The first LinuxFest is back and better than ever. We share stories and friends from one of the best Linux gatherings of the year: LinuxFest Northwest.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale</a>: <a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!</a></li><li><a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide</a>: <a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide 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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2024" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/">LinuxFest Northwest 2024</a> — An annual open-source event co-produced by Bellingham Linux Users Group, the Information Technology department at BTC, Cascade STEAM, and Jupiter Broadcasting.</li><li><a title="Bellingham Technical College" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.btc.edu/">Bellingham Technical College</a> — At BTC, we're here to help you access the hands-on education that can give you an advantage in today's job market.</li><li><a title="Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Downloads Now Available" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-LTS-Download">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Downloads Now Available</a> — Ubuntu 24.04 is an exciting Long Term Support (LTS) update with this new Linux distribution release being powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel, making use of Netplan for networking on the desktop, features the modernized desktop OS installer, various performance optimizations, and a ton of new features.</li><li><a title="x32-proxy" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/audiopump/x32-proxy">x32-proxy</a> — UDP and Web Socket proxy server for Behringer and Midas digital mixer control.</li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@LinuxFestNorthwest">LinuxFest Northwest YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Peyton&apos;s GitHub" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/p1diddy">Peyton's GitHub</a></li><li><a title="Electromagnetic Field " rel="nofollow" href="http://emfcamp.org/">Electromagnetic Field </a> — A non-profit camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, artists, geeks, crafters, scientists, and engineers.</li><li><a title="completenoob&apos;s NixOS ZFS on Root Setup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.completenoobs.com/noobs/NixOS_ZFS_Encryption_on_root">completenoob's NixOS ZFS on Root Setup</a> — Install NixOS with ZFS on root on a ThinkPad T470 with 24gb Ram and a 1TB nvme ssd.</li><li><a title="radio-browser.info" rel="nofollow" href="http://radio-browser.info/">radio-browser.info</a> — This is a community driven effort (like wikipedia) with the aim of collecting as many internet radio and TV stations as possible. Any help is appreciated!</li><li><a title="Pick: Playlifin" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/net.krafting.Playlifin">Pick: Playlifin</a> — A tool to convert a Youtube Music playlist to a Jellyfin playlists.</li><li><a title="Pick: Playlifin Voyager" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/net.krafting.PlaylifinVoyager">Pick: Playlifin Voyager</a> — Playlifin Voyager is a tool to export and import playlists from and to your Jellyfin Server.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The first LinuxFest is back and better than ever. We share stories and friends from one of the best Linux gatherings of the year: LinuxFest Northwest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide 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;&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/"&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2024" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/"&gt;LinuxFest Northwest 2024&lt;/a&gt; — An annual open-source event co-produced by Bellingham Linux Users Group, the Information Technology department at BTC, Cascade STEAM, and Jupiter Broadcasting.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Bellingham Technical College" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.btc.edu/"&gt;Bellingham Technical College&lt;/a&gt; — At BTC, we're here to help you access the hands-on education that can give you an advantage in today's job market.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Downloads Now Available" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-LTS-Download"&gt;Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Downloads Now Available&lt;/a&gt; — Ubuntu 24.04 is an exciting Long Term Support (LTS) update with this new Linux distribution release being powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel, making use of Netplan for networking on the desktop, features the modernized desktop OS installer, various performance optimizations, and a ton of new features.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="x32-proxy" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/audiopump/x32-proxy"&gt;x32-proxy&lt;/a&gt; — UDP and Web Socket proxy server for Behringer and Midas digital mixer control.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LinuxFest Northwest YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@LinuxFestNorthwest"&gt;LinuxFest Northwest YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Peyton&amp;apos;s GitHub" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/p1diddy"&gt;Peyton's GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Electromagnetic Field " rel="nofollow" href="http://emfcamp.org/"&gt;Electromagnetic Field &lt;/a&gt; — A non-profit camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, artists, geeks, crafters, scientists, and engineers.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="completenoob&amp;apos;s NixOS ZFS on Root Setup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.completenoobs.com/noobs/NixOS_ZFS_Encryption_on_root"&gt;completenoob's NixOS ZFS on Root Setup&lt;/a&gt; — Install NixOS with ZFS on root on a ThinkPad T470 with 24gb Ram and a 1TB nvme ssd.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="radio-browser.info" rel="nofollow" href="http://radio-browser.info/"&gt;radio-browser.info&lt;/a&gt; — This is a community driven effort (like wikipedia) with the aim of collecting as many internet radio and TV stations as possible. Any help is appreciated!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Playlifin" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/net.krafting.Playlifin"&gt;Pick: Playlifin&lt;/a&gt; — A tool to convert a Youtube Music playlist to a Jellyfin playlists.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Playlifin Voyager" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/net.krafting.PlaylifinVoyager"&gt;Pick: Playlifin Voyager&lt;/a&gt; — Playlifin Voyager is a tool to export and import playlists from and to your Jellyfin Server.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

The first LinuxFest is back and better than ever. We share stories and friends from one of the best Linux gatherings of the year: LinuxFest Northwest.

