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The Bugcast - Ogg Feed#880 TinselitusThis week on The Bugcast: anniversary weekend, volunteering, and eight tracks of festive Creative Commons and independent music.
Songs played
Luca & Mauro – Macche Natale – from Italy – source
J.J. Zhivago – Crismus Breeze – from USA – source
Roy Smiles III – Snow Falling In Aachen – from Ealing, UK – source
Siobhan Dakay – Snowflake, Little Snowflake (feat. Claudia Fenslau) – from Munich, Germany – source
Lenny Wiles Lionstar – My First Christmas All Alone (feat. Venus Xlatrose) – from York, PA – source
Lawrence Beamen – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – from Walnut Creek, CA – source
Micki McDonald – Com...
2025-12-201h 11The Bugcast#880 TinselitusThis week on The Bugcast: anniversary weekend, volunteering, and eight tracks of festive Creative Commons and independent music.
Songs played
Luca & Mauro – Macche Natale – from Italy – source
J.J. Zhivago – Crismus Breeze – from USA – source
Roy Smiles III – Snow Falling In Aachen – from Ealing, UK – source
Siobhan Dakay – Snowflake, Little Snowflake (feat. Claudia Fenslau) – from Munich, Germany – source
Lenny Wiles Lionstar – My First Christmas All Alone (feat. Venus Xlatrose) – from York, PA – source
Lawrence Beamen – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – from Walnut Creek, CA – source
Micki McDonald – Com...
2025-12-201h 11The Bugcast#880 TinselitusThis week on The Bugcast: anniversary weekend, volunteering, and eight tracks of festive Creative Commons and independent music.
Songs played
Luca & Mauro – Macche Natale – from Italy – source
J.J. Zhivago – Crismus Breeze – from USA – source
Roy Smiles III – Snow Falling In Aachen – from Ealing, UK – source
Siobhan Dakay – Snowflake, Little Snowflake (feat. Claudia Fenslau) – from Munich, Germany – source
Lenny Wiles Lionstar – My First Christmas All Alone (feat. Venus Xlatrose) – from York, PA – source
Lawrence Beamen – I’ll Be Home For Christmas – from Walnut Creek, CA – source
Micki McDonald – Com...
2025-12-201h 11
TuxJam OGGTuxJam 127 – Festive Stormy Break
Dave (aka the lovebug), Al, Kevie and Andrew return for our final show of 2025 in which we recount experiences of trying Free and Open Source Software interspersed with tunes sporting Creative Commons licenses. There may be some giggling and silly antics.
As ever we begin by running our eye over recent releases listed on distrowatch. We then move on to share our experiences of StormOS and how well it fulfills its stated aim: “to help bring new users over to the world of Arch Linux by offering an easy to install, out of the box Arch Linux ex...
2025-12-1252 minTuxJam MP3TuxJam 127 – Festive Stormy Break
Dave (aka the lovebug), Al, Kevie and Andrew return for our final show of 2025 in which we recount experiences of trying Free and Open Source Software interspersed with tunes sporting Creative Commons licenses. There may be some giggling and silly antics.
As ever we begin by running our eye over recent releases listed on distrowatch. We then move on to share our experiences of StormOS and how well it fulfills its stated aim: “to help bring new users over to the world of Arch Linux by offering an easy to install, out of the box Arch Linux ex...
2025-12-121h 09TuxJam OGGTuxJam 127 – Festive Stormy Break
Dave (aka the lovebug), Al, Kevie and Andrew return for our final show of 2025 in which we recount experiences of trying Free and Open Source Software interspersed with tunes sporting Creative Commons licenses. There may be some giggling and silly antics.
As ever we begin by running our eye over recent releases listed on distrowatch. We then move on to share our experiences of StormOS and how well it fulfills its stated aim: “to help bring new users over to the world of Arch Linux by offering an easy to install, out of the box Arch Linux ex...
2025-12-1252 minTuxJam OGGTuxJam 126 – Gifts for Geeks 2025
It is time to buy gifts for your TuxJam hosts the geeks in your life and Kevie, Dave, Andrew and Al have recorded their annual special TuxJam episode to provide you with ideas for us them.
