We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Party Annual Membership</a>: <a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Managed Nebula</a>: <a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li></ul> 
<a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment">Support LINUX Unplugged</a>Links:<ul><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" href="https://strike.me/" rel="nofollow">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov" rel="nofollow">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/" rel="nofollow">SCaLE 23x | Registration</a> — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"</li><li><a title="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow">PlanetNix 2026</a> — Where Nix Builders Come Together</li><li><a title="Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/?slug=jupiterbroadcasting&amp;eventId=313050140" rel="nofollow">Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM</a></li><li><a title="KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki" href="https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux" rel="nofollow">KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki</a></li><li><a title="Beta (Enthusiast &amp; Stable editions) · KDE Linux · GitLab" href="https://invent.kde.org/groups/kde-linux/-/milestones/2#tab-issues" rel="nofollow">Beta (Enthusiast &amp; Stable editions) · KDE Linux · GitLab</a></li><li><a title="Install Software Not Available in Discover - KDE Community" href="https://kde.org/linux/docs/more-software/" rel="nofollow">Install Software Not Available in Discover - KDE Community</a></li><li><a title="KDE Linux / Kapsule · GitLab" href="https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kapsule" rel="nofollow">KDE Linux / Kapsule · GitLab</a></li><li><a title="suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS" href="https://github.com/suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS" rel="nofollow">suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS</a></li><li><a title="xuars/kdelinux-tailscale" href="https://github.com/xuars/kdelinux-tailscale" rel="nofollow">xuars/kdelinux-tailscale</a></li><li><a title="Nix - KDE Community" href="https://kde.org/linux/docs/nix/" rel="nofollow">Nix - KDE Community</a></li><li><a title="Fitting Everything Together" href="https://0pointer.net/blog/fitting-everything-together.html" rel="nofollow">Fitting Everything Together</a> — TLDR: Hermetic /usr/ is awesome; let's popularize image-based OSes with modernized security properties built around immutability, SecureBoot, TPM2, adaptability, auto-updating, factory reset, uniformity – built from traditional distribution packages, but deployed via images.</li><li><a title="Nebula Commander" href="https://nebulacdr.com/" rel="nofollow">Nebula Commander</a></li><li><a title="DEMO Nebula Commander" href="https://nebulacdr.net/login" rel="nofollow">DEMO Nebula Commander</a></li><li><a title="Nebula Commander GitHub" href="https://github.com/nixrtr/nebula-commander" rel="nofollow">Nebula Commander GitHub</a> — Nebula Commander is a self-hosted control plane for nebula overlay networks.</li><li><a title="Star Trek Comm Badge for Home Assistant Voice Control" href="https://www.instructables.com/Star-Trek-Comm-Badge-for-Home-Assistant-Voice-Cont/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow">Star Trek Comm Badge for Home Assistant Voice Control</a></li><li><a title="Pick: hcloud-upload-image" href="https://github.com/apricote/hcloud-upload-image" rel="nofollow">Pick: hcloud-upload-image</a> — Quickly upload any raw disk images into your Hetzner Cloud projects!</li><li><a title="Pick: Launcher Studio" href="https://arnaudmichel.fr/projects/launcher-studio/" rel="nofollow">Pick: Launcher Studio</a> — Launcher Studio is a GTK4 desktop application for creating and managing .desktop files on Linux.</li><li><a title="Launcher Studio on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/fr.arnaudmichel.launcherstudio" rel="nofollow">Launcher Studio on Flathub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: tinyproxy" href="https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy" rel="nofollow">Pick: tinyproxy</a> — A light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems</li><li><a title="Pick: socks-to-http-proxy" href="https://github.com/KaranGauswami/socks-to-http-proxy" rel="nofollow">Pick: socks-to-http-proxy</a> — An executable to convert SOCKS5 proxy into HTTP proxy</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jupiter Party Annual Membership&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Managed