Linux After Dark

Sysadmin Chris, cloud consultant Gary, and developer/admin Dalton join Joe to talk about their recen

Episodes

Total: 90

Is Linux hard to use? It turns out the answer is both “yes, absolutely” and “not a

Dalton asks us when consumer computers peaked which stirs up a debate about various generations of X

We are joined by Jorge Castro for an update on the world of what used to be called immutable Linux.

Ubuntu is nearly 20 years old so we wanted to see how the first versions compare with the upcoming L

We wonder what old concepts in the Linux and open source world are due for a comeback.    

Gary’s recent (mostly) good experience with an Arm Chromebook makes us wonder about the curren

Gary’s recent trip to FOSDEM made him wonder if the type of Linux user who goes to FOSS events

We come up with our FOSS extremes. The funniest, the coolest, the cleverest, the most useful, the du

How do we decide which devices and which software we trust?         Kolide Kolid

We look back at what we wanted to happen in the Linux and FOSS world in 2023, and talk about what we

The child’s toy that Chris hacked makes us remember the various other proprietary hardware and

When the Raspberry Pi 5 was announced, we all said that most people would probably be better off rep

Our memories of early positive experiences show us how communities have changed over the years, and

Half of us constantly change our hardware and software setups, and the other half like to keep thing

It’s the spinning rust challenge! We try installing and running our operating systems on mecha

The vast majority of desktop computer users in the world use a Windows-like interface, so why do all

Something has gone wrong with the timeline and all software is free and open source. What does that

What hardware we recommend for desktop Linux users in 2023. Is it really as simple as buying a 5 yea

Governments around the world are trying to undermine end-to-end encryption. Are they going to get aw

The bits of Linux and open source software that we regret putting off trying, and what made us wait.