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    <title>LINUX Unplugged - Episodes Tagged with “Functional Programming”</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <title>452: Synapse Collapse</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>How we nearly crashed our Matrix server; what we did wrong and how we're fixing it.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>How we nearly crashed our Matrix server; what we did wrong and how we're fixing it.
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 (https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Expression_Language)
  Setup at least one Nix/NixOS system (https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/).
  Install htop (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix).
  Join the Nix Nerds Matrix channel (https://linuxunplugged.com/matrixinfo).
  Post a screenshot in the NixOS Challenge GitHub (https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixos-challenge/).
  Complete all the above before the end of April. Special Guest: Danielle Foré.
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    <![CDATA[<p>How we nearly crashed our Matrix server; what we did wrong and how we&#39;re fixing it.</p>

<p>Plus an update on elementary OS, GNOME&#39;s next chapter, and we kick off the NixOS Challenge.</p>

<h3>NixOS Challenge Goals:</h3>

<ul>
<li>  Study the <a href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Expression_Language" rel="nofollow">Nix Expression Language</a></li>
<li>  Setup at least one <a href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/" rel="nofollow">Nix/NixOS system</a>.</li>
<li>  Install <a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix" rel="nofollow">htop</a>.</li>
<li>  Join the <a href="https://linuxunplugged.com/matrixinfo" rel="nofollow">Nix Nerds Matrix channel</a>.</li>
<li>  Post a screenshot in the <a href="https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixos-challenge/" rel="nofollow">NixOS Challenge GitHub</a>.</li>
<li>  Complete all the above before the end of April.</li>
</ul><p>Special Guest: Danielle Foré.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">Linode Cloud Hosting</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. </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="I made this bash script to build Linux from Scratch automatically." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/tuq1p3/i_made_this_bash_script_to_build_linux_from/">I made this bash script to build Linux from Scratch automatically.</a></li><li><a title="JB Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="http://meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting">JB Meetup</a></li><li><a title="Farewell, elementary" rel="nofollow" href="https://cassidyjames.com/blog/farewell-elementary/">Farewell, elementary</a></li><li><a title="Livestream with Danielle Foré" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khvm9nldnNc">Livestream with Danielle Foré</a></li><li><a title="Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond – Chris’s Design &amp; Development" rel="nofollow" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/christopherdavis/2022/04/03/plans-for-gnome-43-and-beyond/">Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond – Chris’s Design &amp; Development</a> &mdash; 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.</li><li><a title="Fractal" rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal">Fractal</a></li><li><a title="GNOME Weather" rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-weather">GNOME Weather</a></li><li><a title="Various things in the GNOME ecosystem" rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/dashboard/merge_requests?scope=all&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;state=all&amp;author_username=BrainBlasted">Various things in the GNOME ecosystem</a></li><li><a title="Synapse Workers Docs" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/workers.md">Synapse Workers Docs</a></li><li><a title="Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs" rel="nofollow" href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.html">Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter Extras: March Boost Battle" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/84">Jupiter Extras: March Boost Battle</a></li><li><a title="Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="http://fountain.fm/">Fountain.FM</a> &mdash; Share podcast clips and support creators with Bitcoin.</li><li><a title="Nix Expression Language" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/">Nix Expression Language</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Manual" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/">NixOS Manual</a></li><li><a title="Nix Nerds Matrix channel" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/matrixinfo">Nix Nerds Matrix channel</a></li><li><a title="nixpkgs" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs">nixpkgs</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixos-challenge">NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub</a></li><li><a title="osmbtc.org" rel="nofollow" href="http://osmbtc.org/">osmbtc.org</a> &mdash; OSM BTC is an open Fund initiative which has a primary goal to support OpenStreetMap contributors by small donations via Bitcoin.</li><li><a title="UserLAnd" rel="nofollow" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.ula&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US">UserLAnd</a> &mdash; UserLAnd is an open-source app which allows you to run several Linux distributions like Ubuntu.</li><li><a title="CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd">CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd</a> &mdash; Main UserLAnd Repository</li><li><a title="Termux" rel="nofollow" href="https://termux.com/">Termux</a> &mdash; Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android.</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>How we nearly crashed our Matrix server; what we did wrong and how we&#39;re fixing it.</p>

<p>Plus an update on elementary OS, GNOME&#39;s next chapter, and we kick off the NixOS Challenge.</p>

