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• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
• 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.

Plus, we follow up on Brent's never-ending desktop distro search and Chris' new Linux rig.

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• Just a bunch of idiots having fun—a photo history of the LAN party
• Introducing Shufflecake — Shufflecake is a tool for Linux that allows creation of multiple hidden volumes on a storage device in such a way that it is very difficult, even under forensic inspection, to prove the existence of such volumes. Each volume is encrypted with a different secret key, scrambled across the empty space of an underlying existing storage medium, and indistinguishable from random noise when not decrypted.
• Hidden Filesystem Design and Improvement - Elia Anzuoni — We propose a novel design, a scheme called Shufflecake, which targets a more balanced compromise between performance and security. The level of deniability it offers, while not protecting against attacks in the most stringent threat model, is sufficient in many practical scenarios.
• Tommaso Gagliardoni’s Homepage
• Linux kernel module for Shufflecake
• Shufflecake Userland Tools
• Fedora upgrade failed due to dep failure
• Comparing openSUSE MicroOS and Fedora Silverblue 37
• Scaling Mastodon is Impossible
• Using Mastodon for comments on a static blog
• TwitterToNitter — Bookmarklet that shows the current Twitter page on Nitter. On every click it choses a random Nitter instance.
• libredirect — A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.