Our FreeBSD Challenge comes to a close, and chances are one of us will be paying the Windows tax.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.FMPlanet NixFlox — Your dev environment, everywhereThe Launch 🚀 09: The Eagle has LandedThe Rules of the FreeBSD Challengelibluksde — Library and tools to access LUKS Disk Encryption encrypted volumeslinuxulator-steam-utils — Linux Steam on FreeBSDbhyve/Windows - FreeBSD WikiChapter 12. Linux Binary Compatibilitydoas - dedicated openbsd application subexecutordoas masteryChapter 33. Firewallsardour « audio - ports - FreeBSD ports treejellyfin « multimedia - ports - FreeBSD ports treeHank wrote in about his testing with a Pi4FreeBSD pi4 tweak — I got lucky - that was posted two days before I gave this a go. I installed on a 4GB Pi 4B.Hank's BSD Notes — IMO should get a point just for figuring out how to configure NTP and time zone. Sheesh!Mizutamari — User-friendly Wine front-end primarily for FreeBSDOldschool Gaming on FreeBSDGames - GhostBSD WikiWhat’s Coming for Future Releases of GhostBSD? — We're making some important changes to how GhostBSD is built and released to provide a better, more stable experience for our users.Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Gene's Portable ScreenNetBSD Root on ZFSMusic Assistant — Music Assistant is a free, opensource Media library manager that connects to your streaming services and a wide range of connected speakers.Pick: HedgeDoc — HedgeDoc lets you create real-time collaborative markdown notes.Pick: Add Water — A utility app to easily install the Firefox GNOME Theme and automatically update it in the background. This theme keeps Firefox fashionable within the GNOME design ecosystem, and provides many helpful features to customize the interface to make browsing even more pleasant
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601: Taming the Demons
It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close! Plus, Zach Mitchell joins us to update us on Planet Nix.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 - 2025 FreeBSD Challenge Rules.mdRaspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer KitFreeBSD 14.0 on aarch64 Raspberry Pi 4/400 - Download, Install & ConfigureLinuxBoot: Booting FreeBSD from LinuxEuroBSDCon booting FreeBSD using LinuxProvisioning LinuxBoot Images for FreeBSDFreeBSD Handbook: Chapter 1. Bootstrapping and Kernel InitializationFreeBSD Handbook: Chapter 15. The FreeBSD Booting ProcessHow to Manage FreeBSD Boot Process?LinuxBoot: let Linux do it!LinuxBoot IntroductionLinuxBoot on GitHubAnnual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!Planet Nix — March 6th-7th, 2025 in Pasadena, CAZach MitchellLINUX Unplugged 554: SCaLEing NixLINUX Unplugged 538: Surprisingly Smooth TransitionLFNW2025 - April 25 - 27, 2025 • Bellingham Technical CollegePick: GarminDB — Download and parse data from Garmin Connect or a Garmin watch, FitBit CSV, and MS Health CSV files into and analyze data in Sqlite serverless databases with Jupyter notebooks.
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600: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once
We celebrate 600 episodes, announce a new show feature, and officially launch the FreeBSD 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.FMnixbsd: An unofficial NixOS fork with a FreeBSD kernelThe Rules of the FreeBSD ChallengeSpeedruns - FreeBSD WikiPick: direnv-vscode — This extension adds direnv support to Visual Studio Code by loading environment variables for the workspace root.Pick: Warehouse on Linux | Flathub — Warehouse provides a simple UI to control complex Flatpak options, all without resorting to the command line.
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599: Psycho Shower Linux Power
On the eve of episode 600, we introduce our next challenge and explore the new wave of Linux phones.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.FMLiberux – Privacy, Security, FreedomPinePhone Braveheart Linux smartphone begins shipping January 17th - LiliputingMecha Comet - Modular Linux Handheld Computer powered by Open-Source Software — The Comet is a handheld Linux computer that brings extensibility in hardware and software adapting to your needs.Mecha Comet - Modular Linux Handheld Computer by Mecha Systems Inc. — KickstarterSupporters of Chromium-Based Browsers — The Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers will provide a neutral space where industry leaders, academia, developers, and the broader open source community can work together to support projects within the Chromium ecosystem.Wine 10.0 Released With Native Wayland Support, Better HiDPI — Wine 10.0 brings more than six thousand changes that built up over the past year in the bi-weekly Wine 9.xx development releases.LUP 600 Pacific Northwest Party · Colony EventsComprehensive Audio Stack Improvements for Modern Hardware and SoftwareDetailed AMD IOMMU Driver Development for Enhanced Core SupportFreeBSD Foundation's Sponsored Development Projects for 2024metapac: multi-backend declarative package managerdecman: declarative package & configuration manager for Arch Linux.aconfmgr: a configuration manager for Arch LinuxGeneBean's DotsReplitOliveTin — OliveTin gives safe and simple access to predefined shell commands from a web interface.Open-tv — Ultra-fast, simple and powerful cross-platform IPTV app.ErsatzTV — Stream custom live channels using your own mediaDeepin Linux 25 Goes (Almost) Immutabledeepin 25 Preview Release Note – Deepin Technology Community
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598: Not Your Distrohopper's Distro
With more criticisms of NixOS than ever—do they have a point? We'll dig into the tough critiques and give our perspective.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.FMNixOS is interesting, but has fatal flawsLUP 600 meetups!Planet Nix — March 6-7, Before and Alongside SCaLESCALE 22x — March 6-9, 2025 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA.LFNW2025 - "25 Years of Community Excellence" — April 25 - 27, 2025Nix - Death by a thousand cuts — TLDR: In its current state (2025), I don't generally recommend desktop use of Nix(OS), even for seasoned Linux users.Rich Hickey: Simple Made Easy — Rich Hickey emphasizes simplicity’s virtues over easiness’, showing that while many choose easiness they may end up with complexity, and the better way is to choose easiness along the simplicity path.Simple Made Easy TranscriptAnsible is a LispShould I use NixOS? Short answer: no. — If words like "declarative", "generational", and "immutable" don't put your sexuality in jeopardy, you're considering NixOS for the wrong reasons.Annual Membership — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!OliveTin/OliveTin: OliveTin gives safe and simple access to predefined shell commands from a web interface.Pick: isd — Simplify systemd management with isd! isd is a TUI offering fuzzy search for units, auto-refreshing previews, smart sudo handling, and a fully customizeable interface for power-users and newcomers alike.Pick: planify — Task manager with Todoist & Nextcloud support designed for GNOMEPick: Super Productivity — A to do list to get your head freeSuper Productivity on FlathubSuper Productivity GitHub — Keep organized and focused!LUP 553: Portably Predictable Productivity
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