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Back from vacation, and is TikTok really a nightmare? Patroncast S03E09

Hey everyone!

I'm back from my vacation, and so here is your next episode of the Patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:13 My vacation, and how I'm apparently now free of the "back to work dread" that filled me when I had a "normal" day job

- 12:19 TikTok, my personal bias, the worries I have about it, and how I'm going to look into it to see if it's just me being an old man yelling at the new thing, or if there is something to worry about

I hope...

Is Game Pass such a good deal, Preparing for my holiday, IodéOS, and Linux mobile - Patroncast S03E08

Hey everyone,

Second post in 2 days, this time for your weekly patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:46 : Game Pass, and how it apparently cannibalizes game sales for publishers and developers, plus my opinion on digital / physical games

- 10:18 Channel-related news: preparing for my holiday, the extra taxes I'll have to pay, IodéOS, and trying out more mobile Linux interfaces

I hope you enjoy listening to this one!

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Vote on March's Topics!

Hey everyone, it's now time to vote on the topics you'd like to see in March!

The ones I'll definitely cover are the following:

- Linux News: there will be 4 of these in March, some on Sundays, since I'll be on holidays at the end of next week, until March 4th, so the first News video of March will probably be on the 5th when I get back home.

- Iodé review: a look at this privacy focused ROM for Android, installed on a Pixel 5. They sent ...

Research on Chinese Android ROMs, is Flathub centralization bad, and the PS5 - Patroncast S03E07

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 7 of your patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:31: New research showing that Chinese Android ROMs are indeed more privacy invasive than others, and how that comforts me in my current phone choices

- 07:59: the centralization of software in a single remote, Flathub, and whether it's a bad thing or not

- 20:04: some channel updates, and why I bought a Playstation 5 (basically b...

Twitter revenue sharing, TLE Projects and the weird reason I'm gaming again - Patroncast S03E06

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 6 of the third season of the patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:48 Twitter Revenue Sharing: the new plan to let creators get a cut of Twitter ads based on the replies on their Tweets, and how that's probably not a great idea to fight toxicity and inflammatory tweets

- 07:41 The channel, the podcast, and the website, and how I'm moving forward on these projects

- 17:57 Anoth...

Failing videos, focus on the website, holidays, and the tech death spiral - Patroncast S03E05

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! Here is your new weekly episode of the Patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:50 The channel, in a multitude of topics, like failing Fediverse videos, focusing on my website as the next project, the news podcast outperforming all my expectations, and planning for Holidays, because I'm tired and I haven't got any time off since the end of 2021

- 20:37 The death spiral of tech, a continuation of last ...

Finally, the Steam Console is done, Tech Sector problems, and Linux News Podcast - Patroncast S03E04

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well, and welcome to all the new supporters, whether you decided to fund what I do on the youtube channel or the News Podcast :)

In this week's exclusive Patroncast, I talk about:

- 01:09: Finally building my own Steam Console! It runs Linux, it runs Steam in Big Picture Mode, it never asks for a password, it's plug an play and connected to my TV, and it's been fantastic!

- 15:31 Tech Sector problems, and a g...

Vote on February's topics!

Hey everyone!

Here is that time of the month again, where YOU vote on a few things that I'll cover on the channel!

As for the topics that I'll definitely make:

- The usual Linux News videos (4 in February, every Saturday), accompanied by their podcast counterpart

- A video dedicated to the trusted old NAS: what it is, what it can do, and why it would be a good addition to most user's homes, even the least technically inclined. It will show Synology hardware...

Videos about opinions, good desktop Nextcloud apps, and channel updates - Patroncast S03E03

Hey everyone!

Here is the new episode of your exclusive weekly patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:23: Videos about opinions and how some people have a hard time accepting that you might not like what they enjoy as much as they do. Specifically, the "leaving Android" video, and how people reacted weirdly, but also what I should have explained better in that video.

- 16:06 Finally finding some good applications to interact with m...

New podcast, is the EU overreaching, and my thoughts on "AI" - Patroncast S03E02

Hey everyone,

Here is episode 2 of your weekly Patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:57 The new "Linux News Podcast", and its first episode being published. At the time I recorded this, I didn't have any numbers, but now I do, and it managed to get almost 400 listens, just for sharing it on Mastodon (it was a "soft launch" to try and see if people detected any issues, which they did!)
Now it's on Spotify and iTunes as well, and next time, I'll ...

