Series 5 Episode 3 – This episode kicks off with Mark talking about the ‘Open Coding Club’, we discuss more 32 bit operating systems with some listener feedback, Wayne talks about upcoming hardware from Pine 64, some great under the hood tips and another epic Irish saying. Enjoy.
00:24 Wayne welcomes us to Series 5 Episode 3 from a cold snowy Bristol while Mark hails us from a lovely cold crisp morning in Kilkishen. The guys chat about Fosdem, the great talks that are there and their own production meetings.
02:53 Mark tells us about what he’s been at. He’s introduced Edublocks to the Coding Club, which makes the transistion from Scratch to Python easier. This leads the discussion around to learning different languages and how Python is a great language to learn. It helped Wayne make the Rod of Doom!
12:15 Mark and Wayne talk about the feedback they got on their 32 bit computer chat from last episode. The guys talk about AntiX, resetting passwords, the Plop Boot Manager, Elive, Bunsen Labs, and the question of what to use an old machine for.
23:24 Wayne talks about Yunohost
25:40 The guys talk about what PINE64 are doing at Fosdem. Mark mentions an interview he watched with Todd Weaver of Purism. Wayne also mentions an interview with Lukasz Erecinski of PINE64 on Catgory 5 Technology TV. The guys hope these projects suceed and become mainstream while wishing they were at Fosdem. Wayne’s investing in all these products, he’s really excited!
40:58 The guys talk about Inkscape and how it has finally matured to an alpha version 1.
44:03 Mark tells us about the latest Linux Magazine.
45:07 Under the Hood – Wayne tells us about the Programming cookbooks bundle
Wayne’s second under the hood is the Linux Foundation’s wiki definition of a network bridge

Mark’s under the hood is timedatectl.
53:44 Irish saying of the podcast is “bualadh bos go leir”
We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did making it. Apologies for Mark’s audio and forgetfullness!

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