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0:00 Cold Open
1:47 Wireguard on Pi's?
16:06 The History of NixOS
1:03:39 Our Thoughts on NixOS
1:32:00 Housekeeping
1:36:55 App Focus: tldr
1:40:35 Next Time: Topics
1:42:55 Stinger


Coming up in this episode



We Pi-ify the Wireguard
The history of NixOS
Will we nix the Nix?
and TL;DR, tldr




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Banter


[Wireguard](wireguard.io) on a Pi 2B+?




NixOS


Original developer: Eelco Dolstra (Nix), Armijn Hemel (NixOS)
Site: nixos.org
Base System: Independent
Desktop Environment: Gnome or Plasma
File Manager: Files or Dolphin
Package Manager: nix
Kernel: 5.15.11
Display Manager: gdm or sddm
Display Protocol: X11, Wayland




History


Wikipedia page for NixOS
About NixOS from the NixOS Wiki
History of the NixOS Wiki
Started as a research project in 2003


Thesis

Dec 2008 Linux.com writes
Jun 2009 LWN.net writes
Sep 2010 XFCE is added
Nov 2011 NixOS moves to Github
2012 Nix 1.0 released
Feb 2013 NixOS moves from Upstart to systemd
Jun 2013 NixOps is released
Oct 2013 NixOS 13.10, Aardvark released!
The French website LinuxFR covers NixOS 14.04.
Another 2014 Review by Ordinatechnic
2015 review from LinuxFR
A talk by Rok Garbas titled "Make Nix Friendlier for Beginners"
Distrowatch 15.09 review
Aug 2016 Presentation from one of the team
2017 See the NixOS "weekly" newsletter for the first time
Distrowatch 17.03 review
Nix 2.0, Released
2020 Review
NixOS 21.11, Porcupine Released




Housekeeping


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App Focus

tldr
This episode's app:



tldr




Next Time

With us trying out NixOS for this past month, that means our next show will be topic based. We have a few topics planned for you and all of them will affect you in the Linux User Space.


Our next distro to check out is MX Linux


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0:00 Cold Open
2:28 Banter: Void Linux Bits
4:46 Feedback: Kyle S
17:26 DuckDuckGo Desktop Browser
21:35 DuckDuckGo Search Up 46%
24:45 Brave Browser Protects Network-State
29:44 Hold On, Ghostery Dawn?
36:49 No Manifest v3 For Me!
51:57 Audacity 50x Faster
57:31 Krita Gets New Features
1:03:12 Wayland Uses Less Energy Than X
1:08:37 Wayland Games Better Than X, Too!
1:13:20 Housekeeping
1:19:13 App Focus: Kid3, EasyTag
1:25:48 Next Time: NixOS
1:28:03 Stinger


Coming up in this episode



Browsers on Browsers
Manifest v3 is not for me
Audacity X50 speed
Krita sees a big release
So Far aWayland from me
Tag you're it




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Banter - Feedback


Void Linux bits (Thanks Duncaen)
Vanilla Linux - That was Void's original name.
xbps-src was originally called pkgfs
And Juan P (Xtraeme) had some early ramblings on Void and its upbringing!
Kyle's Email - Thanks for your feedback!


Some gdebi info
If you are on a KDE plasma desktop, Discover can install .deb packages too. Like gdebi, just right click on the file and select Discover to open with.
General Github software download techniques.


Look for a releases section and download the binary release from there.
If you don't see that look for the code button and download the zip file. You can also use git (If you know how and have it installed) and just copy the git url in the code button too.

So you downloaded a shell script...


I try to keep it organized and place them in ~/bin
You can add that to your $PATH (perhaps a bit advanced) to make it easier to call.
You can give it the executable flag, (most file managers have this option). Or change mode on the command line - chmod +x FILENAME
To start your script: ./FILENAME.sh
While you may not understand all of the code, it is a good idea to glance at it.






$BROWSER Watch


Duck Duck Go Browser


DuckDuckGo Search Up by 46%

Brave Browser Protects Network-State for Added Privacy
Hold On, Ghostery Dawn?


