This podcast episode of "The Linux Cast" features a discussion with guest Tony, focusing on essential tools and advice for users of Linux window managers and desktop environments. The conversation delves into personal Linux journeys, best practices, and the practical tools that enhance the user experience.
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Hey everybody, welcome to the newscast.
I'm your host Matt.
>> I'm Drew.
>> I'm Tony.
>> All right, so as you guys might have
noticed, we have a guest. This is Tony,
by the way. He runs a YouTube channel
that's called Tony, by the way. So
hello, Tony. Thank you for joining us.
>> Yeah, thanks for having me. All right,
so we have some topics for you guys and
we'll hear some more about Tony as the
show goes along, of course. So, we're
just going to have ourselves a podcast.
This is the Linux cast. We talk about
Linuxy things and tonight we we are
talking about the most Linuxy of things.
We last week we deviated and talk about
it talked talked about AI. We're going
to have one of those nights where Matt
can't talk [ __ ] Um anyway, uh we're
back on the Linux thing. We're going to
talk about window managers and desktop
environments and the tools that you need
to be good at them. So that's the thing
we're going to talk about. But before we
do, we have a mini topic which is this.
If you could go back in time and tell
your past self one thing, just one thing
about Linux, what would it be? Drew, you
carry us off first, please.
>> I would I would my first thing would be
don't listen to Matt. No, I'm just kidding.
kidding.
Good advice. Good advice.
>> I think I think that's actually
excellent advice. No, no. So, when I
first started using Linux, I watched a
lot of YouTubers out there and my
thought was, man, these guys are all
using Arch and they were all and I
wanted to use the same things that they
were did. I was a little dissatisfied
because I wasn't good enough, I think,
at that time to use Arch. And so I think
maybe that would have been my first
thing is like don't watch YouTube to
teach you something. Actually get in
there and start with something really
simple. If you can start with something
simple and master that then you can kind
of move on. But don't start with like
the hardest thing. You know what I'm
saying? So that's my one my one tip to
my uh former self.
>> And it's like home labbing. Like if if
you want to start a home lab and then
your first person you're introduced to
is Techno Tim, you know, you can't be
that guy. You know what I mean? Like
like you don't have that kind of money.
I'm so I'm sorry. You just ain't got you
don't have and you don't need it. So
yeah, that that that's that's absolutely
true. Good good good advice. Uh Nate,
what about you? What would be your first
thing or what what would you tell your
past self if you had the opportunity?
>> For the love of God, don't open a form ever.
ever.
Ever. I don't care if you have
questions. Just don't even open the
form. Don't even post a question. Unless
you just want to live through pain for
the rest of your life. So don't visit
the Arch Wiki forum or the Menaro forum. Okay.
Okay. >> Nunchu
>> Nunchu forums.
forums.
>> I think there are worse people in Abuntu
than there is Arch.
>> Hey, you want to know what? I'm sure
there are plenty of fine people there to
just outshadowed by the [ __ ]
>> The entire Nixos form.
>> What Nixos form? They all walked away.
All right. What about you, Tony? What if
you could go back in time? What would be
one thing you'd tell your past self
about Linux that would change everything?
everything?
>> Yeah, I think um for me like the what I
would tell myself when I first started
using Linux would be that the Unix
philosophy doesn't actually matter that
much because Unix was proprietary
garbage anyway. And so for me it's like
what matters more is like is it free and
open source and does it work
efficiently. I think the examples that I
would look point to would be like Emacs,
SystemD, and Exorg and stuff like those
don't really follow the Unix philosophy,
but they're excellent tools in my
opinion. But like stuff that does follow
the Unix philosophy like Sublime Text
and stuff like that's that's
proprietary. That's proprietary, you
know, tools and stuff, but it's kind of
Unix philosophy-esque. So, I just think
it I cared too much about that like
early on, but I think right now I just
don't care about it as much anymore. So
I have I I mean we were joking before we
started recording about you being DT's
mini me. Are are you you seem very
atrocious you seem very ardent in your open-source
open-source
you know interest. Are are you do you
use any Yeah. Do you do you use any
proprietary stuff at all? I'm just curious.
curious.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Yeah. If I'm
forced to use like some of this stuff
and I choose to use some of it stuff
like for convenience like Yeah. Exactly.
Discord is one of those tools and like I
have a job so I've got to use Slack and
stuff but um I try to use like um as
much as I can that's free and open
source just not because of like the
morality aspect mainly but because of
just it's it's just a lot of times it's
better usually in my opinion like my
experience is like the you know the open
source tools free free open source tools
just easier to work with so
>> I am gonna message DT and make sure that
he trademarks his proprietary garbage
thing just so that you can get charged
for that you know I wanted to send you a
Okay. All right. So, if I could go back
in time just one and say one thing to my
past self, what I would do is tell
myself that distros don't matter. When I
first started, I had this weird idea in
my head that in order to use a different
desktop environment, I had to switch to
a different dro. So like I started off
on iuntu on an ibuntu flavor and I think
it was budgie and I figured in order to
use KD I had to jump to iuntu or
kubuntu. If I wanted to use gnome I had
to use you know at at that point I don't
I think that it was before they jump to
Gnome so I had to use the gnome flavor
or whatever. So, and even beyond that, I
would tell myself that even beyond the
whole the desktop environment and DRO
not being tied together. It's just that
unless you're on Nixos,
every other DRO functions almost exactly
the same. Now, they have their own, you
know, release schedules and their stuff
like that, but for the most part, if you
learn Linux, you can use any dro out
there. And for for me personally, I
think that if id learned that a little
bit sooner, like before I opened up Open
Soua for the first time, I think I
probably would have hopped a lot less
because there was there was a period of
time between like 2017 and 2018 where I
was dro hopping every 5 to 7 days and it
was ridiculous. And part of it was just
that I I really like installing Linux.
like installing Linux to this day if
Drew posts a Debian install video I
watch it now like it's absolutely the
truth I love installing Linux so part of
it was that but also I just you know
always looking for for the perfect thing
and just they they're all basically
when you come down to it basically the
same so uh that's what I would say
>> so you're saying don't listen to
yourself you know
>> yeah don't listen to me that was good
that was the best advice of the night,
Drew, is don't listen to Matt. Absolutely.
