Share The Bytes

In this episode, Cori and Ian talk about their experience setting up LAN parties and brainstorming what a LAN Party would look like today.

* Armagetron* Hamachi by LogMeIn

Recorded Aug 21, 2020

In this episode, Ian and Grant talk about all the different companies shooting for the stars and building the next generation of space vehicles.

* Private Space Flight – New Space* Private Space Flight Companies* SpaceShipOne wins the X-Prize* Top 8 Missions Launching in 2020 – YouTube

Recorded Aug 20th, 2020

In this Episode, we talk about our very first video game review, Factorio. The game has made it out of development and is now 1.0. It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

* Factorio Game Site* Developer Blog Post about Motivation

Recorded July 30th, 2020

In this episode, Grant and Ian talk about how Linux and the open source Chromium platform controls the Crew Dragon Demo-2 and much more.

* NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley used the foundation of Google’s Chrome browser — the most widely used browser in the world — every time they tapped the touchscreens that controlled the Crew Dragon capsule as it flew to the International Space Station on the last two days of May.* SpaceX uses Linux and Chromium, Google’s open-source foundation for the Chrome web browser, for the touchscreen user interface on the Crew Dragon.* Each SpaceX rocket and satellite uses a variation of the Linux operating system that powers each of the world’s billions of Android phones.* There is a simulator you can try out. https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

Recorded July 28, 2020

In this episode, Sean introduces us to the world of solar power and battery management for living off the grid in a converted bus.

Recorded July 22nd, 2020

In this episode, Grant and Ian talk about the launch of the Crew Dragon Demo 2 launch to the ISS and what it means for the future of space travel.

AttemptPlannedResultTurnaroundReasonDecision pointWeather go (%)Notes127 May 2020, 8:33:33 pmScrubbed—Weather27 May 2020, 8:16 pm50Rocket generated lightning risk (field mill rule violation)[54]230 May 2020, 7:22:45 pmSuccess2 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes*Wikipedia – 8/12/2020

* Official NASA Live Stream – YouTube* NASA TV Schedule* Crew Dragon Demo-2 Wikipedia Entry

Recorded June 19th, 2020

Original contributor to Share the Bytes, Cori, comes back to share his passion for gaming and how it works in Linux.

Laptop specs from the show: Intel Core i7-4810MQ, nVidia GeForce GTX 860M, 16 GB Ram, 1Tb SSD Primary, 256GB SSD Secondary

* Guide to eGPU’s running under Linux* Steam Games* Lakka – The open source game console

Recorded June 15, 2020

In this episode, Grant and Ian talk about their favorite Linux distributions and the features that make them stand out.

* Ubuntu Linux* Fedora Linux* Linux Mint

Head over to DistroWatch to get an in-depth list of Linux distributions available to try and the unique features each one offers.

Recorded May 19th, 2020

In this episode we are joined by two special guests, Mike and Kim, who talk about SSH, best practices, and much more.

* SSH Wikipedia* Mike’s in depth presentation on SSH * Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)

Recorded November 9th, 2018

In this episode, Grant talks about his working chorded keyset on the Raspberry Pi.

Recorded August 24th, 2018

Chorded Keyset Ascii Table

Chorded Keyset Interface