It's the fifth annual Unplugged Tuxies; our community votes on the best projects, distros, and desktops of 2024. Join us for the final Tuxies, and the second annual Boosties!

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A special guest joins us for the news, then we dive headfirst into our RT Linux kernel adventures—where speed seduced, but stability ghosted us.

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• Xfce 4.20 Desktop Released With Wayland Improvements & New Features
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• The Last Tuxies
• Plan your meetup: Colony Events
• LUP 600 Pacific Northwest Party · Colony Events
• Introducing CentOS Stream 10 — CentOS Stream serves as a development branch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), providing a continuous preview of features before they are incorporated into RHEL.
• EPEL 10 is now available — The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) 10 has been officially released, offering users access to over 10,000 packages built from 3,600 source packages, thanks to the efforts of over 150 Fedora package maintainers.
• Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: A change of hats! — Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Leader for over a decade, has announced his decision to step down from the role. Initially aiming for a five-year term, he extended his tenure after feeling there was more to accomplish. Now, after ten years, Miller believes it is the right time for a leadership change to bring fresh energy and ideas to Fedora.
• Fedora COSMIC Desktop Spin Proposed For Fedora 42 — The Fedora Project is considering a new "Fedora COSMIC" spin for Fedora 42, featuring the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment developed by System76.
• Changes/FedoraCOSMIC - Fedora Project Wiki
• Ptyxis Becomes Ubuntu's Recommended Replacement To GNOME Terminal — Ptyxis was introduced as an option in Ubuntu 24.10, though it was not the default terminal. While GNOME Console remains the default in Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds, there is growing support for Ptyxis within the Ubuntu community. Canonical Desktop Software Engineer Jeremy Bicha confirmed this shift, stating that Ptyxis is now the "recommended replacement for GNOME Terminal."
• Zen Kernel FAQ — Result of a collaborative effort of kernel hackers to provide the best Linux kernel possible for everyday systems
• The MuQSS CPU scheduler
• Linux Audio System Configuration Guide
• I've turned preempt=full on and it solved most of my problems : r/Fedora
• How to 'test' if kernel is truly PREEMPT=FULL and threadirqs? - Fedora Discussion
• Revisiting the kernel's preemption models (part 1) [LWN.net]
• config_preempt_dynamic - kernelconfig.io
• Kernel preemption - Wikipedia
• Dynamic Preemption Support Sent In For The Linux 5.12 Kernel - Phoronix
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• Libro.fm, Your Independent Bookstore for Digital Audiobooks
• Fountain 1.1.10 - Payment UX Improvements and Faster Boosts
• Ports-info — Simple utility to show open ports on linux systems

USB thumb drives are old and busted. No hard drive? No problem. Need a quick system rescue or work in another distro for the day? Easy.

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• Request for Proposals: Flathub Program Management — The GNOME Foundation, in partnership with KDE e.V., is bootstrapping Flathub LLC to become a self-sustaining entity.
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• Windows PE image as an ISO, instructions on how to build it can be found here
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• Proxmox and Veeam backups
• home-assistant-technitiumdns — This custom integration allows you to integrate TechnetiumDNS with Home Assistant, providing sensors for various DNS statistics.
• sam h's nix config with Blocky
• Rescuezilla — Rescuezilla is an open-source easy-to-use disk imaging app that's fully compatible with Clonezilla — the industry-standard trusted by tens of millions.
• rescuezilla/rescuezilla: The Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery

The KDE and GNOME projects are working on official Linux distributions, but do we need more distros? We dig into their special sauce.

Plus: Wes' top DNS server pick, and it's not one we've heard before.

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• First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released — The OpenWrt One costs $89 with a case ($68.42 for the logic board only) and is hacker-friendly, featuring robust hardware specifications such as a MediaTek MT7981B SoC, dual Ethernet ports (2.5 GbE and 1 GbE), USB-C power, and modular expansion options.
• Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros
• "KDE Linux" (codenamed "Project Banana")
• Akademy 2024 - Saturday 7th September - Room 1 - YouTube
• An Operating System of Our Own - Akademy 2024 - FTV
• Adrian Vovk
• A Desktop for All
• GNOME OS Nightly
• Fitting Everything Together
• Shell Yes! | Push the Button
• 2024 Tuxies.Party — New category based on your feedback, and we've cleared out the hall of fame, all distros and desktops up for a vote!
• Reminder that PlanetNix Call for Papers is still open!
• Technitium DNS Server
• TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer: Technitium DNS Server — Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server for privacy & security. It works out-of-the-box with no or minimal configuration and provides a user friendly web console accessible using any modern web browser.
• Technitium Blog: Running Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu Linux
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• Errands — Todo application for those who prefer simplicity.
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Two years ago, we took a small step toward digital privacy. Today, we're rethinking everything about our online lives, and we'll give you the tools to do the same.

