# The Kernel Always Wins

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/653/
> The news this week highlights shifts in Linux from multiple angles. What's evolving, why it matters, and that moment where the future actually works.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 653
- Date: 2026-02-08
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:05:50
- Audio: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7ae392e1-3650-4339-b2fb-58c8d85028b4.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgljdXJsBjoGRVQ%3D--435795d5c850773aaa4739d968bd77a1dfd6f301


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/17a56772-e3a4-4184-9fbf-fea68edcfa61.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/17a56772-e3a4-4184-9fbf-fea68edcfa61.srt)


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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")
* [SCaLE 23x | Registration](https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/ "SCaLE 23x | Registration") — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"
* [PlanetNix 2026](https://planetnix.com/ "PlanetNix 2026") — Where Nix Builders Come Together
* [Pasadena Linux Party Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/ "Pasadena Linux Party Meetup")
* [Valve explains why it hasn’t announced release dates for its new hardware, now plans for “first half of the year”](https://www.pcguide.com/news/valve-explains-why-it-hasnt-announced-release-dates-for-its-new-hardware-now-plans-for-first-half-of-the-year/ "Valve explains why it hasn’t announced release dates for its new hardware, now plans for “first half of the year”") — Valve now says all three products will ship “in the first half of the year.”
* [Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend](https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-Upstream-With-KVM "Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend") — Support for KVM or other native OS hypervisors in conjunction with VirtualBox has long been sought and it's finally becoming a reality.
* [bcachefs-tools v1.36.1](https://evilpiepirate.org/git/bcachefs-tools.git/tree/Changelog.mdwn "bcachefs-tools v1.36.1") — Interactive TUI for monitoring various filesystem internals, slowpaths and device performance, with duration and frequency tracking for various events. Helpful for diagnosing performance issues.
* [bcachefs v1.36.1 is out - next release will be erasure coding : r/bcachefs](https://www.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1qy1hv0/v1361_is_out_next_release_will_be_erasure_coding/ "bcachefs v1.36.1 is out - next release will be erasure coding : r/bcachefs")
* [bcachefs PSA: if you're on 1.33-1.35, upgrade asap](https://www.reddit.com/r/bcachefs/comments/1qyryzn/psa_if_youre_on_133135_upgrade_asap/ "bcachefs PSA: if you're on 1.33-1.35, upgrade asap") — Several people have been hit by this, so - please upgrade asap.
* [Mattermost](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost "Mattermost") — Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle.
* [Debian's CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-CI-LLM-Restrictions "Debian's CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic")
* [Venice AI - Private AI for Unlimited Creative Freedom](https://venice.ai/ "Venice AI - Private AI for Unlimited Creative Freedom")
* [ThinkBox V2 - A Custom 4-Bay SATA/SAS HDD NAS for Your Lenovo M720Q](https://makerworld.com/en/models/2291411-thinkbox-v2-a-custom-4-bay-sata-sas-hdd-nas "ThinkBox V2 - A Custom 4-Bay SATA/SAS HDD NAS for Your Lenovo M720Q")
* [Code for Climate 2026 — The Mad Botter Earth Day Open Source Challenge](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7422747650325716993/ "Code for Climate 2026 — The Mad Botter Earth Day Open Source Challenge") — We're doing our Earth Day open-source competition again The Mad Botter INC. Once again featuring System76 hardware and this time with dual tracks for college and non-college students.
* [Michael Dominick on X - Earth Day Open Source Challenge](https://x.com/dominucco/status/2017282757051699655 "Michael Dominick on X - Earth Day Open Source Challenge")
* [Red5d/podcast_mcp](https://github.com/Red5d/podcast_mcp "Red5d/podcast_mcp") — MCP server for accessing Podcasting 2.0 RSS feed episode data. "I've really only tested it with JB feeds!"
* [Pick: Plexus](https://f-droid.org/packages/tech.techlore.plexus/ "Pick: Plexus") — Remove the fear of Android app compatibility on de-Googled devices.
* [Plexus-app: GitHub](https://github.com/techlore/Plexus-app "Plexus-app: GitHub")
* [Pick: ReinschriftTodo](https://github.com/danst0/ReinschriftTodo "Pick: ReinschriftTodo") — Reinschrift combines a native GNOME interface with the simplicity of plain text. Your tasks remain a normal Markdown file – easy to back up, versionable via Git, and editable on any device with your favorite editor.
* [Reinschrift on Flathub](https://flathub.org/en/apps/me.dumke.Reinschrift "Reinschrift on Flathub")