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> 
<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="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">Valve explains why it hasn’t announced release dates for its new hardware, now plans for “first half of the year”</a> — Valve now says all three products will ship “in the first half of the year.”</li><li><a title="Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-Upstream-With-KVM" rel="nofollow">Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend</a> — Support for KVM or other native OS hypervisors in conjunction with VirtualBox has long been sought and it's finally becoming a reality.</li><li><a title="bcachefs-tools v1.36.1" href="https://evilpiepirate.org/git/bcachefs-tools.git/tree/Changelog.mdwn" rel="nofollow">bcachefs-tools v1.36.1</a> — Interactive TUI for monitoring various filesystem internals, slowpaths and device performance, with duration and frequency tracking for various events. 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> 
<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="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow">PlanetNix 2026</a> — Where Nix Builders Come Together</li><li><a title="Agenda - PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/agenda" rel="nofollow">Agenda - PlanetNix 2026</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="Pasadena Linux Party Meetup" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/" rel="nofollow">Pasadena Linux Party Meetup</a></li><li><a title="LINUX Unplugged 650: This Old Network" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/650" rel="nofollow">LINUX Unplugged 650: This Old Network</a> — We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. Things don't go quite as expected...</li><li><a title="OpenWrt Wiki - Ad blocking" href="https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking?s[]=app" rel="nofollow">OpenWrt Wiki - Ad blocking</a></li><li><a title="AdBlock-fast" href="https://docs.openwrt.melmac.ca/adblock-fast/" rel="nofollow">AdBlock-fast</a> — AdBlock-Fast is a high-performance ad-blocking service for OpenWrt that integrates with Dnsmasq, SmartDNS, and Unbound.</li><li><a title="OpenWrt Wiki - Supported Hardware Table" href="https://openwrt.org/toh/start" rel="nofollow">OpenWrt Wiki - Supported Hardware Table</a></li><li><a title="Abe&apos;s volition" href="https://github.com/AIndoria/volition" rel="nofollow">Abe's volition</a> — This is a public, sanitized version of my Abiverse repository for people to use and run their own Abes</li><li><a title="OpenClaw" href="https://openclaw.ai" rel="nofollow">OpenClaw</a> — Clears your inbox, sends emails, manages your calendar, checks you in for flights. All from WhatsApp, Telegram, or any chat app you already use.</li><li><a title="Introducing OpenClaw" href="https://openclaw.ai/blog/introducing-openclaw" rel="nofollow">Introducing OpenClaw</a></li><li><a title="openclaw on GitHub 🦞" href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw" rel="nofollow">openclaw on GitHub 🦞</a></li><li><a title="openclaw security Issues" href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20security" rel="nofollow">openclaw security Issues</a></li><li><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">Practical changes could reduce AI energy demand by up to 90% – University College London</a></li><li><a title="moltbook" href="https://www.moltbook.com/post/38a040fd-b03c-4f94-9b14-6d744b408ed7" rel="nofollow">moltbook</a> — the front page of the agent internet</li><li><a title="SeloraBox - NixOS Edition" href="https://gitlab.com/selorahomes/products/selorabox-nix/" rel="nofollow">SeloraBox - NixOS Edition</a> — SeloraBox is a self-configuring home automation appliance based on NixOS, featuring automated installation, device claiming via QR code, and self-updating configuration management.</li><li><a title="nixtcloud: Nextcloud with NixOS in the backend and P2P connectivity enabled" href="https://github.com/jjacke13/nixtcloud" rel="nofollow">nixtcloud: Nextcloud with NixOS in the backend and P2P connectivity enabled</a> — 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.</li><li><a title="Holesail.io - Open Source P2P Reverse Proxy" href="https://holesail.io/" rel="nofollow">Holesail.io - Open Source P2P Reverse Proxy</a></li><li><a title="Pick: ml-sharp-pinokio" href="https://github.com/francescofugazzi/ml-sharp-pinokio" rel="nofollow">Pick: ml-sharp-pinokio</a> — One-click 3D Gaussian Splatting generation from a single image.</li><li><a title="Pick: Gradia" href="https://gradia.alexandervanhee.be/" rel="nofollow">Pick: Gradia</a> — Gradia helps you get your screenshots ready for sharing, whether quickly with friends or colleagues, or professionally with the entire world.</li></ul>

<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; 
&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="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="Agenda - PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/agenda" rel="nofollow"&gt;Agenda - PlanetNix 2026&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="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="LINUX Unplugged 650: This Old Network" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/650" rel="nofollow"&gt;LINUX Unplugged 650: This Old Network&lt;/a&gt; — We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. 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