Nebula&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment"&gt;Support LINUX Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" href="https://strike.me/" rel="nofollow"&gt;💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov" rel="nofollow"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/" rel="nofollow"&gt;SCaLE 23x | Registration&lt;/a&gt; — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;PlanetNix 2026&lt;/a&gt; — Where Nix Builders Come Together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/?slug=jupiterbroadcasting&amp;amp;eventId=313050140" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki" href="https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux" rel="nofollow"&gt;KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Beta (Enthusiast &amp;amp; Stable editions) · KDE Linux · GitLab" href="https://invent.kde.org/groups/kde-linux/-/milestones/2#tab-issues" rel="nofollow"&gt;Beta (Enthusiast &amp;amp; Stable editions) · KDE Linux · GitLab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Install Software Not Available in Discover - KDE Community" href="https://kde.org/linux/docs/more-software/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Install Software Not Available in Discover - KDE Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="KDE Linux / Kapsule · GitLab" href="https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kapsule" rel="nofollow"&gt;KDE Linux / Kapsule · GitLab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS" href="https://github.com/suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS" rel="nofollow"&gt;suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="xuars/kdelinux-tailscale" href="https://github.com/xuars/kdelinux-tailscale" rel="nofollow"&gt;xuars/kdelinux-tailscale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Nix - KDE Community" href="https://kde.org/linux/docs/nix/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nix - KDE Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fitting Everything Together" href="https://0pointer.net/blog/fitting-everything-together.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fitting Everything Together&lt;/a&gt; — TLDR: Hermetic /usr/ is awesome; let's popularize image-based OSes with modernized security properties built around immutability, SecureBoot, TPM2, adaptability, auto-updating, factory reset, uniformity – built from traditional distribution packages, but deployed via images.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Nebula Commander" href="https://nebulacdr.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nebula Commander&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="DEMO Nebula Commander" href="https://nebulacdr.net/login" rel="nofollow"&gt;DEMO Nebula Commander&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Nebula Commander GitHub" href="https://github.com/nixrtr/nebula-commander" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nebula Commander GitHub&lt;/a&gt; — Nebula Commander is a self-hosted control plane for nebula overlay networks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Star Trek Comm Badge for Home Assistant Voice Control" href="https://www.instructables.com/Star-Trek-Comm-Badge-for-Home-Assistant-Voice-Cont/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow"&gt;Star Trek Comm Badge for Home Assistant Voice Control&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: hcloud-upload-image" href="https://github.com/apricote/hcloud-upload-image" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: hcloud-upload-image&lt;/a&gt; — Quickly upload any raw disk images into your Hetzner Cloud projects!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Launcher Studio" href="https://arnaudmichel.fr/projects/launcher-studio/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Launcher Studio&lt;/a&gt; — Launcher Studio is a GTK4 desktop application for creating and managing .desktop files on Linux.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Launcher Studio on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/fr.arnaudmichel.launcherstudio" rel="nofollow"&gt;Launcher Studio on Flathub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: tinyproxy" href="https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: tinyproxy&lt;/a&gt; — A light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: socks-to-http-proxy" href="https://github.com/KaranGauswami/socks-to-http-proxy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: socks-to-http-proxy&lt;/a&gt; — An executable to convert SOCKS5 proxy into HTTP proxy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander.