Absolutely.
>> I would say I would say technically you
are true. They're almost the same except
for the little tumble weed thing that
you have going over there.
>> Would you I'm just saying that, you know.
know.
>> All right. First off, will somebody
murder that [ __ ] That's
horrible. That That was the rudest thing
he's ever done to me. And that's just
that's just horrible. I I I'm driving to
Oklahoma. I'm going to I I I'm probably
get trampled by a cow or something along
the way, but I'm just saying that was
horrible, Nate. And we're no longer friends
friends
>> in Call of Duty. But no, I got a
question for you, Matt, though. So,
would you argue though that because of
your I guess your addiction to DRO
hopping, like you learned a lot about
how to install different dros and stuff
and like how everything works and stuff
cuz I thought about that as a topic too
when you asked me like what do I would
have told myself maybe stop Dro hopping
early, but I feel like I'm a dro hopper
enabler. You know what I'm saying? And
you are too to an extent because of how
many how much content you put out there
about different dros.
>> I like I I like to think that I'm better
than I used to be. But you're right.
You're probably right. But YouTubers
cover dros because it does well on
YouTube. I mean that's part of the
thing, right? Like it's the best selling
content that we have for
>> because that was that's a question. I
mean I it used to be that I would watch
every single YouTuber's like Dro review.
Oh, new yubuntu and you know and and
there would be something but I I didn't
think that would it actually work that
way anymore.
>> Yeah, it really it's really surprising
that it does. Even now that YouTube is
pun so YouTube is in in a period where
the algorithm doesn't like to see the
Linux cast for whatever reason. It
doesn't like seeing my channel. So a lot
of my videos like that Hyperland video
it used to be if I published a window
manager video it would do really real
well. The the second version of the
Hyperland thing just tanked and it's
fine. I don't care but it it just did.
So, but the DRO stuff has maintained
fairly well. Oddly enough, Drew, the
podcast is is has tripled in volume
since we started taking on guests. And
then like every every week now, we were
getting like 2 or 3,000 views on the
video. Now, we're getting closer to five
to seven depending on the week. And the
audio vision, I I think I actually
showed you a a thing where it was just
been the same forever.
>> Yeah. since we brought on the the guests
and Brody and all the guys, it it's just
steadily gone up. So,
>> right on.
>> Yeah, it it's but anyways, the the point
I was trying to make is like the DR
stuff still does very very well for
whatever reason. And I think part of it
is that there's still there's still
quite a few people who were like us ages
ago looking for that forever DRO. And
that's the reason why that content will
always do well because there's always
new people coming into the community and
they're always searching what is the
best DRO. And if you you use that as a
title on a YouTube video, you're you're
liable to get quite a few people to
watch it. Even if like half of the
people who are going to get in there and
say, you know, pop OS is the best DRO
or, you know, open s is the best dro or
Debian or whatever. Actually, I mean to
your point, I'll actually put Tollix is
the best terminal and oh my lord, so
many people clicked on that video
because they were upset.
>> Well, they just want Come on, man. The
answer is Kitty. Of course, it's the best.
best. >> Yes.
>> Yes.
>> Well, to your point though, you
mentioned you did a hyperl part two
video. I actually saw that. Do you agree
with this statement that part two videos
are kind of in a way that they don't
perform as well as part ones because
they're like when you open the video if
you didn't watch part one you might just
close it. So, I knew going in that I was
taking a little bit of a risk doing it
as a series, but I I couldn't. So, when
I did one of my top rated videos of all
time was the how to use i3 video. It has
like 200,000 views or something. And
that was just one singular video. But
you can cover all of i3 in one video.
It's not even that long. It was like 20
minutes long. There's no way I can cover
all of Hyperland and Way Bar in one
video. It just wasn't going to happen.
It would be three or four hours long. Um
there's there's too much stuff there.
So, but I was never doing that series
knowing that it was going to be
instantaneously good. My hope is that
over time people will find the series
and and be able to watch it once it's
more once it's complete. Similar to like
how Learn Linux TV does some of his
stuff. Some of his stuff just tanks
right out of the bat, but over time it
grows because people will go search out
how to install Proxmox and that's where
the views come in. Also, it at the end
of the day, it does really Did someone
say west? True
west term,
you know. All right, so I have this to
say about terminals and maybe we'll talk
about more about terminals later, but my
biggest gripe about Nyx OS is that the
Kitty auto refresh config thing that
they have, which is like Kitty's best
feature doesn't work. And the sad thing
is like the westerm thing does westerm
has the same thing like if you touch the
configuration file it will actually
refresh all the terminals that are open
on a regular like real dro it works on
nxos doesn't work and it doesn't work in
kitty either and it really freaking bugs
me um because I like to change themes
all the time and this means I have to
have a I've had to basically code my own
auto refresh of everything in order for
it to work. It's not it's not great. it.
It's probably the reason why to when my
Nyx OS challenge is up, I'll be leaving
it behind just because that one thing
drives me freaking bonkers. All right.
