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The Server Room Show

106 EpisodesProduced by Viktor MadaraszWebsite

Live broadcast once a month at 3PM UTC timeon ANONRADIO.net and Tilderadio.orgListen live:https://url.tsr-podcast.com/anonradiohttps://url.tsr-podcast.com/tilderadioWebsite:https://tsr-podcast.comhttps://blog.tsr-podcast.comReddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/theserverroom/Live Video:https://url.tsr-pod… read more

106 Episodes | 2019 - 2022

Episode 103 - SoftMaker Office Professional 2021

February 19th, 2022

43:07

SoftMaker Office 2021 is the closest thing you can find to Microsoft 365 at a lower price. It offers an elegant interface and all the capabilities home-office and small-business users need.

https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

Episode 102 - Mobatek's MobaXterm Professional

January 29th, 2022

30:53

Enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more

Blog article:
https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

Episode 101 - Devart DbForge Studio

January 1st, 2022

32:24

Blog article:
https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

Summary:

dbForge Studio for MySQL is a powerful GUI tool for MySQL and MariaDB for database …

Episode 100 - UltraEdit

December 25th, 2021

41:43

UltraEdit is a market-leading suite of text editing tools for Windows, Mac and LINUX users. UltraEdit is renowned for its configurability and …

Episode 99 - Vagrant - Part II.

November 6th, 2021

39:45

Part II. of talking about HashiCorps Vagrant

Episode 98 - Vagrant and Terraform - Part I.

October 30th, 2021

31:53

I talk about Vagrant and Terrafrom from HashiCorp.

Episode 97 - DbVis Software's DbVisualizer Pro

October 23rd, 2021

38:34

DbVisualizer is a feature rich, intuitive multi-database tool for developers, analysts and database administrators, providing a single powerful …

Episode 96 - HP Jornada and iPAQ

October 16th, 2021

37:15

I talk about the HP Jornada and iPAQ line of devices from early 2000.
Enjoy

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Episode 95 - Psion PDAs

October 9th, 2021

30:11

In this episode I continue talking about PDA's , this time the Psion brand.
Enjoy.

More info:
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https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

Episode 94 - Palm PDAs

October 2nd, 2021

33:33

In this episode I talk about the Palm PDAs and their history. In the next episode I will talk about the Psion PDAs and their history.
Enjoy.
More info:
https://tsr-podcast.com

Episode 93 - Peripherals

September 25th, 2021

30:29

I talk about Printers , Trackball Mice and Mechanical keyboards and Ergotron Monitor arms in this episode. Enjoy.

More info:
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https://cv.viktormadarasz.com



Episode 92 - Fortinet

September 18th, 2021

41:57

I talk about the Fortinet brand and their history and products adding my own experience with their firewalls to the mix. I hope you will enjoy.


More info:
https://tsr-podcast.com
https://cv.viktormadarasz.com

Episode 91 - The Interview Process

September 4th, 2021

46:11

In this episode I share my experiences around the Interview processes I had in my professional IT career so far. Some good and some bad examples and what I think about CV and Motivational Letter.
This episode refers to …

Episode 90 - Update about #ME

August 28th, 2021

40:18

An episode talking about some of the things happened to me since I have started this podcast in the middle of december 2019.

More info:
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https://blog.tsr-podcast.com


Episode 89 - Expectations II.

August 21st, 2021

35:23

Customer Experience Stories in IT -- Part II.

A Bad Example both as a Support Personnel giving aid to users and  also one receiving help/service as a customer from a service provider.

More info:
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Episode 88 - Expectations

August 14th, 2021

29:19

Customer Experience Stories in IT

A Bad Example both as a Support Personnel giving aid to users and also one receiving help/service as a customer from a service provider.

More info:
https://tsr-podcast.com

Episode 87 - MS-DOS - Part III.

August 7th, 2021

30:08

Part III of MS-DOS.


Modern Alternatives to MS-DOS

Closing thoughts


More info:
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Episode 86 - MS-DOS - Part II.

July 31st, 2021

29:33
Dedicated to Little Pocok

This is Part II.