When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won't ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups.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="Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula | Nebula Docs" href="https://nebula.defined.net/docs/guides/using-lighthouse-dns/" rel="nofollow">Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula | Nebula Docs</a></li><li><a title="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow">PlanetNix 2026</a> — Where Nix Builders Come Together</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="Pasadena Linux Party Meetup" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/" rel="nofollow">Pasadena Linux Party Meetup</a></li><li><a title="NACME: ACME for Nebula PKI" href="https://github.com/noblepayne/NACME" rel="nofollow">NACME: ACME for Nebula PKI</a> — ACME for Nebula PKI</li><li><a title="uptime-kuma" href="https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma" rel="nofollow">uptime-kuma</a> — A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool</li><li><a title="telegraf-bcachefs-input" href="https://code.brunner.ninja/feedc0de/telegraf-bcachefs-input/src/branch/main/bcachefs.sh" rel="nofollow">telegraf-bcachefs-input</a></li><li><a title="bcachefs collector by ananthb" href="https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/pull/3523" rel="nofollow">bcachefs collector by ananthb</a></li><li><a title="ntfy.sh" href="https://ntfy.sh/" rel="nofollow">ntfy.sh</a> — Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST</li><li><a title="meshSidecar" href="https://github.com/noblepayne/meshSidecar" rel="nofollow">meshSidecar</a> — Mesh network sidecars for NixOS Services</li><li><a title="Become a Core Contributor Member" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/membership" rel="nofollow">Become a Core Contributor Member</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter.Party Network Membership" href="https://jupiter.party" rel="nofollow">Jupiter.Party Network Membership</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Clinic Config" href="https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs/tree/main/lup-0650-clinic-config" rel="nofollow">NixOS Clinic Config</a></li><li><a title="NixRTR/nixos-router" href="https://github.com/NixRTR/nixos-router" rel="nofollow">NixRTR/nixos-router</a> — NixOS Router Configuration</li><li><a title="Next Steps for Funding Contributors - Actual Budget" href="https://actualbudget.org/blog/next-steps-for-funding-contributors/" rel="nofollow">Next Steps for Funding Contributors - Actual Budget</a></li><li><a title="WiFiman - WiFi Analyser" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurvey" rel="nofollow">WiFiman - WiFi Analyser</a></li><li><a title="RichARCH Install Guide" href="https://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/richarch/InstallAndInfo.pdf" rel="nofollow">RichARCH Install Guide</a></li><li><a title="RichARCH Hyprvibe Screenshot" href="https://imgur.com/a/H6zTYpb" rel="nofollow">RichARCH Hyprvibe Screenshot</a></li><li><a title="Pick: Switchyard" href="https://switchyard.aly.codes/" rel="nofollow">Pick: Switchyard</a> — Modern rules-based URL launcher ready to replace your default browser.</li><li><a title="switchyard on GitHub" href="https://github.com/alyraffauf/switchyard" rel="nofollow">switchyard on GitHub</a></li><li><a title="Switchyard on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.alyraffauf.Switchyard" rel="nofollow">Switchyard on Flathub</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won't ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups.&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="Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula | Nebula Docs" href="https://nebula.defined.net/docs/guides/using-lighthouse-dns/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Using Experimental Lighthouse DNS with Nebula | Nebula Docs&lt;/a&gt;&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="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="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="NACME: ACME for Nebula PKI" href="https://github.com/noblepayne/NACME" rel="nofollow"&gt;NACME: ACME for Nebula PKI&lt;/a&gt; — ACME for Nebula PKI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="uptime-kuma" href="https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma" rel="nofollow"&gt;uptime-kuma&lt;/a&gt; — A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="telegraf-bcachefs-input" href="https://code.brunner.ninja/feedc0de/telegraf-bcachefs-input/src/branch/main/bcachefs.sh" rel="nofollow"&gt;telegraf-bcachefs-input&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bcachefs collector by ananthb" href="https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/pull/3523" rel="nofollow"&gt;bcachefs collector by ananthb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="ntfy.sh" href="https://ntfy.sh/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ntfy.sh&lt;/a&gt; — Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="meshSidecar" href="https://github.com/noblepayne/meshSidecar" rel="nofollow"&gt;meshSidecar&lt;/a&gt; — Mesh network sidecars for NixOS Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Become a Core Contributor Member" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/membership" rel="nofollow"&gt;Become a Core Contributor Member&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jupiter.Party Network Membership" href="https://jupiter.party" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jupiter.Party Network Membership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="NixOS Clinic Config" href="https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs/tree/main/lup-0650-clinic-config" rel="nofollow"&gt;NixOS Clinic Config&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="NixRTR/nixos-router" href="https://github.com/NixRTR/nixos-router" rel="nofollow"&gt;NixRTR/nixos-router&lt;/a&gt; — NixOS Router Configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Next Steps for Funding Contributors - Actual Budget" href="https://actualbudget.org/blog/next-steps-for-funding-contributors/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Next Steps for Funding Contributors - Actual Budget&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="WiFiman - WiFi Analyser" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurvey" rel="nofollow"&gt;WiFiman - WiFi Analyser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="RichARCH Install Guide" href="https://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/richarch/InstallAndInfo.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;RichARCH Install Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="RichARCH Hyprvibe Screenshot" href="https://imgur.com/a/H6zTYpb" rel="nofollow"&gt;RichARCH Hyprvibe Screenshot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Switchyard" href="https://switchyard.aly.codes/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Switchyard&lt;/a&gt; — Modern rules-based URL launcher ready to replace your default browser.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="switchyard on GitHub" href="https://github.com/alyraffauf/switchyard" rel="nofollow"&gt;switchyard on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Switchyard on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.alyraffauf.Switchyard" rel="nofollow"&gt;Switchyard on Flathub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

