Episode 58: Open Source Software's Consumer Protection Problem

March 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

bsd, consumer protection, freebsd, gpl, hardware, liability, license, linux, mit, open source, product development, recall, software, suitability for purpose, testing, ul, underwriter labs, vw, warranty, whistleblower

JT asks Jeff if its a good thing that there's no consumer protections for software.

Episode 42: The view into the Linspire Saga

July 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins

cnr, development, foss, hardware, lindows, linspire, linux, open source, operating system, os, retro, root, software, sysadmin, unix

Jeff and JT have a guest this week to talk about Jeff's favorite topic... Linspire. Chris Waid of Think Penguin comes on the show to talk about his experience at Linspire.

Episode 41: Jeff can't get Doom running

June 28th, 2021  |  1 hr 43 secs

compiling, doom, foss, hardware, kernel, linux, open source, operating system, os, red hat, retro, software, source code, strace, sysadmin

Episode 4: Building Computers in ye olden days

July 20th, 2020  |  25 mins 53 secs

386, 486, bsd, building computers, foss, hardware, linux, open source, operating system, os, pentium, retro, software, sysadmin, unix

Jeff and JT talk about building computers back in the days before the internet, or at least that's what Jeff thought this episode would be about.

Episode 3: Zealotry is bad mkay

July 14th, 2020  |  26 mins 57 secs

bsd, foss, hardware, linux, open source, operating system, os, retro, software, sysadmin, systemd, tiling managers, unix

Jeff and JT talk about Zealotry in the Open Source Community. JT also promises never to make an init system.

Episode 2: Audio Trials

July 6th, 2020  |  20 mins 50 secs

alsa, bsd, foss, hardware, jack, linux, open source, operating system, os, oss, pulseaudio, retro, software, sysadmin, unix

Jeff and JT talk about audio on Linux back in the day

Episode 1: Retro Linux Ragchew Reflections

June 30th, 2020  |  15 mins 2 secs

bsd, compiling, doom, foss, hardware, kernel, linux, open source, operating system, os

Jeff an JT reflect on their Ragchew during SELF and talk about old hardware and software.

Episode 0: Bootstrapping Opinions

June 24th, 2020  |  28 mins 46 secs

bsd, foss, hardware, linux, open source, operating system, os, retro, software, sysadmin, unix

A short introduction to who we are and what our goals are for this podcast