Freebooters Podcast

Today we're joined by the lovable Hamish as we cover everything from Debian embracing LLMs to what the best aspect ratio for videos is.

In today's episode we chat about getting our podcast out there, revisiting the 1:1 aspect ration, a bit of politics, and the easy way to self-host a fedi instance.

Snac on Codeberg
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

Snac author
https://comam.es/snac/grunfink

Little Fedi
https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@stefano

As me and Drew set up for a divinity 2 stream on Owncast, we chat about a few different topics.

Why are US sitcoms better than UK ones? Why did Drew give The Elders Scrolls IV: Oblivion only a 6 out of 10?

In today's Freebooters episode we are join by Hamish on our voyage of nonsense. We chat about Drew's peculiar food adventures, the new Freebooters Luanti server, and Drew's decision to make his website and terminal monochrome.

I take a look at what all the hype is around Aldi's Bramwells brown sauce.

Drew's full ratings list:
https://friendo.monster/ratgame.html

Chris's list:
https://chriswere.wales/movies

We chat a about our movie review systems, Star Wars, Mel Brookes, UK politics, and BASH scripting.

Chris proposed a 'banded' tier system for rating films, before chatting about Esoteric Ebb and how ours games played out.

As we set up for a game that never happened, Chris, Drew, and later Nado, talk a little about tech, but then descend into Chris taking a look at Drew's ...interesting... movie and TV opinions.

Drew's terrible movie takes
https://friendo.monster/rat.html

John Hinckley's music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Lr5zMgE08

Chris and Drew are joined by friend of the show Wing for a chat about food, drink, and computers.

Chris and Drew chat about the possibility of leaving this channel behind.

We recorded this whilst we wait for Drew to download Divinity: Original Sin.

Artists Who Paint With Their Feet Have Unique Brain Patterns
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/artists-who-paint-with-their-feet-have-unique-brain-patterns-180974064/

Autumn Rhythm, Jackson Pollock, 1950
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488978

Chris and Drew catch up on all the things that have happened since the last Freebooters.

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.

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.

Clip from a recent livestream.

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

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

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

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

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

Is Keir Eagen even real? Is this the afterlife. Chris and Drew chew over the mysterious in Severance season to, up to episode five, and share theories and thoughts on the show so far.

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.

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

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 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

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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

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.

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 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 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.

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.