LINUX Unplugged

An old Linux box powers down for the last time as we unwind its history, and the entire show, back to the beginning.
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Pick: LAN-Orangutan — LAN Orangutan is a lightweight network scanner with persistent device labeling, multi-network support, and Tailscale integration. Built by 291 Group.
LAN Orangutan — Lightweight Network Scanner
Pick: LocalSend — An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop.
LocalSend on Flathub
Pick: oxproxion — Android LLM chat interface for OpenRouter models or locally served models using Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, MLX LM or Hermes Agent.
Cherokee Scout Reservation
How-To Meshtastic BBS! Off-Grid Email?
TC2-BBS-mesh — A BBS server for Meshtastic for posting bulletins, sending mail to users, and channel directory.
herdr — the runtime your coding agents live on

Seven Linux kernels landed in one day. We sort out which belong in your homelab, and trace Linux’s long, occasionally disastrous quest for truly random numbers.
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Linux 7.2-rc5 announcement
Linux 7.2 changelog
Linux 7.1 changelog
7.2 merge window
Btrfs large folios and DIO fix
strncpy removal
i486 removal
Dreamcast fixes
Cache-aware scheduling
Fairer GPU scheduler
NVIDIA 7.2 driver compatibility
AMD ROCm regression
Dreamcast vs i486
Btrfs DIO regression reports
Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue | COINKITE Blog
Bitcoin losses linked to Coldcard vulnerability grow to $70 million, Galaxy Research says
Flowchart of the Linux RNG
dust — A more intuitive version of du in rust
Pick: TREK — A self-hosted travel/trip planner with real-time collaboration, interactive maps, PWA support, SSO, budgets, packing lists, and more.
Pick: cfait — A fast and powerful, offline-first task manager for your terminal, desktop, and phone.
Cfait on Flathub
Cfait on F-Droid

Block’s Buzz is an open, self-hostable workspace for humans, AI agents, chat, and code; and it may be the most Linux-friendly vision for what comes next.
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Buzz — Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place. — Chat with teammates and specialized agents in one shared space, then move straight into planning, project management, coding, and PRs. Create agents tailored to your workflows, let them collaborate with your team’s agents, and keep the work that used to be scattered across chat, trackers, and dev tools in one place.
buzz on GitHub
Feature Request: Support external agent systems (non-ACP) for real-time communication in Buzz communities
[Bug] Remote Agent Missing from @ Mention Autocomplete Across Machines
Teknium 🪽 on X: "@jack Hit me up if you want us to submit any PRs or make hermes more compatible with Buzz!"
feat(agents): add Hermes ACP and external-agent integration by NYTEMODEONLY
feat(acp): Hermes runtime discovery and durable session load by joelbrilliant
docs(acp): document Buzz host integration by NYTEMODEONLY
MeshBBS — Meshbbs revolutionizes communication on mesh networks by bringing the beloved Bulletin Board System experience to Meshtastic devices. Exchange messages, participate in forums, and build communities over long-range, low-power radio networks, all without traditional internet infrastructure.
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Pick: PipeWire Controller — A native GTK4/libadwaita control center for PipeWire

Linus delivers a blunt verdict on AI in the Linux kernel, Chris finds the remote Linux desktop that finally works, and Brent gives his notes system a serious rebuild.
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Keynote: Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux & Git with Dirk Hohndel, Founder, DH Consulting - YouTube
Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off - The Reg
Re: Linking Patchwork with Sashiko? - Linus Torvalds — AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.
sashiko — Agentic review of Linux Kernel code changes
SilverBullet — SilverBullet is a Programmable, Private, Browser-based, Open Source, Self Hosted, Personal Knowledge Database.
logseq — A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.
Big update: Logseq is splitting into two versions
Logseq public roadmap
Logseq DB Version Docs
Logseq DB Version Changes
Nixbook OS — A set-and-forget modern operating system designed for simplicity, speed, and peace of mind.
odysseus — A self-hosted AI workspace for chat, agents, research, documents, email, notes, calendar, and local model workflows.
fwtop — Real-time router/firewall traffic visualizer TUI for Linux (interfaces, conntrack, firewall drops)
hister — Hister is a private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep. It indexes their full contents so you can find information again from the web interface, terminal, or an AI assistant connected through MCP.
3D[S]tageVibes
Artemis Qt — Artemis Qt is an enhanced cross-platform client for NVIDIA GameStream and Apollo/Sunshine servers. It brings the advanced features from Artemis Android to desktop platforms.
Apollo — Sunshine fork - The easiest way to stream with the native resolution of your client device.
RustDesk — Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions
rustdesk - GitHub — An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.
NoMachine — The fastest and highest quality remote desktop you have ever tried.
Sunshine — Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.
Moonlight PC — GameStream client for PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link)

Wes' brother's PC is toast, making this the perfect moment to switch him to Linux. If our ambitious plan doesn’t scare him away first.
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Storyboarder — Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Create and show animatics to others. Express your story idea without making a movie.
MCP-NixOS — Model Context Protocol for NixOS
Spud Router — An open-source router-on-a-stick that you can manage from a browser, a terminal CLI, or directly from your AI agents
Le Potato AML-S905X-CC
MacSurf — A modern web browser for Classic Mac OS 9 PowerPC. Real CSS3, ES5 JavaScript, native HTTPS — built with CodeWarrior on the Carbon API.
Karpathy's llm-wiki
Hermes llm-wiki SKILL.md
camply - the campsite finder ⛺️ — a tool to find campsites at sold out campgrounds through sites like recreation.gov
Pick: OpenTogetherTube — Enjoy YouTube together. Real-time synchronized playback. Optional voting system. Dark theme. No sign up required. All Open Source. It's never been easier to watch videos together.
opentogethertube on GitHub
Pick: TypeType — Privacy-respecting video platform to watch Youtube.
TypeType on GitHub
Pick: metube — Self-hosted web UI for yt-dlp, for downloading media from YouTube and dozens of other sites.