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The boys are back! Tonight we talk the news!

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https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1033.md

[time stamps]

0:00 Intro

0:19 Welcome

1:55 Drew: Kitty 0.50 adds session restoration and dockable windows

8:35 Greg: Fortnite is coming to Linux

14:26 Matt: Affinity is coming to Linux

27:15 Drew: Omarchy 4.5 adds a floating desktop mode and Apple Silicon support

38:57 Greg: CentOS founder builds a Linux-compatible Rust kernel with AI in 11 days

46:15 Matt: Is Ubuntu going immutable?

59:37 End screen: a distro you've never tried long term

1:00:38 Greg: Ubuntu

1:02:09 Drew: NixOS and Void

1:03:55 Matt: Linux Mint

1:06:20 Outro

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about notes and creating a "Second Brain".

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https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1033.md

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0:00 Intro

0:19 Welcome

0:58 Mini topic: will there ever be another foundational Linux distro?

7:26 Could Omarchy become the fourth foundation?

9:10 Big-tech distros: Google's gLinux and Azure Linux

11:52 Is the era of new independent distros over? (Matt OS)

14:39 Main topic: the merits and pitfalls of a second brain

16:20 Drew's system: PARA with a numbered inbox

17:44 Greg's system: QPARA in Obsidian

23:02 Matt's system: a vault per area, and the hunt for the perfect tool

30:15 Stop building the tool and start using it

33:15 Org mode vs Markdown

36:39 Matt's confession: a sticker layer for his notes

38:22 What would you change about your system?

42:18 Greg's shared memory wiki for AI agents

45:38 Has AI stopped us writing our own documentation?

50:17 Congratulations, Nate!

50:53 Do you link your notes together?

57:12 The notes you forget you wrote

1:05:14 A second brain built by AI is Claude's, not yours

1:08:08 Where do your notes live? Sync and backups

1:13:07 Nuggies of the week - Greg: AWTRIX pixel-clock firmware

1:15:39 Drew: zk, a Zettelkasten in the terminal

1:16:34 Matt: a DaVinci Resolve MCP

1:18:31 Matt: MCP servers in creative apps

1:19:50 Housekeeping: November LUGs and the live show

1:21:51 Outro

Join us to discuss our favorite Linux applications that you might have missed. We are breaking down our top software picks.

Tonight, we are back for another podcast session to talk about the tools we use daily. While we might fall short of our goal of 40 episodes this year, we are still pushing to hit 37 by the time the year wraps up. This discussion focuses on various Linux applications that deserve more attention from the community.

Whether you are a long-time user or just starting your journey, these software picks offer unique functionality for your desktop setup. We go over what makes these programs stand out and why they earn a spot in our workflow.

Subscribe for weekly Linux podcast episodes and let us know in the comments which apps you think we should check out next.

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[show notes]

https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1031.md

[time stamps]

0:00 Intro

0:44 Meet Greg, the new co-host

2:13 Mini topic: email, messaging and social media

15:15 Main topic: Hidden Gems

16:30 Greg: FFmpeg

18:03 Drew: FFmpeg scripts - merge MKVs, clip MKV, strip EXIF

19:49 Matt: Capy Reader

21:52 Greg: Obsidian.rs

25:01 Drew: Grist

26:18 Matt: Futon

28:11 Greg: Caligula

29:15 Drew: NocoBase

31:08 Matt: Enhancer for YouTube and PocketTube

33:02 Greg: MPD and rmpc

35:20 Drew: Anubis

39:29 Matt: pulsemixer

40:43 Greg: bandwhich

44:02 Drew: mise

47:00 Matt: nh

48:57 Greg: Sanoid and Syncoid

50:13 Drew: ghee

51:37 Matt: trash-cli

53:09 Greg: VoxType

55:19 Drew: Geany

58:22 Matt's lightning round: Clipse, ListenBrainz, zoxide, beets, Navidrome, mpv, AntennaPod, Quillpad, vidIQ, LocalSend

60:10 Greg's lightning round: gping, trippy, ncdu, Syncthing, Control Panel for YouTube

62:29 What are you doing this week? Drew: ButterBox

64:32 Greg: building his own email client

66:14 Matt: editing videos with Claude

69:15 Outro

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about if ricing is still worth it in 2026.

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The boys are back! Tonight we talk about GUI or commandline, which is best? And we talk a few apps.

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