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Are Containers The Future of Linux?

Tyler and Matt discuss containers, immutable distros and more. What does the future of Linux hold?

Video Version:  https://youtu.be/5xCnZNIcvUY

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Coming Up... (6/26/22)

Coming up this week on the channel (tentatively)

A look at the dk window manager

AV Linux first look

5 Best Looking Distros

A ricing stream (tonight probably)

AppImages Kinda Suck

5 Ways to Manage Disk Space on Linux

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Is Canonical Evil?

Tyler and Matt discuss Canonical, the latest news and more!

video verison - https://youtu.be/mKyedIQrI98

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A Channel Update

Hey guys,

The channel keeps plugging along, but I thought it'd be a good idea to talk about some things that are going on.

First, the Patreon end screen on my videos is changing a bit, or has changed.  I don't read out everyone's name anymore. There are so many of you wonderful people that it was taking more time to read the names than to make the video, so I do a group thanks instead. 

Also, I'm going to be moving the names that are in the video description to a p...

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WTF is MakuluLinux?

Today I talk about MakuluLinux, an Ubuntu based distro that is kinda cool but also really odd.

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Top 5 Linux Apps for June 2022

It's time for the Top 5 Linux Apps of the Month for June 2022.

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2022-06-16 06:56:50 +0000 UTC View Post

5 Things Linux Could Learn from MacOS

Today I talk about a few things that MacOS does really well that Linux could learn from. 

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2022-06-13 06:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Rant: Don't Be the RTFM Guy

Today I rant about people who tell others to RTFM. 

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StormOS: An Arch Based Distro with XFCE

Today I talk about Storm OS, an Arch-based distro with some interesting choices.

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Is the AUR Overrated?

Tyler and Matt discuss the AUR along with the latest Linux News and our Thingies of the Week. 

Video Version; https://youtu.be/7-9DE9pTlTs

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Is Fedora the NEW Ubuntu?

Today I talk about the relevance of Ubuntu in the modern age. Is Fedora going to take over as the main Linux distro?

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Do We Even Want Linux to Win?

  • Tyler and Matt discuss Linux and its increasing popularity. 
  • Video version - https://youtu.be/6_P8B-zo_78
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Best Window Manager for Beginners?

Tyler and Matt discuss which window manager is better for new users, the week in FOSS news, and our thingies of the week. 

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When Should You Use Sudo?

Today I give a couple excellent things you should know about using the terminal in Linux. Sudo is for use only when you know what you're doing.

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2022-05-14 06:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Are There Too Many Distros?

Tyler and Matt discuss distros and the number of them. Also Nvidia going FOSS, and The YEAR OF THE LINUX EFFING DESKTOP!

Video version - https://youtu.be/btHNlYo3AFI

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In Defense of Ricing

I get a lot of comments about how dumb it is to constantly change the look of my setup, that I spend too much time customizing the look and feel and not enough time working. Almost every video I've ever done that has something to do with ricing has at least one comment like that. 


The thing is, I like ricing. I've talked about this in a video before. I know that I do spend too ...

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Coming Up This Week...

First a look back on how I did on the things I planned last week (not good)


Ubuntu Unity Remix ( decided not to do this as every other YouTuber did it all on the same day)

Cool Scripts Found (still planning)

Rofi vs Dmenu (Still planning)

River WM First Look (technical difficulties)

A Ricing video of some kind. Haven't really decided what I want to do yet, just have ideas. Thinking abo...

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Content Poll May 4 2022

What would you like to see coming up on the channel?

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My Switch Back to Android


A few months ago, I talked about how I switched to iOS after having used Android for almost 3 years. As I said then, that switch was one that I usually do every 3 years or so, if only to see what the other main platform has come up with. 

For the last few months, I've been using an iPhone 11 Pro Max, and to be honest, I love the hardware but I can't stand iOS. It's odd because I used to love iOS. The apps for Apple's platform have always been superior (and I still feel t...

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Coming Up This Week...

Here are a few things I'm working on for the channel this week. 


Ubuntu Unity Remix

Cool Scripts Found

Rofi vs Dmenu

River WM First Look

A Ricing video of some kind. Haven't really decided what I want to do yet, just have ideas. Thinking about Openbox.

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Is Electron Really All That Bad?

Tyler and Matt discuss Electron and the bad press it gets along with the news, and our weeks in Unix.


Video version - https://youtu.be/mXaUrd0Q4tU

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How to Create Separate Home and Root Partitions on Linux

Today I talk walk you through the basics of creating your own home and root partitions on any Linux distro.

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Content Poll 4/27/22

What would you like to see on the channel in the future

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Coming Up This Week...

A few things I'm working on for this week.

Top Apps of the Month - April 2022 (I'm running late on this)

Is Emacs Better for Writing?

How to Create a Separate Home Partition (working on how I should do this, not sure which distro to choose)

Top 5 Tools for PDFs 

Dmenu vs Rofi



As is usual, I may change my mind or come up with other ideas. 

Hope everyone has a great week,


Matt

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Desktop Environment or Window Manager - Which is Better?

Tyler and Matt discuss Desktop Environments and Window Managers along with the news and our Thingies of the week. 

video version - https://youtu.be/oBOvnN3cHmY

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Ubuntu Is Boring...But That's Okay

Today I talk about Ubuntu and its lack of innovation. Ubuntu is boring, but for most people, that's exactly what they want. 

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The Right to Repair

Tyler and Matt discuss the right to repair, Fedora's new package manager, Linux Mint 21, and our week in Linux.

Video version here: https://youtu.be/n1M08m2iXBc

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WTF is Q4OS?

Today I look at a Debian-based distro called Q4OS. It's...odd -- but also good? Ish? 

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FOSS EVERYWHERE! - The Linux Cast

Tyler and Matt discuss FOSS in Schools and Government, the latest news, and our Thingies of the Week. 


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Rant: Let's Talk About Pipewire

Today I talk about my experiences with Pipewire and why I don't think it's ready for prime time.

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