Episode 513: There Is No Distro

What this episode covers

We attempt to swap Linux distributions live on our production server, to prove that new tooling makes the Linux distro model obsolete. Support Core Contributor Links: Red Hat dropping support for LibreOffice [LWN.net] — Red Hat's Matthias Clasen has let it be known that LibreOffice will be dropped from a future Red Hat Enterprise Linux release, and the future of its support in Fedora is unclear as well. The distribution model is changing The NixOS Foundation’s Call to Action: S3 Costs Require Community Support — Estimated Monthly Costs - ~$9000 / month for hosting cache.nixos.org NixOS 23.05 released Introducing NixOS Anywhere Nixos-anywhere: install nixos everywhere via ssh — You can then initiate an unattended installation with a single CLI command. Since nixos-anywhere can access the new machine using SSH, it's ideal for remote installations. Quickstart - nixos-anywhere Disko Examples NetBird — NetBird is an open-source VPN management platform built on top of WireGuard® making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home. netbird GitHub repo — Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls. Nix-portable — Nix - Static, Permissionless, Installation-free, Pre-configured Nix-bundle — Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere! nix-user-chroot: Install & Run nix without root permissions Nix Release 2.10 (2022-07-11) Nix Portable: Nix - Static, Permissionless, Install-free, Pre-configured - Announcements - NixOS Discourse Send a Boost with Alby — Top off Alby, and then boost from the Web. LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org KTailctl — A GUI for the Tailscale mesh network. SABnzbd