About this episode

The hosts discuss their experiences at Planet Nix and SCaLE, highlighting the evolving landscape of Linux.

After experiencing Planet Nix and SCaLE, we come back convinced the next phase of Linux is already taking shape. Sponsored By: Jupiter Party Annual Membership : Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! Managed Nebula : Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM PlanetNix 2026 — Where Nix Builders Come Together SCaLE 23x — SCALE is North America's largest community-run open source conference. Jupiter Broadcasting's SCaLE Matrix room SCaLE 23x - YouTube — SCaLE 23x live streams, talks, and more. LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington Flox.dev Flox: Developer environments you can take with you - GitHub — Flox is a virtual environment and package manager all in one. With Flox you create environments that layer and replace dependencies just where it matters, making them portable across the full software lifecycle. Keynote: Privacy’s Defender - Fighting Digital Surveillance for over Thirty Years | SCALE Cindy…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Fisher

Topics covered

• Linux
• open source
• technology conferences
• decentralized VPN
• software development

Keywords

• Linux
• SCaLE
• Planet Nix
• decentralized VPN
• open source
• Flox
• Managed Nebula

Sponsors

Jupiter Party Annual Membership, Managed Nebula

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Defined Networking

Products: Managed Nebula

Books & works: Flox

Places: Bellingham, Washington

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