656: Why KDE Linux Surprised Us

Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here!Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Party Annual Membership</a>: <a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Managed Nebula</a>: <a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li></ul> 
<a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment">Support LINUX Unplugged</a>Links:<ul><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" href="https://strike.me/" rel="nofollow">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov" rel="nofollow">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/" rel="nofollow">SCaLE 23x | Registration</a> — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"</li><li><a title="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow">PlanetNix 2026</a> — Where Nix Builders Come Together</li><li><a title="Pasadena Linux Party Meetup" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/" rel="nofollow">Pasadena Linux Party Meetup</a></li><li><a title="stahnma (Michael Stahnke)" href="https://github.com/stahnma" rel="nofollow">stahnma (Michael Stahnke)</a></li><li><a title="Flox, Nix, and Reproducible Software Systems with Michael Stahnke - Software Engineering Daily" href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2026/01/08/flox-nix-and-reproducible-software-systems-with-michael-stahnke/" rel="nofollow">Flox, Nix, and Reproducible Software Systems with Michael Stahnke - Software Engineering Daily</a></li><li><a title="Pro OpenSSH (Expert&apos;s Voice in Open Source): Stahnke, Michael" href="https://www.amazon.com/Pro-OpenSSH-Michael-Stahnke/dp/1590594762" rel="nofollow">Pro OpenSSH (Expert's Voice in Open Source): Stahnke, Michael</a></li><li><a title="Nix and AI, are we there yet? | SCALE" href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/nix-and-ai-are-we-there-yet" rel="nofollow">Nix and AI, are we there yet? | SCALE</a></li><li><a title="stahnma/mandatoryFun" href="https://github.com/stahnma/mandatoryFun" rel="nofollow">stahnma/mandatoryFun</a></li><li><a title="Post by @kelseyhightower.com — Bluesky" href="https://bsky.app/profile/kelseyhightower.com/post/3mfagymp3d22i" rel="nofollow">Post by @kelseyhightower.com — Bluesky</a> — I don't care about LLMs or AI. I care about people. AI is just a tool to me. Tools enable people to help or harm at a scale beyond their natural abilities. I care about how people treat each other using these tools.</li><li><a title="distrostru&apos;s gatus config" href="https://github.com/jonocodes/configs/blob/ed66d056e2b106235f868cdf77e129887c7c1d08/nixos/hosts/zeeba/web.nix#L153-L246" rel="nofollow">distrostru's gatus config</a></li><li><a title="Status Page On Demand | Gatus" href="https://gatus.io/" rel="nofollow">Status Page On Demand | Gatus</a></li><li><a title="MimiClaw" href="https://github.com/memovai/mimiclaw#architecture" rel="nofollow">MimiClaw</a> — MimiClaw turns a tiny ESP32-S3 board into a personal AI assistant.</li><li><a title="hrwtech/openclaw-esp32: OpenClaw on your Arduino ESP32 devices" href="https://github.com/hrwtech/openclaw-esp32" rel="nofollow">hrwtech/openclaw-esp32: OpenClaw on your Arduino ESP32 devices</a></li><li><a title="Pick: WebsocketCAM" href="https://github.com/UmerCodez/WebsocketCAM" rel="nofollow">Pick: WebsocketCAM</a> — Access Android camera via WebSocket client API and run AI / computer vision tasks with ease on live camera stream</li><li><a title="Pick: ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge" rel="nofollow">Pick: ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge</a> — OpenClaw plugin that bridges any MCP HTTP server as native tools. The missing piece between OpenClaw + Ollama and the MCP ecosystem.</li><li><a title="Pick: ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp" rel="nofollow">Pick: ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp</a> — A simple MCP server to stand in front of your FreshRSS Server</li><li><a title="Pick: wechsel" href="https://github.com/JustSomeRandomUsername/wechsel" rel="nofollow">Pick: wechsel</a> — A Cli Utility to replace home folders with symlinks to project folders</li><li><a title="wechsel-extension: A Gnome Extension for Project Switching" href="https://github.com/JustSomeRandomUsername/wechsel-extension" rel="nofollow">wechsel-extension: A Gnome Extension for Project Switching</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jupiter Party Annual Membership&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Managed Nebula&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment"&gt;Support LINUX Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" href="https://strike.me/" rel="nofollow"&gt;💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov" rel="nofollow"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/" rel="nofollow"&gt;SCaLE 23x | Registration&lt;/a&gt; — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;PlanetNix 2026&lt;/a&gt; — Where Nix Builders Come Together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pasadena Linux Party Meetup" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pasadena Linux Party Meetup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="stahnma (Michael Stahnke)" href="https://github.com/stahnma" rel="nofollow"&gt;stahnma (Michael Stahnke)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Flox, Nix, and Reproducible Software Systems with