About this episode
The hosts discuss open source software, boot managers, and an upcoming event while interviewing a guest.
Al, Andrew, Kevie and Dave unite once more and settle down for a pleasant evening of beers and chat about goodness that is free and open source, or creative and common. They begin, as always, with a distrowatch dabble and thereafter split into two teams of two. Team Nerd, Andrew and Al, delve into the mystical world of boot managers with a look at rEFInd currently maintained by Rod Smith. Meanwhile, Team Social, Dave and Kevie, converse with Nik, the author of Pachli, the client for Mastodon-like services, part of a Nivenly Foundation, that we reviewed back in TuxJam 114 . On Saturday 2 August you are cordially invited to join us and many others for our next Podcrawl, details of which are posted here . Just prior to our recording we learned that there will be no OggCamp in 2025 (boo!) but there will in 2026 (yay!) on 25-26 April, at the same venue as last time, the Pendulum Hotel, Manchester. We conclude with a roundup of feedback and we encourage you, dear listener, to submit any feedback you may have. Songs Sammy Vulcano – Till I Found Love Kinematic – Don’t Be Afraid Boogie Belgique – All Over The World  (track is  CC from download link )…
People in this episode
Hosts: Al, Andrew, Kevie, Dave
Guest: Nik
Topics covered
- open source
- boot managers
- rEFInd
- Mastodon
- Podcrawl
- feedback
Keywords
- open source
- rEFInd
- Mastodon
- Podcrawl
- OggCamp
- feedback
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nivenly Foundation
Products: rEFInd
Books & works: TuxJam 114
Places: Pendulum Hotel, Manchester
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