LHS Episode #236: Kinky Jedi

Posted on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Hello! Welcome to Episode 236 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss South African (and elsewhere) youth events in amateur radio, LIDs, satellites in the amateur radio spectrum, online tools for testing Linux distributions, malware in the repos, OpenRC, networking via high-altitude balloons and more. Thank you for listening.

73 de The LHS Crew

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Show Notes #235: Linux App Package Deep Dive

Posted on July 10, 2018July 14, 2018 by Russ Woodman

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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

Binary Application Distribution Outside the Repositories

snaps
- Source: https://snapcraft.io/store

flatpak
- Source: https://flathub.org/home
- Additional Info: https://github.com/winepak/applications

appimage
- Source: https://appimage.github.io/apps/

Additional Info: https://www.osradar.com/github-alternatives-for-hosting-open-source-projects/

Segment 2 (Announcements & Feedback)

Comment on Episode #230 from Baz

Comment on Episode #230 from Taylor Crisp

Comment on Episode #232 from Dave, WB4ONA

Facebook Message from Sam Elbe

Facebook Message from Emile, KE5QKR

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LHS Episode #235: Linux App Package Deep Dive

Posted on July 10, 2018July 14, 2018 by Russ Woodman

Greetings and many welcomes to Episode 235 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, your hosts take a relatively deep dive into some new methods for distributing software packages in Linux and potentially other operating systems. Specifically mentioned are snaps, appimage and flatpak as well as discussion of other information relevant to distributing and installing software on Linux systems. Hope you enjoy--and thank you for listening!