560: Linux Festivus For the Rest of Us

We're back from Austin, with interviews and stories to share. Plus, it's Gentoo week and we take our first look at Fedora 40.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale</a>: <a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!</a></li><li><a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide</a>: <a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide 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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I&apos;ve tested" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/fedora-40-beta-is-fastest-operating-system-ive-tested-and-its-full-of-useful-features/">Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I've tested</a> — Apps opened in the blink of an eye. The Overview appeared instantly. Everything seemed to be built around the idea that the user works at the speed of madness and the OS is there to help make it happen.</li><li><a title="Fedora Linux 40 Docs" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f40/">Fedora Linux 40 Docs</a></li><li><a title="Fedora Linux 40 Cleared For Release" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Next-Week">Fedora Linux 40 Cleared For Release</a> — Fedora 40 thus will see its official release happen next Tuesday, 23 April.</li><li><a title="F40 Change Proposal: Drop Delta RPMs" rel="nofollow" href="https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-proposal-drop-delta-rpms-system-wide/89601">F40 Change Proposal: Drop Delta RPMs</a> — According to early feedback from Release Engineering, it looks like it will not be feasible to address the shortcomings of Delta RPMs as they are currently implemented, and since they often no longer result in a net reduction in download sizes for upgrades, this Change proposes both to disable the generation of DeltaRPMs during the compose process, and to disable the deltarpm support in dnf / dnf5 by default.</li><li><a title="Berlin with Brent May Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/300421212/">Berlin with Brent May Meetup</a> — May 11, 2024</li><li><a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2025" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/">LinuxFest Northwest 2025</a> — April 26 - 28, 2024</li><li><a title="System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/system76-community/events/299957317/">System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ</a> — Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 12:00 PM</li><li><a title="LFNW Talk: 5 Reasons to Love NixOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://lfnw2024.sessionize.com/session/598377">LFNW Talk: 5 Reasons to Love NixOS</a> — NixOS seems to be everywhere these days and has the fanatic energy usually reserved for Arch users. But WHY is it so popular? In this talk, I'll go over 5 reasons I love NixOS and you might too.</li><li><a title="LFNW Talk: Deploying NixOS Anywhere" rel="nofollow" href="https://lfnw2024.sessionize.com/session/603318">LFNW Talk: Deploying NixOS Anywhere</a> — In this talk, we'll unlock the full potential of NixOS by exploring how its unique architecture enables installation just about anywhere—from bare metal and VMs to a VPS provider near you.</li><li><a title="LFNW Talk: LINUX Unplugged LIVE" rel="nofollow" href="https://lfnw2024.sessionize.com/session/625989">LFNW Talk: LINUX Unplugged LIVE</a> — We're recording a live edition of LINUX Unplugged in person. Our weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests, and tons of opinions.
</li><li><a title="Scinary Cybersecurity" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scinary.com/">Scinary Cybersecurity</a> — Founded in 2015, we are proud to be one of few full-service cybersecurity firms focused on small and midsized governmental entities. Serving clients in mutiple states, we provide quality services and solutions that best fit your needs.</li><li><a title="Jupiter Extras" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/91">Jupiter Extras</a> — Texas LinuxFest Day 1</li><li><a title="Jupiter Extras" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/92">Jupiter Extras</a> — Texas LinuxFest Day 2</li><li><a title="Texas Linux Festival 2024" rel="nofollow" href="https://2024.texaslinuxfest.org/">Texas Linux Festival 2024</a> — Texas Linux Fest is the first state-wide annual community-run conference for Linux and open source software users and enthusiasts from around the Lone Star State.</li><li><a title="MIL-STD-1553" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-1553">MIL-STD-1553</a> — MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard published by the United States Department of Defense that defines the mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of a serial data bus.</li><li><a title="Chris&apos; Cave Pictures" rel="nofollow" href="https://primal.net/e/note1cmhw4p2wzqugvra7c5eh4ajxds9yjy4t3rxq2uhzzxyyyvepytesezma8m">Chris' Cave Pictures</a></li><li><a title="Buc-ees" rel="nofollow" href="https://buc-ees.com/about/">Buc-ees</a> — If you've been to Buc-ee's, you may already know that this friendly neighbor along the highways has the cleanest restrooms in America. In 2012, Cintas ran a nationwide restroom contest and made it official!</li><li><a title="Street Fighter 2 Music" rel="nofollow" href="https://jb-community.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/sf2_intro_track.mp3">Street Fighter 2 Music</a> — Arcade Intro</li><li><a title="Street Fighter 2 Music" rel="nofollow" href="https://jb-community.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/ssf2hd_intro_ocremix.mp3">Street Fighter 2 Music</a> — OC Remix</li><li><a title="UEFI Boot Standalone NixOS (2024-04-20)" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md">UEFI Boot Standalone NixOS (2024-04-20)</a> — This guide will explain how to install NixOS on the internal NVMe drive of an Apple Silicon Mac using a customized version of the official NixOS install ISO, then boot it without the help of another computer.