614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking

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Published on May 12, 2025 12:55:52 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKtS5iGGFlg

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We test-drive a self-hosted alternative to Google Location History. Plus, we cover the week's Linux news highlights, then spill the beans on our upcoming TUI challenge.


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• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM (https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov)
• LINUX Unplugged TUI Challenge Rules (https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/linux-unplugged/blob/main/challenges/TUI-Challenge.md) — Help shape the challenge - what did we miss?
• libcaca – Caca Labs (http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/libcaca) — A graphics library that outputs text instead of pixels, so that it can work on older video cards or text terminals.
• New GNOME Executive Director Named: Steven Deobald (https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Executive-Steven-Deobald) — Steven Deobald has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, succeeding interim director Richard Littauer and Holly Million, who stepped down last year after a brief tenure.
• Creation of the NixOS hardware team (https://discourse.nixos.org/t/creation-of-the-nixos-hardware-team/63974) — TL;DR: The Steering Committee is launching the new Hardware Team to own the nixos-hardware repo, drive hardware enablement, and expand partnerships.
• Adopting sudo-rs By Default in Ubuntu 25.10 - Project Discussion - Ubuntu Community Hub (https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/adopting-sudo-rs-by-default-in-ubuntu-25-10/60583) — The sudo-rs project is designed to be a drop in replacement for the original tool. For the vast majority of users, the upgrade should be completely transparent to their workflow. That said, sudo-rs is a not a “blind” reimplementation.
• LINUX Unplugged 607: Ubuntu's Rusty Roadmap (https://linuxunplugged.com/607)
• Bcachefs Patches Aim For Faster Snapshot Deletion But With Another On-Disk Format Update (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Faster-Snapshot-Delete) — Bcachefs has introduced patches aimed at significantly improving snapshot deletion performance. However, implementing these improvements necessitates an update to an incompatible on-disk format, which must be explicitly enabled by users.
• Dawarich — Your Journey, Your Control (https://dawarich.app/) — Visualize your location history, track your movements, and analyze your travel patterns with complete privacy and control.
• fabean/ytviewer (https://github.com/fabean/ytviewer) — YouTube TUI that pulls subscriptions from YouTube API
• Pick: meshSidecar (https://github.com/noblepayne/meshSidecar) — meshSidecar provides a flexible way to integrate mesh networking capabilities with NixOS services. It allows services to participate in mesh networks without requiring direct modification of the service itself.
• Pick: ELEMENT.FM (https://element.fm/) — Unlimited, GPLv3 Licensed, self-hostable podcast hosting