The Great Holiday Homelab Special! Where our community brought their absolute best, from budget busters to beautiful disasters. Plus, a boosties celebration! Grab an eggnog and join us as we attempt to choose this year's winners.Sponsored By:<ul><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> 
<li><a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">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.</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">CrowdHealth</a>: <a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a></li><li><a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Unraid</a>: <a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</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></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Great Holiday Homelab Special! Where our community brought their absolute best, from budget busters to beautiful disasters. Plus, a boosties celebration! Grab an eggnog and join us as we attempt to choose this year's winners.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&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;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;1Password Extended Access Management&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;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.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CrowdHealth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unraid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.&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;/ul&gt;</description>

The Great Holiday Homelab Special! Where our community brought their absolute best, from budget busters to beautiful disasters. Plus, a boosties celebration! Grab an eggnog and join us as we attempt to choose this year's winners.

646: The Great Holiday Homelab Special 🎄

We cut the streaming cord the Linux way with free, legal internet TV you can curate, DVR, and self-host via Jellyfin or Plex. Then, we talk COSMIC stable with System76's CEO.Sponsored By:<ul><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> 
<li><a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">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.</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">CrowdHealth</a>: <a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a></li><li><a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Unraid</a>: <a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</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="Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released" href="https://blog.system76.com/post/pop-os-letter-from-our-founder" rel="nofollow">Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released</a> — This year, System76 turned twenty. For twenty years we have shipped Linux computers. For seven years we’ve built the Pop!_OS Linux distribution. Three years ago it became clear we had reached the limit of our current potential and had to create something new. Today, we break through that limit with the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the COSMIC Desktop Environment.</li><li><a title="Dispatcharr" href="https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr" rel="nofollow">Dispatcharr</a> — Dispatcharr is an open-source powerhouse for managing IPTV streams and EPG data with elegance and control.</li><li><a title="IPTV Link Search" href="https://tonkiang.us/" rel="nofollow">IPTV Link Search</a> — Public IPTV live channels, m3u8 links are updated daily.</li><li><a title="Streamtest.in" href="https://streamtest.in/" rel="nofollow">Streamtest.in</a></li><li><a title="ptv-org/iptv" href="https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv" rel="nofollow">ptv-org/iptv</a> — Collection of publicly available IPTV channels from all over the world</li><li><a title="iptv/PLAYLISTS.mdb" href="https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/blob/master/PLAYLISTS.md" rel="nofollow">iptv/PLAYLISTS.mdb</a></li><li><a title="epg" href="https://github.com/iptv-org/epg" rel="nofollow">epg</a> — Utilities for downloading the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) for thousands of TV channels from hundreds of sources.</li><li><a title="iptv-epg.org" href="https://iptv-epg.org/" rel="nofollow">iptv-epg.org</a></li><li><a title="TiviMate IPTV Player" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.tvplayer.tv" rel="nofollow">TiviMate IPTV Player</a> — Easy to use for beginners and deeply customizable for power users, TiviMate blends speed, clarity, and control into a seamless viewing experience.</li><li><a title="M3U IPTV" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.herber_edevelopment.m3uiptv" rel="nofollow">M3U IPTV</a> — Stream your IPTV channels on the go or on Android TV.</li><li><a title="DangoPlayer" href="https://github.com/brunochanrio/DangoPlayer?tab=readme-ov-file" rel="nofollow">DangoPlayer</a> — A fast video player and IPTV client for Android and TV</li><li><a title="iPlayTV - IPTV/M3U Player App" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iplaytv-iptv-m3u-player/id1072226801" rel="nofollow">iPlayTV - IPTV/M3U Player App</a> — IPTV/M3U player for Apple TV. The one Chris has used the longest</li><li><a title="Chillio IPTV Smart Player App" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chillio-iptv-smart-player/id6478813450" rel="nofollow">Chillio IPTV Smart Player App</a> — New app, paid if you want quad box</li><li><a title="Open TV" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/dev.fredol.open-tv" rel="nofollow">Open TV</a> — IPTV player with many features.