Okay. So, we're going to go ahead and
move on to our
That's a U problem. It works just fine.
It I don't believe that for a minute,
Darth Vader, but whatever. Okay. I've
actually I've actually talked to I've
actually talked to the the the the uh
Kitty developers and they've found the
problem, but it's a Nyx OS issue. Uh and
the Nix guys would have to fix it. All
right. Anyways,
Matt responding to the chat. Just no
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that kind of stuff.
>> Never late.
>> No, no. Never late. And I'm just saying
this to be nice because I was such an a
mean person earlier. It's never Nate's
fault. Okay.
H his technology situation is steady,
man. And Drew's like, "It would be if
you used Debian."
>> All right.
>> Well, since you said that,
just one more time.
>> Yeah. Yeah. You know, it probably would
work well on Debian, too. But I don't
use a real DRO, so what do I can't even
say anything about it. All right. Let's
go ahead and move on to the main topic,
which is what are the tools you need to
be good at window managers and desktop
environments. So, I I threw in the
desktop environment thing mostly because
Nate's a desktop environment user and it
would feel weird, you know, not to talk
about them because the vast majority of
people are more like Nate than the rest
of us nerds. So, we're going to talk
about all of this stuff and that it will
also broaden the variety of tools
because the window manager stuff, I have
a feeling we all have the same 10 tools
written down. I I have a I have a
feeling. So, we'll see if that's true.
So, what we're going to do is we'll go
around the horn one at a time. You'll
list your first one and then we'll carry
on and then we'll go on and we'll repeat
until we we either run out or we run out
of time. So, Tony, why don't you take us
first? What is your first tool that you
would like to share?
>> Yeah, I mean the first tool for the
window manager would have to be the
display server, right? So
>> Oh, you're you're you're going lowle is
what you're doing. Okay.
>> Start from the ground up. I mean you
could pick exorg or I guess you could
pick Wayland for the compositor, but
like yeah, that's you need that
absolutely as a tool I would say for the
window manager.
>> Well, yeah, because without the window
manager, you wouldn't in fact have a
window manager.
>> Yeah, exactly. But do you mean like do
you mean when you say tools do you just
mean like
>> things you actually like interact with
like in order to so for example I'm just
going to take one away from everybody
and call ROI as the thing right so that
that's what I mean by tools roy is a
thing maybe we'll talk more about roy so
you're right though window manager is an
essential tool if you want to be good at
window managers
>> Nate what about you what what about what
are the tool that you find essential to
using a desktop environment or window manager
manager
>> go to Drew cuz I got to think about this
one. I had a chance to even talk about it.
it.
>> He warned us to begin with that he was
phenomenally unprepared. So, we
shouldn't be we didn't should be
surprised. Drew, why don't you take us over?
over?
>> You know what's funny is I use very few
tools. You know, it it's very kind very
minimalistic. I think by definition,
window managers have a very minimal UI.
So when it comes right down to it, I
have like a bar and in DWM I use S SL
status and in other window managers I
use something else. So a bar to see some
type of output, you know, whether it be
your volume or how much RAM you're using
or how much disc space is actually being
used or more more specifically uh what
tag or workspace that you're currently
on. So, those are the kind that's the
tool I guess is the bar. Uh, not
everybody uses a bar, by the way. Just
letting people know that some people
>> understand those people.
>> Yeah. Some people just don't. I I
watched Tyler do an entire video on
BSPWM and never looked at the bar and
never even decided, you know, never
installed a bar. And he was just like,
"Yeah, I'm happy as a clam. Never never
gonna even look at a bar." So, anyway,
yeah, I'm gonna go with the bar. And uh
in this case, since I am using DWM, it's
SL status.
>> Okay. So, I too have bar on my list. All
right. Uh Nate, did you come up with one?
one? >> No.
>> No.
>> Oh, good. >> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> I I I I'll do a mulligan then because
the display server was kind of a gimmick
cuz he said he mentioned bar. I guess
you mentioned roy. So, I'll go to the
next one. I mean a compositor. I mean,
it's it's it's nice to have, you know,
like a pycom or a Compton or something. Mhm.
Mhm.
>> And I know Drew uh Drew has a really
nice PyCom config that I might kind of
>> borrow and make some modifications to
it, but
>> yeah, I wish I could take credit, but um
the the PyCom fork that I use is called
the FT Labs version of PyCom. It is
outstanding if you're asking me. So,
>> yeah, I was looking at a couple of your
videos and I really like the animations
that you've put into DWM. I've got a guy
in my Discord. He uh his name is Bugs.
He he is also really into the PyCom
world. So I do want to make like a
really dialed PyCom config. But I I have
a fourline config right now. So it's
like kind of a low priority for me. But
I think that's probably like the third
thing you go for like after the bar and
the uh the run launcher.
>> Okay. So my first one technically my
first one was ROI, but
>> my next one then would be V like I know
this isn't a tool but I needed to come
up with some things. So, Vim keys like
without if you don't learn the Vim keys,
you're probably going to be lost in a
window manager cuz they all use them.
Although, I3 does this really stupid
thing where where instead of HKL, it's
JKL semicolon. Change that [ __ ] But
learn the Vim keys. Even if you're not
going to use Vim, learn the Vim motions.
You're going to be much happier than if
you don't because like every everything
uses them in even beyond just the window
manager part of it. like everything like
like you can use them in your browser a
lot of the times a lot of times like
like in in in Discord a lot of those
things are Vim bindings by default so
yeah learn your Vim keys you'll be very
happy that you did okay
>> I think Nick's ready
>> is that true Nate you have one for us excellent
excellent
>> take it away
>> I actually do >> good
>> good
>> so the first one is because I use Pop
OS2 that I actually need extensions
because I can't stand the default look
it just bothers me. So, I need my
extension so I can actually customize
the Gnome desktop and make it look and function
function
>> less like less like Gnome is what you're
trying to say, >> right?
