Episode 50: Destination Linux EP50 – Stuart Langridge of Bad Voltage

Welcome to Episode 50 of Destination Linux for 12-18-17

In today’s episode, we have a special guest who will be joining us to talk and discuss the news.

Stuart Langridge

• Podcaster
• Developer
• Github
• Launchpad
• Author
• And also has his own Wikipedia page (impressive)
• Twitter @sil
• Mastodon
• Google +
• Youtube Channel
• Kryogenix

Well known for Podcasts

• Former – LugRadio
• Present – Bad Voltage where you cover pretty much any topic
• You have done man Live shows in multiple places at SCaLE 13x, OpenNMS 2015, SCaLE 14x, and SCaLE 15x
• Bad Voltage Community
• Working with Jono Bacon and Jeremy Garcia (“and formerly Bryan Lunduke in series 1”)

2017 Picks

• Our personal pick for top distro(s) of 2017

• • Ryan : MX, Xubuntu, Archmerge

• Our personal pick for beloved DE(s) of 2017

• • • Ryan : Xfce, i3
  
  
  
  

• Our favorite moments on the show

• • • Ryan: Gifting the gnome to Rocco, getting told to RTFM read the manual by Phillip Manjaro
  
  
  
  

• Your Favorite Software Finds of 2017

Ryan

• • Etcher (only USB iso maker that always consistently works) – Ryan
  • Vectr: vector art program (banners, simple graphics, etc.)
  • Gnome Twitch
  • Lutris (Game Management software)
  • Brackets (HTML Web design tool)
  • Stacer – thanks to Michael is a great system profiler
  • Simplenote – my favorite app I use constantly for keeping notes, ideas, tips, video ideas etc. Cross platform super easy to use and one of the programs that replaced one of the dependencies I had prior on OneNote.
  • Phoronix Test Suite

• Great Linux Games of 2017

• • Ryan
    • Rocket League
    • Ballistic Overkill
    • Sundered
  
  
  • Rocco
    • Rocket League
    • Shadow of Mordor
    • Gaming On Linux top game pick was F1 2017
  
  
  
  

News

Net Neutrality Law

Peppermint 8 Respin Released

GeckoLinux An OpenSuse Spin

Gecko Linux

Testing a switch to default Breeze-Dark Plasma theme in Bionic daily isos and default settings

You can reach them on the Kubuntu IRC channel or Telegram group, on the user mailing list, or post feedback on the (unofficial) Kubuntu web forums

Thank you to Michael Tunnell from TuxDigital.com for kindly suggesting this change.

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Where Can You Find Us This Week

• Rocco and Ryan will be playing Rocket League live this week on DasGeek Channel
• Big Daddy Linux Live! Will be on Saturday night on the BigDaddyLinux Channel www.bigdaddylinux.com

Twitter @dasgeekchannel @bigdaddylinux

A big thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us and Thank you For Watching Destination Linux

Have a great week and remember the Journey ITSELF is just as important as the Destination