</li><li><a title="html-iptv-player" href="https://github.com/dbghelp/html-iptv-player" rel="nofollow">html-iptv-player</a> — HTML IPTV Player with EPG viewer for M3U8 playlist</li><li><a title="hypnotix" href="https://github.com/linuxmint/hypnotix" rel="nofollow">hypnotix</a> — An M3U IPTV Player</li><li><a title="IPTVnator" href="https://iptvnator.vercel.app/" rel="nofollow">IPTVnator</a></li><li><a title="VidGrid" href="https://vidgrid.tk.gg/" rel="nofollow">VidGrid</a> — watch multiple news channels in your browser</li><li><a title="M3U Magic • Free Private IPTV Player" href="https://tools.cieloweb.com/tools/m3u-magic" rel="nofollow">M3U Magic • Free Private IPTV Player</a></li><li><a title="ErsatzTV" href="https://ersatztv.org/" rel="nofollow">ErsatzTV</a> — Your Personal IPTV Server</li><li><a title="kptv-fast" href="https://github.com/kpirnie/kptv-fast" rel="nofollow">kptv-fast</a> — A high-performance streaming service aggregator that combines multiple free streaming platforms into a single M3U playlist and EPG. Perfect for use with Channels DVR, Plex, or any IPTV client.</li><li><a title="Pick: Jellify-Music" href="https://github.com/Jellify-Music/App" rel="nofollow">Pick: Jellify-Music</a> — A cross-platform, free and open source music player for Jellyfin, powered by React Native</li><li><a title="Pick: DockerComposeMaker" href="https://github.com/ajnart/dcm" rel="nofollow">Pick: DockerComposeMaker</a> — DockerComposeMaker (DCM) is a self-hostable website to help you pick and create a docker-compose.yml file for your home server. Discover new containers, discover and share a config in a couple of clicks!</li><li><a title="Demo Docker Compose Generator" href="https://compose.ajnart.dev/" rel="nofollow">Demo Docker Compose Generator</a></li><li><a title="Pick: Leantime" href="https://github.com/Leantime/leantime" rel="nofollow">Pick: Leantime</a> — Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We cut the streaming cord the Linux way with free, legal internet TV you can curate, DVR, and self-host via Jellyfin or Plex. Then, we talk COSMIC stable with System76's CEO.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&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;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;1Password Extended Access Management&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;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.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CrowdHealth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unraid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.&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="Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released" href="https://blog.system76.com/post/pop-os-letter-from-our-founder" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Released&lt;/a&gt; — This year, System76 turned twenty. For twenty years we have shipped Linux computers. For seven years we’ve built the Pop!_OS Linux distribution. Three years ago it became clear we had reached the limit of our current potential and had to create something new. Today, we break through that limit with the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the COSMIC Desktop Environment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Dispatcharr" href="https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dispatcharr&lt;/a&gt; — Dispatcharr is an open-source powerhouse for managing IPTV streams and EPG data with elegance and control.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="IPTV Link Search" href="https://tonkiang.us/" rel="nofollow"&gt;IPTV Link Search&lt;/a&gt; — Public IPTV live channels, m3u8 links are updated daily.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Streamtest.in" href="https://streamtest.in/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Streamtest.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ptv-org/iptv" href="https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv" rel="nofollow"&gt;ptv-org/iptv&lt;/a&gt; — Collection of publicly available IPTV channels from all over the world&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="iptv/PLAYLISTS.mdb" href="https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/blob/master/PLAYLISTS.md" rel="nofollow"&gt;iptv/PLAYLISTS.mdb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="epg" href="https://github.com/iptv-org/epg" rel="nofollow"&gt;epg&lt;/a&gt; — Utilities for downloading the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) for thousands of TV channels from hundreds of sources.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="iptv-epg.org" href="https://iptv-epg.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;iptv-epg.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="TiviMate IPTV Player" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.tvplayer.tv" rel="nofollow"&gt;TiviMate IPTV Player&lt;/a&gt; — Easy to use for beginners and deeply customizable for power users, TiviMate blends speed, clarity, and control into a seamless viewing experience.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="M3U IPTV" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.herber_edevelopment.m3uiptv" rel="nofollow"&gt;M3U IPTV&lt;/a&gt; — Stream your IPTV channels on the go or on Android TV.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="DangoPlayer" href="https://github.com/brunochanrio/DangoPlayer?tab=readme-ov-file" rel="nofollow"&gt;DangoPlayer&lt;/a&gt; — A fast video player and IPTV client for Android and TV&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="iPlayTV - IPTV/M3U Player App" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iplaytv-iptv-m3u-player/id1072226801" rel="nofollow"&gt;iPlayTV - IPTV/M3U Player App&lt;/a&gt; — IPTV/M3U player for Apple TV. The one Chris has used the longest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Chillio IPTV Smart Player App" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chillio-iptv-smart-player/id6478813450" rel="nofollow"&gt;Chillio IPTV Smart Player App&lt;/a&gt; — New app, paid if you want quad box&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Open TV" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/dev.fredol.open-tv" rel="nofollow"&gt;Open TV&lt;/a&gt; — IPTV player with many features.