Linux Prepper

Living Cartoon Company•podcast.james.network

Selfhosted show on using free and open source technology to DIY everything myself, while still enjoying life.

Inspired by Linux, BSD, Open Source and FOSS. Part of https://james.network and Living Cartoon Company

If you are interested an episode and want to send me thoughts please email: podcast@james.network The show is subject to change, depending on how it is received. No hard commitments, just frustration and fun.

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Episodes

Self-hosted Tools, Dead Tech, Papercrafting

(00:42) Detailed Show notes, because tons of links this episode (01:38) Air Conditioned Nightmare - Mr. Bungle (02:51) SFTPGo - Simple Folder Sharing (05:49) Sponsor - Ameridroid . Use LINUXPREPPER at checkout. (06:45) ChapterTool - Show and Chapter Notes for Audio & Video Platforms (07:49) openDAW - Browser-based Multi-track Recording (09:13) Kanboard - Project Management (18:09) Offline Tools. What do you use? Dead Tech. What do you use? (18:34) No more Skype. Try Signal! (25:58) Figlet, T...

May 22, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 8

Makerspaces, Conferences and Decentralized Storage

Timestamps (00:07) Welcome What is included in the episode, and what will be released as part of episode 8 later this month. Revised description of what Linux Prepper is. (04:50) Ameridroid Sponsor Home Assistant Green Home Assistant Green w/ Skyconnect Zigbee & Matter Controller Skyconnect Zigbee & Matter Controller Use LINUXPREPPER coupon. (06:22) Trivia Challenges at Linuxfest Northwest Saturday Winners Sunday Winners Linux Unplugged 612 , around 7 minutes in. (17:26) On tabling at my...

May 07, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 7

Interview with Marcel on Recognize AI

(00:00) Welcome to our first long format interview! Consider this a bonus episode. Please share it with others if you enjoy it! Let me know what you think; your feedback appreciated. (00:20) LinuxFest Northwest in Bellingham, WA April 25th - 27th (00:37) Quick Intro on Marcel - Developer behind Nextcloud Bookmarks, Floccus, Recognize (01:04) Recognize AI & ML for Nextcloud Photos documentation Project Github (02:30) Floccus - Browser Bookmark Syncing Extension for Chrome, Firefox, mobile cli...

Apr 15, 2025•45 min•Ep. 6

Leaving Linux

Timestamps For Detailed Shownotes and Links - Click Here (00:45) Linuxfest Northwest (02:10) Audience Suggestion - Forgejo (06:02) Television Fuzzy Finder (08:38) Uptime Kuma- Monitoring (12:25) Dockje - Docker Compose Manager (14:50) Homebox - Inventory Management (17:14) Ameridroid Sponsor - LINUXPREPPER coupon at checkout Home Assistant Green Home Assistant Skyconnect Zigbee/Matter adapter Home Assistant Voice Preview IndieDroid Nova (19:40) Whisper AI - Speech to Text (27:00) What services w...

Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 5

Audience Feedback on Selfhosting

Timestamps (00:40) Linuxfest Northwest 4/25 - 4/27 (01:30) Forum now available for full show notes and project discussion. Also accessible from Matrix. https://flarum.org/ (02:39) Simple feedback form now available for sending your feedback and suggestions. Or, you can always email podcast@james.network (03:45) ameriDroid now sponsors the podcast. use LINUXPREPPER coupon code to support the show. (04:50) If you like the show please do share it! Spread the word. This is a small show, which most p...

Mar 06, 2025•47 min•Ep. 4

Byebye Raspberry Pi

(00:00) Welcome and Feedback (00:24) Re-evaluating Self-Hosting (01:30) Gifting Linux Devices (03:14) Setting Up for Success (05:01) Managing Remote Devices (10:29) Remote Access with WireGuard. Securely accessing local resources remotely. (13:01) Introducing Jellyfin (14:15) Managing Disk Space df -h to confirm disk usage docker system prune -a to remove older images, stopped, hanging. Recovered 50gb. (16:00) The Raspberry Pi Evolution Does the Pi family make sense in 2025? If you already own o...

Feb 09, 2025•47 min•Ep. 3

Where to Begin

Timestamps (00:24) Happy 2025! (00:34) Hungry Bogart interview on Linux Prepper origins and background on Medium. (01:00) Episode Overview (01:45) Audience Feedback What is Matrix and why do we have a Matrix chat. Join it here . (02:50) Discussion forum now live for the podcast and eventually Living Cartoon Company, my theatrical work. (03:20) SeaGL Gnu/Linux Conference from October Found through Steadfast Self-hosting . Book also on Github (08:00) There is more to this podcast than just technol...

Jan 12, 2025•25 min•Ep. 2

What is Selfhosting

Timestamps (00:24) Hosted Service Definition Account you have access to: web hosting, Dropbox, email, etc. “I would like an account on your service” (01:22) Selfhosted Definition VPS, Dedicated, Colo, Garage, Old Laptop you maintain. often Single point of failure Distribution is part of our grand experiment! (03:00) Status of the podcast Please do spread the word if you enjoy the show! Castopod moved onto a hosted instance. Castopod supports subscribing from the fediverse Now accepting paypal do...

Oct 13, 2024•21 min•Ep. 1

Despecialized

Timestamps (00:10) Several years of Ubuntu Studio desktop releases KDE Plasma is solid the last few years! Xfce, Openbox also great. (06:00) Timeshift snapshot and restore with rsync or btrfs. (08:00) Truenas Scale is a Debian Linux + OpenZFS variation of Freenas BSD + ZFS. File system based snapshots with VM support. Why Mirror Vdevs are better than raidz (08:55) 5 years of Raspberry Pi 4. Radxa Quad Sata Hat & Case after a couple years of use. (11:45) Castopod - Open Source Podcasting Host...

Sep 11, 2024•16 min

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