From Synology NAS upgrades and “you can never have too much storage” energy, to Fedora gaming projects, Bazite and Nobara, and the realities of traveling as a digital nomad, the crew covers a lot of nerd ground. They also dig into Home Assistant dashboards, smart bulbs and Christmas displays, securing IoT networks, and why Linux printing is still a little spicy even as it improves. Whether you’re here for legacy planning, blinking LEDs, or just some winter-flavored banter, this episode wraps it all up with community love and future-topic teases.

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Welcome to episode 55 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:57 Nothing
00:02:38 Geek Crafting
00:06:59 Unresponsive Touchscreen
00:12:48 Kernel Cruft
00:29:11 Game of the Week
00:32:27 Pybrics Gyro Control
00:44:46 Adding New to Old
00:48:09 Close

Find the rest of the show notes at https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-55/

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• Linode
• http://linode.com/tux
• Bitwarden
  • http://bitwarden.com/tux

Contact info
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Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 31 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:10 Major Appliance Problems
00:06:50 Silent Hill
00:11:15 USB controller for TheC64
00:18:56 The Gaming Distro
00:42:53 Game of the Week
00:47:00 Spike Update
00:56:36 Fence Building
01:00:08 Close

Join in the chat on the Discourse forum here: https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/the-gaming-distro-linux-out-loud-31/5479

Main Topic

• Ubuntu Budgie
  • https://ubuntubudgie.org/
• Chimera OS
  • https://chimeraos.org/
• Regata
  • https://www.regataos.com/
• Nobara Project
  • https://nobaraproject.org/

Wendy

• Sctach Code for Gyro Straight
  • https://youtu.be/OOyjfuYgLqc

Nate

• PETSCII Robots Game using SNES-like USB controller for TheC64
  • http://retrogames.biz/
  • https://cubiclenate.com/2022/09/13/petscii-robots-on-thec64-maxi-or-mini-with-a-snes-controller/

Matt

• Game of the Week
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/954740/Terminator_Resistance/

Our sponsors:

• Digital Ocean
  • http://do.co/tux2022
• Bitwarden
  • http://bitwarden.com/tux

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 09 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00 Introduction
01:45 Spike Update
09:47 Imposter Update
15:39 Matt's Tech Declutter
22:19 Developers and Distros Change
35:03 Wendy's Fedora Update
41:44 Cubical Labs Upgrade
45:24 Game of the Week
50:18 Close

Join in the chat on the Discourse forum here: https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/open-source-crazy-sauce-linux-out-loud-09/5047

Matt

• Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
  • https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 08 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00 Introduction
02:42 Linux Saloon Early Edition
06:06 Fedora in a Surface Pro 6
17:53 Spring Time Betas
32:51 Imposter Update
38:38 Spike on VS Code
45:35 Close

Main Topic

• OpenSUSE
  • https://news.opensuse.org/2022/03/02/leap-reaches-beta-build-phase/
• Linux Mint
  • https://linuxmint.com/rel_elsie.php
• Armbian 22.02
  • https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-22-02-pig-release-announcement/
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-22.04-NV-Wayland

Join in the chat on the Discourse forum here: https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/spring-time-betas-linux-out-loud-08/5033

Nate

• Linux Saloon Early Edition
  • https://youtu.be/9rw-Mf06Ois

Wendy

• Fedora 35
• https://getfedora.org/
• Coding the Robot
  • Visual Studio Code
    • https://code.visualstudio.com/
  • Extention
    • https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PeterStaev.lego-spikeprime-mindstorms-vscode

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 07 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00 Introduction
01:21 Spike is Ordered
06:11 Linux Saloon Update
13:21 Marketing Linux
40:28 Listener Feedback
46:46 Commodore 1541 Impostor
50:28 Close

Main Topic

• https://www.techrepublic.com/article/5-things-linux-needs-to-seriously-compete-in-the-desktop-market-that-you-probably-never-thought-of/
  • As seen on https://youtu.be/JbEb6Dcq2_8

Show Discourse Thread

• https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/big-box-linux-linux-out-loud-07/5001

Wendy

• Robot Ordered
  • https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678#spike%E2%84%A2-prime
• Listener Feedback
  • https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/educated-linux-linux-out-loud-05/4944

Nate

• Slackware Experience for Linux Saloon
  • https://youtu.be/iHCFSUycTUE

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 04 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00 Introduction
02:47 Trolling Matt
05:42 Linux Saloon Update
09:21 Grumpy Bear
10:53 Xbox Series X Upgrade
19:44 Hardware Aging
40:57 Robot News
48:33 Reviving a Laptop
52:12 Game of the Week
58:07 Close

Shows Referenced

• https://youtu.be/AjvmszrJvww
• https://youtu.be/vOhIBicfPkI

Wendy

• Ordering a LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set
• https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/4
• https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-expansion-set/45681
• Pybricks
• https://pybricks.com/

Nate

• Dell Latitude D630 System Check and Tumbleweed Update
• https://cubiclenate.com/2022/03/02/dell-latitude-d630-system-check-and-tumbleweed-update/

Matt

• Game of the Week
• https://store.steampowered.com/app/474960/Quantum_Break/
• Among Us Poll
  • https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/matts-among-us-poll-game-shpere-live/4893

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 03 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.

