# Crouching kexec, Hidden Linux

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/557/
> We're building a completely hidden Linux OS inside an existing system—with no trace left behind.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 557
- Date: 2024-04-07
- Hosts: chris, wes, brent
- Duration: 00:59:17
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/503da869-566b-4983-87d3-2073a1c085a3.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike") — The global money app for fast, safe payments and bitcoin. Get sats easy.
  * [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM") — Grab the Fountain app and listen live, boost along, and more. 
  * [Shufflecake](https://shufflecake.net/ "Shufflecake") — Plausible deniability for multiple hidden filesystems on Linux
  * [System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/system76-community/events/299957317 "System76 and Jupiter Broadcasting Epic Parking Lot BBQ, Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup")
  * [Jupiter Extras: Nostr Workshop](https://extras.show/90 "Jupiter Extras: Nostr Workshop") — Our Nostr workshop. We'll help you get your Nostr identity and answer any questions. 
  * [24.05 Call for Release Manager & Editor - NixOS](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/24-05-call-for-release-manager-editor/42195 "24.05 Call for Release Manager & Editor  - NixOS") — Both roles are fulfilled in tandem, meaning you get paired with an experienced partner, who already filled the role during the previous release.
  * [HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace.](https://github.com/aforensics/HiddenVM/ "HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace.") — HiddenVM is a simple, one-click, free and open-source Linux application that allows you to run Oracle's open-source VirtualBox software on the Tails operating system.
  * [Tails](https://tails.boum.org/ "Tails")
  * [persistent volume feature](https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/index.en.html "persistent volume feature")
  * [VeraCrypt](https://veracrypt.fr/en "VeraCrypt")
  * [Defeating Plausible Deniability of VeraCrypt Hidden Operating Systems](https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1542&context=eispapers1 "Defeating Plausible Deniability of VeraCrypt Hidden Operating Systems") — This paper analyzes the security of VeraCrypt hidden operating systems. 
  * [How To Emulate Persistent Memory using the Linux "memmap" Kernel Option](https://pmem.io/knowledgebase/howto/100000012-how-to-emulate-persistent-memory-using-the-linux-memmapkernel-option/ "How To Emulate Persistent Memory using the Linux \"memmap\" Kernel Option")
  * [kexec [ArchWiki]](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/kexec "kexec 
           \[ArchWiki\]")
  * [Unplugged Core Membership](https://unpluggedcore.com/ "Unplugged Core Membership")
  * [PodHome.FM](http://podhome.fm/ "PodHome.FM") — Unlimited Shows and Episodes
  * [PodBean Example: This Week in Bitcoin Podcast](https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-8cqjw-1df1e6bf "PodBean Example: This Week in Bitcoin Podcast")
  * [Atuin - Magical Shell History](https://atuin.sh/ "Atuin - Magical Shell History") — Sync, search and backup shell history with Atuin
  * [I quit my job to work full time on my open source project](https://ellie.wtf/posts/i-quit-my-job-to-work-full-time-on-my-open-source-project "I quit my job to work full time on my open source project") — The 22nd of December was my last day leading the infrastructure team at PostHog. Going forwards, I'm starting a company and working full time on Atuin.