Segment 1 (Lead Topic)

• 2025 Year End Wrap Up

Segment 2 (Amateur Radio)

• Have you acquired any new and interesting equipment?

• Is CW on the rise and digital on the decline?

Segment 3 (Open Source)

• Do you use AI and, if so, how? Is AI the beginning of the end or a new beginning?

• Have you made any major distribution changes or are you sticking with your favorite? What do you use?

Segment 4 (Linux in the Ham Shack, Hedonism)

• What's your favorite ham radio-based application or what is the one you use most often?

• What is your hedonism of choice for tonight's episode?

• Any predictions for 2026 re: ham radio, open source or just anything?

Segment 5 (Announcements & Feedback)

• Our next episode will be January 11, 2026. See you then!

• VK6EK-Darren on Discord
  • Just dropping a plug for the POTA support your parks weekend january 17-18.

• Please Help Support the Show
  • Patreon
  • Paypal
  • Merch
  • YouTube!

Segment 6 (New Subscribers, New Supporters & Live Participants)

• Mastodon
  • James Oh

• Discord
  • doflagie

• Mailing List
  • RmRfMyEx

• Live Chat
  • David K5RNL
  • Steve KE8ALN
  • Mike K6GTE
  • Tony K4XSS
  • Steve KJ5T
  • Darren VK6EK
  • Paul N1OG

Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

• Code-OSS / Visual Studio Code / VSCodium
  • Code-OSS is the open-source foundation upon which Microsoft's Visual Studio Code is built. It is a distribution of the Code - OSS repository, which is developed by Microsoft in collaboration with the community under the MIT license. Code-OSS provides comprehensive code editing, navigation, debugging, extensibility, and integration with existing tools, forming the core of the edit-build-debug cycle for developers.
  • Microsoft's Visual Studio Code is a proprietary distribution of the same source code with additional Microsoft-specific customizations. These customizations include Microsoft trademarks, branding (such as the product name "Microsoft Visual Studio Code"), integration with the Visual Studio Marketplace, remote development features, telemetry collection, and access to proprietary extensions like the C#/.NET debugger. The proprietary components are enforced through mechanisms such as a handshake protocol to ensure compliance with licensing restrictions.
  • VSCodium is a community-driven project that actively disables telemetry by default and rewrites telemetry-related code to prevent any data from being sent to Microsoft servers, ensuring a more privacy-focused experience. VSCodium also uses the Open VSX Registry as its default extension marketplace, which is open-source and vendor-neutral, allowing extensions to be published and used without requiring a Microsoft account or agreeing to Microsoft's terms of service.

• Extensions
  • Built In - Default Language Support, Selection of Themes
  • Some of Mine
    • Language/Platform Based - C/C++, .NET Install Tool, C#, C# Dev Kit, Python, Pylance, Razor, Vue, Rust-Analyzer, Ruff, Even Better TOML, Container Tools, Docker, DockerDX, AWS, SQL Server, ZPL, VGL, Jupyter, WSL
  • Looks and Feels - Winter is Coming Theme
  • Creature Comforts - GitHub Copilot (Chat), Claude, GitLens, Remote - SSH, Remote Explorer, Rainbow CSV

• Resources
  • https://lhs.fyi/KF (Code OSS)
  • https://lhs.fyi/vscode (Visual Studio Code)
  • https://lhs.fyi/KG (VSCodium)

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

• Discord message from Steve, KE4ALN
  • I was wondering, since it is "Linux" in the ham shack, when you do your intros with call signs could you also annoucne which Linux distro you are running.  Like hams tell there rig make and model?  Thanks for listening.

• Christmas Announcement
  • Girls and boys can talk to Santa Claus, via amateur radio, nightly at 7:00 PM Central this month! The 3916 Nets will be presenting The Santa Net on 3.916 MHz once again this holiday season. “We enjoy helping young people and their families have a shared Christmas experience that they'll always remember,” said Pete Thomson, KE5GGY. Prior to each night's Santa Net, pre-net check-ins can be made at https://lhs.fyi/KH.

• Please Help Support the Show
  • Patreon
  • Paypal
  • Merchandise
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Segment 3 (New Subscribers, New Supporters & Live Participants)

• Free Patreons
  • Simone Lugaresi

• Discord
  • Christopher Scull Lux
  • LA1PLA

• Mastodon
  • Carl - N0WQT
  • Alex
  • DA2CW
  • Jani Teppo
  • N3VDY
  • cricket_bacon
  • John Green

• Bluesky
  • duoprism

• Live Chat
  • Mike, K6GTE
  • Steve, KJ5T
  • Tucker the Technician
  • Don, KB2YSI