Recent Episodes

LHS Episode #606: A New Beginning

Episode #606 00:35:50
LHS Episode #606: A New Beginning

Hello and welcome to the 606th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode we discuss K5TUX Russ becoming a silent key, the future of the podcast, and a few topics of interest (Age Gating Linux, Open Hamclock Backend, and more). We look forward to getting back on a weekly cadence and we'll see you in Xenia, OH at Hamvention in May! 73 de LHS Team

LHS Episode #605: Year-End Roundtable 2025

Episode #605 01:19:05
LHS Episode #605: Year-End Roundtable 2025

Hello and welcome to the 605th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this year-end episode, the hosts invite listeners and friends to join them as they talk about the year in review and cover multiple topics: AI, new gear, Linux distributions, security, 2026 predictions and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great holiday season. We'll see you again in 2026!

LHS Episode #604: Visual Studio Code Deep Dive

Episode #604 01:01:59
LHS Episode #604: Visual Studio Code Deep Dive

Hello and welcome to Episode 604 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this deep dive episode, the hosts talk about the Visual Studio Code development environment, including its open source counterparts VSCodium and Code OSS. Topics include, installation, preliminary setup, use cases, plugins and plugin marketplaces, keyboard shortcuts, tips and tricks, code highlighting, debugging, linting and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

LHS Episode #603: The Weekender CXXXVI

Episode #603 00:35:33
LHS Episode #603: The Weekender CXXXVI

It's time for The Weekender! This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

LHS Episode #602: Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers

Episode #602 00:26:33
LHS Episode #602: Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers

Hello and welcome to the 602nd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss intercepting "secure" satellite traffic, an Australian band plan audit, the future of Arduino, a hack on Xubuntu, new features in DXLook and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

LHS Episode #601: Automated Certificates Deep Dive

Episode #601 00:45:26
LHS Episode #601: Automated Certificates Deep Dive

Hello and welcome to Episode 601 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the RFC2136 for remote, authenticated DNS updates and how it can be used to automate an SSL certificate infrastructure with Let's Encrypt. We hope you enjoy this episode and have a great week coming up!

LHS Episode #600: The End?

Episode #600 00:46:00
LHS Episode #600: The End?

Hello and welcome to the 600th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the podcast--past, present and future--and then talk about the world of artificial intelligence, including vibe coding, image and video generation, generative music, thoughts and cavets thereof, and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.73 de The LHS Crew

LHS Episode #599: The Weekender CXXXV

Episode #599 00:41:27
LHS Episode #599: The Weekender CXXXV

It's time for The Weekender! This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

LHS Episode #598: Fake Ham Radio

Episode #598 00:29:42
LHS Episode #598: Fake Ham Radio

Hello and welcome to the 598th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss a revived zombie satellite, tracking the next NASA moon mission as a ham, flatpak updates, KDE's birthday, ham radio in flight simulators and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.

LHS Episode #597: arcOS-Linux Deep Dive

Episode #597 00:35:56
LHS Episode #597: arcOS-Linux Deep Dive

Hello and welcome to Episode 597 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts check out a ham-radio focused Linux distribution called arcOS. Topics include download and installation, philosophy and use cases, initial configuration and impressions, software package availability. design choices and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.