Stocking Fillers (below £10)
Tux Stress Toy – Kevie
Tapo P110M Smart Plug – Kevie
Buy a cheap SD/USB stick and fill it with TuxJam – Andrew
Cobee One More Game/Go To Bed Gift Decision Maker Coin (Silver) – Dave
Funny Tech Support Checklist Helpdesk Hotline Coffee & Tea Gift Mug – Dave
Adnams Ghostship Nuts – Al
Low price (£10-£25)
Linux Command Line Cheat Shee...
2025-12-111h 06TuxJam MP3TuxJam 126 – Gifts for Geeks 2025
It is time to buy gifts for your TuxJam hosts the geeks in your life and Kevie, Dave, Andrew and Al have recorded their annual special TuxJam episode to provide you with ideas for us them.
Stocking Fillers (below £10)
Tux Stress Toy – Kevie
Tapo P110M Smart Plug – Kevie
Buy a cheap SD/USB stick and fill it with TuxJam – Andrew
Cobee One More Game/Go To Bed Gift Decision Maker Coin (Silver) – Dave
Funny Tech Support Checklist Helpdesk Hotline Coffee & Tea Gift Mug – Dave
Adnams Ghostship Nuts – Al
Low price (£10-£25)
Linux Command Line Cheat Shee...
2025-12-111h 25TuxJam OGGTuxJam 126 – Gifts for Geeks 2025
It is time to buy gifts for your TuxJam hosts the geeks in your life and Kevie, Dave, Andrew and Al have recorded their annual special TuxJam episode to provide you with ideas for us them.
Stocking Fillers (below £10)
Tux Stress Toy – Kevie
Tapo P110M Smart Plug – Kevie
Buy a cheap SD/USB stick and fill it with TuxJam – Andrew
Cobee One More Game/Go To Bed Gift Decision Maker Coin (Silver) – Dave
Funny Tech Support Checklist Helpdesk Hotline Coffee & Tea Gift Mug – Dave
Adnams Ghostship Nuts – Al
Low price (£10-£25)
Linux Command Line Cheat Shee...
2025-12-111h 06TuxJam OGGTuxJam 125 – Cheap Yellow Display
The quadrapodcasting bipeds – Al, Andrew (aka mcnalu), Dave (aka thelovebug) and Kevie – are back for another session of Free and Open Source Geekry and goodness sprinkled with tunes that are creatively common.
One we have rounded up some recent releases on the watch of distros we share our experiences of the “Cheap Yellow Display” or CYD. As the it says on the tin, it is cheap and yellow and has a display, but all this is backed up with a capable WROOM ESP32 with the usual WiFi and Bluetooth support on a decent dev board with LEDs and othe...
2025-11-211h 05TuxJam MP3TuxJam 125 – Cheap Yellow Display
The quadrapodcasting bipeds – Al, Andrew (aka mcnalu), Dave (aka thelovebug) and Kevie – are back for another session of Free and Open Source Geekry and goodness sprinkled with tunes that are creatively common.
One we have rounded up some recent releases on the watch of distros we share our experiences of the “Cheap Yellow Display” or CYD. As the it says on the tin, it is cheap and yellow and has a display, but all this is backed up with a capable WROOM ESP32 with the usual WiFi and Bluetooth support on a decent dev board with LEDs and othe...
2025-11-211h 25TuxJam OGGTuxJam 125 – Cheap Yellow Display
The quadrapodcasting bipeds – Al, Andrew (aka mcnalu), Dave (aka thelovebug) and Kevie – are back for another session of Free and Open Source Geekry and goodness sprinkled with tunes that are creatively common.
One we have rounded up some recent releases on the watch of distros we share our experiences of the “Cheap Yellow Display” or CYD. As the it says on the tin, it is cheap and yellow and has a display, but all this is backed up with a capable WROOM ESP32 with the usual WiFi and Bluetooth support on a decent dev board with LEDs and othe...
2025-11-211h 05TuxJam OGGTuxJam 124 – Predators & Pistes
Following a restful summer (and autumn for Kevie) Dave, Andrew, Al and Kevie reunite once again to look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are commonly creative. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch.
Next we look at a lean and mean gnu/linux distro called Catbird which sports the attractively lightweight and rodent-free DWM window manager.
We then chill out by playing the beautiful and endless skiing game called Lato. Note however that the eponymous hero, Lato, who is always late, frequently meets his end and if you’re no...
2025-10-1759 minTuxJam OGGTuxJam 124 – Predators & Pistes
Following a restful summer (and autumn for Kevie) Dave, Andrew, Al and Kevie reunite once again to look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are commonly creative. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch.
