32: Windows as a Linux User + Sway Window Manager

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In this episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with David Brem, Managing Director of the University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund. David offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a student-led endowment fund focused on early-stage, sector-agnostic investments primarily in the Michigan ecosystem. He shares insights on their unique, founder-first investment approach, how they navigate pre-seed to Series A venture opportunities, and the rigorous due diligence process involving qualitative analysis over pure numbers. David also discusses his roles with global VC networks including Electro Ventures, the London Venture Capital Network, and Level Up Ventures, illustrating how he bridges U.S., European, and Australian venture ecosystems with a special focus on mobility and transportation tech. Highlights include deep dives into emerging trends like eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft), smart city infrastructure, and safety innovations in aviation technology. Listeners will gain valuable perspectives on how diverse expertise—from military intelligence and management consulting to academic ventures—shapes David’s investment thesis and community-building efforts. The episode also explores the importance of networking, adding value in the startup ecosystem, and practical advice for aspiring investors or entrepreneurs navigating the venture capital world. With stories of successes, challenges, and future outlooks, this episode is a must-listen for innovators, founders, and investors aiming to understand the intersection of academia, technology, and venture capital in today’s dynamic landscape. Learn more about David's work at https://zli.umich.edu/zell-lurie-commercialization-fund/ Connect with David on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lowell-brem/ Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply at https://finstratmgmt.com/innovators-investors-podcast/ Want to learn more about Kristian Marquez's work? Check out his website at https://finstratmgmt.com…

5 years ago 29:38

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Ell tells us about her first ever experience with Windows 10 and how it compares with Linux. Plus Drew has been using a Wayland-based i3-like tiling window manager called Sway.

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Windows 10
Linux Unplugged 344: Our Week with Windows
Sway — Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11.
Choose Linux 12: Regolith

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32: Windows as a Linux User + Sway Window Manager

Choose Linux

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published 5 years ago

MP3•Episode home

Ell tells us about her first ever experience with Windows 10 and how it compares with Linux. Plus Drew has been using a Wayland-based i3-like tiling window manager called Sway.

Links:

Windows 10
Linux Unplugged 344: Our Week with Windows
Sway — Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11.
Choose Linux 12: Regolith

33 episodes

#Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Discovery Podcast #Tech #Podcasting Education #Jupiter Broadcastings

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33: Hiatus 1:11

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Choose Linux enters indefinite hiatus.

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32: Windows as a Linux User + Sway Window Manager 29:38

5 years ago29:38

29:38

Ell tells us about her first ever experience with Windows 10 and how it compares with Linux. Plus Drew has been using a Wayland-based i3-like tiling window manager called Sway. Links: Windows 10 Linux Unplugged 344: Our Week with Windows Sway — Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. Choose Linux 12: Regolith…

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31: Solus + Visual Studio Code 29:53

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We try out Solus and are all impressed by this independent distro. Then Ell and Drew sing the praises of Visual Studio Code - a text editor that's packed full of features. Links: Solus — Solus is an operating system that is designed for home computing. Every tweak enables us to deliver a cohesive computing experience. Visual Studio Code — Code editing. Redefined. Free. Built on open source. Runs everywhere.…

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30: Project Catch Up 29:01

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We revisit some of the projects we have covered in previous episodes to see what we've stuck with and what we haven't. Qubes OS and Tails, a handy Android app, building websites, easy Arch, the cloud, hardware hacking, and more. Links: Qubes OS virt-manager Boxes Regolith Chris Tries i3 for the First Time... LIVE NewPipe Hugo Endeavour OS Endless OS…

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29: Linux Console + Boutique Distros 30:08

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A confusing experience in Distrohoppers which raises deeper questions about the value and viability of smaller distros. Links: Previous Episodes with Distrohoppers LinuxConsole.org

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28: What We Love About Linux 28:26

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Valentine's Day is nearly here so it's time to talk about why we love Linux and open source. Nothing is perfect though, so we also touch on a few areas that we feel could be improved.

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27: GhostBSD + Freedom vs Pragmatism 28:32

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Distrohoppers serves up something very different in the form of desktop BSD, and we reveal how important freedom is to us all. Links: GhostBSD — A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System Share wireless Internet connection through ethernet

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26: Explaining Linux and Open Source as Concepts 29:30

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Trying to explain what Linux and open source are can be tricky. We discuss our various approaches, and how they differ depending on the experience of who we are explaining them to.

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25: Tails + Virtualization 29:47

6 years ago29:47

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Ultimate privacy in Distrohoppers, and the best ways to run other operating systems within your current Linux distro. Links: Tails — Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity. Installing KVM on Ubuntu Virtual machine manager — The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. Boxes — Boxes is an application that gives you access to virtual machines, running locally or remotely. It also allows you to connect to the display of a remote computer. LINUX Unplugged episode about virtualization — Our crew walks you through their PCI Passthrough setups that let them run Windows, macOS, and distro-hop all from one Linux machine.…

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24: What We Wish We'd Known Earlier 29:26

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All three of us have different levels of experience with Linux but there are tons of things that we wish we'd learned earlier in our journey. From gatekeeping to community culture, command line tricks to backups, and more. Links: explainshell — Write down a command-line to see the help text that matches each argument Arch Linux — A simple, lightweight distribution EndeavourOS — An Arch-based distro with a dynamic and friendly community at its core. Regular expression — A regular expression is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. Samba — Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. Nextcloud — The self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in contro…

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23: Void Linux + Contributing to Open Source 26:26

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A chance to learn some Linux fundamentals in Distrohoppers, and the numerous ways we can all contribute to Linux and open source. Links: Void Linux — Void is a general purpose operating system, based on the monolithic Linux® kernel. Mozilla bug report writing guidelines — This page assumes you'd like to contribute to the Mozilla project by collecting enough information to enter a useful bug report in Bugzilla, the Mozilla bug tracking system. Reporting bugs in Ubuntu — A quick introduction to reporting bugs in Ubuntu. This is just a very brief rough guide. Not final. #100DaysOfCode — The Official Website for the Challenge Write the Docs — Write the Docs is a global community of people who care about documentation. Operation Safe Escape — Ell and Wes talk to Chris Cox, the executive director of Operation Safe Escape about battling stalking and technology-based abuse.…

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22: Finding Your Community 28:20

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We talk about the best ways to get involved in open source communities, finding like-minded people, conference strategies, community hubs, and what happened to all the LUGs.

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21: KaOS + How We Install Software 29:03

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There are numerous ways to install software on a modern Linux system and we each have a different approach. Plus a lean and focused KDE experience in DistroHoppers. Links: KaOS — KaOS is an independent distribution focused on Qt and KDE. KaOS Sponsors — A FOSS project like KaOS really need that some companies and individuals are willing to sponsor through donating mirror space, hardware and other vital infrastructure. Flatpak — Flatpak is a next-generation technology for building and distributing desktop applications on Linux. Snapcraft — Publish your app for Linux users — for desktop, cloud, and Internet of Things. AppImage — Linux apps that run anywhere.…

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20: Single Board Computers 26:17

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We are joined by special guest Chz who is a long-time user of single board computers to talk about how we use boards like the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and ROCKPro64. Special Guest: chzbacon. Links: Raspberry Pi Orange Pi Banana Pi ODROID Pine64 BrickPi

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19: Android-x86 + First Steps into the Cloud 28:13

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