Al, Kevie and Andrew (aka mcnalu) once again reconnoitre the landscape of Free and Open Source Software and Commonly Creative tunes. Dave (aka thelovebug) is on sabbatical this episode but, worry not, he will be back. We start as always with an amble around unusual releases recently listed on distrowatch.

If you like to game then you might consider trying out Bazzite – The operating system for the next generation of gamers. Is it easy to install? Does it come with all you might need for gaming? Can it keep up with or even surpass Windows as a gaming platform? Can you use it as a daily driver, perhaps even for work? All of these questions receive some kind of answer during our discussion.

Next we take a look at the Android App Alibi for which you can use your phone as a dashcam and save the last 30 minutes when you need it.

Finally we run through feedback received and announce TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1st August in Manchester. Building upon the success of the in-person Podcrawl of yesteyear and our inability to meet up at Oggcamp, the guys feel that another AFK meet-up is long overdue. The TuxJam crew will be staying at the Pendulum Hotel and do a live recording followed by a sampling of some fine ales at the local establishments. If you can join us during that weekend please do get in touch.

Songs licensed under a Creative Commons license played during this episode are:

• The New Economy- A Little Story (left behind)
• Cosmic Fruits – Stony Road
• Midnight Coffee Blues – The Coffee’s Still Warm
• Appalachia – As The Crow Flies

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Songs played

• Failed Millenials – You Failed – from Puerto Rico – source
• Frederico Guglielmetti – Non è quel che dici – from Italy – source
• Igor Pumphonia – Juicy – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
• Lele Rambelli – Hey, Goodnight! (Montecarlo version) – from Italy – source
• Radioontheshelf – Theme From A Poor Love (feat. Javolenus) – from Earth – source
• Ridgewelll – You and Me – from UK – source
• Dreamonizer – Dance in the Rain (Dreamonizer Remix) (feat. Madam Snowflake, Clarence Simpson, Stefan Kartenberg) – from Den Helder, The Netherlands – source
• FROMSKYTOABYSS – Plasm & Umbra – from Moscow, Russia – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• BBC News: Celebrated British artist David Hockney dies aged 88
• Park Theatre: Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 4
• Dracula the Ballet
• National Theatre: The Playboy of the Western World

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time
• TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow
• Last chance to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 next week.

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 900 – Listeners’ Choice – which will be streamed live on Friday 19 June 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
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Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

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Kevie, Al, Dave (aka thelovebug) and Andrew (aka mcnalu) return for another wander through the fragrant fields of Free and Open Source Software and Creatively Common tunes. We start as always with a run-down of unusual operating systems that caught our eye on distrowatch.

Next up Andrew and Kevie take a look at RawTherapee – a free, cross-platform image processing program that does a job similar to Adobe Lightroom in allowing you to carefully convert camera raw files. This image of comet R3 Panstarrs was taken by Andrew in morning twilight and processed in RawTherapee to ensure the colours are correct – this comet was notably green. Kevie used GIMP to remove some unsightly power lines.

Collabora Office – Collaborative Open-Source Document Editing – then gets the once over from Al and Dave as they explore its suite of online office apps that you can host yourself if you wish.

We close with a round-up of feedback and a recounting of tales from Oggcamp 2026 which 50% of TuxJam attended.

Tunes licensed under lovely Creative Commons type licenses played in this episode were:

• Roy Smiles III – The Ocean
• Appalachia – Cohutta
• Jon Worthy – Is That What You Said
• SHOR – ORANGE CITY

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Songs played

• Cosmic Anxiety – Slop Star – from Berlin, Germany – source
• The Fierce And The Dead – The 1234 – from London, UK – source
• The Verandas – Fear – from Bielefeld, Germany – source
• Низам DRedd – Лишь тишина даёт забыться – from Almaty, Kazakhstan – source
• Sean Ferree – Where Do Tears Come From? – from Bloomington, IN – source
• Zoot – The Bro – from France – source
• Never Cry In Britain – Streatham Shoreline – from France – source
• Snowflake – On The Bridge (feat. Stefan Kartenberg) – from San Diego, CA – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• BBC News: Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72
• Gods and Heroes review
• Dave is now an Intermediate Amateur Radio licence holder – M9TLB
• Vampires Rock: Eternal Love review
• Off to the Races
• London Theatre Trip
• Dove (not toiletries or methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time
• TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow
• Only a couple of weeks left to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 899 which will be streamed live on Friday 12 June 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
  (you’ll need a Telegram account)

Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

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Songs played

• Signed In Black – The Story Of A Just Man – from Russia/Germany – source
• Federico Guglielmetti – Più Niente di Te – from Italy – source
• GIUCA – You And Me (feat. Annalena) – from Freiburg, Germany – source
• Liz Sumner – Little Plowboy – from Pergola, Italy – source
• Kodira – Just Not Really – from France – source
• Manuelo & Co. – Esperando a Maria – from Spain – source
• Nick Falcon – Flight Attendant – from Paris, France – source
• Forget The Whale – Fortune Favors – from Jersey City, NJ – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• Almost 10,000 days
• Little Theatre Guild – Youth Theatre Festival, Birmingham
• Meeting with fatfreddie and mrsfatfreddie
• Lunch with PhilFromWork
• The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
• Gods and Heroes next week for Alex and Dave
• Dave has his amateur radio Intermediate exam next week
• Eurovision review
• Farewell Judith Chalmers

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time
• TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow
• Only a few weeks left to submit tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.