Next we look at a lean and mean gnu/linux distro called Catbird which sports the attractively lightweight and rodent-free DWM window manager.
We then chill out by playing the beautiful and endless skiing game called Lato. Note however that the eponymous hero, Lato, who is always late, frequently meets his end and if you’re no...
2025-10-1759 minTuxJam MP3TuxJam 124 – Predators & Pistes
Following a restful summer (and autumn for Kevie) Dave, Andrew, Al and Kevie reunite once again to look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are commonly creative. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch.
Next we look at a lean and mean gnu/linux distro called Catbird which sports the attractively lightweight and rodent-free DWM window manager.
We then chill out by playing the beautiful and endless skiing game called Lato. Note however that the eponymous hero, Lato, who is always late, frequently meets his end and if you’re no...
2025-10-171h 18TuxJam OGGTuxJam 123 – Refreshingly easy
Kevie, Andrew, Al and Dave come together again for an episode that is literally as easy as 123, as they once again take a look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are creative and common. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch but what is unusual is that this involves tension and dispute!
Next, Andrew and Al take a look at RefreshOS which is based on Debian and sports a KDE desktop that is billed as being snap and flatpak free out the box. Following that Kevie and Dave try out Obtanium which...
2025-08-041h 11TuxJam OGGTuxJam 123 – Refreshingly easy
Kevie, Andrew, Al and Dave come together again for an episode that is literally as easy as 123, as they once again take a look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are creative and common. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch but what is unusual is that this involves tension and dispute!
Next, Andrew and Al take a look at RefreshOS which is based on Debian and sports a KDE desktop that is billed as being snap and flatpak free out the box. Following that Kevie and Dave try out Obtanium which...
2025-08-041h 11TuxJam MP3TuxJam 123 – Refreshingly easy
Kevie, Andrew, Al and Dave come together again for an episode that is literally as easy as 123, as they once again take a look at software that is open and free, and tunes that are creative and common. They begin with their usual roundup from distrowatch but what is unusual is that this involves tension and dispute!
Next, Andrew and Al take a look at RefreshOS which is based on Debian and sports a KDE desktop that is billed as being snap and flatpak free out the box. Following that Kevie and Dave try out Obtanium which...
2025-08-041h 34TuxJam OGGTuxJam 122 – Refined rEFInd
Al, Andrew, Kevie and Dave unite once more and settle down for a pleasant evening of beers and chat about goodness that is free and open source, or creative and common. They begin, as always, with a distrowatch dabble and thereafter split into two teams of two.
Team Nerd, Andrew and Al, delve into the mystical world of boot managers with a look at rEFInd currently maintained by Rod Smith. Meanwhile, Team Social, Dave and Kevie, converse with Nik, the author of Pachli, the client for Mastodon-like services, part of a Nivenly Foundation, that we reviewed back...
2025-06-301h 18TuxJam MP3TuxJam 122 – Refined rEFInd
Al, Andrew, Kevie and Dave unite once more and settle down for a pleasant evening of beers and chat about goodness that is free and open source, or creative and common. They begin, as always, with a distrowatch dabble and thereafter split into two teams of two.
Team Nerd, Andrew and Al, delve into the mystical world of boot managers with a look at rEFInd currently maintained by Rod Smith. Meanwhile, Team Social, Dave and Kevie, converse with Nik, the author of Pachli, the client for Mastodon-like services, part of a Nivenly Foundation, that we reviewed back...
2025-06-301h 43TuxJam OGGTuxJam 122 – Refined rEFInd
Al, Andrew, Kevie and Dave unite once more and settle down for a pleasant evening of beers and chat about goodness that is free and open source, or creative and common. They begin, as always, with a distrowatch dabble and thereafter split into two teams of two.
Team Nerd, Andrew and Al, delve into the mystical world of boot managers with a look at rEFInd currently maintained by Rod Smith. Meanwhile, Team Social, Dave and Kevie, converse with Nik, the author of Pachli, the client for Mastodon-like services, part of a Nivenly Foundation, that we reviewed back...
2025-06-301h 18TuxJam OGGTuxJam 121 – Kumander & Keyboard
Dave, Kevie, Andrew and Al join forces to bring you more Free and Open Source Software goodness laced with musical notes from tunes licensed under Creative Commons.
