Just about every take on the Red Hat news seems to have missed the mark.Special Guest: Carl George.Sponsored By:Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Kolide: Kolide 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:Berlin with Brent Meetup — Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 7:00 PMBerlin Buds Matrix RoomOur Essential Apps | Self-Hosted 100 — We cover our must-have self-hosted apps, reflect on the state of Self-Hosting now, and discuss what's new in Proxmox 8.Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes — There was a time, not too long ago, that Red Hat found value in the work done by rebuilders like CentOS. We pushed our SRPMs out to git.centos.org in a neat package that made them easy to rebuild; we even de-branded it for them. More recently, we have determined that there isn’t value in having a downstream rebuilder.Linux Action News 298 — Why everyone is excited about the next Linux kernel, Valve's big hire, and Red Hat's clone war.Ask Noah 343 Interview w/Mike McGrath — Mike McGrath joins the Ask Noah Show to discuss the changes Red Hat is making in how they make their source code available.A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model — We fear that be it through incompetence or malice, many RHEL salespeople and business development professionals may regularly violate GPL and no one knows about it. That said, the business model as described by IBM's Red Hat may well comply with the GPL — it's just so murky that any tweak to the model in any direction seems to definitely violate, in our experience.Rocky Linux Shares How They May Continue To Obtain The RHEL Source Code — One option is through the usage of UBI container images which are based on RHEL and available from multiple online sources (including Docker Hub). Another method that we will leverage is pay-per-use public cloud instances. With this, anyone can spin up RHEL images in the cloud and thus obtain the source code for all packages and errata.Springdale Linux Discussions — While RedHat's action itself is not particularly surprising given somewhat-recent developments with regards to the likes of CentOS Stream, the timing has taken many in the RHEL-compatible-clone world by surprise.Red Hat & Fedora – largely stepping out of this ecosystem - Fedora Mailing-Lists — What Red Hat has done recently is depressing, but not a huge surprise to me. Red Hat struggled repeatedly with how to deal with "the clones".The core idea I always came back to in those discussions was that the value isn't in the bits, but in the stability, services and ecosystem Red Hat enables around the bits.How Red Hat killed its core product—and became a billion-dollar business — To move from small player to big-time enterprise software competitor, Cormier argued that Red Hat had to ditch the freely downloadable Red Hat Linux. Instead, it should replace Red Hat Linux with a more robust enterprise software package that maintained the principles of free (as in freedom) software without actually being free (as in price) to customers.Carl George on Fosstodon — “You should have already been using #CentOS Stream. There, I said it.”NASA secures contract with Rocky Enterprise Linux — NASA/NSSC has a requirement for FY23 CIQ Rocky Enterprise Linux Purchase. Item: CIQ Rocky Enterprise Linux Per Person Advanced - Annual Subscription. Quantity: 3NASA secures contract with Rocky Enterprise Linux (HN Discussion)catercloud.me — Originally, the project consisted of a web framework that glued together several other, more mature open-source projoects, but as scope creep and my own tendency toward re-inventing the wheel rose to the surface, the project’s development became more and more complex, slowly incorporating a lot of components that go way beyond a simple word cloud and into things like natural language processing.

Chris tears into two old PCs, and builds a surprisingly powerful multi-monitor Wayland workstation. Plus, Wes has a new device, and Brent wants answers.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Too many Disks? Perfect.Chris' Workstation neofetchMicrosoft Ergonomic Keyboard — Black. Wired, Comfortable, Ergonomic Keyboard with Cushioned Wrist and Palm Support. Split Keyboard.Magic TrackPadNixOS Remote DesktopFOUR DisplaysU.S. Intelligence Has Admitted Amassed Data on ‘Nearly Everyone’ — A newly declassified report confirms that the government has unprecedented insight into our lives through smartphones, cars, web browsing, and other tech.DNI Haines Statement on Declassified Report on Commercially Available InformationODNI Senior Advisory Group Panel Declassified Report on Commercially Available InformationMillions of Americans’ personal data exposed in global hackUS government agencies hit in global cyberattackExtreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear by Michael Bazzell — This textbook is PROACTIVE. It is about starting over. It is the complete guide that he would give to any new client in an extreme situation.Have I Been Pwned — Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach.Stalkerware Resources and Help – Darknet Diaries — It’s a nightmare scenario that’s alarmingly common. Your spouse, partner, ex, co-worker, or vengeful person is determined they want to spy on you. To follow you everywhere you go digitally. They might have access to your location, the cameras in your home, your emails. It’s extremely violating and horrible. Here are a few resources that can help if you’re in this situation.Darknet Diaries — True stories from the dark side of the Internet.Privacy | Electronic Frontier FoundationSurveillance Self-Defense | Electronic Frontier FoundationGrapheneOS on Twitter — We’re deprecating SeedVault and will be replacing it with a new implementation. SeedVault was created by a member of the GrapheneOS community in 2017 based on our design for it. Unfortunately, it has been taken over by an untrustworthy group of developers without aligned goals.GrapheneOS/platform_external_seedvaultSeedVault - Calyx Instituteseedvault-app/seedvault — A backup application for the Android Open Source Project.How to use SeedVault Backup for Androidimmich — Self-hosted photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone.DAVx5 — Sync your contacts, calendars and tasks. Get live-access to your WebDAV Cloud files. All-in-one CalDAV/CardDAV/WebDAV solution for AndroidAlbyLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.orgPick: go2tv — Cast media files to UPnP/DLNA Media Renderers and Smart TVs.

