"I'm assuming Home Assistant here" Insert Picard facepalm here....I only left out the important detail. Yep I'm switching to HA. Update on mom using Mint, she's trying it on a live USB and so far is positive about it, she likes that it looks and feels like Win7. She's still not ready to take the plunge, but I'm on the lookout for one of those Win10 laptops people are getting rid of when moving to Win11 and then I'll just do a full install so she can try the full experience before making the switch... she needs a new laptop anyway, two netbirds with one gemstone/S.

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LINUX Unplugged • 638: The Distro Everyone Should Copy • Listen on Fountain

Fedora 43 arrives with polish, new spins, and a smarter installer; and one decision the rest of the Linux world should pay attention to.Sponsored B...

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I have ADHD and use podcasts and audiobooks to help me focus at work, video just distracts me and so I never use it. That being said if others would like video I'd have no issue with it so long as you remain an audio first show. I've given up on a few long time listens due to the hosts moving to a video first mindset and making the audio a waste of time to listen to, I'd hate to see that happen to TWIB. tl;dr: Video is a fine addition, as long as you keep an audio first mindset.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 78: The Great Rotation • Listen on Fountain

The Binance era fades, the ETFs rise, and Bitcoin quietly migrates into the core of the financial system. The rotation has begun. Episode Links �...

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Well this was a timely episode, thanks to the AWS outage my Smart things automations all failed and that was all I needed to stop putting off making the switch. Bonus! My 70+ year old mother has, after 10 years of resisting, agreed to try Linux Mint since her Win 11 laptop is having tons of issues and I'm always having to fix something for her. A year with LibreOffice instead of paying for a MS365 subscription got her to see FOSS is user friendly and not just for hackerman.

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LINUX Unplugged • 637: Chris' Smart Home Disaster • Listen on Fountain

The biggest failure in seven years, right before a trip. What broke, how Chris pulled it back together, and how Wes would fix it right.Sponsored By...

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MadTV was superior to SNL, lower my expectations is a nice nostalgia hit, just wish it didn't signify low boost amounts.

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Flipping through FAST channels and one channel is playing Deep Impact while another channel is playing Armageddon. Talk about a flash back to my teens...I still remember going on my first, no parents around, date to see Deep Impact.

While I do believe that the establishment Democrats are anti-bitcoin, I don't think the El Salvador investigation is just about the use of Bitcoin. While I'm sure the use of Bitcoin is a factor it may just be a convenient way to mask their true intention of driving a wedge between El Salvador and the current administration over the migrant detention center. Then again this is the Dems we're talking about so they may just have their "Bitcoin bad" blinders on and are just taking any opportunity to attack Bitcoin.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 63: Grift Drains Bitcoin Gains • Listen on Fountain

The money printer's humming, making smart investing a must. Don't get caught by the banks' new, regulation-backed grifts and affinity scams, design...

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Heard it on the This Week in Bitcoin podcast.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 62: Bitcoin Is the Geiger Counter • Listen on Fountain

Bitcoin doesn't lie about world events, and this week proved it. Plus, my thoughts on Bitcoin Core facing its own flavor of cancel culture and why ...

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First, enjoy the vacation, it's well deserved. Second on Ace's thought on the Amazon coin, I agree with his assessment but I think the real play will be the interest. They will treat the Amazon coin like a gift card where you deposit money with the company and redeem it later, and in that in-between time the company is accruing interest. Starbucks is rivaling some banks with their gift card interest bearing holdings and I'm sure Amazon is not far behind them.

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This Week in Bitcoin • 62: Bitcoin Is the Geiger Counter • Listen on Fountain

Bitcoin doesn't lie about world events, and this week proved it. Plus, my thoughts on Bitcoin Core facing its own flavor of cancel culture and why ...

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Switched my @Start9 server to Bitcoin Knots from core. No spam on the chain!

Congratulations on episode 60!

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This Week in Bitcoin • Why Nothing Stops This Train • Listen on Fountain

The economic dominoes Bitcoiners predicted are falling. Why every route favors Bitcoin, the historic shifts shaking the dollar, and whispers of Bit...

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Wicked good show. Have a good trip. No spam on the chain.

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This Week in Bitcoin • Core Knows Best • Listen on Fountain

While Bitcoin Core stirs the pot, corporate treasuries stack at breakneck speed. A fresh OP_RETURN twist, and receipts on who’s quietly changed t...

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Note to self, don't use the auto suggestions for names..... sorry Brent. As for why truckers have migrated to GMRS, the stated reason is better audio quality being FM rather than CB's AM, antennas generally come pre-tuned, and slightly better range. The unstated reason, since the late 70's four wheelers were getting on the CB and messing things up for the drivers. So they switched to get away from them and the reasons stated above. Besides a license is just $35 and there's no test.

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LINUX Unplugged • 614: Self-Hosted Location Tracking • Listen on Fountain

We test-drive a self-hosted alternative to Google Location History. Plus, we cover the week's Linux news highlights, then spill the beans on our up...

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Bret, if you plan on doing any traveling with the van, and why have it if you're not, then I'd suggest a GMRS radio. Most truckers have switched from CB to GMRS and while you need a license to transmit, you can listen without a license. Also you have to build in a meshtastic node because.... reasons.

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LINUX Unplugged • 613: Packets, Power, and Paulus • Listen on Fountain

We chat with the founder of Home Assistant and then fire up Brent's Linux-powered rig.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networkin...

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Happy Easter

Belated Happy 600 boost! Also, just say no to video.

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LINUX Unplugged • 600: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once • Listen on Fountain

We celebrate 600 episodes, announce a new show feature, and officially launch the FreeBSD challenge.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programm...

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The first thing I watched in 2025 was Idiocracy. Why you may ask? Given the current global climate it just felt appropriate.

Happy New Year.

So every year TBS airs The Christmas Story for 24 hours. How has no streaming channel done something similar but with Die Hard? Seriously, just set up a channel once a year to stream the film for 24 hours, then take it down for the other 364 days. I'm sure it would get a ton of plays.