Linux After Dark

Linux After Dark – Episode 134

The first open source software that we used, and the FOSS that we have most recently started using regularly.               Support us on Patreon and get an ad-fr

Linux After Dark – Episode 133

Some of our hot Linux takes including software bloat, ChromeOS being the best set and forget system, touch screen Linux still not being quite there, and Xfce being (nearl

Linux After Dark – Episode 132

How do we recapture the passion we once had for computers and technology?                 Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episo

Linux After Dark – Episode 131

It’s the FreeBSD challenge! We all get it running on a laptop and it’s great. Honest.                   Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with s

Linux After Dark – Episode 130

Chris needs a solution for his family to watch ripped media while travelling, and Gary has a complex but cool travel network setup.                   Support us

Linux After Dark – Episode 129

It’s the ten year old computer challenge! Can we daily drive a desktop or laptop from 2016? There’s only one way to find out! Mike’s shitpost                  

Linux After Dark – Episode 128

It’s a forced positivity episode! We all come up with some positive things to say about Linux and open source.                     Support us on Patreon and ge

Linux After Dark – Episode 127

We got a lot of feedback about choosing a distro for the friends and family we support, but a lot of suggestions didn’t make sense to us. We get into why we pick boring a

Linux After Dark – Episode 126

Having seen some technologies come to a definite end, Chris wonders if we should be willing to draw a line under open source software sometimes.                

Linux After Dark – Episode 125

Chris is struggling to decide which distro to install on his new work laptop, and he and Gary want to pick a new distro for the people they support. Plus Joe wonders what

Linux After Dark – Episode 124

The most precious machine in our stack of laptops and PCs, excluding anything we actually use regularly. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break.  

Linux After Dark – Episode 123

We revisit the topic of the dire situation with hardware prices, this time with a focus on getting the most out of machines with limited resources.              

Linux After Dark – Episode 122

We all seem to be moving away from Ubuntu, but there are still quite a few reasons to keep using it.   WG Tunnel PiVPN Charlie’s OggCamp talk about infrastructure as

Linux After Dark – Episode 121

How we get back to our home LANs when we are away travelling etc. It mostly involves WireGuard and Tailscale. We also get into blocking ads, mostly with Pi-hole.      

Linux After Dark – Episode 120

Chris ended up with a managed M4 Macbook Air at work with no sudo or root. So how does a Linux user get on with his first ever Mac? Turns out pretty well, thanks to lots

Linux After Dark – Episode 119

May wants to make a space heater out of an old computer, and Joe is thinking about buying a new (used) laptop. The heater will be pretty straightforward but finding the r

Linux After Dark – Episode 118

We decided to give openSUSE a try. We had a great time. Honest.                 Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes

Linux After Dark – Episode 117

May has actually been using her stack of laptops and learning that “legacy” distros make more sense, the Firefox flatpak performs better than other packages, Linux Mint i

Linux After Dark – Episode 116

The end of Windows 10 and the terrible state of Windows 11 are driving more and more people to Linux. How do we help people actually manage the switch and stay with Linux

Linux After Dark – Episode 115

With the price of RAM and storage through the roof, what are we going to do when it comes to supporting people who come to us for IT advice?               Support