Linux Downtime – Episode 86

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Kevin joins us to talk about the hype that surrounds some programming languages like Rust and Python, how some languages like Java went out of fashion, and why the likes of PHP never saw much hype at all. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.

 

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Linux Downtime – Episode 85

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There’s a meme that software developers should be forced to use low end hardware to experience what it’s like to be a real user. So what hardware should devs actually use to test their software? How does this differ for GUI and CLI applications? With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.

 

 

 

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Linux Downtime – Episode 84

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We are joined by Roger Light to discuss what it’s like to work for a company that uses the open core model maintaining an open source project and offering additional paid for proprietary features. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.

 

Mosquitto

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Linux Downtime – Episode 83

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We are joined by Marcin Kulik – the creator and maintainer of asciinema. We talk about the project itself, developing on Linux, IDEs, targetting a technical audience, the advantages of writing for a command line interface, why -R is always wrong for the recursive flag, and more. With guest host Jim from 2.5 Admins.

Marcin on Mastodon

asciinema on Mastodon

asciinema on Matrix

 

 

 

 

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Linux Downtime – Episode 82

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Jim Salter joins us to talk about getting the most out of your open source project. From designing and planning, to attracting contributors, considering the correct scope, building on top of existing software, and more.

 

Sanoid and Syncoid

Perlpv

Jim’s website

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2.5 Admins podcast

 

 

 

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Linux Downtime – Episode 81

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How to get hired for your first development job, more on contributor license agreements, and our thoughts on different immutable OS approaches.

 

Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA) – FSFE

Why the FSF Gets Copyright Assignments from Contributors

 

 

 

 

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Linux Downtime – Episode 80

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We are joined by Element developer Andy Balaam to talk about working on open source software after 20 years in the proprietary world. We get into working in public, the realities of accepting code contributions, being part of a distributed team, the pros and cons of working from home, and more.

 

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Website and blog

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Linux Downtime – Episode 79

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We are all on board with the right to be forgotten but it can cause some tricky problems for open source projects – particularly small ones. Plus why we won’t stop going on about why we take such a dim view of crypto.

Amolith mentioned a toot from the Tor Project.

 

 

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