Failing at emulation led me to like Nintendo games, and preparing for my 2023 goals - Patroncast S03E01

Hey everyone, and Happy New Year (if that's what your calendar says)!

I hope you had a great Holiday (if you celebrated that), and here is the first episode of season 03 of your exclusive weekly podcast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:18 How failing at emulating any Wii U title let me to buy a Switch, and gain a new appreciation of Nintendo titles, something I really wasn't expecting (as you'll know if you're a regular listener)

...

The State of Nick at the end of 2022, and things that will change - Patroncast S02E51

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the last podcast of Season 2, and of 2022! Next time will be in 2023, kickstarting season 3 (no functional changes are planned, but let me know if you'd like me to up the production value with a jingle or something else!)

In this one, it's basically all personal stuff, with how I feel at the end of the year, and how I plan to improve on that in 2023, and the state of my digital life, which I finally managed to streamline quite a bit!

Let...

Vote on January's Topics!

Hey everyone!

Here is what I'll be working on in January

We'll have the usual Linux News videos, 4 in January, and I'll kick off the year with a tier list of Linux desktop environments, something fun taht definitely won't annoy anyone.

I'll also look at why I decided to ditch Android to go back to iOS, but also why iOS isn't really a good choice either.

I'll look at the Twitter 2.0 vision (no Musk or analysis of what he's done, just the vision f...

I'm leaving Twitter for now, and the TLE Plan for 2023 - Patroncast S02E50²

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 50 of your weekly podcast.

This week, I talk about:

- 00:59 Leaving Twitter for a while. I'm uninstalling the app, and moving everything to Mastodon for now. I might come back if the platform evolves in a good direction, but it doesn't look that way for now, and it has too much of an impact on me

- 10:10 The Definitive plan for 2023 and the channel, and all the things I'll be working on a...

DXVK in Windows Drivers, Hardware reviews, and dropping sponsors - S02E49

Hey everyone!

Here's your weekly podcast, this time episode 49 of season 2:

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:04 Intel using DXVK in their Arc Drivers for improving game performance

- 08:58 Hardware reviews, how I made way too many this year, and why they're so uninspiring to work on

- 18:36 Channel updates, including potentially dropping a sponsor

Let me know what you think about all this!

Best,

Nick

I was wrong about everything in 2022, plus many Hot Takes - Patroncast S02E48

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well as the end of the year draws near! Here is episode 48 of your weekly patroncast :)

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:52 The predictions I made about Linux in 2022, and how they were mostly wrong

- 14:30 Hot takes! About Linux, Tech, Gaming, everything! These will probably be annoying to a lot of you, so, well, feel free to tell me I'm an idiot in the comments, or disagree politely, however you want to handl...

Saying goodbye to smartwatches, and the horror of Black Friday - Patroncast S02E47

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 47 of your exclusive weekly podcast :)

In this one, I talk about:

-00:37 Why I stopped wearing a smartwatch, and why I don't think I'll ever wear one again

- 15:17 Black Friday, and how it suddenly turns everyone into free marketing machines, and makes all content creators look like sellouts

I hope you enjoy listening to me ranting!

Best,

Nick

Setting up Castopod, and France banning Office and Docs from Schools - Podcast S02E46

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the post storm here, but it's podcast time!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:58 Setting up a castopod server: it was super easy, and it's a great base to start the Linux news Podcast (hint: it's coming very soon). it also makes me want to start working towards more financial independence from YouTube and sponsors, so I'll discuss that as well!

- 16:54 France banning office365 and Google Docs: something that's pretty amazing, but d...

Vote on December's Topics!

(Reposted to allow for multiple choices)

Hey everyone! I hope you're all doing well, because it's time to vote on  the next topics I'll cover on the channel! 

Of course, we'll have the usual Linux News videos, one per week, so 5 in total in December.

I'll also review the FydeTab, a tablet running FydeOS, which, as I understand it, is an open source version of ChromeOS, with a lof more advantages than ChromeOS Flex that I r...

Enjoying the Fediverse, and Fedora everywhere - Patroncast S02E45

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well!

Here is episode 45 of your exclusive Podcast :)

In this one, I talk about:

00:53 The Fediverse, what I use, the nice feeling it gives me, and the services I might want to try

13:22 Switching all my devices to Fedora, but dabbling in extensions, just for fun

If you have any Fediverse services you'd like to recommend apart from the ones I use, let me know, and if you have great distro ideas for laptops, I'd also...

