Hacker Public Radio

Apr 15 2025 10 ep. 13.7k

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Hacker Public Radio is an podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that are of interest to hackers and hobbyists.

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HPR4358: My linux journey

Today I would like to share my journey into the world of Linux and Free Software and how it has shaped my computing experience over the years. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Emacs https://www.youtube.com/c/SystemCrafters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_X_series#X230

HPR4357: Short introduction by murph.

This is just an introduction, here is the rough text of the audio: Hello HPR: I'm murph, I've been an HPR listener for a long-time, into the TWAT days. I'll try to keep it quick. I started in computers in the early 80's with a VIC-20. After a few of the Commodore 8-bits, I settled into the Amiga line, which I daily drove up into this century, and stl

HPR4356: Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Running a private Ubuntu Mirror It is possible to set up a local server to keep a synchronized copy of all the Ubuntu packages, allowing later installs of packages for any local machine even in the absence of an internet connection. To do this a script called apt-mirror can be run on the server. crontab 0 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/apt-mirror The location of th

HPR4355: Record player audio - Streaming with Darkice

Intro Hello, this is your host, Archer72, for Hacker Public Radio. In this episode, this is my third show involving my record player. I am using a Zoom H1essential Stereo Handy Recorder microphone, recording into Audacity for this show. Why visit the record shop? Picking up a record at the record shop expands my music choices. I get a chance to talk to the owner on the w

HPR4354: 24-25 New Years Eve show episode 5

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HPR4353: diff and patch

Make a diff: $ diff --unified --new-file --recursive original/ my-revision/ > my.patch Send my.patch to somebody so they can use it as input for the patch command: $ patch --strip 0 < my.patch

HPR4352: Why grandma, what large language models you have.

Title: A large language model (LLM). License: Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. Source(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model Title: Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay. License: Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; addi

HPR4351: HPR Community News for March 2025

New hosts Welcome to our new host: Marc W. Abel. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4326 Mon 2025-03-03 HPR Community News for February 2025 HPR Volunteers 4327 Tue 2025-03-04 Chatting with Sgoti Some Guy On The Internet 4328 Wed 2025-03-05 Use SELinux the easy way Klaatu 4329 Thu 2025-03-06 Maintaining The Remote System hairylarry 4330 Fri 2025-03-07

HPR4350: GIMP: More Photo Fixes

If you you take a lot of photos, some of them will show problems. But you don't need to throw them away. With GIMP, you can fix these common problems and restore your photos. In this episode I take a look at two problems that turn out to be related and to have similar fixes: Dark photos, and Color problems. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8OJJbhNWGs https:

HPR4349: xbindkeys send keys for linux!

We're going to be talking about synth keys more specifically sending keystrokes and Linux cat ~/.xbindkeysrc /bin/bash /home/plex/.local/bin/Plex.sh /bin/bash /home/plex/.local/bin/Steam.sh /usr/local/bin/kasa --host 192.168.1.239 --port 9999 --type dimmer on; /usr/local/bin/kasa --host 192.168.1.239 --port 9999 --type dimmer brightness 100 /usr/local/bin/kasa --host 192.16