62 – What Could Go Wrong?
From Linux OTC by Bill, Leo, Majid, Eric
November 29, 2025 · 1h 5m · Episode 62
About this episode
The episode discusses various hardware failures experienced by the hosts and touches on topics like distro hopping and desktop environments.
One hardware failure after another for these guys. Bill’s video card woes, Majid’s server issues. We even had a complete SATA controller failure on one of the most important machines. We get through it. We get into distro hopping, as well as a little conversation about Cosmic, verses Gnome.
People in this episode
Hosts: Bill, Majid, Leo, Eric
Topics covered
- hardware failure
- distro hopping
- server issues
- video card
- SATA controller
- Cosmic
- Gnome
Keywords
- hardware failure
- video card
- SATA controller
- distro hopping
- Cosmic
- Gnome
Mentioned in this episode
Products: video card, SATA controller
Books & works: Cosmic, Gnome
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