Michael Stahnke - Software Engineering Daily" href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2026/01/08/flox-nix-and-reproducible-software-systems-with-michael-stahnke/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Flox, Nix, and Reproducible Software Systems with Michael Stahnke - Software Engineering Daily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pro OpenSSH (Expert&amp;apos;s Voice in Open Source): Stahnke, Michael" href="https://www.amazon.com/Pro-OpenSSH-Michael-Stahnke/dp/1590594762" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pro OpenSSH (Expert's Voice in Open Source): Stahnke, Michael&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Nix and AI, are we there yet? | SCALE" href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/nix-and-ai-are-we-there-yet" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nix and AI, are we there yet? | SCALE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="stahnma/mandatoryFun" href="https://github.com/stahnma/mandatoryFun" rel="nofollow"&gt;stahnma/mandatoryFun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Post by @kelseyhightower.com — Bluesky" href="https://bsky.app/profile/kelseyhightower.com/post/3mfagymp3d22i" rel="nofollow"&gt;Post by @kelseyhightower.com — Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; — I don't care about LLMs or AI. I care about people. AI is just a tool to me. Tools enable people to help or harm at a scale beyond their natural abilities. I care about how people treat each other using these tools.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="distrostru&amp;apos;s gatus config" href="https://github.com/jonocodes/configs/blob/ed66d056e2b106235f868cdf77e129887c7c1d08/nixos/hosts/zeeba/web.nix#L153-L246" rel="nofollow"&gt;distrostru's gatus config&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Status Page On Demand | Gatus" href="https://gatus.io/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Status Page On Demand | Gatus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="MimiClaw" href="https://github.com/memovai/mimiclaw#architecture" rel="nofollow"&gt;MimiClaw&lt;/a&gt; — MimiClaw turns a tiny ESP32-S3 board into a personal AI assistant.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="hrwtech/openclaw-esp32: OpenClaw on your Arduino ESP32 devices" href="https://github.com/hrwtech/openclaw-esp32" rel="nofollow"&gt;hrwtech/openclaw-esp32: OpenClaw on your Arduino ESP32 devices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: WebsocketCAM" href="https://github.com/UmerCodez/WebsocketCAM" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: WebsocketCAM&lt;/a&gt; — Access Android camera via WebSocket client API and run AI / computer vision tasks with ease on live camera stream&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge&lt;/a&gt; — OpenClaw plugin that bridges any MCP HTTP server as native tools. The missing piece between OpenClaw + Ollama and the MCP ecosystem.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp&lt;/a&gt; — A simple MCP server to stand in front of your FreshRSS Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: wechsel" href="https://github.com/JustSomeRandomUsername/wechsel" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: wechsel&lt;/a&gt; — A Cli Utility to replace home folders with symlinks to project folders&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="wechsel-extension: A Gnome Extension for Project Switching" href="https://github.com/JustSomeRandomUsername/wechsel-extension" rel="nofollow"&gt;wechsel-extension: A Gnome Extension for Project Switching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here!

655: Speeding Up Mistakes

We were minutes away from shutting down our Matrix server when the Discord news hit. Now we're not just keeping it, we're doubling down. Can open source seize this moment?Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Party Annual Membership</a>: <a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Managed Nebula</a>: <a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.</a></li></ul> 
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<description>&lt;p&gt;We were minutes away from shutting down our Matrix server when the Discord news hit. Now we're not just keeping it, we're doubling down. Can open source seize this moment?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jupiter Party Annual Membership&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
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Each user maintains a personal library and wishlist, with per-user readings, stats, and timeline.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: whosthere" href="https://github.com/ramonvermeulen/whosthere" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: whosthere&lt;/a&gt; — Local Area Network discovery tool with an interactive Terminal User Interface (TUI) written in Go. Discover, explore, and understand your LAN in an intuitive way. Knock Knock.. who's there? 🚪&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Weylus" href="https://github.com/H-M-H/Weylus" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Weylus&lt;/a&gt; — Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We were minutes away from shutting down our Matrix server when the Discord news hit. Now we're not just keeping it, we're doubling down. Can open source seize this moment?

