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Episode 11: NixOS: The Distro That Thinks Code
August 12th, 2025 | 24 mins 12 secs
aaron honeycutt, ahoneybun, configurationmanagement, devops, eric the it guy, flake, homelab, itguyeric, linux, linuxadmin, linuxdesktop, linuxdistro, nix, nixenv, nixos, nixpkgs, nixstore, opensource, reproducibleinfrastructure, techcommunity, techpodcast
For many Linux users, configuration means dotfiles, bash scripts, and duct tape. But what if your entire system, from packages to users to services could be described, versioned, and rolled back like code?
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Episode 9: Lomiri - The Linux Shell That Goes Anywhere
July 15th, 2025 | 46 mins 15 secs
convergence, eric the it guy, gnome, itguyeric, itpodcast, kde, lightweightlinux, linux, linuxcommunity, linuxdesktop, linuxgui, linuxmobile, linuxphone, lomiri, opensource, opensourcedesktop, shell, technews, techpodcast, ubports, ubuntu touch, ui, wayland, x11
What if your desktop, tablet, and phone all spoke the same open-source language? Meet Lomiri — a fast, lightweight, and flexible user interface originally developed for Ubuntu Touch, and now maintained by the UBports community.