Regarding running bash scripts and untrusted bash scripts, I always take a Btrfs snapshot before I update my system or install anything or run any untrusted scripts. Making that a strong habit has saved my butt on a number of occasions. Only takes about a minute to do a Btrfs rollback. I luv the Btrfs tools built into Tumbleweed and how using Btrfs snapshots gives me a lot of peace of mind when I mess around with my system. Thanks for the great info and I luv the timestamps you included.

What happened? It ended abruptly🤔 No power?😯

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Really disappointed how none of the panel actually took the time to read the user guide, since many items they talked about were clearly covered in the guide. This is a common problem with smart people, they assume they understand how something works without taking the effort to see if there is a BETTER way to do things. This is the point of the user guide. Same with available applications, both native and ported. Eg no video editor (they have Medo which does 4K videos, 3D animated text, all in 1.4Mb (mega, not giga), they have OpenShot), no Telegram, no Firefox, no editors, etc. It's honestly a poor panel where the guests didn't do their homework, and you can clearly see that they struggled to talk since they were indifferent and not informed. Maybe by the next Beta the panel will actually take the time to read the manual, and spend more than 5 minutes *playing* with the OS.

Now I'm down loading Storm OS. I hope I cab find a machine to install it on. I quite like my mint Laptop for now.

In Australia I am trying out a smart watch "Hard Hat". It seems to be working and seems OK. About $130 AU with the good wrist band so about $5 American.

hoe old is the linux saloon as a project?

Great episode. Thanks. I especially enjoyed the segment on CAD. Very informative. The timestamps are very helpful.

Man Ricki definitely needs a better microphone. He sounds far too nasal, like he's talking through a boosted 1980 telephone.

Buy a smart watch and spend hours to make it even work🤔 Nuts! They look ugly, to expensive, to big, useless. I feel naked without my trusted analog quartz watch, that just keeps on ticking with a new battery every 2 or even 3 years. Cost me 80 euro's and has never let me down. It's more than 10 years old, but like I said, it just keeps on ticking. I don't use Twitter. It's a cesspool.

Nate you mic volume was low compared to the others. Star Trek with Kirk and Spock we watched it with the family on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM on Dutch television. No ads on Dutch TV in that time.

Hi Eric, I have done the same thing. A couple of years ago, I helped Mum buy a new iPhone, I advised a 14 Plus. After her death, I needed a phone to use my now available Libre Sense 2 Glucose meters. Once in the iPhone ecosystem, I started to wonder about a watch. I also got my wife a Samsung watch for a present. So I bought a Hard Had watch for $120 AU (5 dollars American) and have been trying it out before I sell a kidney and liver. I need to measure the biometrics of the Hard Hat with actual medical equipment next time I am at my chronic disease appointment.

"we" recently moved offices. In the "stuff" I found PS2 video cameras. I didn't even know they existed. Funny story, one was still in its plastic sleeve, kept for my mini museuem.

In the 70s and 80s, the British BBC used to transmit programs to save on tape for BBC Micro computers. I used to use a VIC 20 and Commodore 64. I so wish I could have partaken in this.

I know it's late. linuc McLint face.

Again lots of stuttering and freezing picture, but at least the sound was good. Cosmic looks promising. Lets see how this develops in the next releases..

You're looking for a record player aka turntable. A good quality one won't hurt the record.

Very stuttering stream. Lots of freezing. Bad connection maybe on your part? My computer is always on. When I go away or when I go to bed I always use Suspend. I hit the any key and it awakes. Type in my password and I'm good to go. Smart watch I don't like nor see the need for it. Quartz Rolex look a like. Every 2 years and sometimes even more, new battery and it keeps on ticking.

I hopped from Firefox browser to Brave browser because Firefox stutters and freezes on Viaplay when I watch soccer and when it freezes it replays the same part when it froze. No such issues on Brave and Brave uses a lot less memory than Firefox because it pauses tabs when not used for a while. No extension needed because Brave has a setting for it in settings. I feel like a traitor though because I've a Firefox user since version 1.

Great episode, but you forgot to mention VisiCalc. 😅 Also luv the timestamps. 😊❤

Geos on Com 64 was very slow, but the WYSIWYG blew my mind, even on a 9-pin dot matrix printer.

I remember my father taking me to a Lotus release. I remember they had a front end to the spreadsheet to make a simple database?

When did you last eat? You need pi.

Hey! You brought back the chapters timestamps. Nice. Luv it. Great show. Thanks. 😊❤

Not affected by Crowdstrike because I use Linux and I don't work anymore. Green is ugly, blue is beautiful😎

How about the Alpha version of Pop Os which is released on August the 8th.

