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December 10, 2021 Episode 68: Tickle My Nerd Gland
Matt and Tyler talk about Fedora 35, markdown, ZorinOS, paying for Linux software, and much much more in the most disorganized podcast you'll ever listen to or watch.
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1 hr 2 min
December 03, 2021 Episode 67: Can Linux Be Better for New Users?
Matt and Tyler talk about a few things that Linux could do better to attract new users, along with the news, ARM for Linus, DLSS, and a lot of other nonsense.
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1 hr 27 min
November 19, 2021 Episode 66: Are Snaps the Future?
Tyler and Matt discuss Snaps, Flatpaks, and App Images in a heated debate over the future of Linux.
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1 hr 14 min
November 12, 2021 Episode 65: Do You Know These 10 Rare Linux Apps?
Matt and Tyler participate in the 5 App Challenge, where we had to find 5 apps the other guy hasn't ever heard of.
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1 hr 9 min
November 05, 2021 Episode 64: What's The Most Underrated Linux Distro?
Today Matt and Tyler talk about the most underrated GNU/Linux Distro, corporate influence in Linux and much more
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – So much 0AD and forgetting about my obligations -_-
Matt – More emacs. More scripting. And I've been learning more about btfs so that I can do a proper video on it.
NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://news.itsfoss.com/brave-replaces-google/
Tyler - https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-5-15-on-ubuntu-and-linux-mint
Main Topic - Most Underrated Linux Distro
—which distro doesn't get enough love?
Apps of the Week
Matt - AlChanger - https://github.com/mtwb47/scripts/blob/master/alchanger.sh
Tyler - lsd (ls deluxe) https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd
1 hr
October 29, 2021 Episode 63: GitLab Challenge
Matt and Tyler take part in the GitLab challenge. Listen or watch to see how it went.
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – I have had an insane week, been busy with work and family stuff. I am trying out KDE for a while as my daily driver & addicted to 0AD.
Matt – I have had a bad week. Getting the hardware set up to do the challenge, still couldn't get a wifi thing to work. But I did do some scripting. Also, switched to Emacs. Fuk me life, bruh.
Main Topic - GitLab Challenge
Apps of the Week
Matt - Garuda Linux
Tyler - Docker
1 hr 11 min
October 23, 2021 Episode 62: Our Favorite Apps and Color Schemes
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about our favorite color schemes and our favorite apps!
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – Been rocking a greyscale rice and qtile, it's great!
Matt – Distrohopped to Garuda. It's been good. Also, hit 5,000 subs, so that's cool.
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Main Topic - Our Favorite apps and Color Schemes
45 min
October 08, 2021 Episode 61: Linux Makes Everything Better
Matt and Tyler talk about Suckless software, Gnome and Dark mode, and how Linux makes even the slowest Internet connections better.
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux
related this Week?**
Tyler – Going full suckless, yes that includes surf.
Matt – I've been using Gnome for a week.
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NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/10/gnome-42-dark-style-preference
Tyler - https://9to5linux.com/latest-steam-client-update-brings-pipewire-desktop-capture-on-linux-reduces-vulkan-pre-caching-sizes
Main Topic -
Apps of the Week
Matt - Timestrap - https://github.com/samg/timetrap
Tyler - turbostat - https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-turbostat/
Time Stamps
#TheLinuxCast #Linux
1 hr 3 min
October 01, 2021 Episode 60: Too Sexy For Your Distro
Matt and Tyler talk about Artix, Plan9, Gnome and GTK, Installing your own kernel, and why people are so loyal to their distros.
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – I have been spending the week in 9front and now am trying to redo my desktop build and I'll be doing more with VM's
Matt – I've spent the week fighting with Artix. Non-systemd things don't like this computer. I've now installed opensuse.
NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://joshuastrobl.com/2021/09/14/building-an-alternative-ecosystem/
Tyler - https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-5-14-on-ubuntu-and-linux-mint
Main Topic - My Distro is Better Than Your Distro
— Why people are so loyal to their distributions.
Apps of the Week
Matt - Pensela https://github.com/weiameili/Pensela
Tyler - Mitch for Android
1 hr 6 min
September 24, 2021 Episode 59: Duplication of Effort on Linux - Good or Bad?
Today Matt and Tyler talk about ElementaryOS, Snaps, Anti-Cheat, and Duplication of Effort on Linux. That and much more. This time in front of a live audience. (I will work on getting the chat up on these ones that were live, but couldn't do so this time).
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[Show Notes]
What have we been up to Linux-related this Week?
Tyler – Working on my eOS setup and planning my off-grid transition
Matt – Messing around with my mic set up. Needed a new boom arm, but it didn't fit anywhere, so I had to do some finagling.
NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/09/ubuntu-makes-firefox-snap-default
Tyler - https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-470-74-graphics-driver-brings-support-for-linux-kernel-5-14-firefox-improvements
Main Topic - Duplication of Effort
Questions and Answers
Apps of the Week
Matt - Deemix Gui https://deemix.app/gui/
Tyler - tmpdwmryes - https://gitlab.com/Smeueg/dwm
Time Stamps 0:00 Intro & Our Week In Linux 10:26 Contact Info and Thoughts on Youtube 12:00 News of the Week and Snaps are Bad 47:06 Main Topic
1:03:11 Chat Q&A
1:17:14 Picks of the Week and Goodbye
1 hr 28 min