Teaser - Battlestations old hardware and unfinished projects

(00:04) SeaGL Conference October 23 - 24th (00:12) Live Schedule of Events Join their 2026 Matrix Chat Community for this event (01:52) SeaGL Youtube Livestreams (04:25) Time of Machine Learning. “Do you want to be in my database?” (05:31) The Tool We May Not Understand (07:00) Local Tooling and Plain Text Workflows We Do Understand (07:44) Linux Prepper Dispatch! Living Cartoon Newsletter! (08:01) LFNW injury, centralization through age restriction (09:19) Wiki Rebuild of Linux Prepper as Plain Text, Files, Folders. In Heavy Development. (11:00) TinyLogic - Game building a Risc-V computer and make it run Doom (11:25) TinyLogic Doom 32-bit repo (12:01) Nand 2 Tetris Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

(00:00) Previous episode on local networking and off-line tooling (00:37) Ameridroid Sponsor - Linuxprepper at checkout (01:20) Battlestations, and how they relate to Linux Prepper (02:35) Your input much appreciated on this long term exploration (03:08) Two Desktops from Thin Clients, Detailed Notes (07:00) Older Intel Graphics and X Window Manager Support vs Wayland LXQT Openbox Xfce Anti-X MX Linux Arch 32-bit (07:52) 32-bit and Multi-Architecture Support, Wine, Proton (12:00) Love 2D Engine and Compiling Back 32-bit Support (13:07) Moonring, Free RPG Game inspired by Ultima (13:21) Balatro, Card Game (13:27) Arco - Turned-based, Meso-american Adventure Game (14:03) 100 Tools You can Selfhost on Minimal Hardware (14:57) Pipewire, Wireplumber, QPWGraph, pw-jack (18:30) Aphex Twin Premium Episode Coming Soon (19:22) Memory Management from 16gb to 1gb RAM (20:11) Zram, adding efficient memory compression (21:26) 12GB RAM total notes on setting up Zram, Swap, Swappiness (22:39) 16GB RAM total notes on my other Intel NUC (23:37) EarlyOOM Daemon monitoring Zram and Swap (26:14) Swappiness, what triggering it does (27:55) Considerations for 8gb to 1gb of total RAM (32:08) DURP Challenger downgrading to Pi 3 as appliance (33:02) File Management with Core Utils through SSH (33:31) SCP for One-Way Transfers (34:29) Rsync - One-way Transfers with Comprehensive Control (36:02) Unison - Resilient Bi-directional Rsync for Two Locations (38:09) Scaling up without cloud services or servers (39:34) Syncthing - P2P Real-time Sync with client support Sushitrain - Open Source Client for iOS Syncthing-Fork for Android Syncthing Tray for KDE Plasma & Dolphin (42:24) Rclone - Rsync-like support for Cloud Providers: Dropbox, Google Drive, S3 (43:30) Minimal Homelab Implications; Try The Tools and Win (45:01) Container Concerns vs Understanding Tooling Understanding how tools actually work when deploying (45:42) Trivia Winners from LFNW and Named Projects! (46:13) LinuxFest Northwest 2026 Wikipage with Youtube Links (48:01) SeaGL Call for Speakers Open Now! Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

Episode coming soon! Dust off your old hardware or pull it back out of the recycling bin. News of the death of your old hardware was greatly exaggerated! Associated show notes and articles will be posted to the forum and wiki Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

Why Offline & Local-First Rising Cost of Consumer Technology Cloudflare Outages - interest in local hosting Re-purposing older machines into functional use! (00:11) Offline Tooling, Local Tooling, Resilience Introduction (00:50) Sponsor Ameridroid LINUXPREPPER code (01:14) Domain Changes and thoughts after years on .network, xyz and org (01:32) Forum posts related to simple, resilient setups Show notes listed there as well (02:21) Do you have a device in a drawer that might be useful as-is? (04:38) KDE Connect - Thoughts after Three Years (08:30) Unbound, DNSMasq - Local DNS Caching, Recursive DNS and Resolvers (09:30) Quad9 - Global Public Recursive DNS for Public Benefit, alternative to Cloudflare and Google (09:55) Local DNS Resilience and Why It Matters (12:15) Connecting Multiple Services and What DNS Adblocking Actually Does with Pi-Hole, Adguard Home, etc. (13:04) Dividing IP Ranges for Custom DNS, Adblocking assignments (13:55) Adding Resilience, Privacy and Speed Most Routers Do Not Offer Natively (15:20) Challenges You Can Try at Home! (15:59) Wiki in early development as plain text. Learn more on the forum (17:00) Low Key Gear Exchange for LFNW. Details for forum users! Forum post for registered users (17:36) 100 Selfhosted Services for Low End and 32-bit Hardware (19:11) HomeLab Episode to be released with Robin Monks. Unedited interview available on Premium (19:29) Nginx, Caddy - Reverse Proxy via DNS Challenge for Local HTTPS Testing (20:00) mDNS and Avahi for remote machines gifted to others without https (22:35) Become a Premium Subscriber to Support the Show (23:36) How resilient is your setup? Let me know! [email protected] (24:05) Discord and bridged Matrix Chats for discussing the show! Please Share with Others! (24:55) LFNW Schedule, should be live shortly. April 24th - 26th (25:11) AI Scanned My Brainrot, Live only at LFNW, on 04/26 at 3pm! (26:17) Upcoming Episode on SeaGL, LFNW and Conferences! Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “A Great Year for Linux”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology. We discuss our experiences with containers, who they are for, and the contexts in which we find them useful. If you are self-hosting, and are container curious, this one is for you! (00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper Podcast (00:19) Bonus episode connected to Season 1 Episode 1: A Great Year for Linux. Time to get technical! (01:29) This discussion will not cover Permissions, File Systems, or Backups. (02:32) Lemmy Discussion - What is keeping people away from Containers (02:47) Ameridroid Sponsor: LINUXPREPPER code (03:16) What are Containers for? (04:05) HB describes making a text adventure game (in Docker) (04:42) MagPi Magazine (05:09) TTYD: Share your Terminal on the Web (06:12) Why containerize TTYD? (07:05) Managing multiple iterations through containers (07:47) Use of containers, as opposed to Python virtual environments (08:53) When does it make sense for someone to consider containers? (10:30) Docker run commands. similar to bash scripting (12:30) Compose Files, migrating from docker run commands (13:03) Portainer - WebUI Management for Docker services (HB) (13:16) docker ps - Management from the terminal (James) (13:34) James using Docker to test for NextcloudPi and write documentation (14:41) Using containers in order to define your own image (15:50) Running a fleet of AI services through Compose: “Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger” (17:17) James migrating to Compose files to manage variables across many services (18:54) Composerize - Turn run commands into compose files (18:58) Storing compose files to avoid confusion (20:21) Noisebridge Unicorn services run via compose files on a VPS (26:34) Docker Networks - connecting services internally, even to a reverse proxy (27:46) Aria Download Protocol (28:04) HB describes using multiple, simulateous networks in isolation (30:00) James describes complexity of modular tools like Nextcloud (31:37) Testing Locally (32:30) People leaking their private credentials in their Docker images on the web (33:09) Docker Secrets (33:42) HB suggests storing environment variables as files (34:52) Understanding git.ignore files for people hosting files on public repos (35:32) Using public sharing to learn, share and problem solve (36:31) Lemmy comments of those opting out of containers (38:03) There is nothing wrong with running services directly, aka “bare metal” (43:20) HB’s Github Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

(00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper (00:25) Keepass skit KeepassXC is recommended for desktop users. (01:32) Ameridroid Sponsor LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:43) Lemmy discussions. It looks to be a great year for Linux. Those who’ve switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going? Lemmy world and Lemmy ML Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss. Lemmy World and Lemmy ML Linux Prepper Lemmy community (03:13) Lutris - Open Gaming Launcher Github repo (04:57) Ubuntu Shutdown from 4 to 2 clicks (09:47) Mermaids - ASCII Game developed by HB Pixel Artwork Tools recommended by HB (11:56) Who is HB, the guest host? (13:17) Who is James, the host? (14:18) Containers, Compose - Good? Who are they for? Bonus episode TBD Asking Lemmy about reasons to avoid containers (15:19) Premium subscriptions available Recurring support possible through Ko-fi, backed by Stripe. You can now be a Patron of the show! Get access to additional content. (16:04) HB’s Thoughts on show topics and expectations (17:02) State of the Podcast Discussion forum for the show, used for notes. Lemmy community Discord chat now bridged to Matrix Invite to Discord Invite to Matrix space for Living Cartoon Company and Linux Prepper Podcast now available on Youtube Music (18:22) Steam Key Giveaway now through March 20th Leave a review on your podcast platform to enter! (19:15) This podcast is now available on Youtube (21:30) Submit to DURP - DIY Unfinished Resurrection Project Now through March 20th Work on a project this Winter! Accepting audience submissions! Get included in an episode! Use this simple form to submit thoughts or an audio recording. Discussing Homelabs with Robin Monks of Don’t Forget to FOSS (23:15) LinuxFest Northwest Performance TBD weekend of April 24th Hackerspace AI Scanned My Brain Rot (Working Title) SeaGL 2025 Coverage to be posted: Trivia, Open Source Projects, Recap, Interview. Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

