# Why KDE Linux Surprised Us

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/656/
> We take KDE Linux for a spin and push it a little too far. Plus, a friend of the show stops by with a fresh tool: Nebula Commander.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 656
- Date: 2026-03-01
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Guests: beardedtek
- Duration: 01:11:03
- Audio: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/05ce712e-9ed0-4901-a9b4-e8fd1d8ad70b.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/eed50e77-cf2f-485d-8dd6-ad0eb2898644.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/eed50e77-cf2f-485d-8dd6-ad0eb2898644.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, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/?slug=jupiterbroadcasting&eventId=313050140 "Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM")
* [KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki](https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux "KDE Linux - KDE Community Wiki")
* [Beta (Enthusiast & Stable editions) · KDE Linux · GitLab](https://invent.kde.org/groups/kde-linux/-/milestones/2#tab-issues "Beta \(Enthusiast & Stable editions\) · KDE Linux · GitLab")
* [Install Software Not Available in Discover - KDE Community](https://kde.org/linux/docs/more-software/ "Install Software Not Available in Discover - KDE Community")
* [KDE Linux / Kapsule · GitLab](https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kapsule "KDE Linux / Kapsule · GitLab")
* [suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS](https://github.com/suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS "suikan4github/Using-tailscale-client-on-an-Immutable-OS")
* [xuars/kdelinux-tailscale](https://github.com/xuars/kdelinux-tailscale "xuars/kdelinux-tailscale")
* [Nix - KDE Community](https://kde.org/linux/docs/nix/ "Nix - KDE Community")
* [Fitting Everything Together](https://0pointer.net/blog/fitting-everything-together.html "Fitting Everything Together") — TLDR: Hermetic /usr/ is awesome; let's popularize image-based OSes with modernized security properties built around immutability, SecureBoot, TPM2, adaptability, auto-updating, factory reset, uniformity – built from traditional distribution packages, but deployed via images.
* [Nebula Commander](https://nebulacdr.com/ "Nebula Commander")
* [DEMO Nebula Commander](https://nebulacdr.net/login "DEMO Nebula Commander")
* [Nebula Commander GitHub](https://github.com/nixrtr/nebula-commander "Nebula Commander GitHub") — Nebula Commander is a self-hosted control plane for nebula overlay networks.
* [Star Trek Comm Badge for Home Assistant Voice Control](https://www.instructables.com/Star-Trek-Comm-Badge-for-Home-Assistant-Voice-Cont/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email "Star Trek Comm Badge for Home Assistant Voice Control")
* [Pick: hcloud-upload-image](https://github.com/apricote/hcloud-upload-image "Pick: hcloud-upload-image") — Quickly upload any raw disk images into your Hetzner Cloud projects!
* [Pick: Launcher Studio](https://arnaudmichel.fr/projects/launcher-studio/ "Pick: Launcher Studio") — Launcher Studio is a GTK4 desktop application for creating and managing .desktop files on Linux.
* [Launcher Studio on Flathub](https://flathub.org/en/apps/fr.arnaudmichel.launcherstudio "Launcher Studio on Flathub")
* [Pick: tinyproxy](https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy "Pick: tinyproxy") — A light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems
* [Pick: socks-to-http-proxy](https://github.com/KaranGauswami/socks-to-http-proxy "Pick: socks-to-http-proxy") — An executable to convert SOCKS5 proxy into HTTP proxy