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Chris and Drew talk about lots of this in this podcast that covers lots of topics, such as whether or not it's important for a mug to have a full three-finger action or if two-finger action is sufficient.

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Getting busy with bash, FOSS sound formats, and why YouTube has outgrown us

2025-12-06

Chris shares the bash projects he's been working on, we talk about MP3 vs other FOSS audio formats, and we talk about why YouTube isn't the best place for smaller creators any more.

Our new self-hosting podcast site, our latest adventures with bash scripting, and Chris gets caught using AI

2025-11-11

In this episode, Chris and Drew share their latest exploits with bash scripting, talk about KeePassXC allowing AI assisted contributions, and the chaps show off the new self-hosted website.

Grifted Reform voters, ethics, and Divinity Original Sin

2025-10-31

Clip from a recent livestream.

Evil deeds vs evil people

2025-10-25

Chris and Drew get side-tracked by chat, with a discussion of veganism and morality.

Setting up i3, Chris's new life with Vim, and can you really sell multi-pack cans separately?

2025-10-17

i3 is great, the Online Safety Act is a disaster

2025-08-07

Chris shares his journey playing around with the i3 window manager, and the Freebooters share their disdain for the authoritarian Online Safety Act.

i3 vs BSPWM

2025-07-30

Chris and Drew talk a little nonsense before going live on Twitch.

Should this game be banned?

2025-06-05

Why copyright is dumb and doesn't make sense

2025-05-28

Our last video to YouTube

2025-04-09

Why this is likely to be the last Freebooters I post to YouTube.

Web browsers ranked from best to worst

2025-03-13

In today's episode of Freebooters, Chris and Drew take a shot at ranking desktop web browsers, realising a horrible truth along the way.

Bluesky sucks & Linux DE tier list

2024-11-22

In today's episode of Freebooters, me, Drew, and Hamish try and work out which Linux desktop environments are the best, and which need a little love.

Best and worst Linux distros in a tier list - Freebooters

2024-10-24

The Freebooters try and work out which Linux distros are the best.

We're so done with Mozilla Firefox

2024-10-04

We chat about Mozilla Firefox's decline into the ad-market and world of AI, why we should ditch timezones, and the weirdest film I (Chris) have seen in a long time, Megalopalis.

Mozilla and Firefox pivot to AI

2024-09-22

Mozilla are shutting down their Mastodon instance, Mozilla.social on 17th December 2024. We discuss what that means for both the Fediverse and Mozilla's track record.

In defence of state flags: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-IgG7iou94

New Fediverse logo? and pointless YouTube tat

2024-09-02

⁂ is a typographical character, not an icon that needs to be inserted as an image. Unique-looking, but standardised. This means it’s very easy to copy-paste around! Its design style also automatically adapts to the font used where you insert it. Information from https://symbol.fediverse.info

Pixelrama can be found on steam and for free at https://orama-interactive.itch.io/pixelorama

Space Virgins: First Contact podcast can be found at https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/iPQPH7JbAZb5vY7QQHRHHa

Arch vs Debian and why I don't talk about Linux any more

2024-08-24

In today's Freebooters Chris and Drew chat about experiences with Debian Linux and Arch Linux, as well as the death of the web, the rise of the Fedi, self hosting, and Firefox's declining browser share.

Is Trumnp really a fascist

2024-07-24

Fediverse political party launch, catboys headline policy - Dagoth Hour

2024-07-14

President Emmanuel ma-gone - Dagoth Hour

2024-07-03

Cheeky lesbian energy - Dagoth Hour

2024-06-26

Will AI kill art?

2023-08-23

The importance of art, 2nd amendment, using Apple devices, and the Fermi paradox

2022-12-11

This is a new show where me and Drew just talk about what's interesting in the world of tech, open source, and the small web.

Celebrities coming to Mastodon

2022-11-28

This is a new show where me and Drew just talk about what's interesting in the world of tech, open source, and the small web.

Elon Musk's Twitter purchase

2022-11-02

This is a new show where me and Drew just talk about what's interesting in the world of tech, open source, and the small web. This week we're talking about what Elon Musk buying Twitter means for the Fediverse.

Email is dead and smart phones are essential

2022-10-31

This is a new show where me and Drew just talk about what's interesting in the world of tech, open source, and the small web.