Linux Prepper Season 1 begins. Our focus remains on using Open Source tooling, Self-Hosting, and FOSS tooling in daily life. Linux Prepper podcast is created by James as part of Living Cartoon Broadcasting & Living Cartoon Company. We are a welcoming show, which doesn’t waste time judging others; we are all here with a common interest. By engaging in our communities you agree to our rules, which keeps things supportive and family friendly. The Matrix chat in Living Cartoon Broadcasting is now bridged to Discord. The podcast is now available on Youtube, in addition to directly from the website, Spotify, Amazon Music, Fountain, Podcast Index, etc. 2025 episodes According to DuckDuckGo: The Linux Prepper podcast focuses on using open-source technology to enhance everyday life, featuring discussions on self-hosting, Linux, and related topics. It aims to empower listeners to take control of their technology and enjoy a DIY approach to tech. Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

(00:00) Complete Shownotes at https://discuss.james.network (00:40) Sponsor Ameridroid referral link - US-based distributor of Odroid, Open Hardware and Home Automation Third Reality M1 Power Plug w/ Metering with Home Assistant support. LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:01) State of the Podcast Albyhub as a selfhosted Bitcoin Lightning node. Locally hosts wallet and node for podcasting 2.0 donations + Nostr authentication. Thank you to those who have sent me donations and messages over the last couple days of it working. Send a direct lightning or Nostr donation here. Also, a thank you to the helpful Alby team. They have useful step-by-step guides. Only email them because their chat is covered in scammers. (02:44) Nostr decentralized social network. Iris.to webui client for Nostr (04:38) Events SeaGL or Seattle Gnu/Linux Conference at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA from 11/07 - 11/08. Full schedule released. No cost; all are welcome! My SeaGL presentation on 11/07 at 5pm. Will also be tabling to promote this show. Do stop by and say hello! (06:40) Self-hosted Tools Is Wireguard hard to use? Send your thoughts on an anonymous form. Adding authentication services onto Wireguard, specifically ones you can selfhost, and run on a cheap VPS: Racknerd Referral link, and select “Reveal Deals” for VPS annual subscriptions at $11. They are friendly bunch with a great reputation; Pangolin recommends them. Minimal VPS is all that is needed for these sorts of services, which are merely providing your authentication, as opposed to the actual wireguard traffic. Limited locations: Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle Chicago, Dallas, New York, Ashburn Strasborg France Toronto, Canada Asia recommended to use DC-02 out of Los Angeles (07:47) Netbird - Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard®-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. You can try their hosted service or selfhost it, or whatever. Check out Pangolin - is a self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy server with identity and context aware access control, designed to easily expose and protect applications running anywhere. Pangolin acts as a central hub and connects isolated networks — even those behind restrictive firewalls — through encrypted tunnels, enabling easy access to remote services without opening ports or requiring a VPN. Combines traefik reverse proxy with Single Sign On and Wireguard. Meant to be selfhosted, but they do offer a hosted instance. Pin codes, temporary links, password links for exposing services as a “funnel”. Similar to cloudflare tunnels, where users cannot be bothered to sort things out and just want a service exposed. Headscale - The main objective of Headscale is to provide a non-proprietary implementation of the Tailscale protocol & control server for hobbyists and self-hosters. Acts as