LINUX Unplugged

We spent the week learning keybindings, installing dependencies, and cramming for bonus points. Today, we score up and see how we did in the TUI Challenge. Sponsored By: * Tailscale [https://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged]: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! [https://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged] * 1Password Extended Access Management [https://1password.com/unplugged]: 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. [https://1password.com/unplugged] * Unraid [https://unraid.net/unplugged]: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility. [https://unraid.net/unplugged] Support LINUX Unplugged [https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946] Links: * 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike [https://strike.me/] * 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM [https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov] * LINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Challenge.md] * darnir's TUI Report [https://paste.docs.lol/reader/GaugesSylphids] * zee [https://github.com/zee-editor/zee] — A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust * Helix Editor [https://helix-editor.vercel.app/] * Browsh [https://www.brow.sh/] — fully-modern text-based browser * ddgr [https://github.com/jarun/ddgr] — 🦆 DuckDuckGo from the terminal * Ranger - A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console [https://github.com/ranger/ranger] — Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. * Joshuto [https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto] — Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust * tenere [https://github.com/pythops/tenere] — 🤖 TUI interface for LLMs written in Rust * elia [https://github.com/darrenburns/elia] — A snappy, keyboard-centric terminal user interface for interacting with large language models. Chat with ChatGPT, Claude, Llama 3, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma and more. * kpxhs [https://github.com/akazukin5151/kpxhs] — Interactive Keepass database TUI viewer * keepass-mode [https://github.com/ifosch/keepass-mode] — Emacs mode to open KeePass DB * gocheat [https://github.com/Achno/gocheat] — A beautiful customizable TUI Cheatsheet for keybindings,hotkeys and more in the terminal * castero: [https://github.com/xgi/castero] — TUI podcast client for the terminal * textual-web [https://github.com/Textualize/textual-web] — Run TUIs and terminals in your browser * todoist: Todoist CLI Client. [https://github.com/sachaos/todoist] — Todoist is a cool TODO list web application. This program will let you use the Todoist in CLI. * gomuks/gomuks: A TUI Matrix client [https://github.com/gomuks/gomuks] — A Matrix client written in Go using mautrix. * orf/gping: Ping, but with a graph [https://github.com/orf/gping] * impala [https://github.com/pythops/impala] — 🛜 TUI for managing wifi on Linux * cmus - C\* Music Player [https://cmus.github.io/] — cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems. * systemctl-tui [https://crates.io/crates/systemctl-tui] — A fast, simple TUI for interacting with systemd services and their logs. * tdf [https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf] — A tui-based PDF viewer * rainfrog [https://github.com/achristmascarl/rainfrog] — 🐸A database management TUI * jqp [https://github.com/noahgorstein/jqp] — A TUI playground to experiment with jq * andcli [https://github.com/tjblackheart/andcli] — A 2FA TUI for your shell * iamb [https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb] — A Matrix client for Vim addicts * parllama [https://terminaltrove.com/parllama/] — TUI for ollama and other LLM providers. * russ [https://github.com/ckampfe/russ] — A TUI RSS reader with vim-like controls and a local-first, offline-first focus * ytui-music [https://github.com/sudipghimire533/ytui-music] — Youtube client in terminal for music (lightweight youtube client) * wiki-tui [https://github.com/builditluc/wiki-tui] — A simple and easy to use Wikipedia Text User Interface * tuifeed [https://github.com/veeso/tuifeed] — 📰 A terminal feed reader with a fancy ui * yazi [https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi] — 💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O. * vault-tasks [https://github.com/louis-thevenet/vault-tasks] — TUI Markdown Task Manager * Don's TUI Challenge blog [https://www.duckland.org/tags/tui/] — #TUIChallenge * Shyfox's TUI Challenge results [https://github.com/Prometheus7435/challenges/blob/main/tui-challenge.org] * Himalaya [https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya] — CLI to manage emails, based on email-lib * jellyfin-tui [https://github.com/dhonus/jellyfin-tui] — Jellyfin music streaming client for the terminal. * Alacritty [https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty] — A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. * apple/containerization [https://github.com/apple/containerization] — Containerization is a Swift package for running Linux containers on macOS. Containerization is written in Swift and uses Virtualization.framework on Apple silicon. * Pick: somo [https://github.com/theopfr/somo] — A human-friendly alternative to netstat for socket and port monitoring on Linux.

