512: The Sound of Rust
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We take a "Rust-only tools" challenge for a week and admit what worked, and what sucked. Plus, a surprise guest.

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Links:

• Why I left Rust)
• LinuxFest Northwest 2023)
• LinuxFest Northwest 2023 Call for Speakers)
• GrapheneOS on Twitter) — GrapheneOS will be undergoing restructuring of the organization and development team. Daniel Micay has stepped down as lead developer and will be stepping down as a non-profit director. Features and security patches will continue to be delivered to users as rapidly as before.
• Daniel Micay on Twitter) — It appears the wording above was unclear. I'm stepping down as a GrapheneOS Foundation director and as lead developer. I won't have any leadership role in the GrapheneOS project. It will take time/work to transfer my responsibilities to others, especially non-development roles.
• Google account deleted after 2 hours of Aurora)
• Adopting Bitcoin 2023)
• LUP on in the top 10 charts TWICE.)
• Bitcoin Dad Pod)
• Polaris) — Polaris is a music streaming application, designed to let you enjoy your music collection from any computer or mobile device.
• Polaris Demo)
• docker-polaris: Small docker of Polaris based on Alpine Linux)
• Polaris on Google Play)
• Polaris Android on F-Droid)
• Polarios on App Store)
• Lapce) — Lapce is written in pure Rust with a UI in Druid (which is also written in Rust). It is designed with Rope Science from the Xi-Editor which makes for lightning-fast computation, and leverages OpenGL for rendering.
• Lapce on Flathub)
• Lapce packaged in Nix)
• Lapce Plugins)
• flosse/text-editors-written-in-rust)
• xi-editor: A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.)
• awesome-alternatives-in-rust: A curated list of replacements for existing software written in Rust)
• awesome-rust: A curated list of Rust code and resources.)
• BitFocus Companion) — Bitfocus Companion enables the reasonably priced Elgato Streamdeck to be a professional shotbox surface for a huge amount of different presentation switchers, video playback software and broadcast equipment.
• Podcasting 2.0 Apps)
• Alby)
• LINUX Unplugged on the Podcastindex.org)
• Pick: Please Run That) — A Python socket app for letting a friend execute a command on your system without using a ssh server all, with a simple GUI It has active development and works OOTB.
• Pick: turtle) — Turtle is a gtk4 + libadwaita frontend for pygit2 with nautilus plugin support. The project is currently in a very early development stage.
• Chris Interviewed on Mere Mortals) — In Conversation #90, Chris and I discuss: what it's been like to have 25+ podcasts, the current nosedive in advertising, how value for value is creating a richer experience for podcasters, his mindset in analyzing technological ideas, the coming pain from the messed up financial system, why Bitcoin/AI won't be as impactful as the internet and traveling across the US in an RV.