MS DOS acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. …

Episode 85 - MS-DOS

July 24th, 2021

31:05
Dedicated to Little Pocok

MS DOS acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based …

Episode 84 - USENET P.II & Minitel

July 17th, 2021

30:04

Part II. of USENET and talk about Minitel

USENET is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom …

Episode 83 - USENET

July 3rd, 2021

30:42

USENET is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea …

Episode 82 - BBS - Part II.

June 26th, 2021

29:18

Part II of BBS

BBS  is an acronym short for Bulletin Board System or sometimes called CBBS -  Computer Bulletin Board Service s a computer server …

Episode 81 - BBS

June 19th, 2021

29:07

BBS is an acronym short for Bulletin Board System or sometimes called CBBS - Computer Bulletin Board Service s a computer server running software …

Episode 80 - OS/2 - Part II.

June 12th, 2021

29:30

In the second part I talk about the rest  of IBM's OS/2 history , the third party development and Features & Technology in OS/2 and some …

Episode 79 - OS/2 - Part I.

June 5th, 2021

29:03

In the first part I talk about the development history of IBM's OS/2

More info: https://tsr-podcast.com  https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

viktor@tsr-podcast.com

Episode 78 - acme text editor, Impact of Plan9 & Inferno OS

May 29th, 2021

29:57

I will talk about the acme text editor, the impact of Plan9 and the Inferno operating system and other systems which were influenced by Plan9.


More info:

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https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

Episode 77 - Plan9

May 22nd, 2021

28:57

Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system, originating in the Computing Science Research Center (CSRC) at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s, and building on UNIX concepts first developed there in the late 1960s. …

Episode 76 - Oberon

May 15th, 2021

29:49

The Oberon System is a modular, single-user, single-process, multitasking operating system written in the programming language Oberon. It was …

Episode 75 - DEC - Part III.

May 8th, 2021

28:43

This is Part III. of a 3 Part episode on the history of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Networking and Cluster, Diversification, Faltering in the market, 32bit MIPS and 64bit Alpha Systems,  Final Years, Robert Palmer, …

Episode 74 - DEC - Part II.

May 1st, 2021

29:58

This is Part II. of a 3 Part episode on the history of Digital Equipment Corporation.
DEC Tape, Magnetic Disk Storage, PDP-11 , VAX, Early Microcomputers, DEC RX50, VAXmate , DEC Professional,

https://tsr-podcast.com

Episode 73 - DEC - Part I.

April 24th, 2021

28:12

This is Part I. of a 3 Part episode on the history of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Origins, Digital Modules, PDP-1, PDP-8, PDP-10

Episode 72 - OpenVMS - Part II.

April 17th, 2021

41:09

This episode is about the Architecture, Features and other details about OpenVMS. This is Part II.

More info:
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https://blog.tsr-podcast.com

viktor@tsr-podcast.com

The Server Room Show - Episode 70 - The Cloud

April 3rd, 2021

30:20

What is the Cloud? I normally say: It's someone else's computer.I will look at the Cloud today from the perspective of Infrastructure ( Servers, Compute, Storage, Network, etc) and not from an Application's perspective …

The Server Room Show - Episode 69 - Personal Development

March 27th, 2021

34:08

In IT where technology changes around us constantly and knowledge & skills can become if not useless but obsolete quicker than in any other …

The Server Room Show - Episode 68 - AIX - Part II.

March 20th, 2021

39:17

In this episode I talk about IBM's UNIX Operating System called AIX which has celebrated this February 2021 35 years of innovation and anniversary.Special Thanks to Andrey Klyachkin from power-devops.com  

This is Part …

The Server Room Show - Episode 67 - AIX - Part I.

March 13th, 2021

29:42

In this episode I talk about IBM's UNIX Operating System called AIX which has celebrated this February 2021 35 years of innovation and anniversary. This is Part I.

Special Thanks to Andrey Klyachkin from …

The Server Room Show - Episode 66 - Cyber Security Awareness

March 6th, 2021

33:49

Cyber security awareness presentations are frequently done in enterprises , I present a few myself every now and then, to new employees and also as a refresher course later on to keep them alert and as part of it …

The Server Room Show - Episode 65 - Alternative for Google Workspace

February 27th, 2021

29:41

In this episode I will explain my reasons why I have decided to look for alternatives for Google's Workspace subscription I have used to host my emails for tsr-podcast.com and how I ended up choosing Zoho's Workplace …

The Server Room Show - Episode 64 - Interview with Tarus Balog from OpenNMS Group - Part II.