And a search engine, too! Glow





Privacy Watch


Manifest v3
Mozilla 2019 announcement
Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening
Mozilla doubles down




Audacity 3.1.3 is released.


Audacity 3.1.3


The bold claim - Improved performance. Loading in projects especially should now be up to 50x faster compared to 3.1.0
Many bugfixes too.

Bigger question: Is Audacity still on everyone's no-install list?




Krita 5.0 is released.


Official release announcement
Highlights:


It has a revamped animation system
A brand new storyboard editor
A session recorder that'll let you make videos out of your work
and tons more stuff





How can we benefit from Wayland?


Wayland uses less energy than X.org
Wayland, more often than not, has better gaming performance




Housekeeping


The Linux Experiment
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App Focus

kid3 and EasyTAG
kid3
EasyTAG




Next Time

We wrap up our thoughts on NixOS


NixOS


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0:00 Cold Open
1:32 Banter: Flatpak, Otra Vez
11:32 Banter: Updates Once a Year
21:18 History: Void Linux
1:18:43 Distro Talk: Void Linux
1:31:03 Housekeeping
1:36:30 App Focus: Syncthing
1:40:23 Next Time
1:43:58 Stinger


Coming up in this episode



Flatpaks back on track
I update once a year, do you?
We enter the Void
We age in the Void
Tech with a Bloke
and Monitor the situation




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Banter - Did we fall flat?


Phaedrus Leeds
Our tweet that started the conversation - follow the thread
### Moar Banter - Podbait
How often do you update? Let us know in Telegram, Matrix, Discord, Email, etc.




Void Linux


Void Linux
Wikipedia page for Void
From the Void Handbook
xbps-src to use linux-user-chroot
journald introduced
First mention of Pi as officially supported
RSA encryption introduced to xbps
KDE 4 is available
Cinnamon 2 is available
Musl compatability introduced to xbps
More info about musl
Using the Nix package manager
Steam client is available
April Fools joke 2014
Multilib support
runit becomes default
LibreSSL is default
Mate is introduced
LXQt enters the Void
Raspberry Pi2 support
Void images built with musl are available
Void repositories available over TOR
No Foolin', help needed
Flatpak bult with glibc and musl
Juan takes a step back
2017 Advent Calendar
2018 April Fools
Juan is MIA
IRC control regained
Github organization moves
Repos move
Michael Aldrige's post mortem
2018 Advent calendar
THE Christmas poem
voidlinux dot eu Gone
2019 April fools
Official? post mortem of the disappearance of Juan
OpenSSL is back
Pullmoll (Jürgen Buchmüller) is remembered
IRC is moved to Libera.chat
old freenode channels hijacked
DO renews sponsorship
Hactoberfest 2021





Original developer: Juan Romero Pardines (xtraeme) Initial release 2008
Site: voidlinux.org
Old Site: voidlinux.eu and voidlinux.com (dead since 2018)
Base System: Independent
Desktop Environment: XFCE
File Manager: Thunar
Package Manager: xbps (Xtraeme's Binary Package System)
Kernel: Rolling 5.15.8 right now
Display Manager: lightdm
Display Protocol: X11, Wayland
Project Members: from Github




Housekeeping


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App Focus

System Monitoring Center
This episode's app:



System Monitoring Center




Next Time

With us trying out Zorin OS for this past month, that means our next show will be topic based. We have a few topics planned for you and all of them will affect you in the Linux User Space.


Our next distro to check out is Nix OS


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0:00 Cold Open
2:19 Banter: Retro Gaming
18:42 Browser Watch: Firefox Relay
28:17 Browser Watch: DDG Email Protection
38:31 Browser Watch: Edge's Zip
47:44 Topic: Flatpak. Future or Folly
1:19:29 Housekeeping
1:24:14 Email Feedback: Ed
1:29:29 App Focus: Stylepak
1:35:31 Next Time: Void Linux
1:37:28 Stinger


Coming up in this episode



Game time with Leo
Browser Watch is Super Duper
with Cinnamon Spice
I see some slacking in the future
Let's hope it isn't flat
I know Leo will give me style


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Banter -


Batocera
Ubuntu Mate
Linux Mint XFCE
RetroArch
RetroPie




Browser Watch


Firefox Relay
Duck Duck Go has a similar beta
Edge Adds Buy Now Pay Later




Flatpak. Future or Folly?


