Overview of Linux

What are we supposed to make of Palantir — a company whose software has helped organizations save lives, and end them? And what of CEO Alex Karp's warnings that AI could upend American democracy? Journalist Michael Steinberger spent six years reporting on Karp for his biography, ...  Show more

In Season 2 of Shell Game, journalist Evan Ratliff tells a story of entrepreneurship in the AI age; or, how he tried to build a real company, run by fake people. Meet Kyle Law and Megan Flores, Evan’s AI agent cofounders, as he puts to the test the claims about an emerging future ...  Show more

It’s our 2024 review of Linux and open source news including the end of Linux on Mars, the xz backdoor, great stuff from GNOME and KDE, the WordPress fiasco, why the idea of decentralised social media started to catch on, Raspberry Pi’s IPO, and the inevitable Mozilla doom and gl ...  Show more

The boys return, this time with some of our favorite Linux hacks and tricks! 👇 PULL IT DOWN FOR THE GOOD STUFF 👇 ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Discord - https://discor ...  Show more

It's the 1990s. The empire of Microsoft controls 90% of users. Complete standardization of operating systems seems assured. But an unlikely hero arises from amongst the band of open source rebels. Linus Torvalds—meek, bespectacled—releases his Linux O.S. free of charge. While Mic ...  Show more

How we found peace with the Linux community’s perpetual debates; and our tricks for finding the signal from the noise.