615: 25.05 Reasons to NixOS
LINUX Unplugged
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This chapter offers a sneak peek into the episode, featuring a discussion with the NixOS release manager about its distinct release process. It also highlights the new features of the NixOS 2505 release and invites listeners to participate in community events and challenges.
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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.
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Links:
- π₯ Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
- π» LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- LINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules β Help shape the challenge - what did we miss?
- TUI Challenge Rules Discussion Thread
- The Launch π 21: Bigfoot As a Service β 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 Ross
- Release Managers - NixOS Release Wiki
- NixOS 25.05 β Release schedule
- release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
- Nixos-rebuild-ng: a nixos-rebuild rewrite
- marytts/marytts: MARY TTS -- an open-source, multilingual text-to-speech synthesis system written in pure java β 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 β 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 β Access & share previously visited pages without worrying about modifications or availability.
- uMurmur by umurmur β 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 β a local-first personal finance app.
- gokapi β Lightweight selfhosted Firefox Send alternative without public upload. AWS S3 supported
- Cursor β a vscode-based editor that uses AI to help you write code faster.
- Pinchflat β a selfhosted YouTube media manager used to track channels and download videos on release.
- Traccar β a modern GPS Tracking Platform.
- crab-hole β a cross platform Pi-hole clone written in Rust using hickory-dns/trust-dns.
- nostr-rs-relay β a nostr relay, written in Rust.
- haven β a high availability vault for events on nostr.
- immich-public-proxy β a proxy for sharing Immich albums without exposing the Immich API.
- strfry β a relay for the nostr protocol.
- TSDProxy β Very simple proxy for virtual services in Tailscale
- Pick: Switcheroo β Convert between different image filetypes and resize them easily.
- Switcheroo on Flathub
- Switcheroo is packaged in nixpkgs
- Pick: mazanoke β 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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