We begin with our usual round up of more unusual distros from distrowatch.com and then move on to review Kumander Linux. Many folk will soon be forced by Microsoft to “upgrade” to Windows 11 but Kumander wants to take you back to the days of Windows 7 by way of themed distro built on Debian and XFCE.
We then recount our experiences in trying out the FUTO keyboard for...
2025-05-2355 minTuxJam OGGTuxJam 121 – Kumander & Keyboard
Dave, Kevie, Andrew and Al join forces to bring you more Free and Open Source Software goodness laced with musical notes from tunes licensed under Creative Commons.
We begin with our usual round up of more unusual distros from distrowatch.com and then move on to review Kumander Linux. Many folk will soon be forced by Microsoft to “upgrade” to Windows 11 but Kumander wants to take you back to the days of Windows 7 by way of themed distro built on Debian and XFCE.
We then recount our experiences in trying out the FUTO keyboard for...
2025-05-2355 minTuxJam MP3TuxJam 121 – Kumander & Keyboard
Dave, Kevie, Andrew and Al join forces to bring you more Free and Open Source Software goodness laced with musical notes from tunes licensed under Creative Commons.
We begin with our usual round up of more unusual distros from distrowatch.com and then move on to review Kumander Linux. Many folk will soon be forced by Microsoft to “upgrade” to Windows 11 but Kumander wants to take you back to the days of Windows 7 by way of themed distro built on Debian and XFCE.
We then recount our experiences in trying out the FUTO keyboard for...
2025-05-231h 11TuxJam OGGTuxJam 120 – Tunnels & Texts
Al, Andrew, Dave and Kevie come together again to find their way through some FOSS pickings sprinkled with creative common tunes. They start as always with a round-up of recent releases found on distrowatch.com.
Dave and Al have taken a look at cluster of tools named after burrowing animals – Pangolin, Gerbil, Badger and Newt – which provides solutions for tunneling, reverse proxies and authentication. The collective noun for such things is, apparently, a fossorial 🙂
2025-02-2859 minTuxJam MP3TuxJam 120 – Tunnels & Texts
Al, Andrew, Dave and Kevie come together again to find their way through some FOSS pickings sprinkled with creative common tunes. They start as always with a round-up of recent releases found on distrowatch.com.
Dave and Al have taken a look at cluster of tools named after burrowing animals – Pangolin, Gerbil, Badger and Newt – which provides solutions for tunneling, reverse proxies and authentication. The collective noun for such things is, apparently, a fossorial 🙂
2025-02-281h 17TuxJam OGGTuxJam 120 – Tunnels & Texts
Al, Andrew, Dave and Kevie come together again to find their way through some FOSS pickings sprinkled with creative common tunes. They start as always with a round-up of recent releases found on distrowatch.com.
Dave and Al have taken a look at cluster of tools named after burrowing animals – Pangolin, Gerbil, Badger and Newt – which provides solutions for tunneling, reverse proxies and authentication. The collective noun for such things is, apparently, a fossorial 🙂
2025-02-2859 minTuxJam MP3TuxJam 119 – Mini Fun Plus
Our FOSStering foursome – Kevie, Dave, Andrew and Al – forge forward into 2025 feeling funny. First off, as usual, they review recent OS releases on Distrowatch.
Then the “fun” begins with Kevie and Andrew’s review of FunOS. Is it fun? If so, who will have fun with it? To find out you’ll have to listen.
The default desktop background in FunOS at the time of review.
Next up is fun of a more literal kind with the Miyoo Mini Plus (pronounced Miyoo Mini Plus) which offers up retro gaming in an inexpensive compact handheld device. Al a...
2025-02-031h 26TuxJam OGGTuxJam 119 – Mini Fun Plus
Our FOSStering foursome – Kevie, Dave, Andrew and Al – forge forward into 2025 feeling funny. First off, as usual, they review recent OS releases on Distrowatch.
Then the “fun” begins with Kevie and Andrew’s review of FunOS. Is it fun? If so, who will have fun with it? To find out you’ll have to listen.
The default desktop background in FunOS at the time of review.
Next up is fun of a more literal kind with the Miyoo Mini Plus (pronounced Miyoo Mini Plus) which offers up retro gaming in an inexpensive compact handheld device. Al a...
2025-02-031h 04TuxJam OGGTuxJam 119 – Mini Fun Plus
Our FOSStering foursome – Kevie, Dave, Andrew and Al – forge forward into 2025 feeling funny. First off, as usual, they review recent OS releases on Distrowatch.
