Linux Lads
A chat about Linux and related stuff. Not (always) safe for work.
Episodes
Episode 168: Interview with Robin and Paul from the Ardour Project
Ardour as a project • Development • AI • Making music • The future
Episode 167: Year of the Linux Desktop
Future of Linux and computers in general
Episode 166: It Got a Bit Tangled
Tangled.org • LLMs
Episode 165: Make Your Own Kind of Music
LiveView • Uploading to YouTube • Zynthian
Episode 164: The Zen of ISO
Zen browser • Oxygen and Air themes • Pebble Time 2 • Desert island ISOs
Episode 163: Interview with Ana and Bonnie from the FSFE
Chat about Free Software Foundation Europe
Episode 162: Be the FOSS You Want to See
What we'd like to change in FOSS • Gaussian Splats
Episode 161: Guilty Pleasures
Proprietary software we know and (sometimes) love
OggCamp Special
What they like about OggCamp • Future of the conference • What they'll take away • Their expectations
Episode 160: Back It Up
Backups • Game dev
Episode 159: Falling Back
What if the industry goes to hell?
Episode 158: Learning about Learning
How to make learn new things
Episode 157: Mikeless Misadventures
OggCamp • Game development • Interesting videos • Learning Rust • Making a browser extension
Episode 156: Jelly AI
Jellyfin • The Future of LLMs
Episode 155: Pour Féliciter 2026
Projects for days off
Episode 154: The Steam Room
New Steam hardware • YunoHost • Conor's new router • Games Co-Op • Living abroad
Episode 153: Crushing Ubuntu Summit
Ubuntu Summit • Agentic tooling • Simple authentication • Shane's project
Episode 152: Speaking AI-rish with Máirín Duffy of Red Hat
Linux UX • Irish Language • Hardware setup • LLMs • Progress and society
Episode 151: About Game Dev With Pierre
An interview with a game dev • Games • Graphics • Music • And more
Episode 150: AMA Special
The origins • Blender video editing • Self-hosting • No screens • Cooking • Windows software • OTA broadcast • End of Windows
Episode 149: Routing for Routers
Shane's fibre • Coolify • OpenWrt One • Meshtastic
Episode 148: The End of 10 Is Nigh
Chat with Carolina and Joseph from the End of 10 campaign.
Episode 147: Whitely Nightly
Chat with Félim • Fairubds XL • Fiber internet • Shane's game • Bluefin • ThinkPad • CachyOS • LLMs • Kids and tech
Episode 146: Just the Two of Us
Shane's streaming • Offline chatting • Steam machine
Episode 145: Depends on How You Frame It
E Ink phones • Framework 13
Episode 144: Out of Pocket
Pocket • Linux Format • Asset Forge • Mudita Kompakt
Episode 143: Fairly De-Googled
Fairphone 5 • Fairbuds XL
Episode 142: Bro!
Broligarchs • Organize • AI in open source • Readeck • Shane's game
Episode 141: Thunder, Thunder, Thundermail!
Framework Laptop 12 Price • Thundermail • Zorin switches to Brave
Episode 140: Hardware Humbugs
Pixelfed vulnerability • Our hardware setup
Episode 139: Questionable Choices
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
Fonts • New Framework Gadgets • Old Games • Mozilla
Episode 137: Resistance Is Federated
Federated communities • Improving ActivityPub • Network effect woes • RSS goodness
Episode 136: Let Them Run Boxes
Experiences with and Opinions on Self Hosting
Episode 135: A New Hope
What do we look forward to in 2025
Episode 134: Shut Up and Take My Money!
What would we spend 2K on?
Episode 133: App-y Old Year
Our favourite projects of the year.