Flatpak Is Not the Future
Size and Deduplication Rebuttal
note since we recorded this episode Jupiter Broadcasting released a Linux Unplugged episode covering this too. It too is worth a listen




Housekeeping


DJ Ware the Cyber Gizmo's YouTube channel
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App Focus

Stylepak
Stylepak




Next Time

We wrap up our thoughts on Void Linux


Void Linux


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0:00 Cold Open
2:09 Banter: Tater Top
11:35 History: Zorin OS
50:24 Distro Talk: Zorin OS
1:18:23 Housekeeping
1:25:01 App Focus: Syncthing
1:33:02 Next Time
1:37:10 Stinger


Coming up in this episode



We fry the tater top
The Legend of Zorin
And how we fit in
We sync some stuff
And finally, pick an empty distro




Banter - Tatertop


First gen chromebooks
End of support :-(
Flash the BIOS
more BIOS info
More hacks
Intel Atom N455




Zorin OS


Zorin OS
Wikipedia page for Zorin
Screenshot from Zorin 2
Dedoimedo blog post about Zorin 3
Distrowatch review for Zorin 4
Zorin OS 5 article talks about Look Changer
Zorin OS 5 Pro ships with Background Plus!
Zorin OS 6 can be a bridge between Windows and Linux
The City of Vicenza, Italy went with Zorin OS
Interview with Artyom by InfinitelyGalactic
Windows App Support
Zorin OS 16 Releasse announcement
Zorin OS Forum
Zorin OS Grid (coming soon)





Site: zorin.com
Base System: Ubuntu
Desktop Environment: Core: Gnome Lite: XFCE
File Manager: Core: Files Lite: Thunar
Package Manager: dpkg - apt
Kernel: HWE Ubuntu 5.11.0-40
Display Manager: *Core: GDM Lite: lightdm*
Display Protocol: X11
Project Leaders: Artyom and Kyril Zorin




Housekeeping


KeepItTechie
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App Focus

SyncThing
This episode's app:



SyncThing




Next Time

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Our next distro to check out is Void Linux


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0:00 Cold Open
1:34 Banter: IP Bloggin
12:04 Topic: Ubuntu's Flutter Installer
17:59 Topic: Fedora 35
21:15 Topic: Linux Kernel 5.15
24:51 Topic: Edge Watch!
29:48 Topic: TOK
32:43 Topic: Mozilla Watch!
54:47 Topic: Brave Watch!
1:02:35 Topic: Trojan Source
1:08:54 Housekeeping
1:14:04 App Focus: Fragments
1:19:29 Next Time
1:22:57 Stinger


Coming up in this episode



Some ip peeking
Installing with Flutter
Edge Watch
Mozilla Watch
Brave Watch
And fragmented downloads




Banter -


Leo is working on a blog post about some basic ip commands.
ip -c a
ip -br -c a
ip -br -c l
ip -br -c n
ip -c r
resolvectl dns




Ubuntu Flutter Installer


It is in the daily test isos Look for the Canary builds.


Fedora 35 Release Party!


What's new
November 12–13 is the release party - registration required


Linux Kernel 5.15 released

Edge Watch Microsoft Edge Now Stable on Linux


Official announcement in there somewhere


TOK, a KDE-Telegram Client


Niccolò Ve's recent video
TOK


Mozilla Watch Firefox turns 94


With EGL in tow
more on EGL
And Side Channel Attack Prevention
configure which tabs are unloaded manually in about:unload
Mozilla kills malicious addons used by 455k Firefox users


Plasma Browser Integration Unavailable because of MFA Requirement


The delayed commit


More useful mobile Home page

Brave Watch Brave Ditches Google, Qwant and DuckDuckGo by Default

Unicode's Bidi Algorithm Breaks All Code Forever


Rust is the first to patch (that Leo found)




Housekeeping


Ubuntu Security Podcast
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App Focus

Gnome Fragments
Gnome Fragments




Next Time

We wrap up our thoughts on Zorin OS


Zorin OS


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