web01.fireside.fm Sat, 09 May 2026 09:06:05 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) LINUX Unplugged - Episodes Tagged with “Smart Home” https://linuxunplugged.com/tags/smart%20home Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:45:00 -0700 An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux. en-us episodic Weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests and tons of opinion. Jupiter Broadcasting An open show powered by community LINUX Unplugged takes the best attributes of open collaboration and turns it into a weekly show about Linux. no Jupiter Broadcasting chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com 662: The GitHub Diet https://linuxunplugged.com/662 52b7742f-dfd6-4a64-8326-c48c15262651 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:45:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release. 1:24:39 no <p>Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release. </p> Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, Forgejo, Gitea, opengist, Sécurix, sshroute, rendercv, ESPHome, NixOS, Linux 7.0, Btrfs, XFS, EXT4, BPF, self hosted git, git, homelab, self hosting, version control, linux kernel, scheduler, rust in linux, filesystem, storage, nas, hardware security, government tech, data sovereignty, software freedom, FOSS, proprietary software, Microsoft, centralized platforms, Copilot criticism, federation, homelab storage, SSH, networking, CV resume, smart home, IoT, ESP32, Home Assistant, i486 deprecation, Software Freedom Conservancy, SFC, Phoronix, Codeberg, Open Home Foundation, Fountain, AI agents, opencode, Linux desktop, practical AI, big tech criticism, code hosting, declarative configuration, configuration as code, systems programming, async io, kernel tracing, process scheduler, self-healing filesystem, embedded firmware, resume generation, job search, Give Up Github, Git up offa that thang, CI/CD, network-aware SSH router, Apollo Automation, ESPHome Starter Kit, network automation, open source license, yaml, visual programming, motion sensor, environmental sensor, smart lighting, physical computing Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release.

