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It's another #AskError episode. The finances of social situations and FOSS projects, automated vehicles, and ways to cheer up.

Plus bad language, and being late.

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Another #AskError special. Sleeping arrangements, hypothetical distro infrastructure, and IT milestones.

Plus bad habits, frugality, and breaking the law.

You can listen to an outtake from this show on Jupiter Extras

Dealing with users who hate change, dumb phones, and different approaches to social media consumption.

Plus infidelity, the state of the world, and consequences of small decisions.

00:00:16 #AskError: Do you read …

It's another #AskError special! Sleep tech, missing apps on Linux, a deep question, and much more.

00:00:36 What sleep tech do you use?
00:07:59 What’s the first thing you’d do if you won the lottery?
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Whether Linux is inherently secure, the next phase of online interaction, and wasting our free time.

Plus where to focus your contributions, and a tricky hypothetical question.

00:00:53 Without security through …

How many users distros actually have, automating our homes, and the importance of common views and interests with our partners.

Plus Popey discovers a new way to annoy Joe, and sharing passwords with loved ones.

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Two #AskError specials in a row! Advice for our younger selves, leaving communities, our listening habits, and hoarding.

Plus the most serious question that’s ever been asked on the show, and more.

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It's another #AskError special. Meditation and mindfulness, friends making obvious mistakes, and AppImage popularity.

Plus cashless society, and …

Linux desktop standards, how the Web has changed over the years, and the ethics of space exploration.

Plus what to do if you see a crime, and the things we hate the most.

00:00:12 Free Desktop
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What it takes to make a proper distro, how we send emails, and the constant quest for knowledge.

Plus D&D, and April Fools annoyances.

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Why Linux doesn't just work on all hardware, criticism of your field, and the ethics of acquiring old software.

Plus venturing outside, and how we …

Where bad feeling and rivalry in the FOSS world actually originates, what we should be teaching our kids, and the violence that underlies everything …

What attracted us to Linux in the first place, planning for when tech goes away, and why we aren't surrounded by alien life.

Plus a difficult …

Maybe it's finally time to cut Microsoft some slack, the pace of technological change, and what a couple of common terms actually mean.

Plus Joe …

How to deal with Internet drama in the Linux world, the rise of live streaming, and disturbing people with messages and calls.

Plus preparing for end times, and the best moment of Joe's life.

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Is the great hope for open hardware actually going to materialize or is RISC-V just hype? Are some conspiracy theories worth more than just passing disdain?

Plus hoarding all your own tracking data, and some great …

New JB team member Ell joins us to discuss e-waste, the motivations for our distro choices, and letting children out of your sight.

Plus some solid …

Is the decision to listen to this really up to you, or is it predetermined by chemistry and physics? Can mobile Linux ever succeed beyond a small niche?

Plus hoarding physical media, terrible books, and extreme weather.

Android vs iOS, turning users into contributors, and good vs bad in the world.

00:00:29 #AskError: What Linux-related opinion makes you completely disregard anything that person says?
00:03:10 iOS vs Android
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Whether new users have to suffer the pain of the command line, lying about Santa, and the best tech news of 2018.

Plus we learn whether Dan is a hipster, and more.

00:00:40 #AskError: What will self-driving cars be …

It's another #AskError special! Getting normals to do backups, should we stop making distros, ridiculous pipe dreams, and more.

00:01:08 How do …

There's something almost intangible about the way Linux presents itself and Popey tries to explain it, the balance between living for the moment and planning for the future, and doing it wrong with social media.

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What's the best strategy when it comes to desktop Linux applications? We look at both ends of the spectrum, and wonder how much big tech companies …

It’s a special all #AskError episode! A hypothetical Linux world, the future of welfare, tech disruption, and terrible email addresses.

Plus Distrowatch rankings, and a crucial seasonal question.

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It seems to be all about Plasma these days so we want to know if the hype is justified. We have a couple of great #AskError questions, and wonder whether we are heading for a tech dystopia.

Plus the heaviest of all …

Chris joins us to talk about his recent brush with death, we wonder how Linux on Windows is affecting bare metal adoption, we wish phones weren’t so big and stupid, and a great #AskError.

00:00:22 AskError: What's …

User Error is back with a new set of hosts! We answer some #AskError questions and talk about whether the Linux desktop will ever make money.

Plus we wonder if dockless bike sharing is a good idea and whether travel …