Is Ham Radio a natural hobby for Linux users? An old friend joins us to explain where the two overlap.Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Ask Noah Show Episode 200: Ham Radio Linux Superstation — We celebrate episode 200 by sharing our plans to serve the community better! Ham Radio has come a long way from tubes and dials. Alex Archer KC0REL joins us to discuss building the ideal ham shack on Linux!HAM - Official Documentary (2022) - YouTube — HAM is a short documentary that follows a group of Montanan amateur radio enthusiasts that show the loyal community of amateur radio, explore what it means to be a ham, and how they are trying to keep the hobby alive.FT8—What Is It and How Can I Get Started? — FT8 is one of the many digital modes often referred to as sound card modes (SCM) because they utilize a computer’s sound card to bring in audio from your radio to be processed by software to decode the information embedded in the signal.Amateur Radio Software For Linux | KC7NYRClosed Source Ham Radio Software on GNU/Linuxawesome-hamradio — Awesome hamradio repositories.Ham Radio Operators Tune In to Giant Waves in the Earth’s Ionosphere | Science Mission Directorate — This new technique vividly demonstrates the effect of these waves on radio communications.Amateur Radio: An Integral Tool for Atmospheric, Ionospheric, and Space Physics Research and Operationshamnix — A collection of Amateur Radio software packaged for NixRemote Ham Radio — On the air from anywhere. Big stacks. Kilowatts of power. DX has never been closer.ARRL - American Radio Relay LeagueStudying for a Technician LicenseLinux’s Slice of HAM | Linux Action Show 356Zeroretries substack — If you’re not yet licensed as an Amateur Radio Operator, and would like to join the fun by literally having a license to experiment with radio technology, here are some pointers:Chromeo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert - YouTubeSam and Dave - Hold on I’m coming - YouTubeThe Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Official Audio) - YouTubePink Floyd - We Don’t Need No Education - YouTubebluetuith — A TUI bluetooth manager for Linux.NixOS Search - bluetuithFramework Cooler Master Mainboard Case — Cooler Master and Framework team up to produce a transparent case for the Framework Laptop 13 Mainboard.TrustedQSL — This is the TrustedQSL project, which provides tools for digitally signing Amateur Radio QSO records.

We get the inside scoop on SouthEast LinuxFest, and share a few stories from the early days of the Linux community.Special Guest: Noah Chelliah.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:DebianBookworm — Bookworm is the development codename for Debian 12, released on 2023-06-10.Debian 12 “Bookworm” Officially Released, Here’s What’s NewFor the LAS Time | Linux Action Show 468 - YouTubeAsk NoahThinLinXJMP: Your phone number on every deviceSouthEast LinuxFest — For the regulars and newbies, please review our schedule to get a feel for what’s happening at this year’s events. For the newbies, be sure to read our About Us page to understand a bit more about the event in general.SELF 2023 Schedulesoutheastlinuxfest - YouTubeArgon ONE V2 Case for Raspberry Pi 4 — The Argon ONE Case is now better than ever as it has many new featurescomma — Comma runs software without installing it.org-roamTaking org-roam everywhere with logseqNix 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 knowledgeSUSE Partners with Collabora to Deliver Commercial LibreOffice SupportSend a Boot from web with Alby — Top off Alby, then head over to the Podcastindex.orgLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org — You can Boost right from the web at the Podcast Index with Alby.Fractal — Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects.fractal on GitLabFluffyChat — FluffyChat is an open-source, nonprofit and cute matrix messenger app. The app is easy to use but secure and decentralized.NixOS for the Impatient — This post is about how I set up NixOS.