</li><li><a title="TeX Shinobi Keyboard" rel="nofollow" href="https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi?variant=16969883648090">TeX Shinobi Keyboard</a></li><li><a title="nixos-conf-editor" rel="nofollow" href="http://github.com/snowfallorg/nixos-conf-editor">nixos-conf-editor</a> — A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations.</li><li><a title="nix-software-center" rel="nofollow" href="http://github.com/snowfallorg/nix-software-center">nix-software-center</a> — A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages.</li><li><a title="bhh32&apos;s app installer" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/bhh32/installer">bhh32's app installer</a></li><li><a title="dharple/detox" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/dharple/detox">dharple/detox</a> — Tames problematic filenames</li><li><a title="Jovian NixOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Jovian-Experiments/Jovian-NixOS">Jovian NixOS</a> — NixOS on the Steam Deck</li><li><a title="Pick: Shortwave" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave">Pick: Shortwave</a> — Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 30,000 stations, including Jupiter Broadcasting.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We're back from Austin, with interviews and stories to share. Plus, it's Gentoo week and we take our first look at Fedora 40.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide 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;&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/"&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I&amp;apos;ve tested" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/fedora-40-beta-is-fastest-operating-system-ive-tested-and-its-full-of-useful-features/"&gt;Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I've tested&lt;/a&gt; — Apps opened in the blink of an eye. The Overview appeared instantly. Everything seemed to be built around the idea that the user works at the speed of madness and the OS is there to help make it happen.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fedora Linux 40 Docs" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f40/"&gt;Fedora Linux 40 Docs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fedora Linux 40 Cleared For Release" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-40-Next-Week"&gt;Fedora Linux 40 Cleared For Release&lt;/a&gt; — Fedora 40 thus will see its official release happen next Tuesday, 23 April.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="F40 Change Proposal: Drop Delta RPMs" rel="nofollow" href="https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-proposal-drop-delta-rpms-system-wide/89601"&gt;F40 Change Proposal: Drop Delta RPMs&lt;/a&gt; — According to early feedback from Release Engineering, it looks like it will not be feasible to address the shortcomings of Delta RPMs as they are currently implemented, and since they often no longer result in a net reduction in download sizes for upgrades, this Change proposes both to disable the generation of DeltaRPMs during the compose process, and to disable the deltarpm support in dnf / dnf5 by default.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Berlin with Brent May Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/300421212/"&gt;Berlin with Brent May Meetup&lt;/a&gt; — May 11, 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LinuxFest Northwest 2025" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/"&gt;LinuxFest Northwest 2025&lt;/a&gt; — April 26 - 28, 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/system76-community/events/299957317/"&gt;System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ&lt;/a&gt; — Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 12:00 PM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LFNW Talk: 5 Reasons to Love NixOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://lfnw2024.sessionize.com/session/598377"&gt;LFNW Talk: 5 Reasons to Love NixOS&lt;/a&gt; — NixOS seems to be everywhere these days and has the fanatic energy usually reserved for Arch users. But WHY is it so popular? In this talk, I'll go over 5 reasons I love NixOS and you might too.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LFNW Talk: Deploying NixOS Anywhere" rel="nofollow" href="https://lfnw2024.sessionize.com/session/603318"&gt;LFNW Talk: Deploying NixOS Anywhere&lt;/a&gt; — In this talk, we'll unlock the full potential of NixOS by exploring how its unique architecture enables installation just about anywhere—from bare metal and VMs to a VPS provider near you.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LFNW Talk: LINUX Unplugged LIVE" rel="nofollow" href="https://lfnw2024.sessionize.com/session/625989"&gt;LFNW Talk: LINUX Unplugged LIVE&lt;/a&gt; — We're recording a live edition of LINUX Unplugged in person. Our weekly Linux talk show with no script, no limits, surprise guests, and tons of opinions.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Scinary Cybersecurity" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.scinary.com/"&gt;Scinary Cybersecurity&lt;/a&gt; — Founded in 2015, we are proud to be one of few full-service cybersecurity firms focused on small and midsized governmental entities. Serving clients in mutiple states, we provide quality services and solutions that best fit your needs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jupiter Extras" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/91"&gt;Jupiter Extras&lt;/a&gt; — Texas LinuxFest Day 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jupiter Extras" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/92"&gt;Jupiter Extras&lt;/a&gt; — Texas LinuxFest Day 2&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Linux Festival 2024" rel="nofollow" href="https://2024.texaslinuxfest.org/"&gt;Texas Linux Festival 2024&lt;/a&gt; — Texas Linux Fest is the first state-wide annual community-run conference for Linux and open source software users and enthusiasts from around the Lone Star State.