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  <itunes:subtitle>After all the AI hype is over, one change for Linux will be sticking around; we put it to the test.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>After all the AI hype is over, one change for Linux will be sticking around; we put it to the test.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Nebula</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://1password.com/unplugged">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://1password.com/unplugged">Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">CrowdHealth</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a> Promo Code: UNPLUGGED</li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/unplugged">Unraid</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/unplugged">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="SeaGL 2025" rel="nofollow" href="https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/">SeaGL 2025</a> &mdash; November 7-8, 2025 in Seattle, WA</li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/">LinuxFest Northwest</a></li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/linuxfest-northwest-2026">LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers</a></li><li><a title="SCALE 23x - Southern California Linux Expo" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x">SCALE 23x - Southern California Linux Expo</a> &mdash; North America's largest community-run open source conference. Pasadena, CA - March 5-8, 2026</li><li><a title="SCALE - Call for Presentations" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/cfp">SCALE - Call for Presentations</a></li><li><a title="Planet Nix &#39;26" rel="nofollow" href="https://planetnix.com/">Planet Nix '26</a> &mdash; March 5th-6th, 2026 @ Pasadena, CA</li><li><a title="Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/planet-nix-2026/">Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals</a></li><li><a title="LINUX Unplugged 481: Just a Prompt Away" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/481">LINUX Unplugged 481: Just a Prompt Away</a> &mdash; The Internet is going crazy with AI-generated media. What's the open-source story, and is Linux being left out?</li><li><a title="Red Hat eyes developer workflow efficiency, app modernization gains with new AI tools" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.itpro.com/software/development/red-hat-eyes-developer-workflow-efficiency-app-modernization-gains-with-new-ai-tools">Red Hat eyes developer workflow efficiency, app modernization gains with new AI tools</a> &mdash; An AI assistant specifically designed for application migration and modernization looks to reduce developer toil</li><li><a title="SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 Announced: &quot;Enterprise Linux That Integrates Agentic AI&quot;" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-SLES-16-Released">SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 Announced: "Enterprise Linux That Integrates Agentic AI"</a> &mdash; SUSE's announcement today for SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 proclaims SLES 16 to be "the industry's first enterprise Linux that integrates agenetic AI" and "reduces operational costs and complexity through AI readiness."</li><li><a title="openSUSE on Hugging Face" rel="nofollow" href="https://huggingface.co/openSUSE">openSUSE on Hugging Face</a></li><li><a title="ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe">ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a> &mdash; A riced up Hyprland desktop running ontop of NixOS.</li><li><a title="Pull requests - ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pulls">Pull requests - ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="feat: add comprehensive sops-nix integration by shift · PR #15 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pull/15">feat: add comprehensive sops-nix integration by shift · PR #15 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="Add options for username, group, home directory by samh · PR #8 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pull/8">Add options for username, group, home directory by samh · PR #8 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="Create variables for user and home dir by F-bit818 · PR #5 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pull/5">Create variables for user and home dir by F-bit818 · PR #5 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="LM Studio - Local AI on your computer" rel="nofollow" href="https://lmstudio.ai/">LM Studio - Local AI on your computer</a></li><li><a title="Zed — The editor for what&#39;s next" rel="nofollow" href="https://zed.dev/">Zed — The editor for what's next</a></li><li><a title="Cursor: The best way to code with AI" rel="nofollow" href="https://cursor.com/">Cursor: The best way to code with AI</a></li><li><a title="Nixbook" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook">Nixbook</a> &mdash; Convert your old computer to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.</li><li><a title="nixbook/base.nix" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook/blob/main/base.nix">nixbook/base.nix</a> &mdash; Roast my Nix: Not-a-flake edition!</li><li><a title="Jupiter Broadcasting&#39;s Colony Events" rel="nofollow" href="https://colonyevents.com/events/">Jupiter Broadcasting's Colony Events</a></li><li><a title="Pick: duf" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/muesli/duf">Pick: duf</a> &mdash; Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative.</li><li><a title="Pick: cheat.sh" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh?tab=readme-ov-file">Pick: cheat.sh</a> &mdash; the only cheat sheet you need.