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="html-iptv-player" href="https://github.com/dbghelp/html-iptv-player" rel="nofollow"&gt;html-iptv-player&lt;/a&gt; — HTML IPTV Player with EPG viewer for M3U8 playlist&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="hypnotix" href="https://github.com/linuxmint/hypnotix" rel="nofollow"&gt;hypnotix&lt;/a&gt; — An M3U IPTV Player&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="IPTVnator" href="https://iptvnator.vercel.app/" rel="nofollow"&gt;IPTVnator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="VidGrid" href="https://vidgrid.tk.gg/" rel="nofollow"&gt;VidGrid&lt;/a&gt; — watch multiple news channels in your browser&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="M3U Magic • Free Private IPTV Player" href="https://tools.cieloweb.com/tools/m3u-magic" rel="nofollow"&gt;M3U Magic • Free Private IPTV Player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ErsatzTV" href="https://ersatztv.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ErsatzTV&lt;/a&gt; — Your Personal IPTV Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="kptv-fast" href="https://github.com/kpirnie/kptv-fast" rel="nofollow"&gt;kptv-fast&lt;/a&gt; — A high-performance streaming service aggregator that combines multiple free streaming platforms into a single M3U playlist and EPG. Perfect for use with Channels DVR, Plex, or any IPTV client.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Jellify-Music" href="https://github.com/Jellify-Music/App" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Jellify-Music&lt;/a&gt; — A cross-platform, free and open source music player for Jellyfin, powered by React Native&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: DockerComposeMaker" href="https://github.com/ajnart/dcm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: DockerComposeMaker&lt;/a&gt; — DockerComposeMaker (DCM) is a self-hostable website to help you pick and create a docker-compose.yml file for your home server. Discover new containers, discover and share a config in a couple of clicks!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Demo Docker Compose Generator" href="https://compose.ajnart.dev/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Demo Docker Compose Generator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Leantime" href="https://github.com/Leantime/leantime" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Leantime&lt;/a&gt; — Leantime is a goals focused project management system for non-project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We cut the streaming cord the Linux way with free, legal internet TV you can curate, DVR, and self-host via Jellyfin or Plex. Then, we talk COSMIC stable with System76's CEO.

645: COSMIC Christmas

Kent Overstreet joins us for a full update on bcachefs. What's new, what's next, and the surprising upside of getting kicked out of the kernel.Sponsored By:<ul><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> 
<li><a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">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.</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">CrowdHealth</a>: <a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a></li><li><a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Unraid</a>: <a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</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="LUP&apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Form" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/holiday" rel="nofollow">LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Form</a></li><li><a title="LUP&apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/oldfart" rel="nofollow">LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)</a></li><li><a title="bcachefs 1.33.0" href="https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcachefs/slvis5ybvo7ch3vxh5yb6turapyq7hai2tddwjriicfxqivnpn@xdpb25wey5xd/" rel="nofollow">bcachefs 1.33.0</a></li><li><a title="Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Reconcile-Ready" rel="nofollow">Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years</a> — "Biggest new feature in the past ~2 years, I believe. The user facing stuff may be short and sweet - but so much going on under the hood to make all this smooth and polished."</li><li><a title="Kent Overstreet - Patreon" href="https://www.patreon.com/bcachefs" rel="nofollow">Kent Overstreet - Patreon</a></li><li><a title="bcachefs" href="https://bcachefs.org/" rel="nofollow">bcachefs</a> — A copy-on-write (COW) file system for Linux first announced by Kent Overstreet in 2015. It is intended to compete with the modern features of ZFS or Btrfs.</li><li><a title="LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/545" rel="nofollow">LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later</a> — Kent Overstreet, the creator of bcachefs, helps us understand where his new filesystem fits, what it's like to upstream a new filesystem, and how they've solved the RAID write hole.</li><li><a title="Git or not a Git man page?" href="https://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/" rel="nofollow">Git or not a Git man page?