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SUDO Show 75, “I Don’t Know How to Make Coffee,” is a full‑on April Fools special where “business meets Linux” takes a back seat to pranks, retro war stories, and questionable life choices. Bill, Neal, and Noel start with open source airplanes, HDMI‑to‑floppy adapters, and whether airplane wings actually flap, then quickly descend into cargo‑class containers, VM‑matrix jokes, and vintage Linux desktop pain with FVWM95 and XFree86. From decaf‑only coffee stunts, BashRC logout traps, PC speaker torture, and ping‑flooded LAN parties to PACMAN.BAT in the school lab, Gentoo use‑flag accidents, OpenStack root‑password “oops” moments, and a threat to invent Fedora.js, they share their most devious tech and non‑tech pranks. Along the way, they talk MSP coffee culture, two‑pots‑a‑day network engineering, Kubernetes as “all YAML,” and close by reminding you not to try any of this at work—no matter how good that April Fools itch feels. Show Links: FVWM95 – https://fvwm95.sourceforge.net/ ReactOS – https://reactos.org/ Kata Containers – https://katacontainers.io podman – https://podman.io Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro – Off the Rails April Fools 00:00:55 Open Source Airplanes and HDMI-to-Floppy 00:01:50 Do Airplane Wings Flap? 00:04:28 Cargo Class and the VM Matrix 00:05:22 Best Tech and Non-Tech Pranks 00:08:49 FVWM95, XFree86, and Fake Windows Desktops 00:14:22 ReactOS and Retro Linux Adventures 00:15:01 Going Vintage in the Future 00:18:09 Bill’s Decaf Coffee and BashRC Pranks 00:19:56 PC Speaker Torture and Random Beeps 00:20:58 Old-School LAN Parties 00:23:05 Ping-Flood LAN Parties and ZipSlack 00:24:21 PSA System Rollback – April Fools 00:25:58 Noel’s PACMAN.BAT and Lab Ban 00:32:02 Linux ISOs and School Network Quotas 00:35:07 Office Built from Old Optiplex Cases 00:39:28 First Home PCs and Gateway Cow Boxes 00:42:06 Serial Mice Still in Production 00:42:56 Gentoo Use Flags and history 00:46:22 OpenStack Cluster and Lost Root Password 00:48:41 Ranking Pranks and Coffee + Desktop Combo 00:50:45 Noel Hates Coffee 00:52:26 MSP Coffee Culture and “I Don’t Know How to Make Coffee” 00:55:51 Weaponized Iced Coffee 00:58:52 /30 Subnets per Phone and Two Pots of Coffee 01:01:10 No Rails 01:02:06 May Your BBQ Sauce Be Watery 01:03:36 Kubernetes Is All YAML 01:04:04 Fedora.js 01:04:57 Disclaimer – Do Not Try This at Work 01:06:01 Ball Pits, Ball.js, and Bouncy Balls 01:07:29 Outro – Where Business Meets Terrible Jokes Connect with the Hosts: Bill - @ctlinux on Mastodon Neal - @[email protected] on Mastodon Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller

In this episode of Linux Out Loud, Wendy, Nate, and Bill start in the server room and end up staring down new “for the children” age‑verification laws aimed squarely at your operating system. They talk through wrangling tablets and printers with CUPS, why Framework laptops keep surviving industrial abuse, and how Deskflow brings Synergy/Barrier‑style magic to Wayland setups. From there, they dig into the new FIRST LEGO League robotics kits and what might be lost when classroom‑friendly AI kits replace hands‑on engineering. Finally, they unpack California and Colorado’s OS‑level age‑verification bills, what “OS providers” really means, and why small Linux and BSD projects are already threatening to block entire states rather than bolt surveillance rails onto their distros. Show Links: CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) – https://www.cups.org/ LibreNMS – network and printer monitoring – https://www.librenms.org/ Framework Laptop – https://frame.work/ Deskflow – seamless multi‑computer control – https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/13/deskflow-seamless-multi-computer-control/ Third Reality Zigbee devices – https://3reality.com/ LEGO Education Computer Science & AI kit (new FLL robots) – https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-computer-science-and-ai-45522 LEGO Education SPIKE Prime set – https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set-45678 California AB 1043 – Digital Age Assurance Act overview – https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca/2025-2026/ab1043 Nate – Data has weight (but only on SSDs) – https://cubiclenate.com/2026/03/04/data-has-weight-but-only-on-ssds-blathering/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:52 Bill is a pro, trust me bro! 00:02:19 Printer monitoring, SNMP & copier contracts 00:07:01 Framework laptops in industrial environments 00:09:24 Framework durability, cases & drop protection 00:14:14 Deskflow – Wayland-friendly Synergy/Barrier 00:19:59 New FLL robots – kits, AI & concerns 00:33:10 Age verification laws hit Linux & BSD 00:38:58 Fines, liability & open-source maintainers 00:40:02 What counts as an “OS provider”? 00:44:43 Surveillance, mission creep & “for the children” 00:46:22 Future of OS compliance & responses 00:50:54 Guard rails 00:55:16 Wrap-up, jokes & closing banter 00:57:30 Data has weight 01:00:27 Outro Connect with the Hosts on Discord: Matt – @Dark1ltg Wendy – @Wendy.sh Nate – CubicleNate.com @CubicleNate Bill – @ctlinux on MastodonSpecial Guest: Bill.

