Overview of Linux

Are kids going to be any safer online after the Meta settlement? Our trio of contributors—Taylor Lorenz (User Mag), Reed Albergotti (Semafor), and Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post)—are skeptical. Then, are AI “civilizations” real, or is it all just tabloid journalism? Finally, s ...  Show more

Do you judge people who are emotionally attached to their chatbots? Bridget Todd used to read stories about people forming intimate relationships with AI and think, “That’s so pathetic. That is so sad. That could never be me.” But when she needed support during a hard time, AI wa ...  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.