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Linux Lads 165 Episodes Jun 11, 2026

A chat about Linux and related stuff. Not (always) safe for work.

Episodes

Episode 162: Be the FOSS You Want to See Jun 11, 2026 31:17 What we'd like to change in FOSS • Gaussian Splats

Episode 161: Guilty Pleasures May 25, 2026 39:52 Proprietary software we know and (sometimes) love

OggCamp Special May 12, 2026 32:57 What they like about OggCamp • Future of the conference • What they'll take away • Their expectations

Episode 160: Back It Up Apr 20, 2026 25:03 Backups • Game dev

Episode 159: Falling Back Apr 6, 2026 37:40 What if the industry goes to hell?

Episode 158: Learning about Learning Mar 10, 2026 29:57 How to make learn new things

Episode 157: Mikeless Misadventures Feb 17, 2026 22:19 OggCamp • Game development • Interesting videos • Learning Rust • Making a browser extension

Episode 156: Jelly AI Feb 2, 2026 25:44 Jellyfin • The Future of LLMs

Episode 155: Pour Féliciter 2026 Jan 19, 2026 32:05 Projects for days off

Episode 154: The Steam Room Dec 22, 2025 32:10 New Steam hardware • YunoHost • Conor's new router • Games Co-Op • Living abroad

Episode 153: Crushing Ubuntu Summit Dec 6, 2025 49:55 Ubuntu Summit • Agentic tooling • Simple authentication • Shane's project

Episode 152: Speaking AI-rish with Máirín Duffy of Red Hat Nov 25, 2025 54:21 Linux UX • Irish Language • Hardware setup • LLMs • Progress and society

Episode 151: About Game Dev With Pierre Oct 29, 2025 1:08:33 An interview with a game dev • Games • Graphics • Music • And more

Episode 150: AMA Special Oct 8, 2025 48:20 The origins • Blender video editing • Self-hosting • No screens • Cooking • Windows software • OTA broadcast • End of Windows

Episode 149: Routing for Routers Sep 15, 2025 38:25 Shane's fibre • Coolify • OpenWrt One • Meshtastic

Episode 148: The End of 10 Is Nigh Aug 25, 2025 35:38 Chat with Carolina and Joseph from the End of 10 campaign.

Episode 147: Whitely Nightly Aug 11, 2025 56:28 Chat with Félim • Fairubds XL • Fiber internet • Shane's game • Bluefin • ThinkPad • CachyOS • LLMs • Kids and tech

Episode 146: Just the Two of Us Jul 21, 2025 28:50 Shane's streaming • Offline chatting • Steam machine

Episode 145: Depends on How You Frame It Jul 5, 2025 26:55 E Ink phones • Framework 13

Episode 144: Out of Pocket Jun 19, 2025 35:06 Pocket • Linux Format • Asset Forge • Mudita Kompakt

Episode 143: Fairly De-Googled Jun 4, 2025 20:44 Fairphone 5 • Fairbuds XL

Episode 142: Bro! May 21, 2025 44:08 Broligarchs • Organize • AI in open source • Readeck • Shane's game

Episode 141: Thunder, Thunder, Thundermail! May 5, 2025 28:09 Framework Laptop 12 Price • Thundermail • Zorin switches to Brave

Episode 140: Hardware Humbugs Apr 17, 2025 23:25 Pixelfed vulnerability • Our hardware setup

Episode 139: Questionable Choices Mar 31, 2025 40:34 When should kids get a connected device • Muffins or cupcakes • Immutable OSs • Replacement OSs • The weather

Episode 138: Wake Up, A New Font Has Dropped Mar 11, 2025 31:21 Fonts • New Framework Gadgets • Old Games • Mozilla

Episode 137: Resistance Is Federated Feb 19, 2025 24:22 Federated communities • Improving ActivityPub • Network effect woes • RSS goodness

Episode 136: Let Them Run Boxes Feb 5, 2025 36:12 Experiences with and Opinions on Self Hosting

Episode 135: A New Hope Jan 21, 2025 30:06 What do we look forward to in 2025

Episode 134: Shut Up and Take My Money! Dec 30, 2024 40:52 What would we spend 2K on?

Episode 133: App-y Old Year Dec 16, 2024 36:30 Our favourite projects of the year.

Episode 132: Ogg Glamping Dec 2, 2024 27:43 epub2tts • Server distros • OggCamp

Episode 131: Small Size, Big Game Nov 18, 2024 21:48 New Dublin Linux Meetup • Bot making • Password managers • Murena • Fantasy consoles

Episode 130: With a Little Help from My Home Nov 4, 2024 24:22 Home Assistant • Asahi Linux • EpubPress • eow

Episode 129: Summarising the Open Source Summit Oct 22, 2024 39:27 Interview with Karla Nieminen about Open Source Summit Europe 2024

Episode 128: Arbitrary Concept of Sexiness Oct 1, 2024 49:30 Gary talks about OggCamp • Programming languages • Adresilo • Game dev • Chat platforms

Episode 127: From A to Zed Sep 6, 2024 22:08 Zed editor • Mini PC • CachyOS

Episode 126: Tangential Perfection Aug 27, 2024 53:31 Chat with Liam Proven from The Register

Episode 125: Zorin It to Win It Aug 20, 2024 33:43 Interview with Artyom Zorin, co-creator of Zorin OS

Episode 124: Politics After Eight Jul 29, 2024 34:57 Linux-first ARM laptops • Tiling in Cinnamon • Politics in open source

Episode 123: Cloudy with a Chance of Games Jun 26, 2024 25:28 A new(ish) IDE from Eclipse • FOSS IPTV app from Linux Mint • Open source video games