</a></li><li><a title="proxmox-nixos: The Proxmox Hypervisor, on NixOS" href="https://github.com/SaumonNet/proxmox-nixos" rel="nofollow">proxmox-nixos: The Proxmox Hypervisor, on NixOS</a></li><li><a title="Pick: Dotfiles Installer" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.ml4w.dotfilesinstaller" rel="nofollow">Pick: Dotfiles Installer</a> — Install dotfiles easy, fast and secure. Or provide an installation application for your dotfiles.</li><li><a title="ML4W Dotfiles Installer Wiki" href="https://mylinuxforwork.github.io/dotfiles-installer/" rel="nofollow">ML4W Dotfiles Installer Wiki</a></li><li><a title="dotfiles-installer: GitHub" href="https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles-installer" rel="nofollow">dotfiles-installer: GitHub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: SSH-Studio" href="https://github.com/BuddySirJava/SSH-Studio?tab=readme-ov-file" rel="nofollow">Pick: SSH-Studio</a> — Easy, GUI SSH config editor and validator built with Python, GTK 4 and libadwaita.</li><li><a title="LubeLogger, Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel Mileage Tracker, slips into December with some banging new features" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1pbhuyj/lubelogger_vehicle_maintenance_and_fuel_mileage/" rel="nofollow">LubeLogger, Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel Mileage Tracker, slips into December with some banging new features</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Kent Overstreet joins us for a full update on bcachefs. What's new, what's next, and the surprising upside of getting kicked out of the kernel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&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;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;1Password Extended Access Management&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;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.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CrowdHealth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unraid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.&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="LUP&amp;apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Form" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/holiday" rel="nofollow"&gt;LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LUP&amp;apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/oldfart" rel="nofollow"&gt;LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bcachefs 1.33.0" href="https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcachefs/slvis5ybvo7ch3vxh5yb6turapyq7hai2tddwjriicfxqivnpn@xdpb25wey5xd/" rel="nofollow"&gt;bcachefs 1.33.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Reconcile-Ready" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years&lt;/a&gt; — "Biggest new feature in the past ~2 years, I believe. The user facing stuff may be short and sweet - but so much going on under the hood to make all this smooth and polished."&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Kent Overstreet - Patreon" href="https://www.patreon.com/bcachefs" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kent Overstreet - Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bcachefs" href="https://bcachefs.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;bcachefs&lt;/a&gt; — A copy-on-write (COW) file system for Linux first announced by Kent Overstreet in 2015. It is intended to compete with the modern features of ZFS or Btrfs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/545" rel="nofollow"&gt;LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later&lt;/a&gt; — Kent Overstreet, the creator of bcachefs, helps us understand where his new filesystem fits, what it's like to upstream a new filesystem, and how they've solved the RAID write hole.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Git or not a Git man page?" href="https://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Git or not a Git man page?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="proxmox-nixos: The Proxmox Hypervisor, on NixOS" href="https://github.com/SaumonNet/proxmox-nixos" rel="nofollow"&gt;proxmox-nixos: The Proxmox Hypervisor, on NixOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Dotfiles Installer" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.ml4w.dotfilesinstaller" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Dotfiles Installer&lt;/a&gt; — Install dotfiles easy, fast and secure. Or provide an installation application for your dotfiles.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ML4W Dotfiles Installer Wiki" href="https://mylinuxforwork.github.io/dotfiles-installer/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ML4W Dotfiles Installer Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="dotfiles-installer: GitHub" href="https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles-installer" rel="nofollow"&gt;dotfiles-installer: GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: SSH-Studio" href="https://github.com/BuddySirJava/SSH-Studio?tab=readme-ov-file" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: SSH-Studio&lt;/a&gt; — Easy, GUI SSH config editor and validator built with Python, GTK 4 and libadwaita.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LubeLogger, Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel Mileage Tracker, slips into December with some banging new features" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1pbhuyj/lubelogger_vehicle_maintenance_and_fuel_mileage/" rel="nofollow"&gt;LubeLogger, Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel Mileage Tracker, slips into December with some banging new features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Kent Overstreet joins us for a full update on bcachefs. What's new, what's next, and the surprising upside of getting kicked out of the kernel.

