Drew DeVore

33: Hiatus

April 9th, 2020  |  1 min 11 secs

Choose Linux enters indefinite hiatus.

32: Windows as a Linux User + Sway Window Manager

April 2nd, 2020  |  29 mins 38 secs

a cloud guru, discovery, foss, i3, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux academy, podcast, regolith, sway, tiling, wayland, window manager, windows 10

Ell tells us about her first ever experience with Windows 10 and how it compares with Linux. Plus Drew has been using a Wayland-based i3-like tiling window manager called Sway.

31: Solus + Visual Studio Code

March 19th, 2020  |  29 mins 53 secs

a cloud guru, budgie, discovery, distrohoppers, flatpak, gnome, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux academy, mate, microsoft, plasma, podcast, snap, solus, text editor, visual studio code, vs code

We try out Solus and are all impressed by this independent distro. Then Ell and Drew sing the praises of Visual Studio Code - a text editor that's packed full of features.

30: Project Catch Up

March 5th, 2020  |  29 mins 1 sec

a cloud guru, android, arch, boxes, discovery, endeavour os, endless os, foss, hardware hacking, html, hugo, i3, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux academy, markdown, newpipe, podcast, qubes os, regolith, the cloud, ubuntu, virt-manager, virtualization, website, wysiwyg, youtube

We revisit some of the projects we have covered in previous episodes to see what we've stuck with and what we haven't.

29: Linux Console + Boutique Distros

February 20th, 2020  |  30 mins 8 secs

a cloud guru, boutique distros, cannonical, discovery, distrohoppers, fedora, foss, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux academy, linux console, podcast, red hat, small, ubuntu

A confusing experience in Distrohoppers which raises deeper questions about the value and viability of smaller distros.

28: What We Love About Linux

February 6th, 2020  |  28 mins 26 secs

command line, discovery, diversity, flatpak, flexibiility, foss, hacker, installation, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, love, podcast, problem solving, rdp, satisfaction, snap, speed, standardization, terminal

Valentine's Day is nearly here so it's time to talk about why we love Linux and open source. Nothing is perfect though, so we also touch on a few areas that we feel could be improved.

27: GhostBSD + Freedom vs Pragmatism

January 23rd, 2020  |  28 mins 32 secs

bsd, copyleft, desktop, discovery, distrohoppers, foss, free software, freedom, ghostbsd, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, open source, permissive, podcast, pragmatism, proprietary

Distrohoppers serves up something very different in the form of desktop BSD, and we reveal how important freedom is to us all.

26: Explaining Linux and Open Source as Concepts

January 9th, 2020  |  29 mins 30 secs

community, conferences, discovery, explaining, foss, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, operating system, os, podcast, rhel, ubuntu

Trying to explain what Linux and open source are can be tricky. We discuss our various approaches, and how they differ depending on the experience of who we are explaining them to.

25: Tails + Virtualization

December 26th, 2019  |  29 mins 47 secs

boxes, discovery, distrohoppers, foss, gnome, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, kvm, libvert, linux, podcast, privacy, qemu, security, tails, virt-manager, virtualization, vm

Ultimate privacy in Distrohoppers, and the best ways to run other operating systems within your current Linux distro.

24: What We Wish We'd Known Earlier

December 12th, 2019  |  29 mins 26 secs

arch, command line, discovery, endeavouros, foss, gatekeeping, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, learning, lessons, linux, nextcloud, podcast, regex, regular expressions, samba, terminal

All three of us have different levels of experience with Linux but there are tons of things that we wish we'd learned earlier in our journey.

23: Void Linux + Contributing to Open Source

November 28th, 2019  |  26 mins 26 secs

advocacy, bug reports, code, contributing, design, discovery, distrohoppers, documentation, donations, foss, git, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, learning, linux, linux hardware, mentoring, open source, podcast, qa, testing, translation, void linux

A chance to learn some Linux fundamentals in Distrohoppers, and the numerous ways we can all contribute to Linux and open source.

22: Finding Your Community

November 14th, 2019  |  28 mins 20 secs

community, conference, discord, discovery, forum, foss, irc, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, lug, meetup, podcast

We talk about the best ways to get involved in open source communities, finding like-minded people, conference strategies, community hubs, and what happened to all the LUGs.

21: KaOS + How We Install Software

October 31st, 2019  |  29 mins 3 secs

appimage, aur, copr, discovery, flatpak, foss, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, kaos, kde, linux, podcast, ppa, snap, software, webapp

There are numerous ways to install software on a modern Linux system and we each have a different approach.

20: Single Board Computers

October 17th, 2019  |  26 mins 17 secs

banana pi, discovery, foss, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linux, orange pi, pine64, podcast, raspberry pi, raspbian, rock64, rockpro64, sbc, single board computers

We are joined by special guest Chz who is a long-time user of single board computers to talk about how we use boards like the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and ROCKPro64.

19: Android-x86 + First Steps into the Cloud

October 3rd, 2019  |  28 mins 13 secs

android, android-x86, aws, cloud, digitalocean, discovery, distrohoppers, foss, headless, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, linode, linux, mobile, plex, podcast, self-hosting, server, ssh, wordpress

We have three different approaches to using the cloud, so we discuss various ways to expand your Linux knowledge beyond the desktop.

18: Introducing New People to Linux

September 19th, 2019  |  31 mins 7 secs

choice, converting, discovery, fedora, foss, it's okay to be new, jupiter broadcasting, korora, laptop, linux, podcast, ram, success, switching, thinkpad, ubuntu, xubuntu

There's lots to consider when setting someone up with Linux for the first time. User needs and expectations, distro choice, hardware, and so much more.