>> right? >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Yep.
>> Yep.
>> Yeah. Because I I one of one day I will
run a poll and ask how many people
actually run vanilla Ubuntu. I bet you
there are some really weirdos out I'm
very much judging people who use vanilla
Gnome, but it it I'd be
>> I used it for a while actually when I
was like 13. I I would like to
I would like to meet someone who
actually does like ask them why like
like what I I know someone actually I
know there are people who who do use
vanilla gnome but I would wonder why
they do so just because it just feels
like it'd be you know like really hard
to use like there's just certain things
that I mean certain things that you need
like um let's say for example you use
Dropbox and the only way to interface
with Dropbox boxes to have a a icon up
in the bar. You can't have it in
vanilla. You have to use an extension to
do it. So, I don't know. It's It's weird
to me. Um
>> same thing with Next Cloud.
>> Yeah. NE Yeah, next cloud sync thing.
You know, any number of things are just
like live up there in the in the system
tray. And the fact that you don't have
that by default is is is not great.
Turned into a Gnome bashing session
there for a second. Sorry, Gnome guys,
but you shouldn't be surprised. Drew,
your next one. Well, I need something to
bind my keys. And most of the time, like
I said, I'm use DWM. I could very easily
just have all my key bindings within the
DWM config and that would be fine. I
don't. I use SXHKD in combination with
DWM. The reason why is for simplicity. I
have kind of like the bare essentials in
my DWM config and I use sshkd in case I
was just going to change one thing, you
know, and I don't have to like, you know,
know, >> recompile
>> recompile
>> recompile the thing and and I I kind of
do that for others since somebody since
so many people have actually either
taken my DWM config or forked it. I just
think it's easy for them just to say,
"Oh yeah, I want to change my browser
from Firefox to something else." and
then they can easily do that and just
hit super escape and it reloads the
SXHKD and you're you're good to go. So
that is, you know, that's kind of a
gimme, you know, but having something
that manages your key bindings. There
you go.
>> Yeah. Tony, your next one. Yeah, I would
say um this is start you start to get
kind of like the extra extra credit
territory here, but like a file manager,
especially for like when you start
getting into the YouTube world like
making videos and stuff like it's a lot
easier to mess around with a file
manager like a gooey one like PC man or
something than
>> is that what you use is PC?
>> I do use PC Manfm. It's pretty
lightweight. It's pretty nice. But um
yeah, I think it's like pretty much
standard I think or like I'll have like
LF or something for basic stuff or
whatever. But I think PC man FM is like
a really good one and you know you could
theme it you know you can extend it but
um yeah it's really nice.
>> So I am known as the file manager guy. I
have probably I have probably about 30
videos on my channel all about file
managers and I'm going to put out there
a I'm going to drop a bomb as the kids
say because I I have I have been
>> preaching Crusader probably since
everyone's known me like forever. It's
my was my favorite Linux app.
>> I don't use Crusader anymore and I
haven't for months. I don't h I don't
have a graphical file manager on my
system at the moment. I'm using Ranger.
I realized that because I use I use flat
pack for Vivaldi and you can't drag and
drop from a a non-flat pack to a flat
pack because of the portals thing
without doing a whole bunch of
rigomearroll BS. So, um, and really
that's the only place I ever needed to
drag and drop to. And that was the only
reason I ever used a graphical file
manager really was so I could have that
drag and drop. Now, so there's going to
be somebody in the chat that says,
"Well, Matt, you could use Dragon in in in
in
Ranger and have drag and drop." I don't
actually need it, but I I just didn't
need to have all those packages from KDE
installed on my system anymore. So, I've
been using Ranger. I tried Yazi for a
little while, and Yazi is really really
good. I just don't care for the way that
that their configuration files written.
I I it it's I think it's TOML. I'm just
not I'm just It's not like it's hard.
But I just Ranger is basically plain
text. So it's just there and I've been
using it for so long. I have a
configuration file that just works
really really well. So yeah.
>> For Ranger though, for you like since
you make a lot of YouTube videos, do you
ever do you just open up like a YouTube
video and hit enter and just kind of
watch it in MPV or whatever just to test
the audio or whatever?
>> Yeah, the the audio I I have it so that
if I'm listening just audio, it'll just
open up in the terminal with a terminal
audio player. I'm not I'm not actually
sure what I use. It's probably it's
probably the MPC or something like that
and then the video. Yeah. Just opens up
in a a centered MPV thing or if if it
can't find the proper codec, it will
move on to VLC.
>> Right on.
>> So, yeah,
I'm very happy with that. So, but you're
right, a file manager is definitely a
necessity. A lot of people like Drew,
you're a Thunar guy, right? Yeah, Thunar
for years just using Thunar. I I I've
I've used a bunch of them. Um but for
the last few years, Thunar has always
been a staple for sure.
>> Yeah. And Nate, I'm not actually sure
I've ever asked you this question. What
question? What file manager do you use?
>> I just use Nautilus. It works. Oh
>> god, I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
mouth.
>> That's horrible.
>> Don't care. I just need to get access to
my files.