Then the “fun” begins with Kevie and Andrew’s review of FunOS. Is it fun? If so, who will have fun with it? To find out you’ll have to listen.
The default desktop background in FunOS at the time of review.
Next up is fun of a more literal kind with the Miyoo Mini Plus (pronounced Miyoo Mini Plus) which offers up retro gaming in an inexpensive compact handheld device. Al a...
2025-02-031h 04TuxJam MP3TuxJam 118 – Phans of Bash
Your FOSSy foursome of Al, Dave, Kevie and Andrew are gearing up for Christmas with an extra-special episode recorded over two sessions and then painstakingly edited together by Kevie.
As usual we kick things off with a round-up of recent OS releases on distrowatch. We then take a look at Bashcrawl created by the venerable klaatu, who was kind enough to do a short interview with Andrew about how and why he created it.
Kevie and Dave then take a look at a minimalist browser-based mastodon client that is ripe for self-hosting called Phanpy.
2024-12-211h 33TuxJam OGGTuxJam 118 – Phans of Bash
Your FOSSy foursome of Al, Dave, Kevie and Andrew are gearing up for Christmas with an extra-special episode recorded over two sessions and then painstakingly edited together by Kevie.
As usual we kick things off with a round-up of recent OS releases on distrowatch. We then take a look at Bashcrawl created by the venerable klaatu, who was kind enough to do a short interview with Andrew about how and why he created it.
Kevie and Dave then take a look at a minimalist browser-based mastodon client that is ripe for self-hosting called Phanpy.
2024-12-211h 12TuxJam OGGTuxJam 118 – Phans of Bash
Your FOSSy foursome of Al, Dave, Kevie and Andrew are gearing up for Christmas with an extra-special episode recorded over two sessions and then painstakingly edited together by Kevie.
As usual we kick things off with a round-up of recent OS releases on distrowatch. We then take a look at Bashcrawl created by the venerable klaatu, who was kind enough to do a short interview with Andrew about how and why he created it.
Kevie and Dave then take a look at a minimalist browser-based mastodon client that is ripe for self-hosting called Phanpy.
2024-12-211h 12TuxJam OGGTuxJam 117 – Gifts for Geeks 2024
It is time for our annual list of things we really want for Christmas things we want geeks throughout the world to receive for Christmas. Partners, friends and relatives of geeks take note! TuxJam will return to its usual format for a December Christmas show.
Stocking Fillers (below £10)
Ticket to Ride Ultimate Train set No2 (Multicolor 3D print) – Al
Tux Pin Badge – Kevie
Tiny 2350 – Andrew
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W – Dave
Linux computer sticker – Kevie
Wireless Retro Telephone Handset Receiver – Dave
Low price (£10-£25)
Ransom Notes – Dave
Shadows and Gestures by Robert Lloyd Parry – Andrew
Battery Storage Cas...
2024-12-0557 min
Linux LadsEpisode 132: Ogg Glamping
Amolith turns written word into spoken one, Conor tries out server distros and Shane talks about OggCamp.
Episode edited by Jake Bauer - thanks!
You can find our episodes on YouTube
Discussion
epub2tts and epub2tts-edge
Piper text to speech system
Coqui is shutting down, unfortunately
Findroid, Android app for Jellyfin
Ubuntu Server
Nala frontend to Apt
OggCamp
The podcast that Shane couldn't recall is TuxJam
Late Night Linux
The Binary Times
2024-12-0327 minTuxJam OGGTuxJam 116 – Dupelicious
This episode may not be live as in TuxJam 115 from Oggcamp but your friendly foursome of Al, Dave (thelovebug), Kevie and Andrew (mcnalu) are very much alive to treats of Free and Open Source Software and Creative Commons tunes.
We start, as always, with our roundup of recent releases from the watch of the distros and then move on to try out two applications.
First up, Andrew and Kevie find out how much duplicated data is clogging up their hard drives using the command line tools fdupes.
Next, at the more visual and...
2024-11-301h 06TuxJam OGGTuxJam 115 – OggCamp 2024
With the group meeting up together for the first time in person, it was decided that a live recording would be an appropriate venture. With the quartet squashed around a table and a group of adoring fans crowded into a room at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester, the discussion turns to TuxJam reviews that become regularly used applications, what we enjoyed about OggCamp 2024 and for the third section the gang put their reputation on the line and allow open questions from the sea of dedicated fans.
