In-Depth Series: How I got into tech
- Number of episodes: 62
- Open/closed: open
- Date of earliest show: 2009-04-30
- Date of latest show: 2022-10-31
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Started by monsterb, this series invites people to share with us how they found Linux. It has become traditional for first time hosts to share with us their journey to Linux. Indeed it has morphed to be way to share your journey in tech right up to your first contribution to HPR.
Released: 2022-10-31. Duration: 00:08:51. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: career,technology.
My journey in to technology
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Released: 2022-08-25. Duration: 00:20:07. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, programming, cibersecurity, robotics, hardware.
How I was introduced into computers, Linux, robotics, programming, cibersecurity and more...
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Released: 2022-08-17. Duration: 00:05:58. Flag: Clean.
Tags: tech, personal history, introductions.
Follow-up episode about how I got into tech
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Released: 2022-04-19. Duration: 00:07:24. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: intro, linux.
Hi, I'm Sarah and this is how I got into Tech
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Released: 2019-12-18. Duration: 00:40:41. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: video recorder,Skinner box,logic gate,digitiser,Dobbie McInnes,Data General,teletype,Cyber-72,APL,Si.
Part 3 of my personal story of experiences with computers
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Released: 2019-11-27. Duration: 00:04:36. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Linux, FreeBSD, Computers.
How I start in Linux, computing, and Free Software
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Released: 2019-06-24. Duration: 00:31:04. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, intro, story, discourse, bsd.
A response to the request for "how i got into linux" and a little of my history with Linux/BSD
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Released: 2019-06-11. Duration: 00:02:48. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, introduction.
This is a very brief introduction on what got me into using Linux.
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Released: 2016-08-03. Duration: 00:33:21. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux, ubuntu, suse, mandriva.
Knightwise tells us how his wife's 80 year old grandmother got him into Linux.
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Released: 2016-06-13. Duration: 00:11:49. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Windows 3.1,Windows 95,Windows 98,Xubuntu,Windows XP,Freespire,Ubuntu,LibreOffice,Linux Mint.
This is a short show where I talk about how I started to use Linux
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Released: 2016-05-27. Duration: 00:05:00. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux, Vim, git, grep, Filezilla, LAMP stack, Meteor, Firefox, Chromium.
A short description of why someone would stumble onto Linux and not want to leave.
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Released: 2016-02-23. Duration: 00:20:24. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Sony tape recorder,RedHat Linux,Enlightenment E16,dial-up,Mandrake,Debian,Icepack Linux,Slackware,Linux Mint,CrunchBang,OpenBSD.
My first podcast. Me rambling about how I got into Linux.
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Released: 2016-02-19. Duration: 00:27:45. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux.
I talk at length about how I got started with Linux
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Released: 2016-02-16. Duration: 00:14:19. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Linux, Beginners, Computing history, Gaming.
My personal story of discovery of Linux
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Released: 2015-10-19. Duration: 00:15:12. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Urecord,Slirp,Amiga,turbolinux,guix.
I'm so old I actually installed Watchtower on an Amiga and I review 22 years of Linux distributions
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Released: 2015-08-24. Duration: 00:09:36. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: espeak,East Germany,punched cards,Commodore 64,Atari Mega ST,Macintosh,iMAC,MAC OS,LaTex,Debian,Ubuntu,Mint,Bodhi,ArchBang.
From punch cards to Manjaro
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Released: 2015-07-13. Duration: 00:42:38. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: computer,programming,punched card,paper tape,teletype,graph plotter,Seymour Cray,CDC,Control Data Corporation,CDC 7600,Cray-1,ICL,ALGOL 60,FORTRAN,Pascal.
Part 2 of my personal story of experiences with computers
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Released: 2015-04-20. Duration: 00:18:34. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Crunchbang.
How I got into linux, LFS and where I use Linux now.
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Released: 2014-12-18. Duration: 00:26:54. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: computer,mainframe,programming,punched card,paper tape,teletype,graph plotter,ALGOL 60.
I've been using computers for more than 40 years. This is part 1 of my story
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Released: 2014-11-06. Duration: 00:17:33. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Sansa Clip,Audacity.
How I discovered Linux
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Released: 2014-09-25. Duration: 00:18:16. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: windows,Ubuntu,Puppy,Crunchbang,Arch.
I sum up my experience with linux from 0 to 1!
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Released: 2014-08-18. Duration: 00:27:54. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Linux, FLOSS, Mac.
This is my story about how I got into computers, computing and GNU/Linux.
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Released: 2014-07-16. Duration: 01:07:57. Flag: Clean.
Tags: FOSS,software,creative commons,music.
Kevie and Andrew release TuxJam episode 33 1/3 as an exclusive to HPR on how they got into Linux
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Released: 2014-07-08. Duration: 00:15:22. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: birthday,Atari,Macintosh Classic,Ubuntu,Mint.
The cake is not a lie, I tell how I got into Linux and what my favorite Birthday Cake is.
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Released: 2014-06-30. Duration: 00:36:19. Flag: Clean.
Tags: BASIC,Mattel Aquarius,Apple IIe,Macintosh,RedHat,SUSE,Mandrake,Slackware.
ClaudioM talks about how he came to computers and to Linux
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Released: 2014-05-01. Duration: 00:59:57. Flag: Clean.
Tags: DEC,PDP-11/20,ASR-33,RSTS-11,BASIC,FORTRAN,Pascal,VAX-11/780,Ultrix,Linux,Ubuntu,Gentoo,Slackware.
linux, computing, minicomputers, Fortran, COBOL, Pascal, Basic
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Released: 2014-04-15. Duration: 00:06:16. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux.
New host x1101 describes how he got into Linux
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Released: 2014-03-25. Duration: 00:13:59. Flag: Clean.