Our terminal apps are loaded, the goals are set, but we're already hitting a few snags. The TUI Challenge begins... Sponsored By: * Tailscale [https://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged]: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! [https://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged] * 1Password Extended Access Management [https://1password.com/unplugged]: 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. [https://1password.com/unplugged] * Unraid [https://unraid.net/unplugged]: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility. [https://unraid.net/unplugged] Support LINUX Unplugged [https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946] Links: * 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike [https://strike.me/] * 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM [https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov] * Texas Linux Festival 2025 - Austin TX, Oct 3-4, 2025 [https://2025.texaslinuxfest.org/] * Texas Linux Festival 2025 CFP [https://www.papercall.io/txlf2025] * NixCon 2025 - Switzerland, September 5-7, 2025 [https://2025.nixcon.org/] * NixCon 2025 CFP [https://talks.nixcon.org/nixcon-2025/cfp] * Seattle GNU/Linux Conference - November 7-8, 2025 [https://seagl.org/] * SeaGL 2025 CFP [https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/cfp] * Phoronix: Marking 21 Years Of Covering Linux Hardware [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Phoronix-Turns-21] * Phoronix.com [https://phoronix.com] * LINUX Unplugged - TUI Challenge Rules! [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Challenge.md] * Terminal Apps [https://terminal-apps.dev/] — A collection of awesome TUI apps from around the web. * Terminal Trove [https://terminaltrove.com/] — Find your next Terminal love. * awesome-tuis [https://github.com/rothgar/awesome-tuis] — List of projects that provide terminal user interfaces. * Superfile: Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager [https://github.com/yorukot/superfile] * Ranger: A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console [https://github.com/ranger/ranger] * joshuto: Ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust [https://github.com/kamiyaa/joshuto] * neomutt: ✉ Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks [https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt] * meli: Rusty terminal mail client [https://github.com/meli/meli] * slack-term [https://github.com/jpbruinsslot/slack-term] — Slack client for your terminal * GitHub - tramhao/termusic: Music Player TUI written in Rust [https://github.com/tramhao/termusic] * zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included [https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij] * MyNav: Go-based workspace and session management TUI [https://github.com/GianlucaP106/mynav] — A powerful terminal-based workspace navigator and session manager built in Go. MyNav helps developers organize and manage multiple projects through an intuitive interface, seamlessly integrating with tmux sessions. * aerc - A pretty good email client [https://aerc-mail.org/] — aerc is an email client that runs in your terminal. It's highly efficient and extensible, perfect for the discerning hacker. * aerc - A pretty good email client that runs in your terminal - GitHub [https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/] * ulyssa/iamb: A Matrix client for Vim addicts [https://github.com/ulyssa/iamb] — a Matrix client for the terminal that uses Vim keybindings * magiblot/tvterm: A terminal emulator that runs in your terminal. Powered by Turbo Vision. [https://github.com/magiblot/tvterm] — tvterm is an experimental terminal emulator widget and application based on the Turbo Vision framework. It was created for the purpose of demonstrating new features in Turbo Vision such as 24-bit color support. * sxyazi/yazi: 💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O. [https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi] — Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and customizable file management experience. * meli MUA [https://meli-email.org/] — meli is a configurable and extensible e-mail client with sane defaults. * The Mutt E-Mail Client [http://www.mutt.org/] — "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -circa 1995 * glow: Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻 [https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow] * gomuks [https://github.com/gomuks/gomuks] — A Matrix client written in Go * NCSA Mosaic - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Mosaic] — Mosaic is a discontinued web browser. It was instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet during the 1990s by integrating multimedia such as text and graphics. * carbonyl [https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl] — Chromium running inside your terminal * After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More [https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-format-magazine-closes] * PipeWire [https://www.pipewire.org/] * bhh32's tui_player: A video player for the terminal [https://github.com/bhh32/tui_player] * How I used o3 to find CVE-2025-37899, a remote zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s SMB implementation – Sean Heelan's Blog [https://sean.heelan.io/2025/05/22/how-i-used-o3-to-find-cve-2025-37899-a-remote-zeroday-vulnerability-in-the-linux-kernels-smb-implementation/] * tempy [https://github.com/noprobelm/tempy] — A simple, visually pleasing weather report in your terminal. * arabcoders/ytptube: A WebUI for yt-dlp with concurrent downloads support, presets and scheduled tasks and many more. [https://github.com/arabcoders/ytptube] — YTPTube is a web-based GUI for yt-dlp, designed to make downloading videos from YouTube and other video platforms easier and more user-friendly. It supports downloading playlists, channels, and live streams, and includes features like scheduling downloads, sending notifications, and a built-in video player.

