# Success Through Vulnerability

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/338/
> How did we get from shareware to free software? We jump in the Linux powered time machine and revisit software past.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 338
- Date: 2020-01-28
- Hosts: chris, wes, chzbacon
- Guests: alex, brent
- Duration: 01:03:57
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/ed85d70d-1f9f-4436-9661-8ca36e8b22de.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/QT_TWCrcnxo





### Episode Links

  * [MarsCat is a Bionic Cat Powered by Raspberry Pi 3 (Crowdfunding)](https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/01/20/marscat-bionic-cat-powered-by-raspberry-pi-3/ "MarsCat is a Bionic Cat Powered by Raspberry Pi 3 \(Crowdfunding\)")
  * [Kubuntu Focus Offers The Most Polished KDE Laptop Experience We’ve Seen Yet - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=kubuntu-focus "Kubuntu Focus Offers The Most Polished KDE Laptop Experience We’ve Seen Yet - Phoronix")
  * [Kubuntu Focus](https://kfocus.org/ "Kubuntu Focus")
  * [Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release | Windows Command Line](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-v0-8-release/ "Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release | Windows Command Line")
  * [The happinesses and stresses of full-time FOSS work | Drew DeVault’s Blog](https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/21/Stress-and-happiness.html "The happinesses and stresses of full-time FOSS work | Drew DeVault’s Blog")
  * [Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram](https://jupiterbroadcasting.com/telegram "Keep the conversation going join us on Telegram")
  * [Shareware on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware "Shareware on Wikipedia")
  * [The Origin of Shareware](https://asp-software.org/www/history/the-origin-of-shareware/ "The Origin of Shareware")
  * [Computer Chronicles: Shareware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDXV10-5lo "Computer Chronicles: Shareware")
  * [Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution](https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/netrev.html "Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution")
  * [Play DOOM Online](https://archive.org/details/DoomsharewareEpisode "Play DOOM Online")
  * [PC-SIG Library (12th Edition) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig12 "PC-SIG Library \(12th Edition\) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive")
  * [Revolution OS: a 2001 documentary film that traces the twenty-year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement](https://archive.org/details/RevolutionOS_201610 "Revolution OS: a 2001 documentary film that traces the twenty-year history of GNU, Linux, open source, and the free software movement")
  * [Broot: Get an overview of a directory, even a big one](https://dystroy.org/broot/ "Broot: Get an overview of a directory, even a big one")
  * [Tizonia: cloud music from the linux terminal](http://tizonia.org/ "Tizonia: cloud music from the linux terminal")