654: Creating Discord in the Matrix

The news this week highlights shifts in Linux from multiple angles. What's evolving, why it matters, and that moment where the future actually works.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Party Annual Membership</a>: <a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!</a></li> 
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Helpful for diagnosing performance issues.</li><li><a title="bcachefs v1.36.1 is out - next release will be erasure coding : r/bcachefs" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1qy1hv0/v1361_is_out_next_release_will_be_erasure_coding/" rel="nofollow">bcachefs v1.36.1 is out - next release will be erasure coding : r/bcachefs</a></li><li><a title="bcachefs PSA: if you&apos;re on 1.33-1.35, upgrade asap" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1qyryzn/psa_if_youre_on_133135_upgrade_asap/" rel="nofollow">bcachefs PSA: if you're on 1.33-1.35, upgrade asap</a> — Several people have been hit by this, so - please upgrade asap.</li><li><a title="Mattermost" href="https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost" rel="nofollow">Mattermost</a> — Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle.</li><li><a title="Debian&apos;s CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-CI-LLM-Restrictions" rel="nofollow">Debian's CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic</a></li><li><a title="Venice AI - Private AI for Unlimited Creative Freedom" href="https://venice.ai/" rel="nofollow">Venice AI - Private AI for Unlimited Creative Freedom</a></li><li><a title="ThinkBox V2 - A Custom 4-Bay SATA/SAS HDD NAS for Your Lenovo M720Q" href="https://makerworld.com/en/models/2291411-thinkbox-v2-a-custom-4-bay-sata-sas-hdd-nas" rel="nofollow">ThinkBox V2 - A Custom 4-Bay SATA/SAS HDD NAS for Your Lenovo M720Q</a></li><li><a title="Code for Climate 2026 — The Mad Botter Earth Day Open Source Challenge" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7422747650325716993/" rel="nofollow">Code for Climate 2026 — The Mad Botter Earth Day Open Source Challenge</a> — We're doing our Earth Day open-source competition again The Mad Botter INC. Once again featuring System76 hardware and this time with dual tracks for college and non-college students.</li><li><a title="Michael Dominick on X - Earth Day Open Source Challenge" href="https://x.com/dominucco/status/2017282757051699655" rel="nofollow">Michael Dominick on X - Earth Day Open Source Challenge</a></li><li><a title="Red5d/podcast_mcp" href="https://github.com/Red5d/podcast_mcp" rel="nofollow">Red5d/podcast_mcp</a> — MCP server for accessing Podcasting 2.0 RSS feed episode data. "I've really only tested it with JB feeds!"</li><li><a title="Pick: Plexus" href="https://f-droid.org/packages/tech.techlore.plexus/" rel="nofollow">Pick: Plexus</a> — Remove the fear of Android app compatibility on de-Googled devices.</li><li><a title="Plexus-app: GitHub" href="https://github.com/techlore/Plexus-app" rel="nofollow">Plexus-app: GitHub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: ReinschriftTodo" href="https://github.com/danst0/ReinschriftTodo" rel="nofollow">Pick: ReinschriftTodo</a> — Reinschrift combines a native GNOME interface with the simplicity of plain text. Your tasks remain a normal Markdown file – easy to back up, versionable via Git, and editable on any device with your favorite editor.</li><li><a title="Reinschrift on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/me.dumke.Reinschrift" rel="nofollow">Reinschrift on Flathub</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The news this week highlights shifts in Linux from multiple angles. What's evolving, why it matters, and that moment where the future actually works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jupiter Party Annual Membership&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Managed Nebula&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://defined.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946" rel="payment"&gt;Support LINUX Unplugged&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" href="https://strike.me/" rel="nofollow"&gt;💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov" rel="nofollow"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="SCaLE 23x | Registration" href="https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/" rel="nofollow"&gt;SCaLE 23x | Registration&lt;/a&gt; — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;PlanetNix 2026&lt;/a&gt; — Where Nix Builders Come Together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pasadena Linux Party Meetup" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pasadena Linux Party Meetup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Valve explains why it hasn’t announced release dates for its new hardware, now plans for “first half of the year”" href="https://www.pcguide.com/news/valve-explains-why-it-hasnt-announced-release-dates-for-its-new-hardware-now-plans-for-first-half-of-the-year/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Valve explains why it hasn’t announced release dates for its new hardware, now plans for “first half of the year”&lt;/a&gt; — Valve now says all three products will ship “in the first half of the year.”