PODCAST · technology
Linux OTC
by Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric, and Charlie
Linux “Off The Cuff”
Episodes
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81 – It’s A “Racket” Man!
Boy oh boy this week is as contentious as it gets. Though we endeavor to avoid the topic of AI (not really) the subject is proving to be more and more unavoidable as time goes on. This week we really unload on each other about all of the things we love about AI, as well as those things we are not...
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80 – Man on a (Failed) Mission
Linux OTC is an unscripted, community-focused podcast dedicated to the world of open-source computing. In this milestone 80th episode, hosts Bill, Charlie, and Majid dive into a lively discussion that balances personal anecdotes with deep technical insights. From the practical challenges of…
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79 – In The Bath With Claude
This episode of the *Linux OTC* podcast features hosts *Bill*, *Charlie*, and *Eric* engaging in a lively and unscripted discussion about several contemporary technology topics, with a heavy focus on the implications of **Artificial Intelligence**. **Key Discussion Highlights:** * **AI and…
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78 – What is a Criminal?
Join hosts Bill, Charlie, Eric, and Majid in episode 78 of Linux OTC to dig into phone security, payment scams, and the state of KDE Plasma distros. Charlie opens with a story about a China-specific phone where Google pulled Google Pay functionality overnight, sparking a wider talk about…
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77 – Benevolent Dictators for Life?
Join hosts Bill, Charlie, Eric, and Majid in episode 77 of Linux OTC to unpack a heated Linux Mint vs GNOME Calendar dispute and what it means for how distros handle outdated packages. The hosts open with a personal detour into culture and identity before diving into the core issue: users on…
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76 – Take A Picture, I Won’t Remember
We start this episode with some feedback from back in May. This gets us into a conversation about photo management. We get into music a bit, we lament about the state of the music industry. We talk a little about the evolution of the methods we consume the content, and how we used to archive the...
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75 – We are all Marjorie
Join hosts Majid, Charlie, and Eric in episode 75 of Linux OTC to explore the surprisingly rich connections between language, technology, AI, and digital privacy. The episode opens with a lively discussion about the quirks of English as a global language, code-switching, and regional dialects —...
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74 – Is the AUR Only For Muppets?
In this episode we deep dive, rather pretentiously into the world of the AUR, and get into the recent bulk discovery of malware in said repository. Some question whether the AUR should exist at all, others believe the AUR is and should be a “wild west” of opportunity, good and bad. The debate…
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73 – Nerds²
Join hosts Bill, Charlie, Jim, and Majid in episode 73 of Linux OTC to explore open-source operating systems. The chat kicks off by comparing Debian’s origins with early Ubuntu. Jim shares his deep dive into the BSD ecosystem, detailing his switch to using GhostBSD. He highlights hardware...
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72 – We Finally Got It Right!
Welcome to Episode 72 of the Linux OTC podcast, where hosts Bill, Charlie, Eric, and Majid dive straight into the technical hurdles of content creation, specifically critiquing Discord’s feature creep and reliability issues. The conversation quickly expands into a broader philosophical discussion...
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71 – Compound Stupidity
We start off talking about the non standard experience you get from one Linux distro to another. Majid talks about his experience transferring files. Some Distros are a little closer to the upstream than others. This gets us into a discussion about Fedora, RHEL, and the like. All of this and way...
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70 – Make Linux Great Again
After a poignant start, our new host Charlie joins us again for a conversation about all things spanning the range between celebrity, to classic pop culture, and on to to Debian and it's constituents. Intellectual fundamentalism rears it's head. Choice prevails! Oh and buckle up kids - we talk...
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69 – Welcome Back Charlie
This week we welcome a new voice to the fold. Charlie, AKA Immutable Charlie joins us to talk Linux
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68 – Streaming Drivers
We're all over the place on this episode. We start off with the abysmal state of media streaming. Majid and Eric get into a conversation about watches. We get into it about our experiences with Amazon as well as other online commerce offerings. Bill talks a bit about the sad state of affairs…
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67 – “Needs No Introduction”
Yes friends, that time is finally here; episode "67." Much of the conversation is about the relevance of older technology in a time when up-to-date RAM and other parts are expensive, and scarce. We get into a conversation about compiling software that is not available in your repos verses using a...