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="MIL-STD-1553" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIL-STD-1553"&gt;MIL-STD-1553&lt;/a&gt; — MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard published by the United States Department of Defense that defines the mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of a serial data bus.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Chris&amp;apos; Cave Pictures" rel="nofollow" href="https://primal.net/e/note1cmhw4p2wzqugvra7c5eh4ajxds9yjy4t3rxq2uhzzxyyyvepytesezma8m"&gt;Chris' Cave Pictures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Buc-ees" rel="nofollow" href="https://buc-ees.com/about/"&gt;Buc-ees&lt;/a&gt; — If you've been to Buc-ee's, you may already know that this friendly neighbor along the highways has the cleanest restrooms in America. In 2012, Cintas ran a nationwide restroom contest and made it official!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Street Fighter 2 Music" rel="nofollow" href="https://jb-community.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/sf2_intro_track.mp3"&gt;Street Fighter 2 Music&lt;/a&gt; — Arcade Intro&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Street Fighter 2 Music" rel="nofollow" href="https://jb-community.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/ssf2hd_intro_ocremix.mp3"&gt;Street Fighter 2 Music&lt;/a&gt; — OC Remix&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="UEFI Boot Standalone NixOS (2024-04-20)" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md"&gt;UEFI Boot Standalone NixOS (2024-04-20)&lt;/a&gt; — This guide will explain how to install NixOS on the internal NVMe drive of an Apple Silicon Mac using a customized version of the official NixOS install ISO, then boot it without the help of another computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="TeX Shinobi Keyboard" rel="nofollow" href="https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi?variant=16969883648090"&gt;TeX Shinobi Keyboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="nixos-conf-editor" rel="nofollow" href="http://github.com/snowfallorg/nixos-conf-editor"&gt;nixos-conf-editor&lt;/a&gt; — A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="nix-software-center" rel="nofollow" href="http://github.com/snowfallorg/nix-software-center"&gt;nix-software-center&lt;/a&gt; — A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="bhh32&amp;apos;s app installer" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/bhh32/installer"&gt;bhh32's app installer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="dharple/detox" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/dharple/detox"&gt;dharple/detox&lt;/a&gt; — Tames problematic filenames&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jovian NixOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Jovian-Experiments/Jovian-NixOS"&gt;Jovian NixOS&lt;/a&gt; — NixOS on the Steam Deck&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: Shortwave" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave"&gt;Pick: Shortwave&lt;/a&gt; — Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 30,000 stations, including Jupiter Broadcasting.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We're back from Austin, with interviews and stories to share. Plus, it's Gentoo week and we take our first look at Fedora 40.

559: Linux is Bigger in Texas

We asked, and you answered: Your top 5 Linux app essentials and post-install rituals. Plus, some news to better cope with "extreme file-system damage."Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale</a>: <a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!</a></li><li><a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide</a>: <a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide 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="Berlin with Brent: May Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/300421212/">Berlin with Brent: May Meetup</a> — Brent is back in Berlin! Please join the Jupiter Broadcasting community for an evening together, and bring your friends!</li><li><a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="Warp" rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.gnome.org/Warp/">Warp</a> — Warp allows you to securely send files to each other via the internet or local network by exchanging a word-based code.</li><li><a title="Bcachefs Repair Code Reaching Complete &amp; Robust Recovery" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Repair-Looking-Good">Bcachefs Repair Code Reaching Complete &amp; Robust Recovery</a> — "This patchset was kindly tested by a user from India who accidentally wiped one drive out of a three drive filesystem with no replication on the family computer - it took a couple weeks but we got everything important back."</li><li><a title="Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-rc3-Released">Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches</a> — "[...] but hey, if you had a corrupted bcachefs filesystem you'd probably want this, and if you thought bcachefs was stable already, I have a bridge to sell you. Special deal only for you, real cheap."</li><li><a title="Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Change-KDE-Default-Prop">Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME</a></li><li><a title="F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation" rel="nofollow" href="https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-plasma-workstation-system-wide/111343">F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation</a> — Switch the default desktop experience for Workstation to KDE Plasma. The GNOME desktop is moved to a separate spin / edition, retaining release-blocking status.</li><li><a title="Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation - Fedora Project Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation">Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation - Fedora Project Wiki</a></li><li><a title="412linux.io" rel="nofollow" href="http://412linux.io/">412linux.io</a> — N100 Media Serving Efficiency with Quick Sync</li><li><a title="Pick: FreeTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.freetubeapp.FreeTube">Pick: FreeTube</a> — FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac &amp; Linux thanks to Electron.</li><li><a title="FreeBSD Speedruns" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Speedruns">FreeBSD Speedruns</a> — The zero-to-desktop FreeBSD speedrun category records the time taken from the first boot of a FreeBSD image, through installation, to the display of a desktop environment or window manager.</li><li><a title="FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge" rel="nofollow" href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/freebsd-zero-to-desktop-speedrun-challenge/">FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge</a> — The operations and commands that needed to be done took me 1:33 and installation of base.txz/kernel.txz datasets took 0:28. Downloading and installing needed pkg(8) packages took 2:22 of time.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We asked, and you answered: Your top 5 Linux app essentials and post-install rituals. Plus, some news to better cope with "extreme file-system damage."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide 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;&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="Berlin with Brent: May Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/300421212/"&gt;Berlin with Brent: May Meetup&lt;/a&gt; — Brent is back in Berlin! Please join the Jupiter Broadcasting community for an evening together, and bring your friends!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/"&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Warp" rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.gnome.org/Warp/"&gt;Warp&lt;/a&gt; — Warp allows you to securely send files to each other via the internet or local network by exchanging a word-based code.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Bcachefs Repair Code Reaching Complete &amp;amp; Robust Recovery" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Repair-Looking-Good"&gt;Bcachefs Repair Code Reaching Complete &amp;amp; Robust Recovery&lt;/a&gt; — "This patchset was kindly tested by a user from India who accidentally wiped one drive out of a three drive filesystem with no replication on the family computer - it took a couple weeks but we got everything important back."&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-rc3-Released"&gt;Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches&lt;/a&gt; — "[...] but hey, if you had a corrupted bcachefs filesystem you'd probably want this, and if you thought bcachefs was stable already, I have a bridge to sell you. Special deal only for you, real cheap."&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Change-KDE-Default-Prop"&gt;Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation" rel="nofollow" href="https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-plasma-workstation-system-wide/111343"&gt;F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation&lt;/a&gt; — Switch the default desktop experience for Workstation to KDE Plasma. The GNOME desktop is moved to a separate spin / edition, retaining release-blocking status.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation - Fedora Project Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation"&gt;Changes/FedoraPlasmaWorkstation - Fedora Project Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="412linux.io" rel="nofollow" href="http://412linux.io/"&gt;412linux.io&lt;/a&gt; — N100 Media Serving Efficiency with Quick Sync&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Pick: FreeTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.freetubeapp.FreeTube"&gt;Pick: FreeTube&lt;/a&gt; — FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac &amp;amp; Linux thanks to Electron.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="FreeBSD Speedruns" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Speedruns"&gt;FreeBSD Speedruns&lt;/a&gt; — The zero-to-desktop FreeBSD speedrun category records the time taken from the first boot of a FreeBSD image, through installation, to the display of a desktop environment or window manager.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge" rel="nofollow" href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/freebsd-zero-to-desktop-speedrun-challenge/"&gt;FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge&lt;/a&gt; — The operations and commands that needed to be done took me 1:33 and installation of base.txz/kernel.txz datasets took 0:28. Downloading and installing needed pkg(8) packages took 2:22 of time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We asked, and you answered: Your top 5 Linux app essentials and post-install rituals. Plus, some news to better cope with "extreme file-system damage."

558: Top 5 Essential Apps

We're building a completely hidden Linux OS inside an existing system—with no trace left behind.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale</a>: <a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!</a></li><li><a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide</a>: <a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide 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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a> — The global money app for fast, safe payments and bitcoin. Get sats easy.</li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a> — Grab the Fountain app and listen live, boost along, and more. </li><li><a title="Shufflecake" rel="nofollow" href="https://shufflecake.net/">Shufflecake</a> — Plausible deniability for multiple hidden filesystems on Linux</li><li><a title="System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/system76-community/events/299957317">System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter Extras: Nostr Workshop" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/90">Jupiter Extras: Nostr Workshop</a> — Our Nostr workshop. We'll help you get your Nostr identity and answer any questions.
</li><li><a title="24.05 Call for Release Manager &amp; Editor - NixOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/24-05-call-for-release-manager-editor/42195">24.05 Call for Release Manager &amp;amp; Editor - NixOS</a> — Both roles are fulfilled in tandem, meaning you get paired with an experienced partner, who already filled the role during the previous release.</li><li><a title="HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace." rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/aforensics/HiddenVM/">HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace.</a> — HiddenVM is a simple, one-click, free and open-source Linux application that allows you to run Oracle's open-source VirtualBox software on the Tails operating system.</li><li><a title="Tails" rel="nofollow" href="https://tails.boum.org/">Tails</a></li><li><a title="persistent volume feature" rel="nofollow" href="https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/index.en.html">persistent volume feature</a></li><li><a title="VeraCrypt" rel="nofollow" href="https://veracrypt.fr/en">VeraCrypt</a></li><li><a title="Defeating Plausible Deniability of VeraCrypt Hidden Operating Systems" rel="nofollow" href="https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1542&amp;context=eispapers1">Defeating Plausible Deniability of VeraCrypt Hidden Operating Systems</a> — This paper analyzes the security of VeraCrypt hidden operating systems. </li><li><a title="How To Emulate Persistent Memory using the Linux &quot;memmap&quot; Kernel Option" rel="nofollow" href="https://pmem.io/knowledgebase/howto/100000012-how-to-emulate-persistent-memory-using-the-linux-memmapkernel-option/">How To Emulate Persistent Memory using the Linux "memmap" Kernel Option</a></li><li><a title="kexec 
 [ArchWiki]" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/kexec">kexec 
 [ArchWiki]</a></li><li><a title="Unplugged Core Membership" rel="nofollow" href="https://unpluggedcore.com/">Unplugged Core Membership</a></li><li><a title="PodHome.FM" rel="nofollow" href="http://podhome.fm/">PodHome.FM</a> — Unlimited Shows and Episodes</li><li><a title="PodBean Example: This Week in Bitcoin Podcast" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-8cqjw-1df1e6bf">PodBean Example: This Week in Bitcoin Podcast</a></li><li><a title="Atuin - Magical Shell History" rel="nofollow" href="https://atuin.sh/">Atuin - Magical Shell History</a> — Sync, search and backup shell history with Atuin</li><li><a title="I quit my job to work full time on my open source project" rel="nofollow" href="https://ellie.wtf/posts/i-quit-my-job-to-work-full-time-on-my-open-source-project">I quit my job to work full time on my open source project</a> — The 22nd of December was my last day leading the infrastructure team at PostHog. Going forwards, I'm starting a company and working full time on Atuin.</li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We're building a completely hidden Linux OS inside an existing system—with no trace left behind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide 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;&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/"&gt;💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike&lt;/a&gt; — The global money app for fast, safe payments and bitcoin. Get sats easy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt; — Grab the Fountain app and listen live, boost along, and more. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Shufflecake" rel="nofollow" href="https://shufflecake.net/"&gt;Shufflecake&lt;/a&gt; — Plausible deniability for multiple hidden filesystems on Linux&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/system76-community/events/299957317"&gt;System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jupiter Extras: Nostr Workshop" rel="nofollow" href="https://extras.show/90"&gt;Jupiter Extras: Nostr Workshop&lt;/a&gt; — Our Nostr workshop. We'll help you get your Nostr identity and answer any questions.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="24.05 Call for Release Manager &amp;amp; Editor - NixOS" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/24-05-call-for-release-manager-editor/42195"&gt;24.05 Call for Release Manager &amp;amp;amp; Editor - NixOS&lt;/a&gt; — Both roles are fulfilled in tandem, meaning you get paired with an experienced partner, who already filled the role during the previous release.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace." rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/aforensics/HiddenVM/"&gt;HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace.&lt;/a&gt; — HiddenVM is a simple, one-click, free and open-source Linux application that allows you to run Oracle's open-source VirtualBox software on the Tails operating system.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Tails" rel="nofollow" href="https://tails.boum.org/"&gt;Tails&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="persistent volume feature" rel="nofollow" href="https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/index.en.html"&gt;persistent volume feature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="VeraCrypt" rel="nofollow" href="https://veracrypt.fr/en"&gt;VeraCrypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Defeating Plausible Deniability of VeraCrypt Hidden Operating Systems" rel="nofollow" href="https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1542&amp;amp;context=eispapers1"&gt;Defeating Plausible Deniability of VeraCrypt Hidden Operating Systems&lt;/a&gt; — This paper analyzes the security of VeraCrypt hidden operating systems. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="How To Emulate Persistent Memory using the Linux &amp;quot;memmap&amp;quot; Kernel Option" rel="nofollow" href="https://pmem.io/knowledgebase/howto/100000012-how-to-emulate-persistent-memory-using-the-linux-memmapkernel-option/"&gt;How To Emulate Persistent Memory using the Linux "memmap" Kernel Option&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="kexec 
 [ArchWiki]" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/kexec"&gt;kexec 
 [ArchWiki]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Unplugged Core Membership" rel="nofollow" href="https://unpluggedcore.com/"&gt;Unplugged Core Membership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="PodHome.FM" rel="nofollow" href="http://podhome.fm/"&gt;PodHome.FM&lt;/a&gt; — Unlimited Shows and Episodes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="PodBean Example: This Week in Bitcoin Podcast" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-8cqjw-1df1e6bf"&gt;PodBean Example: This Week in Bitcoin Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Atuin - Magical Shell History" rel="nofollow" href="https://atuin.sh/"&gt;Atuin - Magical Shell History&lt;/a&gt; — Sync, search and backup shell history with Atuin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="I quit my job to work full time on my open source project" rel="nofollow" href="https://ellie.wtf/posts/i-quit-my-job-to-work-full-time-on-my-open-source-project"&gt;I quit my job to work full time on my open source project&lt;/a&gt; — The 22nd of December was my last day leading the infrastructure team at PostHog. Going forwards, I'm starting a company and working full time on Atuin.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

We're building a completely hidden Linux OS inside an existing system—with no trace left behind.

