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Linux Out Loud

Linux Out Loud 226 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

Linux Out Loud is a community-powered podcast covering Linux and open-source topics. It draws conversation topics from community spaces such as Discourse forums, Telegram groups, and Discord servers. The show also picks up topics from other TuxDigital Network podcasts to offer its own perspectives. It is produced by the TuxDigital Network.

Episodes

226: Tumbleweed, Tablet Trouble, and the Browser Grudge Match | Linux Out Loud 128
226: Tumbleweed, Tablet Trouble, and the Browser Grudge Match | Linux Out Loud 128 Aug 22, 2026 51:58 It’s back-to-school season on Linux Out Loud! Wendy gives Ultramarine Linux high marks after moving camp laptops over from Zorin and getting DaVinci Resolve working with Nvidia, while Nate explains his hybrid-atomic openSUSE Tumbleweed update workflow and continues his one-sided feud with Microsoft Edge. Bill returns from the Pacific Northwest, starts a new professional chapter, and explo
225: Netbook Resurrection, ESP32 Adventures, and AUR Nightmares | Linux Out Loud 127
225: Netbook Resurrection, ESP32 Adventures, and AUR Nightmares | Linux Out Loud 127 Jul 19, 2026 1:18:52 Welcome back to another episode of Linux Out Loud! In this episode, Wendy, Nate, Matt, and Bill dive into the wild world of Linux with tales of netbook resurrection, ESP32 adventures, and AUR nightmares. Nate brings his trusty netbook back from the dead, proving that even the most stubborn hardware can have a second life. Bill takes us on a journey into the ESP32 world, sharing his latest
224: Ryzen Upgrades, Omen Tweaks, and a TrueNAS Franken‑NAS | Linux Out Loud 126
224: Ryzen Upgrades, Omen Tweaks, and a TrueNAS Franken‑NAS | Linux Out Loud 126 Jun 6, 2026 54:57 Description: Nate hosts a hardware‑heavy patch day as Wendy upgrades her main workstation from a Ryzen 9 3900X to a 5950X, experiments with 3D‑printed retro ITX cases, and shares updates on her MOVA V50 robot vacuum and UniFi travel router. Matt tunes an HP Omen Transcend 14 with OmenCTL and gives an MSI Trident 3 a GPU transplant, while Nate resurrects a retired Dell R740 into a TrueNAS
223: Linux on the Road | Linux Out Loud 125
223: Linux on the Road | Linux Out Loud 125 May 16, 2026 1:02:21 Wendy is back from hauling robots to Texas and getting ready to drive another one to California, so the crew leans hard into life on the road with Linux. Bill talks about moving his systems over to Bazzite, tells the story of an overworked NVIDIA 1080 that literally ate into another GPU, and explains how HomeBridge 2.0 keeps his smart‑home world humming. Nate shares his first impressions
222: Coming Home to Self‑Hosted Fun | Linux Out Loud 124
222: Coming Home to Self‑Hosted Fun | Linux Out Loud 124 Apr 25, 2026 45:43 Matt is back in the driver’s seat, and it feels like coming home to a homelab with a few extra blinking lights. In this episode of Linux Out Loud, he, Wendy, and Nate catch up on VDO.Ninja recording experiments, robotics‑world travel plans, and why old Surface hardware is happier running openSUSE than “almost‑retired” Windows. Nate walks through upgrading Home Assistant from an overworked
221: Old Hardware, New Penguins: Installing Linux on All the Things | Linux Out Loud 123
221: Old Hardware, New Penguins: Installing Linux on All the Things | Linux Out Loud 123 Apr 11, 2026 56:34 In this spring‑cleaned episode of Linux Out Loud, Wendy, Bill, and Nate dust off their homelabs and see just how far Linux can push “retired” hardware. Bill talks about guiding a Linux‑first startup, Fyra Stack, as they build a colo and VPS business in downtown Chicago, wiring it all together with Proxmox, PostgreSQL, Snipe‑IT, and osTicket—plus a few cursed Zigbee light bulbs along the w
220: Data Has Weight, Laws Have Teeth, Linux Has Jokes | Linux Out Loud 122
220: Data Has Weight, Laws Have Teeth, Linux Has Jokes | Linux Out Loud 122 Mar 7, 2026 1:01:03 In this episode of Linux Out Loud, Wendy, Nate, and Bill start in the server room and end up staring down new “for the children” age‑verification laws aimed squarely at your operating system. They talk through wrangling tablets and printers with CUPS, why Framework laptops keep surviving industrial abuse, and how Deskflow brings Synergy/Barrier‑style magic to Wayland setups. From there, t
219: New World Unlocked: GOG Charts a Linux Frontier | Linux Out Loud 121
219: New World Unlocked: GOG Charts a Linux Frontier | Linux Out Loud 121 Feb 21, 2026 1:01:49 In this level of Linux Out Loud, Nate takes player‑one controls with Wendy and Matt as co‑op buddies for a run‑and‑gun through data disasters, platform drama, and hopeful Linux gaming news. Matt kicks things off with a catastrophic cold‑storage failure that turns into a hard‑earned reminder about backups and the limits of data‑recovery tools on both Windows and Linux. Wendy then opens a s
218: Home Lab Spawn Point and High‑Ping Gaming | Linux Out Loud 120
218: Home Lab Spawn Point and High‑Ping Gaming | Linux Out Loud 120 Feb 7, 2026 56:12 In this episode of Linux Out Loud, Matt takes squad leader role while Wendy and Nate rejoin the party for a high‑FPS catch‑up on life, Linux, and loud gaming sessions. They swap updates on Wendy’s robotics teams heading deeper into competition season, Nate’s battle with basement water and building a proper home lab spawn point, and Matt’s quest to keep a local‑only media server running on
217: Cloud RTX on Tux | Linux Out Loud 119
217: Cloud RTX on Tux | Linux Out Loud 119 Jan 10, 2026 47:29 Cloud RTX on Tux | Linux Out Loud 119 digs into NVIDIA’s new native GeForce NOW client for Linux and Fire TV, and what cloud gaming means for folks with aging GPUs, handhelds, and serious subscription fatigue. ​ Bill and Wendy also chat staycation gaming, NAS and home-lab cleanup, Ubiquiti and travel routers, the DaVinci Speed Editor, and the tragic tale of tea spilled directly onto a Ste
216: Legacy Lights & Password Nights | Linux Out Loud 118
216: Legacy Lights & Password Nights | Linux Out Loud 118 Dec 20, 2025 54:31 In this cozy holiday episode of Linux Out Loud, Wendy, Nate, and Bill juggle Christmas chaos, retro joy, and serious tech lessons. Nate shares the excitement of finally getting his Commodore 64 Ultimate under the tree and rebuilding vintage Christmas trains, while Bill tells a powerful story about stepping into a network left behind after a colleague’s passing—and why planning password an
215: Wifi Wars & Festive Firmware | Linux Out Loud 117
215: Wifi Wars & Festive Firmware | Linux Out Loud 117 Nov 22, 2025 1:15:14 Join Wendy and Nate as they battle robot headaches, wrangle 3D printers, and bring tech holiday spirit to life! From migraine workarounds and sodium science, through epic 3D printing adventures (featuring OctoEverywhere!), to home automation, Docker disasters, and retro gaming resurrection, this episode is packed with open-source laughs and memorable tangents. Whether you love building ro

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