Episode 122: A Look Inside Our Drawers Jun 4, 2024 29:53 Tech Hoarding

Episode 121: Note to Self May 16, 2024 41:28 LogSeq • Beeper and Standard Notes bought • Social networks

Episode 120: VideoLads May 1, 2024 31:11 Backdoor in xz • Chat with Vibhoothi from VideoLAN

Episode 119: Boxing up a Distro Apr 24, 2024 47:36 Fighting with Windows • Project Bluefin • Rocketbook • OnePlus Watch 2

Episode 118: KDE Plasma 6 and the Future of AI Avatars Apr 7, 2024 36:49 KDE 6 • Bluesky bridged with the fediverse • AI-generated avatars

Episode 117: Read All About It Mar 6, 2024 26:00 Conor is famous • NixOS • Time and Date • i3 Woes

Episode 116: As Seen in Apt Feb 18, 2024 23:54 Ubuntu advertising • Floorp browser • Hyprland

Episode 115: This Episode Was (not) Generated By AI Jan 25, 2024 47:26 Watt-Wise Game Jam • AI anti-vitriol • Interrogating Jake

Episode 114: Ubuntu Summit 2023 Dec 27, 2023 46:34 Recorded at Ubuntu Summit • Interesting talks • Conference experience • Traffic lights and spiky sandals

Episode 113: Something, Something Linux Nov 19, 2023 28:17 Stereotypes • OneArmy

Episode 112: Four Cs Thick Oct 21, 2023 34:30 Altogether now • Conor's new console • Librem 5 • Phones and OSs

Episode 111: Newsworthy Habits Sep 23, 2023 36:02 Keeping up with the News • New client, new languages

Episode 110: Shane's Planes Sep 7, 2023 33:41 Half again • Planespotting update • Learning Go • Changing careers

Episode 109: Trying Your Hat at Fedora Aug 23, 2023 14:05 Asahi Fedora • Thunderbird makeover • Linux overtakes macOS

Episode 108: Hare under the Willow Aug 9, 2023 23:56 Amolith's Willow project • Hare programming language

Episode 107: ARMed with Debian Jul 26, 2023 54:48 Debian on a MacBook • Consuming Culture • Eavesdropping on Planes • Colour ereader

Episode 106: The Narwhal Bacons at Midnight Jul 12, 2023 36:13 Reddit's gone mad • What now then?

Episode 105: And Now for Something Completely Different Jun 28, 2023 1:08:36 Just the two of us • Board games • Video games • Electronics • Podcasts • Books • Gardening • Coffee • Even sports

Episode 104: Desktop Lap Dance Jun 12, 2023 36:40 Minus Amolith • The usefulness of desktops • Conor tries Nobara

Episode 103: Fun Quail May 24, 2023 52:03 Interview with Ciarán • Funkwhale and Open Podcast API

Episode 102: Interview with Chris from the Gio Project May 16, 2023 38:54 Minus Conor • We talk more about Gio, this time with one of the maintainers

Episode 101: Gio Dudes Apr 25, 2023 32:05 Chats and AI • Gio • Kombucha

Episode 100: A Hundred Shenanigans Apr 12, 2023 34:28 One Hundred! • Reminiscing • Feedback

Episode 99: Off the Rails Mar 29, 2023 39:59 Sports News • We command you • Masto-nag-bot • In Space • Towards the big 100

Episode 98: Interview with Gabe Kangas, Creator of Owncast Mar 14, 2023 43:38 Owncast is a free and open source live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software.

Episode 97: Lotsa FOSS Mar 6, 2023 39:42 Cool projects we came across (and a bit of Linux news)

Episode 96: An Outsider's Perspective Feb 14, 2023 31:34 The lads chat with Mike's wife about Linux

Episode 95: The Future is... Bright? Jan 30, 2023 41:57 The Future of Gadgets with Linux

Season 7 - Episode 19: A Look Back at 2022 Jan 5, 2023 52:12 GrapheneOS • Doom Emacs • Tailscale • Steam Deck • Asahi Linux • Mastodon

Season 7 - Episode 18: Live from Ubuntu Summit Dec 6, 2022 52:43 Out in Prague • Minus Conor Plus Gary • Content Creation on Linux • Publishing • Editing • Recording • Equipment • Research

Season 7 - Episode 17: Matrix or Musk Nov 29, 2022 43:58 Messaging • Musk • Mastodon

Season 7 - Episode 16: Achtung! Nov 5, 2022 53:17 The attention economy

Season 7 - Episode 15: Rocking Like a Pro Oct 9, 2022 52:34 Ubuntu Summit • Pinebook Pro • Terminals • Headscale • Arch dropped Python 2

Season 7 - Episode 14: Actually Comical Sep 25, 2022 44:35 Actual open sourced • Figma bought • Reading comics • Reading feeds • Firefox add-ons • A browser from scratch

Season 7 - Episode 13: At One with Your Element Sep 5, 2022 40:25 Minus Amolith • Self-host all the things? • Element One • Of keyboards and mice • Crystal and Garuda

Season 7 - Episode 12: Reversed in the Nix of Time Aug 17, 2022 35:16 GitLab to delete dormant repos then does a 180° • Gitea working on federation support • NixOS has a GUI installer

Season 7 - Episode 11: Bitwigs on the Green Jul 14, 2022 56:00 Thundering Matrix • Bitwig Studio • Godot • Vivaldi's email • Astrofox • Discord

Season 7 - Episode 10: You Wouldn't Download a Radio Jun 27, 2022 1:14:38 Interview with Bill, the ham radio guy

Season 7 - Episode 9: Less Gapps than a Tesla May 26, 2022 28:16 Shane's back • Battery drain • e-ink laptop