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Twitter Famous

I have been a member of Twitter since 2009. I will be completely honest and say for the first, oh, I don't know, 5 years or so, I was mostly the type of Twitter user who posted things like "I'm home" and "Here's my dinner". 

Very exciting stuff, let me tell you.

But even then, I had high aspirations. As anyone can attest who was around in those early days of social media, it was a common dream to have a large following of people who waited with bated breaths for your next ama...

Discord Hangout

Hey folks,

I'm going to be doing a little thing on Discord for Patrons only. I'll be in the Patron Only voice chat on Sunday September 18 at 8PM ET for around an hour. Stop by and chat. If this proves popular, I'll do it every once in a while as a treat for my supporters. 

If you're a YouTube member, and wish to join, this is also open to you. I will likely have to give you a role to be there, so PM me on Discord somewhere and I'll get that handled between now and then.

Has The Steam Deck Been a Success?

Tyler and Matt discuss the Steam Deck and its success. 

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I Bought A New Microphone

So I've purchased a new microphone. I've spent the last few days researching and in the end I decided to go with the Shure SM7b. I know that it's a cliche podcaster/YouTuber microphone, but I don't care all that much. People use it for a reason. It's really good.

The other option was the EV RE20, which is the slightly cheaper brother to the microphone that DistroTube uses. I really liked that mic, but it requires a shock mount that is another $100 on top of the cost of the microphone. I...

A Vim User's First Look at Micro

Micro is a little text editor that is supposed to be the next best thing since Nano. Is it any good?

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Interview With DarkXero Founder of XeroLinux

Today I talk with DarkXero, creator of XeroLinux. You can find a podcast version of this attached to this post. 

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Ubuntu Unity: Ubuntu's Biggest Regret? (First Impressions)

Today I talk about my first impression of Ubuntu Unity Remix, the next official Ubuntu flavor.

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How to Manage Multi-Monitor on i3WM

Today I teach how to manage multiple monitors on i3 like a pro.

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2022-09-02 05:31:37 +0000 UTC View Post

My Love Affair With Workspaces

I think anyone who has watched my content for any period of time knows that I have a workspace problem. I use a ton of them, so much so that it has kind of become a meme. Often I have content on 14-15 workspaces at a time. I've talked about this and the reason why I work this way in several videos, so this isn't news to anyone who has watched my videos for some time.

However, I do realize that it can sometimes get in the way of my productivity, especially when I have so many workspaces ...

Coming Up This Week (8-21-22)

I do these posts to prove to myself that I can at least plan ahead, though I never follow the plan. 🤷

Here's what you might be able to expect me to work on this week. 

Evolution vs Thunderbird

How to Stay Safe on Linux 

5 Cool Open Source Websites

Which Distro Has the Best Logo? (completely pointless, but should be fun)

5 Things to Do After Installing ElementaryOS

Nobara Project First Look

Is a Mac the Perfect Linux Machine?

Tyler and Matt discuss Apple's New ARM platform and Asahi Linux.

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Mobile Email Apps Suck

Most of my email use is actually on my phone. I've never found an email client on Linux that I really like (I use Thunderbird, but it has so many issues). When I'm on iOS, the email clients are great and plentiful. 

And while there are many email clients on Android, there aren't many good ones, or at least not any good ones that don't also come with a huge caveat (which I'll talk about later). 

For years, I've been using Nine and it's a really good app. However, I've bee...

Dark Theme Outtakes (Patreon Exclusive)

Just sharing this with my patrons in case they find some of it as  hilarious as I do. Also, sorry to blind people and communists. I really  don't have anything against you.

New Tiers and the Annual Option

I've added a few new tiers. I've also enabled the annual option that will give a discount if you use it. 

Thanks to everyone who supports me, no matter the level. I really appreciate it.

Matt

What's a Window Manager, Bro?

Tyler and Matt discuss Dynamic vs Manual tiling window managers. We're also joined by special guest Josh. 

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Discord - 2022-08-13 00:18:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Content Poll 8/10/22

What would you like to see on the channel?

Coming Up This Week (8/7/22)

I've been crap at following my plan lately. Let's see if this week goes better.

Archcraft video

Syncthing Tutorial (I started this)

Task Warrior First Look

5 Ways of Troubleshooting on Linux

Ranger VS LF

Vanilla Arch VS Arch Based Distros

Tyler and Matt discuss Arch and Arch Based DIstros, along with the news and our Thingies of the Week.

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Odysee - 2022-08-06 04:03:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Your Computer Has Been Up How Long? #shorts

Today's QuickTip is quick and about your computer uptime. (PATREON EDIT: You may need to go to YouTube to view this, it never loaded here on patreon for some reason. Just click the YouTube Logo if you're viewing this while it is still unlisted)

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Odysee - 2022-08-05 04:17:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Best Desktop Environment for Linux

Tyler and Matt discuss desktop environments. 

Video version: https://youtu.be/pvz-0Vf_Z7g

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What Makes a Good Desktop Environment?

Today I talk about 10 things that make a good Desktop Environment. 

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Some Patreon Exclusive Mobile Wallpapers

I'm just beginning to try my hand at these, but thought I'd share. 

Lacking Ideas

I don't know if you guys have noticed or not, but sometimes the videos that come out on the channel are a bit lackluster. I do try to come up with and produce good content.

But nobody can create good content all the time. Sometimes there are stinkers. 

I'll admit that the absolute hardest part of doing this is the ideas behind the content. Coming up with new ideas, especially when you put out as many videos as I do, is really effin' hard. So, yeah, there are quite a few video...

Coming Up This Week 7/24/22

I did zero things off of my list last week. Zero. That's a big round number. So most of these will seem familiar.

Syncthing Tutorial

5 Open Source Android Apps You Should Be Using

Top 5 Apps for July 2022

Another WTF video, Distro tbd

A vague Fedora idea I have.

Hope everyone has a good week

I Love Fedora

So a couple of weeks ago, my Arch system sh^t the bed. Most of the issues were my fault. Turns out uninstalling Plasma from a Plasma Distro is not a great idea. Who knew? Or maybe I knew, and I did it anyways, because I do what I want, b*tches. Sorry, too much South Park.

Anyways, after that happened, I decided that I needed to move away from Arch. I know from some of the snarky comments I received on YouTube that a lot of people had no faith that I would leave Arch behind for good. May...

Coming Up This Week 7/18/22

Frankly, I didn't follow last week's worth a damn. Found my motivation elsewhere. But here's what I'm going to hopefully work on this week for the channel.

Syncthing Tutorial

Linux Mint Beta first look

5 Open Source Android Apps You Should Be Using

Top 5 Apps for July 2022

Another WTF video, Distro tbd

Is Linux Too Customizable?

Tyler and Matt discuss the customization of Linux.

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Coming Up This Week (7/10/22)

I didn't do so well this last week on my plans, mostly because of those pesky Linux problems (Still on Fedora, and it is working fairly well). Here is what I have tentatively planned for this week coming up.

Best Looking Distros

SyncThing tutorial

AV Linux 

RisiOS first look

Musikube streaming app

Here's hoping I do better on these this week. Hope everyone has a fantastic week,

Matt

Content Poll 7/6/22

What would you like to see on the channel soon?

Coming Up This Week

I actually did fairly well with last week's list, like 3 or 4 of them were done, which is way WAY above average. Let's see if I can make it a streak. Here are some things that I'm working on for this week.

Top 5 Best Looking Distros

AV Linux

How to Monitor Disk Space Usage on Linux

Best Color Schemes

Btrfs and how to use it (Maybe, IDK if I'll get it done or not)

SyncThing tutorial.