Twitter moderation and verification, and the Fediverse - Patroncast S02E44

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 44 of the Patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:41 Twitter, moderation and verification, in the most factual way I can, and with the most uncomfortable of positions

- 21:10 The Fediverse, and how the channel is going

I hope you enjoy listening to this one, even though I'm certain my take on Twitter will probably ruffle feathers from both Musk supporters, and Musk ha...

Multi language videos and pondering a move to iOS - Patroncast S02E43

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! Here is your exclusive weekly podcast, in which I talk about:

00:59 Youtube adding support for multiple audio tracks in other languages to a single video, and how it might create a rift between huge channels, and smaller ones

10:21 Thinking about leaving Android for iOS, for a number of reasons

20:17 Being completely on Peertube, and pondering enabling Odysee memberships

I hope you enjoy...

My weird brain, and the power of big tech companies over governments - Patroncast S02E42

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 42 of your weekly podcast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:01 How my weird brain just gets completely addicted and consumed by a specific topic for weeks and weeks, and then just loses interest completely

- 07:53 How big tech companies now have enough power to basically influence lawmaking, not through economic power but through sheer power of nuisance

- 19:01 Personal stuff and how...

Vote on November's Topics!

Hey everyone!

It's that time of the month again, time to vote on what you'd like me to cover in November!

You'll notice that in October, one video got scrapped, the Windows vs Linux performance test, because I got sick, and had to postpone one, and since this one would have been pretty time consuming, I elected to push it back one month.

Let's start with that I'll definitely work on:

- The aforementioned Windows vs Linux performance tes...

The melancholy of Paris, getting COVID, and Sponsorships - S02E41

Hey everyone!

Here is episode 41 of your exclusive podcast, and this time, it's going to be all personal talk.

I just came back from my vacation in Paris, and as always, this city filled me with a mix of joy and awe, and some kind of despair, and I wanted to explore that.

And, at 12:25, I'll talk about getting COVID, and some sponsorship deals.

I hope you enjoy this one!

Best,
Nick

The long list of projects I started, didn't start, or didn't complete - S02E40

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well! In Episode 40 of this podcast, I'm going to talk about one thing, and one thing only: projects.

More specifically, all the projects I tried, started, stopped, and generally didn't complete over the course of this year. Think about it as an honest look at all the things I said I'd do but didn't. Because sometime you need accountability, and I feel like I kinda do!

Enjoy!

Looking for a new laptop distro, recent Fedora and popOS news, and Youtube changes - Patroncast S02E39

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 39 of the weekly podcast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 00:59 Sponsors not answering, preparing for my holiday, and looking for a new laptop distro

- 09:30 Fedora's codec issue, and popOS's new Rust toolkit for apps

- 17:32 How Youtube could change anything and still grow

I hope you enjoy listening to this one!

Best,
Nick

Steam Deck competition, Immutable systems, and PeerTube - Patroncast S02E38

Hey everyone!

Here is episode 38 of your weekly podcast!

This time, I talk about:
- 01:10 Competitors to the Steam Deck, and how there really aren't any
- 10:45 The case for immutable systems, and how I think they're basically what we'll all end up using in a few years (IF we can agree on a packaging format that isn't traditional packages, which is far from an easy thing to agree on)
- 17:54 Considering PeerTube, now that they support full channel sync from youtube, I d...

Vote on October's Topics!

Hey everyone!

Here is your chance to vote on what I'll cover in October!

First, here are the things that are a given:

- Of course, we'll have the Linux News videos, 4 in October, every Friday (as I try a new work rhythm that seems to work pretty well for now)

- Next, I'll review another Mini PC from Desk Mini, which looks like a pretty good deal in terms of price / performance

- There will also be the release of KDE Plasma 5.26, and Ubuntu 21.10 plus its varia...

GNOME is finally a good platform, and Youtube's stupid "more ads" test - Patroncast S02E37

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing well!

Here is Episode 37 of the weekly podcast!

In this one, I talk about:

- 01:05 GNOME as a platform: I think GNOME + Libadwaita finally gives Linux the good developer platform we've lacked for a long while, with consistency, polish, and tools that developers seem to be willing to take advantage of.
- 20:30 Youtube testing playing from 5 to 10 unskippable ads at the beginning of the video, instead of having a mix ...