LAN Before Time | LINUX Unplugged 674

The kernel taketh away, so we bringeth back. We build an AppleTalk LAN, ditch TCP/IP, and give a legendary retro network protocol the send-off it deserves.

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• LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM (fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov)

• Nix Vegas @ DEF CON 34 CFP (cfp.nix.vegas/2026) — Submissions close on 2026-07-16

• Nix Vegas - Extended CFP, and a sneak preview (nix.vegas/blog/2026/sneak-preview)

• Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support (phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk)

• June 16th 2006 AppleTalk Removed from Kernel (git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torval…) — AppleTalk has been removed in MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), in 2009, according to Wikipedia. We recently got a burst of AI generated fixes to this protocol which nobody is reviewing.

• github.com/linux-netdev/mod-orphan — Linux networking modules removed from the kernel due to lack of maintenance and high bug count

• Netatalk (netatalk.io) — Netatalk is a Free and Open Source file server that uses the AFP protocol.

• Basilisk II (basilisk.cebix.net) — Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator.

• MacOS 8: Internet Archive (archive.org/details/MacOS_8_Version_8.1_691-19…)

• Apple, Inc.. Macintosh Classic Desktop Computer. 1989 - MoMA (moma.org/collection/works/142222?artist_id=102…)

• github.com/ChrisLAS/chooser — chooser is the AirTalk AppleTalk service browser for LINUX Unplugged. It uses TailTalk's userspace AppleTalk stack to run NBP lookups and displays discovered services in a terminal UI inspired by the classic Mac OS Chooser.

• gitea.drjosh.dev/josh/jrouter — Home-grown alternative implementation of Apple Internet Router 3.0

• marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html — GlobalTalk is the nickname for using Apple Internet Router to bridge your local AppleTalk network to the global internet.

• github.com/flythenimbus/bramble — A password manager that keeps your secrets on your own devices. No account, no server holding your vault, no company to get breached and leak everything.

• MeatPi WiCAN Pro: Connect Any Car to Home Assistant! Probably... (youtube.com/watch?v=3JW3J4_Ukrs)

• La Gendarmerie sous Linux depuis 17 ans : les leçons à en tirer (supersonique-studio.com/2026/04/la-gendarmerie…)

• Qu'est-ce que NixOS, la distribution Linux que l'État pourrait utiliser ? (it-connect.fr/quest-ce-que-nixos-la-distributi…)

• github.com/adelolmo/hd-idle — Hard Disk Idle Spin-Down Utility

• github.com/Gentleman-Programming/engram — Persistent memory system for AI coding agents. Agent-agnostic Go binary with SQLite + FTS5, MCP server, HTTP API, CLI, and TUI.

• distributed-llama: Distributed LLM inference. (github.com/b4rtaz/distributed-llama) — Connect home devices into a powerful cluster to accelerate LLM inference.

• MacPick: Morph (macintoshrepository.org/1649-morph) — Morph, from Gryphon Software was the first commercial morphing program for PCs.

• WinWorld: Gryphon Morph 1.00 (winworldpc.com/product/gryphon-morph/100)

• MacPick: LegacyAI from Manticore Software (manticore.nz/legacyai) — ChatGPT for vintage 68k, PowerPC, and Intel Macs

• MacPick: Dark Castle (archive.org/details/mac_DarkCastle_1_2) — Dark Castle is a platform game where a young hero named Duncan tries to make his way to the evil Black Knight.

• MacPick: CrystalQuest (archive.org/details/CrystalQuest_2_2_5M) — The first color game for the Macintosh.

• Pick: mcp-beam (github.com/alexballas/mcp-beam) — mcp-beam is a MCP server (stdio transport) for casting local files and media URLs to Chromecast and DLNA/UPnP devices on your LAN.

• Pick: Go2TV — Media Casting Made Easy (go2tv.app)