Episodes

  • 589: 6 Reasons to Love Linux 6.12

    589: 6 Reasons to Love Linux 6.12
    Nov 18 2024

    The Linux 6.12 kernel isn't just another update — it's a game-changer that deserves our full attention, from performance improvements to fascinating new features.

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    • Linux 6.12 Features Are Super Exciting With Real-Time, Sched_ext, Intel Xe2 & Raspberry Pi 5 - Phoronix
    • Release v6.12 · torvalds/linux
    • LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 6.12
    • The 6.12 kernel has been released
    • Linux_6.12 - Linux Kernel Newbies
    • Linux Kernel Release Model
    • How do kernel version numbers work? : r/linux4noobs
    • 2. How the development process works — The Linux Kernel documentation
    • oracle/bpftune: bpftune uses BPF to auto-tune Linux systems
    • What's scheduled for sched_ext
    • Sched_ext at LPC 2024
    • sched_ext: scheduler architecture and interfaces (Part 2)
    • sched-ext/scx: sched_ext schedulers and tools
    • Raspberry Pi 5 Initial Patch
    • Printk Changes Submitted For Linux 6.12 Finish NBCON Console Preparations - Phoronix
    • Real-Time "PREEMPT_RT" Support Merged For Linux 6.12 - Phoronix
    • Real-time programming with Linux, part 1: What is real-time? - Shuhao's Blog
    • realtime:documentation:howto:applications:preemptrt_setup [Wiki]
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    • binary boost sound
    • LINUX Unplugged 563: Nix's People Problem
    • Btrfs Assistant — Btrfs Assistant is a GUI management tool to make managing a Btrfs filesystem easier.
    • kernelconfig.io — search config information for linux kernel modules
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 588: Clearing out the Tumbleweeds

    588: Clearing out the Tumbleweeds
    Nov 11 2024
    We go back in time to revisit our favorite classic SUSE release and then fix Brent's broken box the hard way.Sponsored By:Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!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.FMTest openSUSE Tumbleweed GNOME onlineFountain 1.1.6 is now live on iOS and Android — Our latest release contains more bug fixes than ever before - plus we have improved navigation by making the bottom nav bar persistent across all pages.Planet Nix — CFP Submission Deadline: December 9th, 2024LINUX Unplugged 432: Three Tumbleweed TemptationsLINUX Unplugged 461: Deep in the Tumbleweedsnix-community/nixos-images — netboot and kexec images for NixOSAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!bees: Best-Effort Extent-Same, a btrfs dedupe agent — bees is a block-oriented userspace deduplication agent designed for large btrfs filesystems. It is an offline dedupe combined with an incremental data scan capability to minimize time data spends on disk from write to dedupe.markfasheh/duperemove: Tools for deduping file systems — Duperemove is a simple tool for finding duplicated extents and submitting them for deduplication. When given a list of files it will hash their contents on an extent by extent basis and compare those hashes to each other, finding and categorizing extents that match each other.MicroMirror CDN: Mirroring FOSS as a Managed Appliance :: SeaGL 2024Minisforum UM790 Pro 7940HS Mini PCBeelink open sources the design of the Beelink EX GPU dockBeelink Multi-Functional EX Docking Stationtmate • Instant terminal sharingNixOS Manual - Installing From Another DistroDocumentation for lustrating does not actually work as it is · Issue #49520 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHubnixos-anywhere: install nixos everywhere via sshownCloud becomes part of Kiteworksopen-webui: User-friendly AI InterfaceThe Trouble With Tumbleweed - YouTubeOCIS
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • 587: Triple Fedora Taste-Test

    587: Triple Fedora Taste-Test
    Nov 4 2024
    Fedora 41 is here! We break down the best new features, then branch out for a three-way spin showdown. Which flavor will come out on top?Sponsored By:Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!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 StrikeFlock 2024 Introducing Fedora Miracle, a proposed Fedora spin built on Mir - YouTubemiracle-wm-org/miracle-wm — Miracle is a Wayland tiling window manager built on Mirmiracle-wmmiracle-wm wikiRoadmap - miracle-wm wikinwg-piotr/nwg-shell — Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositorsnwg-shell - a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositorsfast fedora 41 mirrorWhat’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 41 - Siosm’s blog — With Fedora 41, we are now building two new unofficial images: Kinoite Mobile and COSMIC Atomic. They join our other unofficial images: XFCE Atomic and LXQt Atomic.bootupd changebootupd GitHubcontainers/bootc — Boot and upgrade via container imagesIntroduction - bootc docsModifying Kernel Arguments :: Fedora DocsGetting Started with Bootable Containers :: Fedora DocsBooting local builds - bootc docsfedora-ostree-desktops RegistryAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!asahi-audio - Fedora PackagesAsahiLinux/asahi-audio: Userspace audio for Asahi Linux — PipeWire and WirePlumber DSP profiles and configurations tod rive the speaker arrays in Apple Silicon laptops and desktops.AAA gaming on Asahi Linux — We’re thrilled to release our Asahi game playing toolkit, which integrates our Vulkan 1.3 drivers with x86 emulation and Windows compatibility. Plus a bonus: conformant OpenCL 3.0.FEXWineDXVKvkd3d-protonmuvmholesaileikosiena's nixtcloudFOSSCOMMEmerald Coast Linux User GroupFedora Media WriterFedoraQt/MediaWriter — A tool to create a live USB drive with an edition of FedoraPreparing Boot Media - Fedora DocsGDM SettingsGDM Settings Web Site — Customize your login screenWeb Appseyekay/webapps source — Install websites as desktop apps, so that they appear in their own windows separate from any browsers installed. This is similar to the "Install as App" feature found in popular web browsers.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 586: Kexec with Determination

