Tag: selfhosting

• July 1, 2026Podcasts

  75 – We are all Marjorie

  Join hosts Majid, Charlie, and Eric in episode 75 of Linux OTC to explore the surprisingly rich connections between language, technology, AI, and digital privacy. The episode opens with a lively discussion about the quirks of English as a global language, code-switching, and regional dialects — with Charlie and Majid sharing personal anecdotes about communicating across cultures. The conversation naturally pivots to AI and vibe coding, with Charlie praising Claude for helping him troubleshoot Docker Compose files on ZimaOS by parsing error logs, Eric reflecting on using AI to generate bash scripts, and Majid noting mixed results with Gemini for self-hosting tasks like setting up Jellyfin and Audiobookshelf.

  The second half tackles AI's broader implications: medical transcription tools, data privacy concerns around Google, Apple, Copilot, and ambient surveillance, and the sustainability of AI consuming creator content without attribution — using the now-legendary "Marjorie from Tuscany" as a case study. The trio rounds out the episode debating GNOME's governance, the AUR's recent turbulence, and the tension between project vision and community input, with Charlie teasing that the FOSS and open-source philosophy discussion will continue on the FossNerds podcast soon.

• April 23, 2023Podcasts

  08 – The Immutable Leo

  This week we talk a little about the new flathub.org as well as the winbtrfs project which brings the advantages of the Btrfs filesystem to the Windows world. We also get into the state of things with Wayland as well as Fedora, and so much more.

• March 12, 2023Podcasts

  05 – What Is Linux?

  This week we go off the rails about Nextcloud again. Norbert installs and gets on with DAVx5. We talk about what we think "Linux is." As well as a whole lot more!

• February 26, 2023Podcasts

  04 – Self-Hosting

  This week we start what we imagine will be a series on self-hosting. We go over some of the stuff we self-host and the methods we use. Norbert starts his journey in self-hosting where he describes the Nextcloud instance he recently built.