</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>After all the AI hype is over, one change for Linux will be sticking around; we put it to the test.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Nebula</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://defined.net/unplugged">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://1password.com/unplugged">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://1password.com/unplugged">Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">CrowdHealth</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a> Promo Code: UNPLUGGED</li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/unplugged">Unraid</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/unplugged">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946">Support LINUX Unplugged</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="SeaGL 2025" rel="nofollow" href="https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/">SeaGL 2025</a> &mdash; November 7-8, 2025 in Seattle, WA</li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/">LinuxFest Northwest</a></li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/linuxfest-northwest-2026">LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Call for Speakers</a></li><li><a title="SCALE 23x - Southern California Linux Expo" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x">SCALE 23x - Southern California Linux Expo</a> &mdash; North America's largest community-run open source conference. Pasadena, CA - March 5-8, 2026</li><li><a title="SCALE - Call for Presentations" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/cfp">SCALE - Call for Presentations</a></li><li><a title="Planet Nix &#39;26" rel="nofollow" href="https://planetnix.com/">Planet Nix '26</a> &mdash; March 5th-6th, 2026 @ Pasadena, CA</li><li><a title="Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals" rel="nofollow" href="https://sessionize.com/planet-nix-2026/">Planet Nix 2026: Call for Proposals</a></li><li><a title="LINUX Unplugged 481: Just a Prompt Away" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/481">LINUX Unplugged 481: Just a Prompt Away</a> &mdash; The Internet is going crazy with AI-generated media. What's the open-source story, and is Linux being left out?</li><li><a title="Red Hat eyes developer workflow efficiency, app modernization gains with new AI tools" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.itpro.com/software/development/red-hat-eyes-developer-workflow-efficiency-app-modernization-gains-with-new-ai-tools">Red Hat eyes developer workflow efficiency, app modernization gains with new AI tools</a> &mdash; An AI assistant specifically designed for application migration and modernization looks to reduce developer toil</li><li><a title="SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 Announced: &quot;Enterprise Linux That Integrates Agentic AI&quot;" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-SLES-16-Released">SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 Announced: "Enterprise Linux That Integrates Agentic AI"</a> &mdash; SUSE's announcement today for SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 proclaims SLES 16 to be "the industry's first enterprise Linux that integrates agenetic AI" and "reduces operational costs and complexity through AI readiness."</li><li><a title="openSUSE on Hugging Face" rel="nofollow" href="https://huggingface.co/openSUSE">openSUSE on Hugging Face</a></li><li><a title="ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe">ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a> &mdash; A riced up Hyprland desktop running ontop of NixOS.</li><li><a title="Pull requests - ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pulls">Pull requests - ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="feat: add comprehensive sops-nix integration by shift · PR #15 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pull/15">feat: add comprehensive sops-nix integration by shift · PR #15 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="Add options for username, group, home directory by samh · PR #8 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pull/8">Add options for username, group, home directory by samh · PR #8 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="Create variables for user and home dir by F-bit818 · PR #5 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/hyprvibe/pull/5">Create variables for user and home dir by F-bit818 · PR #5 · ChrisLAS/hyprvibe</a></li><li><a title="LM Studio - Local AI on your computer" rel="nofollow" href="https://lmstudio.ai/">LM Studio - Local AI on your computer</a></li><li><a title="Zed — The editor for what&#39;s next" rel="nofollow" href="https://zed.dev/">Zed — The editor for what's next</a></li><li><a title="Cursor: The best way to code with AI" rel="nofollow" href="https://cursor.com/">Cursor: The best way to code with AI</a></li><li><a title="Nixbook" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook">Nixbook</a> &mdash; Convert your old computer to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.</li><li><a title="nixbook/base.nix" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook/blob/main/base.nix">nixbook/base.nix</a> &mdash; Roast my Nix: Not-a-flake edition!</li><li><a title="Jupiter Broadcasting&#39;s Colony Events" rel="nofollow" href="https://colonyevents.com/events/">Jupiter Broadcasting's Colony Events</a></li><li><a title="Pick: duf" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/muesli/duf">Pick: duf</a> &mdash; Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative.</li><li><a title="Pick: cheat.sh" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh?tab=readme-ov-file">Pick: cheat.sh</a> &mdash; the only cheat sheet you need.</li></ul>]]>
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