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Linux Prepper

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SeaGL Conference This Weekend

About this podcast

A podcast about FOSS, Linux, open‑source tools, self‑hosting, homelab tinkering, and the evergreen practice of DIY, hands‑on learning. Linux Prepper explores open systems, simple workflows, resilient infrastructure, and local‑first approaches through calm, reflective narration that treats experimentation and failure as a path to understanding.

The show documents a long‑term practice of building, breaking, questioning, sharing, listening, and iterating. Chaos is welcomed as part of the process, and minimalism shapes the choices—using what you have, keeping setups practical and low‑overhead, and focusing on skills that last. Episodes offer results and insights from a place of honesty, without prescribing how anyone “should” do things.

Listener questions, stories, and shared experiments influence what comes next, creating a collaborative space where learning happens through doing. You’re encouraged to explore alongside the show, submit your findings, and help form your own conclusions.

If you appreciate open‑source creativity, low‑overhead setups, practical tech, and a thoughtful approach to hands‑on exploration, then welcome.

Let the mess teach the lesson.

Episodes

The newest 20 of 21 episodes

  • SeaGL Conference This Weekend · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 4(00:04) SeaGL Conference October 23 - 24th (00:12) Live Schedule of Events Join their 2026 Matrix Chat Community for this event (01:52) SeaGL Youtube Livestreams (04:25)…
  • Repurposing Battlestations from old hardware, local sharing offline and LinuxFest Northwest Trivia · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 3(00:00) Previous episode on local networking and off-line tooling (00:37) Ameridroid Sponsor - Linuxprepper at checkout (01:20) Battlestations, and how they relate to Linux…
  • Teaser - Battlestations old hardware and unfinished projects · 2 min · Season 1 Episode 3Episode coming soon! Dust off your old hardware or pull it back out of the recycling bin. News of the death of your old hardware was greatly exaggerated! Associated show notes…
  • Local Tools, Offline Networking and Building Resilience · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 2Why Offline & Local-First • Rising Cost of Consumer Technology • Cloudflare Outages - interest in local hosting • Re-purposing older machines into functional use! (00:11)…
  • Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 1This 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…
  • A Great Year for Linux · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 1(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…
  • Welcome to Linux Prepper Season 1 · 2 min · Season 1Linux 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…
  • Cyberdeck Cyberwhat Selfhosted VPN networks and is Wireguard Hard · 33 min · Episode 13(00:00) Complete Shownotes at https://discuss.james.network (00:40) Sponsor Ameridroid referral link - US-based distributor of Odroid, Open Hardware and Home Automation •…
  • Nextcloud Atomic Interview, immutable Nextcloud for single computers · 1 h 35 min · Episode 12Complete 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…
  • In Berlin, Contributing to Open Source · 60 min · Episode 11For 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…
  • Happy Birthday Linux · 29 min · Episode 10Show 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…
  • Software Failure, meet Hardware Failure · 1 h 3 min · Episode 9(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…
  • Self-hosted Tools, Dead Tech, Papercrafting · 1 h 1 min · Episode 8(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…
  • Makerspaces, Conferences and Decentralized Storage · 1 h 12 min · Episode 7Timestamps (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…
  • Interview with Marcel on Recognize AI · 45 min · Episode 6(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…
  • Leaving Linux · 1 h 4 min · Episode 5Timestamps For Detailed Shownotes and Links - Click Here (00:45) Linuxfest Northwest (02:10) Audience Suggestion - Forgejo (06:02) Television Fuzzy Finder (08:38) Uptime…
  • Audience Feedback on Selfhosting · 47 min · Episode 4Timestamps (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/…
  • Byebye Raspberry Pi · 47 min · Episode 3(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…
  • Where to Begin · 25 min · Episode 2Timestamps (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…
  • What is Selfhosting · 21 min · Episode 1Timestamps (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…

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