Episode 246: GUI vs Terminal

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about notes and creating a "Second Brain". ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Greg Mastodon - https://gth.social/@greg Website - https://helding.ne X - @Greg_the_Lawyer Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1033.md [time stamps] 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. ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Greg Mastodon - https://gth.social/@greg Website - https://helding.ne X - @Greg_the_Lawyer Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [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. ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1030.md

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about GUI or commandline, which is best? And we talk a few apps. ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1029.md

The boys are back! Tonight we have some fun. ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1028.md

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about AI use in FOSS projects ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1026.md

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about the news! Just a note for the audio listeners, this podcast was cursed. The ending was cut off. Apologies. ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1026.md

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about our favorite YouTubers! ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1025.md [time stamps] 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:36 Mini Topic 00:07:56 Main Topic: Favorite YouTubers 00:50:27 Nuggies of the Week

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about our favorite apps! ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1024.md

The boys are back! This week we're joined again by @BrodieRobertson to rank all the Linux drama from the last few years. For frun ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Brodie @BrodieRobertson on Youtube Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1023.md