Spin up, share, nuke. We each build a throwaway server, and then rate each others' setups. Sponsored By: * Tailscale [http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged]: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! [http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged] * 1Password Extended Access Management [https://1password.com/unplugged]: 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. [https://1password.com/unplugged] Support LINUX Unplugged [https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946] Links: * 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike [https://strike.me/] * 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM [https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov] * TUI Challenge [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Challenge.md] * TUI Challenge Scorecard [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Scorecard.md] * Self-Hosted 150: The Last One [https://selfhosted.show/150] — Before hitting the road, we test the limits of local-first file sharing, debate what self-hosting really is, and share our all-time favorite apps. * Pick: ws4kp [https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp?tab=readme-ov-file] — A web-based WeatherStar 4000 * Pick: ytdl-sub [https://github.com/jmbannon/ytdl-sub] — Lightweight tool to automate downloading and metadata generation with yt-dlp.

Fresh off Red Hat Summit, Chris is eyeing an exit from NixOS. What's luring him back to the mainstream? Our highlights, and the signal from the noise from open source's biggest event of the year. Sponsored By: * Tailscale [http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged]: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! [http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged] * 1Password Extended Access Management [https://1password.com/unplugged]: 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. [https://1password.com/unplugged] Support LINUX Unplugged [https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946] Links: * 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike [https://strike.me/] * 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM [https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov] * LINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Challenge.md] — Help shape the challenge - what did we miss? * TUI Challenge Rules Discussion Thread [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/issues/5] * Red Hat Summit 2025 Homepage [https://www.redhat.com/en/summit] — May 19-22 2025 in Boston, MA * Red Hat Summit 2025: Execs Tout Opportunities In Open Source AI, Virtualization Migration [https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2025/red-hat-summit-2025-execs-tout-opportunities-in-open-source-ai-virtualization-migration] — OpenShift Virtualization has seen almost triple the number of customers, with the number of clusters deployed in production more than doubling and the number of virtual machines managed by the offer more than tripling. * Agentic AI, LLMs and standards big focus of Red Hat Summit [https://www.networkworld.com/article/3993622/agentic-ai-llms-and-standards-big-focus-of-red-hat-summit.html] * Red Hat Summit: Key Innovations for IT Channel Partners [https://www.channelfutures.com/cloud/red-hat-summit-innovations-it-channel-partners] * Unlock what’s next: Microsoft at Red Hat Summit 2025 [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unlock-whats-next-microsoft-at-red-hat-summit-2025/] — Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is now available for use with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). * Red Hat Launches the llm-d Community, Powering Distributed Gen AI Inference at Scale [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250520692917/en/Red-Hat-Launches-the-llm-d-Community-Powering-Distributed-Gen-AI-Inference-at-Scale] — Red Hat’s vision: Any model, any accelerator, any cloud. * Red Hat Introduces Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 with Supercharged Intelligence and Security Across Hybrid Environments [https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-rhel-10] — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 delivers a paradigm shift in enterprise operating systems with image mode. * 10.0 Release Notes | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 10 | Red Hat Documentation [https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/10.0_release_notes/index] * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Officially Released, Here's What's New [https://9to5linux.com/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-officially-released-heres-whats-new] — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 highlights include Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed for integrating generative AI directly within the platform to provide users with context-aware guidance and actionable recommendations through a natural language interface. * RHEL 10: Leading the future with AI, security and hybrid cloud [https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/23/rhel-10-staying-ahead-ai-security-cloud-rhsummit/] * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Reaches GA [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-RHEL-10-GA] * SiFive Collaborates with Red Hat to Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux for RISC-V [https://www.sifive.com/press/sifive-collaborates-with-red-hat-support-enterprise-linux-risc-v] — The developer preview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is initially available for use on the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 platform. * Red Hat AI on Hugging Face [https://huggingface.co/RedHatAI] * FIPS 203/204/205 [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/14/2024-17956/announcing-issuance-of-federal-information-processing-standards-fips-fips-203-module-lattice-based] — These standards specify key establishment and digital signature schemes that are designed to resist future attacks by quantum computers, which threaten the security of current standards. * Virtualization success stories: Join Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization's momentum in 2025 [https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/join-red-hat-openshift-virtualizations-momentum-2025] * llm-d [https://github.com/llm-d/llm-d] — llm-d is a Kubernetes-native high-performance distributed LLM inference framework * What is vLLM? [https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/ai/what-is-vllm] — vLLM is an inference server that speeds up the output of generative AI applications by making better use of the GPU memory. * Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux [https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux-10/image-mode] — Image mode leverages the bootc tool to build and deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Bootc stands for bootable container, and the image will include the kernel, bootloader, and other items typically excluded from application containers. * Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Overview [https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel-image-mode/overview] * Introducing Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta [https://fedoramagazine.org/introducing-fedora-project-leader-jef-spaleta/] * Bluefin [https://projectbluefin.io/] — Featuring automatic image-based updates and a simple graphical application store, Bluefin is designed to get out of your way. Get what you want without sacrificing system stability. * KongrooParadox's nixfiles [https://github.com/KongrooParadox/nixfiles] — This was my second nixos release since getting into Nix last year (February I think), and this strategy made it really painless. No surprises about deprecated options since I saw these cases slowly when these changes hit unstable. * yazi: Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O [https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi] * jira-cli - Feature-rich interactive Jira command line [https://github.com/ankitpokhrel/jira-cli] * browser-use [https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use] — Make websites accessible for AI agents * Thomato's TUI Resources [https://tui.chef-li.eu/] * Pick: RamaLama [https://ramalama.ai/#about] — Make working with AI boring through the use of OCI containers. * ramalama on GitHub [https://github.com/containers/ramalama] — RamaLama is an open-source developer tool that simplifies the local serving of AI models from any source and facilitates their use for inference in production, all through the familiar language of containers.

