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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2025 · 1H 18M

629: Arch Enemies

from LINUX Unplugged · host Jupiter Broadcasting

Arch is under fire, two weeks and counting. We'll break down the mess, and share a quick fix. Plus, the killer new apps we've just added to our homelabs.Sponsored By:Managed Nebula: Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. 1Password Extended Access Management: 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. Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility. Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FMnebula-manager — Unified CLI tool to manage and maintain multiple Nebula VPN servers with ease.Frigate NVRCoral USB Accelerator: ML Accelerator, USB 3.0 Type-CArch Linux - News: Recent service outagesArch Linux takes a pounding as DDoS attack enters week two — For now, the Arch team is working to mitigate the attack's impact, which highlights a bootstrapping issue. Tools designed to shift traffic to mirrors in the event the main infrastructure is unavailable rely on a mirror list obtained from that same main infrastructure.DHH on X — "Omarchy 2.0 release might have to wait a little longer. The AUR DDoS attack has picked back up, but the upside is that we're building in all sorts of resilience for the installer to deal with the assault! And meanwhile, we'll build a complete Omarchy package mirror for all.DHH on X — "We're pulling AUR out of the Omarchy install hotpath. It's an incredible resource, but we actually only need a handful of packages for the initial setup, and we can just host those ourselves. AUR really needs a new mirror strategy to avoid this predicament."Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full serviceArch Linux Status PageArch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfacesaurpublish — PKGBUILD management framework for the Arch User Repositorysalvador — salvador is a bash script that will help you maintain your AUR packages.archlinux/aurweb — Hosting platform for the Arch User Repository (AUR), a collection of packaging scripts created by the Arch Linux communityTaskTrove — Self-hostable task managment that respect your privacy.shuthost — A neat little helper that manages the standby state of unix hosts with Wake-On-Lan configured, with Web-GUI.Closing the Digital Divide: Q&A with Local Computer Upcycler Mike Kellymkellyxp/nixbook — Convert your old computer (even chromebook) to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.CachyOS — Blazingly Fast OS based on Arch LinuxMOES Wireless Smart Scene Switch ButtonMinoston 800 Series Z-Wave Scene Controller, 4 ZWave ButtonBrent hates ricing PCs • Clip by @genebeanadd master branch nixpkgs overlay · nikolarobottesla/infra-nix-configPick: WakeMyPotato — Restart a Linux server made of a potato laptop after power outagesPick: spectacle-ocr-screenshot — A simple utility to automatically extract text from spectacle on plasma desktopsPick: spectacle-ocr — Add OCR functionality to Spectacle

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