00:05:20 News 00:44:44 PiBakery, Tasksel & Magic Device Tool 00:59:30 Feedback 01:12:22 elementary OS Loki As well as our regular news and feedback, this show we talk about PiBakery, Tasksel and Magic Device Tool, which are three utilities that could improve your productivity. And also the latest release of elementary OS, which won't. Head on […]
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00:01:05 News 00:38:04 UbuCon Europe 2016 00:47:20 fish Shell 00:58:55 Feedback 01:10:29 Desktop Customisation After the news, we hear about the upcoming UbuCon Europe from two of the organisers, Jesse goes fishing for compliments on his new choice of shell, we chew over your feedback, and round things off by …
00:04:10 News 00:52:07 GalliumOS 01:00:19 Feedback 01:13:45 Lumina Desktop Environment First impressions matter, so it's a bit of a shame that the new Lumina desktop looks fugly out of the box. Something it shares with Xfce which, smartened up in GalliumOS, is proving a real keeper on Joe's Chromebook. So …
00:01:03 News 00:35:41 Feedback 00:55:11 FOSS Talk Live Take three Luddites, add some liquid lubrication and an engaged if sceptical audience, and you've the perfect recipe for our outing at the first UK FOSS Talk Live event. Listen on after the news and feedback to see if we managed to …
00:01:07 News 00:33:34 Filling the Void 00:53:58 Feedback 01:11:15 Finding Solus with Ikey The Free and Open Source Software world is notoriously poor at selling itself to Joe Public. Why is this, and could an existing organisation fill the outreach void? Plus, and after all of the news and feedback, …
00:01:24 News 00:43:11 Firejail 00:50:30 Feedback 01:03:06 SUSE Studio Hitting it out of the park once again, the world's best Linux podcast returns with the latest FOSS news, showcases an effective desktop and server sandboxing technology and talks self-build distro creation with SUSE Studio. Head on over to our website …
00:03:53 News 01:05:32 Devenir Gris 01:15:11 Feedback 01:32:14 ownCloud/Nextcloud With the initial release of Nextcloud recently dropping, we took the opportunity to spin it up to see whether there were any major differences with the current ownCloud offering. Guess it depends if you count a colour branding change as major… …
00:04:38 News 00:54:32 Feedback 01:06:18 Devil's Advocate 01:18:32 Net Neutrality Feedback Following a spin around the latest news stories and a rummage through our postbag, Paddy played the role of Devil's Advocate to suggest that maybe some features typical of FOSS development result in lower code quality, and have led …
00:01:43 News 01:05:22 Cryptomator 01:16:28 Feedback 01:31:58 Net Neutrality Securing documents on the public cloud can seem a little overwhelming for the non-technical user, but is just what Cryptomator promises. We spin it up to see if it delivers. Plus, as well as all the latest news and your feedback, …
00:01:04 News 00:45:04 Antergos 01:00:26 Feedback 01:15:00 Mycroft This show Jesse admitted that an Arch-based distro had won him over, and we talked AI with Ryan Sipes from the Mycroft project. Head on over to our website for full show notes with links to everything we talked about, and for …
00:01:05 News 00:57:14 Feedback 01:10:04 Ubuntu 16.04 Following the most underwhelming release any of us can recall, what to make of Canonical's latest LTS and the future prospects for Ubuntu on the desktop? Stick with us after our usual foray into the fortnight's tech news, and your feedback, to find …
Direct download link: Ogg Subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. Back with more news, reviews and general grumpiness, this time out the Luddites looked at several flavours of Ubuntu which promise to transform the Raspberry Pi into a functional desktop machine, and Jesse had a bone to pick with Jony …
Direct download link: Ogg Subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. A quiet fortnight for Linux offered up the ideal opportunity for us to step back and think about some broader trends in the world of technology. In the news, we looked at Microsoft's attempts to regain traction following missteps with …
Direct download link: Ogg Subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. With the Software Freedom Conservancy leaping into a legal battle that coincidentally supports the MPAA/RIAA, and Linus' employer and underlings seemingly looking to ease out the grumpy old coot, our news segment this show reflected the old adage that where …
Direct download link: Ogg Subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. Time was when KDE looked like something created by a hyperactive child let loose with a box of crayons. Whilst still offering a befuddling array of configuration options, aesthetically it's now all grown up - and actually surprisingly attractive. We …
Direct download link: Ogg Subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. Last fortnight was dominated by two releases: the new Raspberry Pi 2, and the first Ubuntu mobile. With one of our number having got his hands on both of these, we report back on the Cray-like performance of the Pi, …
Direct download link: Ogg Neither the weather nor a slickly marketed new Linux vulnerability can hold the Luddites back; like the Beast of Redmond, which features heavily in the News this show, we just keep on coming. Changing the pace, Joe and Jesse went Off the Beaten Path to bring …
Direct download link: Ogg Linux. It's now ubiquitous, and powering the devices we use everyday - and some we'd never contemplate owning. With the dying embers of CES 2015 being stamped out in the wider tech press, we also focus on the use of Linux away from our daily desktops …
Direct download link: Ogg We report on the news of how a booming Android eco- system doesn't translate into actual profits for many hardware manufacturers, and how recent major hacks may have just been part of a marketing scheme. Another story provides a timely reminder of why biometrics can be …
Direct download link: Ogg No lazy clips show or festive holiday break for us, as the full complement of Luddites - with Jesse recovered from his GNOME flu - cranked out another show; and we'll be back doing the same in a fortnight's time. Quite a lot has been happening …