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66 – The Mountain Of Source
Server rebuilds, Memory shortages, Energy prices, Compiling software, and the AUR. all that and way more!
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65 – “Wine-ers Of The World Unite!”
Bill and Eric wax philosophical about technology and it's users. They get into Ad blocking, anti-virus, and the like. The nature of "free" software comes up. Gaming on Linux, Wine, virtualization, etc. They get into the concept of a software repository, and the associated package manager. The...
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64 – The Eric Strikes Back
Eric makes his triumphant return where we start off talking about some recent pc builds Bill had been working on during his time off. We get into some of the vagaries of hardware issues and what we've done in the past to deal with them. Majid talks about recent laptop purchases. Eric gets into…
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63 – Audio Antics and Arch Adventures: The 67 Chronicles
In this lively episode of Linux OTC, we kick off with some unexpected technical hiccups when Majid’s audio takes a turn for the bizarre, sparking a spirited debate about the causes. As we navigate through the audio chaos, the conversation shifts to the fascinating evolution of smartphones,...
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62 – What Could Go Wrong?
One hardware failure after another for these guys. Bill's video card woes, Majid's server issues. We even had a complete SATA controller failure on one of the most important machines. We get through it. We get into distro hopping, as well as a little conversation about Cosmic, verses Gnome.
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61 – Discord Woes
Bill's video card problems, we get into the new Steam hardware a bit, a little bit on Docker. Way more!
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60 – Corporate Shills Return
Just Bill and Majid for this one. We get into all kinds of stuff including the evolution of content creation, distro hopping, and the like. We get into Amazon's shift to Linux on it's Fire TV platform. All of this and way more.
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59 – Sponsored By Cosmic OTC
We had a lot of fun making this one. After some off-topic discussion, we get into a recent purchase by Bill. We get into Pop!_OS in a big way! Somehow we segue into shaving products. All this and way more!
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58 – Bill’s Klingon Nuts
It's another AI episode folks. We had a good conversation about it though. It's not all moaning, we promise. In the beginning, we're talking about some of Bill's hardware accelleration woes, and what he's doing to remedy it. All this and way more!
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57 – Irritable Bill Syndrome
A rather "in-depth" conversation about the nature of language, thought, and communication starts us off. We inevitably move on to AI. Those things and more!
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56 – Red Rag To A Bull
AI, Data Privacy, Technology in the Auto industry, Windows licenses, Bill's CHUWI. All of this and much more!
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55 – ChatGPT! Get Off My Lawn!
Why do we use Arch? Should we really be trying to get new people to use Linux? These are the questions that have occupied the minds of man since the beginning of time.
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54 – Magic Tuxpad
No Bill this episode, but we have a great time none the less.
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53 – Nonsense Nomenclature
Dev Opps, Majid's Snapdragon, Keyboard wins over Mouse, Cybersecurity, Gnome, Stand-by Time On Linux. Start up time, and Way More!
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52 – Inplexification
DNS, TikTok, Netflix, Plex and other drugs. We get into it in depth!
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51 – And/or
As we state early on in the show - This is our official Windows 11 episode! Majid has some technical difficulties which brings up some interesting conversations about the evolution of a Linux user's troubleshooting skills. We get our nerd on talking about Star Wars. All of this and way more!
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50 – Expressing The Glands
We're all over the place on this one. VPN's, ARM hardware and multimedia are the most noteworthy topics. Those and so much more!
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49 – Security, Reliability, Usability; Choose One
We start off with Bill describing his experience at a recent trade show. Somehow this leads to a discussion on Arch and it's place in the eco-system. We "flow" into a discussion about cloud providers and the state of their encryption. We get into the browser world briefly. All of this and way more!