644: The People's Filesystem

We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.Sponsored By:<ul><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> 
<li><a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">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.</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">CrowdHealth</a>: <a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a></li><li><a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Unraid</a>: <a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</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="LUP&apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Form" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/holiday" rel="nofollow">LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Form</a></li><li><a title="LUP&apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/oldfart" rel="nofollow">LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)</a></li><li><a title="Jellyswarrm" href="https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm" rel="nofollow">Jellyswarrm</a> — Bring all your Jellyfin servers together</li><li><a title="LiveTV support · Issue #9 · LLukas22/Jellyswarrm" href="https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm/issues/9" rel="nofollow">LiveTV support · Issue #9 · LLukas22/Jellyswarrm</a></li><li><a title="pangolin" href="https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin" rel="nofollow">pangolin</a> — Identity-Aware Tunneled Reverse Proxy Server with Dashboard UI.</li><li><a title="Pangolin | Secure Access Platform" href="https://pangolin.net/" rel="nofollow">Pangolin | Secure Access Platform</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Search - Options - Pangolin" href="https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&amp;query=Pangolin" rel="nofollow">NixOS Search - Options - Pangolin</a></li><li><a title="Youtarr" href="https://github.com/DialmasterOrg/Youtarr" rel="nofollow">Youtarr</a> — Self-hosted web app that automates downloading, organizing, and scheduling YouTube channel content with support for Plex, Kodi, Emby and Jellyfin</li><li><a title="Add ability to set subfolder for manual downloads · Issue #287 · DialmasterOrg/Youtarr" href="https://github.com/DialmasterOrg/Youtarr/issues/287" rel="nofollow">Add ability to set subfolder for manual downloads · Issue #287 · DialmasterOrg/Youtarr</a></li><li><a title="Dawarich" href="https://github.com/Freika/dawarich" rel="nofollow">Dawarich</a> — Your favorite self-hostable alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History)</li><li><a title="dawarich CHANGELOG.md" href="https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow">dawarich CHANGELOG.md</a></li><li><a title="CVE-2025-40090 | Ubuntu" href="https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40090" rel="nofollow">CVE-2025-40090 | Ubuntu</a> — Since commit 305853cce3794 ksmbd_session_rpc_method() attempts to lock sess-&gt;rpc_lock. This causes hung connections / tasks when a client attempts to open a named pipe.</li><li><a title="SMB3 &amp; KSMBD See Performance Improvements With Linux 6.18" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-SMB3-KSMBD" rel="nofollow">SMB3 &amp; KSMBD See Performance Improvements With Linux 6.18</a> — KSMBD also now adds a max IP connections parameter to optionally limit the maximum number of connections permitted per IP address.</li><li><a title="ksmbd vulnerability research · Doyensec&apos;s Blog" href="https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/01/07/ksmbd-1.html" rel="nofollow">ksmbd vulnerability research · Doyensec's Blog</a></li><li><a title="ksmbd - Fuzzing Improvements and Vulnerability Discovery (2/3)" href="https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/09/02/ksmbd-2.html" rel="nofollow">ksmbd - Fuzzing Improvements and Vulnerability Discovery (2/3)</a></li><li><a title="ksmbd - Exploiting CVE-2025-37947 (3/3)" href="https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/10/08/ksmbd-3.html" rel="nofollow">ksmbd - Exploiting CVE-2025-37947 (3/3)</a></li><li><a title="doyensec&apos;s KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947 PoC" href="https://github.com/doyensec/KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947" rel="nofollow">doyensec's KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947 PoC</a></li><li><a title="GrapheneOS bails on OVHcloud over France&apos;s privacy stance" href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/grapheneos_ovhcloud/" rel="nofollow">GrapheneOS bails on OVHcloud over France's privacy stance</a></li><li><a title="GrapheneOS exits France — what it means for encryption" href="https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france" rel="nofollow">GrapheneOS exits France — what it means for encryption</a></li><li><a title="France&apos;s Encryption War Escalates: GrapheneOS Exodus Signals Dangerous Precedent for Open Source Privacy Tech" href="https://www.compliancehub.wiki/frances-encryption-war-escalates-grapheneos-exodus-signals-dangerous-precedent-for-open-source-privacy-tech/" rel="nofollow">France's Encryption War Escalates: GrapheneOS Exodus Signals Dangerous Precedent for Open Source Privacy Tech</a></li><li><a title="Seems like the GrapheneOS phone collab may be with Motorolla." href="https://x.com/HSVSphere/status/1994884278950531284" rel="nofollow">Seems like the GrapheneOS phone collab may be with Motorolla.