a replacement for the listening servers while allowing you to continue using your existing clients applications. Funnel functionality is currently considered in beta status. Does not include a web ui by default. Headscale-ui Full listing of various webui implementations for Headscale (14:15) Self-hosted Tools for when your Nextcloud server goes offline Syncthing - peer-to-peer file synchronization utility, designed to sync files between devices on a local network or between remote devices over the Internet. Note: Syncthing project does not directly support Apple Store or Google Play store for mobile. Syncthing-fork for Android. Available through Github or F-Droid Moebius Sync for iOS. Paid app. FileStash - webui designed to sit on top of your own sync service, Git, Google Drive, Database, S3, etc. Now supports arm devices! FileBrowser webui SFTPGo webui with multi-user and group support! Ways to support the show! Share with others! Help spread on social media. 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Awkward GPIO access requires expander, similar to Cyberdeck or Bonnet. No camera or Touchscreen cable connector. Improved thermals over Pi 4! 4gb ram is lame if using this with a web browser watching videos. Functions as a bluetooth keyboard, as do the other models! pi400kb - Use the Pi 400 or 500 as an actual HID USB Keyboard on your existing computer. Will likely require a USB-C splitter to allow power for the device while it acts as your USB keyboard Supports an attached mouse as well! Pi 500+ support still in development OrthoPi - Convert Pi 400 to mechanical yourself with a ~$20 gerber board that supports a rotary encoder. Doubles height of the keyboard. Repository offline and gerber not available in Wayback Machine. Send a link to the show if you find it! Pi 500 lowered heat produced. Regular keyboard. 8gb ram. $90. $30 for accessories. Pi 500 + w/ Gateron switches. RGB lighting. m.2 slot. Includes 256gb nvme at $200. $30 for accessories, probably worth it for 5 amp power. 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Complete show notes here. Big thanks to developers Tobias and Marcel for joining the interview. There will be a second part of the interview. Was tempted to write a silly title like Nextcloud Atomic Explodes. If you are curious on related presentations from the past: NextcloudPi podcast interview by Nextcloud NextcloudPi Lightning Talk 2022 How to Contribute Panel Discussion 2023 You Can Contribute to Open Source Lightning Talk 2023 How to Escape Bigtech Techlore Interview 2023 Who is in the Interview Tobias is the developer of NextcloudPi, Atomic, and Nextcloud Secrets Hire as freelancer or donate directly on Kofi Marcel is the developer of Floccus, Nextcloud Bookmarks and Recognize. Donate through Github or donate directly on Kofi. James is host of Linux Prepper Podcast. Contributor of documentaton and testing to Nextcloud, NextcloudPi, AIO, Floccus. Donate directly on Paypal. Premium subscriptions with bonus content TBD. Steam Key Giveaway is active for anyone leaving a quick review of the show on their podcast platform of choice. (00:14) Welcome to this Mini Episode + Lengthy Interview! Detailed shownotes on forum. (01:44) Nextcloud Conference 9/27 - 9/28 in Berlin (01:56) SeaGL Conference in Seattle, WA 11/07 - 11/08 (02:20) Sponsor - Ameridroid - use LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:47) Odroid H4, Plus, Ultra series (03:43) Nextcloud service overview and short review, also called Nextcloud Hub (06:51) NextcloudPi - Managed Nextcloud for Selfhosters (08:04) Nextcloud AIO or All-in-One is containerized by Nextcloud company proper in Docker (08:45) Nextcloud Snap (09:06) Floccus - Cross Platform Browser + Mobile App Syncing to Karakeep, Git, Google Drive, Nextcloud, etc. (09:33) Nextcloud Bookmarks app (10:20) Recognize AI app - Smart Media Tagging for Nextcloud (10:56) Nextcloud Atomic - System Level Wrapper for Nextcloud AIO in Podman. WIP (12:20) Prototype Fund - For Developers Contributing to Open Source (14:31) Interview Begins with Tobias Introduction (15:43) Hire Tobias Freelance! (15:58) Marcel Introduction - Listen to his previous episode interview on AI in Nextcloud (18:18) What is NextcloudPi? Not actually made for only the Raspberry Pi (21:29) How Tobias became involved in NextcloudPi project, then Atomic (26:39) Architecture and Efficiency of Maintenance (29:21) Starting as an early Nextcloud project and the rise of containers + AIO (32:59) Build system of NextcloudPi with Bash as opposed to containers (35:55) Development of Atomic through containers (37:03) Immutability - Fedora Silverblue, NixOS, Fedora CoreOS & iOT, openSuse MicroOS, etc. (39:30) SkiffOS - early contendor for Atomic. Embedded Linux Systems from Scratch (41:02) Updates and security in SkiffOS and Buildroot (42:50) mkosi by Systemd in combination with Debian & Armbian (45:46) Nextcloud Atomic upgrade process for developer (51:23) How major upgrades will be handled for users (54:04) Is Atomic upstreamed to AIO; use of Podman (57:24) Management of Nextcloud Apps within Nextcloud. Updates breaking apps. (59:06) Will I now be able to use imagick on the operating system by default? (01:01:47) Support for users making their own changes: Jellyfin, etc. (01:05:55) “Untested” Nextcloud update handling in Atomic (01:09:38) Who is the target audience of Atomic vs NCP? (01:15:49) The future of NextcloudPi (01:18:30) Conference Lightning Talk in Berlin for Atomic (01:19:12) Marcel thoughts on NextcloudPi and Atomic (01:20:08) What has Tobias learned from the last 6 or 7 years? (01:23:34) How James became involved with NextcloudPi, Discourse, and Nextcloud (01:25:25) Tobias on how the community contributes to the project (01:27:00) How to Contribute Panel at Nextcloud Conference 2023. (01:28:00) How can future contributors to Atomic help Tobias? (01:32:40) Ways to Contact, Hire or Learn more about Tobias & projects. (01:33:37) Ways to Contact or Learn more about Marcel & projects (01:34:19) Next episode will discuss fundraising, how they handle donations, other interests, life balance, containers Sponsor - Ameridroid USA distributer of Odroid, Home Assistant, and other open hardware. Tons of reasonable shipping options and great customer service. Use linuxprepper at checkout. Odroid H4, Plus, Ultra series Low Power x86 with BYO Ram DDR5 up to 48gb, Dual 2.5gb realtek nic, 2 - 4 Sata ports, m.2 nvme expansion Supports Truenas Scale, OMV, Proxmox Not a power house, but great as a backup server or basic server Events Nextcloud Conference 9/27 - 9/28 SeaGL Conference 11/7 - 11/8 Self-hosted Tools Nextcloud - Biggest FOSS application in file sharing and online collaboration. Has grown from a dropbox alternative to a Google Suite alternative. Massive app store. Attempts to be a jack of all trades. NextcloudPi - Managed image of Nextcloud for hands-off, single machine selfhosting. Nextcloud All-in-One, or AIO. Containerized Nextcloud. Nextcloud Atomic - Immutable system-level wrapping of AIO for hands-off, single machine selfhosting. Currently in active development only. Roadmap Nextcloud Apps, available within Nextcloud itself Bookmarks app Recognize app for local AI/ML media tagging for Nextcloud: recognizes faces, objects, landscapes, music genres Hear previous episode interview on Recognize and use of AI in Nextcloud as an open source project. Software Spotlight Floccus - Cross-platform Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi, Brave bookmarks sync for Nextcloud, Linkwarden, KaraKeep, Git, Google Drive or WebDAV server. Also offers dedicated mobile apps for iOS and Android. Ways to engage with the show Send in one-click anonymous feedback or email [email protected] Join the forum Join our chat on Matrix Follow directly from the fediverse @[email protected] If the enjoy this small show, please share it with others! Thanks! Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! 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For Detailed Shownotes, see here. Transcriptions for this episode will be added within the week. One year of the show as of 9/11! 12 episodes from episode 0 - 11. In binary this would make this episode 1100. (01:41) Sponsor - Ameridroid Excellent US-based provider of open hardware. All the shipping options. Use LINUXPREPPER at checkout Odroid Go Ultra handheld for retro gaming (25:44) Steam Key Giveaway for those writing a review of this podcast! See the basic rules here. Racknerd VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting Currently testing. Works fine, support is responsive, pricing is very low. Darling of lowendbox and lowendtalk. Referral link, and select “Reveal Deals” for VPS annual subscriptions at $11. What do you think of VPS hosting? (03:16) KDE Akademy KDE Linux “Banana” planned as immutable successor to KDE Neon. Livestream and Matrix to watch both days of presentations. Thanks to Neal Gompa of Alma Linux and Fedora for taking a little KDE Trivia challenge. He is a host on Sudo Show podcast. C-base Berlin Classes include NixOS, Godot, lockpicking, and more. Take a self-guided