Moving to the cloud was easy; getting out is the hard part. In SUDO Show 74, Bill, Neal, and Noel dig into “The Great Cloud Breakup” and why more teams are rethinking cloud‑first dogma as exit fees rise and data residency laws go live across the US, EU, UK, and beyond. They talk through how modern Linux, NVMe‑over‑Fabrics, and on‑prem hardware make repatriation realistic again, spotlight rclone and Nick Craig‑Wood for making data movement sane, and share hard‑won stories about ugly data transfers and hybrid architectures. The episode wraps with a tongue‑in‑cheek “repatriate AWS onto three Raspberry Pis” action item and a NetHogs quick fix you can run today to catch chatty services before egress fees blow up your budget. Show Links: Red Hat - https://www.redhat.com​ rclone - https://rclone.org​ rclone (commercial) - https://rclone.com​ restic backup - https://restic.net​ Oxide Computer Company - https://oxide.computer/​ nethogs (NetHogs) - https://github.com/raboof/nethogs​ Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro – The Great Cloud Breakup 00:02:11 Standup – Data Residency Laws and Exit Fees 00:06:36 Are We Ready to Repatriate? Linux and NVMe-over-Fabrics 00:15:37 Where Are the Future Jobs? 00:23:29 Supporter Spotlight – rclone and Nick Craig-Wood 00:30:17 Bill’s Nightmare Data Transfer Story 00:36:11 Main Topic – The Great Cloud Breakup 01:12:31 Action Item – Repatriate AWS onto MicroShift (on Three Pis) 01:14:12 Quick Fix – NetHogs to Catch Chatty Services 01:17:13 Looking Forward to the Next Episode 01:18:32 Outro – Where Business Meets Linux Connect with the Hosts: Bill - @ctlinux on Mastodon Neal - @[email protected] on Mastodon Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller

In this level of Linux Out Loud, Nate takes player‑one controls with Wendy and Matt as co‑op buddies for a run‑and‑gun through data disasters, platform drama, and hopeful Linux gaming news. Matt kicks things off with a catastrophic cold‑storage failure that turns into a hard‑earned reminder about backups and the limits of data‑recovery tools on both Windows and Linux. Wendy then opens a side‑quest about Discord’s upcoming age‑verification changes, why that’s a problem for community privacy and moderation, and what it might mean for the future home of the Lobby of Loudness. Nate rounds out the host updates with Linux Saloon going fully independent, moving show notes and polls onto CubicleNate.com so he controls the platform and the ad dollars. For the main mission, the crew dives into GOG calling Linux its “next major frontier” for GOG GALAXY and hiring a senior C++ engineer to help make Linux a first‑class gaming citizen instead of an afterthought. Along the way they talk heroic launchers, Proton and Wine, and what a “good citizen” GOG client on Linux should actually look like for home‑labbed and multi‑PC setups. Show Links: GOG job posting – “Senior Software Engineer (C++ GOG GALAXY)”: https://www.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy Linux Saloon show notes and polls: https://CubicleNate.com/LinuxSaloon https://CubicleNate.com/polls

In this episode of Linux Out Loud, Matt takes squad leader role while Wendy and Nate rejoin the party for a high‑FPS catch‑up on life, Linux, and loud gaming sessions. They swap updates on Wendy’s robotics teams heading deeper into competition season, Nate’s battle with basement water and building a proper home lab spawn point, and Matt’s quest to keep a local‑only media server running on modest hardware. From organizing racks and labeling gear to wrestling with Starlink latency and debating cloud gaming versus real ownership, the crew dives into how their real‑world chaos shapes the way they run Linux, host services, and play games. If you like robots, home labs, and arguing about whether you really own your digital library, this one’s for you. Show Links: Discord Invite: https://discord.gg/73bDDATDAK Bookbinder JS (booklet maker): https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/ Bookbinder JS on GitHub: https://github.com/momijizukamori/bookbinder-js PS4 controller USB‑C upgrade guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGKyBJVDXDQ BattleTech on GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/battletech_game​

SUDO Show 73 revisits the classic “Career Pipeline” topic with a fresh panel and an updated roadmap for building a Linux and open source career today. Bill, Neal, and Noel start with the “Wayland-only” future of the Linux desktop, spotlight Red Hat’s work on fwupd and the Linux Vendor Firmware Service, then dive into education, certifications, homelabs, open source contributions, and soft skills that turn curiosity into real-world tech jobs. They wrap up with a practical systemd-analyze “quick win” you can run right now to understand and improve your system’s boot performance. Show Links: Red Hat – Company site: https://www.redhat.com fwupd project: https://fwupd.org LVFS (Linux Vendor Firmware Service): https://fwupd.org/lvfs CompTIA A+ Certification: https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/a/ AWS Certification: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/ RHCSA Training and Certification: https://www.redhat.com/en/services/certification/rhcsa SUSE SCA (SLES 15): https://www.suse.com/training/exam/sca-sles-15/ Linux Professional Institute (LPIC): https://www.lpi.org systemd-analyze documentation: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-analyze.html Commands discussed: systemd-analyze – “Odometer” (total boot time) systemd-analyze blame – “Leaderboard” (slowest services) systemd-analyze critical-chain – “Timeline” (dependency chain) systemd-analyze critical-chain --system systemd-analyze plot > boot.svg – “Visualizer” (boot chart)