</a></li><li><a title="Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alex-Gaynor-Rust-Maintainer" rel="nofollow">Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down</a></li><li><a title="Bcachefs Ousted from Mainline Kernel: The Move to DKMS and What It Means" href="https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/bcachefs-ousted-mainline-kernel-move-dkms-and-what-it-means" rel="nofollow">Bcachefs Ousted from Mainline Kernel: The Move to DKMS and What It Means</a></li><li><a title="Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies" href="https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-project-hummingbird-zero-cve-strategies" rel="nofollow">Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies</a></li><li><a title="Richard Hipp - Git: Just Say No - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghtpJnrdgbo" rel="nofollow">Richard Hipp - Git: Just Say No - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="2011 SouthEast LinuxFest - Richard Hipp - Fossilize Your Code - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceEWWqaVsI" rel="nofollow">2011 SouthEast LinuxFest - Richard Hipp - Fossilize Your Code - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Pick: Gopher64" href="https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64" rel="nofollow">Pick: Gopher64</a> — Highly compatible N64 emulator.</li><li><a title="Gopher64 — simple64&apos;s official and spiritual successor - Libretro" href="https://forums.libretro.com/t/gopher64-simple64s-official-and-spiritual-successor/48565" rel="nofollow">Gopher64 — simple64's official and spiritual successor - Libretro</a> — It’s made by the same developer(s). Unlike simple64 however, it’s not based entirely on Mupen64Plus. And it’s aiming for a more LowSpec hardware overhang.</li><li><a title="Install Gopher64 on Linux | Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.gopher64.gopher64" rel="nofollow">Install Gopher64 on Linux | Flathub</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&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;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;1Password Extended Access Management&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;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.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CrowdHealth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unraid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.&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="LUP&amp;apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Form" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/holiday" rel="nofollow"&gt;LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LUP&amp;apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/oldfart" rel="nofollow"&gt;LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Old Fart Form (markdown)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jellyswarrm" href="https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jellyswarrm&lt;/a&gt; — Bring all your Jellyfin servers together&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LiveTV support · Issue #9 · LLukas22/Jellyswarrm" href="https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm/issues/9" rel="nofollow"&gt;LiveTV support · Issue #9 · LLukas22/Jellyswarrm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="pangolin" href="https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin" rel="nofollow"&gt;pangolin&lt;/a&gt; — Identity-Aware Tunneled Reverse Proxy Server with Dashboard UI.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pangolin | Secure Access Platform" href="https://pangolin.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pangolin | Secure Access Platform&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="NixOS Search - Options - Pangolin" href="https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&amp;amp;query=Pangolin" rel="nofollow"&gt;NixOS Search - Options - Pangolin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Youtarr" href="https://github.com/DialmasterOrg/Youtarr" rel="nofollow"&gt;Youtarr&lt;/a&gt; — Self-hosted web app that automates downloading, organizing, and scheduling YouTube channel content with support for Plex, Kodi, Emby and Jellyfin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Add ability to set subfolder for manual downloads · Issue #287 · DialmasterOrg/Youtarr" href="https://github.com/DialmasterOrg/Youtarr/issues/287" rel="nofollow"&gt;Add ability to set subfolder for manual downloads · Issue #287 · DialmasterOrg/Youtarr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Dawarich" href="https://github.com/Freika/dawarich" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dawarich&lt;/a&gt; — Your favorite self-hostable alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="dawarich CHANGELOG.md" href="https://github.com/Freika/dawarich/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow"&gt;dawarich CHANGELOG.md&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="CVE-2025-40090 | Ubuntu" href="https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40090" rel="nofollow"&gt;CVE-2025-40090 | Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; — Since commit 305853cce3794 ksmbd_session_rpc_method() attempts to lock sess-&amp;gt;rpc_lock. This causes hung connections / tasks when a client attempts to open a named pipe.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="SMB3 &amp;amp; KSMBD See Performance Improvements With Linux 6.18" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-SMB3-KSMBD" rel="nofollow"&gt;SMB3 &amp;amp; KSMBD See Performance Improvements With Linux 6.18&lt;/a&gt; — KSMBD also now adds a max IP connections parameter to optionally limit the maximum number of connections permitted per IP address.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ksmbd vulnerability research · Doyensec&amp;apos;s Blog" href="https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/01/07/ksmbd-1.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;ksmbd vulnerability research · Doyensec's Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ksmbd - Fuzzing Improvements and Vulnerability Discovery (2/3)" href="https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/09/02/ksmbd-2.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;ksmbd - Fuzzing Improvements and Vulnerability Discovery (2/3)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ksmbd - Exploiting CVE-2025-37947 (3/3)" href="https://blog.doyensec.com/2025/10/08/ksmbd-3.