    586: Kexec with Determination
    Oct 28 2024
    We're hot-swapping our rigs to Fedora 41; then Graham Christensen gives us the inside scoop on a new Nix distribution, and Determinate Systems' big week!Sponsored By:Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!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.FMdracut-loopbackReboot Linux faster using kexecLinux.com :: Reboot like a racecar with kexecLinux 3.14 To Support EFI Kexec CapabilityByteDance Working To Make It Faster Kexec Booting The Linux KernelDefeating Secure Boot With Linux KexecGoogle Engineers Get Windows Booting When Kexec'ed Under LinuxThe Future is Nix — Today, we still find ourselves sitting on the most powerful technology of our lifetimes and we can’t even decide on small steps in the direction of making it easier for folks to adopt it.The future of software is Nix. — Today, we still find ourselves sitting on the most powerful technology of our lifetimes and we can’t even decide on small steps in the direction of making it easier for folks to adopt it.Announcing Determinate NixDeterminate Nix documentation — With Determinate Nix, our goal is to transform Nix from what it is today—a tool with great potential but with too many hard edges to be ready for prime timeIntroducing Determinate - YouTubeNix at work: FlakeHub Cache and private flakes — Today, we’re delighted to announce a new chapter for FlakeHub with the general availability of two new features: FlakeHub Cache and private flakes.Graham Christensen on X — Yesterday at work we launched a binary cache that goes beyond bytes in a bucket. This launch means you can deploy to brand new cloud environments with two lines of userdata:Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!lobe-chat — an open-source, modern-design AI chat framework. Supports Multi AI ProvidersDnote: A Simple Command Line Notebookplastic — NES emulator in rust with egui and TUIcool-retro-term: A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...plastic-flake
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 585: Choosy Moms Choose Ubuntu

    585: Choosy Moms Choose Ubuntu
    Oct 21 2024

    Wes got Mom a new Linux laptop, and he lets her pick the distro. Plus, we take a look at the new Ubuntu 24.10, and why we think this release might be a good sign for the future.

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    • Ubuntu 24.10 - Oracular Oriole
    • Ubuntu Unity
    • AMD Framework 13
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    • imagegenius/docker-immich — Monolithic (Single) Docker Container for Immich
    • rramiachraf/dumb — Private alternative front-end for Genius.
    • qdm12/gluetun: — VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.
    • SCaLE 22X Call for Papers
    • SCaLE CFP Feedback Livestream
    • cli-ai — A simple command-line AI assistant that translates natural language into shell commands. Supports all Windows and Unix-based systems (Linux, MacOS).
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 584: Captain Meshtastic and the Solar Cowboy