We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Red Hat dropping support for LibreOffice [LWN.net] — Red Hat's Matthias Clasen has let it be known that LibreOffice will be dropped from a future Red Hat Enterprise Linux release, and the future of its support in Fedora is unclear as well.The distribution model is changingThe NixOS Foundation’s Call to Action: S3 Costs Require Community Support — Estimated Monthly Costs - ~$9000 / month for hosting cache.nixos.orgNixOS 23.05 releasedIntroducing NixOS AnywhereNixos-anywhere: install nixos everywhere via ssh — You can then initiate an unattended installation with a single CLI command. Since nixos-anywhere can access the new machine using SSH, it's ideal for remote installations.Quickstart - nixos-anywhereDisko ExamplesNetBird — NetBird is an open-source VPN management platform built on top of WireGuard® making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home.netbird GitHub repo — Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.Nix-portable — Nix - Static, Permissionless, Installation-free, Pre-configuredNix-bundle — Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere!nix-user-chroot: Install & Run nix without root permissionsNix Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)Nix Portable: Nix - Static, Permissionless, Install-free, Pre-configured - Announcements - NixOS DiscourseSend a Boost with Alby — Top off Alby, and then boost from the Web.LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.orgKTailctl — A GUI for the Tailscale mesh network.SABnzbd

We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Why I left RustLinuxFest Northwest 2023LinuxFest Northwest 2023 Call for SpeakersGrapheneOS on Twitter — GrapheneOS will be undergoing restructuring of the organization and development team. Daniel Micay has stepped down as lead developer and will be stepping down as a non-profit director. Features and security patches will continue to be delivered to users as rapidly as before.Daniel Micay on Twitter — It appears the wording above was unclear. I'm stepping down as a GrapheneOS Foundation director and as lead developer. I won't have any leadership role in the GrapheneOS project. It will take time/work to transfer my responsibilities to others, especially non-development roles.Google account deleted after 2 hours of AuroraAdopting Bitcoin 2023LUP on in the top 10 charts TWICE.Bitcoin Dad PodPolaris — Polaris is a music streaming application, designed to let you enjoy your music collection from any computer or mobile device.Polaris Demodocker-polaris: Small docker of Polaris based on Alpine LinuxPolaris on Google PlayPolaris Android on F-DroidPolarios on App StoreLapce — Lapce is written in pure Rust with a UI in Druid (which is also written in Rust). It is designed with Rope Science from the Xi-Editor which makes for lightning-fast computation, and leverages OpenGL for rendering.Lapce on FlathubLapce packaged in NixLapce Pluginsflosse/text-editors-written-in-rustxi-editor: A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.awesome-alternatives-in-rust: A curated list of replacements for existing software written in Rustawesome-rust: A curated list of Rust code and resources.BitFocus Companion — Bitfocus Companion enables the reasonably priced Elgato Streamdeck to be a professional shotbox surface for a huge amount of different presentation switchers, video playback software and broadcast equipment.Podcasting 2.0 AppsAlbyLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.orgPick: Please Run That — A Python socket app for letting a friend execute a command on your system without using a ssh server all, with a simple GUI It has active development and works OOTB.Pick: turtle — Turtle is a gtk4 + libadwaita frontend for pygit2 with nautilus plugin support. The project is currently in a very early development stage.Chris Interviewed on Mere Mortals — In Conversation #90, Chris and I discuss: what it's been like to have 25+ podcasts, the current nosedive in advertising, how value for value is creating a richer experience for podcasters, his mindset in analyzing technological ideas, the coming pain from the messed up financial system, why Bitcoin/AI won't be as impactful as the internet and traveling across the US in an RV.

How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Spotify App Stops Working for Linux UsersGrapheneOS version 2023051600 Released — Add initial Contact Scopes feature as an alternative to granting the Contacts permission... Add production ready Pixel 7a support.GrapheneOS Discussion Forum: Version 2023051600 ReleasedGrapheneOS on Twitter — Our new Contact Scopes feature is now available in the Alpha channel. It provides a way to avoid granting the Contacts permission for apps requiring it. It's similar to our Storage Scopes feature replacing needing any of the media/storage permissions.GrapheneOS on Twitter — GmsCompatConfig (sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer configuration) version 53 released.Asahi Linux To Users: Please Stop Using X.Org — Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin issued a lengthy post encouraging users of this Apple Silicon focused Linux distribution to stop using X.Org as Wayland is the future.RHEL 9: Deprecated functionality — The X.org display server is deprecated, and will be removed in a future major RHEL release. The default desktop session is now the Wayland session in most cases.r/linux: The whole X11 vs. Wayland thing… — Whilst I get Wayland is the future I have a bunch of issues with it. Off the top of my head…Rustdesk ‘wontfix’ a naive privilege escalation on LinuxThe LUP Odroid H3+ Chassis — I recently got an Odroid H3+ and desperately needed a chassis for it so I decided to make one. Since I am a long-time listener and a big fan of the Linux Unplugged podcast I wanted to pay tribute to it.Live APRS MapPodcast Guru — The simple & free podcast player for Android & iOSPodcasting 2.0 AppsAlbyLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.orgyt-fts: Youtube Full Text Search — Search all of a YouTube channel's subtitles from the command line

