1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,240 Hello, and welcome to the Linux Lemming. 2 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:22,860 So this is Episode 00, not really going in line with the view of what this whole project 3 00:00:22,860 --> 00:00:27,480 will be, but I need to get something out there to start, and I'm learning along the way. 4 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:35,360 So this is Episode 00, I'm Rasta Calavera, I'm a long-time desktop Linux user, and I'm 5 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,920 fairly new to the server realm. 6 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:44,920 I have a very small self-hosted setup, I don't think it's correct to call it a home 7 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,360 lab because it's really just a bunch of raspberry pies running Docker containers and things 8 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:54,600 like that, so my experimentation is pretty basic. 9 00:00:54,600 --> 00:01:00,520 I would describe myself as a hobbyist who knows enough to start projects, but doesn't 10 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:05,960 have enough free time to maintain them or spend hours troubleshooting them. 11 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:11,640 Now don't get me wrong, if something happens, I'm going to try my best, but I just don't 12 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:16,200 have a time investment that others may have. 13 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,040 So this gets me to the idea of a lemming. 14 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:25,480 So I consider myself a lemming, and when I use that word, I'm defining it as someone 15 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:31,120 who appreciates, like, concise, up-to-date documentation and really just wants to see 16 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,200 more of it widely available. 17 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,720 And we'll get into that in Episode 1 a bit more. 18 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:46,600 I'm also an Advid podcast listener, I consume a lot of podcasts from all across the spectrum, 19 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,440 some of the technology ones, I really enjoy everything that comes out of Jupiter Broadcasting, 20 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:59,960 Destination Linux, Joe Resington over in the UK there, and doing Late Night Linux, and 21 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:02,520 also the Ubuntu podcast over in the UK. 22 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,760 Those are all great, great ones, and if you haven't heard of them, I highly, highly suggest 23 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,320 that you look them up. 24 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,200 So what's this project going to be like? 25 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:19,560 Well, I think this is going to be mainly a place for people to listen or read my journey 26 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,360 as I kind of go through this, and they can do that either by listening to the podcast 27 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,840 or reading along with blogs. 28 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,640 I'm going to pick projects and just blindly follow the documentation, and I'm going to 29 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:37,400 report back on any successes and roadblocks that are along the way. 30 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:42,280 You know, as things happen, I will try to submit upstream changes to projects for their 31 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:49,360 documentation if such a thing is available on GitHub or GitLab, and also I will submit 32 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:55,520 tutorials if it's appropriate to the project or just in general. 33 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,280 And that gets me to this next point. 34 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:04,320 This whole thing, this is not a dedicated information hub for how-to's. 35 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:11,680 You know, so many already exist that I would rather contribute back to those than reinvent 36 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:12,680 the wheel. 37 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:18,320 So I would consider this mainly like a staging area for documentation that will be pushed 38 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,680 out to those bigger areas. 39 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,480 And just a little example of that, based on the podcast I listen to, things like front 40 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:35,440 page Linux from Destination Linux or wiki.linuxdelta.com, which is run by Noah Chalaya. 41 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:42,080 And also on the JB side, there is a self-hosted.wiki that needs a lot of love. 42 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:47,200 So I feel like, you know, I would try to hit all of them if it's really relevant. 43 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,360 So can you contribute to this? 44 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,600 Yes, please, please, please, please contribute to this. 45 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,020 I kind of think of this as an open podcast. 46 00:03:56,020 --> 00:04:03,640 So I listen to a lot of podcasts, but I can't really participate in the active ongoing discussion. 47 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,560 I would kind of classify myself as more of a lurker in the community. 48 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,680 I'm just really busy with my home life and work life that I consume everything at my 49 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,680 convenience. 50 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,800 So I can't hop in mumble, I can't do jitsies or matrix or anything like that. 51 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,040 I just listen to the podcast feed. 52 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,920 And you know, I've really always wanted to get into podcasting and there was really 53 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,100 no easy barrier to entry. 54 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:33,360 So if there's other listeners out there who want to try podcasting, I want to make this 55 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,720 a place where they can cut their teeth and you know, we'll take submissions and put them 56 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:38,720 in. 57 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,480 So if you want to try your hand at podcasting, I really recommend you do it here. 58 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,960 If you want to submit your experience with projects, any documentation that you've already 59 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:54,840 made, again, we can get the wheels moving here and then push it to those other locations. 60 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:59,080 And for those contributions, I want to try to keep everything within GitLab. 61 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,300 That's where this repository is going to live and that will allow process tracking and things 62 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:04,300 like that. 63 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:09,200 So that's going to be my primary goal for contributions is to try to keep it within GitLab. 64 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,480 So is there a schedule for this? 65 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,000 No, not really. 66 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,520 I can only record audio at night or on days when I'm alone because I have a really loud 67 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,040 ambient noise in my living space. 68 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,520 So I am pretty limited on when I can actually do things. 69 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:32,200 I'm really going to try for one new edition per week or maybe a bi-weekly schedule if 70 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,720 time allows. 71 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,960 And if community involvement picks up, well, then we'll release more frequently. 72 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:44,720 So it's kind of, you know, at our discretion currently not on iTunes or Pocketcast or Spotify 73 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,280 or Stitcher or anything like that. 74 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:52,720 I don't really plan on pushing to those locations unless I have time or the community involvement 75 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:58,360 really kind of takes off or picks up because right now I'm just one guy sitting in a basement 76 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,960 talking into the void. 77 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,160 So I don't really see the point to push it out to those locations. 78 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:10,280 So again, like I said, I don't really consider this an official submission based on the ideals 79 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,560 of the project. 80 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,160 This is more of an obligatory episode. 81 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,440 That's why I'm using the Episode 00 tag for all of this. 82 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,560 I haven't quite settled on a topic yet for Episode 1. 83 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,720 I'm thinking maybe it'll be about how to use get since I've already created a lot of documentation 84 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,480 for that on the destination Linux side. 85 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:34,560 And since that's how I want contributions to come in, probably would make sense to cover 86 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,560 that first. 87 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,920 So this will bring us to the end of Episode 00. 88 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:51,920 And if you're here in this and you want to contribute, then please head on over to thelinuxlemming.com.