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Linux Downtime – Episode 52

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Hayden explains why he uses Windows Subsystem for Linux on a daily basis, and argues that Microsoft is a very different organisation from the one that was so hostile to FOSS 20+ years ago. He mentioned his unofficial timeline of Microsoft’s transition towards open source. See our contact page for ways to get... Read More

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Jul 31, 2022

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Open source professionals Martin Wimpress, Hayden Barnes and Gary Kramlich join Joe for relaxed discussions in their downtime. From working in the industry and progressing your career, to managing a project’s community, and beyond.

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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 09: Kyle returns again, this time to address some of the feedback we have received from previous episodes, and to talk about his brief experiences with Pop!_OS. Kyle mentioned f.lux and Winamp. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 17: How do we get the next generation of kids into Linux and FOSS? A question we tried to answer in this recording from a community meetup. The next mumble get-together date will be on Friday 26th March at 10pm UK time. Details here. by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 20: In this community meetup recording, we discuss how far we are all willing to go to support people who we switch to Linux. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 26: Joe talks to Chris and Gary about their homelab setups, their use of the cloud, and how it all ties together with WireGuard. CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 25: Joe is joined by Chris and Gary again to discuss cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and NFTs. Our history, our mistakes, and ultimately why we became jaded about the whole thing. CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT p... by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 16: In the latest community meetup recording we discuss the best distros for low end and high end hardware. Check out the 2.5 Admins podcast. See our contact page for ways to get in touch. See the RSS Feeds page for ways to subscribe to the show. by Linux Dev Time
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Linux Downtime – Episode 65: Martin tells us about why he decided to work with Nix and NixOS professionally. He mentioned Determinate Systems and Zero to Nix See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed. by Linux Dev Time
22 min listen
Linux Downtime – Episode 41: Joe is joined by Adam Pigg, a member of the Sailfish OS Community who has ported the OS to various phones. A thread with some of Adam’s history Jolla forum post about Russia Twitter reply about Russia See our contact page for ways to get in tou... by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 13: What’s likely to happen over the next year in open source, how we evaluate the security and privacy of distros, and more in this recording of the first LNL community meetup. Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and ... by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 22: In this community meetup recording, we discuss what lengths we all go to to protect our privacy. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more ... by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 18: The importance of open source vs open standards, and the best way to move beyond the Linux desktop into servers and headless boxes. Keep an eye on this page for details of the next community meetup. Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Li... by Linux Dev Time
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Linux Downtime – Episode 81: How to get hired for your first development job, more on contributor license agreements, and our thoughts on different immutable OS approaches. Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA) – FSFE Why the FSF Gets Copyright Assignments from Contributors ... by Linux Dev Time
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Linux Downtime – Episode 78: Why Amolith uses Arch, why Gary uses Debian, and why Joe uses Ubuntu. Factor Factor’s fresh, never frozen, meals are ready in just 2 minutes, so all you have to do is heat them up and enjoy. Go to factormeals. by Linux Dev Time
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Linux Downtime – Episode 40: Joe is joined by Joey Sneddon from OMG! Ubuntu! to talk about how Ubuntu and its community have changed over the years, snaps, GNOME, Flutter, WSL, and more. You can follow OMG! on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. by Linux Dev Time
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Late Night Linux Extra – Episode 27: Gary, Chris, and Joe cover some of your feedback about why we use traditional GTK desktops rather than Plasma or a tiling window manager, why we don’t use MikroTik network gear, and Joe’s “homelab”. CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nu... by Linux Dev Time
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Linux Downtime – Episode 44: Joe is joined by Alex Kretzschmar from the Self-Hosted podcast to talk about what and why Alex self-hosts, the hardware and software he uses, and how his approaches have changed over the years. Alex mentioned his Twitter, his blog, by Linux Dev Time
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Linux Downtime – Episode 52

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