Tags: Mandrake,Mandriva,OpenMandriva,Slackware,Debian,Ubuntu.
CPrompt^ goes into how he found linux and never looked back...
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Released: 2013-12-17. Duration: 00:10:48. Flag: Clean.
Tags: linux,open source.
My first contribution to HPR: how I came to use Linux and Free/Open Source software
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Released: 2013-11-21. Duration: 00:11:03. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: "Red Hat",Audacity,Notepad++,Windows7,Ubuntu.
New HPR podcaster Keith Murray shares how he came to the Linux and OSS world.
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Released: 2013-11-18. Duration: 00:57:12. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: TRS-80,"IBM portable PC",modem,"Texas Instruments TI-99/4A","Fedora Core",Freespire,"Linux Mint",Manjaro,Debian,MythTV.
Kevin Wisher and Honkey Magoo each discuss their journey to Linux
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Released: 2013-09-11. Duration: 00:16:39. Flag: Clean.
Tags: "Mac Classic II",FreeBSD,Ubuntu.
A first show from a new host describing their journey to Linux
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Released: 2013-08-23. Duration: 00:06:54. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Pascal,RedHat,Ubuntu,Arch,Debian,PHP,MySQL.
jrobb gives a short show about how he got into Linux and programming
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Released: 2013-08-21. Duration: 00:18:35. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: "computer history".
Sunzofman1's journey to Linux
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Released: 2013-04-10. Duration: 00:11:59. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Windows,"Corel Linux","Red Hat Linux",Ubuntu,Debian,Arch,Python,jedit,geany.
From Windows to Arch with a few other Linux versions along the way
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Released: 2012-12-05. Duration: 00:17:13. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: ZX Spectrum,Corel Linux,Debian,Gentoo,Ubuntu .
Another contributor describes their Linux journey
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Released: 2012-11-29. Duration: 00:09:47. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Windows XP,Ubuntu,Unity,Debian,Gnome,CrunchBang .
Another contributor describes their Linux journey
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Released: 2012-06-11. Duration: 00:26:06. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,knoppix,kde,BSA,OpenOffice,Firefox,Thunderbird,Samba,Ubuntu,SuSE,OpenSuSE,Debian.
The second part of Bob Wooden's Linux journey
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Released: 2012-03-05. Duration: 00:09:08. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
Riddlebox talks of his journey to Linux
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Released: 2012-02-22. Duration: 00:31:03. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,redhat,fedora,suse,open suse,ltsp,nfs,dhcp.
The first part of Bob Wooden's Linux journey
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Released: 2012-02-07. Duration: 00:15:32. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,slackware,debian,samba,dns.
Frank Bell continues the story of his journey to Linux
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Released: 2012-01-19. Duration: 00:05:49. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Smoothwall,Puppy Linux,Ubuntu,Arch,Debian,Bash,Bashpodder.
An introductory show from a new host
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Released: 2012-01-16. Duration: 00:30:34. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: mainframe,punched card,teletype,Sinclair ZX80,PC XT,DOS,Linux,KDE.
An introduction from a new host
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Released: 2011-12-12. Duration: 00:17:34. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,slackware.
Frank Bell begins the story of his journey to Linux
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Released: 2011-08-22. Duration: 00:04:47. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Ubuntu.
Mike Hingley's first HPR episode where he describes how he got into Linux
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Released: 2011-06-20. Duration: 00:12:27. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Knoppix,"live CD",microdrive,"compact flash".
Another part of Mr Gadgets' journey to his daily use of Linux
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Released: 2011-06-16. Duration: 00:08:52. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: "Redhat Linux",LILO,Fedora,"Arch Linux",Maemo,"Nokia N900".
In his first episode NewAgeTechnoHippie describes his Linux journey
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Released: 2011-06-06. Duration: 00:07:49. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Interview,"PC repair","Linux Mint",Mumble.
Ken Fallon interviews Dave over Mumble about his use of Linux
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Released: 2011-05-15. Duration: 00:19:37. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux,O/S 2 Warp.
Continuing Mr Gadgets' journey to Linux
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Released: 2011-05-04. Duration: 00:07:45. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
Brotherred explains how his journey to Linux started with a local Sports radio show
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Released: 2011-04-13. Duration: 00:04:52. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: computing history,vintage hardware,nelf.
My Computer History
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Released: 2011-04-06. Duration: 00:22:37. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: development,"dual boot",distrohopping,linux.
code.cruncher explains where they began in computing, and how they found Linux
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Released: 2011-04-04. Duration: 00:13:43. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: 6502,Z80,6800,"Moog Synthesizer","Commodore PET","TRS-80 Color Computer",KIM-1.
Mr Gadgets talks about how he got to Linux
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Released: 2011-02-28. Duration: 00:24:00. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: mainframe,linux,distrohopping.
dodddummy's journey to Linux, from mainframes to home computers
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Released: 2011-01-25. Duration: 00:27:08. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
brother mouse relates his journey to Linux
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Released: 2010-11-26. Duration: 00:10:45. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Linux.
Johninsc describes how he found Linux
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Released: 2009-07-27. Duration: 00:28:06. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Samba,Suse,Gentoo.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
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Released: 2009-06-09. Duration: 00:29:01. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: mainframe,Redhat,Ubuntu,Puppy Linux,Chess Griffin.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
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Released: 2009-06-01. Duration: 00:29:15. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Fedora,KDE,Graphic art,Redhat,Slackware,Debian,Library computers.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
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Released: 2009-05-19. Duration: 00:27:24. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: linux.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
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Released: 2009-05-05. Duration: 00:28:14. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Linux.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
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Released: 2009-04-30. Duration: 00:29:54. Flag: Explicit.
Tags: Linux.
Monsterb introduces audio clips sent in by Linux users
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