Thanks for the good coverage of what's going on in btc core. This is the sort of episode I appreciate with the show
Bitcoin Core’s Identity Crisis
By Chris Fisher
Ep. 56 · Aired Apr 30, 2025 · 58m · Last boosted May 9, 2025
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thomatoAug 13, 2025
998 (Typo correction : *bad attitude)
thomatoAug 13, 2025
1k I agree we need a good modern in-kernel filesystem. I'm also still frustrated at the bzf attitude of the kernel devs wrt zfs. If they'd embraced it as an external project with a special status, the fs story would have been so much better
thomatoAug 13, 2025
8k Jumped ahead to listen to 626 and 627 whilst catching up. Throwing in some support !
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thomatoMay 12, 2025
1k Kept listening and heard that you also noticed 👍
thomatoMay 12, 2025
12k Lads, I think you missed some boosts last episode. At least mine and m00ninite's show up in Fountain but seemed to have missed your bot. The headset sounds good to me! For the TUI challenge, I think sixel should be allowed, since it's something that real DEC terminals did. Otherwise I vote no for external graphics. Also, what about another bonus challenge to do social media from the TUI. toot for Mastodon is great, for example
May 25, 2026
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thomatoMay 25, 2026
9k I did appreciate the RedHat coverage, though it left me feeling down (their fault not yours) ... and apparently uninspired to boost!
thomatoMay 25, 2026
998 I use KeePass with syncthing and it works great for my needs. Love the Gnome Commander pick, and it's a nice little bit of nostalgia remembering when Gnome initially shipped Midnight Commander as their file manager.
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thomatoFeb 24, 2026
22k Looking forward to the SCaLE and Planet Nix coverage! Here's some sats to help with the travel. If you see any of the nix/bsd people down there, I'd love to hear about it. I find that particular combination intriguing. Wechsel sounds insane, but then I've done exactly that in the past with a Perl script.
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thomatoJan 27, 2026
20k Congratulations on 20 years of podcasting, Chris! Thanks for the van tips. I'll look first at monitoring internal temp, and freshwater temp and levels.
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ChrisLASJun 21, 2025
20k So excited about LIT support in Castamatic, great work!
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thomatoMar 20, 2026
12k Minor time-travel boost from episode 657. Thanks for putting in all the time and effort for the planet nix and scale coverage! Picking mtr in 2026 is hilarious, but it's still a great tool
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thomatoMay 23, 2025
12k I'm looking forward to hearing your reports from RedHat Summit. I've started the TUI challenge early because I'll be on holiday most of next week. I'm having a blast, and it reminds me of how much I enjoyed using Linux (and BSD) back in the day. My write-up which I'm updating as I go along is at tui.chef-li.eu
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thomatoApr 19, 2026
5k I love the episode 666 daemonic challenge plan. One idea for a challenge would be to run Linux binaries or even a Linux container. I think Brent in particular might enjoy NetBSD on some dumpster hardware. It can run on remarkably small machines!
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thomatoFeb 14, 2026
5k I love that ThinkBox case! I wish I'd known about it back when I could afford 4 HDDs!
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thomatoJun 8, 2025
5k Thanks for the great coverage of RedHat summit! I'm looking forward to finishing the TUI challenge in sync with the rest of you.
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ChrisLASJun 2, 2025
5k Appreciation boost! Sometimes you just feel the need!
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thomatoMay 3, 2026
2.2k Loved the LFNW coverage! I've got DragonflyBSD and OpenBSD both downloaded. I've never run either of them before, so let's see how this goes. 666 devil horns etc etc
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thomatoApr 25, 2026
2.2k Hope you've been having a good Linux Fest. Looking forward to hearing Sunday's show, and finding out if Brent made it!
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thomatoApr 12, 2026
2.2k I'm simultaneously sick to death of hearing about AI, and enjoying LUP's AI coverage. You all are on a very, very short list of exceptions, because you strike a good balance. Both in terms of the amount of coverage, but also in being neither cheerleaders nor thought-free haters. I'm pretty much aligned with Brent, and like he clearly is, I'm enjoying hearing Chris and Wes's AI adventures
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thomatoFeb 8, 2026
2.2k Loved the discussion of all the bots and especially the talk with Abe
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thomatoJan 25, 2026
2.2k Loved the This Old Network segment! I'd be curious to hear if Brent's started to automate his van yet. Mine is completely un-automated and I'm not sure where to start
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thomatoMay 19, 2025
2.2k I'm with Brent's brother for naming the van. How great would it be when it crossing the border for its name to change from something gratuitously rude, to confusingly French ? Allez Jean-Claude !
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ChrisLASMay 11, 2026
2k This was painful (to make), but good to get out of our comfort zone! 😂
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ChrisLASJan 5, 2026
2k Sharing this because keeping an eye on what’s going on, on your network is easy, and just good opsec.
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ChrisLASSep 1, 2025
2k Boosting this for Nostr visibility. Especially relevant for Bitcoiners and GrapheneOS users.
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ChrisLASApr 28, 2025
2k Have you ever wondered what the original Linux conference is like? It’s more fun than you might think. We share the experience of LinuxFest Northwest!
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Fresh episode! This one is mostly my take on the Bitcoin Core drama/arbitrary data storage battle that really heated up this week.