Keyboard Reviews, Productivity App Challenges, and System Development

We're on the ground live at NixCon and SCaLE. We catch up with old friends, and discover how Nix is devouring the Linux world one function at a time.

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Support LINUX Unplugged

Links:

• nix-community/lanzaboote — Secure Boot for NixOS
• Eelco Dolstra’s PhD Thesis — The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model
• Docker and Nix (DockerCon 2023) [YouTube]
• Flox — Create development environments with all the dependencies you need and easily share them with colleagues. Work consistently across the entire software lifecycle.
• flox on GitHub — Developer environments you can take with you.
• Gsettings - Monitor All System Settings Change
• dconf Reference Manual
• foss-north — foss-north is a free / open source conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective. We provide a meeting place for the Nordic foss communities and will bring together great speakers with great audiences.
• An Open Letter from NixOS Users Against MIC Sponsorship — Several members of the community are uneasy with the current happenings around the North American Gathering aimed at NixOS Users and its community (also known as NixCon [sic] NA).
• pjones/plasma-manager — Manage KDE Plasma with Home Manager.
• Bastard Keyboards — Custom-designed split keyboards with feature-full firmware.
• Bastardkb on GitHub
• Pick: nix-starter-configs — Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes.