The KDE and GNOME projects are working on official Linux distributions, but do we need more distros? We dig into their special sauce.Plus: Wes' top DNS server pick, and it's not one we've heard before.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946&amp;coupon=blackfriday" rel="nofollow">Black Friday Member Sale</a>: <a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946&amp;coupon=blackfriday" rel="nofollow">30% Off for the lifetime of your Membership! Code: blackfriday</a></li> 
<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://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/" ref="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" ref="nofollow">📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM</a></li><li><a title="First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released" href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/nov/29/openwrt-one-wireless-router-now-ships-black-friday/" ref="nofollow">First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released</a> — The OpenWrt One costs $89 with a case ($68.42 for the logic board only) and is hacker-friendly, featuring robust hardware specifications such as a MediaTek MT7981B SoC, dual Ethernet ports (2.5 GbE and 1 GbE), USB-C power, and modular expansion options.</li><li><a title="Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros" href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/kde_and_gnome_distros/" ref="nofollow">Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros</a></li><li><a title="&quot;KDE Linux&quot; (codenamed &quot;Project Banana&quot;)" href="https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux" ref="nofollow">"KDE Linux" (codenamed "Project Banana")</a></li><li><a title="Akademy 2024 - Saturday 7th September - Room 1 - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/gTxRaBEUe-I?t=25936s" ref="nofollow">Akademy 2024 - Saturday 7th September - Room 1 - YouTube</a></li><li><a title="An Operating System of Our Own - Akademy 2024 - FTV" href="https://fediverse.tv/w/c2ZBQfg6euYL76wKPBYnZC" ref="nofollow">An Operating System of Our Own - Akademy 2024 - FTV</a></li><li><a title="Adrian Vovk" href="https://adrianvovk.me/" ref="nofollow">Adrian Vovk</a></li><li><a title="A Desktop for All" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2024/10/25/a-desktop-for-all/" ref="nofollow">A Desktop for All</a></li><li><a title="GNOME OS Nightly" href="https://os.gnome.org/" ref="nofollow">GNOME OS Nightly</a></li><li><a title="Fitting Everything Together" href="https://0pointer.net/blog/fitting-everything-together.html" ref="nofollow">Fitting Everything Together</a></li><li><a title="Shell Yes! | Push the Button" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2010/08/01/shell-yes/" ref="nofollow">Shell Yes! | Push the Button</a></li><li><a title="2024 Tuxies.Party" href="https://tuxies.party" ref="nofollow">2024 Tuxies.Party</a> — New category based on your feedback, and we've cleared out the hall of fame, all distros and desktops up for a vote!</li><li><a title="Reminder that PlanetNix Call for Papers is still open!" href="https://sessionize.com/planet-nix-2025/" ref="nofollow">Reminder that PlanetNix Call for Papers is still open!</a></li><li><a title="Technitium DNS Server" href="https://technitium.com/dns/" ref="nofollow">Technitium DNS Server</a></li><li><a title="TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer: Technitium DNS Server" href="https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer" ref="nofollow">TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer: Technitium DNS Server</a> — Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server for privacy &amp; security. It works out-of-the-box with no or minimal configuration and provides a user friendly web console accessible using any modern web browser.</li><li><a title="Technitium Blog: Running Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu Linux" href="https://blog.technitium.com/2017/11/running-dns-server-on-ubuntu-linux.html" ref="nofollow">Technitium Blog: Running Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu Linux</a></li><li><a title="DnsServer/docker-compose.yml" href="https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer/blob/master/docker-compose.yml" ref="nofollow">DnsServer/docker-compose.yml</a></li><li><a title="technitium-dns-server - MyNixOS" href="https://mynixos.com/nixpkgs/package/technitium-dns-server" ref="nofollow">technitium-dns-server - MyNixOS</a></li><li><a title="NixOS Search - Options - technitium" href="https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&amp;query=technitium" ref="nofollow">NixOS Search - Options - technitium</a></li><li><a title="technitium-dns-server.nix" href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/7eee17a8a5868ecf596bbb8c8beb527253ea8f4d/nixos/modules/services/networking/technitium-dns-server.nix" ref="nofollow">technitium-dns-server.nix</a></li><li><a title="Membership Black Friday Sale 30% off" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946&amp;coupon=blackfriday" ref="nofollow">Membership Black Friday Sale 30% off</a></li><li><a title="Annual Membership" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630" ref="nofollow">Annual Membership</a> — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!</li><li><a title="Errands" href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.mrvladus.List" ref="nofollow">Errands</a> — Todo application for those who prefer simplicity.</li><li><a title="Errands GitHub Page" href="https://github.com/mrvladus/Errands" ref="nofollow">Errands GitHub Page</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The KDE and GNOME projects are working on official Linux distributions, but do we need more distros? We dig into their special sauce.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plus: Wes' top DNS server pick, and it's not one we've heard before.&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=52946&amp;amp;coupon=blackfriday" rel="nofollow"&gt;Black Friday Member Sale&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946&amp;amp;coupon=blackfriday" rel="nofollow"&gt;30% Off for the lifetime of your Membership! Code: blackfriday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&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://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; 
&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/" ref="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" ref="nofollow"&gt;📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released" href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/nov/29/openwrt-one-wireless-router-now-ships-black-friday/" ref="nofollow"&gt;First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released&lt;/a&gt; — The OpenWrt One costs $89 with a case ($68.42 for the logic board only) and is hacker-friendly, featuring robust hardware specifications such as a MediaTek MT7981B SoC, dual Ethernet ports (2.5 GbE and 1 GbE), USB-C power, and modular expansion options.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros" href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/kde_and_gnome_distros/" ref="nofollow"&gt;Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="&amp;quot;KDE Linux&amp;quot; (codenamed &amp;quot;Project Banana&amp;quot;)" href="https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux" ref="nofollow"&gt;"KDE Linux" (codenamed "Project Banana")&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Akademy 2024 - Saturday 7th September - Room 1 - YouTube" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/gTxRaBEUe-I?t=25936s" ref="nofollow"&gt;Akademy 2024 - Saturday 7th September - Room 1 - YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="An Operating System of Our Own - Akademy 2024 - FTV" href="https://fediverse.tv/w/c2ZBQfg6euYL76wKPBYnZC" ref="nofollow"&gt;An Operating System of Our Own - Akademy 2024 - FTV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Adrian Vovk" href="https://adrianvovk.me/" ref="nofollow"&gt;Adrian Vovk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="A Desktop for All" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2024/10/25/a-desktop-for-all/" ref="nofollow"&gt;A Desktop for All&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="GNOME OS Nightly" href="https://os.gnome.org/" ref="nofollow"&gt;GNOME OS Nightly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Fitting Everything Together" href="https://0pointer.net/blog/fitting-everything-together.html" ref="nofollow"&gt;Fitting Everything Together&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Shell Yes! | Push the Button" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2010/08/01/shell-yes/" ref="nofollow"&gt;Shell Yes! | Push the Button&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="2024 Tuxies.Party" href="https://tuxies.party" ref="nofollow"&gt;2024 Tuxies.Party&lt;/a&gt; — New category based on your feedback, and we've cleared out the hall of fame, all distros and desktops up for a vote!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Reminder that PlanetNix Call for Papers is still open!" href="https://sessionize.com/planet-nix-2025/" ref="nofollow"&gt;Reminder that PlanetNix Call for Papers is still open!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Technitium DNS Server" href="https://technitium.com/dns/" ref="nofollow"&gt;Technitium DNS Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer: Technitium DNS Server" href="https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer" ref="nofollow"&gt;TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer: Technitium DNS Server&lt;/a&gt; — Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server for privacy &amp;amp; security. It works out-of-the-box with no or minimal configuration and provides a user friendly web console accessible using any modern web browser.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Technitium Blog: Running Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu Linux" href="https://blog.technitium.com/2017/11/running-dns-server-on-ubuntu-linux.html" ref="nofollow"&gt;Technitium Blog: Running Technitium DNS Server on Ubuntu Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="DnsServer/docker-compose.yml" href="https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer/blob/master/docker-compose.yml" ref="nofollow"&gt;DnsServer/docker-compose.yml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="technitium-dns-server - MyNixOS" href="https://mynixos.com/nixpkgs/package/technitium-dns-server" ref="nofollow"&gt;technitium-dns-server - MyNixOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="NixOS Search - Options - technitium" href="https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&amp;amp;query=technitium" ref="nofollow"&gt;NixOS Search - Options - technitium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="technitium-dns-server.nix" href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/7eee17a8a5868ecf596bbb8c8beb527253ea8f4d/nixos/modules/services/networking/technitium-dns-server.nix" ref="nofollow"&gt;technitium-dns-server.nix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Membership Black Friday Sale 30% off" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946&amp;amp;coupon=blackfriday" ref="nofollow"&gt;Membership Black Friday Sale 30% off&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Annual Membership" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630" ref="nofollow"&gt;Annual Membership&lt;/a&gt; — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Errands" href="https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.mrvladus.List" ref="nofollow"&gt;Errands&lt;/a&gt; — Todo application for those who prefer simplicity.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title="Errands GitHub Page" href="https://github.com/mrvladus/Errands" ref="nofollow"&gt;Errands GitHub Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

The KDE and GNOME projects are working on official Linux distributions, but do we need more distros? We dig into their special sauce. Plus: Wes' top DNS server pick, and it's not one we've heard before.

LINUX Unplugged

591: KDE Goes Banana

591: KDE Goes Banana

Description