Episode 132: Ogg Glamping
epub2tts • Server distros • OggCamp
Episode 131: Small Size, Big Game
New Dublin Linux Meetup • Bot making • Password managers • Murena • Fantasy consoles
Episode 130: With a Little Help from My Home
Home Assistant • Asahi Linux • EpubPress • eow
Episode 129: Summarising the Open Source Summit
Interview with Karla Nieminen about Open Source Summit Europe 2024
Episode 128: Arbitrary Concept of Sexiness
Gary talks about OggCamp • Programming languages • Adresilo • Game dev • Chat platforms
Episode 127: From A to Zed
Zed editor • Mini PC • CachyOS
Episode 126: Tangential Perfection
Chat with Liam Proven from The Register
Episode 125: Zorin It to Win It
Interview with Artyom Zorin, co-creator of Zorin OS
Episode 124: Politics After Eight
Linux-first ARM laptops • Tiling in Cinnamon • Politics in open source
Episode 123: Cloudy with a Chance of Games
A new(ish) IDE from Eclipse • FOSS IPTV app from Linux Mint • Open source video games
Episode 122: A Look Inside Our Drawers
Tech Hoarding
Episode 121: Note to Self
LogSeq • Beeper and Standard Notes bought • Social networks
Episode 120: VideoLads
Backdoor in xz • Chat with Vibhoothi from VideoLAN
Episode 119: Boxing up a Distro
Fighting with Windows • Project Bluefin • Rocketbook • OnePlus Watch 2
Episode 118: KDE Plasma 6 and the Future of AI Avatars
KDE 6 • Bluesky bridged with the fediverse • AI-generated avatars
Episode 117: Read All About It
Conor is famous • NixOS • Time and Date • i3 Woes
Episode 116: As Seen in Apt
Ubuntu advertising • Floorp browser • Hyprland
Episode 115: This Episode Was (not) Generated By AI
Watt-Wise Game Jam • AI anti-vitriol • Interrogating Jake
Episode 114: Ubuntu Summit 2023
Recorded at Ubuntu Summit • Interesting talks • Conference experience • Traffic lights and spiky sandals
Episode 113: Something, Something Linux
Stereotypes • OneArmy
Episode 112: Four Cs Thick
Altogether now • Conor's new console • Librem 5 • Phones and OSs
Episode 111: Newsworthy Habits
Keeping up with the News • New client, new languages
Episode 110: Shane's Planes
Half again • Planespotting update • Learning Go • Changing careers
Episode 109: Trying Your Hat at Fedora
Asahi Fedora • Thunderbird makeover • Linux overtakes macOS
Episode 108: Hare under the Willow
Amolith's Willow project • Hare programming language
Episode 107: ARMed with Debian
Debian on a MacBook • Consuming Culture • Eavesdropping on Planes • Colour ereader
Episode 106: The Narwhal Bacons at Midnight
Reddit's gone mad • What now then?
Episode 105: And Now for Something Completely Different
Just the two of us • Board games • Video games • Electronics • Podcasts • Books • Gardening • Coffee • Even sports
Episode 104: Desktop Lap Dance
Minus Amolith • The usefulness of desktops • Conor tries Nobara
Episode 103: Fun Quail
Interview with Ciarán • Funkwhale and Open Podcast API
Episode 102: Interview with Chris from the Gio Project
Minus Conor • We talk more about Gio, this time with one of the maintainers
Episode 101: Gio Dudes
Chats and AI • Gio • Kombucha
Episode 100: A Hundred Shenanigans
One Hundred! • Reminiscing • Feedback
Episode 99: Off the Rails
Sports News • We command you • Masto-nag-bot • In Space • Towards the big 100
Episode 98: Interview with Gabe Kangas, Creator of Owncast
Owncast is a free and open source live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software.
Episode 97: Lotsa FOSS
Cool projects we came across (and a bit of Linux news)
Episode 96: An Outsider's Perspective
The lads chat with Mike's wife about Linux
Episode 95: The Future is... Bright?
The Future of Gadgets with Linux
Season 7 - Episode 19: A Look Back at 2022
GrapheneOS • Doom Emacs • Tailscale • Steam Deck • Asahi Linux • Mastodon
Season 7 - Episode 18: Live from Ubuntu Summit
Out in Prague • Minus Conor Plus Gary • Content Creation on Linux • Publishing • Editing • Recording • Equipment • Research
Season 7 - Episode 17: Matrix or Musk
Messaging • Musk • Mastodon
Season 7 - Episode 16: Achtung!
The attention economy
Season 7 - Episode 15: Rocking Like a Pro
Ubuntu Summit • Pinebook Pro • Terminals • Headscale • Arch dropped Python 2
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