Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 38

Summer is officially over. As the nights draw in it’s time to hunker down and work on our technical debt. We all have Linuxy projects that we planning, so we commit to doing them by Christmas – when we will record a follow-up episode. Docker Compose, Immich, Jellyfin, learning Python, moving away from Synology, Home... Read More

Matrix shows how painful enormous databases can be to restore, why the certificate authority system doesn’t seem to make sense in 2025, a hosting provider thinks they are better than Cloudflare at blocking malicious traffic, a viral app turns out to be written by an enthusiastic dev who doesn’t understand best practices, and using S3... Read More

Historic musical performances that we’d go back and watch, and our scariest travel experiences. With Martin, Mark and Alan from Linux Matters.         Patrons got this this in their feed two weeks ago.

Android becomes more like iOS, another key dev leaves the Asahi Linux project, Mozilla will probably keep their Google search deal, we troll Félim with some AI bollocks, GNOME can’t keep an executive director, Microsoft releases the source for an ancient BASIC implementation, friend of the show Connor is snubbed by an Irish newspaper, a... Read More

A lot of key open source software is paid for by large companies. That has some advantages, but it can also cause some issues. Maybe it would be better if more FOSS development was paid for by smaller companies and contributions from users.             Support us on Patreon and get... Read More

The first steps to move away from a “pets” mindset and towards automation and infrastructure as code, why we use a lot of abstraction at home, and how to use your homelab to improve your employment prospects. With guest host Joe Ressington from Late Night Linux.             Insta360 Go Ultra... Read More

McDonald’s IT systems seem to be riddled with 90s-style coding errors, we finally know where the fraudulent hard drives came from, when IT workers go rogue, and ZFS on root without using FreeBSD or Ubuntu.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion How I... Read More

In this episode: Martin has been running Linux on an iPad using a-Shell, a-Shell mini, and iSH. He also used copyparty. Alan went to a hackathon and used Tessl. If you want to try their closed beta, join their discord and tell them popey sent you. Mark installed GrapheneOS on a Pixel 8a.    ... Read More

What happens to Linux after Linus, what a German legal case might mean for blocking ads on the web, Graham tell us about his new foldable phone which Joe has also had for about 7 months, and a quick KDE Korner.   News/disccussion The plan for Linux after Torvalds has a kernel of truth: There... Read More

It’s the £20 Linux machine challenge! This time the rules are stricter: no adding storage and RAM. It turns out that if you try really hard, you can buy a really nice Linux computer on a seriously low budget.   Check out part 1 and part 2 of the £50 challenge that we did previously.... Read More