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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?