · DHH
• Mise — lets you install and run multiple versions of a programming language on the same machine. It's like rbenv or rvm for Ruby or virtualenv for Python, but it works for a bunch of different environments
• mise-plugins/mise-nix: Mise Nix Flake Plugin
• PewDiePie - I installed Linux (so should you) - YouTube
• PewDiePie - I'm DONE with Google - YouTube
• You'd Better Run - GitHub
• Eurobot Germany 2025 Finals First Round - DDoS vs M.A.M.U.T - YouTube
• GitHub - OpenTollGate/tollgate — TollGate enables WiFi routers to accept Bitcoin payments for internet access.
• Pick: gemini-cli — An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
• Pick: sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic 🕵️‍♂️

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• Meshtastic Linux-Native Application
• MeshMap — Meshtastic Node Map
• LINUX Unplugged 269 — What if desktop computing went a very different direction in the late 90s? Deeply multithreaded from the start, fast, intuitive, and extremely stable. This is the world of Haiku, and we go for a visit.
• The Dawn of Haiku OS — Haiku, unlike its more established competitors, is exceedingly good at tackling one of the toughest challenges of modern computing: multicore microprocessors. Let's take a look at why that is, how Haiku came to be, and whether the operating system running on your computer really performs as well as it should.
• Haiku Project History
• Haiku R1/beta5 Release Notes — The fifth beta for Haiku R1 over a year and a half of hard work to improve Haiku’s hardware support and its overall stability, and to make lots more software ports available for use.
• docker-qemu-haiku — A Docker image for the Haiku operating system.
• golang-haiku/go — The Haiku port of the Go programming language for upstream support. Changes are made in 'golang-1.11-haiku' or 'golang-haiku-master'.
• Using the remote app server | Haiku Project
• JB Haiku Server
• Lighttpd
• DHH Talks Apple, Linux, and Running Servers
• Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!
• dadjoke-cli
• colmena
• spectorus' NixOS Config
• Pick: rustpad — Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required
• Is the Nostr moment officially here?

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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 "Year of Linux on the Desktop" 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
• Membership Summer Discount — Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!
• 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.
• helipad-flake — A Nix flake to provide a helipad package and NixOS module. Intended for use with nix-bitcoin.
• kthresher: Tool to remove unused kernels in Debian/Ubuntu
• 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.