Linux and open source tips, tricks and discussion. Free software, hardware and modern culture. The Binary Times audiocast is created by Mark and Wayne, two chaps who just like using linux and open source software and want to spread the word. Linux is free and open source and it is an excellent choice of operating system for our ever changing times. This audiocast is released fortnightly.
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The Binary Times - Series 6 Episode 5
Series 6 Episode 5 - We welcome Ben Klaasen on the show this week, Ben has a new job, speaks about his Nextcloud upgrade path, Wayne continues to explore the myriad of options around pfsense and chats about dual sim freedom loving phones, more under the hood tips and another epic Irish saying. Enjoy.
This fortnight we are joined by Ben Klaasen, a software tester, linux advocate and long time supporter and listener to the show
We begin chating about using Linux in the workplace. Not every machine runs Linux perfectly, be warned. We seem to do the research without even noticing it to ensure Linux compatibility.
Ben purchased a standard usb Silvercrest video encoder from Lidl/Aldi, and it worked a treat.
Ben has started a new job with an emphasis on making working the workplace more humane. He then takes us through his Nextcloud history and setup and it was quite a journey.
Mini PC Ben is using for as his main desktop.
Wayne chats about his upgrade to pfsense. He has been watching Lawerence Systems networking videos on Youtube. This video shows you how to set up pfblockerng. Using aliases in pfsense is also very helpful in making firewall rules.
Ben asks about Proxmox VE, Wayne has tried it but didnt really get on well with it. He prefers using KVM and Virsh for this purpose.
Wayne has been looking at the Xiaomi Redmi 4 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 as possible dual sim contenders to run /e/. Ben chats about the fairphone 3 which has been released on the 27th August. Fairphone OS includes all google services, Fairphone Open doesn't: https://code.fairphone.com We then move on to chatting about trying to make ethical considered purchases.
Ben chats about the latest release of Thunderbird 68.
Under the hood - Wayne starts off chatting about some great Humble Bundle releases, IT Security", Keep Books Weird", and Python Programming books.
We also chat about the find command and Wayne introduces the -icase flag to make the search case insensitive
find / -iname kodi.log
Ben talks about NuShell and python-mario. These give nice new ways of interpreting data.
Irish saying of the audiocast is 'Beimid ar ais' which means 'We'll be back'.
We hope you enjoy listening to us as we enjoyed making it!