Despite this being a live recording, it wouldn’t be the sa...
2024-10-3052 minTuxJam OGGTuxJam 114 – PachwaysThe FOSSy foursome of Al, Andrew, Dave and Kevie return for another bout of linuxy software spiced with creative common tunes.
We begin as always with a round-up of recent releases from distrowatch. Next we review Waydroid which allows you to efficiently run an Android environment if you happen to be running Wayland. Then we take a look at Pachli which is an Android client for Mastodon forked from the Tusky/Husky codebase.
We finish up with a round-up of feedback and offer up a couple of dates that you might want to pop into...
2024-08-261h 02
TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioWe’re Moving – TuxJamThe former home of CCJam, Crivins and TuxJam, unseenstudio.co.uk is closing and the podcasts are moving to a new home: otherside.network In order to keep listening to these, the feeds will need to be updated:
CCJam mp3 feed: http://ccjam.otherside.network/feed/podcast/
CCJam ogg feed: http://ccjam.otherside.network/feed/ogg/
Crivins feed: http://crivins.otherside.network/feed/podcast/
TuxJam feed: http://tuxjam.otherside.network/feed/podcast/
2016-05-0401 minTuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 50 – Half centuryKevie and mcnalu arrive at their half century — show 50! We begin with our usual roundup of recent and lesser known linuxes on distrowatch. We then review the small but fleet-footed Tiny Core Linux distro. Kevie then discusses his experience with Amazon’s Fire phone. Next, Andrew discusses how the nifty entr command can be used to get various GUI applications to work together. We’re delighted to have substantial feedback to review from the Jolla phone review in TuxJam 49 and news of this year’s Glasgow podcrawl.
IMPORTANT NOTE: TuxJam will shortly be moving to a new home, so...
2016-04-201h 19TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 49 – Ola JollaKevie and mcnalu edge ever closer to their half century. We kick-off as ever with our roundup of recent and lesser known linuxes on distrowatch. We then welcome our guest Beni who reviews his Jolla Phone. Kevie then discusses his experience with Cutegram and Andrew explains why he didn’t get to experience it. Next, Andrew and Kevie discuss their experiences with YouTube apps SkyTube and NewPipe which are only available from F-droid and not Google Play. We finish up with our roundup of feedback and our attempts to further the reach of TuxJam.
Creative commons tracks pl...
2016-03-031h 33TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 48 – Hear, there and EntrowareKevie and mcnalu burst into the new year in a blaze of obscurity. We start with our brief survey of recent and lesser known linuxes on distrowatch. We then welcome our guest Dave Morriss who reviews his Entroware Kratos laptop which was a prize at Oggcamp 2015. Kevie then reviews desktop RSS client Liferea. Andrew takes a second look at the multi-protocol microblogging android app andstatus and revises his previous opinion of it. Finally Kevie reports back on his experiences with NixNote2. We finish up, as ever, with a roundup of feedback.
Creative commons tracks played on this...
2016-01-251h 27TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 47 – A Geeky Christmas CarolKevie and mcnalu take time out of their port-supping and mince pie gobbling to bring another TuxJam festive special, this time in three Dickensian parts:
A round-up of lesser-known FOSS stuff of the year past: BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu phone (link to data signal bug), Polly, FireFoxOS, Radio Tray, SimpleDo, cmus, Sparky Linux Gameover edition
Geeky gifts we received for Christmas – including Bacon flavoured toothpaste and Dermestes Peruvianus
A look-ahead to what we are excited about in the new year: code clubs, phone OS competition, AAA gaming titles and more!
Creative commons tracks played in this sh...
2015-12-2959 minTuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 46 – Gift for geeks 2015Andrew (aka mcnalu) and Kevie continue the TuxJam tradition of abandoning our usual format to bring you a special festive episode that brings you suggestions of gifts for geeks, or indeed gifts that might help bring out the inner-geek in a friend or family-member.
Gifts for Geeks
Stocking fillers (£0 to £20)
Motherboard Chopping Board £9
R2-D2 Eggcup £10
Single copy of Linux Voice/Linux Format/Retrogamer
Pacman Ghost Light £20
Pi Zero WITH adapters £8 or just the Pi Zero £4 or just the adapters £4
Bresser 6×21 junior binocs £19
Help spread the word on Linux: burn Linux podcasts onto CD/media playe...