The push for free software takes years, maybe even generations. Brent gets the inside story from the Free Software Foundation Europe.Special Guest: Matthias Kirschner.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:SteamDeckHQ on Twitter — What is your opinion on the ROG ALLY? Is it something you’ll be getting after seeing the stream and reading the reviews? We are on the fence here. Love the idea of extra power, but the worse battery life, using windows, glitches, and lack of touchpads does hamper our excitement.ROG Ally (2023) — The ROG Ally is a true Windows 11 gaming machine, and comes bundled with 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for free.FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe — Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology.Matthias Kirschner - FSFEEU Parliament wants to protect Free Software in AI regulation — Today the European Parliament's responsible committees voted by a large majority to protect Free Software in the AI regulation.FSFE and the antitrust case against MicrosoftPublic Money? Public Code! - FSFE — Why is software created using taxpayers' money not released as Free Software? We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence.Activities - FSFE — As a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, Free Software Foundation Europe works to create general understanding and support for Free Software and Open Standards.Contribute - FSFE — We are a diverse community of people from all over Europe and beyond, who are committed to Free Software. If you feel likewise, join us in our work for freedom.Ada & Zangemann — This illustrated book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.Fountain on Twitter — BALLER BOOSTS ARE BACK We have partnered with @bitrefill to give away a $50 Bitrefill Balance Card to two super-fans on Fountain every week. All you have to do is BOOSTGardenBot — GardenBot is an open source garden monitoring system. This site is a collection of tutorials for how to build things (like a soil moisture sensor), software for running GardenBot, resources, links, and more.Podcasting 2.0 AppsAlbyLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.orgubuntu-debullshit — TL;DR, you will end up with a clean GNOME desktop with flatpaks, similar to a fresh Fedora install.

The first new desktop environment in a while that has caught our attention, and it promises to unlock the full power of cutting-edge Linux. Why we think every desktop will copy ideas from Hyprland soon.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:Hyprland Hall of FameHyprland Master Tutorial — If you are coming to Hyprland for the first time, this is the main tutorial to read.Hyprland - ArchWiki — Hyprland bundles its own version of wlroots, which closely follows the wlroots-git. This improves stability, while also avoiding dependency conflicts with other wlroots-based compositors.Nix | Hyprland Wiki — Hyprland on Nix can be installed either from Nixpkgs (release version) or from the flake (directly from the main branch).Hyprland on NixOS — The NixOS module enables critical components needed to run Hyprland properly, such as: polkit, xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland, graphics drivers, fonts, dconf, xwayland, and adding a proper Desktop Entry to your Display Manager.awesome-hyprland — Useful tools and libraries that either work or are designed for Hyprland!Outdoor Home Assistant — Why Chris needs ANOTHER Home Assistant instance and a major breakthrough for self-hosters.The Sprinkler Geeks, LLC — Irrigation service, repair, and maintenance. Servicing Thurston, Lewis, & Gray's Harbor Counties.Brocade ICX 6610-24P SwitchBoost Vs Patreon — I have one friend who loves podcasts, but he still doesn't get how it offers anything new compared to Patreon. Could you guys please give a short rundown of how boosts are different and how they have helped LUP?Evernote on Linux — Evernote for Linux is currently in private beta.xwmx/nb — nb is a command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base applicationEcowitt weather stationTidal-Media-Downloader — Tidal-Media-Downloader is an application that lets you download videos and tracks from Tidal.When Stars and Salt Collide” by The Piano Guys.Podcasting 2.0 AppsAlbyLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.orgVod2pod-rss — Vod2Pod-RSS converts a YouTube or Twitch channel into a podcast with ease. It creates a podcast RSS that can be listened to directly inside any podcast client.

Two listeners race to set up a web server on Suicide Linux. One slip-up and it's all gone. Who will survive?Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!Linode Cloud Hosting: A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. Bitwarden: Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data.Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:The Sprinkler GeeksSuicide Linux — It's a game. Like walking a tightrope. You have to see how long you can continue to use the operating system before losing all your data.Suicide-linux — now available on Docker!Suicide Linux bashrcJupiterBroadcasting.com, hugo-based and community-driven!Hugo — The world’s fastest framework for building websites.The Determinate Nix Installer. — nix-installer is an opinionated alternative to the official Nix install scripts.NixOS Package Search: HugoHugo in nixpkgsMike Kelly on Twitter — Dammit @ChrisLAS, @wespayne, and @brentgervais, I could have won yesterday's challenge, had I only embraced Nix-Shell. Better late than never?Notes for Dom C’s setup using Podgrab and AudiobookShelfpodgrab — A self-hosted podcast manager/downloader/archiver tool to download podcast episodes as soon as they become live with an integrated player.audiobookshelf — Self-hosted audiobook and podcast servernala — a wrapper for the apt package manager.pacstall — An AUR-inspired package manager for UbuntuDendron — The personal knowledge management (PKM) tool that grows as you do!Podcasting 2.0 AppsAlbyLINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org