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-Upstream-With-KVM" rel="nofollow"&gt;Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend&lt;/a&gt; — Support for KVM or other native OS hypervisors in conjunction with VirtualBox has long been sought and it's finally becoming a reality.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bcachefs-tools v1.36.1" href="https://evilpiepirate.org/git/bcachefs-tools.git/tree/Changelog.mdwn" rel="nofollow"&gt;bcachefs-tools v1.36.1&lt;/a&gt; — Interactive TUI for monitoring various filesystem internals, slowpaths and device performance, with duration and frequency tracking for various events. Helpful for diagnosing performance issues.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bcachefs v1.36.1 is out - next release will be erasure coding : r/bcachefs" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1qy1hv0/v1361_is_out_next_release_will_be_erasure_coding/" rel="nofollow"&gt;bcachefs v1.36.1 is out - next release will be erasure coding : r/bcachefs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bcachefs PSA: if you&amp;apos;re on 1.33-1.35, upgrade asap" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1qyryzn/psa_if_youre_on_133135_upgrade_asap/" rel="nofollow"&gt;bcachefs PSA: if you're on 1.33-1.35, upgrade asap&lt;/a&gt; — Several people have been hit by this, so - please upgrade asap.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Mattermost" href="https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mattermost&lt;/a&gt; — Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Debian&amp;apos;s CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-CI-LLM-Restrictions" rel="nofollow"&gt;Debian's CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Venice AI - Private AI for Unlimited Creative Freedom" href="https://venice.ai/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Venice AI - Private AI for Unlimited Creative Freedom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ThinkBox V2 - A Custom 4-Bay SATA/SAS HDD NAS for Your Lenovo M720Q" href="https://makerworld.com/en/models/2291411-thinkbox-v2-a-custom-4-bay-sata-sas-hdd-nas" rel="nofollow"&gt;ThinkBox V2 - A Custom 4-Bay SATA/SAS HDD NAS for Your Lenovo M720Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Code for Climate 2026 — The Mad Botter Earth Day Open Source Challenge" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7422747650325716993/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Code for Climate 2026 — The Mad Botter Earth Day Open Source Challenge&lt;/a&gt; — We're doing our Earth Day open-source competition again The Mad Botter INC. Once again featuring System76 hardware and this time with dual tracks for college and non-college students.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Michael Dominick on X - Earth Day Open Source Challenge" href="https://x.com/dominucco/status/2017282757051699655" rel="nofollow"&gt;Michael Dominick on X - Earth Day Open Source Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Red5d/podcast_mcp" href="https://github.com/Red5d/podcast_mcp" rel="nofollow"&gt;Red5d/podcast_mcp&lt;/a&gt; — MCP server for accessing Podcasting 2.0 RSS feed episode data. "I've really only tested it with JB feeds!"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Plexus" href="https://f-droid.org/packages/tech.techlore.plexus/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Plexus&lt;/a&gt; — Remove the fear of Android app compatibility on de-Googled devices.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Plexus-app: GitHub" href="https://github.com/techlore/Plexus-app" rel="nofollow"&gt;Plexus-app: GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: ReinschriftTodo" href="https://github.com/danst0/ReinschriftTodo" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: ReinschriftTodo&lt;/a&gt; — Reinschrift combines a native GNOME interface with the simplicity of plain text. Your tasks remain a normal Markdown file – easy to back up, versionable via Git, and editable on any device with your favorite editor.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Reinschrift on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/me.dumke.Reinschrift" rel="nofollow"&gt;Reinschrift on Flathub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

The news this week highlights shifts in Linux from multiple angles. What's evolving, why it matters, and that moment where the future actually works.

