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We've turned our Steam Deck into a security monitoring system; Monitor your property, identify people, pets, and vehicles with detailed daily intelligence briefings. All local.

Millions of people may already be using Linux by proxy, so we went digging through their strange little cloud desktops to see if we can turn them into servers.

KDE’s fight over AI generated code explodes at exactly the moment Plasma is making some of its biggest changes in years.

We're turning our spare, scattered storage into one giant network drive. Good idea? Maybe.

We rebuild our media stack around Jellyfin 12, survive a major upgrade, and add self-hosted tools that make sharing with family and friends much better.

Brent has two hours to build a great website, and the solution he finds feels more like a Linux tool than a modern web framework. Naturally, Wes takes it too far.

Quickshell is rising, and bringing with it a new wave of customizable Linux desktops, community-built plugins, and serious funding.

Syncthing saves the day in an unexpected way, and we dig into what’s new in Linux 7.2.

We turn HexStrike’s red team agents loose on our systems, as OpenSSH warns that AI-assisted bug hunting is already changing the security race.

An old Linux box powers down for the last time as we unwind its history, and the entire show, back to the beginning.

Seven Linux kernels landed in one day. We sort out which belong in your homelab, and trace Linux’s long, occasionally disastrous quest for truly random numbers.

Block’s Buzz is an open, self-hostable workspace for humans, AI agents, chat, and code; and it may be the most Linux-friendly vision for what comes next.

Linus delivers a blunt verdict on AI in the Linux kernel, Chris finds the remote Linux desktop that finally works, and Brent gives his notes system a serious rebuild.

Wes’ brother’s PC is toast, making this the perfect moment to switch him to Linux. If our ambitious plan doesn’t scare him away first.

The kernel taketh away, so we bringeth back. We build an AppleTalk LAN, ditch TCP/IP, and give a legendary retro network protocol the send-off it deserves.

Eight details most people missed hint at the bigger Linux play behind Valve’s new Steam Machine.

Your favorite open source projects have been busy. We round up the new releases worth knowing about, plus the big kernel changes headed your way soon.

We found the best way for a Linux user to manage Windows: keep it remote, keep it contained, and touch the desktop as little as possible.

Leave the farm without killing the chickens, or losing remote access? We dig into how we pulled it off: Frigate, local automation, sun-tracking coop doors, and a network that shrugged off an ISP outage.

rsync’s founder came back, patched real security bugs with AI help, and triggered an open source meltdown. Plus, two more projects reject AI-generated code as the community’s newest fault line cracks wide open.

Brent’s been hacking smart speakers, Wes has a surprise, and Chris gives up on OpenClaw.

Fedora Hummingbird, RHEL Forever, and Red Hat’s AI play: three big Summit takeaways, and why they matter far beyond Red Hat.

Who survived the install, who made it to the desktop, and who learned the hard way that one little mistake will blow up the entire BSD box.

We dig into the Copy Fail vulnerability and test a proof-of-concept against our own box. Plus, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical joins us, and we kick off the BSD Challenge!

After 26 years, we return to our roots and reflect on why LinuxFest Northwest is still a special event.