LUP 623: 50 Days of Blue¶
- Air Date: 2025-07-13
- Duration: 74 mins 51 secs
About this episode¶
Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises?
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Episode links¶
- 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
- 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- Nix Vegas - Extended CFP, and a sneak preview
- Nix Vegas CFP
- Bluefin | The Next Generation Linux Workstation
- Four Years of Universal Blue
- chad-russell/nix-blue: uBlue derivative with nix compatibility
- karypid/bluenix: Bluefin with /nix
- thrix/nix-toolbox: Fedora toolbox with nix.
- add nix using either the determine systems nix installer or the vanilla installer · Issue #2371 · ublue-os/bluefin
- Include smallest pieces necessary to make installing Nix easier · Issue #765 · ublue-os/main
- Recommend homebrew as the default · Issue #576 · ublue-os/bluefin
- feat: homebrew on image by m2Giles · Pull Request #1293 · ublue-os/bluefin
- Add support for ostree-based Linux distributions by Hofer-Julian · Pull Request #586 · DeterminateSystems/nix-installer
- Ostree installation breaks with composefs changes in Fedora 42 · Issue #1445 · DeterminateSystems/nix-installer
- Arbitrary top level mount points and composefs (#26) · Issue · fedora/bootc/tracker
- composefs: The reliability of disk images, the flexibility of files
- ublue-os/bluefin: The next generation Linux workstation, designed for reliability, performance, and sustainability.
- ublue-os/image-template: Build your own custom Universal Blue Image!
- amyos
- veneos: Bootc images based on Fedora Atomic & Fedora CoreOS
- m2os
- bos: Customized OS images based on Universal Blue
- Building Locally | Bluefin
- ublue-os/cayo: A bootc server image for your self-hosting needs
- Zach: Easy Omarchy update and install.
- CommonArch
- JaKooLit's Hyprland setups
- Pick: bitchat — A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks. No internet required, no servers, no phone numbers. It's the side-groupchat.
- Bitchat: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes
- bitchat-android: bluetooth mesh chat, IRC vibes
- bitchat privacy
- Jack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security | TechCrunch
- LINUX Unplugged 459: Better than Butter
- Briar — Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in.
- Obtainium: Get Android app updates straight from the source.
Tags¶
arch linux, atomic, aur, aurora, bazzite, bitchat, bluefin, bluenixfin, bluetooth mesh chat, bootc, brew, briar, chromebook, cloud-native linux, commonarch, community projects, container workflows, determinate systems, dhh, esp32, esp8266, fedora, fedora silverblue, fhs, filesystem hierarchy standard, flatpak, homebrew, immutable, immutable distros, jack dorsey, jakoolit, jupiter broadcasting, las arch challenge, linux desktop, linux gaming, linux podcast, linux unplugged, mesh messaging, nix, nix integration, nix vegas, nixos, obtainium, oci container, omarchy, open source, podman, rpm-ostree, steamos, texas linux fest, ujust, universal blue, user feedback