Best Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric Podcasts (2025)

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63 – Audio Antics and Arch Adventures: The 67 Chronicles 1:05:46

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In this lively episode of Linux OTC, we kick off with some unexpected technical hiccups when Majid’s audio takes a turn for the bizarre, sparking a spirited debate about the causes. As we navigate through the audio chaos, the conversation shifts to the fascinating evolution of smartphones, exploring how they’ve transformed our daily lives. Later, w…

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62 – What Could Go Wrong? 1:04:33

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One hardware failure after another for these guys. Bill’s video card woes, Majid’s server issues. We even had a complete SATA controller failure on one of the most important machines. We get through it. We get into distro hopping, as well as a little conversation about Cosmic, verses Gnome.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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61 – Discord Woes 59:33

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Bill’s video card problems, we get into the new Steam hardware a bit, a little bit on Docker. Way more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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60 – Corporate Shills Return 1:06:01

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Just Bill and Majid for this one. We get into all kinds of stuff including the evolution of content creation, distro hopping, and the like. We get into Amazon’s shift to Linux on it’s Fire TV platform. All of this and way more.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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59 – Sponsored By Cosmic OTC 1:09:17

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We had a lot of fun making this one. After some off-topic discussion, we get into a recent purchase by Bill. We get into Pop!_OS in a big way! Somehow we segue into shaving products. All this and way more! This would be an excellent episode to watch on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/live/h7zH65ZsswY?si=ZO6Dfgt0WvcudWIY…

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58 – Bill’s Klingon Nuts 1:27:40

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It’s another AI episode folks. We had a good conversation about it though. It’s not all moaning, we promise. In the beginning, we’re talking about some of Bill’s hardware accelleration woes, and what he’s doing to remedy it. We went ahead and added it to the end after the outro as a bit of “Bonus” content. All this and way more!…

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57 – Irritable Bill Syndrome 1:07:42

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A rather “in-depth” conversation about the nature of language, thought, and communication starts us off. We inevitably move on to AI. Those things and more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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56 – Red Rag To A Bull 1:06:54

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ai, archlinux, Auto Industry, CHUWI, Data Privacy, linux, linuxotc, mp3, podcast, Windows LicenseBy Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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55 – ChatGPT! Get Off My Lawn! 1:07:00

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Why do we use Arch? Should we really be trying to get new people to use Linux? These are the questions that have occupied the minds of man since the beginning of time.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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54 – Magic Tuxpad 56:05

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No Bill this episode, but we have a great time none the less.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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53 – Nonsense Nomenclature 1:04:12

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Dev Opps, Majid’s Snapdragon, Keyboard wins over Mouse, Cybersecurity, Gnome, Stand-by Time On Linux. Start up time, and Way More!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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52 – Inplexification 1:10:48

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DNS, TikTok, Netflix, Plex and other drugs. We get into it in depth!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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51 – And/or 45:53

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As we state early on in the show – This is our official Windows 11 episode! Majid has some technical difficulties which brings up some interesting conversations about the evolution of a Linux user’s troubleshooting skills. We get our nerd on talking about Star Wars. All of this and way more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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50 – Expressing The Glands 1:02:09

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We’re all over the place on this one. VPN’s, ARM hardware and multimedia are the most noteworthy topics. Those and so much more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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49 – Security, Reliability, Usability; Choose One 1:05:33

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We start off with Bill describing his experience at a recent trade show. Somehow this leads to a discussion on Arch and it’s place in the eco-system. We “flow” into a discussion about cloud providers and the state of their encryption. We get into the browser world briefly. All of this and way more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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48 – “Only One Neck To Choke” 1:06:19

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We start by waxing philosophical, then we lead to a conversation about AI in the workplace. We get into Manifest V-3. We get into Mozilla, and their recent decisions. We get into browsers and we think the future may influence our decisions moving forward.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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47 – Compartmentalizing Browsers 59:40

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We start off talking about our beginnings in podcasting, this leads to the different ways people build and maintain websites. We then go hard on Mozilla. All of this and so much moreBy Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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46 – Just Enough Access To F*** It Up 53:37

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We start off talking about wearables, more specifically smart watches. We get into a discussion about a re-imagining of the infrastructure of Majid’s other show “Atypical Doctor Podcast.” All of this stuff and so much more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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45 – 100 Years of Ear Burning 1:04:06