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48 – “Only One Neck To Choke”
We start by waxing philosophical, then we lead to a conversation about AI in the workplace. We get into Manifest V-3. We get into Mozilla, and their recent decisions. We get into browsers and we think the future may influence our decisions moving forward.
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47 – Compartmentalizing Browsers
We start off talking about our beginnings in podcasting, this leads to the different ways people build and maintain websites. We then go hard on Mozilla. All of this and so much more
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46 – Just Enough Access To F*** It Up
We start off talking about wearables, more specifically smart watches. We get into a discussion about a re-imagining of the infrastructure of Majid's other show "Atypical Doctor Podcast." All of this stuff and so much more!
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45 – 100 Years of Ear Burning
On this episode - Tik Tok, Plex, Coffee, and ear hair. We're all over the place!
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44 – Drag It Back To Linux
This week we start off waxing philosophical, but eventually we get into a discussion about how long our servers would last should something happen to us nerds of the house. We get into Docker, Synology, HD Homerun, and Apple. All of this, and so much more!
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43 – Theatrical Linux
Just Bill and Majid this week. It all starts a bit rough with a little back and forth between the blokes, but gets better with a conversation about Linux for "normal" people. Is there more than one kind of "normal" user? We get into a conversation about Apple, family movie night, and "planned...
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42 – Dirty Old Linux Nerds
This week we point out the nature of kindness in the world. We get into a discussion about the challenges of religion and philosophy with regards to keeping up with technology. Perhaps we've given up too much to our devices. Majid works with Elementry OS 8 a little during the recording....
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41 – Thanksgiving Rants
This week it all starts with a rather brooding little discussion about religion. We get into why we use Linux, and why many people may use Linux. This rolls into a discussion about smart phones, smart watches and the like. Eric talks about his new Pixel watch. Majid shares a story about playing...
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40 – ASUS of Theseus
This week Majid and Bill talk about their PC builds - the good, bad and just plain wrong. Majid describes devolving from restoring old PC parts to literally building his "Ship of Theseus" from new parts. Installing Arch somehow becomes part of the conversation; everything from installing, to how...
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39 – AI and Bad Influence
We start off Talking about Majid trying Fedora. We then get into Microsoft buying nuclear power facilities to provide for the monsterous energy needs of AI. Majid shares some interesting uses of AI in the healthcare industry. We get into the latest in the Internet Archive saga. All of this and…
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38 – Linux For Literally Everything Else
This is the first episode we live streamed. We started with the Internet Archive outage, this leads to a conversation about passwords and the philosophies around changing passwords. We move on to Thunderbird and the new Beta currently in testing for Android, and some of the pitfalls of email on…
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37 – Cinnamon and Stealing Hardware
This week we start off talking about Leo's latest episode of Linux User Space. In episode 5:02, Leo and Dan go over a history of the Cinnamon desktop, and how tightly it's tied to Linux Mint it's self. We then morphed into a conversation about Windows 8, Windows on the command line, and how Gnome…
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36 – Tenacious Turbans
Bill, Leo, Majid, and Joe get together this week to talk about Audacity, Tenacity, Git, Redbox, media servers, and Majid's silly new phone. You're not going to believe this, but AI does come up in the conversation. All of this and so, so much more. And by the way, Leo was kidding - Tenacity...
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35 – Suffer Engineers
This week Eric, and Majid return, along with Leo and Joe to talk about Linux in schools, LLM's AI, the new XPS, and so much more. It was a blast!
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34 – The Audacity Of Reaper
This week Eric and Bill get into a conversation about proprietary alternatives to opensource software. It starts with us describing how we've both begun using Reaper instead of Audacity for editing the audio for our shows. Let us know what your think. What, if any proprietary software are you…
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33 – Discord Bots are Better Than Linux
Eric Leo and Majid talk Discord, Bots, UI and even a little bit of Linux!
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32 – “I Remember Audio Editing.”
We're joined by Joe from mintCast fame. The discussion starts off about audio editing and just spins out of control from there. Joe and Leo get into a few discussions about some games available on Steam. We talk a little about the Steam Deck. The Texas heat is a topic. That leads to ideas about…
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