February 20th, 2021

45:08

This is Part II. of the interview I did with Tarus Balog from OpenNMS Group. More info: https://www.opennms.com/ https://tsr-podcast.com You can donate or share the Gofundme fundraiser for replacing my microphone:

The Server Room Show - Episode 63 - Interview with Tarus Balog from OpenNMS Group - Part I.

February 13th, 2021

47:39

This is Part I. of the interview I did with Tarus Balog from OpenNMS Group. More info: https://www.opennms.com/ https://tsr-podcast.com You can donate or share the Gofundme fundraiser for replacing my microphone:

The Server Room Show - Episode 62 - Solarwinds and its aftermath

February 6th, 2021

29:42

In this episode I talk about the Solarwinds hack and what we all could learn from it.

The Server Room Show - Episode 61 - Interview with Igor Seletskiy founder and CEO of CloudLinux Inc.

January 23rd, 2021

44:52

A special interview I did with Igor Seletskiy founder and CEO of CloudLinux Inc. about his company and its actual products and what is coming down …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 59 - Calculators

January 9th, 2021

29:33

In this episode I talk about emulating Calculators like HP, Texas Instruments or NumWorks

Disclaimer: You have to dump Your own roms and …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 57 - Sun Microsystems - Part II

December 26th, 2020

29:36

This is part II. of Sun Microsystems episode where I continue talking about the history of Sun Microsystems Hardware and Software

Website
https://tsr-podcast.com

Email
viktor@tsr-podcast.com

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 53 - Kodi and the rest - Part II.

November 28th, 2020

28:58

This is Part II where I talk about Kodi and its alternatives continued on from previous Episode 52 of last Saturday.
I talk about Mediaportal, Emby , Jriver Media Center, Jellyfin , Stremio, MythTV,  MCE Compatible …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 52 - Kodi and the rest

November 22nd, 2020

30:01

In this episode (possible part I.) I talk about Kodi and its alternatives (Plex and Mediaportal) .. In Part II. I talk about the rest of the …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 51 - Alternatives to Github

November 7th, 2020

29:37

Thanks to recent events folliwing the DMCA takedown of youtube-dl repo and its forks from Github in this episode I talk about alternatives to Github …

TSR- The Server Room Show - Episode 50 - Interview with Dr Marshall Kirk McKusick

October 31st, 2020

45:10

This is a very special episode of a 45 minute full interview with someone who worked on BSD and remains actively involved in FreeBSD as well.

Dr. …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 48 - Alternatives to Google Analytics

October 17th, 2020

30:05

In this episode I talk about alternatives to Google Analytics and Why metrics are important to me.

More info:
https://tsr-podcast.tk

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 47 - Remote Support Tools

October 10th, 2020

29:54

In this episode I talk about Remote Support Tools. SSH/Telnet , VNC, RDP , Console Servers, KVM over IP and Managed/Switched PDUs.


More info:

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 45 - Rancher and Heimdall

September 26th, 2020

29:55

In this episode I talk about Rancher and Heimdall. in Episodes 18  and 19 of The Server Room Show we discussed Docker and  Kubernetes in detail. If You dont remember I recommend You go and listen  to those two episodes …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 44 - Sophos XG Firewall

September 19th, 2020

29:58

In this episode I talk about my other favourite firewall appliance I use often in my lab - Sophos XG Firewall.

More info and shownotes at:

https://tsr-podcast.tk

The Server Room Show - Episode 43 - OpenBSD

September 12th, 2020

29:45

I talk about OpenBSD , rc , init , CARP and pfsync and a use case of OpenBSD for Failover Router/Firewall based on the article of Chad Gross.

More info:
https://tsr-podcast.tk

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 41 - Infrastructure Monitoring Software

August 29th, 2020

29:59

In this episode I talk about what and why we use infrastructure monitoring software at enterprises and I talk about the below 3 monitoring softwares and I nearly run out of time again while I did the live event...

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 40 - Ansible

August 22nd, 2020

29:43

I talk about Continuous Configuration Automation Tools amongst those Ansible most in depth in this episode.

  • Infrastructure as a code
  • Type of …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 39 - About Commodore & Amiga - Part II.