>> I know. I know. I'm I'm the weird one
where I'm like a file manager snob. It's
it's it's it's a weird thing to be. All
right. So, I I will say this for my next
one. Clipboard history. I need a
clipboard history of some kind of
whether it's clip menu D and XOR or clip
hist in Whan. Uh I use that thing
constantly just because I don't want
like I'm always copying multiple things
and then forgetting what's in the
clipboard buffer. So, it's just so much
easier, especially once you you once you
So, my Vim config
wasn't attached to the system clipboard
at all. But my Emacs config is so if I
cut something using any of the number of
ways you can cut something in Emacs, it
goes to the system configuration file or
system clipboard buffer no matter what. So
So
often times I'll copy something in
Emacs, not realize that I did it and
then you know it's all kind of messed
up. But I can go back in history with
clip hist with roy attached to it and it
just works really well. So
a lot of desktop environments have this
built in like KD does. Gnome has an
extension that you can add for it. Uh so
if you don't have a clipboard history
manager, I highly recommend you going to
download one. So, uh, that's my next
one. I'm kind of out of order, so I
think Nate, you're next.
>> So, I have one that maybe not
technically a desktop or window manager
tool, but is definitely on literally
every Linux desktop or even server that
I have, and that's SSH. I have to have
SSH. Um, mostly because I spent the
money for, you know, this nangle thing
that uh kind of does that thing.
So, this is my SSH. So, when I'm away, I
use this to SSH into my desktops and my servers.
servers.
>> Yeah. And look, it's like stupid thin. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> But anyways, that's the brand new one,
by the way.
>> Every time you show that off, I'm going
to tell you not to pull Tyler. I just
I'm just
And if if Tyler wants me to stop talking
[ __ ] about him, he can come back on the
podcast. I'm just saying.
>> Drew, you're >> good.
>> good.
>> You know, go ahead. if you had something
to say.
>> I was just gonna ask, is that Zany?
You're talking about Zany?
>> Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> He He's He's off in the wilderness some
somewhere. He he he left his his version
of Nate's phone on the top of his car
and um Yeah. He cousin
>> He had this one
>> which is that one.
>> Yeah. Very very pricey mistake, but And
I I will never let him live let it let
him live it down. Anyways, I think Drew,
it's your turn next. So, I know that you
said ROI already, Matt, but I think we
should like we should make a full circle
turn here because Roie is that good and
that outstanding and is that freaking
flexible. So, if you have any desire to
tinker and write any type of scripting
that can output to ROI, it is such a
freaking boon, man. I like Matt's like,
"Hey, I need something that uh that
copies the um the the git files on our
server and I'm like, "Yeah, let's let's
output that to Roie." And so Matt sits
there and like just clicks on that and
it and it copies the uh the URL and
boom, and he's doing that. And not to
mention the fact that you can do so many
other things like for example, I just
mentioned about um key bindings. Okay.
So in the in the uh in the several
window managers that I am kind of like
doing as projects, I always have a super
H as a keybind which is all of the key
bindings that have been you know that
are in the config and all of that is
output to roy so that you can see what
the key bindings are for all of these
projects. So if I'm in DWM, for example,
and I hit super H, it shows not just the
SXHKD conf uh which is actually parsing,
it's also looking at the DWM key
binding. So everybody has like a record.
Oh, it's uh it's super F for Thunar.
There you go. So ROI is so good, so
flexible. And if you have the need to uh
to write any scripts that kind of output
to ROI, take advantage. I I will second
everything there. It's just so good. Go ahead.
ahead.
>> Co-sign that too. Same thing with Dmenu.
I think a similar concept. >> Absolutely.
>> Absolutely.
>> I've seen you do a video. Well, at least
I think it was your DWL video actually
where I was like, "Oh, yeah. He's using
Dmenu and he's using it well, you know."
>> You know.
>> Yeah. I was uh I I made a script to um
like get bookmarks and stuff for into
Dmenu and it opens it in different
browsers and stuff just according to
like what uh if it's personal or
workrelated and stuff. And so yeah, it's
it's like browser. It's it's it's nice
to use. You can make a bash script and
just it's really Yeah, I think scripting
in ROI and D menu is a really good way
to like learn about bash and like learn
about just I don't know computing. It's
like really convenient and it's super
minimal. But yeah, I watched your video
on uh exactly what you're talking about
with the help the super H. I was like
that's actually a really cool idea. So
I'm thinking about maybe um whipping up
something for for my setup too that
helps with the keybinds.
>> There you go. I don't know what half my
key minds are and probably does probably
means that I don't need half of them,
but that's okay. Um, all right. So, uh,
Tony, I think that you're next.
>> Uh, yeah, I think none of us have
covered this one yet, but this is again
one of those nice to haves. And this
would be like a wallpaper manager. Like,
uh, a lot of people use nitrogen or
whatever. I just use X wallpaper or
Swaybg depending on like if I'm in
Wayland or X. But, um, you know, I
didn't even use a wallpaper for a long
time because it's it's not really
needed, but you know, it it definitely I
think we all use them, right?
wallpapers. Yeah.
>> Yeah, I'll use them.
>> So, that would be like that's something
that we haven't covered yet, but yeah,
I'll throw like an X wallpaper script
into like um you know a start X or like
a auto start script for DAWM or
something and it just you know sets a
wallpaper and it's nice nice to have for
sure. Doesn't come out of the box with
window manager. So,
>> yeah, I use S swwww because it has fancy
animations, you know. So, I got I got to
have all that bling bling. All right.
So, I think I'm next. So, my next one is
like I will refuse to use a window
manager if it doesn't have it or I can't
make one. So, and it's scratch pads. I I
will die on the hill that scratch part
scratch pads are the number one thing
that I need. Like like I use them
constantly. Like I'm I'm like I have two
two terminals. I have Pulse Mixer. I
have my Jellyfin Tuy that's over there
for my music. Um, my clip history uses
one of those scratch pads. I have one
for a couple other things and they're
just so so good and they're so useful.
