452: Synapse Collapse

How we nearly crashed our Matrix server; what we did wrong and how we're fixing it.

Plus an update on elementary OS, GNOME's next chapter, and we kick off the NixOS Challenge.

NixOS Challenge Goals:

• Study the Nix Expression Language
• Setup at least one Nix/NixOS system.
• Install htop.
• Join the Nix Nerds Matrix channel.
• Post a screenshot in the NixOS Challenge GitHub.
• Complete all the above before the end of April.

Special Guest: Danielle Foré.

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Links:

• I made this bash script to build Linux from Scratch automatically.
• JB Meetup
• Farewell, elementary
• Livestream with Danielle Foré
• Plans for GNOME 43 and Beyond – Chris’s Design & Development — Since we’re right on the heels of a release, I want to keep some momentum going and share my plans for features I want to implement during the upcoming release cycles.
• Fractal
• GNOME Weather
• Various things in the GNOME ecosystem
• Synapse Workers Docs
• Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs
• Jupiter Extras: March Boost Battle
• Fountain.FM — Share podcast clips and support creators with Bitcoin.
• Nix Expression Language
• NixOS Manual
• Nix Nerds Matrix channel
• nixpkgs
• NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub
• osmbtc.org — OSM BTC is an open Fund initiative which has a primary goal to support OpenStreetMap contributors by small donations via Bitcoin.
• UserLAnd — UserLAnd is an open-source app which allows you to run several Linux distributions like Ubuntu.
• CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd — Main UserLAnd Repository
• Termux — Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android.