Episode Archive
41 episodes of User Error since the first episode, which aired on September 14th, 2018.
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Episode 72: Sliding Politics
August 16th, 2019 | 40 mins 16 secs
askerror, backlash, change, cheating, dumb phone, foss, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, nokia, polarised, politics, sliding doors, smartphone, social media, software, tinder, twitter, users
Dealing with users who hate change, dumb phones, and different approaches to social media consumption.
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Episode 71: Duvets Are Not Tech
August 2nd, 2019 | 39 mins 28 secs
applications, askerror, comforter, conference bag, default folders, duvet, foss, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, lottery, love, pillow, rich, sleep tech
It's another #AskError special! Sleep tech, missing apps on Linux, a deep question, and much more.
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Episode 70: Old and Insecure
July 19th, 2019 | 37 mins 13 secs
ar, desktop, desktop environment, flavour, foss, free time, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, obscurity, old, online, poor, rich, root, security, social interaction, social media, ubunru, vr, wasting time, windows, young
Whether Linux is inherently secure, the next phase of online interaction, and wasting our free time.
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Episode 69: Partner Password Policy
July 5th, 2019 | 42 mins 42 secs
accounts, alexa, distro, foss, home automation, husband, jupiter broadcasting, last seen recently, linux podcast, messenger, numbers, partner, passwords, privacy, sharing, siri, telegram, things in common, tracking, users, whatsapp, wife
How many users distros actually have, automating our homes, and the importance of common views and interests with our partners.
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Episode 68: Delete Your Community
June 21st, 2019 | 42 mins
advice, banned, cartridges, community, delete, electric car, foss, hoarding, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, printer, twitter
Two #AskError specials in a row! Advice for our younger selves, leaving communities, our listening habits, and hoarding.
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Episode 67: Mind the Apps
June 7th, 2019 | 35 mins 42 secs
advice, affirmations, appimage, apps, cash, cashless society, flatpak, foss, hoarding, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, meditation, mindfulness, mistakes, smartphones, snap
It's another #AskError special. Meditation and mindfulness, friends making obvious mistakes, and AppImage popularity.
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Episode 66: Cross Desktop
May 24th, 2019 | 45 mins 7 secs
climate change, crime, foss, free desktop, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, old vs new, pet hates, poverty, space exploration, web
Linux desktop standards, how the Web has changed over the years, and the ethics of space exploration.
Plus what to do if you see a crime, and the things we hate the most.
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Episode 65: Dungeons and Distros
May 10th, 2019 | 42 mins
april fools, arch, d&d, dungeons and draggons, elementary os, email, etiquette, foss, jupiter broadcasting, learning, linux podcast, packages, pathfinder, role playing, rpg, security, source code, ubuntu
What it takes to make a proper distro, how we send emails, and the constant quest for knowledge.
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Episode 64: Abandoned Support
April 26th, 2019 | 44 mins 26 secs
abandonware, appimage, axiom, criticism, drivers, flatpak, foss, hardware, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, outisde, ppa, snap, walking
Why Linux doesn't just work on all hardware, criticism of your field, and the ethics of acquiring old software.
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Episode 63: Linux Without Borders
April 12th, 2019 | 42 mins 41 secs
automation, children, cleaning, code, cooking, education, foss, jupiter broadcasting, kids, linux podcast, ownership, peanut gallery, property, rivalry, robots, theft, vpn
Where bad feeling and rivalry in the FOSS world actually originates, what we should be teaching our kids, and the violence that underlies everything around us.
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Episode 62: Emergency Condiments
March 29th, 2019 | 41 mins 5 secs
aliens, drake equation, emergency, fermi paradox, food, foss, google, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, mac, obsolescence, origin story, services, stadia, windows
What attracted us to Linux in the first place, planning for when tech goes away, and why we aren't surrounded by alien life.
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Episode 61: Faith in Microsoft
March 15th, 2019 | 46 mins 52 secs
change, electricity, foss, god, internet, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, microsoft, movies, religion, technology, ui, ux
Maybe it's finally time to cut Microsoft some slack, the pace of technological change, and what a couple of common terms actually mean.
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Episode 60: Disturbing Messages
March 1st, 2019 | 36 mins 58 secs
apocalypse, calls, claim to fame, elementary os, foss, internet drama, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, messages, on demand, prep, prepper, streaming, twitch, ubuntu, vod
How to deal with Internet drama in the Linux world, the rise of live streaming, and disturbing people with messages and calls.
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Episode 59: Data Conspiracy RISC
February 15th, 2019 | 39 mins 3 secs
conspiracy theories, data, decade, foss, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, music, open hardware, principles, risc-v
Is the great hope for open hardware actually going to materialise, or is RISC-V just hype? Are some conspiracy theories worth more than just passing disdain?
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Episode 58: Stranger Distro Danger
February 1st, 2019 | 41 mins 3 secs
children, choice, distros, e-waste, foss, independence, jupiter broadcasting, latch key, linux podcast, sustainability
New JB team member Ell joins us to discuss e-waste, the motivations for our distro choices, and letting children out of your sight.
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Episode 57: Free To Succeed?
January 18th, 2019 | 41 mins 47 secs
books, cd, dvd, foss, free will, hoarding, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, mobile, netflix, seasons, summer, winter
Is the decision to listen to this really up to you, or is it predetermined by chemistry and physics? Can mobile Linux ever succeed beyond a small niche?