The 4 DIMM problem | Lars Wikman on Linux distro hopping, Elixir, Nerves, embedded systems, karate

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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. SUBSCRIBE: RSS: https://changelog.am/rss Apple: https://changelog.am/apple Spotify: https://changelog.am/spotify Android: https://changelog.am/android Overcast: https://changelog.am/overcast Email: https://changelog.am/email X: https://x.com/changelog Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/changelog.com Mastodon: https://changelog.social/@changelog SPONSORS: Tiger Data - Postgres for Developers, devices, and agents The data platform trusted by hundreds of thousands from IoT to Web3 to AI and more. https://www.tigerdata.com Augment Code - Developer AI that uses deep understanding of your large codebase and how you build software to deliver personalized code suggestions and insights. Augment provides relevant, contextualized code right in your IDE or Slack. It transforms scattered knowledge into code or answers, eliminating time spent searching docs or interrupting teammates. https://www.augmentcode.com Depot - **10x faster builds? Yes please.** Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. https://depot.dev Framer - Design and publish in one place. Get started free at framer.com/design, code `CHANGELOG` for a free month of Pro. https://www.framer.com/design/ LINKS: - https://nerves-project.org/ - https://www.zimaboard.com - https://www.home-assistant.io/ - https://n8n.io/ - https://www.beamrad.io/ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Karate & Friends 03:49 Why Karate 07:43 35 08:38 Karate Kid 14:13 Switching teams 14:58 Not Arch btw 19:14 Arch kills SV 20:41 The 4 DIMM problem 23:06 Fedora 43 24:28 KDE things 25:15 Queueing a stop 28:48 Adobe alternatives 34:09 Mac-like Linux 35:20 Blender 36:56 Linux on the rise 38:48 Distro "hopping" 42:24 Ricing 45:24 Indie Mac software 49:33 Not a power user 51:12 Jerod wears a shirt 51:50 Lars on Nerves 1:02:06 ZimaBoard 1:06:03 Greenhouse sensor 1:07:00 Home Assistant 1:08:40 Why Raspberry Pi 1:10:48 Tinker time 1:14:57 Older Pis 1:15:20 Jerod's Pi use case 1:16:41 Observability 1:20:43 Adam's Plex idea 1:23:30 n8n 1:25:31 Muddy license waters 1:27:26 Stand-ups 1:28:45 Getting started 1:34:19 Freedom to play 1:37:47 Lars URLs 1:39:34 Bye, friends