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HPR4544: Uncommon Commands, Episode 2
Hosted by Deltaray on 2026-01-01
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Refs: https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2BSD/man/last.u https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Util-linux&oldid=271104508 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux/+/612721dba838fe37af543421278416bb7acf770c/login-utils/README.admutil https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-haardt-9087023...
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HPR4543: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 3 Reactor Basics
Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2025-12-31
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 03-Reactor-Basics 01 Introduction In this episode we will describe the basic features and characteristics of reactors together with descriptions of the most widely used commercial reactor types. 03 Fast Versus Slow Reactors 04 Slow Neutron Reactors 06 Fast Neutron Reactors 08 Reactor Moderators 10 Light Water 11 Heavy Water 13 Graph...
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HPR4542: Can Haiku Mumble?
Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2025-12-30
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Haiku: https://www.haiku-os.org/ BeOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS Mumble: https://www.mumble.info/ HPR NYE Show: https://hackerpublicradio.org/new_year.html How to Connect to HPR Community Room using Mumble: https://hackerpublicradio.org/mumble-howtoProvide feedback on this episode....
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HPR4541: HPR Beer Garden 7 - UK Christmas Ales
Hosted by Kevie on 2025-12-29
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. With Christmas approaching (and actually gone by the time this is posted), Kevie, Dave and Paul try out a variety of Christmas ales from the UK. Dave opts for St Peters Christmas Ale , Kevie samples Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale and Dave supports his local brewery, Purple Moose, with a mug of Merry X-Moose . Connect with the guys o...
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HPR4540: Arthur C. Clarke: Other Novels, Part 1
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-12-26
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This brings us to a look at some of Arthur C. Clarke's other stories, The Sands of Mars (1951), The Deep Range (1957), and The Fountains of Paradise (1979). These are just a few of his well-regarded stand-alone novels. Links: https://www.sffworld.com/forum/threads/the-clarke-asimov-treaty....
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HPR4539: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #11
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-12-25
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I am subscribed to a number of YouTube channels, and I am sharing them with you. Links: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorofRock https://www.youtube.com/@ProgAxia https://www.youtube.com/@quill18 https://www.youtube.com/@RachelFlowersMusic https://www.youtube.com/@RadioFreeSkaro https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvpxXoojGDRVA7...
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HPR4538: HPR Branding
Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2025-12-24
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. HPR Branding This episode refers to the initial release of https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR/hpr_documentation/src/branch/main/branding.md The Intro Duration It will always be 30 seconds long and in some edge cases may be slightly longer. The following table will help put that into context. It gives the percentage of the show the intro...
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HPR4537: “Elsbeth in IT: Since ’97” (Part 1)
Hosted by Elsbeth on 2025-12-23
This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. A two-part conversation about what it’s really like being a woman in tech for almost three decades. Content Warning: The F word probably makes an appearance multiple times. In this episode, Lee sits down with Elsbeth to talk about her long, winding, sometimes ridiculous, often inspiring journey through the IT industry — starting all the w...
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HPR4536: Welcome to the Linux Community
Hosted by Deltaray on 2025-12-22
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Below are some links to help you find related software and resources: Beginner-Friendly Distros https://linuxmint.com https://ubuntu.com https://fedoraproject.org https://pop.system76.com Help & Community Linux Questions — https://www.linuxquestions.org Reddit r/linux4noobs — https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4...
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HPR4535: Living the Tux Life Episode 4 - Various software I have been using
Hosted by Al on 2025-12-19
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Show Notes System Monitoring & Metrics Prometheus Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit for collecting and storing metrics. Documentation :  https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/installation/ Prometheus Node Exporter Hardware and OS metrics exporter for Prometheus. Guide :  https://prometheus.io/docs/gui...
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Previous Five Weeks


HPR4534: Reviving My Kawai K4 Synthesizer
Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2025-12-18
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HPR4533: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 2 Nuclear Fuel
Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2025-12-17
https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4533/hpr4533.ogg

HPR4532: Cheap Yellow Display Project Part 5: Graphical User Interface
Hosted by Trey on 2025-12-16
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HPR4531: HPR Beer Garden 6 - Imperial Stouts
Hosted by Kevie on 2025-12-15
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HPR4530: Playing Civilization V, Part 6
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-12-12
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HPR4529: yoga370 review
Hosted by Brian-in-Ohio on 2025-12-11
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HPR4528: Photography software
Hosted by Henrik Hemrin on 2025-12-10
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HPR4527: Overly Complicated Media Ripping setup
Hosted by Archer72 on 2025-12-09
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HPR4526: Baofeng and SDR++
Hosted by Lee on 2025-12-08
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HPR4525: Using mail merge in thunderbird
Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2025-12-05
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HPR4524: Living the Tux Life Episode 3 - Automating the Install
Hosted by Al on 2025-12-04
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HPR4523: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 1 - Nuclear Basics
Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2025-12-03
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HPR4522: Lee interviews Elsbeth about SL Shop and Hop event
Hosted by Elsbeth on 2025-12-02
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HPR4521: HPR Community News for November 2025
Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2025-12-01
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HPR4520: Arthur C. Clarke: Rama and Sequels
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-11-28
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HPR4519: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #10
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-11-27
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HPR4518: Cosy News Corner for Week 46 - Your source for Open Source news
Hosted by Daniel Persson on 2025-11-26
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HPR4517: Cheap Yellow Display Project Part 4: The hardware
Hosted by Trey on 2025-11-25
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HPR4516: Browser User Agent
Hosted by Henrik Hemrin on 2025-11-24
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HPR4515: Privacy? I don't have anything to hide...
Hosted by Archer72 on 2025-11-21
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HPR4514: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #9
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-11-20
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HPR4513: Living the Tux Life Episode 2 - Ventoy
Hosted by Al on 2025-11-19
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HPR4512: HomeAssistant - Nmap ("Network Mapper")
Hosted by Reto on 2025-11-18
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HPR4511: Audio-books
Hosted by Lee on 2025-11-17
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HPR4510: Playing Civilization V, Part 5
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-11-14
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