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;ksmbd - Exploiting CVE-2025-37947 (3/3)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="doyensec&amp;apos;s KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947 PoC" href="https://github.com/doyensec/KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947" rel="nofollow"&gt;doyensec's KSMBD-CVE-2025-37947 PoC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="GrapheneOS bails on OVHcloud over France&amp;apos;s privacy stance" href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/grapheneos_ovhcloud/" rel="nofollow"&gt;GrapheneOS bails on OVHcloud over France's privacy stance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="GrapheneOS exits France — what it means for encryption" href="https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france" rel="nofollow"&gt;GrapheneOS exits France — what it means for encryption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="France&amp;apos;s Encryption War Escalates: GrapheneOS Exodus Signals Dangerous Precedent for Open Source Privacy Tech" href="https://www.compliancehub.wiki/frances-encryption-war-escalates-grapheneos-exodus-signals-dangerous-precedent-for-open-source-privacy-tech/" rel="nofollow"&gt;France's Encryption War Escalates: GrapheneOS Exodus Signals Dangerous Precedent for Open Source Privacy Tech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Seems like the GrapheneOS phone collab may be with Motorolla." href="https://x.com/HSVSphere/status/1994884278950531284" rel="nofollow"&gt;Seems like the GrapheneOS phone collab may be with Motorolla.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alex-Gaynor-Rust-Maintainer" rel="nofollow"&gt;Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Bcachefs Ousted from Mainline Kernel: The Move to DKMS and What It Means" href="https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/bcachefs-ousted-mainline-kernel-move-dkms-and-what-it-means" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bcachefs Ousted from Mainline Kernel: The Move to DKMS and What It Means&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies" href="https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-project-hummingbird-zero-cve-strategies" rel="nofollow"&gt;Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Richard Hipp - Git: Just Say No - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghtpJnrdgbo" rel="nofollow"&gt;Richard Hipp - Git: Just Say No - YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="2011 SouthEast LinuxFest - Richard Hipp - Fossilize Your Code - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceEWWqaVsI" rel="nofollow"&gt;2011 SouthEast LinuxFest - Richard Hipp - Fossilize Your Code - YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Gopher64" href="https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Gopher64&lt;/a&gt; — Highly compatible N64 emulator.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Gopher64 — simple64&amp;apos;s official and spiritual successor - Libretro" href="https://forums.libretro.com/t/gopher64-simple64s-official-and-spiritual-successor/48565" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gopher64 — simple64's official and spiritual successor - Libretro&lt;/a&gt; — It’s made by the same developer(s). Unlike simple64 however, it’s not based entirely on Mupen64Plus. And it’s aiming for a more LowSpec hardware overhang.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Install Gopher64 on Linux | Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.gopher64.gopher64" rel="nofollow"&gt;Install Gopher64 on Linux | Flathub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We pull on a few loose threads from recent episodes, and some of them unravel into way more than we expected.

643: The Sunday Soapbox

Chris cooked up a wild remote-access trick for Jellyfin that skips VPNs entirely. One tiny toggle spins up a secure tunnel on demand. Simple, absurd, and shockingly effective.Sponsored By:<ul><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> 
<li><a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">1Password Extended Access Management</a>: <a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">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.</a></li> 
<li><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">CrowdHealth</a>: <a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow">Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.</a></li><li><a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Unraid</a>: <a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</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="LUP&apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Form" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/holiday" rel="nofollow">LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Form</a></li><li><a title="Old Fart Form (markdown)" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/oldfart" rel="nofollow">Old Fart Form (markdown)</a></li><li><a title="ngrok" href="https://ngrok.com/" rel="nofollow">ngrok</a> — Go from code to global in just minutes with a developer-friendly, idiomatic solution for managing traffic to your APIs.</li><li><a title="Jellyswarrm" href="https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm" rel="nofollow">Jellyswarrm</a> — Jellyswarrm is a reverse proxy that lets you combine multiple Jellyfin servers into one place.</li><li><a title="Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin" href="https://github.com/Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin/" rel="nofollow">Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin</a> — This repository provides a Nix flake that allows for declarative configuration of Users, Libraries, Plugins, Settings, etc. Jellyfin 10.11 is NOT SUPPORTED.</li><li><a title="declarative-jellyfin full example" href="https://github.com/Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin/blob/main/examples/fullexample.nix" rel="nofollow">declarative-jellyfin full example</a></li><li><a title="Zigl3ur/jellyhub" href="https://github.com/Zigl3ur/jellyhub" rel="nofollow">Zigl3ur/jellyhub</a> — JellyHub is a web app that allow you to fetch media from all of your jellyfin servers and regroup it in one place, so there is one place to search for specific media and tells you on wich server the desired media is located.