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Ell tells us about her first ever experience with Windows 10 and how it compares with Linux. Plus Drew has been using a Wayland-based i3-like tiling window manager called Sway. Links: Windows 10 Linux Unplugged 344: Our Week with Windows Sway — Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. Choose Linux 12: Regolith ..read more

We try out Solus and are all impressed by this independent distro. Then Ell and Drew sing the praises of Visual Studio Code - a text editor that's packed full of features. Links: Solus — Solus is an operating system that is designed for home computing. Every tweak enables us to deliver a cohesive computing experience. Visual Studio Code — Code editing. Redefined. Free. Built on open source. Runs everywhere ..read more

We revisit some of the projects we have covered in previous episodes to see what we've stuck with and what we haven't. Qubes OS and Tails, a handy Android app, building websites, easy Arch, the cloud, hardware hacking, and more. Links: Qubes OS virt-manager Boxes Regolith Chris Tries i3 for the First Time... LIVE NewPipe Hugo Endeavour OS Endless OS ..read more

A confusing experience in Distrohoppers which raises deeper questions about the value and viability of smaller distros. Links: Previous Episodes with Distrohoppers LinuxConsole.org ..read more

Valentine's Day is nearly here so it's time to talk about why we love Linux and open source. Nothing is perfect though, so we also touch on a few areas that we feel could be improved ..read more

Distrohoppers serves up something very different in the form of desktop BSD, and we reveal how important freedom is to us all. Links: GhostBSD — A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System Share wireless Internet connection through ethernet ..read more

Trying to explain what Linux and open source are can be tricky. We discuss our various approaches, and how they differ depending on the experience of who we are explaining them to ..read more

Ultimate privacy in Distrohoppers, and the best ways to run other operating systems within your current Linux distro. Links: Tails — Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity. Installing KVM on Ubuntu Virtual machine manager — The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. Boxes — Boxes is an application that gives you access to virtual machines, running locally or remotely. It also allows you to connect to the display of a rem ..read more

All three of us have different levels of experience with Linux but there are tons of things that we wish we'd learned earlier in our journey. From gatekeeping to community culture, command line tricks to backups, and more. Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Give yourself a year of opportunity and save $150. Get a full year of Hands-On Cloud Training. Limited time Black Friday Offer. Links: Linux Academy Black Friday Sale — Give yourself a year of opportunity and save $150. Get a full year of Hands-On Cloud Training. Limited time Black Friday Offer. explainshell — Write down a command-line to see ..read more