557: Crouching kexec, Hidden Linux

We're breaking down the attack: how it works, how it was hidden, and why time was running out for the attacker.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale</a>: <a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow">Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!</a></li><li><a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide</a>: <a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow">Kolide 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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/">💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike</a></li><li><a title="📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="oss-security mailing list" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4">oss-security mailing list</a> — Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise.</li><li><a title="Fedora Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users">Fedora Announcement</a></li><li><a title="Debian Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-3094">Debian Announcement</a></li><li><a title="Ubuntu Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xz-liblzma-security-update/43714">Ubuntu Announcement</a></li><li><a title="Kali Linux Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/">Kali Linux Announcement</a></li><li><a title="Arch Linux Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/">Arch Linux Announcement</a></li><li><a title="Gentoo Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134">Gentoo Announcement</a></li><li><a title="openSUSE Tumbleweeed Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.opensuse.org/2024/03/29/xz-backdoor/">openSUSE Tumbleweeed Announcement</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Unstable Discussion" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cve-2024-3094-malicious-code-in-xz-5-6-0-and-5-6-1-tarballs/42405">NixOS Unstable Discussion</a></li><li><a title="Why does it take two weeks for NixOS to replace xz?" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cve-2024-3094-malicious-code-in-xz-5-6-0-and-5-6-1-tarballs/42405/5">Why does it take two weeks for NixOS to replace xz?</a></li><li><a title="Andres Freund on Mastodon" rel="nofollow" href="https://mastodon.social/@AndresFreundTec/112180406142695845">Andres Freund on Mastodon</a> — I was doing some micro-benchmarking at the time, needed to quiesce the system to reduce noise. Saw sshd processes were using a surprising amount of CPU, despite immediately failing because of wrong usernames etc....</li><li><a title="rwmj on Hacker News" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810">rwmj on Hacker News</a> — Very annoying - the apparent author of the backdoor was in communication with me over several weeks trying to get xz 5.6.x added to Fedora 40 &amp; 41 because of its "great new features"</li><li><a title="A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects" rel="nofollow" href="https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/">A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects</a> — Make no mistake. This is the way it works. It needs to change.</li><li><a title="Devuan GNU/Linux on X" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/devuanorg/status/1774029432979653069?t=ASJqAbm5fVHDKeq7CLKqjw">Devuan GNU/Linux on X</a> — Devuan is not affected by the latest vulnerability caused by systemd.</li><li><a title="systemd PR: Dynamically load compression libraries" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/31550#issuecomment-1972737923">systemd PR: Dynamically load compression libraries</a></li><li><a title="Matteo Croce on X" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/teknoraver85/status/1774452847188312163">Matteo Croce on X</a> — I'm the author of such PR. While I absolutely didn't know that libxz had a backdoor, I really think that libraries should be loaded on-demand when rarely used, hence my change :)</li><li><a title="Ryan C. Gordon on X" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/icculus/status/1774310925035524333">Ryan C. Gordon on X</a> — This is probably how the xz thing happened, right?</li><li><a title="Jan Wildeboer on the Fediverse" rel="nofollow" href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/112184074379919145">Jan Wildeboer on the Fediverse</a> — Again the FOSS world has proven to be vigilant and proactive in finding bugs and backdoors, IMHO.</li><li><a title="Unplugged Core Membership" rel="nofollow" href="https://unpluggedcore.com/">Unplugged Core Membership</a></li><li><a title="TXLF is coming up! " rel="nofollow" href="https://2024.texaslinuxfest.org/">TXLF is coming up! </a> — April 12 - 13 in Austin, Texas.</li><li><a title="LFNW coming up!" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/">LFNW coming up!</a> — April 26 - 28</li><li><a title="Mobile Game Ads Are Boosting Podcast Follower Counts" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-28/mobile-game-ads-are-boosting-podcast-follower-counts">Mobile Game Ads Are Boosting Podcast Follower Counts</a> — Wondery, iHeart and Lemonada Media are all using a non-public product from MowPod - which gives extra lives and game credits to gamers if they follow shows on Apple Podcasts from game apps.</li><li><a title="MowPod&apos;s podcast promotion tools: tales from the bar" rel="nofollow" href="https://podnews.net/article/mowpod-promotion">MowPod's podcast promotion tools: tales from the bar</a></li><li><a title="fortydeux&apos;s NixOS Configs" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/fortydeux/Fortydeux-NixOS-System-Flake/">fortydeux's NixOS Configs</a></li><li><a title="Prism Launcher" rel="nofollow" href="https://prismlauncher.org/">Prism Launcher</a> — An Open Source Minecraft launcher with the ability to manage multiple instances, accounts and mods.</li><li><a title="World Backup Day — March 31st" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.worldbackupday.com/en/">World Backup Day — March 31st</a> — One small accident or failure could destroy all the important stuff you care about.</li><li><a title="Updating Our Fiddly Bits | LINUX Unplugged 494" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/494/">Updating Our Fiddly Bits | LINUX Unplugged 494</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We're breaking down the attack: how it works, how it was hidden, and why time was running out for the attacker.