online tour. Xhain Hackerspace in Berlin. Classes include Woodworking, 3d Printers, crafting nights, etc. Nextcloud Conference 2025 on September 28th - 29th. Texas Linuxfest in Austin, TX from October 3rd - 4th. (10:29) SeaGL Gnu/Linux Conference on November 7th and 8th at University of Washington “How I Create Physical Theatre and Mime shows using FOSS Tooling” presentation: I’ll be giving as part of upcoming SeaGL. How I develop my own Living Cartoon shows for touring and for live audiences. “What Is Free May Never Die” presentation: an exploration of the idea that free software is functionally immortal while proprietary software is mortal. You cannot kill free software, but proprietary software dies all the time. If this idea is interesting, come to the talk, I want to hear other people’s perspectives on this too. /dev/hack in Seattle. U-district. Thursday nights for tours. See their git infrastructure and their wiki Chaos Communication Congress 39C3 in December in Hamburg, hosted by Chaos Computer Club. Join 15k other people from 12/27 - 12/30! An event that birthed the hacker and makerspace movement. (16:30) KDEConnect (Software Spotlight) Find my phone Send a File or Clipboard Media Control Use phone as mouse Supports Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS Works fine over VPN (19:26) OpenStreetMaps KDE Akademy, international travel and cycling around Berlin with OpenStreetMaps. Works! Download the local maps. Not usable for me in San Francisco or Bay Area because of live traffic. Updates save me 1/3 of my commute minimum or even hours. Are you able to use OSM as a driver receiving traffic updates? OSM+ for Android Ways to Support the Show! Donate directly. Premium version of the podcast and recurring donations still in development. Share this podcast with others! Help keep me off of social media and focused on releasing more content. This is a very small show, so your engagement really helps! Anonymous 1-click feedback formjoin the Matrix chat, write on the forum or email [email protected] (37:36) Graphene OS and the future of sideloaded Android Google Developer Verification for Sideloading Apps F-Droid app store - can be installed directly from APK. Open alternative to Google Play Obtanium - Install and updates apk files from Git repositories directly (26:17) Kodi media player and diy streaming devices for the holidays Kodi - Open Source Home Theatre software dating back to Xbox Media Center. Making a DIY Steaming Device running Kodi to gift to my grandma. Your input appreciated! Bye Bye Raspberry Pi episode Instructions on how I prepare a device I’ll gift to friends and family. Libretro and retroarch. Libretro is a simple API that allows for the creation of games and emulators without worrying about input devices, video drivers or sound API’s. Commonly bundled with Kodi and used in all sorts of devices, from handheld devices to full arcade cabinets. Emulates classic game consoles and beyond. Retroarch is a Cross-platform GUI, commonly bundled with Kodi, built on Libretro. Lakka, w/ git repo, fork of LibreElec. “Just enough OS for Kodi.” NGALAC, Live Streaming enabled Arcade Cabinet Odroid Go Advance, discontinued handheld. Odroid Go Ultra, current handheld offered by Ameridroid or directly from Hard Kernel (+ tarrifs) Contributing to Open Source Do you want to contribute back? Contributing to Open Source projects and communities Nextcloud AIO documentation pull request in regards to local hosting. Castopod pull request to add Discourse forum. Next submission is adding generic options for Chat, Email, Forum, Newsletter, Wiki, Fediverse. Currently lists very specific tools: Discord, Slack, Mastodon. Example of federation in Wallabag. If you are unsure, ask first. Preparing a submission Get a feel for development pace. Check first, then ask if unsure on a submission. Do less, making sure the developer can follow along. If I can do it, so can you. Etiquette for engaging with project git repositories Following along on Github, issue trackers, forums, chats. What is an issue, pull request Engaging with reactions and subscriptions instead of commenting Kill-the-Newsetter - Email to RSS, can be combined with email from git services. Self-hostable. RSS-bridge - supports Github issues, pull requests, trending, searches, Gitlab, Gitea. Self-hostable and public instances. Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @[email protected] Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to [email protected] I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!