This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “A Great Year for Linux”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology. We discuss our experiences with containers, who they are for, and the contexts in which we find them useful. If you are self-hosting, and are container curious, this one is for you! (00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper Podcast (00:19) Bonus episode connected to Season 1 Episode 1: A Great Year for Linux. Time to get technical! (01:29) This discussion will not cover Permissions, File Systems, or Backups. (02:32) Lemmy Discussion - What is keeping people away from Containers (02:47) Ameridroid Sponsor: LINUXPREPPER code (03:16) What are Containers for? (04:05) HB describes making a text adventure game (in Docker) (04:42) MagPi Magazine (05:09) TTYD: Share your Terminal on the Web (06:12) Why containerize TTYD? (07:05) Managing multiple iterations through containers (07:47) Use of containers, as opposed to Python virtual environments (08:53) When does it make sense for someone to consider containers? (10:30) Docker run commands. similar to bash scripting (12:30) Compose Files, migrating from docker run commands (13:03) Portainer - WebUI Management for Docker services (HB) (13:16) docker ps - Management from the terminal (James) (13:34) James using Docker to test for NextcloudPi and write documentation (14:41) Using containers in order to define your own image (15:

(00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper (00:25) Keepass skit KeepassXC is recommended for desktop users. (01:32) Ameridroid Sponsor LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:43) Lemmy discussions. It looks to be a great year for Linux. Those who’ve switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going? Lemmy world and Lemmy ML Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss. Lemmy World and Lemmy ML Linux Prepper Lemmy community (03:13) Lutris - Open Gaming Launcher Github repo (04:57) Ubuntu Shutdown from 4 to 2 clicks (09:47) Mermaids - ASCII Game developed by HB Pixel Artwork Tools recommended by HB (11:56) Who is HB, the guest host? (13:17) Who is James, the host? (14:18) Containers, Compose - Good? Who are they for? Bonus episode TBD Asking Lemmy about reasons to avoid containers (15:19) Premium subscriptions available Recurring support possible through Ko-fi, backed by Stripe. You can now be a Patron of the show! Get access to additional content. (16:04) HB’s Thoughts on show topics and expectations (1

Linux Prepper Season 1 begins. Our focus remains on using Open Source tooling, Self-Hosting, and FOSS tooling in daily life. Linux Prepper podcast is created by James as part of Living Cartoon Broadcasting & Living Cartoon Company. We are a welcoming show, which doesn’t waste time judging others; we are all here with a common interest. By engaging in our communities you agree to our rules, which keeps things supportive and family friendly. The Matrix chat in Living Cartoon Broadcasting is now bridged to Discord. The podcast is now available on Youtube, in addition to directly from the website, Spotify, Amazon Music, Fountain, Podcast Index, etc. 2025 episodes According to DuckDuckGo: The Linux Prepper podcast focuses on using open-source technology to enhance everyday life, featuring discussions on self-hosting, Linux, and related topics. It aims to empower listeners to take control of their technology and enjoy a DIY approach to tech. Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @linuxprepper@podcast.james.network Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to podcast@james.network I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!

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Complete show notes here. Big thanks to developers Tobias and Marcel for joining the interview. There will be a second part of the interview. Was tempted to write a silly title like Nextcloud Atomic Explodes. If you are curious on related presentations from the past: NextcloudPi podcast interview by Nextcloud NextcloudPi Lightning Talk 2022 How to Contribute Panel Discussion 2023 You Can Contribute to Open Source Lightning Talk 2023 How to Escape Bigtech Techlore Interview 2023 Who is in the Interview Tobias is the developer of NextcloudPi, Atomic, and Nextcloud Secrets Hire as freelancer or donate directly on Kofi Marcel is the developer of Floccus, Nextcloud Bookmarks and Recognize. Donate through Github or donate directly on Kofi. James is host of Linux Prepper Podcast. Contributor of documentaton and testing to Nextcloud, NextcloudPi, AIO, Floccus. Donate directly on Paypal. Premium subscriptions with bonus content TBD. Steam Key Giveaway is active for anyone leaving a quick review of the show on their podcast platform of choice.

For Detailed Shownotes, see here. Transcriptions for this episode will be added within the week. One year of the show as of 9/11! 12 episodes from episode 0 - 11. In binary this would make this episode 1100. (01:41) Sponsor - Ameridroid Excellent US-based provider of open hardware. All the shipping options. Use LINUXPREPPER at checkout Odroid Go Ultra handheld for retro gaming (25:44) Steam Key Giveaway for those writing a review of this podcast! See the basic rules here. Racknerd VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting Currently testing. Works fine, support is responsive, pricing is very low. Darling of lowendbox and lowendtalk. Referral link, and select “Reveal Deals” for VPS annual subscriptions at $11. What do you think of VPS hosting? (03:16) KDE Akademy KDE Linux “Banana” planned as immutable successor to KDE Neon. Livestream and Matrix to watch both days of presentations. Thanks to Neal Gompa of Alma Linux and Fedora for taking a little KDE Trivia challenge. He is a host on Sudo Show podcast. C-base Berlin Classes include NixOS, Godot, lockpicking, and more. Take a self-guided online tour. Xhain Hackerspace in Berlin. Classes include Woodworking, 3d Printers, crafting nights, etc. Nextcloud Conference 2025 on September 28th - 29th.

