# The GitHub Diet

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/662/
> Is it time to replace GitHub in our workflow? We git into it. Plus, our favorite features in the new Linux 7.0 release.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 662
- Date: 2026-04-12
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:25:39
- Audio: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/76514df9-3646-4cbf-8e22-37dfe52d77a1.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/52b7742f-dfd6-4a64-8326-c48c15262651.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/52b7742f-dfd6-4a64-8326-c48c15262651.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")
* [LinuxFest Northwest 2026](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ "LinuxFest Northwest 2026") — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington
* [LFNW2026 Schedule](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/schedule/ "LFNW2026 Schedule")
* [Linux 7.0: Btrfs](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Btrfs-Changes "Linux 7.0: Btrfs") — A translation layer of logical block addresses that allows changes without moving or rewriting blocks for relocation
* [Linux 7.0: XFS](https://www.phoronix.com/news/XFS-Linux-7.0 "Linux 7.0: XFS") — Autonomous self-healing; delivers live filesystem health events to userspace for automatic repairs
* [Linux 7.0: EXT4](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4 "Linux 7.0: EXT4") — Improves write performance for concurrent direct I/O writes
* [Linux 7.0: IO-uring](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-IO-uring-BPF-Filter "Linux 7.0: IO-uring") — Adds support for BPF filtering to IO_uring for high performance async I/O
* [Linux 7.0: Scheduler](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Scheduler "Linux 7.0: Scheduler") — Scheduler updates land with time slice extension, performance and scalability work for high core count systems
* [Linux 7.0: Rust](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Rust "Linux 7.0: Rust") — Formally concluding the 'Rust experiment'; Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay
* [Linux 7.1: i486](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Phasing-Out-i486 "Linux 7.1: i486") — Begins phasing out Intel 486 CPU support; no known Linux distributions still ship with i486 support
* [Give Up GitHub](https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ "Give Up GitHub") — We realize this is not an easy task; GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their effective marketing, GitHub has convinced FOSS developers that GitHub is the best (and even the only) place for FOSS development.
* [opengist](https://github.com/thomiceli/opengist "opengist") — Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
* [Forgejo on Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo "Forgejo on Codeberg") — Beyond coding. We forge.
* [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/ "Forgejo") — Self-hosted alternative to GitHub; liberate your software from proprietary shackles with a familiar environment
* [NixOS Wiki: Forgejo](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Forgejo "NixOS Wiki: Forgejo") — Lightweight software forge; completely free software and a fork of Gitea
* [Forgejo Actions](https://forgejo.org/docs/next/user/actions/actions/ "Forgejo Actions") — Reusable pieces of code for CI workflows; compatible with GitHub Actions
* [NixOS Forgejo Actions Runner](https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner "NixOS Forgejo Actions Runner") — NixOS configuration for turnkey deployment of Forgejo Actions runners
* [Forgejo Federation (PR #10453)](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/10453 "Forgejo Federation \(PR #10453\)") — Work-in-progress for federated repositories; enabling decentralized software development
* [Forgejo Snippets (Issue #1069)](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1069 "Forgejo Snippets \(Issue #1069\)") — Create a shareable piece of text, be it code or plain text, publicly or privately
* [Git Novice Guide](https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/ "Git Novice Guide") — Free interactive tutorial; learn version control with Git from scratch
* [Pick: sshroute](https://github.com/thereisnotime/sshroute "Pick: sshroute") — Network-aware SSH router - routes connections to different IPs/ports/keys/jump hosts based on active VPN or network
* [Pick: rendercv](https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv "Pick: rendercv") — Resume builder for academics and engineers
* [Pick: ESPHome Starter Kit](https://apolloautomation.com/products/esk-1-esphome-starter-kit "Pick: ESPHome Starter Kit") — DIY sensor kit for Home Assistant with ESPHome; build your own smart home devices