About this podcast
We are two Blokes who love Linux and trying out new stuff, we thought it would be interesting to share our experience of trying new Linux and BSD distributions and how we found it trying to live with them as our daily driver for up to a Month at a time, by recording a podcast about how we got on.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 62 episodes
- 62 – RakuOS and Omarchy · 1 h 17 minIn episode 62, Dale and Majid are back with another round of distro hopping. In “Beautiful Failures,” Dale finishes his highly customized Xfce desktop on Debian stable. He also…
- 61 – Odyssey · 23 minIn episode 61, Dale flies solo while Majid is away and shares a month of Linux tinkering—starting with an unsuccessful attempt to install PicaOS on a Dell Inspiron 13. He also…
- 60 – Elementary OS 8.1, and Void Linux Base ISO · 1 h 11 minIn this episode of Distrohoppers’ Digest, Dale and Majid dig into two very different Linux experiences: the stripped-down, do-it-yourself world of Void Linux Base ISO and the…
- 59 – Pika OS, MX LInux Plasma, Dale’s Server Farm, and Waydroid · 1 h 4 minWe reviewed Pika OS and MX Linux Plasma Edition. Dale tends to the server farm and Majid takes on Waydroid. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Full Show Transcript
- 58 – Puppy, TrixiePup, grub, and QEMU · 52 minJim from mintCast joins us to review Puppy Linux TrixiePup 64 Wayland. Along with Jim’s grub issue and Dale’s adventure with QEMU/KVM. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Show…
- 57 – CachyOS, and Arch, BTW · 1 h 35 minMajid reviews CachyOS, Bill from mintCast, and Linux OTC joins us to talk about Arch Linux. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Full Show Transcript
- Episode 56 · 2 h 2 minIn this episode Dale uses his iPad as a laptop and Majid fights with Windows 11 and bought a new to him Lenovo Chromebook. We review Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 and Pop!_OS 24.04 with…
- Episode 55 · 1 h 26 minThis episode was recorded on the 20th of December, 2025. For this show, we will be reviewing Ultramarine Linux Plasma Edition and Ghost BSD. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Full…
- Episode 54 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 54The pod is being rebooted. We discuss our activities during the past year. Our experiences with Fedora, LMDE6, Debian 13, and more. Link To Full Show Transcript
- Episode 53 · 2 h 3 min · Episode 53This month Eric reviews Bluefin Project and Dale reviews Archman. In Monthly Foibles, Dale had a productive month setting up Nextcloud, Pi-Hole, Ubuntu Server, and various other…
- Episode 52 · 1 h 26 min · Episode 52Welcome to Distrohppers’ Digest Episode 52. In Monthly Foibles, Dale recounts a month of balancing rest and productivity, from exploring Linux Mint's Backup Tool to diving into…
- Episode 51 · 1 h 37 minOn this episode we talk server upgrades, WiFi woes, Xebian and Fedora fails, and review BunsenLabs Linux Boron and KDE neon User Edition featuring the recently released KDE…
- Episode 50 · 55 minMoss and Dale are back for another episode. This month we are reviewing Sparky Linux 7.2 OpenBox/E25, and Zorin OS 17 PRO. Updates Solus, Redcore, Slackel, DeBodhi 32- and…
- Episode 49 · 1 h 15 minWe took a break from our reviews to do a year in review. We reflect on our favorite distros, activities, and what we look forward to in 2024.
- Episode 48 · 1 h 24 minSynopsis Distrohoppers' Digest Episode48 Introductions Hosts: Moss Bliss, Dale Miracle, Eric Adams Monthly Foibles Updates: Slackel 7.7, Budgie Desktop Beautiful Failures…
- Episode 47 · 1 h 31 minMoss, Dale and Eric are Back. The Reviews this Month are: Bodhi 7.0.0, Garuda Sway, Manjaro 23 "Uranos" Cinnamon Edition
- Episode 46 · 1 h 34 minMoss, Dale and Eric are Back. This time they discuss blend OS, Bodhi 7, OpenMandriva ROME 5, Regolith, Pardus, LMDE 6 Beautiful Failures: Rhino Linux, PCLinuxOS The Reviews this…
- Episode 45 · 1 h 30 minMoss, Dale and Eric are Back. This time they discuss Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Beautiful Failures: Surprisingly none this month The Reviews this Month are: peppermintOS, blend…
- Episode 44 · 1 h 19 minMoss, Dale and Eric are Back. This time they discuss Bodhi 7, Mint 21.2, BlendOS 3, Debian 12. Beautiful Failures: Debian 12 LXQt, Polydock, NotesNook The Reviews this Month are…
- Episode 43 · 1 h 26 minMoss, Dale and Eric are Back. This time they discuss Blend OS, Bodhi, Solus, Void, Debian and Xero Linux. Beautiful Failures: blend OS, Jelly Comb trackball, Void The Reviews…
