Chef's Choice Ubuntu
Jun 9, 2024
We try Omakub, a new opinionated Ubuntu desktop for power users and macOS expats.
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- Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices!
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Links:
- 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
- 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- Have a pint with Alex in Norwich , Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 2:30 PM | Meetup
- Spokane Meetup, Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 4:00 PM
- Nextcloud Conference 2024: call for speakers - Nextcloud
- Nextcloud Conference 2024 - Nextcloud
- Berlin with Brent: September Meetup @ Nextcloud Conference, Fri, Sep 13, 2024 | Meetup
- notch on X — Alright, that's enough spyware in my OS. Do I go desktop Mac, or do I have the energy to go full Linux? Not sure, but I'm tired of my operating system treating me like the product.
- DHH on X — If I have such a fundamental misalignment with where Apple has gone, why stay? I think that was the question I finally just asked myself for the umph-teenth time, and realized I didn’t have a good answer that wasn’t just based on comfort.
- For the Love of Linux — In this podcast episode, REWORK host Kimberly Rhodes talks with David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of 37signals and CTO, about his personal shift from using Apple products to exploring Linux and Windows platforms. He discusses the expanded platform integration at 37signals, which now includes all three operating systems.
- DHH on X — The big YearofLinuxontheDesktop will be 2025. Snapdragon X chips will be ready. Folks will be sick of AI shoved into every crevasse of their life. Thank heaven for disagreeable nerds refusing to bend the knee to the corporate agenda!
- Linux as the new developer default at 37signals — I've personally been having a blast over the last few months digging deeper and deeper into the Linux rabbit hole, and it's been a delight discovering just how good its become as developer platform.
- Introducing Omakub — Omakub turns a fresh Ubuntu installation into a fully-configured, beautiful, and modern web development system by running a single command.
- Xournal++
- Flameshot
- Pinta
- Framework
- Omakub list of installed apps
- Omakub — An Omakase Developer Setup for Ubuntu 24.04 by DHH
- Omakub on GitHub
- Omakub introductory video
- Membership Summer Discount — Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!
- devenv — Fast, Declarative, Reproducible and Composable Developer Environments using Nix
- squid
- GeneBean on X — My dad was so happy with his desktop after I switched him to #Pop_OS! that he had me do the same to the laptop he takes on trips. Thanks for such a stellar distro @system76
- Walkthrough of Nix Install and Setup on MacOS by zmre on YouTube
- Wildspaces.work — Wildpsaces.work is designed for remote workers interested in reconnecting with community and working from new and wild places.
- Chris' Amazon Tablet — 10.1 Inch Android 13 Octa-core with 8(4+4) GB+128GB Tablets, 5MP+8MP Camera, Bluetooth 5.0
- Fully Kiosk Browser Lockdown
- Jellyfin Media Player — Desktop client using jellyfin-web with embedded MPV player. Supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
- kthresher: Tool to remove unused kernels in Debian/Ubuntu
- helipad-flake — A Nix flake to provide a helipad package and NixOS module. Intended for use with nix-bitcoin.
- Kopia — Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup Software
- Pick: Multiplex — Multiplex is an app to watch torrents together, providing an experience similar to Apple's SharePlay and Amazon's Prime Video Watch Party.
- weron — weron provides lean, fast & secure overlay networks based on WebRTC.