August 15th, 2020

29:58

Part II. I of About Commodor And Amiga Episode Where I  talk about Amiga OS, Amiga Unix, Emulation and Other Influenced Operating Systems

Links and …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 38 - About Commodore & Amiga - Part I.

August 8th, 2020

29:58

Part I. Talking about Commodore and Amiga's History
In Part II. I I will talk about Amiga OS, Amiga Unix, Emulation and Other Influenced Operating …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 37 - Networking Basics

August 1st, 2020

29:57

The Foundation of Networking:

Switches,  Routers and Wireless Access Points ( and some phsically laid cables (  copper or fiber) together with some …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 36 - The IT Job Market in Spain

July 25th, 2020

29:59

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 36 - The IT Job Market in Spain

I talk about my experience living and working in Spain for the past 12+ years from my point of view and opinion.

Please read the accompanying …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 34 - Emulating Forgotten Realms - Part I.

July 11th, 2020

29:38
PCem, 86box, DOSBOX, Qemu, Basilisk and others …

Emulation of forgotten realms

This is the first episode which dual streams both on #Anonradio.net …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 33 - Venturing into FreeBSD on a Lenovo X220

July 5th, 2020

29:59
Venturing to FreeBSD on a Lenovo X220
(PCem, Virtualbox, Bhyve, XFCE, Webcamd and permissions, etc)

an episode about an undertaking with FreeBSD on a Lenovo X220

https://viktormadarasz.freeshell.net

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 32 - History of BSD - Part III.

June 27th, 2020

30:01

This episode gives credit and relies heavily/completely on the presentations, notes and speeches done and copyrighted fully of Dr Marshall Kirk …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 31 - History of BSD - Part II.

June 20th, 2020

30:00

This episode gives credit and relies heavily/completely on the presentations, notes and speeches done and copyrighted fully of Dr Marshall Kirk …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 30 - History of BSD - Part I.

June 13th, 2020

30:00

This episode gives credit and relies heavily/completely on the presentations, notes and speeches done and copyrighted fully of Dr Marshall Kirk …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 29 - Diagram Softwares, Microsoft Visio and The Constant Look for Alternatives

June 6th, 2020

29:50

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 29 - Diagram Softwares, Microsoft Visio and The Constant Look for Alternatives


Also some thoughts on Subscription models, Visio for Linux native desktop app for my whishlist of 2020 …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 28 - Raspberry Pi and its uses in Automotion regarding Multimedia Head Units Vs Store Bought Product

May 30th, 2020

29:53

Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb and Applications with DIY or Off The Shelf Solutions in Cars

DIY or Off The Shelf Store Bought Product when it comes to Multimedia …

TSR - The Server Room Show - Episode 27 - Open Source Vs Closed Source Software and a Few Words on FSF and the FOSS Licenses

May 23rd, 2020

29:51

Questions which bother me in general

Open Source Vs Closed Source Software

A Few Words on The Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Some comments on FOSS Licenses

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 26 - My Journey From Gnome to XFCE

May 16th, 2020

29:58

My Journey From Gnome to XFCE

Just a small story of what was happening and what made me switch to XFCE eventually

https://viktormadarasz.freeshell.net

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 25 - ARM Chips, RockPro64 , and ARM Development boxes ( And a long speech on What if Apple switches to ARM Architecture in 2021 )

May 9th, 2020

29:37

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 25 - ARM Chips, RockPro64 , and ARM Development boxes
( And a long speech on What if Apple switches to ARM Architecture in 2021 )

All the links and info * shownotes, contact details , …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 24 - Interview with George Neville-Neil from FreeBSD - Part II.

May 2nd, 2020

29:33

Questions ( Episodes 23 - 24 / Part I. - II. )  Q1: Your earliest memories of a computer? Did You grew up around them?

Q2: Computer Science in …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 23 - Interview with George Neville-Neil from FreeBSD - Part I.

April 25th, 2020

29:33

Questions ( Episodes 23 - 24 / Part I. - II. )

Q1:
Your earliest memories of a computer?
Did You grew up around them?