Show notes also available here. (00:00) Welcome. A full length episode was released a few days ago (00:15) Happy Birthday to Linux (01:31) Intro - What is Linux Prepper Podcast (01:58) Single Point of Failure PSA (04:00) Sponsor - Ameridroid for open hardware, Home Assistant gear and all the shipping options from a US-based company with excellent customer service. Use LINUXPREPPER at checkout. (04:43) iSponsorBlockTV - Selfhosted, Network Ad skipping and muting for your Smart TV, Streaming Devices and Consoles. (06:36) Join our Matrix Chat! We are a friendly bunch. (07:00) Looking for ways to access multiple multimedia servers (Jellyfin, Emby, Plex) from one interface (11:01) Jellyswarrm - reverse proxy that lets you combine multiple Jellyfin servers into one place (13:53) How do you manage access on our laptop or mobile to multiple VPN networks? (15:04) Steam Key Giveaway from Linux Prepper is officially open! Write up a review for the podcast on whatever platform and then let me know. Thanks. (18:46) Anki - Flashcards (Cross-Platform) (20:16) Anki Sync Server (Selfhosted) (20:29) AnkiCollab Plugin - Open Source Collaboration on Flashcards (20:31) Ankimon

(00:00) Intro - Recap of episode. Link to full-er show notes. (02:03) Ameridroid Sponsor use LINUXPREPPER at check out (03:19) SeaGL Conference, hoping to present 11/07 - 08 in Seattle (05:01) Kit Scenarist - Dead Software Spotlight for Storyboarding, Comics, Scripts (06:05) Still using dead tech? Share in this poll! What abandoned or discontinued tech do you still rely on, Lemmy discussion (06:19) Giada - Software Spotlight for Music Looping (07:31) Osees - Sorcs 80 album made on samples / loops with drumpads (Music Suggestion) See it performed live (08:21) Deerhoof - Noble & Godlike in Ruin album (Music Suggestion) (09:27) Email me suggestions! or post to https://discuss.james.network (09:35) Software and Hardware Failure - fwupd, Ubuntu, screen failure, remote access, mobo death (15:43) Deja Dup - Backup Software Spotlight Timeshift also a nice option (17:23) I don’t use AI - Audience Feedback (19:36) Soundcloud Training on User Data & Receiving Copyright Claims (23:32) artfight.net - Make Drawings inspired by the other drawings! Website Spotlight (24:10) a2b2.org (Website Spotlight) (24:48) Objective Confusion - Audience Feedback (26:56) Adding 30-ish second Objective Recaps the rest of this episode (27:18)

(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, Toilet - Terminal ASCII Artwork (27:15) Meme (27:56) Dead Tech - What do you use? Take a quick survey (29:18) Offline Tooling. What do you use? Take a quick survey (29:49) Epson Ecotank Printers. Can be converted to Sublimation (34:07) Kill Doctor Lucky - A print and play boardgame (35:43) Root as a Print and Play game. Insanely popular as a modern, commercial board game (36:04) Skull card game. Classic bar game, played on napkins, etc. (39:03) Paper Circuits (44:08) Pinecil Soldering Iron Soldering is Easy web comic by M

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 first conference. Gratitude for meeting so many people and having this shared experience together! Ways to support me, especially in sharing the episodes to social media or with friends that would find this interesting! Thank you to those who are donating to support the show! Paypal (24:45) Tahoe LAFS Decentralized object storage Request to mirror federated storage locally in Nextcloud server Join our attempt to self-host Tahoe for a year! Is it worth hosting decentralized services for others? Is storing encrypted data for other people not worth it? Have you hosted distributed tools between yourself and other people’s servers? Did it succeed? Fail? (45:54) Alby Hub Fundraising to register a Self-hosted node. Thank you to those supporting the show on Podcasting 2.0 clients.

(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 clients, etc. Supports Nextcloud Bookmarks, Google Drive, Git, webdav and more. Project Github (02:54) Be sure to send in your feedback with this anonymous form! (03:33) Spread the word and share this show with others if you enjoy it! Thank you so much! You can donate to support me here. Podcasting 2.0 listeners to donate to support my upcoming Alby Hub node here. Fundraising 50k Sats. (03:45) Interview with Marcel Begins EfficientNet TensorFlow WhisperAI Stable Diffusion Image Generation by Stability AI See some generated Mascots for Nextcloud Try it here Github repo Beatles use AI to complete a new song

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 would you like tested on an arm64 server? Let me know. (27:30) Lemmy discussion on AI tools people are testing locally. (29:10) Themio Stereotool (30:19) scp - SSH based Copy (32:00) ffmpeg audio extraction from mp4 video after a Zoom call. (32:47) Getting a New Laptop. Windows 11, AntiX, NixOS, Kubuntu. (53:30) Ubuntu adopting uutils (57:00) Podcasting 2.0 support - State of the Podcast Alby Hub and fundraising sats to register it. Podcasting 2.0 listeners should now have Transcription and Chapter support as of this episode. IPFS Podcasting is supported. Host and you’ll receive a split of donations. Spread the Word! Help promote the show. Send in feedback. See more detailed episode show notes by clicking here. Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content.