When your self-hosted services become infrastructure, breakage matters. We tackle monitoring that actually helps, alerts you won't ignore, and DNS for local, and multi-mesh network setups.

651: Uptime Funk

We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. Things don't go quite as 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></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="PlanetNix 2026" href="https://planetnix.com/" rel="nofollow">PlanetNix 2026</a> — Where Nix Builders Come Together</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="GEEKOM IT13 Mini PC 2026" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG5J9V1C" rel="nofollow">GEEKOM IT13 Mini PC 2026</a></li><li><a title="OpenWrt One" href="https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one" rel="nofollow">OpenWrt One</a></li><li><a title="Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-E" href="https://www.amazon.com/ZBDongle-Universal-Coordinator-Zigbee2MQTT-Automation/dp/B0FNLP58JS" rel="nofollow">Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-E</a></li><li><a title="Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2" href="https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-2" rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2</a> — An updated Zigbee and Thread chip gives it the highest performance available, while providing a rock-solid, stable network.</li><li><a title="SYMFONISK Sonos WiFi bookshelf speaker" href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/symfonisk-sonos-wifi-bookshelf-speaker-white-smart-gen-2-40506597/" rel="nofollow">SYMFONISK Sonos WiFi bookshelf speaker</a> — The speaker is a collaboration between IKEA and Sonos, so it easily integrates with other products from Sonos.</li><li><a title="IKEA SYMFONISK - Home Assistant" href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/symfonisk/" rel="nofollow">IKEA SYMFONISK - Home Assistant</a> — Support for devices by IKEA SYMFONISK in Home Assistant is provided by the Sonos integration.</li><li><a title="OpenCode" href="https://opencode.ai/" rel="nofollow">OpenCode</a> — The open-source AI coding agent.</li><li><a title="OpenCode on GitHub" href="https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode" rel="nofollow">OpenCode on GitHub</a></li><li><a title="mike@computerupcycleproject.org" href="mailto:mike@computerupcycleproject.org" rel="nofollow">mike@computerupcycleproject.org</a></li><li><a title="Actual" href="https://github.com/actualbudget/actual" rel="nofollow">Actual</a> — A local-first personal finance app.</li><li><a title="Pocket ID" href="https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id" rel="nofollow">Pocket ID</a> — A simple and easy-to-use OIDC provider that allows users to authenticate with their passkeys to your services.</li><li><a title="Pick: Pocket TTS" href="https://kyutai.org/blog/2026-01-13-pocket-tts" rel="nofollow">Pick: Pocket TTS</a> — A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice.</li><li><a title="Pocket TTS on GitHub" href="https://github.com/kyutai-labs/pocket-tts" rel="nofollow">Pocket TTS on GitHub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: WebView Kiosk" href="https://webviewkiosk.nktnet.uk/" rel="nofollow">Pick: WebView Kiosk</a> — Turn your Android device into a locked-down web page in fullscreen mode.</li><li><a title="webview-kiosk on GitHub" href="https://github.com/nktnet1/webview-kiosk" rel="nofollow">webview-kiosk on GitHub</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. Things don't go quite as 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;/ul&gt; 
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We rebuild a small office network around Linux, with an Unplugged twist and real-world constraints. Things don't go quite as expected...

