# Taming the Demons URL: /show/linux-unplugged/601/ > It's week one of our FreeBSD challenge, and for one of us, that penalty Windows install looks uncomfortably close! Plus, Zach Mitchell joins us to update us on Planet Nix. - Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/) - Episode: 601 - Date: 2025-02-09 - Hosts: brent, chris, wes - Guests: zach-mitchell - Duration: 01:08:42 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/75da12ed-c228-4e80-b259-287ef42cc42c.mp3 Sponsors: - [Tailscale](/sponsors/tailscale.com-lup/index.md): Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! - [1Password Extended Access Management](/sponsors/1password.com-lup/index.md): Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. ### 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") * [LINUX Unplugged - 2025 FreeBSD Challenge Rules.md](https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/FreeBSD.md "LINUX Unplugged - 2025 FreeBSD Challenge Rules.md") * [Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kit](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-400/ "Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kit") * [FreeBSD 14.0 on aarch64 Raspberry Pi 4/400 - Download, Install & Configure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thxnemnprPg "FreeBSD 14.0 on aarch64 Raspberry Pi 4/400 - Download, Install & Configure") * [LinuxBoot: Booting FreeBSD from Linux](https://freebsdfoundation.org/linux-boot-booting-into-freebsd-from-linux/ "LinuxBoot: Booting FreeBSD from Linux") * [EuroBSDCon booting FreeBSD using Linux](https://2023.eurobsdcon.org/slides/eurobsdcon2023-warner_losh-kboot.pdf "EuroBSDCon booting FreeBSD using Linux") * [Provisioning LinuxBoot Images for FreeBSD](https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/talk/UAK7YN/ "Provisioning LinuxBoot Images for FreeBSD") * [FreeBSD Handbook: Chapter 1. Bootstrapping and Kernel Initialization](https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/arch-handbook/boot/ "FreeBSD Handbook: Chapter 1. Bootstrapping and Kernel Initialization") * [FreeBSD Handbook: Chapter 15. The FreeBSD Booting Process](https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/boot/ "FreeBSD Handbook: Chapter 15. The FreeBSD Booting Process") * [How to Manage FreeBSD Boot Process?](https://www.zenarmor.com/docs/freebsd-tutorials/how-to-manage-freebsd-boot-process "How to Manage FreeBSD Boot Process?") * [LinuxBoot: let Linux do it!](https://www.linuxboot.org/ "LinuxBoot: let Linux do it!") * [LinuxBoot Introduction](https://book.linuxboot.org/ "LinuxBoot Introduction") * [LinuxBoot on GitHub](https://github.com/linuxboot/linuxboot "LinuxBoot on GitHub") * [Annual Membership](https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=117630 "Annual Membership") — Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! * [Planet Nix](https://planetnix.com/ "Planet Nix") — March 6th-7th, 2025 in Pasadena, CA * [Zach Mitchell](https://bsky.app/profile/z-mitchell.bsky.social "Zach Mitchell") * [LINUX Unplugged 554: SCaLEing Nix](https://linuxunplugged.com/554 "LINUX Unplugged 554: SCaLEing Nix") * [LINUX Unplugged 538: Surprisingly Smooth Transition](https://linuxunplugged.com/538 "LINUX Unplugged 538: Surprisingly Smooth Transition") * [LFNW2025 - April 25 - 27, 2025 • Bellingham Technical College](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ "LFNW2025 - April 25 - 27, 2025 • Bellingham Technical College") * [Pick: GarminDB](https://github.com/tcgoetz/GarminDB "Pick: GarminDB") — Download and parse data from Garmin Connect or a Garmin watch, FitBit CSV, and MS Health CSV files into and analyze data in Sqlite serverless databases with Jupyter notebooks.