Announcements

• There will be no show on Friday 29 May.
• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 898 which will be streamed live on Friday 5 June 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
  (you’ll need a Telegram account)

Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

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Songs played

• Khymeras – The End Of Time – from Italy – source
• texasradiofish – Redefine Cool (feat. The Concept of Energy, J Lang) – from Galveston County, TX – source
• Signed In Black – More Is Not Enough – from Germany – source
• Yris – Assomption – from France – source
• Alain Caylus – Full Water – from France – source
• Stefan Kartenberg – Die Polizei (feat. Kraftamt, Platinum Butterfly, Snowflake) – from Germany – source
• Duro Mambo – La Morena Mix – from Rancho Cucamonga, CA – source
• Rewob – Come Back To God (feat. reusenoise, Skill_Borrower) – from Earth – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• “Loved by an estimated 42 billion monthly listeners…”
• Conisbrough’s bid for Town of Culture 2028
• Linux Lads – OggCamp Special
• Meeting with fatfreddie and mrsfatfreddie
• RSC, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The Unfriend
• Alex’s next theatre production, Dave is now a theatre technician
• Ravenfield Art Exhibition
• Conisbrough Park Run
• Eurovision Song Contest final – will it be the same show this year?

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time
• TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow
• It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.

Announcements

• There will be no show on Friday 29 May.
• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 897 which will be streamed live on Friday 22 May 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
  (you’ll need a Telegram account)

Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network

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Songs played

• Failed Millenials – The Abandoned – from Puerto Rico – source
• Mally Nero – Goodbye America – from Liverpool, UK – source
• The Madpix Project – Be Waiting For – from Berlin, Germany – source
• Mark Ramsey Gott – Trace and Flow – from Nottingham, UK – source
• NataSHA James – Let You – from Earth – source
• Liz Sumner – Buddy Come Home – from Pergola, Italy – source
• Underglass – Shame On You – from Lyon, France – source
• Call to Panic – Call to Panic – from Doissin, France – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• Dave’s review of OggCamp 2026
• Operation Mincemeat the Musical
• Football Fans not challenged by police

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Early Solstice 2026 on Saturday 13 June from 18:00 UK time
• It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 896 which will be streamed live on Friday 8 May 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
  (you’ll need a Telegram account)

Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

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Your hosts, Dave, Andrew Al, and Kevie are back for another round of FLOSSy software and creative commonsy tunes. As usual they start the show as usual by taking in a selection of recently released distros, linux or otherwise, from distrowatch.

Have you ever needed to help a family member or friend by remoting into their device only to be met with proprietary software that sometimes accuses you of using it for business? Well, Andrew and Al take a look at RustDesk which offers an alternative built on open source software and that allows you to self-host its servers.

Next up, Kevie and Dave take a look at Rudra. This is a keyboard driven launcher for GNOME shell described by its developers as “a modern, deeply integrated launcher designed to replace the default GNOME overview… Built for speed, minimalism, and deep customization.”

We finish up by running through feedback received, conducting a reminiscence of the last podcrawl and looking forward to the next podcrawl at 6pm BST (5pm UTC) on Saturday the 11th of April. Also don’t forget that OggCamp 2026 is fast approaching – 25-26 April – and you’ll find 75% of TuxJam in attendance though arguably the best 25% will be absent 🙁

Tunes licensed under lovely Creative Commons type licenses played in this episode were:

1. Harlan Hamblin – Let The Old Ghosts Fade Away
2. Tercer Milenio – Algun Dia
3. Joshua W – Rhyme
4. Andi Komposa – Good Mood

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Songs played

• Sébastien Gramond – Still Young Enough – from Les Roches-de-Condrieu, Rhone-Alpes, France – source
• Макс Ларин – Мне Не Хватает Одной Весны – from Russia – source
• Papy Poppers – In Dark Wood – from Nantes, France – source
• Klangwellen – Werte – from Germany – source
• Crystal Candy – Free Spirit (Slow Caribbean Remix) – from Paris, France – source
• Igor Pumphonia – Je t’aime – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
• Nithered – Let The Hare Run Right – from Leeds, UK – source
• Joshua W – Patience – from London, UK – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• BBC News: Barri-starmer ‘staggered’ he was not told about failed vetting
• National Haiku, Day is today don’t you know, Haiku Foundation
• The Guardian: Magyar celebrates as Orbán’s 16-year rule ends
• Artist from Nithered: Tim Gomersall Art

Upcoming events

• OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
• It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.

Announcements

• There will be no show next week
• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 895 which will be streamed live on Friday 1 May 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
  (you’ll need a Telegram account)

Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network

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Songs played

• Living Dead Rod – Sky’s The Limit – from France – source
• José dos Choios – Imperfecto – from Spain – source
• Wild & Free – Gold In Their Eyes – from Germany – source
• Night Woodpeckers – XiaoLongBao – from Russia – source
• Loveshadow – Be The Change (feat. Snowflake, cdk) – from Birmingham, UK – source
• Earth’s Bones – Ritual – from France – source
• Forget The Whale – Stay – from Jersey City, NJ – source
• Laurence Danova – Real To Me – from Ottawa, Canada – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• Sky News: Melania Trump impromptu conference
• Sky News: Artemis II imminent splashdown
• BBC News: Want to help garden birds? Don’t feed them in warmer months, says RSPB
• The Independent: Ministers pledge £90m to help save birds, beavers and beetles from extinction
• Take Back Power – Tax the rich to fix Britain

Upcoming events

• Podcrawl Post Easter 2026 on Saturday 11 April from 18:00 UK time
• OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
• It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in June.

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• The next show will be episode 894 which will be streamed live on Friday 17 April 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
• Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join
  (you’ll need a Telegram account)

Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network

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