653: The Kernel Always Wins

We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent's $20 Wi-Fi upgrade.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Party Annual Membership</a>: <a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow">Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!</a></li> 
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<description>&lt;p&gt;We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent's $20 Wi-Fi upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jupiter Party Annual Membership&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630r" rel="nofollow"&gt;Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
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Things don't go quite as expected...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="OpenWrt Wiki - Ad blocking" href="https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking?s[]=app" rel="nofollow"&gt;OpenWrt Wiki - Ad blocking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="AdBlock-fast" href="https://docs.openwrt.melmac.ca/adblock-fast/" rel="nofollow"&gt;AdBlock-fast&lt;/a&gt; — AdBlock-Fast is a high-performance ad-blocking service for OpenWrt that integrates with Dnsmasq, SmartDNS, and Unbound.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="OpenWrt Wiki - Supported Hardware Table" href="https://openwrt.org/toh/start" rel="nofollow"&gt;OpenWrt Wiki - Supported Hardware Table&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Abe&amp;apos;s volition" href="https://github.com/AIndoria/volition" rel="nofollow"&gt;Abe's volition&lt;/a&gt; — This is a public, sanitized version of my Abiverse repository for people to use and run their own Abes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="OpenClaw" href="https://openclaw.ai" rel="nofollow"&gt;OpenClaw&lt;/a&gt; — Clears your inbox, sends emails, manages your calendar, checks you in for flights. All from WhatsApp, Telegram, or any chat app you already use.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Introducing OpenClaw" href="https://openclaw.ai/blog/introducing-openclaw" rel="nofollow"&gt;Introducing OpenClaw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="openclaw on GitHub 🦞" href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw" rel="nofollow"&gt;openclaw on GitHub 🦞&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="openclaw security Issues" href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20security" rel="nofollow"&gt;openclaw security Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Practical changes could reduce AI energy demand by up to 90% – University College London" href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jul/practical-changes-could-reduce-ai-energy-demand-90" rel="nofollow"&gt;Practical changes could reduce AI energy demand by up to 90% – University College London&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="moltbook" href="https://www.moltbook.com/post/38a040fd-b03c-4f94-9b14-6d744b408ed7" rel="nofollow"&gt;moltbook&lt;/a&gt; — the front page of the agent internet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="SeloraBox - NixOS Edition" href="https://gitlab.com/selorahomes/products/selorabox-nix/" rel="nofollow"&gt;SeloraBox - NixOS Edition&lt;/a&gt; — SeloraBox is a self-configuring home automation appliance based on NixOS, featuring automated installation, device claiming via QR code, and self-updating configuration management.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="nixtcloud: Nextcloud with NixOS in the backend and P2P connectivity enabled" href="https://github.com/jjacke13/nixtcloud" rel="nofollow"&gt;nixtcloud: Nextcloud with NixOS in the backend and P2P connectivity enabled&lt;/a&gt; — Nixtcloud turns a Raspberry Pi or NanoPi NEO3 into a privacy-first, zero-config personal cloud — powered by NixOS, Nextcloud, and peer-to-peer remote access via Holesail. Built for the self-hosting crowd who want full control without constant babysitting.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Holesail.io - Open Source P2P Reverse Proxy" href="https://holesail.io/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Holesail.io - Open Source P2P Reverse Proxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: ml-sharp-pinokio" href="https://github.com/francescofugazzi/ml-sharp-pinokio" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: ml-sharp-pinokio&lt;/a&gt; — One-click 3D Gaussian Splatting generation from a single image.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Gradia" href="https://gradia.alexandervanhee.be/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Gradia&lt;/a&gt; — Gradia helps you get your screenshots ready for sharing, whether quickly with friends or colleagues, or professionally with the entire world.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We stress tested open source AI agents this week. What actually held up, and where it falls apart. Plus Brent's $20 Wi-Fi upgrade.

652: Have Your Bot Call My Bot

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