Linux Prepper
Living Cartoon Company
A podcast where technology links into just enjoying your life. Who knows what we’ll accomplish?! 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 sponsors, no hard commitments, just frustration and fun.
Interview with Marcel on Recognize AI
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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.
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LinuxFest Northwest in Bellingham, WA April 25th - 27th
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Quick Intro on Marcel - Developer behind Nextcloud Bookmarks, Floccus, Recognize
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Recognize AI & ML for Nextcloud Photos documentation
Project Github
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Floccus - Browser Bookmark Syncing Extension for Chrome, Firefox, mobile cli
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
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, whic
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 alread
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 t
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 acce
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