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#905 Choose life.

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This week on The Bugcast: Kevin Keegan, Brian Doerksen, Trainspotting, reviews, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Upcoming events

Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • There will be no show next week. Therefore, the next show will be episode 906 which will be streamed live on Friday 7 August 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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#904 Dah Dits (– ..- … .. -.-.)

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This week on The Bugcast: amateur radio, theatre, fathers’ day, and eight tracks of independent and Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

  • BBC News: Brenda Fricker dies at 81
  • Can’t beat them, join them (Caroline is going for Foundation License)
  • Funny Money Stage Show (with Alex)
  • School’s out for summer!
  • Belated Father’s Day gift
  • Help us find music – artists send us your songs!
  • Bad luck England team

Upcoming events

  • TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow

Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 905 which will be streamed live on Friday 24 July 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1).
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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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#903 Holding out for a hero

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This week on The Bugcast: three departures, a lot of theatre, crazy politics, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Upcoming events

  • TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow

Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 904 which will be streamed live on Friday 17 July 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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#902 Moo’s Choons

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This week on The Bugcast: Caroline takes us through her favourite tunes from the past year, with sixteen tracks of Creative Commons music

Songs played

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

Upcoming events

  • TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow

Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 903 which will be streamed live on Friday 10 July 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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#901 Dave’s Faves

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This week on The Bugcast: Dave shares his favourite tunes from the past year, with sixteen tracks of Creative Commons music (and one bonus!)

Songs played

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

Upcoming events

  • TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow

Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 902 – Moo’s Choons – which will be streamed live on Friday 3 July 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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#900 Listeners’ Choice

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This week on The Bugcast: our listeners celebrate their favourite music from the past year, with twenty-one tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Upcoming events

  • TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow

Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 901 – Dave’s Faves – which will be streamed live on Friday 26 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

  • Everyone to contributed to this episode!
  • 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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TuxJam 131 – AliBazBaz

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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:

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#899 Last Chance Saloon

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This week on The Bugcast: David Hockney, much theatrical activity, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Upcoming events

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
    (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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TuxJam 130 – Office Therapy

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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:

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