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September 18, 2021 Episode 58: Does Linux Have a Future?
Matt and Tyler talk about a little bit of everything. We do talk about the future of Linux, but we get distracted quite a lot. How surprising is that?
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[Show Notes[

**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – I have been trying to learn touch typing and getting all my rgb purple to match my rice
Matt – I've been ricing DWM over and over in prep for a script I'm going to write. I was also on Tech over Tea on Sunday, that was fun.
NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://www.itsfoss.net/raspberry-pi-based-pi-kvm-goes-to-kickstarter/
Tyler - https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-19-is-slated-for-release-on-september-17th-now-ready-for-testing
Main Topic - Does Linux Have a Future or Will Fushia Eat its Lunch?
Apps of the Week
Matt - BetterTweetDeck https://better.tw/
Tyler - LiquidCTL https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl
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1 hr 19 min
September 03, 2021 Episode 57: Is Native Linux Gaming Dead?
Matt and Tyler celebrate Tyler's birthday with a talk on the future of Linux gaming Is it Native or Proton? We also take some questions from the chat.

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[Show Notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – A whole lotta bash scripting and living life without a bar.
Matt – Scripting some, knee deep in CSS and HTML as I work on the website for the channel. Regretting my life choices.
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NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://9to5linux.com/happy-30th-birthday-linux
Tyler - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/09/elementary-os-6-august-update-bug-fixes
Main Topic - Native Gaming on Linux. Is it important?
Apps of the Week
Matt - Powerchord - https://powercord.dev/
Tyler - Dunst
59 min
August 27, 2021 Episode 56: 5 Things We Love About Linux, 5 Things We Hate
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about a few things we absolutely love about Linux and 5 things we don't. We also talk about the new Gnome release, Gnome running on M1 Macs, and Tyler's new hairdo.
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – Shaving my head and face to be a proper Linux creator.
Matt – I made it to 4000 subs this week. And I've been learning some new stuff in Gimp so that I can make better thumbnails.
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NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/08/gnome-41-features-and-changes
Tyler - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/debian-linux-on-apple-m1-milestone
Main Topic - 5 Things we Love about Linux, 5 Things We Hate
Apps of the Week
Matt - Qutebrowser
Tyler - Pokemon-colorscripts - https://github.com/nuke-dash/pokemon-colorscripts-mac
1 hr 19 min
August 20, 2021 Episode 55: Elementary Woes
Matt and Tyler go on a rant-filled journey of Linux, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Elementary. Seriously, no one is spared. Except for the real main topic, which we don't even get to. So be prepared for a wild ride!
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[show notes]
Matt - https://9to5linux.com/elementary-os-6-odin-officially-released-this-is-whats-new
Tyler - https://m.slashdot.org/story/388957
Main Topic - Should Native Linux Gaming Go Away?
Apps of the Week
Matt -Orbital Bullet on Steam
Tyler - Typing Speed 'Game' http://typespeed.sourceforge.net/

1 hr 5 min
August 06, 2021 Episode 54: Bash Challenge - Matt VS Tyler
Matt and Tyler engage in a Bash battle, our first challenge. For our audio listeners, I truly do apologize that this is better on Youtube. We do try our best to describe what we've done.
Also, sorry about the low rumbling noises. We're not sure what's going on, we're working on it.
Our scripts are here: https://github.com/mtwb47/scripts/tree/master/bashchallenge
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1 hr 4 min
July 30, 2021 Episode 53: Is Federated Social Media the Future?
On this episode, Matt and Tyler talk about Matt's new keyboard layout, Duck Duck Go, Garuda Linux, and federated social media.
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[show notes]

**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – I have been playing games and ricing dwm more.
Matt – I switched to a new keyboard layout. My adventures with Debian also continue.

NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://news.itsfoss.com/duckduckgo-email-protection/
Tyler - https://linuxinsider.com/story/garuda-desktops-put-a-new-spin-on-linux-looks-87140.html
Main Topic - Is Federated social media the future?
Apps of the Week
Matt - 10fastfingers.com, monkeytype.com
Tyler - amfora - https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/amfora
1 hr 14 min
July 23, 2021 Episode 52: The Future of Gaming on Linux
On this episode, which is remarkably tangent-free, Matt and Tyler talk about a new font, Valve and the Steam Deck, and how Valve could make VR on Linux so much better.
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[[Show Notes]]
What have we been up to Linux related this Week?
Tyler – I am back to using dwm and using a great handwritten font, Yomogi
Matt – I've been struggling with installing Debain. Damn wifi cards. I've also been playing with Git Kraken.
NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/07/steam-deck-handheld-linux-pc
Tyler - https://fosspost.org/audacity-developers-apologize-revise-controversial-privacy-policy/
Main Topic - How can Valve make VR Better on Linux?
Apps of the Week
Matt -Descenders (on Steam)
Tyler - Godot
50 min
July 16, 2021 Episode 51: Is Telemetry Okay?
On this one, Matt and Tyler talk about everything. We run the gamut from subscription fatigue to Mint being Mint to Gentoo to Telemetry and Audacity. It's a long wild ride, so buckle up.
Also, sorry that the audio isn't as good as normal. We had some OBS problems.

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**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – Did more distro-hopping, because I truly do hate myself. I tried about 5 different distro's including Gentoo again, guess what I'm using now ;D
Matt – Kind of finished my new purple black and white DWM theme. Still needs some tweaks, but it's looking pretty good. Just in time for me to switch Window Managers, of course.
NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-2-release/
Tyler - https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-just-blew-up-the-only-reason-you-cant-use-a-linux-desktop/
Main Topic - Is Telemetry Okay?

Apps of the Week
Matt - Everdo https://everdo.net/
Tyler - Caffeine https://www.atechtown.com/caffeine-for-ubuntu/
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
O:14 Our Week in Linux
9:50 Contact Info
11:13 News
37:13 Is Telemetry Okay?
1:01:01 Picks of the Week
1:06:25 Ends
1 hr 9 min
July 09, 2021 Episode 50: Would You Use Windows if it Was Open Source?
Matt and Tyler talk about their week's in Linux, whether or not Ubuntu is standing still, and we ask ourselves if we'd use Windows if it were Free and Open Source Software.
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – I have hopped around from Arch, Debian, and now I just don't know what's going to work on my machine.
Matt – I riced DWM. A lot. I've also been working on making Vim better for writing.
**News of the Week**
Matt - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/07/gnome-40-in-ubuntu-21-10-first-look
Tyler - https://9to5linux.com/nextcloud-hub-22-launches-with-approval-workflows-integrated-pdf-signing-and-more
## Main Topic - Would You Use Windows if it Was Open Source?
Picks of the Week
Matt - Authy
Tyler - Vundle
1 hr
June 26, 2021 Episode 49: Why Isn't Linux Popular in the USA - Or Is It?
This is a wild one, folks. Matt and Tyler talk about all sorts of things. They start off with a bitch session about Gnome. Then move on to talking about why there seems to be a divide between the level of interest in Linux and Open Source in America and Europe.
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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – Starting to use VirtualBox for the first time in forever.
Matt – I'm on vanilla Arch linux for the first time in ages. I think I've gotten all of my computer problems figured out, but we'll see. Also switched to Brave Browser. it sucks.

NEWS Links (One each) (What's in the News?)
Matt - https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/252299/microsoft-unveils-windows-11
Tyler - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.13-Features
Main Topic -
Picks of the Week
Matt - Brave Search
Tyler - SideQuest https://sidequestvr.com/

1 hr 8 min