The GitHub Diet | 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.
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• Linux 7.0: Btrfs (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Btrfs-Changes) — A translation layer of logical block addresses that allows changes without moving or rewriting blocks for relocation
• Linux 7.0: XFS (phoronix.com/news/XFS-Linux-7.0) — Autonomous self-healing; delivers live filesystem health events to userspace for automatic repairs
• Linux 7.0: EXT4 (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4) — Improves write performance for concurrent direct I/O writes
• Linux 7.0: IO-uring (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-IO-uring-BPF-Filter) — Adds support for BPF filtering to IO_uring for high performance async I/O
• Linux 7.0: Scheduler (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Scheduler) — Scheduler updates land with time slice extension, performance and scalability work for high core count systems
• Linux 7.0: Rust (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Rust) — Formally concluding the 'Rust experiment'; Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay
• Linux 7.1: i486 (phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Phasing-Out-i486) — Begins phasing out Intel 486 CPU support; no known Linux distributions still ship with i486 support
• Give Up GitHub (sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub) — 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.
• github.com/thomiceli/opengist — Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
• Forgejo on Codeberg (codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo) — Beyond coding. We forge.
• Forgejo (forgejo.org) — Self-hosted alternative to GitHub; liberate your software from proprietary shackles with a familiar environment
• NixOS Wiki: Forgejo (wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Forgejo) — Lightweight software forge; completely free software and a fork of Gitea
• Forgejo Actions (forgejo.org/docs/next/user/actions/actions) — Reusable pieces of code for CI workflows; compatible with GitHub Actions
• NixOS Forgejo Actions Runner (codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-…) — NixOS configuration for turnkey deployment of Forgejo Actions runners
• Forgejo Federation (PR #10453) (codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/10453) — Work-in-progress for federated repositories; enabling decentralized software development
• Forgejo Snippets (Issue #1069) (codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1069) — Create a shareable piece of text, be it code or plain text, publicly or privately
• Git Novice Guide (swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice) — Free interactive tutorial; learn version control with Git from scratch
• Pick: sshroute (github.com/thereisnotime/sshroute) — Network-aware SSH router - routes connections to different IPs/ports/keys/jump hosts based on active VPN or network
• Pick: rendercv (github.com/rendercv/rendercv) — Resume builder for academics and engineers
• Pick: ESPHome Starter Kit (apolloautomation.com/products/esk-1-esphome-st…) — DIY sensor kit for Home Assistant with ESPHome; build your own smart home devices