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On this episode – Tik Tok, Plex, Coffee, and ear hair. We’re all over the place!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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44 – Drag It Back To Linux 1:06:43

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This week we start off waxing philosophical, but eventually we get into a discussion about how long our servers would last should something happen to us nerds of the house. We get into Docker, Synology, HD Homerun, and Apple. All of this, and so much more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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43 – Theatrical Linux 1:27:31

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Just Bill and Majid this week. It all starts a bit rough with a little back and forth between the blokes, but gets better with a conversation about Linux for “normal” people. Is there more than one kind of “normal” user? We get into a conversation about Apple, family movie night, and “planned obsolescence.” All of this and way more!…

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42 – Dirty Old Linux Nerds 1:06:37

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This week we point out the nature of kindness in the world. We get into a discussion about the challenges of religion and philosophy with regards to keeping up with technology. Perhaps we’ve given up too much to our devices. Majid works with Elementry OS 8 a little during the recording. Dual-booting becomes the “meat and potatoes” of this episode, …

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41 – Thanksgiving Rants 1:11:10

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This week it all starts with a rather brooding little discussion about religion. We get into why we use Linux, and why many people may use Linux. This rolls into a discussion about smart phones, smart watches and the like. Eric talks about his new Pixel watch. Majid shares a story about playing Badminton. We round it off with a discussion about ear…

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40 – ASUS of Theseus 1:05:59

1y ago1:05:59

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This week Majid and Bill talk about their PC builds – the good, bad and just plain wrong. Majid describes devolving from restoring old PC parts to literally building his “Ship of Theseus” from new parts. Installing Arch somehow becomes part of the conversation; everything from installing, to how packages are handled on the distro. We then talk abou…

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39 – AI and Bad Influence

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We start off Talking about Majid trying Fedora. We then get into Microsoft buying nuclear power facilities to provide for the monsterous energy needs of AI. Majid shares some interesting uses of AI in the healthcare industry. We get into the latest in the Internet Archive saga. All of this and way more!…

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38 – Linux For Literally Everything Else

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This is the first episode we live streamed. We started with the Internet Archive outage, this leads to a conversation about passwords and the philosophies around changing passwords. We move on to Thunderbird and the new Beta currently in testing for Android, and some of the pitfalls of email on the various email apps. Linux on tablets – Majid plann…

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37 – Cinnamon and Stealing Hardware 54:54

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This week we start off talking about Leo’s latest episode of Linux User Space. In episode 5:02, Leo and Dan go over a history of the Cinnamon desktop, and how tightly it’s tied to Linux Mint it’s self. We then morphed into a conversation about Windows 8, Windows on the command line, and how Gnome 3 seemed to come along about the same time. Desktop …

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36 – Tenacious Turbans 56:52

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Bill, Leo, Majid, and Joe get together this week to talk about Audacity, Tenacity, Git, Redbox, media servers, and Majid’s silly new phone. You’re not going to believe this, but AI does come up in the conversation. All of this and so, so much more. And by the way, Leo was kidding – Tenacity definitely does not suck.…

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35 – Suffer Engineers 1:03:15

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This week Eric, and Majid return, along with Leo and Joe to talk about Linux in schools, LLM’s AI, the new XPS, and so much more. It was a blast!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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34 – The Audacity Of Reaper 1:02:39

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This week Eric and Bill get into a conversation about proprietary alternatives to opensource software. It starts with us describing how we’ve both begun using Reaper instead of Audacity for editing the audio for our shows. Let us know what your think. What, if any proprietary software are you using on Linux. Is it just enough that the developers ma…

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33 – Discord Bots are Better Than Linux 1:04:27

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Eric Leo and Majid talk Discord, Bots, UI and even a little bit of Linux!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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32 – “I Remember Audio Editing.” 54:51

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We’re joined by Joe from mintCast fame. The discussion starts off about audio editing and just spins out of control from there. Joe and Leo get into a few discussions about some games available on Steam. We talk a little about the Steam Deck. The Texas heat is a topic. That leads to ideas about how to mitigate the heat in the home. AI in the home, …

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31 – Linux Will Bend You To It’s Will! 1:08:15

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Bill records the show using Arch, Leo advocates for the virtues of atomic distros, and Majid wants to build a NAS, or perhaps just buy one. All of this and so much more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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30 – The Rice Is Burning! 59:52

