The BDLL Community
Check out the awesome members of the BDLL community
Rocco (BigDaddyLinux)
Community Member
It is my pleasure to host such a wonderful community full of people from all walks of life coming together to talk about their love for Linux
PZ – Zebedee Boss
BDLL Supporter,Friend & Producer
PZ is the Producer of BDLL and Co-host on Destination Linux. He also has a great youtube channel and I am honored to consider him My Friend.
Adam Grubbs
Community Member
Adam currently is an Infrastructure Engineer, Twitch streamer and BDLL community member
Alan Pope
Resident Ubuntu Fanboy
Alan currently Co-hosts the Ubuntu podcast and also works for Canonical which gives him a very unique Linux perspective.
Alie (PresentArms)
Developer of TrinityPCLinux OS
Alie develops his own distro with the trinity desktop and also has a youtube channel showcasing it and brings a wealth of experience to the community.
Amolith
Community Member
Gideon is a Libre Hoster and a UBports Steering Committee member which focuses on the mobile side of Linux
Barbara Harris
Community Member
Barb is in the education sector and uses Windows, Mac & Linux in her daily workflow. She has also written software for Linux.
Belle O’Dwyer
Community Member
An avid Photographer, Web-Design Enthusiast and self proclaimed Aviation-Know-it-all
BigPod
Community Member
BigPod is a newer member of the community and is also a member of other youtube communities related to Linux
Carmine (TOS)
Community Member
TOS hosts a youtube channel where he covers Linux Distros, Tech news, Vlogs and the popular News and Nonsense
Chuck Harrington
BDLL Supporter
Chuck has yet to join the conversation but does so much for the community behind the scenes that he has to be on this list.
Chris Kelling
BDLL Supporter
Chris has been using computers since the 80’s and brings a wealth of knowledge of general computing to the community
Climby
Distro hopper extraordinaire
Climby takes on some of the hardest challenges in distro hopping…usually before the show ends.
Colin Brash (PCTLC)
Linux Enthusiast
Colin takes his distro hopping to a new level and documents the whole process on his youtube channel.
Cubicle Nate
BDLL Supporter
Nate is a huge Linux enthusiast and also dabbles in retro tech but his first love will always be openSUSE
Dan Simmons
BDLL Supporter & Resident Tech Support
Dan is currently a Host and Network Services Manager and also very active in the Lubuntu Dev Community
Dave (DreamingWolf)
BDLL Supporter
Dave brings many years of experience to the community and is a go-to resource for Arch Linux.
Derek (DistroTube)
Linux Extraordinaire
Derek shows off his love for Linux on his youtube channel and brings a wealth of experience to the community
Dolphin Oracle
MX Linux Developer
DO has a youtube channel where he showcases all of the awesome things going on over in the MX Linux world.
Dustin Krysak
Ubuntu Budgie
Dev/System Admin
Dustin shows off his love for Linux with Ubuntu Budgie as well as packaging snaps and being one of the nicest dudes you will meet
EB – Steve (English Bob)
Youtube Extraordinaire
EB needs no introduction. His presence is felt in the conversation as soon he joins. He is loved by all in the community
Eric Adams
Community Member
Eric specializes in web technologies and is a keen Linux and open source aficionado as well as an all-around tech guy.
Eric (TheITGuy)
Community Member
Erik is currently a Solutions Architect for Gitlab. He is also a Podcaster, OpenSource Enthusiast and a Gamer
Frank
Community Member
Frank is a longtime community member and loves to take part in the distro challenges
Franksmcb
Community Member
Frank has quickly become a go-to person for technical issues within the community because of his experience in Linux and IT
John (Gimpysticks)
BDLL Supporter
John has his own youtube channel along with a blog he runs.
James Tigert
Resident Solus Lover
James is one of Solus biggest fans and no other distro seems to compare. Check out his github page.