650: This Old Network

The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage.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> 
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CLI and GUI included.</li><li><a title="Kopia Repository Server" href="https://kopia.io/docs/repository-server/" rel="nofollow">Kopia Repository Server</a></li><li><a title="Pick: PowerISO" href="https://www.poweriso.com/" rel="nofollow">Pick: PowerISO</a> — Create, Burn, Mount, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive</li><li><a title="PowerISO on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.poweriso.PowerISO" rel="nofollow">PowerISO on Flathub</a></li><li><a title="Pick: CDEmu" href="http://cdemu.org/" rel="nofollow">Pick: CDEmu</a> — CDemu is a software suite designed to emulate an optical drive and disc on the Linux operating system.</li><li><a title="Tellico" href="https://tellico-project.org/" rel="nofollow">Tellico</a> — Collection management software, free and simple.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage.&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://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;/ul&gt; 
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to Continue Through 2027" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/phison-ceo-confirms-nand-prices-have-more-than-doubled-and-will-continue-to-rise-all-2026-production-already-sold-out-ssds-facing-pricing-apocalypse-throughout-2027" rel="nofollow"&gt;Phison CEO: SSD "Pricing Apocalypse" to Continue Through 2027&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="HDD Prices Spike as AI Infrastructure and China’s PC Push Collide" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hdd-prices-spike-as-ai-infrastructure-and-chinas-pc-push-collide-hard-drives-record-biggest-price-increase-in-eight-quarters-suppliers-warn-pressure-will-continue" rel="nofollow"&gt;HDD Prices Spike as AI Infrastructure and China’s PC Push Collide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="2025 Cloud Pricing Trends: Big Three Shake Up Storage Costs" href="https://windowsforum.com/threads/2025-cloud-pricing-trends-big-three-providers-shake-up-costs-for-enterprises.372471/" rel="nofollow"&gt;2025 Cloud Pricing Trends: Big Three Shake Up Storage Costs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Storage Apocalypse: Why SSDs and HDDs Are Becoming Impossibly Expensive" href="https://battleforgepc.com/article/storage-apocalypse-2025-why-ssds-and-hdds-are-about-to-get-impossibly-expensive/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Storage Apocalypse: Why SSDs and HDDs Are Becoming Impossibly Expensive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jensen Huang Flagged Data Storage as the Next AI Bottleneck" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/hard-drive-storage-stocks-sandisk-western-digital-seagate-ai-boom-2026-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Jensen Huang Flagged Data Storage as the Next AI Bottleneck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Manufacturer Recertified Drives - ServerPartDeals.com" href="https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/manufacturer-recertified-drives" rel="nofollow"&gt;Manufacturer Recertified Drives - ServerPartDeals.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Hard Disk Prices (US)" href="https://diskprices.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Hard Disk Prices (US)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Storage Price Tracker" href="https://storagepricetracker.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Storage Price Tracker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="RackRat - eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder" href="https://rackrat.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;RackRat - eBay Rackmount Server Deal Finder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="r/HomelabSales$£€ - Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homelabsales/" rel="nofollow"&gt;r/HomelabSales$£€ - Reddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Smart Buy 10 Pack Bd-r Dl 50gb 6X Blu-ray Double Layer Recordable Disc" href="https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Buy-Blu-ray-Recordable-10-discs/dp/B00KB4YVF0" rel="nofollow"&gt;Smart Buy 10 Pack Bd-r Dl 50gb 6X Blu-ray Double Layer Recordable Disc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="BlueVault" href="https://github.com/ChrisLAS/blue-vault/" rel="nofollow"&gt;BlueVault&lt;/a&gt; — A top-quality TUI app to manage Blu-ray cold storage archives on Linux.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Kopia" href="https://github.com/kopia/kopia/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: Kopia&lt;/a&gt; — Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS &amp;amp; Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Kopia Repository Server" href="https://kopia.io/docs/repository-server/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kopia Repository Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: PowerISO" href="https://www.poweriso.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: PowerISO&lt;/a&gt; — Create, Burn, Mount, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="PowerISO on Flathub" href="https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.poweriso.PowerISO" rel="nofollow"&gt;PowerISO on Flathub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: CDEmu" href="http://cdemu.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pick: CDEmu&lt;/a&gt; — CDemu is a software suite designed to emulate an optical drive and disc on the Linux operating system.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Tellico" href="https://tellico-project.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tellico&lt;/a&gt; — Collection management software, free and simple.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage.

649: Burned by AI

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