DistroTube on Odysee

By DistroTube

DistroTube (DT) is a YouTube channel started by me, Derek Taylor (also DT), in October 2017, where I initially focused on Linux distribution installations and reviews. As the channel grows and I matu... more

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March 02, 2026 'wc' - count words lines and bytes - Video Man Pages
The 'wc' command counts the number of lines, words or bytes in a file.

- Count lines (-l) in a file:
wc -l path/to/file

- Count words (-w) in a file:
wc -w path/to/file

- Count bytes in a file:
wc -c path/to/file

- Count characters (-m) in a file, taking multi-byte characters into account:
wc -m path/to/file

- Count lines, words, and bytes in a file:
wc path/to/file

- Count lines, words, and bytes from stdin:
cat path/to/file | wc
NOTE This is NOT a "useless use of cat" since the output is slightly different than 'wc file'.

- Get character length of the longest line in a file:
wc -L path/to/file

REFERENCED:
► https://gitlab.com/dwt1/vidman - Video Man Pages

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DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 28, 2026 'xargs' - execute command lines from standard input - Video Man Pages
'xargs' takes the output of one command (or contents of a file), converts it into a list of arguments, and passes that list to another command to execute.

- Run a command using the input data as arguments:
command1 | xargs command2

- Count lines in multiple files:
ls *.txt | xargs wc -l

- Cat a file and use the input data as an argument:
cat file | xargs
NOTE If no xargs command is given, xargs uses 'echo' as the command.

- The same as above except it executes the command once per argument (-n 1):
cat file | xargs -n 1

- Create 10 sequential .txt files. The '-I {}' symbolizes all the input:
seq 10 | xargs -I {} touch {}.txt

- Delete files with '.log' extension found by 'find'. The -print0 in 'find' and -0 in 'xargs' use a null character as a delimiter, ensuring filenames with spaces or special characters are handled correctly.
find . -name "*.log" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f

- Find and delete all backup files (.bak). The '-p' option is useful for destructive operations, as it displays the command to be executed and asks for user confirmation (y/n).
find . -type f -name "*.bak" | xargs -p rm

- The '-d' option sets the delimiter (spaces by default):
ls | xargs -n 1 (Files/directories with spaces are a problem.)
ls | xargs -n 1 -d \n (Uses new line as delimiter and problem solved!)

- xargs can print (-a) the contents of a file to stdout. We can use '-p' to prompt for 'y/n' before executing. We can use '-r' to only execute if stdin is not empty.
xargs -a 1.txt
xargs -p -a 1.txt
xargs -r -p -a 1.txt

REFERENCED:
► https://gitlab.com/dwt1/vidman

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
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🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 26, 2026 Cheap Fix For Sinking Computer Chairs And Office Chairs
Ever had a computer chair or office chair that was no longer able to maintain its height? There's a few DIY fixes that involve cutting PVC pipe and using metal clamps, but if you're like me, you probably would prefer a ready-made, out-of-the-box fix. I found a cheap product that works!

► https://amzn.to/3ZWguh4 - Office Chair Hero Clamps

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
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🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 23, 2026 KaOS Ditches KDE Plasma For Niri
KaOS is an independent, built from-scratch Linux distribution, that for many years was built using KDE Plasma, but they've now dropped Plasma in favor of Niri wth the Noctalia shell.

REFERENCED:
► https://kaosx.us/

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW
🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 20, 2026 Pacman Slow In Arch Linux? Here's The Fix!
The 'pacman' package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux, but it does have issues on occasion, such as becoming really slow when installing software or updating the system. But these issues are easily fixed.

REFERENCED:
► https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
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🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 16, 2026 A Quick First Look AT iDeal OS
Today, I'm taking a look at the latest release of iDeal OS, based on MX Linux 25.1 and Debian 13.3 Trixie, with KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment.

REFERENCED:
► https://ideal-os.xyz/

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW
🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 13, 2026 Hey, DT! You're Not Bald...But You Are Wide! (Plus Other Comments)
On this episode of Hey DT:

0:00 Intro
0:18 What do you think about Niri?
3:00 I know that you're not bald, but why are you wider now?
5:41 How do I properly erase everything on my SSD? Complete wipe.
7:43 Are you really editing videos in one take?
9:25 It's been 5 years since your last Guix video.
11:52 Do you have any footage of you using it (Kensington Orbit Trackball)?
12:44 Why don't you mount your /home separately? Like from a btrfs subvolume?
14:55 Don't you think you make linux more complicated and elitist?
23:44 Thanks to Patrons

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
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🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 10, 2026 An Arch Linux Installation Guide (2026) [Re-Uploaded]
How to install Arch Linux via the command line installation process. I will use UEFI, btrfs, zram, and install a popular Wayland compositor (niri).

NOTE:
This video was re-uploaded in order to correct a major mistake (by omission) made in the first version of this video. I did not run the command to create the 'fstab' file. Oops!

REFERENCED:
► https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW
🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 09, 2026 Arch Linux Installation Guide (2026 Edition)
How to install Arch Linux via the command line installation process. I will use UEFI, btrfs, zram, and install a popular Wayland compositor (niri).

REFERENCED:
► https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW
🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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February 06, 2026 Transform Arch Linux Into XeroLinux
Introducing the new Xero Arch Installer, which is a beautiful, streamlined Arch Linux installer with a easy-to-use, modern TUI interface.

REFERENCED:
► https://github.com/xerolinux/XeroInstall

WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
💰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube
💳 Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MW3ZFGS8Q9JGW
🛍️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RotFFi
👕 Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube

DT ON THE WEB:
🕸️ Website: http://distro.tube
📁 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1
🗨️ Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube
👫 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistroTube/
📽️ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I LIKE:
🌐 Brave Browser - https://brave.com/
📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: https://obsproject.com/
🎬 Kdenlive: https://kdenlive.org
🎨 GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/
💻 VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
🗒️ Doom Emacs: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs

Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!
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FAQs about DistroTube on Odysee:

How many episodes does DistroTube on Odysee have?

The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.