August 31, 2025

Google's Garden Lockdown | LINUX Unplugged 630

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DECbot/nebula-cert-maker: Simple yaml and python script to create certificates for your Nebula Mesh VPN — The Nebula Cert Maker will create a new Nebula CA certificates and then generate and sign certificates for all hosts in the host list.
Texas Linux Festival 2025
JB TXLF Matrix Room
Jupiter Broadcasting Garage
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs As Now "Externally Maintained" — Linus Torvalds updated the maintainers file for Bcachefs and now reflects its upstream state as "externally maintained" rather than "supported".
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year — Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device.
Android Developers Blog: A new layer of security for certified Android devices
Android developer verification
nixos-avf: NixOS for Android Terminal — This profile contains the necesarry services and kernel configs to get it running under the Terminal app
nixos-avf-image-app releases
NixOS VM on my phone lol (Android Virtualization Framework) - NixOS Discourse
Setup SSH and Tailscale on Android 15 Linux Terminal App
droid-nixos — NixOS VM on the Android "Terminal" app
ttyd: Share your terminal over the web
Introduction - Book of crosvm
crosvm: The Chrome OS Virtual Machine Monitor
Android 16 New Feature Terminal (Debian 12) Actual Test: Network Configuration and Software Installation
💻 How to Install Android 16 Linux Terminal with GUI Mode on Your Android Phone Step-by-Step Guide
Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone!
Android 16 Terminal Debian GUI Access Tool — This script is specifically designed for terminal environments on Android 16 systems, enabling quick configuration of graphical interface access for Debian 12. After configuration, you can access the native Debian 12 GUI environment within the Android terminal from your PC through the following steps
wansview 2K Security Cameras Wireless — Outdoor-2.4G WiFi Home Security Cameras via Remote Control with Phone APP for 360º View, Color Night Vision, 24/7 SD Card Storage.
Thingino — Open-source Firmware for Ingenic SoC IP Cameras.
themactep/thingino-firmware: Open-source firmware for Ingenic SoC IP cameras
paperless-upload-thunderbird — Add-On for Thunderbird to upload PDF directly to paperless-ngx
distrostu's nix config
Flameshot — Open source screenshot software
Hyprshot — A utility to easily take screenshots in Hyprland
blendOS — Arch Linux made declarative, immutable and atomic
Frigate NVR — Frigate is an open source NVR built around real-time AI object detection. All processing is performed locally on your own hardware, and your camera feeds never leave your home.
Pick: Kvaesitso — A search-focused, free and open source launcher for Android
Jonas Hietala: I'll only buy devices with GrapheneOS — I use the Kvaesitso launcher.