2015-12-011h 33TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 45 – We’ve got an ogg feeling about thisAndrew (aka mcnalu) and Kevie continue their neverending* tour of little-known Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) whilst dancing to the tune of Creative Commons music. We survey recent GNU/Linux (and other) distros on distrowatch.com and then Andrew recounts his first experiences as an attendee of Oggcamp. Kevie and Andrew then review 4MLinux which is a quadrapedal distro standing on legs of Maintenance, Media, Mini-server and Mystery. Kevie then discusses his experience of playing 4 color taxi which was his first ever bitcoin purchase. Finally, after thinking we had no feedback, we in fact had loads, including some...
2015-11-181h 21TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 44 – Simple surf ubuntu doAndrew (aka mcnalu) and Kevie throw off their slippers and discard their (bubble) pipes in their ongoing quest for little-known Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Creative Commons music. After the usual round-up of recent GNU/Linux (and other) distros on distrowatch.com Kevie describes his thoughts on his day-to-day experience of using the BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu phone for the last few months. Andrew and Kevie then review the no-frills web browser surf – recommended by chalkahlom – which turns out not to be quite as lightweight as you might expect, especially if you run it using tabbed. Andr...
2015-09-171h 26TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 43 – A Distinctly NuTyX FlavourKevie and Andrew (aka mcnalu) are back from our summer holiday (or vacation if you prefer) and keen to get stuck into the world of not-so-well-known free and open source (FOSS) software and Creative Commons music. We start off with our usual distrowatch round-up of new lesser-know GNU/linux distro releases, then move on to discuss experiences with NuTyX – a distro built from the ground up using Linux from Scratch (LFS). We then take a look at the ultra-lightweight web browser Dillo and consider whether its speed and no-frills approach is still useful in a web dominated by javascript (hi...
2015-08-261h 24TuxJam (OGG) – Unseen StudioTuxJam 42 – THE Meaning of LifeThe scene could not have been better: TuxJam episode 42 recorded on Towel Day. In order to mark this huge event Kevie and Andrew take a look at TWO distros: Gnewsense and RiscOS, we were busy over the last month. We also take a look at SimpleDo and TripleCamel on the Android platform. Not forgetting the power users, Kevie takes a look at the CLI BitTorrent application rtorrent. As well as taking a look ahead to the upcoming Podcrawl Glasgow 2015 (check out the HPR Podcrawl Special), which is taking place in Andrew’s home city (yet oddly enough Kevie seems to...
2015-05-261h 31
RatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 101 – 12th May 2013Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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Back once again with another episode of Rathole Radio. Number 101. I can feel eyes burrowing into the back of my head as I publish this live in front of a group of students at my radio and podcasting class. They told me to say that, they’re listening, send help quick! Only messing. The usual mix of music and waffle, hope you enjoy it.
00:00 – Spark Thugs – Catawampus – CC BY-SA Licensed – A bit of rock to open the show. I hear...
2013-05-1400 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 101 – 12th May 2013Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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Back once again with another episode of Rathole Radio. Number 101. I can feel eyes burrowing into the back of my head as I publish this live in front of a group of students at my radio and podcasting class. They told me to say that, they’re listening, send help quick! Only messing. The usual mix of music and waffle, hope you enjoy it.
00:00 – Spark Thugs – Catawampus – CC BY-SA Licensed – A bit of rock to open the show. I hear...
2013-05-1400 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 101 – 12th May 2013Download Ogg – Download Mp3
http://traffic.libsyn.com/ratholeradio/RR101_12_05_2013.mp3 | Open Player in New Window
Back once again with another episode of Rathole Radio. Number 101. I can feel eyes burrowing into the back of my head as I publish this live in front of a group of students at my radio and podcasting class. They told me to say that, they’re listening, send help quick! Only messing. The usual mix of music and waffle, hope you enjoy it.
00:00 – Spark Thugs – Catawampus – CC BY-SA Licensed – A bit of rock to open the show. I hear...
2013-05-1400 minRatholeRadio.org (Ogg Version)RatholeRadio 101 – 12th May 2013Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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Back once again with another episode of Rathole Radio. Number 101. I can feel eyes burrowing into the back of my head as I publish this live in front of a group of students at my radio and podcasting class. They told me to say that, they’re listening, send help quick! Only messing. The usual mix of music and waffle, hope you enjoy it.
00:00 – Spark Thugs – Catawampus – CC BY-SA Licensed – A bit of rock to open the show. I hear...
