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Jun 23, 2025 57 min

620: Brent Loves Building Things

from LINUX Unplugged Hosted by Jupiter Broadcasting

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620: Brent Loves Building Things

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 1:45 Housekeeping
  3. 4:27 Hot Stuff Hardware
  4. 20:42 Finding Common Ground
  5. 41:20 Boosts
  6. 51:16 Pick
  7. 54:56 Outro

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