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 people don’t know about. Thank you so much. You can also donate to me on paypal. Allowing recurring donations with a fancier system is in-the-works. (05:50) Librewolf browser, community fork of Firefox. (06:35) Works on My Machine badge by CodingHorror of Discourse (07:30) Kickstarter for PixelFed and Loops by dansup PixelFed is a federated, FOSS alternative to Instagram Loops is a federated, FOSS alternative to TikTok Dansup website (08:45) @linuxprepper@podcast.james.network This podcast is also available on the fediverse at the above address. Use Mastodon of whatever client you prefer. Audience Feedback with HB (10:00) HB is on github Hungry Bogart interview on Linux Prepper origins and background on Medium. Pimox 7

(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 one, use that. If you don’t, the draw to modern thin clients and PC’s is more desirable in cost & size vs performance. (19:39) NextcloudPi project. Years of testing across various devices. Adopting containers in order to spin up simultaneous production and test instances of the same software. Less interest in specific devices and more interest in running whatever service I need on arm64 or x86 architecture. I’m behind the times in terms of modern automations when testing, but this is how I’ve learned. (21:01) Testing and Flexibility At what point does the Pi simply become another server? I feel we’ve already reached this point with the Pi 5. (24:50) Repurposing Old Hardware Having older iterations of hardware is great. Pi 2 has full sized USB and basic ethernet, so is fine assuming it is still supported by a project. Personally self-hosting on Pi devices to help me with audio editing since my laptop is not powerful enough on it’s own. (26:30) What modern laptop would you recommend I purchase? Haven’t purchased a high end model in over 10 years, so ready to upgrade. Would like to edit video and run LLM. (30:12) Seeking Audience Input on devices they use. (31:00) What devices are you hosting on? If you use a Pi 5, why? Do you regret it vs an alternative? Does a Pi 5 with NVME disk make more sense than an x86 computer? (32:00) Audience question on wanting to know more about the host. Masonry, theatre gigs, open source volunteer with hackerspaces, piracy in academia, all about the Host (44:00) Apprentice to the Wild book by Kurt Hoelting (45:30) btm terminal application recommendation. Known as bottom, for monitoring remote network services. If you like the show, please do share it! Ways to Support the Show! Share it wi

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 technology in terms of computers. Also relates to making musical instruments, electronics, recipes, DIY, hardware (09:15) My audience expectations is you want to learn more. You are someone happy to learn more. You will be inspired to take initiative. Basic web searches like “Linux Password Manager” to learn. Markdown is how this is written for you. Bullet Journaling Password Managers Where to Begin (12:00) Everyone starts hosted. No shame in it. But, when to try selfhosting on your device? Encounter a limitation like sharing multi-terabytes of data, when my hosted storage is smaller. Get a “homelab” with any old machine. Give yourself a reason to learn. (15:00) Basic services you can experiment with to begin your own homelab of internal devices Avahi, mDNS for treating your device as hostname.local for printing, Samba and more with zero configuration. Edit avahi-daemon.conf with whatever stand-in hostname you want DNS Server, popularly done with Adblockers like Pi-hole and Adguard Home, plus Unbound with a blocklist. Sync multiple failovers of thes

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 donations Domain registrar I recommend - Porkbun Podcast Index Value 4 Value & podcasting 2.0 listening support added for those on compatible clients. Join our Matrix Chat Draupnir moderation bot. Fork of Mjolnir. (07:40) What tool do you find the most indispensable? Send in your thoughts to our Matrix chat or to podcast@james.network My top tools: notes and a password manager. (08:05) KeePass - 20+ years of goodness on all platforms! Portable, encrypted, awesome. Distribute your databases to better manage your services People have paid me to teach them this! Friends & Family approved open source! KeepassXC on Linux, Mac, Windows Keepassium on iOS KeepassDX on Android (10:20) Hey, where is my keepass? sketch (11:30) RSS protocol for updates & notifications. The introverts “social” network dashboard As good as you make it. Be patient. Basis for all podcasting (12:10) RSS Clients - use them on any device to get started.

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 platform, which supports Podcasting 2.0 Open Source Game Recommendation (12:49) Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, NetHack, Dwarf Fortress Open Hardware Recommendation: (14:25) Pine64 PinePower Travel Charger Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others! Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content. Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix! Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @linuxprepper@podcast.james.network Lemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click! See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to podcast@james.network I do not promise to respond,