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  • Linux 7.0: Btrfs — A translation layer of logical block addresses that allows changes without moving or rewriting blocks for relocation
  • Linux 7.0: XFS — Autonomous self-healing; delivers live filesystem health events to userspace for automatic repairs
  • Linux 7.0: EXT4 — Improves write performance for concurrent direct I/O writes
  • Linux 7.0: IO-uring — Adds support for BPF filtering to IO_uring for high performance async I/O
  • Linux 7.0: Scheduler — Scheduler updates land with time slice extension, performance and scalability work for high core count systems
  • Linux 7.0: Rust — Formally concluding the 'Rust experiment'; Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay
  • Linux 7.1: i486 — Begins phasing out Intel 486 CPU support; no known Linux distributions still ship with i486 support
  • Give Up GitHub — We realize this is not an easy task; GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their effective marketing, GitHub has convinced FOSS developers that GitHub is the best (and even the only) place for FOSS development.
  • opengist — Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
  • Forgejo on Codeberg — Beyond coding. We forge.
  • Forgejo — Self-hosted alternative to GitHub; liberate your software from proprietary shackles with a familiar environment
  • NixOS Wiki: Forgejo — Lightweight software forge; completely free software and a fork of Gitea
  • Forgejo Actions — Reusable pieces of code for CI workflows; compatible with GitHub Actions
  • NixOS Forgejo Actions Runner — NixOS configuration for turnkey deployment of Forgejo Actions runners
  • Forgejo Federation (PR #10453) — Work-in-progress for federated repositories; enabling decentralized software development
  • Forgejo Snippets (Issue #1069) — Create a shareable piece of text, be it code or plain text, publicly or privately
  • Git Novice Guide — Free interactive tutorial; learn version control with Git from scratch
  • Pick: sshroute — Network-aware SSH router - routes connections to different IPs/ports/keys/jump hosts based on active VPN or network
  • Pick: rendercv — Resume builder for academics and engineers
  • Pick: ESPHome Starter Kit — DIY sensor kit for Home Assistant with ESPHome; build your own smart home devices
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  • 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
  • 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
  • LinuxFest Northwest 2026 — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington
  • LFNW2026 Schedule
  • Linux 7.0: Btrfs — A translation layer of logical block addresses that allows changes without moving or rewriting blocks for relocation
  • Linux 7.0: XFS — Autonomous self-healing; delivers live filesystem health events to userspace for automatic repairs
  • Linux 7.0: EXT4 — Improves write performance for concurrent direct I/O writes
  • Linux 7.0: IO-uring — Adds support for BPF filtering to IO_uring for high performance async I/O
  • Linux 7.0: Scheduler — Scheduler updates land with time slice extension, performance and scalability work for high core count systems
  • Linux 7.0: Rust — Formally concluding the 'Rust experiment'; Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay
  • Linux 7.1: i486 — Begins phasing out Intel 486 CPU support; no known Linux distributions still ship with i486 support
  • Give Up GitHub — We realize this is not an easy task; GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their effective marketing, GitHub has convinced FOSS developers that GitHub is the best (and even the only) place for FOSS development.
  • opengist — Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
  • Forgejo on Codeberg — Beyond coding. We forge.
  • Forgejo — Self-hosted alternative to GitHub; liberate your software from proprietary shackles with a familiar environment
  • NixOS Wiki: Forgejo — Lightweight software forge; completely free software and a fork of Gitea
  • Forgejo Actions — Reusable pieces of code for CI workflows; compatible with GitHub Actions
  • NixOS Forgejo Actions Runner — NixOS configuration for turnkey deployment of Forgejo Actions runners
  • Forgejo Federation (PR #10453) — Work-in-progress for federated repositories; enabling decentralized software development
  • Forgejo Snippets (Issue #1069) — Create a shareable piece of text, be it code or plain text, publicly or privately
  • Git Novice Guide — Free interactive tutorial; learn version control with Git from scratch
  • Pick: sshroute — Network-aware SSH router - routes connections to different IPs/ports/keys/jump hosts based on active VPN or network
  • Pick: rendercv — Resume builder for academics and engineers
  • Pick: ESPHome Starter Kit — DIY sensor kit for Home Assistant with ESPHome; build your own smart home devices
]]> 637: Chris’ Smart Home Disaster https://linuxunplugged.com/637 863ea8c8-c572-4b88-bfb4-e03fe73280dd Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting The biggest failure in seven years, right before a trip. What broke, how Chris pulled it back together, and how Wes would fix it right. 58:25 no <p>The biggest failure in seven years, right before a trip. What broke, how Chris pulled it back together, and how Wes would fix it right. </p> Jupiter Broadcasting, Linux Podcast, Linux Unplugged, open source, smart home, system failure, zigbee issue, device conflict, firmware update, hardware debugging, home assistant, yellow radio adapter, serial conflict, software recovery, low power, x86 build, home automation, storage limits, integration risks, future planning, protocol migration, zwave adoption The biggest failure in seven years, right before a trip. What broke, how Chris pulled it back together, and how Wes would fix it right.

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]]> 290: Proper Pi Pedigree https://linuxunplugged.com/290 bfe4547f-24d1-4ae9-a94e-1d8ba197e7b7 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:15:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system. 58:46 no <p>We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system.</p> <p>Plus some great news for Gnome users, OBS studio has a new funding model, and a nostalgic chat with our study buddy Kenny. Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.</p> KDE, Plasma, GNOME, Ubuntu, Latency, Mutter, OBS, live streaming, hardware acceleration, linux operating system fundamentals, raspberry pi, arm, embedded, ansible, home automation, ubuntu 18.04.2, LTS, Ubuntu MATE, MATE, 4.19, linux kernel, home assistant, openHAB, z-wave, mqtt, domoticz, alexa, google home, google assistant, smart assistant, smart home, smart lights, smart hub, automation, podcasting, podcast generator, subsync, open source, subtitles,Linux Podcast, Unplugged, Jupiter Broadcasting We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system.

