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Distrohoppers' Digest

by Dale, and Eric

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About the show

“We are a couple guys who love Linux and trying out new stuff, we thought it would be interesting to share our experience of trying new Linux and BSD distributions and how we found it trying to live with them as our daily driver for up to a Month at a time, by recording a podcast about how we got on.”

Latest episodes

61 – Odyssey

September 18, 2026 · 23 min

In episode 61, Dale flies solo while Majid is away and shares a month of Linux tinkering—starting with an unsuccessful attempt to install PicaOS on a Dell Inspiron 13. He also highlights useful discoveries, including LuckyLUKS for quickly…
60 – Elementary OS 8.1, and Void Linux Base ISO

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

In this episode of Distrohoppers’ Digest, Dale and Majid dig into two very different Linux experiences: the stripped-down, do-it-yourself world of Void Linux Base ISO and the sleek but opinionated desktop of elementary OS 8.1. Along the…
59 – Pika OS, MX LInux Plasma, Dale’s Server Farm, and Waydroid

May 29, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

We reviewed Pika OS and MX Linux Plasma Edition. Dale tends to the server farm and Majid takes on Waydroid. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Full Show Transcript
58 – Puppy, TrixiePup, grub, and QEMU

May 2, 2026 · 52 min

Jim from mintCast joins us to review Puppy Linux TrixiePup 64 Wayland. Along with Jim’s grub issue and Dale’s adventure with QEMU/KVM. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Show Transcript
57 – CachyOS, and Arch, BTW

March 17, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min

Majid reviews CachyOS, Bill from mintCast, and Linux OTC joins us to talk about Arch Linux. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Full Show Transcript
Episode 56

March 1, 2026 · 2 hr 3 min

In this episode Dale uses his iPad as a laptop and Majid fights with Windows 11 and bought a new to him Lenovo Chromebook. We review Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 and Pop!_OS 24.04 with the new Cosmic Desktop. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Show…
Episode 55

December 26, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min

This episode was recorded on the 20th of December, 2025. For this show, we will be reviewing Ultramarine Linux Plasma Edition and Ghost BSD. Link To Full Show Notes Link To Full Transcript
Episode 54

November 26, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

The pod is being rebooted. We discuss our activities during the past year. Our experiences with Fedora, LMDE6, Debian 13, and more. Link To Full Show Transcript