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://kolide.com/unplugged" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kolide 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;&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/"&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" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="oss-security mailing list" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4"&gt;oss-security mailing list&lt;/a&gt; — Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fedora Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users"&gt;Fedora Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Debian Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-3094"&gt;Debian Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Ubuntu Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xz-liblzma-security-update/43714"&gt;Ubuntu Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Kali Linux Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kali.org/blog/about-the-xz-backdoor/"&gt;Kali Linux Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Arch Linux Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/"&gt;Arch Linux Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Gentoo Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134"&gt;Gentoo Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="openSUSE Tumbleweeed Announcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.opensuse.org/2024/03/29/xz-backdoor/"&gt;openSUSE Tumbleweeed Announcement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="NixOS Unstable Discussion" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cve-2024-3094-malicious-code-in-xz-5-6-0-and-5-6-1-tarballs/42405"&gt;NixOS Unstable Discussion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Why does it take two weeks for NixOS to replace xz?" rel="nofollow" href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/cve-2024-3094-malicious-code-in-xz-5-6-0-and-5-6-1-tarballs/42405/5"&gt;Why does it take two weeks for NixOS to replace xz?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Andres Freund on Mastodon" rel="nofollow" href="https://mastodon.social/@AndresFreundTec/112180406142695845"&gt;Andres Freund on Mastodon&lt;/a&gt; — I was doing some micro-benchmarking at the time, needed to quiesce the system to reduce noise. Saw sshd processes were using a surprising amount of CPU, despite immediately failing because of wrong usernames etc....&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="rwmj on Hacker News" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39865810"&gt;rwmj on Hacker News&lt;/a&gt; — Very annoying - the apparent author of the backdoor was in communication with me over several weeks trying to get xz 5.6.x added to Fedora 40 &amp;amp; 41 because of its "great new features"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects" rel="nofollow" href="https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/"&gt;A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects&lt;/a&gt; — Make no mistake. This is the way it works. It needs to change.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Devuan GNU/Linux on X" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/devuanorg/status/1774029432979653069?t=ASJqAbm5fVHDKeq7CLKqjw"&gt;Devuan GNU/Linux on X&lt;/a&gt; — Devuan is not affected by the latest vulnerability caused by systemd.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="systemd PR: Dynamically load compression libraries" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/31550#issuecomment-1972737923"&gt;systemd PR: Dynamically load compression libraries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Matteo Croce on X" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/teknoraver85/status/1774452847188312163"&gt;Matteo Croce on X&lt;/a&gt; — I'm the author of such PR. While I absolutely didn't know that libxz had a backdoor, I really think that libraries should be loaded on-demand when rarely used, hence my change :)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Ryan C. Gordon on X" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/icculus/status/1774310925035524333"&gt;Ryan C. Gordon on X&lt;/a&gt; — This is probably how the xz thing happened, right?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Jan Wildeboer on the Fediverse" rel="nofollow" href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/112184074379919145"&gt;Jan Wildeboer on the Fediverse&lt;/a&gt; — Again the FOSS world has proven to be vigilant and proactive in finding bugs and backdoors, IMHO.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Unplugged Core Membership" rel="nofollow" href="https://unpluggedcore.com/"&gt;Unplugged Core Membership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="TXLF is coming up! " rel="nofollow" href="https://2024.texaslinuxfest.org/"&gt;TXLF is coming up! &lt;/a&gt; — April 12 - 13 in Austin, Texas.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="LFNW coming up!" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/"&gt;LFNW coming up!&lt;/a&gt; — April 26 - 28&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Mobile Game Ads Are Boosting Podcast Follower Counts" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-28/mobile-game-ads-are-boosting-podcast-follower-counts"&gt;Mobile Game Ads Are Boosting Podcast Follower Counts&lt;/a&gt; — Wondery, iHeart and Lemonada Media are all using a non-public product from MowPod - which gives extra lives and game credits to gamers if they follow shows on Apple Podcasts from game apps.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="MowPod&amp;apos;s podcast promotion tools: tales from the bar" rel="nofollow" href="https://podnews.net/article/mowpod-promotion"&gt;MowPod's podcast promotion tools: tales from the bar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="fortydeux&amp;apos;s NixOS Configs" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/fortydeux/Fortydeux-NixOS-System-Flake/"&gt;fortydeux's NixOS Configs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Prism Launcher" rel="nofollow" href="https://prismlauncher.org/"&gt;Prism Launcher&lt;/a&gt; — An Open Source Minecraft launcher with the ability to manage multiple instances, accounts and mods.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="World Backup Day — March 31st" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.worldbackupday.com/en/"&gt;World Backup Day — March 31st&lt;/a&gt; — One small accident or failure could destroy all the important stuff you care about.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Updating Our Fiddly Bits | LINUX Unplugged 494" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/494/"&gt;Updating Our Fiddly Bits | LINUX Unplugged 494&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

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556: The xz Backdoor Exposed 🚨

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