Joe (PowerPC)
Here from the beginning
Joe was one of the first people to take part in BDLL! He is also a huge Linux proponent in his own computer business.
Karl Schneider
Graphics Specialist
Karl is an invaluable member to the Linux community offering his talents in graphic design everywhere
Lamer (TheLamerLinux)
Community Member
Lamer takes part in the distro challenges and also has a youtube channel that you can check out
Matt (Dark1LTG)
Reaction Aficionado
Matt (Dark1LTG) is always on the hunt for Unique in every distro he tries. Check out his youtube channel for Opensource content
sed -i s/Unique/unique/g
Matthias
BDLL Supporter
Matthias has been a long time supporter of BDLL and stays up to ridiculous hours in the morning to join the conversation
Michael@Swe
BDLL Supporter
Michael uses Linux for his Photography workflow.
Michael Tunnell
Podcaster Extraordinaire
Michael Hosts TWINL and Co-hosts Destination Linux along with his own youtube channel. He is Everywhere!
Paul R
Community Member
Paul prefers KDE and loves stability but sometimes ventures out of his comfort zone with the distro challenges
Pete (Pete’s Tech Den)
Community Member
Pete is a long time community member and has some great experience in the opensource area for cloud services.
Peter (MintSpider)
BDLL Supporter
Peter loves Solus but actively takes part in the distro challenges and is able to give detailed feedback to help the community
Profetik777
Deep Thinker
Profetik is active in the Linux community including the mobile aspect and is noted for bringing deeply thought out questions to the conversation.
Red Robbo
BDLL Supporter
Red Robbo hosts a youtube channel called Red Robbo’s Workshop full of content on Linux and Audio
Ryan (DasGeek)
Podcaster
Ryan is a Co-host of Destination Linux and also has a succesful youtube channel based on Hardware and all things Linux
Scott (RocketWolf)
Community Member
Scott jumps into the distro challenge every week and offers up his feedback to see if the distros are new user friendly.
Schyken
Elementary OS Fanboy
Schyken offers up some great expertise in the inner workings of things and is always ready to offer advice and tech support to anybody
Shane Milton
Professional Photographer
Shane has a love for Photography and shows this off with his youtube channel based on Photography. Did I mention he also runs Linux?
Silent Robot
Arch Linux Expert
Silent has a youtube channel with a variety of content including gameplay videos running on Linux.
Simon Quigley
Lubuntu Release Manager
Simon is heavily involved in the Linux community including helping out behind the scenes with the AskNoahShow
SkrappJaw
Resident Musician
Skrapp is an audio expert including setting up Jack on Linux. He also makes great theme music
Steve (Mowest)
Community Member
Steve loves to sing the praises of Bohdi Linux but is more than happy to join in the distro challenges. He is also introducing his Son into the Linux World
Steve (stevesveryown)
Community Member
Steve hosts a youtube channel where he promotes his favorite distro PeppermintOS and also has some livestream chats
Steve Z
Community Member
You may not know Steve from joining the video chat but Steve is a huge part of the BDLL community behind the scences via emails and topic suggestions for the community
Sysdrum
Hardware Enthusiast
Sysdrum is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to hardware and the inner workings of how it reacts with software
Thomas Castleman
Developer of DraugerOS
Thomas is the main developer behind DraugerOS which tries to emulate a console experience on the PC
Tim F
Community Member
Tim brings levelheaded conversation to the BDLL community and is a member of various other Linux communities.
Tyler
Community Member
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Vash (Michael)
Community Member
Vash is newer to Linux but brings a breath of fresh air to the community with a background in Windows and IT
Wendy Hill
Professional Photographer
Wendy has a youtube channel where she documents how she runs her photography business solely on Linux along with how-to videos for editing photos
Yannick
Community Member
Yannick is known as The french guy from Switzerland and has a youtube channel with the same name.
The BDLL Community
Each person here makes up an
important part of the community
Long Live Linux!
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