# Nix's People Problem

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/563/
> After months of debate, the Nix community might be coming to a resolution. We'll examine what happened, what's changing.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 563
- Date: 2024-05-19
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Guests: alex
- Duration: 01:01:27
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/2c19e7a5-c49f-4b8a-9d61-3f909206e132.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike")
  * [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM")
  * [Using Tailscale for Android just got a whole lot better](https://tailscale.com/blog/android "Using Tailscale for Android just got a whole lot better")
  * [Report on NixOS Governance Discussions - by Chris McDonough](https://chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/report-on-nixos-governance-discussions "Report on NixOS Governance Discussions - by Chris McDonough")
  * [The NixOS Foundation board announced on April 30 that Eelco Dolstra is stepping down from the board following the recent calls for his resignation.](https://lwn.net/Articles/971973/ "The NixOS Foundation board announced on April 30 that Eelco Dolstra is stepping down from the board following the recent calls for his resignation.")
  * [A leadership crisis in the Nix community (LWN)](https://lwn.net/Articles/970824/ "A leadership crisis in the Nix community \(LWN\)") — On April 21, a group of anonymous authors and non-anonymous signatories published a lengthy open letter to the Nix community and Nix founder Eelco Dolstra calling for his resignation from the project.
  * [NixOS Foundation board: Giving power to the community - Announcements - NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-foundation-board-giving-power-to-the-community/44552 "NixOS Foundation board: Giving power to the community - Announcements - NixOS Discourse")
  * [NixOS Foundation Board: Constitutional Assembly Appointment - Announcements - NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-foundation-board-constitutional-assembly-appointment/45504 "NixOS Foundation Board: Constitutional Assembly Appointment - Announcements - NixOS Discourse")
  * [Full Email with Graham](https://paste.docs.lol/reader/MintPoodle "Full Email with Graham")
  * [Chris' s nginx Config](https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs/blob/main/nginx-ssl "Chris' s nginx Config")
  * [NixOS Manual: Using DNS validation with web server virtual hosts](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#module-security-acme-config-dns-with-vhosts "NixOS Manual: Using DNS validation with web server virtual hosts")
  * [NixOS Manual: SSL/TLS Certificates with ACME](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#module-security-acme "NixOS Manual: SSL/TLS Certificates with ACME")
  * [Unplugged Core Membership](https://linuxunplugged.com/membership "Unplugged Core Membership")
  * [Signing up with an email address](https://tailscale.com/kb/1013/sso-providers#signing-up-with-an-email-address "Signing up with an email address")
  * [Dell OEM Replacement Parts](https://www.parts-people.com/ "Dell OEM Replacement Parts")
  * [Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source](https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code "Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source") — Winamp has announced that on 24 September 2024, the application's source code will be open to developers worldwide.
  * [RcloneShuttle](https://github.com/pieterdd/RcloneShuttle "RcloneShuttle") — Upload your files to anywhere - GTK4 GUI for Rclone