00:00 Introduction
01:33 C64 Imposter
06:00 Game Sphere Live Streams
12:17 Listener Feedback
17:29 LOL Dreams
26:51 Get 3D Printing
31:02 Game of the Week
39:10 VR on Linux
50:43 Close

Nate

• C64 Imposter Video
  • https://youtu.be/bQDu_7aDN9M
• SNES 6x Cartridge Holder
• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4603455

Matt

• Vote on the games streamed from Game Sphere
  • https://www.youtube.com/c/DestinationLinuxNetwork/community
• Among Us Poll
  • https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/matts-among-us-poll-game-shpere-live/4893
• Game of the Week'
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/378610/Valley/

Wendy

• Listerner Feedback
  • https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/my-complaints-and-issues-with-the-new-linux-out-loud-logo/4852/6
  • https://mastodon.online/web/@WendyDLN/107825944569961874
• Hardware Addicts 55
  • https://youtu.be/cC5hpcD6lCo
• Steam VR Note
  • When I was talking about the versions and betas, it is related to the Steam VR-specific application inside Steam.
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/250820/SteamVR/

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 93 of DLN Xtend. DLN Xtend is a community powered podcast. We take conversations from the DLN Community from places like the DLN Discourse Forums, Telegram group, Discord server and more. We also take topics from other shows around the network to give our takes.

00:00 Introduction
03:07 Linux Saloon
05:07 FLL
09:21 Broken Promises
13:42 Side Note
17:53 Name Change
20:14 Linux Presumptions
38:18 Racing Destruction Set
41:52 Mailfence + Thunderbird
46:28 Game of the Week
49:47 Close

Nate

• Linux Saloon
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4me5Pb9AhdZeJXEdlBM6w
• Racing Destruction Set Commodore 64 Game Review
  • https://cubiclenate.com/2022/01/14/racing-destruction-set-electronic-arts-commodore-64-game-review/

Wendy

• Mailfence News
  • https://blog.mailfence.com/thunderbird-partnership/

Matt

• Syberia 3
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/464340/Syberia_3/

Community Powered Logo Contest

• https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/linux-out-loud-logo-contest-100-prize/4691
• Submit entries to comments@destinationlinux.org
• Must be an SVG or PSD file
• The community choice winner will become the logo/show artwork and receive a $100.00 gift card.
• Have entries submitted by January 31st, 2022

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattDLN)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 90 of DLN Xtend. DLN Xtend is a community powered podcast. We take conversations from the DLN Community from places like the DLN Discourse Forums, Telegram group, Discord server and more. We also take topics from other shows around the network to give our takes.

00:00 Introduction
01:30 CubicalNate's Tutorials
04:31 Behind the Scenes
06:58 Matt's Mac Challange
13:11 Revisiting 2021 Predictions
23:37 Off Topic Nvidia Rant
26:16 Back to Predictions
37:25 Wendy's Pi-Hole Install
48:33 Sonic on the Commodore 64
51:38 Game of the Week
54:50 New Name Update
56:50 Community Powered Logo Contest
58:06 Close

Main Topic

• https://youtu.be/BhSpdOGeabo
• https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/12/21/gimp-2-10-30-released/
• https://www.photopea.com/
• https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/gaming-laptops

Nate

• https://cubiclenate.com/
• Sonic on the Commodore 64
  • https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78945

Wendy

• Hardware Addicts 51
  • https://youtu.be/1ulidxPDUJk
• Pi-Hole
  • https://pi-hole.net/
• Raspberry Pi Imager Hidden Menu
  • CTL + Shift + X
• Unbound DNS on Raspberry Pi
  • https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/

Matt

• https://store.steampowered.com/app/317100/Republique/

Community Powered Logo Contest

• Submit entries to comments@destinationlinux.org
• Must be an SVG or PSD file
• The community choice winner will become the logo/show artwork and receive a $100.00 gift card.
• Have entries submitted by January 31st, 2022

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattDLN)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 87 of DLN Xtend. DLN Xtend is a community powered podcast. We take conversations from the DLN Community from places like the DLN Discourse Forums, Telegram group, Discord server and more. We also take topics from other shows around the network to give our takes.

00:00 Introduction
10:18 Topic - Cloud Services and Vintage Gaming
25:37 Host Related Interest
40:24 Wrap Up

Main Topic-

• https://www.polygon.com/2014/6/20/5775924/how-to-get-ds-wii-online
• http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/#download
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qeQa0exe0

Nate-

• https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/screenly-digital-sign-solution-for-raspberry-pi-tutorial/

Wendy-

• https://manjaro.org/

Contact info
Matt (Twitter @MattDLN)
Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN)
Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

Welcome to episode 76 of DLN Xtend. DLN Xtend is a community powered podcast. We take conversations from the DLN Community from places like the DLN Discourse Forums, Telegram group, Discord server and more. We also take topics from other shows around the network to give our takes.

00:00 Introductions
14:16 Topic- Journey into Tech
33:40 Host Related Interest
43:03 Wrap Up

Host Related Interests

Matt
-Zenith
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/438420/Zenith/

Wendy

• PinePhone challenge update
  • https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/pining-about-pine64-dln-xtend-70/4088/2?u=thewendypower

Nate

• Fixed my Commodore 64

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Welcome to episode 69 of DLN Xtend. DLN Xtend is a community powered podcast. We take conversations from the DLN Community from places like the DLN Discourse Forums, Telegram group, Discord server and more. We also take topics from other shows around the network to give our takes.

00:00 Introductions
11:05 Topic- To Roll or not to Roll
26:31 Host Related Interest
36:55 Wrap Up
38:13 Extras

Main Topic Link
https://twitter.com/jeremy_soller/status/1417464682164547586

Wendy

• PineTime https://pine64.com/product/pinetime-smartwatch-sealed/
• Another Tenacity Update -OG Topic https://github.com/tenacityteam/tenacity/discussions/388 -Commits https://github.com/tenacityteam/tenacity/pull/404

Nate

• Looking at audio hardware for my new studio.

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