Plus some great news for Gnome users, OBS studio has a new funding model, and a nostalgic chat with our study buddy Kenny.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.

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  • More GNOME Shell / Mutter Performance Optimizations & Latency Reductions Still Coming - Phoronix — Specifically on the Ubuntu front, Daniel has released a fix for Ubuntu 19.04 Disco and Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic to deal with 144/120Hz displays where GNOME's Mutter caps the rendering to 60 FPS. The fix for Ubuntu 18.10 is still being in the process of SRU'ed.
  • OBS Studio 23.0 Released With VA-API Video Encoding, New Audio Filters - Phoronix — OBS Studio 23.0 also has several new audio filters, batch remuxing support, multi-track audio support to FFmpeg output, and a variety of other alterations.
  • Open Broadcaster Software | New Ways to Support OBS Development — It’s amazing to think that the first version of OBS was publicly released over six years ago. What started out as a small side project by Hugh “Jim” Bailey to make a free and open source program to stream StarCraft 2 has grown into a powerful force in the streaming and video production industry. Hundreds of thousands of people use OBS Studio every day not just for video gaming, but also for broadcasting everything from conferences to sports competitions to school announcements. It’s a tool that can be used freely by anyone, from large studios with big budget productions to individuals who just want to engage with a community online.
  • Available Now: New GeForce-Optimized OBS — We have collaborated with OBS, the industry-leading streaming application, to help them release a new version with improved support for NVIDIA GPUs. The new OBS Studio, version 23.0, reduces the FPS impact of streaming by up to 66% compared to the previous version, meaning higher FPS for your games.
  • Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup
  • What’s Free at Linux Academy — March 2019 - Linux Academy Blog — Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group, allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
  • LiNUX Courses - Linux Operating System Fundamentals — Kenny first encountered Solaris UNIX while I was in the military, and found out about Linux through the grapevine. He has worked with Linux in local government, fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, and by providing training. I have received Linux certifications from LPI, CompTIA, and Red Hat. Kenny has been working with Linux for nearly two decades and is passionate about sharing his knowledge with others about the system, and strives to learn more about the operating system every day.
  • Raspberry Pi Updates Devices to Linux 4.19
  • Martin Wimpress on Twitter — This week I am working on @ubuntu_mate 18.04.2 images for the @Raspberry_Pi models 2 and 3/3+ Nothing exciting to report just yet, build system is configured and the root file system is being generated. Next up is adding the kernel and boot loader.
  • Python Wheels for the Raspberry Pi — piwheels is a Python package repository providing Arm platform wheels (pre-compiled binary Python packages) specifically for the Raspberry Pi, making pip installations much faster.
  • StableReleaseUpdates - Ubuntu Wiki — Once an Ubuntu release has been completed and published, updates for it are only released under certain circumstances, and must follow a special procedure called a "stable release update" or SRU.
  • OpenHab vs Home Assistant vs Domoticz - Best Open Source Home Automation
  • Awesome Home Assistant — Awesome Home Assistant is a curated list of awesome Home Assistant resources.
  • Home Assistant — Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.
  • openHAB — a vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software for your home.
  • Domoticz — Domoticz is a Home Automation system design to control various devices and receive input from various sensors.
  • IronicBadger: Home Assistant configuration files — This repository contains all configuration used to configure my home automation setup using Home Assistant. This is a living and breathing repository and as such is subject to change.
  • Linux Action Show special about Home Assistant — Our founder Paulus Schoutsen is interviewed by Chris Fisher for a Linux Action Show special about home automation, Hass.io and the new Home Assistant podcast.
  • smacke/subsync: Automagically synchronize subtitles with video.
  • Podcast Generator — Podcast Generator is an open source Content Management System written in PHP and specifically designed for podcast publishing. It provides the user with the tools to easily manage all of the aspects related to the publication of a podcast, from the upload of episodes to its submission to the iTunes store.
]]> We head to the Raspberry Pi corner and pick the very best open source home automation system.

