Category: podcast

Podcast: Download (Duration: 19:59 — 16.4MB)

Dalton spent 3 hours having fun playing with open source DJ software Mixxx, and wonders if the rest of us have had a similar amount of fun with FOSS. Plus a great idea for a challenge, and one that’s a terrible idea.

 

Check out the new LNL show called Ask The Hosts. The first episode is available on Patreon now.

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.

 

 

 

 

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 33:05 — 26.8MB)

We try to imagine what the future holds for our young kids, and realise how much the tech world has changed since we were young. Plus building a dirt cheap NAS, and more.

 

 

ServerMania

ServerMania offers a wide range of fully customizable dedicated, cloud, colocation, and IP Transit services, and free initial consultations. Go to servermania.com/lad and use the promo code linuxafterdark to get 15% off dedicated servers – recurring for life.

 

HelloFresh

With HelloFresh, you get farm-fresh, pre-portioned ingredients and seasonal recipes delivered right to your doorstep.  Get 16 free meals plus free shipping at hellofresh.com/linuxafterdark16 using the promo code linuxafterdark16

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.

 

 

 

 

 

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 29:43 — 24.2MB)

The times we’ve spent far too long troubleshooting simple problems – from permissions issues to unplugged cables and CDs in the wrong slots. Plus Dalton realises that he’s a happy Btrfs user.

 

 

 

ServerMania

ServerMania offers a wide range of fully customizable dedicated, cloud, colocation, and IP Transit services, and free initial consultations. Go to servermania.com/lad and use the promo code linuxafterdark to get 15% off dedicated servers – recurring for life.

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.

 

 

 

 

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 31:54 — 25.9MB)

Whether the idea of “lightweight Linux” is outdated, your feedback about taming Windows and workspaces, a quick look at Bodhi, and digital waste – all the useless data that sits on hard disks and is never even accessed.

We mentioned Linux Matters and Linux Lads Episode 100.

 

 

 

ServerMania

ServerMania offers a wide range of fully customizable dedicated, cloud, colocation, and IP Transit services, and free initial consultations. Go to servermania.com/lad and use the promo code linuxafterdark to get 15% off dedicated servers – recurring for life.

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 100 devices.

 

 

 

 

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 20:17 — 16.6MB)

Windows is much better and so much worse than Joe remembers, and it makes him very grateful for desktop Linux. Plus what preparation (if any) we’ve made for our untimely demise.

simplewall

 

 

Tailscale

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 16:52 — 13.9MB)

As companies tighten their belts during these uncertain times, could there be a silver lining for open source and self-hosting? Plus our brief thoughts on workspaces.

 

 

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 21:24 — 17.5MB)

A year on from our episode about Ubuntu, we still have concerns about the direction of the project. Or should we just call it a product at this point? Plus your feedback about challenges, and Raspberry Pi alternatives.

 

Our previous episode about Ubuntu

zimaboard

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 24:07 — 19.7MB)

We are joined by Jorge Castro to talk about immutable filesystem Linux distros.

Check out his project uBlue and his YouTube Channel.

 

Corrections from Jorge: “I mentioned hyperreal when I really meant to say Hyprland, and one is a person working on a ublue, the other is a wayland compositor.”

 

 

 

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 23:51 — 19.5MB)

What counts as a boutique distro, and do we recommend them? Plus Gary tells us about his experiences at the recent Fosdem conference.

 

 

 

Tailscale

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 27:04 — 22.0MB)

It’s the nested virtualisation challenge! How many levels of VMs can we get running at once? Plus we get the inside story from Lenovo about running Linux on their Arm ThinkPad.

 

Challenge

Red Hat article about nested virtualisation

 

Linux on Lenovo’s Arm ThinkPad

Mark Pearson from Lenovo joins us to talk about running Linux on their X13s ThinkPad.

Lenovo forum Linux section

Instructions for flashing and installing the Debian installer on the X13s

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.

 

 

 

 

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