</li><li><a title="Smiley-McSmiles/jellyman" href="https://github.com/Smiley-McSmiles/jellyman" rel="nofollow">Smiley-McSmiles/jellyman</a> — Jellyman is a lightweight BASH CLI tool for installing and managing Jellyfin. As well as create a full backup (automatically or manually) so you can move or import all your metadata and user information to another machine.</li><li><a title="LSchallot/JellyRoller" href="https://github.com/LSchallot/JellyRoller" rel="nofollow">LSchallot/JellyRoller</a> — JellyRoller is an open source CLI Jellyfin Controller written in Rust that works on Windows and Linux. Its primary purpose is to allow administration of a Jellyfin application from the command line.</li><li><a title="kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer" href="https://github.com/kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer" rel="nofollow">kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer</a> — etlp (embyToLocalPlayer) is a tool that lets Emby, Jellyfin, and Plex play videos using your local media players (like mpv or VLC) instead of the built-in web player, while optionally sending playback progress back to the server.</li><li><a title="Pick: subgen" href="https://github.com/McCloudS/subgen" rel="nofollow">Pick: subgen</a> — Autogenerate subtitles using OpenAI Whisper Model via Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, Tautulli, or Bazarr.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Chris cooked up a wild remote-access trick for Jellyfin that skips VPNs entirely. One tiny toggle spins up a secure tunnel on demand. Simple, absurd, and shockingly effective.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&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;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;1Password Extended Access Management&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://1password.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;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.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CrowdHealth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unraid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://unraid.net/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.&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="LUP&amp;apos;s Great Holiday Homelab Form" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/holiday" rel="nofollow"&gt;LUP's Great Holiday Homelab Form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Old Fart Form (markdown)" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/oldfart" rel="nofollow"&gt;Old Fart Form (markdown)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ngrok" href="https://ngrok.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ngrok&lt;/a&gt; — Go from code to global in just minutes with a developer-friendly, idiomatic solution for managing traffic to your APIs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jellyswarrm" href="https://github.com/LLukas22/Jellyswarrm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jellyswarrm&lt;/a&gt; — Jellyswarrm is a reverse proxy that lets you combine multiple Jellyfin servers into one place.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin" href="https://github.com/Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin&lt;/a&gt; — This repository provides a Nix flake that allows for declarative configuration of Users, Libraries, Plugins, Settings, etc. Jellyfin 10.11 is NOT SUPPORTED.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="declarative-jellyfin full example" href="https://github.com/Sveske-Juice/declarative-jellyfin/blob/main/examples/fullexample.nix" rel="nofollow"&gt;declarative-jellyfin full example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Zigl3ur/jellyhub" href="https://github.com/Zigl3ur/jellyhub" rel="nofollow"&gt;Zigl3ur/jellyhub&lt;/a&gt; — JellyHub is a web app that allow you to fetch media from all of your jellyfin servers and regroup it in one place, so there is one place to search for specific media and tells you on wich server the desired media is located.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Smiley-McSmiles/jellyman" href="https://github.com/Smiley-McSmiles/jellyman" rel="nofollow"&gt;Smiley-McSmiles/jellyman&lt;/a&gt; — Jellyman is a lightweight BASH CLI tool for installing and managing Jellyfin. As well as create a full backup (automatically or manually) so you can move or import all your metadata and user information to another machine.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LSchallot/JellyRoller" href="https://github.com/LSchallot/JellyRoller" rel="nofollow"&gt;LSchallot/JellyRoller&lt;/a&gt; — JellyRoller is an open source CLI Jellyfin Controller written in Rust that works on Windows and Linux. Its primary purpose is to allow administration of a Jellyfin application from the command line.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer" href="https://github.com/kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer" rel="nofollow"&gt;kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer&lt;/a&gt; — etlp (embyToLocalPlayer) is a tool that lets Emby, Jellyfin, and Plex play videos using your local media players (like mpv or VLC) instead of the built-in web player, while optionally sending playback progress back to the server.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: subgen" href="https://github.com/McCloudS/subgen" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: subgen&lt;/a&gt; — Autogenerate subtitles using OpenAI Whisper Model via Jellyfin, Plex, Emby, Tautulli, or Bazarr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Chris cooked up a wild remote-access trick for Jellyfin that skips VPNs entirely. One tiny toggle spins up a secure tunnel on demand. Simple, absurd, and shockingly effective.

642: Tunneling Home for the Holidays

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