With NixOS 25.05 around the corner, we sit down with a release manager to unpack what's new, what's changing, and what's finally getting easier. Spoiler: it's not just the tooling. Sponsored By: * Tailscale [http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged]: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! [http://tailscale.com/linuxunplugged] * 1Password Extended Access Management [https://1password.com/unplugged]: 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. [https://1password.com/unplugged] Support LINUX Unplugged [https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946] Links: * 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike [https://strike.me/] * 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM [https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov] * LINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Challenge.md] — Help shape the challenge - what did we miss? * TUI Challenge Rules Discussion Thread [https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/issues/5] * The Launch 🚀 21: Bigfoot As a Service [https://www.weeklylaunch.rocks/episodepage/21-bigfoot-as-a-service] — We rescued Brent's van that should've stayed retired, dodged cops and fuel leaks, and learned why outsourcing navigation to ChatGPT was a terrible idea. * Tristan Ross [https://tristanxr.com/] * Release Managers - NixOS Release Wiki [https://nixos.github.io/release-wiki/Release-Managers.html] * NixOS 25.05 – Release schedule [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/390768] * release-notes/rl-2505.section.md [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md] * Nixos-rebuild-ng: a nixos-rebuild rewrite [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-rebuild-ng-a-nixos-rebuild-rewrite/55606] * marytts/marytts: MARY TTS -- an open-source, multilingual text-to-speech synthesis system written in pure java [https://github.com/marytts/marytts] — This is the source code repository for the multilingual open-source MARY text-to-speech platform (MaryTTS). MaryTTS is a client-server system written in pure Java, so it runs on many platforms. * PostgREST [https://postgrest.org/] — A standalone web server that turns your PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API. Available as services.postgrest. * asciimoo/omnom: A webpage bookmarking and snapshotting service [https://github.com/asciimoo/omnom] — Access & share previously visited pages without worrying about modifications or availability. * uMurmur by umurmur [https://umurmur.net/] — uMurmur is a minimalistic Mumble server primarily targeted to run on embedded computers, like routers, with an open OS like e.g. OpenWRT. * Actual Budget [https://actualbudget.org/] — a local-first personal finance app. * gokapi [https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi?tab=readme-ov-file] — Lightweight selfhosted Firefox Send alternative without public upload. AWS S3 supported * Cursor [https://cursor.com/] — a vscode-based editor that uses AI to help you write code faster. * Pinchflat [https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat] — a selfhosted YouTube media manager used to track channels and download videos on release. * Traccar [https://www.traccar.org/] — a modern GPS Tracking Platform. * crab-hole [https://github.com/LuckyTurtleDev/crab-hole] — a cross platform Pi-hole clone written in Rust using hickory-dns/trust-dns. * nostr-rs-relay [https://git.sr.ht/~gheartsfield/nostr-rs-relay/] — a nostr relay, written in Rust. * haven [https://github.com/bitvora/haven] — a high availability vault for events on nostr. * immich-public-proxy [https://github.com/alangrainger/immich-public-proxy] — a proxy for sharing Immich albums without exposing the Immich API. * strfry [https://github.com/hoytech/strfry] — a relay for the nostr protocol. * TSDProxy [https://almeidapaulopt.github.io/tsdproxy/] — Very simple proxy for virtual services in Tailscale * Pick: Switcheroo [https://apps.gnome.org/Converter/] — Convert between different image filetypes and resize them easily. * Switcheroo on Flathub [https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Converter] * Switcheroo is packaged in nixpkgs [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/by-name/sw/switcheroo/package.nix#L74] * Pick: mazanoke [https://github.com/civilblur/mazanoke] — MAZANOKE is a simple image optimizer that runs in your browser, works offline, and keeps your images private without ever leaving your device. * jolheiser/mazanoke-nix: Nix derivation/flake for mazanoke [https://github.com/jolheiser/mazanoke-nix]