Even if I don't use the thing all the
time, it's just nice to know that if if
for whatever reason I get a pi pipe wire
update or whatever and my source on my
microphone changes to something
different and I need to go in and change
something, I just know that I can do
superv pulse mixer will drop down. I can
change to the correct source and it
works fantastic. I don't have to open up
anything else. It's just always there,
always running. And just have just
having a regular terminal that you can
just kind of have in the background
running something if you need to. So
like if you're So every time I run a
back I do all of my backups for this
computer manually, which is probably not
a great idea, but I've gotten into a
habit of doing it and I I just open up a
scratch pad, type in my b my alias for
my backups, let it go, it goes away. It
doesn't takes up take up a workspace at
all. Scratch pads are amazing and it's
the number one reason why I can't use
Roh Neri because Neri does not have them
and I I I need them. So yeah, scratch
pads are my next one and they are very
good. I'm not sure who I've totally got
out of order. So who goes next?
>> I think it's Nate.
>> Nate, go ahead. Sorry. Sorry. I I I
was going around in a circle and now all
of a sudden we're going in criss
crisscross motion. So
>> I think I jumbled you up with the ex
with the exorg thing and then Nate
wasn't ready. So we had some little com combinations.
combinations.
>> It's okay. I I I normally, you know, I
can't keep track of crap anything. So
just it would have eventually got mixed
up no matter what. So Nate, go ahead.
>> So surprisingly, and Drew is going to be
very happy with this. Very, very happy.
I've been converted over to Genie.
>> I have been using
a lot
>> and I actually really like it quite a
bit. And so now every time that I use
any files that I want to edit or
anything, any bash scripts, I'm I'm in
Genie constantly.
>> So are you using vanilla genie or
something that you've created yourself
or did you do like I did and just steal
everything that Drew's ever done?
>> I stole everything that Drew's done.
>> Yeah, that's what I thought. It's a good
choice because his his config for Genie
is just h chef kiss so good. Um, it
>> Yeah, I kind of went through his dot
files and and took everything that he
had, basically.
>> I'll take some of that.
>> That's what it's there for, bro. That's
what it's there for.
>> It's free and open source, man. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yoink, yoink. >> Um,
>> Um,
>> check out Butternotes. It's Foss.
>> You're causing so many problems.
>> Don't say it. Don't do that.
>> Yeah. All right. So yeah, I also had I
didn't I don't have Genie on my list,
but I do have editors on on my list. So
you should learn the editor wars are
stupid. Just use what you want to use,
but I I would point people towards
something like Genie as well for the
most part. I would highly advise against
Emacs. Um not because Emacs is bad and
then I'm not using it. I like Emacs, but
it's a it's like the there if there was
a time hole that you just want to sink
all of your time into, you would just
jump into it and never come out. It's it's
it's
>> So, you're saying you're invested
>> and when once you start, you figure,
well, I might as well finish. But the
problem is there's no finish, dude.
You're you're just always tweaking that
configuration file. It's it's it's so
stupid. And because my configuration is
fine. It's very very good. I think
granted I've stolen all of it from other
people, but still there every once in a
while I'll just scroll because you on
like GitHub. You can go to GitHub and
search for Emacs configs, right? You
just search for things and I'll just do
that when you know just have a little
bit of extra time. So I just go through
people's random people's Emacs configs
and I oh that's a cool feature. I'm
going to implement that in mine. So I
next next spend I I spend the next two
hours trying to get it to fit into the
the the list configuration that I have
going and you know I'm breaking things
all over the place and getting errors
and then finding where how the
just do what Nate and Drew do and use
Genie. it'd be it'd be so much better
off. Or you
Vim is kind of the same. But Vim, I
think, is like there there's a a certain
point where Vim if you add too many
plugins, it falls down, you know? It
just it feels like you can have too much
stuff there and eventually you're going
to have what you want. With Emacs,
because Emacs isn't actually a text
editor, it's a lisp comp a lisp,
whatever the [ __ ] Um I I lost the word there.
there.
>> It's an interpreter. Thank you. Um
uh but because of that true it doesn't
really fall down no matter how big your
configuration file is. So my
configuration file is huge. So I just
can keep adding to it.
>> You have to admit something to all of us
right now because you are also the guy
that will patch DWM
to death. Like to literal death. >> True.
>> True. >> Okay.
>> Okay.
Yeah. Yeah. I I will in fact patch DWM
for fun and try to achieve a world record.
record.
>> I mean, if you really want to go
proprietary garbage, there is VS Code.
>> Actually, you could use VS Codium. You
can use Kodium and it's
>> Yeah, I know. >> Yeah,
>> Yeah,
>> I have it. But I'm just saying if you
really want to go there, you can use VS Code.
Code.
>> I have it installed. I don't think I've
ever opened it.
>> I don't know why.
>> VS Coding.
>> No. Well, it's probably VS Code. I don't
even know exact I installed it, I think,
to test a flat pack of something.
>> Yeah. And then
>> none of us none of us I mean none of us
mentioned text editors until Nate
brought up Genie. But I think when you
for me Vim like with I have an eightline
config file for vanilla vim like it's
just an eight line VR vimrc that I just
kind of memorized. So whenever I load up
like an arch ISO or any ISO image I
literally just open the the root VMRC
and add like a couple lines to it just
to make it tolerable. But um that's why
I like Vim a lot. Once you're like
loaded into your like daily driver, I
mean, if you're not using Emacs, I mean,
you know what I'm saying? That's I feel
like it's the endgame of of of I don't
even want to get in trouble for this,
but it's like really the end game of
editing text, even though it doesn't
have a text editor in in it at all. But, uh,
uh,
>> don't listen to that fool. It's
absolutely not true. Vim is the fine Vim
is where you should stop, okay? I don't
do what I did and get suckered into
using Emacs because once you do, you'll
you'll just never leave it behind. And
and there's nothing inherently wrong
with Emacs. It's just that
>> it's a time sync for sure. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Also, Vim Vim is I I've spent
hundreds of hours over the course of the
last two months making Emacs into the
perfect replica of Vim.
