# The Texas Linux Fest Special

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/635/
> Our cross-continent race to Texas Linux Fest culminates into fantastic meat, meetups, and more.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 635
- Date: 2025-10-05
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:30:03
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/08a0780e-c979-41e1-bdd1-016fca89a405.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/08a0780e-c979-41e1-bdd1-016fca89a405.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/08a0780e-c979-41e1-bdd1-016fca89a405.srt)


Sponsors:
- [1Password Extended Access Management](/sponsors/1password.com-lup/index.md): Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
- [Nebula](/sponsors/defined.net-lup/index.md): Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.
- [Unraid](/sponsors/unraid.net-lup/index.md): A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.




### Episode Links

* [🤠 Texas Linux Festival Trip Support (Fake Boost)](https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_7uapLjlAah "🤠 Texas Linux Festival Trip Support \(Fake Boost\)")
* [💥 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")
* [Texas Tracker](https://texastracker.jupiterbroadcasting.com/index.html "Texas Tracker")
* [Texas Linux Fest](https://www.youtube.com/@texaslinuxfest3002/videos "Texas Linux Fest")
* [TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - The Design & Implementation of the Darwin Operating System](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmdXnr0rjlI "TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - The Design & Implementation of the Darwin Operating System")
* [TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - Getting Started with Ansible on Linux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdubLTY-Nw "TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - Getting Started with Ansible on Linux")
* [TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - Lessons They Don't Teach You in School: A Year in High-Performance Computing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VtYcntnE-o "TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - Lessons They Don't Teach You in School: A Year in High-Performance Computing")
* [TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - I got Malware, BTW. A quick look at the rising trend of Linux Malware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPkLPEE1rOQ "TXLF 2025 Sat Oct 4 - I got Malware, BTW. A quick look at the rising trend of Linux Malware")
* [A Gift for the Open Source Community: Chainguard’s CVE-Free Raspberry Pi Images (Beta)](https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/a-gift-for-the-open-source-community-chainguards-cve-free-raspberry-pi-images-beta "A Gift for the Open Source Community: Chainguard’s CVE-Free Raspberry Pi Images \(Beta\)")
* [Chainguard for Raspberry Pi](https://images.chainguard.dev/rpi "Chainguard for Raspberry Pi")
* [Chainguard's Images](https://images.chainguard.dev/ "Chainguard's Images")
* [Wes Payne - Mesh Network Sidecars for NixOS Services - Texas Linux Fest](https://2025.texaslinuxfest.org/talks/mesh-network-sidecars-for-nixos-services/ "Wes Payne - Mesh Network Sidecars for NixOS Services - Texas Linux Fest")
* [noblepayne/meshSidecar: Mesh network sidecars for NixOS Services](https://github.com/noblepayne/meshSidecar "noblepayne/meshSidecar: Mesh network sidecars for NixOS Services")
* [Pick: isd](https://github.com/kainctl/isd "Pick: isd") — isd (interactive systemd) – a better way to work with systemd units.
* [ISD 0.6 Released For Interactive Systemd Management](https://www.phoronix.com/news/interactive-systemd-isd-0.6 "ISD 0.6 Released For Interactive Systemd Management")