I wish distrobox supported flatpaks and snaps and we could kinda use them exactly like whole distros , the problem is (might be a skill issue) but i cannot make all programs run on it, if i could it would be sooo cool , would save me the trouble of having to create a virtual machine everytime i wanted to try out something new

Lots of background noise when you were talking Nate.

Have to say I'm sick and tired if Phone Apps and Mobile sites dumbing down the interface. I shouldn't have to use a browser in Desktop mode to use the full functionality of a system.

Linux needs more helper scripts for novices. Just a few prompts with suggestions to get the network up. So much in Linux has transitioned to auto-generation and all the config files are essentially hidden or have strong wording against manual changes. The other problem is that some distros don't even ship with network tools installed by default. Hard to install if your network is down.

Your news reel is a little dated. The vending machine was a while ago. They were trying to gather demographics to better stock the machines, but seems silly given the college environment they were put into. As I understood the Ars article, Google had already made changes to their ad business and the government was just after damages. Makes sense to avoid a lengthy damages trial by paying the estimated damages ahead of time.

Proton work with the proton packages.

You can also run Steam and most Linux compatible games.

I update when the MX updater is green. No skipping because I use Premium with uBlock off. Telemetry on Firefox is easy to disable in settings under Privacy & Security. No extension needed. I use Fx with as least extensions possible. Refurbished Dell optiplex mini's for me. Now also available with NVME SSD's.

Even if you have all your passwords in your head, you're not safe. You can be tortured to give up your passwords. Or your family.

Skip to 10:00 to skip audio issues

I have had videos jump to the end. I pay for the premium, and it happened to me on the Roku YT app. If they are doing this because of an ad blocker when I am paying for the premium this is horrendous. Is there any line these mega corps wont cross to shove ads down our throats? We can't even pay to be left alone anymore...

Totally enjoyed the conversation. Thanks guys!

DJ Ware did an EXTREMELY detailed comparison of the popular file systems, including BTRFS. This included many different types of disk reading scenarios. Speed wise, BTRFS is slow- often half the speed of the others. And it can still have bizarre errors if not set up properly. Snapshots are cool, but I'd much rather use good 'ol ext4 and make frequent backups of irreplaceable files and just clone the system to an extra disk or at least make regular compressed full images. BTRFS was designed for enterprise systems and is overly complex and slow for personal computers. But, very recently BTRFS got a round of performance related tweaks, so I'm actually going to give it a try just to see. I think it would be best to try it on a distro where it is the default- Fedora is supposed to have the vest implementation of it.

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7 screens, 10 screens, me just one. A 27inch 1920x1080 Samsung monitor. Rooibos tea original helps against cramps. It helped me because since I began drinking it daily (1 cup a day), no more cramps. Refurbished Dell optiplex mini's. Lots of ports and works great with Linux. Available with NVME SSD's now too.

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distrobox images and volumes are stored in your home folder under .local / share / containers

1080p 27 inch monitor. Good enough for me.

Nate your mic was to low compared to the others. I could hardly hear you. I sold my car because I stopped working in February. I don't need it anymore.

sysguides got good guides on how to install-a-windows-11-virtual-machine-on-kvm and share-files-between-the-kvm-host-and-windows-guest-using-virtiofs

I use Linux because I don't like Windows anymore after it borked my HP Sleekbook in 2017 and I always wanted to try it. Liked it and kept using it till this day. No more Windows.

I was late. But the reason I would vote Mint is because it is my belief the new user should never have to see the command line. I installed Ubuntu Noble in a VM, and the first thing I did was try to update through the software center and got an error. I have had that updater crash on me and break too many times. Never had that happen in Mint. Its GUI just works. I agree, the snap vs flatpak war is stupid. But I prefer flatpak for desktop. Maybe snaps are great on server side, but I get mixed results on desktop. Ubuntu is great. They build a great foundation. Their repos are huge. Its compatibility is second to none. Ubuntu has to focus on the corporate side of things to make money to build the great foundation. I say Ubuntu takes it to corporate. But Mint brings it home. The Mint community is always willing to help the new user. I wish the 2 distros would get a long better. They both bring something to the table the other does not. Just let Ubuntu handle corporate side. And let Mint handle the desktop side. They bring it home in a way Ubuntu cannot. Bringing the best parts of Ubuntu refined to perfection in the cleanest presentation I have ever seen. Long story short, I love what Ubuntu does. I want them to continue to succeed. But there is only one distro I would give my grandma. And thats Mint.

MX is the King of all Linux distros. Reminds me of Mac OS cousin, it just flawlessly works, allays, all the time but a certain level of knowledge is necessary and after 30+ years with *nix systems I'm still learning...

Green? No thnaks. Blue for me.