#897 Almost 10,000 days

This week on The Bugcast: we celebrate togetherness, meeting with people, lots more theatre, examinations, Eurovision, Judith Chalmers, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.



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

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#896 42 billion listeners

This week on The Bugcast: AI hallucinations, Linux Lads, meeting friends, theatre, art exhibition, Eurovision, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.



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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?

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#895 Oggy Oggy Oggy

This week on The Bugcast: OggCamp, Operations Mincemeat, bad behaviours, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.



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TuxJam 129 – Rusty Ruddy

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

#894 Turning tide

This week on The Bugcast: Keir Starmer, National Haiku Day, Hungarian politics, and eight tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.



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#893 Leap of faith

This week on The Bugcast: Melania, Artemis II, don’t feed the birds, Take Back Power, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.



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#892 Artemis skibidi

This week on The Bugcast: a day late, beer, Gentleman Jack, Artemis II, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.



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#891 Feed me!

This week on The Bugcast: cinema, theatre, Cleethorpes, absolutely everywhere, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.



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#890 Good music, question?

This week on The Bugcast: we celebrate Alex’s 13th birthday, Chuck Norris, Dame Jenni Murray, lots more plays, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.



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#889 All grown up?

This week on The Bugcast: we celebrate our 18th birthday, lots of beer, lots of plays, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.



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