#804 SATS Superstar

This week on The Bugcast: lots of round-ups from the past week, plus eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Alex SATS<br />
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/topics/cg2m52x1kj5t">Doctor Who</a> round-up<br />
<a href="https://eurovision.tv/">Eurovision</a> round-up<br />
<a href="https://www.teamstarkid.com/starkid-innit">Starkid</a> round-up<br />
Theatre tomorrow <a href="https://www.cluedostageplay.com/">Cluedo2</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5nnn53wldo">Super Gran star Gudrun Ure dies aged 98</a><br />
Peter has been <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@SolusSpider/112454428663987709">in the USA for 25 years</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday <strong>18</strong> May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>OggCamp 2024</strong> on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2024 – <a href="https://oggcamp.org">oggcamp.org</a>

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 805 which will be streamed live on Friday 18 May 2024 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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TuxJam 111 – Making a Meal of IT

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Our quadriga of Al, Andrew, Dave and Kevie begin with their usual round-up of recent releases from distrowatch but then go off-piste from our usual format. There’s no distro review in this episode but we split into two teams to look at the Mealie self-hosted service and the unofficial Android client for it called Mealient. We finish up with a round-up of feedback received since the last episode.

Along with the usual mix of Creative Commons music:

#803 What a performance!

This week on The Bugcast: we reenter “normal” time, with past and upcoming performances, plus eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

<a href="https://fierceandthedead.com/">TFATD</a> concert at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JTSoar/">JT Soar</a>, Nottingham<br />
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/topics/cg2m52x1kj5t">Doctor Who</a> is back tonight!<br />
<a href="https://eurovision.tv/">Eurovision Song Contest 2024</a> is on Saturday<br />
<a href="https://www.teamstarkid.com/starkid-innit">Starkid, innit!</a> this weekend

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday <strong>18</strong> May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>OggCamp 2024</strong> on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2024 – <a href="https://oggcamp.org">oggcamp.org</a>

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 804 which will be streamed live on Friday 11 May 2024 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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#802 Moo’s Choons

This week on The Bugcast: Caroline shares her best tracks from the last 12 months, with sixteen tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

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

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Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday <strong>18</strong> May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>OggCamp 2024</strong> on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2024 – <a href="https://oggcamp.org">oggcamp.org</a>

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 803 which will be streamed live on Friday 10 May 2024 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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#801 Dave’s Faves

This week on The Bugcast: Dave shares with us his favourite tracks from the last year, with sixteen tracks of Creative Commons and independent music.

Songs played

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

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Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday <strong>18</strong> May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a><br />
<strong>OggCamp 2024</strong> on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2024 – <a href="https://oggcamp.org">oggcamp.org</a>

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 802 which will be streamed live on Friday 3 May 2024 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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#800 Listeners’ Choice

This week on The Bugcast: we hand the show over to our listeners to highlight the best tracks we’ve played over the last year, with seventeen tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

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Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday 11 May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a><br />
<strong>OggCamp 2024</strong> on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2024 – <a href="https://oggcamp.org">oggcamp.org</a>

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 801 which will be streamed live on Friday 19 April 2024 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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#799 Water palava

This week on The Bugcast: lots of water, lots of inappropriate removals, and eight tracks of very appropriate Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Moo drinking more water<br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-68693874">Photograph firm sorry for class photo without complex needs pupils</a>

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday 11 May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>Deadline for submitting your tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, is Wednesday 10 April!</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 753 and 799!

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be our Listeners Choice episode 800 which will be streamed live on Friday 12 April 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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TuxJam 110 – Powered by Al

TuxJam’s quartet of Al, Kevie, Dave (aka thelovebug) and Andrew (aka mcnalu) return to bring you picks from the world of free and open source software peppered with creative commons tunes. And, no, we have not become slaves to AI – Artifical Intelligence – but are grateful to Al, our newest co-host, for suggesting both reviews in this show. As usual, we begin with our usual round-up from recent releases mentioned on distrowatch.com.

We then take a look at the resurrection of the venerable Damn Small Linux which first appeared back in 2005. Originally this packed a lean but functional linux distro into a mere 50MB which could be put on credit card sized CDs or USB thumb drives back then. These days such a small distro wouldn’t be as useful so the limit has been increased to 700MB. We take a look at DSL 2024RC1.

Have you ever dreamt of simulating electrical circuits using free and open source software that you don’t need to compile or even install? If you have you might want to seek professional help, but dream no more, such a thing exists in the form of circuitjs: a menu-driven, point, click and drag app that runs in your browser.

A boost convertor in circuitjs boosting from 5V to 14V.

We finish up with feedback we have received. Please do leave feedback either by commenting here or using the various methods list here.

Creative commons licensed tunes played in this episode are:

#798 STEMazing

This week on The Bugcast: the Royal Family and privacy, STEM events, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68641441">Kate, Princess of Wales: I am having cancer treatment</a><br />
STEMazing Week

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday 11 May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>There’s only a week or so left to submit your tracks for the Listeners Choice episode 800 in April!</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 753 and 799!

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 799 which will be streamed live on Friday 29 March 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • The week after that will be our Listeners Choice episode 800 which will be streamed live on Friday 5 April 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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#797 Almost 11

This week on The Bugcast: Alex is nearly 11, Titanic the Musical, smart meter woes, high blood pressure, and eight tracks of fantastic Creative Commons music.

Songs played

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

Topics

Alex is 11 next week<br />
<a href="https://www.titanicthemusical.co.uk/">Titanic the Musical</a><br />
No-so-smart meters<br />
Blood Pressure

Upcoming events

<strong>Podcrawl Late Spring 2024</strong> on Saturday 11 May from 18:00 UK time – <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/podcrawl/">more details</a>

<strong>There are only a couple of weeks left to submit your tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 800, in April!</strong><br />
Simply <a href="https://thebugcast.org/choice/">submit your favourite tracks</a> played between episodes 753 and 799!

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Announcements

  • Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
  • The next show will be episode 798 which will be streamed live on Friday 22 March 2024 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).
  • 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 <a href="https://thebugcast.org/support">supporters</a>!<br />
The artists for allowing us to play their music.<br />
Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.<br />
<a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a> for hosting the media files<br />
Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server

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

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