>> Of Vim. Yeah.
>> So, basically, I'm just using a much
more bloated version of Vim. It's
absolutely the truth. And it bloated as
in like if you compared the
configuration line numbers like I have
like a 10,000 line emacs config and my
my Vim config was like 300 or something.
So definitely vote voted that. All
right. So Drew I think you're next.
>> Did someone say genie? Oh
>> he was he was just over there just you
know stroking his genie config.
>> I'm just looking at my genie right here
to my left. I'm like, anyway, um you
know what's funny is um because we had a
little bit of a uh a pod what was it a
few weeks ago and anything and we kind
of like okay this is the things we need
and you know all of us need browsers all
of us need you know an editor of some
kind and but you know the one thing that
we didn't talk about was a terminal and
yeah yeah I use westerm and I and I
mentioned it in the in the chat as well
you know and I like it and I not no I
don't just like it it's like it's sick.
It's my favorite terminal that I've used
period and so much so that I actually
put my money where my m my mouth is and
I contribute to that project because I
think it's that good and having a Lua
config. I mean I spent a long time on my
lua config for Weserm. It's it's it's
good. It's really stinking good. And I
know everyone's going to go kitty but
kitty and everything. Fine. I'm just
telling you Wes term for me is
so good.
>> I'm actually curious, did you ever uh
experiment with ST because I know you're
a DWM?
>> Actually, I have an ST as part of my uh
suckless project or DWM project and I
use both. So I use Werm as my primary ST
is there as a um scratch pad. Um so I
use both so that in so that anybody can
use either one they want basically. And
I like it that way because I don't
really use scratch pads. Certainly not
to the level that Matt does, you know. I
might, you know, I might like I think
SuperV to get the uh uh volume mixer up
there and that's about it. You know,
that's that's kind of my and I have used
Ranger to to Matt's, you know, to Matt's
point as well. But no, yeah, I have I
think about six or seven patches with my ST
ST
>> patched to be usable. So a couple
patches to make it usable, but Yeah.
>> Yeah. I like that it's 25 megs like it
test 25 megabytes of RAM with a couple
patches compared to like um you know 200
megabytes or whatever with some of these
other ones.
>> So we we did that Westerm review back
like six months ago or something and I
liked Ro I liked Westerm just fine. It
was really good. My thing is like I I
have a Kitty config and I'm going to
drive Kitty into the ground. Like I did
it with termite. I used that thing until
it just was no longer maintained. And
then I did with with Lacardy, I used
that until it broke um and couldn't
couldn't fix it. So I probably will do
the same with Kitty, but that wasn't
really a knock on Western. I think
Westerm was equally as good.
>> So Nate, you're still using Westerm at
some level. Yeah. Okay.
>> Yeah. I used I use Tix and Westerm. So
like Tiles I use, as you can see, I just
use for monitoring stuff. That's it.
Yeah, that's all I really use TX for.
But my actual day-to-day use for a
terminal is Weserm.
>> So Matt, the one thing that I can make,
you know, if and if anybody is curious
about that, there is the stable version
of Weserm that is 2024. I I don't know
what the it's like June of 2024 or
something like that. Don't do that. Uh
use the nightly version of Wterm if you
are going to install it. it is
infinitely faster, infinitely better in
terms of like uh just operation speed.
Uh so yeah, just do that. That was the
one mistake I think I probably made in
when we did that Wes term that video,
sorry, that that podcast and when we
actually did the review, I should have
just said, "Hey everybody, get get on
the nightly version as opposed to the uh
the old stable version." It's better.
That's just it's just better.
>> Good. All right. So, I think I think
it's my turn next. I'm not exactly. Okay.
Okay.
>> Did Tony go?
>> Uh, I think the last thing I have Yeah,
I didn't go. I think the last thing that
I I have on the list that we none of us
have covered is a screen locker. So, I
don't know if you guys I use lock. This
is a suckless tool, but like i3 lock and
stuff like that. Um, I don't know if you
know if you guys even use that stuff,
but that's I have like we all we hit
everything on my list.
>> Okay, that's fine. I I have I have a a
few more that I'll probably rattle off,
but Screen Locker is a good one. I have
it listed as a screen idle blocker
because on on
like Gnome you can download caffeine. I
use that thing all the time. That's like
one of the extensions that I have to
have. On plasma they have it built in
where you can kind of block the screen
from going off. On
Hyperland it's actually attached to
Wayar for some reason. Like as far as I
know you can't detach it from way bar.
Like there's no way to to not just hit
the button. You have to the button.
There's So if someone knows how to
create a key binding in Hyperland to
control the idle uh inhibitor, I would
be forever grateful cuz then I could
latch it onto a button instead of having
to use the mouse like a a Neanderthal.
But I also use Hyperlock is the is a
locker thing. So cool. All right. So I'm just
just
>> I have like a couple more, but I'll let
you rattle off.