Plus some great news for Gnome users, OBS studio has a new funding model, and a nostalgic chat with our study buddy Kenny.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar, Brent Gervais, and Martin Wimpress.

Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

  • More GNOME Shell / Mutter Performance Optimizations & Latency Reductions Still Coming - Phoronix — Specifically on the Ubuntu front, Daniel has released a fix for Ubuntu 19.04 Disco and Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic to deal with 144/120Hz displays where GNOME's Mutter caps the rendering to 60 FPS. The fix for Ubuntu 18.10 is still being in the process of SRU'ed.
  • OBS Studio 23.0 Released With VA-API Video Encoding, New Audio Filters - Phoronix — OBS Studio 23.0 also has several new audio filters, batch remuxing support, multi-track audio support to FFmpeg output, and a variety of other alterations.
  • Open Broadcaster Software | New Ways to Support OBS Development — It’s amazing to think that the first version of OBS was publicly released over six years ago. What started out as a small side project by Hugh “Jim” Bailey to make a free and open source program to stream StarCraft 2 has grown into a powerful force in the streaming and video production industry. Hundreds of thousands of people use OBS Studio every day not just for video gaming, but also for broadcasting everything from conferences to sports competitions to school announcements. It’s a tool that can be used freely by anyone, from large studios with big budget productions to individuals who just want to engage with a community online.
  • Available Now: New GeForce-Optimized OBS — We have collaborated with OBS, the industry-leading streaming application, to help them release a new version with improved support for NVIDIA GPUs. The new OBS Studio, version 23.0, reduces the FPS impact of streaming by up to 66% compared to the previous version, meaning higher FPS for your games.
  • Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup
  • What’s Free at Linux Academy — March 2019 - Linux Academy Blog — Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group, allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
  • LiNUX Courses - Linux Operating System Fundamentals — Kenny first encountered Solaris UNIX while I was in the military, and found out about Linux through the grapevine. He has worked with Linux in local government, fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, and by providing training. I have received Linux certifications from LPI, CompTIA, and Red Hat. Kenny has been working with Linux for nearly two decades and is passionate about sharing his knowledge with others about the system, and strives to learn more about the operating system every day.
  • Raspberry Pi Updates Devices to Linux 4.19
  • Martin Wimpress on Twitter — This week I am working on @ubuntu_mate 18.04.2 images for the @Raspberry_Pi models 2 and 3/3+ Nothing exciting to report just yet, build system is configured and the root file system is being generated. Next up is adding the kernel and boot loader.
  • Python Wheels for the Raspberry Pi — piwheels is a Python package repository providing Arm platform wheels (pre-compiled binary Python packages) specifically for the Raspberry Pi, making pip installations much faster.
  • StableReleaseUpdates - Ubuntu Wiki — Once an Ubuntu release has been completed and published, updates for it are only released under certain circumstances, and must follow a special procedure called a "stable release update" or SRU.
  • OpenHab vs Home Assistant vs Domoticz - Best Open Source Home Automation
  • Awesome Home Assistant — Awesome Home Assistant is a curated list of awesome Home Assistant resources.
  • Home Assistant — Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.
  • openHAB — a vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software for your home.
  • Domoticz — Domoticz is a Home Automation system design to control various devices and receive input from various sensors.
  • IronicBadger: Home Assistant configuration files — This repository contains all configuration used to configure my home automation setup using Home Assistant. This is a living and breathing repository and as such is subject to change.
  • Linux Action Show special about Home Assistant — Our founder Paulus Schoutsen is interviewed by Chris Fisher for a Linux Action Show special about home automation, Hass.io and the new Home Assistant podcast.
  • smacke/subsync: Automagically synchronize subtitles with video.
  • Podcast Generator — Podcast Generator is an open source Content Management System written in PHP and specifically designed for podcast publishing. It provides the user with the tools to easily manage all of the aspects related to the publication of a podcast, from the upload of episodes to its submission to the iTunes store.
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