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• 2024 Tuxies.Party — New category based on your feedback, and we've cleared out the hall of fame, all distros and desktops up for a vote!
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• Location | Home Assistant Companion Docs
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• Obtainium: Get Android app updates straight from the source.
• OSS-DocumentScanner: Android document document scanning app
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• 2FAS - the Internet's favorite open-source authenticator
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• streamyfin: A Jellyfin client build with Expo
• Tubular: A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike.
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• Soundcore Motion 300 by Anker
• LubeLogger
• Self-Hosted 127: Can't Fix What You Don't Track
• Mealie.io — Self-hosted Recpie Managment
• Self-Hosted 135: Rebuilding For the Last Time
• pinchflat: Your next YouTube media manager
• Self-Hosted 134: YouTube Unplugged
• Embrace Alby Hub - phasing out Alby’s shared wallet | Alby User Guide — In the beginning of 2024, we shared our vision in "Where Does Alby Fly From Here". Since then we launched Alby Hub, your self-custodial wallet accessible from anywhere to integrate with dozens of apps. We’ve also launched Alby Go - the easiest-to-use mobile app to connect your Alby Hub and use your sats on the go.
• Wes' half-finished Alby Hub Flake
• Alby Go — The easiest mobile app to use bitcoin on the Go and that works great with Alby Hub.
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• Breez App — The Breez mobile app is a favorite of Lightning wizards and rookies alike. With a non-custodial Lightning node running on your mobile device, digital cash register, podcast player, and its own marketplace, the app delivers a standard-setting UX with 100% bitcoin DNA under the hood.
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The Linux 6.12 kernel isn't just another update — it's a game-changer that deserves our full attention, from performance improvements to fascinating new features.

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• LINUX Unplugged 563: Nix's People Problem
• Btrfs Assistant — Btrfs Assistant is a GUI management tool to make managing a Btrfs filesystem easier.
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We go back in time to revisit our favorite classic SUSE release and then fix Brent's broken box the hard way.

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• LINUX Unplugged 432: Three Tumbleweed Temptations
• LINUX Unplugged 461: Deep in the Tumbleweeds
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• bees: Best-Effort Extent-Same, a btrfs dedupe agent — bees is a block-oriented userspace deduplication agent designed for large btrfs filesystems. It is an offline dedupe combined with an incremental data scan capability to minimize time data spends on disk from write to dedupe.
• markfasheh/duperemove: Tools for deduping file systems — Duperemove is a simple tool for finding duplicated extents and submitting them for deduplication. When given a list of files it will hash their contents on an extent by extent basis and compare those hashes to each other, finding and categorizing extents that match each other.
• MicroMirror CDN: Mirroring FOSS as a Managed Appliance :: SeaGL 2024
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• Beelink open sources the design of the Beelink EX GPU dock
• Beelink Multi-Functional EX Docking Station
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• Documentation for lustrating does not actually work as it is · Issue #49520 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub
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• ownCloud becomes part of Kiteworks
• open-webui: User-friendly AI Interface
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Fedora 41 is here! We break down the best new features, then branch out for a three-way spin showdown. Which flavor will come out on top?

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• What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 41 - Siosm’s blog — With Fedora 41, we are now building two new unofficial images: Kinoite Mobile and COSMIC Atomic. They join our other unofficial images: XFCE Atomic and LXQt Atomic.
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• Modifying Kernel Arguments :: Fedora Docs
• Getting Started with Bootable Containers :: Fedora Docs
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• AsahiLinux/asahi-audio: Userspace audio for Asahi Linux — PipeWire and WirePlumber DSP profiles and configurations tod rive the speaker arrays in Apple Silicon laptops and desktops.
• AAA gaming on Asahi Linux — We’re thrilled to release our Asahi game playing toolkit, which integrates our Vulkan 1.3 drivers with x86 emulation and Windows compatibility. Plus a bonus: conformant OpenCL 3.0.
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• Preparing Boot Media - Fedora Docs
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• GDM Settings Web Site — Customize your login screen
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• eyekay/webapps source — Install websites as desktop apps, so that they appear in their own windows separate from any browsers installed. This is similar to the "Install as App" feature found in popular web browsers.

We're hot-swapping our rigs to Fedora 41; then Graham Christensen gives us the inside scoop on a new Nix distribution, and Determinate Systems' big week!

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• Determinate Nix documentation — With Determinate Nix, our goal is to transform Nix from what it is today—a tool with great potential but with too many hard edges to be ready for prime time
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• lobe-chat — an open-source, modern-design AI chat framework. Supports Multi AI Providers
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• cool-retro-term: A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...
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Wes got Mom a new Linux laptop, and he lets her pick the distro. Plus, we take a look at the new Ubuntu 24.10, and why we think this release might be a good sign for the future.

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• imagegenius/docker-immich — Monolithic (Single) Docker Container for Immich
• rramiachraf/dumb — Private alternative front-end for Genius.
• qdm12/gluetun: — VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.
• SCaLE 22X Call for Papers
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• cli-ai — A simple command-line AI assistant that translates natural language into shell commands. Supports all Windows and Unix-based systems (Linux, MacOS).