Introducing Linux

Richard Stallman broke free of the closed proprietary world of UNIX computing when he announced the GNU project in 1983. But GNU needed a kernel. In 2001 Linus Torvalds gave it one. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http:/ ... Show More

When the open source community use the word free they mean freedom; the freedom to use software in any way that you want, the freedom to alter it and the freedom to give it away. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http://cr ... Show More

Linux like the pet dog comes in many breeds, known as distributions or distros. In the same way that all dogs are descended from wolves all distros are descended from Gnu/Linux and the different types are bred for specific purposes. 

Are you unsure whether it’s disc or disk, sympathise or sympathize, learnt or learned? 

Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling. 

Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling. 

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In Episode 01 of Late Night Linux we talk about Desktop Linux market share, KDE Neon, Ubuntu Touch, what we think will happen in 2017, CyanogenMod becoming Lineage OS and loads more. News 3% market share on the desktop? Goodbye to GNU Libreboot KDE Announces SystemdGenie, a Graph ... Show More

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How to decide! 

These 3 words often confuse people when they go to use them. In this episode, you will learn their differences, pronunciations, and how to get them confused again. 

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?