Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises?Sponsored By: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.
Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMNix Vegas - Extended CFP, and a sneak previewNix Vegas CFPBluefin | The Next Generation Linux WorkstationFour Years of Universal Bluechad-russell/nix-blue: uBlue derivative with nix compatibilitykarypid/bluenix: Bluefin with /nixthrix/nix-toolbox: Fedora toolbox with nix.add nix using either the determine systems nix installer or the vanilla installer · Issue #2371 · ublue-os/bluefinInclude smallest pieces necessary to make installing Nix easier · Issue #765 · ublue-os/mainRecommend homebrew as the default · Issue #576 · ublue-os/bluefinfeat: homebrew on image by m2Giles · Pull Request #1293 · ublue-os/bluefinAdd support for ostree-based Linux distributions by Hofer-Julian · Pull Request #586 · DeterminateSystems/nix-installerOstree installation breaks with composefs changes in Fedora 42 · Issue #1445 · DeterminateSystems/nix-installerArbitrary top level mount points and composefs (#26) · Issue · fedora/bootc/trackercomposefs: The reliability of disk images, the flexibility of filesublue-os/bluefin: The next generation Linux workstation, designed for reliability, performance, and sustainability.ublue-os/image-template: Build your own custom Universal Blue Image!amyosveneos: Bootc images based on Fedora Atomic & Fedora CoreOSm2osbos: Customized OS images based on Universal BlueBuilding Locally | Bluefinublue-os/cayo: A bootc server image for your self-hosting needsZach: Easy Omarchy update and install.CommonArchJaKooLit's Hyprland setupsPick: bitchat — A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks. No internet required, no servers, no phone numbers. It's the side-groupchat.Bitchat: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibesbitchat-android: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibesbitchat privacyJack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security | TechCrunchLINUX Unplugged 459: Better than ButterBriar — Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in.Obtainium: Get Android app updates straight from the source.
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622: Omarchy Hits Different
Developers are abandoning their Macs for a new frontier: Arch Linux with Hyprland. We dive into Omarchy, and the broader trend fueling it.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.
Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLINUX Unplugged 566: Chef's Choice UbuntuOmarchy — Opinionated Arch/Hyprland Setup By DHHThe Omarchy ManualOmacom: Opinionated LinuxDHH on X — "Omarchy is ready! Hyprland + Arch have never been so easy. Everything comes preconfigured, preinstalled, and with six beautiful themes in the box. This is the smoothest, most pleasant operating system I've ever had under my fingers.DHH on X — "Huge kudos to @vaxryy for making Hyprland! I've been so impressed with his creation that I've committed to a €1,000/month support level for at least a year as a token of my appreciation. Consider chipping in if you end up digging it too.Good Linux Hardware · The Omarchy Manual · DHHDHH on X — "Next step for Omarchy is clearly to level up to become a full distro. Then convince @FrameworkPuter and @Beelinkofficial to offer it preloaded. Going to will The Year of Linux into existence!"thalys on X — @dhh I'm a designer using macs for work in the past 14y. no linux experience. decided to jump straight into omarchy and i'm lovin it. already made a small theme for myself, some binds using grim/slurppy/satty to emulate cleanshot, replaced dropbox with owncloud on waybar, etc.Elvinas Predkelis on X — "All right, Omarchy is quite something. It's been a while back since I've last used Linux as a daily driver. But Omarchy is a breeze - snappy, intuitive and a joy to use. Some personal tweaks here and there, adding Ghostty and it's a dream machine. Thank you @dhh 🙏DHH on X — "Mainstream Linux distros have been focused for too long on being as similar to Windows and Mac as possible to ease adoption. I've come to believe this isn't the way. Linux needs to embrace its own aesthetic, its own ethos, unapologetically. Lean into rice and TUIs!"DHH discusses Linux and Omarchy @ Typecraft - YouTubeDHH - Get in losers, we're moving to Linux!Good Linux Hardware · Omacom · DHHODROID-H4+ – ODROIDH4 Mini-ITX Kit – ODROID — a kit that adapts the form factor so that the H4 board can be mounted on a Mini-ITX case for a desktop PC or a DIY-NAS.ODROID and Chill - Self-Hosted 138 — Brent joins to share part two of his NAS build adventure, and things take a tiny turn. Plus, picking the right encrypted chat app and Chris stacks a few Jellyfin wins.Hotkeys · The Omarchy Manual · DHHThe Omarchy ManualNeovim · The Omarchy Manual · DHHTUIs · The Omarchy Manual · DHHDotfiles · The Omarchy Manual · DHHMise — lets you install and run multiple versions of a programming language on the same machine. It's like rbenv or rvm for Ruby or virtualenv for Python, but it works for a bunch of different environmentsmise-plugins/mise-nix: Mise Nix Flake PluginPewDiePie - I installed Linux (so should you) - YouTubePewDiePie - I'm DONE with Google - YouTubeYou'd Better Run - GitHubEurobot Germany 2025 Finals First Round - DDoS vs M.A.M.U.T - YouTubeGitHub - OpenTollGate/tollgate — TollGate enables WiFi routers to accept Bitcoin payments for internet access.Pick: gemini-cli — An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.Pick: sniffnet — Comfortably monitor your Internet traffic 🕵️♂️
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621: The Sunday Secret Sauce
We're highlighting several stories and reviews that never made it into the show. From GrapheneOS trouble, Asahi updates, Framework's desktop reveal, Starlink's Linux magic, and more.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.
Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLINUX Unplugged Membership
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620: Brent Loves Building Things
Off-the-shelf didn't cut it, so we built what we needed using open hardware and open source.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.
Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMCastamaticCastamatic 11 - with live shows and Podping — With this release, you can now listen to live podcast episodes directly in the app and get instant notifications as soon as a new episode—live or recorded—is available.ESP8266 NodeMCUDHT22/AM2302 Digital Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module5V One Channel Relay Module Relay Switch with OPTO Isolation High Low Level TriggerMarine Boat 3" in-Line Bilge Air Blower DC 12V 130 CFMWolfwhoop PW-D Control Buck Converter 6-24V to 5V 1.5A Step-Down Regulator Module Power Inverter Volt StabilizerTICONN Waterproof Electrical Junction BoxBOJACK 3 Values 130 Pcs Solderless BreadboardESPHome Web - web.esphome.io — Allows you to prepare your device for first use, install new versions and check the device logs directly from your browser.PlatformIO - Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development ExcellencebuildFHSEnv - nixpkgs — Provides a way to build and run FHS-compatible lightweight sandboxes.ESPHome NixOS module: Failure to compile firmware because of DynamicUsersPick: High Tide — Third party unofficial TIDAL music client. Listen to your favorite music from your desktop or mobile Linux device at the highest quality.Pick: Junction — Junction pops up automatically when you open a file or link in another app.Junction on Flathub
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619: The Trouble with TUIs
We spent the week learning keybindings, installing dependencies, and cramming for bonus points. Today, we score up and see how we did in the TUI 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.
Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.
Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMLINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rulesdarnir's TUI Reportzee — A modern text editor for the terminal written in RustHelix EditorBrowsh — fully-modern text-based browserddgr — 🦆 DuckDuckGo from the terminalRanger - A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console — Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy.Joshuto — Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rusttenere — 🤖 TUI interface for LLMs written in Rustelia — A snappy, keyboard-centric terminal user interface for interacting with large language models. Chat with ChatGPT, Claude, Llama 3, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma and more.kpxhs — Interactive Keepass database TUI viewerkeepass-mode — Emacs mode to open KeePass DBgocheat — A beautiful customizable TUI Cheatsheet for keybindings,hotkeys and more in the terminalcastero: — TUI podcast client for the terminaltextual-web — Run TUIs and terminals in your browsertodoist: Todoist CLI Client. — Todoist is a cool TODO list web application. This program will let you use the Todoist in CLI.gomuks/gomuks: A TUI Matrix client — A Matrix client written in Go using mautrix.orf/gping: Ping, but with a graphimpala — 🛜 TUI for managing wifi on Linuxcmus - C\* Music Player — cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.systemctl-tui — A fast, simple TUI for interacting with systemd services and their logs.tdf — A tui-based PDF viewerrainfrog — 🐸A database management TUIjqp — A TUI playground to experiment with jqandcli — A 2FA TUI for your shelliamb — A Matrix client for Vim addictsparllama — TUI for ollama and other LLM providers.russ — A TUI RSS reader with vim-like controls and a local-first, offline-first focusytui-music — Youtube client in terminal for music (lightweight youtube client)wiki-tui — A simple and easy to use Wikipedia Text User Interfacetuifeed — 📰 A terminal feed reader with a fancy uiyazi — 💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.vault-tasks — TUI Markdown Task ManagerDon's TUI Challenge blog — #TUIChallengeShyfox's TUI Challenge resultsHimalaya — CLI to manage emails, based on email-libjellyfin-tui — Jellyfin music streaming client for the terminal.Alacritty — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.apple/containerization — Containerization is a Swift package for running Linux containers on macOS. Containerization is written in Swift and uses Virtualization.framework on Apple silicon.Pick: somo — A human-friendly alternative to netstat for socket and port monitoring on Linux.
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