With NixOS 25.05 around the corner, we sit down with a release manager to unpack what's new, what's changing, and what's finally getting easier. Spoiler: it's not just the tooling.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules — Help shape the challenge - what did we miss?TUI Challenge Rules Discussion ThreadThe Launch 🚀 21: Bigfoot As a Service — We rescued Brent's van that should've stayed retired, dodged cops and fuel leaks, and learned why outsourcing navigation to ChatGPT was a terrible idea.Tristan RossRelease Managers - NixOS Release WikiNixOS 25.05 – Release schedulerelease-notes/rl-2505.section.mdNixos-rebuild-ng: a nixos-rebuild rewritemarytts/marytts: MARY TTS -- an open-source, multilingual text-to-speech synthesis system written in pure java — This is the source code repository for the multilingual open-source MARY text-to-speech platform (MaryTTS). MaryTTS is a client-server system written in pure Java, so it runs on many platforms.PostgREST — A standalone web server that turns your PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API. Available as services.postgrest.asciimoo/omnom: A webpage bookmarking and snapshotting service — Access & share previously visited pages without worrying about modifications or availability.uMurmur by umurmur — uMurmur is a minimalistic Mumble server primarily targeted to run on embedded computers, like routers, with an open OS like e.g. OpenWRT.Actual Budget — a local-first personal finance app.gokapi — Lightweight selfhosted Firefox Send alternative without public upload. AWS S3 supportedCursor — a vscode-based editor that uses AI to help you write code faster.Pinchflat — a selfhosted YouTube media manager used to track channels and download videos on release.Traccar — a modern GPS Tracking Platform.crab-hole — a cross platform Pi-hole clone written in Rust using hickory-dns/trust-dns.nostr-rs-relay — a nostr relay, written in Rust.haven — a high availability vault for events on nostr.immich-public-proxy — a proxy for sharing Immich albums without exposing the Immich API.strfry — a relay for the nostr protocol.TSDProxy — Very simple proxy for virtual services in TailscalePick: Switcheroo — Convert between different image filetypes and resize them easily.Switcheroo on FlathubSwitcheroo is packaged in nixpkgsPick: mazanoke — MAZANOKE is a simple image optimizer that runs in your browser, works offline, and keeps your images private without ever leaving your device.jolheiser/mazanoke-nix: Nix derivation/flake for mazanoke
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614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking
We test-drive a self-hosted alternative to Google Location History. Plus, we cover the week's Linux news highlights, then spill the beans on our upcoming TUI challenge.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules — Help shape the challenge - what did we miss?libcaca – Caca Labs — A graphics library that outputs text instead of pixels, so that it can work on older video cards or text terminals.New GNOME Executive Director Named: Steven Deobald — Steven Deobald has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, succeeding interim director Richard Littauer and Holly Million, who stepped down last year after a brief tenure.Creation of the NixOS hardware team — TL;DR: The Steering Committee is launching the new Hardware Team to own the nixos-hardware repo, drive hardware enablement, and expand partnerships.Adopting sudo-rs By Default in Ubuntu 25.10 - Project Discussion - Ubuntu Community Hub — The sudo-rs project is designed to be a drop in replacement for the original tool. For the vast majority of users, the upgrade should be completely transparent to their workflow. That said, sudo-rs is a not a “blind” reimplementation.LINUX Unplugged 607: Ubuntu's Rusty RoadmapBcachefs Patches Aim For Faster Snapshot Deletion But With Another On-Disk Format Update — Bcachefs has introduced patches aimed at significantly improving snapshot deletion performance. However, implementing these improvements necessitates an update to an incompatible on-disk format, which must be explicitly enabled by users.Dawarich — Your Journey, Your Control — Visualize your location history, track your movements, and analyze your travel patterns with complete privacy and control.fabean/ytviewer — YouTube TUI that pulls subscriptions from YouTube APIPick: meshSidecar — meshSidecar provides a flexible way to integrate mesh networking capabilities with NixOS services. It allows services to participate in mesh networks without requiring direct modification of the service itself.Pick: ELEMENT.FM — Unlimited, GPLv3 Licensed, self-hostable podcast hosting
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613: Packets, Power, and Paulus
We chat with the founder of Home Assistant and then fire up Brent's Linux-powered rig.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMSelf-Hosted 150 Merch at the Jupiter GarageAnnouncing State of the Open Home 2025Open Home FoundationWorks with Home AssistantReolink joins Works with Home AssistantEve Joins Works With Home Assistant - Home Assistant3…2…1… Backup - Home AssistantHome AssistantThe Launch 🚀 20: Linux Goat North VanThis 1987 Dodge Camper Van Is an Amazing 1980s RV Relic - YouTubeRoadtrek Brochure - 1989-1990 Chassis Model Years.pdfAxiomtek ICO300-TES5 Industrial PC (PDF)Intel Atom® E3827Mieze K106 Octa-Core Tablet 10 InchSpokane Linux User's Group – casual meet-up to talk tech — Cant wait till the next JB meetup over here too!Alpine Email ProgramPick: LinuxInExcel — The emulator is built as a seperate dll which is loaded by the VBA macro. The VBA macro calls the emulator in the dll and gets the output and writes it into the cells in the spreadsheet.cnlohr/mini-rv32ima — A tiny C header-only risc-v emulator.
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612: 25 Years of LinuxFest Northwest
We're live from LinuxFest Northwest 2025. We're joined by guests from the audience, try our hand at Linux trivia and share our experiences from the best fest in the West.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.
ConfigCat Feature Flags: Manage features and change your software configuration using ConfigCat feature flags, without the need to re-deploy code.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLinuxFest Northwest 2025 Day 1LFNW2025 - LinuxFest Norhtwest Homepage — 25 Years of Community Excellence.See how far COSMIC has come this year by Carl Richell - LinuxFest Northwest 2025COSMIC DesktopCOSMIC Alpha 7 — ISO excited for the latest COSMIC alpha release! We’ve been busy clearing up scores of bugs while soldering together the features that we absolutely must include before the Big Betahemoth descends upon the Earth. Let COSMIC Alpha 7 commence!pop-os/cosmic-epoch: Next generation Cosmic desktop environmentCOSMIC Desktop Alpha 7 Brings More New FeaturesThe best-looking Linux desktop I've seen so far in 2025 — The creators of one of the coolest Linux distros just released a new version - and it puts the old one to shame.Blind Penguin - Software Development with José IbañezAccessibility Talk: Blind Penguin at LFNW 2025Beyond ARIA Labels: What a Blind Film Enthusiast Can Teach Us About Open SourceTrimui Smart Pro 128G Handheld Game Console with Pre Loaded GamesSausage — sausage is a terminal word forming game, written in Bash.
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611: Distro Double Trouble
Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04 are here—We break down what's new, what stands out, and what we love most about each release.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps.
ConfigCat Feature Flags: Manage features and change your software configuration using ConfigCat feature flags, without the need to re-deploy code.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMThe answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is.GNOME 48 Release NotesUbuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin)The newest Ubuntu version ushers in ARM64 support for early adoptersUbuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktopJB Gaming DenRetro Game Corps on YouTubePick: Ignition — Ignition is a minimal app for editing autostart entries on Freedesktop-compliant Linux distributions.Ignition on FlathubPick: RecordApps — A desktop application that allows you to record audio from specific applications on Linux. Built with Deno, Svelte, and WebView.Record Apps on Flathub
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