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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- 💥 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.