<h3>NixOS Challenge Goals:</h3>

<ul>
<li>  Study the <a href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Expression_Language" rel="nofollow">Nix Expression Language</a></li>
<li>  Setup at least one <a href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/" rel="nofollow">Nix/NixOS system</a>.</li>
<li>  Install <a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix" rel="nofollow">htop</a>.</li>
<li>  Join the <a href="https://linuxunplugged.com/matrixinfo" rel="nofollow">Nix Nerds Matrix channel</a>.</li>
<li>  Post a screenshot in the <a href="https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixos-challenge/" rel="nofollow">NixOS Challenge GitHub</a>.</li>
<li>  Complete all the above before the end of April.</li>
</ul><p>Special Guest: Danielle Foré.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">Linode Cloud Hosting</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. </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="I made this bash script to build Linux from Scratch automatically." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/tuq1p3/i_made_this_bash_script_to_build_linux_from/">I made this bash script to build Linux from Scratch automatically.</a></li><li><a title="JB Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="http://meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting">JB Meetup</a></li><li><a title="Farewell, elementary" rel="nofollow" href="https://cassidyjames.com/blog/farewell-elementary/">Farewell, elementary</a></li><li><a title="Livestream with Danielle Foré" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khvm9nldnNc">Livestream with Danielle Foré</a></li><li><a title="Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond – Chris’s Design &amp; Development" rel="nofollow" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/christopherdavis/2022/04/03/plans-for-gnome-43-and-beyond/">Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond – Chris’s Design &amp; Development</a> &mdash; 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.</li><li><a title="Fractal" rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal">Fractal</a></li><li><a title="GNOME Weather" rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-weather">GNOME Weather</a></li><li><a title="Various things in the GNOME ecosystem" rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/dashboard/merge_requests?scope=all&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;state=all&amp;author_username=BrainBlasted">Various things in the GNOME ecosystem</a></li><li><a title="Synapse Workers Docs" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/workers.md">Synapse Workers Docs</a></li><li><a title="Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs" rel="nofollow" href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.html">Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter Extras: March Boost Battle" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/84">Jupiter Extras: March Boost Battle</a></li><li><a title="Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="http://fountain.fm/">Fountain.FM</a> &mdash; Share podcast clips and support creators with Bitcoin.</li><li><a title="Nix Expression Language" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/">Nix Expression Language</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Manual" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/">NixOS Manual</a></li><li><a title="Nix Nerds Matrix channel" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/matrixinfo">Nix Nerds Matrix channel</a></li><li><a title="nixpkgs" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs">nixpkgs</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixos-challenge">NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub</a></li><li><a title="osmbtc.org" rel="nofollow" href="http://osmbtc.org/">osmbtc.org</a> &mdash; OSM BTC is an open Fund initiative which has a primary goal to support OpenStreetMap contributors by small donations via Bitcoin.</li><li><a title="UserLAnd" rel="nofollow" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.ula&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US">UserLAnd</a> &mdash; UserLAnd is an open-source app which allows you to run several Linux distributions like Ubuntu.</li><li><a title="CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd">CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd</a> &mdash; Main UserLAnd Repository</li><li><a title="Termux" rel="nofollow" href="https://termux.com/">Termux</a> &mdash; Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android.</li></ul>]]>
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  <title>451: The NixOS Challenge</title>
  <link>https://linuxunplugged.com/451</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Jupiter Broadcasting</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We explore what makes NixOS so powerful, and why it might be the future of all Linux distributions.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>We explore what makes NixOS so powerful, and why it might be the future of all Linux distributions.
Plus we announce a community-wide NixOS challenge for the month of April. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>We explore what makes NixOS so powerful, and why it might be the future of all Linux distributions.</p>

<p>Plus we announce a community-wide NixOS challenge for the month of April.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">Linode Cloud Hosting</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. </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="JB Meetups" rel="nofollow" href="http://meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting">JB Meetups</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS">NixOS Wiki</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Manual" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html">NixOS Manual</a></li><li><a title="Nix - Introduction" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/">Nix - Introduction</a></li><li><a title="Cheatsheet - NixOS Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.wiki/index.php?title=Cheatsheet&amp;useskin=vector">Cheatsheet - NixOS Wiki</a></li><li><a title="What Is Nix — Developer Tooling" rel="nofollow" href="https://shopify.engineering/what-is-nix">What Is Nix — Developer Tooling</a></li><li><a title="Nix Pills" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/">Nix Pills</a></li><li><a title="NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/03/nixos_linux_os_design/">NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Package Search" rel="nofollow" href="https://search.nixos.org/packages">NixOS Package Search</a></li><li><a title="Consolidation in podcasting: happening fast" rel="nofollow" href="https://podnews.net/update/consolidation-buy">Consolidation in podcasting: happening fast</a></li><li><a title="BeardedTek-com/fEVR" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/beardedtek-com/fevr">BeardedTek-com/fEVR</a> &mdash; frigate Event Video Recorder.</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We explore what makes NixOS so powerful, and why it might be the future of all Linux distributions.</p>

<p>Plus we announce a community-wide NixOS challenge for the month of April.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">Linode Cloud Hosting</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://linode.com/unplugged">A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. </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="JB Meetups" rel="nofollow" href="http://meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting">JB Meetups</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS">NixOS Wiki</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Manual" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html">NixOS Manual</a></li><li><a title="Nix - Introduction" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/">Nix - Introduction</a></li><li><a title="Cheatsheet - NixOS Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.wiki/index.php?title=Cheatsheet&amp;useskin=vector">Cheatsheet - NixOS Wiki</a></li><li><a title="What Is Nix — Developer Tooling" rel="nofollow" href="https://shopify.engineering/what-is-nix">What Is Nix — Developer Tooling</a></li><li><a title="Nix Pills" rel="nofollow" href="https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/">Nix Pills</a></li><li><a title="NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/03/nixos_linux_os_design/">NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Package Search" rel="nofollow" href="https://search.nixos.org/packages">NixOS Package Search</a></li><li><a title="Consolidation in podcasting: happening fast" rel="nofollow" href="https://podnews.net/update/consolidation-buy">Consolidation in podcasting: happening fast</a></li><li><a title="BeardedTek-com/fEVR" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/beardedtek-com/fevr">BeardedTek-com/fEVR</a> &mdash; frigate Event Video Recorder.</li></ul>]]>
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