2013-05-1400 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 73 – 6th Mar 2012Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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A slightly overdue Rathole Radio this time. I missed the live show on Sunday unfortunately due to exhaustion, so I recorded this show offline instead. I skipped the live song but I did manage to cram in a bumper selection of eclectic music as always. Normal service will be resumed next time I promise.
00:00 – The Gentlemen – Three Minute Marriage Proposal – License Unknown – A great band I heard via AMPed new music weekly and had to share. Love this song...
2012-03-0700 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 73 – 6th Mar 2012Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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A slightly overdue Rathole Radio this time. I missed the live show on Sunday unfortunately due to exhaustion, so I recorded this show offline instead. I skipped the live song but I did manage to cram in a bumper selection of eclectic music as always. Normal service will be resumed next time I promise.
00:00 – The Gentlemen – Three Minute Marriage Proposal – License Unknown – A great band I heard via AMPed new music weekly and had to share. Love this song...
2012-03-0700 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 73 – 6th Mar 2012Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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A slightly overdue Rathole Radio this time. I missed the live show on Sunday unfortunately due to exhaustion, so I recorded this show offline instead. I skipped the live song but I did manage to cram in a bumper selection of eclectic music as always. Normal service will be resumed next time I promise.
00:00 – The Gentlemen – Three Minute Marriage Proposal – License Unknown – A great band I heard via AMPed new music weekly and had to share. Love this song...
2012-03-0700 minRatholeRadio.org (Ogg Version)RatholeRadio 73 – 6th Mar 2012Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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A slightly overdue Rathole Radio this time. I missed the live show on Sunday unfortunately due to exhaustion, so I recorded this show offline instead. I skipped the live song but I did manage to cram in a bumper selection of eclectic music as always. Normal service will be resumed next time I promise.
00:00 – The Gentlemen – Three Minute Marriage Proposal – License Unknown – A great band I heard via AMPed new music weekly and had to share. Love this song...
2012-03-0700 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 65 – 13th Nov 2011Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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Welcome to Rathole Radio number 65. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached 65 already but there it is. I played my usual mix of eclectic independent tunes and chatted away with everyone listening live. I skipped playing an acoustic tune as we had a packed show anyway. I hope you enjoy it
00:00 – Paul Liddell – Ghost Car – License Unknown – I heard this via the Liverpool Acoustic Spotlighthalloween show and friend Graham Holland. Buy the EP Help Yourself Float from Pau...
2011-11-1600 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 65 – 13th Nov 2011Download Ogg – Download Mp3
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Welcome to Rathole Radio number 65. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached 65 already but there it is. I played my usual mix of eclectic independent tunes and chatted away with everyone listening live. I skipped playing an acoustic tune as we had a packed show anyway. I hope you enjoy it
00:00 – Paul Liddell – Ghost Car – License Unknown – I heard this via the Liverpool Acoustic Spotlighthalloween show and friend Graham Holland. Buy the EP Help Yourself Float from Pau...
2011-11-1600 minRatholeRadio.orgRatholeRadio 65 – 13th Nov 2011Download Ogg – Download Mp3
http://traffic.libsyn.com/ratholeradio/RR065_13_11_11.mp3 | Open Player in New Window
Welcome to Rathole Radio number 65. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached 65 already but there it is. I played my usual mix of eclectic independent tunes and chatted away with everyone listening live. I skipped playing an acoustic tune as we had a packed show anyway. I hope you enjoy it
00:00 – Paul Liddell – Ghost Car – License Unknown – I heard this via the Liverpool Acoustic Spotlighthalloween show and friend Graham Holland. Buy the EP Help Yourself Float from Pau...
2011-11-1600 minRatholeRadio.org (Ogg Version)RatholeRadio 65 – 13th Nov 2011Download Ogg – Download Mp3
http://traffic.libsyn.com/ratholeradio/RR065_13_11_11.mp3 | Open Player in New Window
Welcome to Rathole Radio number 65. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached 65 already but there it is. I played my usual mix of eclectic independent tunes and chatted away with everyone listening live. I skipped playing an acoustic tune as we had a packed show anyway. I hope you enjoy it
00:00 – Paul Liddell – Ghost Car – License Unknown – I heard this via the Liverpool Acoustic Spotlighthalloween show and friend Graham Holland. Buy the EP Help Yourself Float from Pau...
2011-11-1600 min