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Linux Prepper

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Selfhosted show on using free and open source technology to DIY everything myself, while still enjoying life.

Inspired by Linux, BSD, Open Source and FOSS. Part of https://james.network and Living Cartoon Company

If you are interested an episode and want to send me thoughts please email: podcast@james.network The show is subject to change, depending on how it is received. No hard commitments, just frustration and fun.
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  • Local Tools, Offline Networking and Building Resilience

    Local Tools, Offline Networking and Building Resilience
    Apr 3 2026
    Why Offline & Local-First Rising Cost of Consumer TechnologyCloudflare Outages - interest in local hostingRe-purposing older machines into functional use! Notes: Transcriptions to be added. Left off intro and outro for the sake of getting this published. Might add them in coming day. (00:11) Offline Tooling, Local Tooling, Resilience Introduction (00:50) Sponsor Ameridroid LINUXPREPPER code (01:14) Domain Changes and thoughts after years on .network, xyz and org (01:32) Forum posts related to simple, resilient setups Show notes listed there as well (02:21) Do you have a device in a drawer that might be useful as-is? (04:38) KDE Connect - Thoughts after Three Years (08:30) Unbound, DNSMasq - Local DNS Caching, Recursive DNS and Resolvers (09:30) Quad9 - Global Public Recursive DNS for Public Benefit, alternative to Cloudflare and Google (09:55) Local DNS Resilience and Why It Matters (12:15) Connecting Multiple Services and What DNS Adblocking Actually Does with Pi-Hole, Adguard Home, etc. (13:04) Dividing IP Ranges for Custom DNS, Adblocking assignments (13:55) Adding Resilience, Privacy and Speed Most Routers Do Not Offer Natively (15:20) Challenges You Can Try at Home! (15:59) Wiki in early development as plain text. Learn more on the forum (17:00) Low Key Gear Exchange for LFNW. Details for forum users! Forum post for registered users (17:36) 100 Selfhosted Services for Low End and 32-bit Hardware (19:11) HomeLab Episode to be released with Robin Monks. Unedited interview available on Premium (19:29) Nginx, Caddy - Reverse Proxy via DNS Challenge for Local HTTPS Testing (20:00) mDNS and Avahi for remote machines gifted to others without https (22:35) Become a Premium Subscriber to Support the Show (23:36) How resilient is your setup? Let me know! podcast@livingcartoon.org (24:05) Discord and bridged Matrix Chats for discussing the show! Please Share with Others! (24:55) LFNW Schedule, should be live shortly. April 24th - 26th (25:11) AI Scanned My Brainrot, Live only at LFNW, on 04/26 at 3pm! (26:17) Upcoming Episode on SeaGL, LFNW and Conferences! Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others!Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content.Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix!Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @linuxprepper@podcast.james.networkLemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click!See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to podcast@james.network I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!
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    27 m
  • Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters

    Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters
    Jan 26 2026
    This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “A Great Year for Linux”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology. We discuss our experiences with containers, who they are for, and the contexts in which we find them useful. If you are self-hosting, and are container curious, this one is for you! (00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper Podcast (00:19) Bonus episode connected to Season 1 Episode 1: A Great Year for Linux. Time to get technical! (01:29) This discussion will not cover Permissions, File Systems, or Backups. (02:32) Lemmy Discussion - What is keeping people away from Containers (02:47) Ameridroid Sponsor: LINUXPREPPER code (03:16) What are Containers for? (04:05) HB describes making a text adventure game (in Docker) (04:42) MagPi Magazine (05:09) TTYD: Share your Terminal on the Web (06:12) Why containerize TTYD? (07:05) Managing multiple iterations through containers (07:47) Use of containers, as opposed to Python virtual environments (08:53) When does it make sense for someone to consider containers? (10:30) Docker run commands. similar to bash scripting (12:30) Compose Files, migrating from docker run commands (13:03) Portainer - WebUI Management for Docker services (HB) (13:16) docker ps - Management from the terminal (James) (13:34) James using Docker to test for NextcloudPi and write documentation (14:41) Using containers in order to define your own image (15:50) Running a fleet of AI services through Compose: “Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger” (17:17) James migrating to Compose files to manage variables across many services (18:54) Composerize - Turn run commands into compose files (18:58) Storing compose files to avoid confusion (20:21) Noisebridge Unicorn services run via compose files on a VPS (26:34) Docker Networks - connecting services internally, even to a reverse proxy (27:46) Aria Download Protocol (28:04) HB describes using multiple, simulateous networks in isolation (30:00) James describes complexity of modular tools like Nextcloud (31:37) Testing Locally (32:30) People leaking their private credentials in their Docker images on the web (33:09) Docker Secrets (33:42) HB suggests storing environment variables as files (34:52) Understanding git.ignore files for people hosting files on public repos (35:32) Using public sharing to learn, share and problem solve (36:31) Lemmy comments of those opting out of containers (38:03) There is nothing wrong with running services directly, aka “bare metal” (43:20) HB’s Github Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others!Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content.Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix!Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @linuxprepper@podcast.james.networkLemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click!See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to podcast@james.network I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!
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    44 m
  • A Great Year for Linux

    A Great Year for Linux
    Jan 24 2026
    (00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper (00:25) Keepass skit KeepassXC is recommended for desktop users. (01:32) Ameridroid Sponsor LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:43) Lemmy discussions. It looks to be a great year for Linux. Those who’ve switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going? Lemmy world and Lemmy ML Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss. Lemmy World and Lemmy ML Linux Prepper Lemmy community (03:13) Lutris - Open Gaming Launcher Github repo (04:57) Ubuntu Shutdown from 4 to 2 clicks (09:47) Mermaids - ASCII Game developed by HB Pixel Artwork Tools recommended by HB (11:56) Who is HB, the guest host? (13:17) Who is James, the host? (14:18) Containers, Compose - Good? Who are they for? Bonus episode TBD Asking Lemmy about reasons to avoid containers (15:19) Premium subscriptions available Recurring support possible through Ko-fi, backed by Stripe.You can now be a Patron of the show!Get access to additional content. (16:04) HB’s Thoughts on show topics and expectations (17:02) State of the Podcast Discussion forum for the show, used for notes.Lemmy communityDiscord chat now bridged to Matrix Invite to DiscordInvite to Matrix space for Living Cartoon Company and Linux PrepperPodcast now available on Youtube Music (18:22) Steam Key Giveaway now through March 20th Leave a review on your podcast platform to enter! (19:15) This podcast is now available on Youtube (21:30) Submit to DURP - DIY Unfinished Resurrection Project Now through March 20thWork on a project this Winter! Accepting audience submissions! Get included in an episode! Use this simple form to submit thoughts or an audio recording. Discussing Homelabs with Robin Monks of Don’t Forget to FOSS (23:15) LinuxFest Northwest Performance TBD weekend of April 24th Hackerspace AI Scanned My Brain Rot (Working Title)SeaGL 2025 Coverage to be posted: Trivia, Open Source Projects, Recap, Interview. Ways to Support the Show! Share it with others!Enroll in Linux Prepper Premium as a Patron of Living Cartoon Company to support the show! Gets you access to more content.Join #linuxprepper:matrix.org chat on Matrix!Follow from the Fediverse: Mastodon, etc. @linuxprepper@podcast.james.networkLemmy community, which x-posts across the Fediverse. Send in anonymous feedback with one click!See more detailed notes and info at the forum Email feedback to podcast@james.network I do not promise to respond, but I promise to read your words!
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    25 m
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