Q2:
Computer Science in …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 22 - 9 Tools You can use when working from home during the Global Lockdown of #Covid19

April 19th, 2020

30:00

9 Tools You can use when working from home during the Global Lockdown of #Covid19

  • Jitsi video conferencing (Open Source, Self Hosting possible)

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 21 - Andronix, Termux, Brave , Scrcpy, BalenaFin, BalenaSound - ReMastered

April 12th, 2020

29:45

Talking about many smaller topics instead of one big one today

  • Andronix
  • Termux
  • Scrcpy
  • Brave
  • BalenaFin , BalenaSound
  • Calling to Arms - …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 19 - Microservices, Docker and Kubernetes Part II - ReMastered

March 28th, 2020

30:02

Continue from Episode 18. about Microservices Docker and Kubernetes Part II.

Docker

Container Orchestration

Kubernetes

Video recording available at:

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 18 - Microservices, Docker and Kubernetes - ReMastered

March 21st, 2020

31:38

Monolithic Architecture Vs Microservices Architecture

The Advantages of using Microservices

The Disadvantages of using Microservices

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 17 - Unix - ReMastered

March 14th, 2020

30:00

Topic: UNIX

posted the twitch.tv/viktormadarasz live feed during the podcast to Youtube for the moment.. if anyone wants to watch the video feed which went together with the audio broadcast ** i think it will be like …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 16 - Linux - ReMastered

March 7th, 2020

30:03


  • What is Linux?

  • What is a distribution?

  • Window Managers and Desktop Environments

  • Which ones I personally use?

  • Fedora Linux

  • Software applications


TSR - The Server Room - Episode 15 - Virtualization Part II - ReMastered

February 29th, 2020

31:09

Continue of Episode 14 Virtualization Part I. also introducing New Background Music :) and even going overtime with 1 minute

Shownotes for Episode 14 and 15 are the same with a divider showing where one episode finishes …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 14 - Virtualization Part I - ReMastered

February 22nd, 2020

29:57

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 14 - Virtualization Part I - ReMastered

  • Intro
  • Terminology
  • Mainframe Origins
  • Types of Virtualization

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 13 - NAS Off The Shelf Vs DIY Whitebox solutions - ReMastered

February 15th, 2020

30:00
  • What is a NAS?
  • Off the shelf or ready made consumer NAS Pros and Cons
  • My experience with Off the shelf NAS QNAP
  • DIY/Whitebox builds

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 12 - IoT - ReMastered

February 8th, 2020

30:00

IoT

  • What is IoT?

  • Building blocks of an IoT platform / ecosystem

  • Examples of IoT?

  • How will IoT and 5G Networks make the world a better, smarter , …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 08 - GNS3 - ReMastered

January 11th, 2020

30:03

GNS3 – An Open Source tool to learn and discover more about networking and prepare for certificate exams as well

https://www.gns3.com/

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 07 - Three Applications I use daily and Self Host Myself - OnlyOffice, Wallabag, Bitwarden ReMastered

January 5th, 2020

29:40

Three piece of applications I have self-hosted myself in the cloud and use every day

Bitwarden – Password Management Vault

https://bitwarden.com/

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 06 - Life of An OnSite IT Analyst - ReMastered

December 29th, 2019

30:03


  • What do I do for a living?

  • Technologies We use in an Enterprise environment

  • Working on Networking projects


TSR - The Server Room - Episode 05 - Homelab - ReMastered

December 21st, 2019

30:02

Homelab – What it is and Why do You need one?

  • What is a Homelab?
  • What can You do with a Homelab?
  • Why do You need a Homelab?

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 04 - Anonymizing Networks * TOR I2P VPN* - ReMastered

December 21st, 2019

32:25

Anonymizing Networks – TOR , I2P and VPNs

  • What are Anonymizing Networks?
  • What is the difference between TOR & I2P and VPNs?
  • What can I do …

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 03 - SBC Single Board Computers - ReMastered

December 21st, 2019

29:29

What are SBC (Single Board Computers) or Maker Boards? 

Which one to pick?

 Different Architectures for Different Projects? 

What can I do with them? A few Project ideas

TSR - The Server Room - Episode 01 - Running Servers out of Your Own Home via Your ISP residential line - ReMastered

December 21st, 2019

28:24

TSR-The Server Room – Shownotes – Episode 01

Topics for Discussion on this episode:

Home Server ISP options
Can I run a server out from Your own …

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