The 4 DIMM problem (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Our old friend Lars Wikman returns to the show to discuss Linux distro hopping, Elixir, Nerves, embedded systems, home automation with Home Assistant, karate, and more.

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Featuring:

• Lars Wikman – Website, GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Nerves project
• ZimaBoard
• Home Assistant
• n8n
• Beam Radio

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Tiger Data (00:00:37)

https://www.tigerdata.com

3. Karate & Friends (00:02:15)

4. Why Karate (00:06:19)

5. 35 (00:10:12)

6. Karate Kid (00:11:07)

7. Switching teams (00:16:42)

8. Sponsor: Augment Code (00:17:38)

https://www.augmentcode.com

9. Not Arch btw (00:19:16)

10. Arch kills SV (00:23:32)

11. The 4 DIMM problem (00:24:59)

12. Fedora 43 (00:27:23)

13. KDE things (00:28:46)

14. Queueing a stop (00:29:33)

15. Adobe alternatives (00:33:06)

16. Mac-like Linux (00:38:27)

17. Blender (00:39:38)

18. Linux on the rise (00:41:14)

19. Distro "hopping" (00:43:06)

20. Ricing (00:46:42)

21. Indie Mac software (00:49:41)

22. Sponsor: Depot (00:54:07)

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23. Sponsor: Framer (00:56:50)

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24. Not a power user (00:58:41)

25. Jerod wears a shirt (01:00:19)

26. Lars on Nerves (01:00:58)

27. ZimaBoard (01:11:13)

28. Greenhouse sensor (01:15:10)

29. Home Assistant (01:16:07)

30. Why Raspberry Pi (01:17:48)

31. Tinker time (01:19:56)

32. Older Pis (01:24:04)

33. Jerod's Pi use case (01:24:28)

34. Observability (01:25:48)

35. Adam's Plex idea (01:29:50)

36. n8n (01:32:37)

37. Muddy license waters (01:34:38)

38. Stand-ups (01:36:33)

39. Getting started (01:37:52)

40. Freedom to play (01:43:26)

41. Lars URLs (01:46:54)

42. Bye, friends (01:48:42)

43. Next week on the pod (01:48:57)