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Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.Well everyone, it was a years’ worth of Mondays but it’s finally Friday! We covered a lot of cool topics this year, one of those may have been AI…it’s hard to say, and we hope that you thought so too. We’re going to take a little break, kick our feet back, maybe take a little nap, but we will be back next season with even more to rant about. Let us know what you would like us to talk about in the comments on the next season of Hostility in the Morning.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week we are celebrating Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary with a special episode where we reminisce on our favorite things that Microsoft has brought us over the past half century. You’d think Microsoft would do the same at their 50th anniversary event, but there were just too many new Copilot features to go over apparently. https://news.microsoft.com/microsoft-50/Well, we will just have to make up for it as we take a trip down memory lane and talk about everyone’s favorite tech giant, MICROSOFT!Let us know your what your experience has been with Microsoft software and hardware over the years in the comments.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week, we are going around the table and letting you know what we are thankful for this year. Then, we give the floor to Matthew to talk about all thing’s developer.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week we are talking about the new apple hardware releases, as well as some other mobile device tech. Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week is all about death…no not THAT kind of death. The virtual kind. We are going to be exploring the software and hardware killed off over the years by Google, Microsoft and Apple. Technologies that we grew up with, worked with, hated and adored, but inevitably axed by their makers (or purchasers) for better or worse. So in honor of spooky season, join us in our stroll through these digital graveyards on Hostility in the Morning. Microsoft’s Graveyard: https://killedbymicrosoft.info/Google’s Graveyard: https://killedbygoogle.com/Apple’s Graveyard: https://www.killedby.tech/apple/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%3ADiscontinued_Apple_Inc._productsVisit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for Listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week is all about open-source software. You will hear about our varying degrees of experience and usage of different open-source projects, as well as our take on how they stack up to some of their paid counterparts. We will also touch on what you can expect if you decide to go with one of these kinds of solutions, as well as where we think the world of open source is going in the future. ResourcesThe Good:* OS Market Share: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america (Linux hit 5% in June/July)* Debian 13 Released and it’s awesome.* Major YouTubers are switching to Linux.* Emacs 30.1 released this year* Neovim 0.11.0 released this yearThe Bad:* (Open Source funding sucks.)* “Politics” has infiltrated most of the mainline Open Source projects and ruined some of them.The Ugly:* Has Microsoft started back down the ‘Extinguish’ path after embracing and extending for the last decade? (Github CEO leaves)* Android is locking down more.* Google faces 0 repercussions after the monopoly trial.* AI is almost past the hype cycle and reality is about to pimp slap a few too many people.* 2025 Metrics* 2025 State of Open Source Insights | OpenLogic* OST savings is the top motivator—chosen by 53%, up from 37% in 2024* Open Source Software Report 2025* A striking 96% of organizations have either maintained or increased OSS usage in the past year; 26% reported significant increases—especially among large enterprises (34% of those with 5,000+ employees)* Factors driving the wider adoptions are cost, AI, reduce vendor lock, and modernization.* Current State resource:* The State of Open Source in 2025 • The Register* Insights:* Open Source Trends and Predictions 2025 From Industry InsidersVisit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week on Hostility in the Morning, we will be focusing on mobile devices. From our past experiences with cell phones to up and coming features of Chrome OS and Android, we will be covering a wide range of topics. Of course with a classic tangent or two thrown in the mix.We hope you enjoy this week’s episode, and let us know in the comments or directly if you have any experiences of your own you would like to share. Links:* https://techenquirer.com/why-merging-chromeos-and-android-makes-strategic-sense/?utm_source=chatgpt.com* https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/14/google-reveals-plans-combine-chromeos-android/?utm_source=chatgpt.comVisit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.Have you ever wondered if the technology you use day in and day out can do more than what it's designed for? Have you ever experienced a piece of tech that appears to die a horrible death, only for an IT pro/your techy friend to swoop in and work some kind of black magic to bring it back?Well today we will be discussing some of our experience with these very scenarios. We'll tell stories of our own experiences as well as tales of crazy experiments others have performed that will leave you asking "why?".So grab a snack and enjoy this weeks episode of Hostility in the Morning as we talk about "IT Necromancy".Sources and Links:-Running modern apps on XP: -Running Docker/A Server off of an Android Phone: https://medium.com/@kumargaurav.pandey/docker-on-mobile-that-too -without-root-how-7b0848833c42-Linux running in a PDF: https://github.com/ading2210/linuxpdf-The Floppotron: -Computer Necromancy: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/computer-necromancy/104614-Crazy Excel Stuff: https://excelunusual.com/coaster/-Linux in Google Drive: https://www.osnews.com/story/140111/booting-linux-off-of-google-drive/-DOOM in Excel: GitHub - Pranshul-Thakur/DOOM-in-excel: doom 64 which runs on excelVisit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.Well, it happened. The day everyone in the twenty first century hopes they never see….it died. Or broke. Or drowned. Or even burned to a crisp. Unfortunately, I’m talking about your computer or whatever electronic device holds your precious data. These devices are not invincible or immortal. Eventually they will die. So how do you make sure that the data that is on them doesn’t die with them? That’s where backups come in, and this week we are going to go over a few options that we use ourselves to keep our data safe.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week we are going to have a little fun and share our opinions on the “current state of gaming”. You will hear some very different opinions from all of us, but we will definitely not argue about any of them…much. We will cover big games, indie games, consoles and PCs. We would love to hear your thoughts as well, so comment and let us know if you agree, disagree or just think we’re silly. Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week on Hostility in the Morning we will be diving into our takeaways from Microsoft’s Build Conference, Google’s IO Conference and Apples WWDC.We won’t be going too in depth on any particular announcement, but will touch on some of the highlights that we found interesting, confusing, and/or frustratingWe hope you enjoy our thoughts and comments, and if you do (or don’t) feel free to let us know.https://news.microsoft.com/build-2025https://io.google/2025https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week on Hostility in the Morning, we will be taking a look at Moore’s Law. No matter how you use a computer these days, the performance increases you have seen over your lifetime come directly from this observation made all the way back in the 1960’s. Considered a “law” due to Mr. Moore’s accuracy in his observation, the world of computing would arguably not be the same today without it. In this episode, our discussion will start with some descriptions of what the law is referring to as well as a brief timeline. Then we will get into its relevance in the modern day as well as, in our opinion, the future.We hope you enjoy our discussions, and we would love to hear your thoughts as well.REFERENCES:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_lawhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer)https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-says-it-doesnt-care-if-moores-law-is-alive-or-dead-if-technology-keeps-scaling-3d-chip-packaging-fuels-continued-advanceshttps://blog.neterra.cloud/en/the-most-important-processors-of-all-time/Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This morning we will be talking about a very love it or hate it topic, acronyms. Acronyms are very prominent in the professional world, and the world of technology is no different. Today we will be talking about some of our favorites (or not so favorites) and why they are relevant to us in our work, as well as everyone’s day to day life.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.If you spent any amount of time on the internet in the late 90s and early 2000s, you have most likely found yourself on an internet forum at some point. Forums were once the preferred method of finding specific information on different topics, and connecting with like-minded people about different genres of information like cars, tech, etc. Today we are going to be touching on this history based on our experiences. We will also be talking about the state of forums today, and what constitutes a forum in 2025. So buckle up as we take a cruise through the backroads of the internet in this week’s episode of Hostility in the Morning.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.We appreciate your application for our open position here at Hostility in the Morning. Today we will be asking you some questions to gauge whether or not you will be a good fit for the position. Each host will have their own style of question, and different motivations for asking them.We hope you find this experience informative and rewarding. We definitely didn’t have only one applicant….Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.Once again we are back to set the record straight, right the wrongs, atone for our transgressions...mostly.We will try to stay focused as we continue down our list of April Fools Tom Foolery, and we hope you enjoy this second installment in our apology tour.Agile Resources:The Manifesto: http://agilemanifesto.orgWhere are they now? https://justinagile.com/the-authors-of-the-agile-manifestoMatt's Links and thoughts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programmingCargo Culting took over. Basically, mimicking some of the steps taken to achieve a result. In the context of cargo cults, they saw planes fly in and land on airstrips and the planes brought goods, so they built their own “airstrips” in the hopes that the planes would redirect to their “airstrip” and give them the goods instead.TL;DR: Prioritizing a process that ultimately serves no real purpose over understanding a situation and adapting accordingly.e.g. “We build a thing that looks like an airstrip, and we build a thing that looks like a plane, and then cargo will be magically delivered to us.”Linux Resources:* One Channel to Rule Them All: https://www.youtube.com/@LearnLinuxTV* User Friendly-est: Micheal Horn https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelNROH* User Friendly Runner Up: DistroTube https://www.youtube.com/@DistroTube/videos* Other Mostly Linux Channels:* Chris Titus Tech: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisTitusTech/videos (SysAdmin stuff)* Wolfgang’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WolfgangsChannel/videos (Homelab Stuff)* Michael Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/@michael_tunnell/videos (Linux News)* SAMTIME: https://www.youtube.com/@SAMTIME (Computer Related Comedy Channel)* Jeff Geerling: https://www.youtube.com/@JeffGeerling/videos (Also Homelab-y Stuff)Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.So we may or may not have led you astray in a previous episode as a little April Fools joke. Ian was not happy with us, and made the executive decision that we should all go topic by topic and set the record straight.So todays episode will be the beginning of our "bad advice" apology tour.Hopefully no one took our bad advice to heart and just laughed along with the ridiculousness. Just in case, here's our real thoughts and opinions on the subjects we brought up in Episode 5.We hope you enjoy, and be sure to let us know what your initial reactions to Episode 5 were as well as what you think about our corrections.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week we are going to sidestep into another topic we don’t normally cover, and that is the world of audio.We will be reminiscing over our favorite devices from the golden years, as well as debating economy vs quality of modern audio equipment. We hope you enjoy our stories and banter, and feel free to reach out with your favorite audio equipment or what you value most when it comes to speakers.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media. You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for listening to Hostility in the Morning! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This week’s topic is all about cars and driving. Will we be going in depth about sports cars or off roaders? No. Will we be rambling on about random topics around different kinds of cars? Yep.So buckle up, and prepare yourself for some Grade A ADHD as we get into this week’s episode about cars.Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com

Thanks for reading Hostility in the Morning ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.This morning we will be taking a more serious tone, and discussing some business efficiency topics concerning the technology space.These topics will mostly center around workflow and professional demeanor in the workplace, but we will also jump over to some peripheral topics as well.We hope you enjoy our takes on these subjects, and learn some valuable lessons on this wonderful April 1st!Visit us at hostilityinthemorning.com for links to our Substack, YouTube Channel, and social media.You can also get to us at info@hostilityinthemorning.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hostilityinthemorning.substack.com