    584: Captain Meshtastic and the Solar Cowboy
    Oct 14 2024
    After building nodes, climbing roofs, swapping antennas, and even some war driving, it's time for our Meshtastic deep dive!Sponsored By:Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!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.FMMeshtastic — An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devicesBitcoin Vets: Establish communications via meshtastic & ham radio networkMeshtastic in the air — Avery Airfield in Spruce Pine which is running air delivery of critical supplies to HLZs in the AO is now equipping flights with Meshtastic airborne nodes which significantly increases coverage of vital communications.Heltec V327100 Cell holderMPPT Solar Charge controller for 1S cells25 Watt Solar PanelsProject BoxPole MountsProgrammable GPSPreferred 27100 Cells2nd choice 21700 CellsTdeckGPSBattery3D printed case filesScrew inserts for casem2 screw kit, nice to have for these kind of projects (threaded for inserts above)5 dbi antenna2 dbi antenna5.8 dbi antennaSMA - RPSMA adapters if needed12' SMA cableWiseblock RAKHundreds Weigh in on FCC NextNav Petition for 900 MHz Band Change — At issue is a NextNav petition filed in April to the FCC to expand the power level, bandwidth and priority of its licenses in the 902 to 907 and 918 to 928 MHz bands in the United States—a band currently in use by UHF RFID, Z-Wave, Zigbee, LoRa and numerous other wireless technologies. Additionally, NextNav proposes to use 5G connectivity over the relatively low bandwidth.Consumer Choice Center submits FCC comments to protect radio frequency for open-source projects and amateur radiomeshbbs — This is a BBS project to run on a meshtastic node. The system allows for message handling, bulletin boards, mail systems, and a channel directory.nostrastic — Bridge to publish Nostr posts and send/receive DMs over LoRa using Meshtastic.Home Assistant and Meshtastic — On this page, we'll guide you through the process of creating Meshtastic MQTT sensor entities within Home Assistant. Whether you want to keep an eye on battery levels, environmental conditions, or even receive notifications from your mesh network, these integrations provide you with the tools to make it happen.T-Watch S3awesome-meshtastic — A curated list of amazingly awesome Meshtastic resourcesMeshMap - Meshtastic Node MapMeshtastic Routing Issues & Deployment Scenarios - YouTubeAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Nix-ld: A clean solution for issues with pre-compiled executables on NixOSnix-ld on GitHubDIYmall 2 Sets 915MHZ ESP32 Lora V3 WiFi+BLE Development Board — WiFi LoRa 32 is a classic IoT dev-board. The newly launched V3 version retains Wi-Fi, BLE, LoRa, OLED display, and other functionsLILYGO T-Echo Meshtastic LoRa SX1262 — NRF52840 module, SX1262 wireless transceiver BME280 temperature pressure sensor, GPS RTC, NFC, LoRa
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 583: Nix on Easy Mode

    583: Nix on Easy Mode
    Oct 7 2024
    Wes gives his shell superpowers to solve a tricky problem. Then, we share an update on our favorite Google Photos alternative, including breaking changes and a great new way to run it.Sponsored By:Jupiter Party Annual Membership: Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!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.FMbda in the Nix Nerds Matrix Chat with Python WoesInstall a couple of Python packages : r/NixOSAnyone using python UV on NixOS? : r/NixOSdevenv — Fast, Declarative, Reproducible and Composable Developer Environments using Nixdevenn's direnv integrationPOLL: Do you use any tools to "move between machines"?Immich Release v1.117.0NixOS Immich ModuleImmich Nix Packageimmich-machine-learning.nixLINUX Unplugged 476: Canary in the Photo MineLINUX Unplugged 409: Launch Your Memories Into the FutureAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Meshtastic Matrix Chatroom — Chatastic for Meshtastic.nixy — Nixy is a Hyprland NixOS configuration with home-manager, secrets and custom theming all in one place. It's a simple way to manage your system configuration and dotfiles.I'm not sure if Jeff can be called a ProducerSeattle GNU/Linux ConferenceDistroStu's Computer Keyboards! Talk on YouTubeNix from First Principles: Flake Edition — This guide is a beginner's guide to Nix and related tooling, focusing on the newer nix command, and flake.nix compared to older tools like nix-env and default.nix. It does not require any prior Nix knowledge, and instead builds up the Flake based world from first principles, so that it can serve as an introduction to Nix itself, as well as the concept and uses of Flakes.NixOS & Flakes Book — Want to know NixOS & Flakes in detail? Looking for a beginner-friendly tutorial? Then you've come to the right place!EtchDroid — An application to write OS images to USB drives, on Android, no root required. Use it to make a bootable operating system USB drive when your laptop is dead.EtchDroid on Github
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 582: On the CUPS of Disaster

    582: On the CUPS of Disaster
    Sep 30 2024

    We explain the one-packet attack on CUPS and discuss its real-world implications. Plus, a Meshtastic update and more.

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    • Attacking UNIX Systems via CUPS — A remote unauthenticated attacker can silently replace existing printers’ (or install new ones) IPP urls with a malicious one, resulting in arbitrary command execution (on the computer) when a print job is started (from that computer).
    • Marcus Hutchins Scan finds 107,287 servers responding to the UDP port 631 — Instead of relying on Shodan data, I performed my own internet-wide scan using a distributed network of servers. This resulted in discovering drastically more exposed cups-browsed instances, causing my total count to rise from 13,289 to 107,287.
    • Shodan on X: 75,000 exposed CUPS daemons on the Internet
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    • nodeboard — Your Ultimate Digital Inventory Manager
    • Lightning Pay
    • activate-linux — The "Activate Windows" watermark ported to Linux
    • Install Frog on Linux | Flathub — Extract text from images, websites, videos, and QR codes by taking a picture of the source.
    • Clapgrep — Ever had a folder full of PDF files, where you knew, somewhere in there, is what you're looking for. But you did not know in which file. So you had to search each of them at a time...
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    1 hr and 8 mins