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This week we’re joined by Alan Pope of “Linux Matters” fame, among others. The conversation starts off with Snaps, Flatpaks, and the like – leading us into atomic desktops, and some shows we’ve been watching lately. Oh, and of course AI. All of this and a whole lot more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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29 – Endeavour to Fail 1:01:03

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This week we start out on Majid’s not so great experience with Endeavour OS. This spirals out of control into a back and forth with Bill dying on the Arch Linux hill. We have discussions about Snaps, Flatpaks, Atomic Desktops, and a whole lot more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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28 – Crypto Euphoria 54:09

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Cryptocurrency, Block Chain, and the problems inherent to funding in Opensource. We solve the world’s problems in one hour or less!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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Announcement 4/19/24 1:59

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This is just an announcement about some changes to the way we deliver the episodesBy Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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27 – A Hot Mess 43:52

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I ain’t gonna lie folks – this one’s a train wreck, and you’ll see for your self. We did get into a pretty cool conversation about game emulation. Bill ordered one of those little Linux based personal game pads which comes pre-installed with a staggering number of games. That erodes into a back and forth about stuff like D&D as well as Magic The Ga…

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26 – Kool Runnings 1:01:57

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Bill, Leo, and Majid get into first impressions of KDE Plasma 6. That conversation. We talk a little about the best (in our opinion) launchers for Linux desktops. We talk a little about our memories of Windows Vista, 7, and 8. Leo, and Majid hash it out over touchpad gestures. We get into an article on OMG Ubuntu about UXPlay, a tool for mirroring …

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25 – Corporate Shills 52:46

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Just Bill and Majid this go-around. This week we get into a little bit of what has inevitably brought us back to stable distros. What we make of things like Arch and Manjaro. This all leads to a hypothetical discussion about packaging formats and big business. These things, and a whole lot more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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24 – Don’t Prune Your Docker! 50:34

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Well gee wiz we start by talking about food, and Bill’s new medication. That morphs into a discussion about Docker, and Bill’s recent experience with the Collabora CODE server image. We end up getting into the up-comming Plasma 6 release and some of the things we expect from the KDE desktop.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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23 – Burn Your Keyboards! 1:11:47

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This week we’re joined by a special guest. Dave Hart from 3 Fat Truckers joins us for a discussion about the future of technology in general, and how we interact with our devices.By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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22 – Truckloads of Linux 1:15:07

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It’s just Eric and Bill for this one. From tech used in the trucking industry to a discussion about packaging formats and the culture around distributions like Arch Linux, this episode is all over the place. We had a good time though!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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21 – Linux Is A Mind-Altering Drug 1:10:24

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This week we get into the fun and frustrations of audio editing. We discuss some of the strategies and pitfalls specific to editing podcasts. That conversation somehow segways into mobile devices, AI, and other emerging technologies. All of that, and a whole lot more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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20 – Arcade Weirdos 1:01:01

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VR, iphones, Retro games, and our decaying interest in Marvel movies. All of this and a whole lot more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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19 – Eric Has The Touch 56:38

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This week we get into Majid’s Feren OS. We talk a little about Plasma on Wayland. We reminisce about Windows Phone, and Blackberry. We go off the rails about Fedora, Gnome and the like. All of this as well as the usual banter!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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18 – Make it Snappy 1:05:03

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It’s Bill, Eric, and Leo this week. We get into some ideas about how to improve our Linux podcasts. We get into a a discussion about Snaps, the AUR, Markdown editors, and so much more!By Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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17 – “He’s a Majid man” 1:06:17

2y ago1:06:17

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Ok — Let’s try this again; No Norbert again this episode, but we get into all kinds of stuff. We talk about streaming platforms, ads on podcasts. We talk about stuff like super hero shows, dissecting the concept of the multiverse. We go back and forth over the value of using distros like Arch or Gentoo. We get into the time-honored conversation abo…

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“I borked episode 17” 1:06

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this is just a short clip to let everyone know I screwed up episode 17. I’m going to re-do it and re-release. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Be expecting the new episode within the next 24 hoursBy Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric

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17 – “He’s a Majid man” 0:42

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No Norbert again this episode, but we get into all kinds of stuff. We talk about streaming platforms, ads on podcasts. We talk about stuff like super hero shows, dissecting the concept of the multiverse. We go back and forth over the value of using distros like Arch or Gentoo. We get into the time-honored conversation about convergence. All of this…