>> Okay. Um well, why don't we just because
Tony's out, we'll just rattle off the
rest of ours as we go along. I I'll
rattle mine off. Um, and then we can we
I'll go to to you guys. So, I have uh so
I have a rediscovery here. So, in i3,
one of my favorite things was the
ability to use tabs in like in DWM you
could use monle mode or QL you could use
monle mode where all the the windows are
piled on top of each other and you you
could use key bindings to switch back
and forth. So, you just have them all
full screen but they just, you know,
switch back and forth. I did not know
that Hyperland had this. They call them
groups. I'm using them all the time.
like every single workspace I have has a
group on it and it even has like a title
bar for the tabs. It's really really
good. So I I've rediscovered that and
highly recommend that layout. It's very
very good. Uh I don't really I I really
don't like windows side by side as much
as I used to. Like it was it was fine
but I want everything full screen just
cuz my eyesight is so crap. I I making a
window smaller and making the text
smaller just makes it harder for me to
read. So, keeping everything full
screen, but having the ability to have
tabs on it is just so good. What are you
giggling about there, Drew?
>> Freaking Nate.
>> What? What? What
>> you talking about? Ning full screen. I'm
like full screen.
>> He just buys another monitor.
>> Just pick one.
>> I I didn't I was too busy looking at the
field notes thing in my hand. I didn't
even notice that. I could have had a
good laugh. All right. U my other one is
another thing that I've kind of
rediscovered is that uh key chords. Like
in SXHKD, you can do key chords really
nice. Like they're really really good.
Uh on Hyperland they're not quite as
good, but they do exist. So I've been
setting those up in a hyperland. They uh
I I miss having like I can do like uh
alt X and then another key after that to
launch a whole bunch of different
applications and it just broadens the
number of keys you have available to do.
It's kind of like u key chords in EMAC.
You like you can have so many different
key chords in EMAC. It key Emacs is key
chords. Like there's not anything that's
not a key chord in EMAC. Um, this kind
of brings some of that functionality to
your window manager. All I think like if
you're using an X11 uh window manager,
SXHKD is the best way to do it. Even
though like QAL supports them, I'm
pretty sure there's a patch for DWM that
you can get to support key chords out of
the box without a a a key a keyboard um
key binding manager thing. I I think and
and I know for sure like um Xmonad if
you if you understand Haskell you can go
and put you can put keywords in there
too. Uh on Whand I'm not sure if any
other ones do it other than Hyperland.
I'm not sure about Sway or Neri to be
honest with you. So keywords another one
and Drew I'm surprised you like for
whatever reason I wrote down scripting
like scripting is a tool if you want to
use a window manager chances are you
should learn how to script because
there's so much you can like. So, I got
to ask a question about CQile with you,
Matt, because I know that if you're
liking things in full screen, have you
tried that zooi? I think it's called
zooi uh layouts for Qile.
>> Okay. It's basically you see the, you
know, it's full screen and then you've
got this little strip on the right where
there's like the other windows.
>> It's like an accordion type thing, right?
right?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. I've seen it. I've never used it.
Um, the two that I always used was uh
Monad Tall and the Monle mode just
because those are the two that were were
>> I kind of like the Zooi thing. In fact,
I think DDUs also was like, man, I like
that Zooi thing.
>> I'll have to check out because I do
actually have Qile installed. I've been
looking at it uh because some of my Qile
configs are Oh god, they're so good. I
miss them so much. So, I I may I'm I may
be going back to Qile soon. We'll see. I
I have just a couple more. Pulse Mixer,
we talked about that a little bit. And
then uh I want a window manager always
with a window manager command. So like
um HyperCTL on Hyperland. Um BSPC on
BSPWM. Um uh I3 cmd I think on i3. Um I
I'm you can get something similar for
DWM I believe. So you can control a lot
of stuff in the terminal. Um, so my
window manager has to have one of those
things. So, so that I can do scripting
and control a lot of stuff. Uh, and if
it doesn't have it, I just don't I just
really don't want it.
>> Forgot to mention Pavu control. Like
it's like uh when it you mentioned like
audio mixer. Yeah.
>> You don't get
>> you don't get that out of the box when
you make a window manager and I think
PACL or whatever is like too hard to
work with to be honest with you. So,
it's nice to have like a little gooey
for it. Yeah, definitely have bindings
for audio and stuff like I highly
recommend that. All right. So, uh Nate,
why don't you list off the ones that you
have next or left?
>> So, if I'm using Awesome WM, then I like
to have my widgets just because I I have
dyslexia, so I always get my key
bindings wrong. So, I always keep a
widget to the side and that's very very
helpful. Um, the other one is if I'm in cosmic,
cosmic,
for the love of God, install flat seal
because everything they do is in flat
packs. So have flat seal available.
You're going to have to use it. Um, and
the the next thing too is I like to I'm
just going to list off some of the
applications. I like micro for really
quick edits in the terminal. I prefer it
over nano if you want to just do a quick
edit. Also, I make sure that depending
on any disc I'm on, uh, Pipewire is
installed because holy crap, I do not
like Pulse Audio, nor do I like Alsa.
But, um, >> what?
>> what? >> Basically,
>> Basically,
yeah, basically I make sure Popar server
is installed so that way it's working.
And then the last few ones I I'm just
going to write them off. I like to have
[ __ ] uh, Da Vinci Resolve, Caden Live,
Handbreak, and, uh, Audacity installed
because I do a lot of media stuff. So,
those are my daily tools that I like to
use all the time.
>> All right, Drew, list off your the last
ones you have left.
>> Let me think. Okay, Flameshot. I like I
like Flameshot. I like um, LX
Appearance, obviously, if you're looking
to do some type of like color scheme
theming. Uh if you are on uh if you're
in in an X11 uh window manager, it just
seems like Alex appearance is the only
game in town. So there you go. I think
that's about it.
>> Oh, good lord. Monitoring systems.
>> Uh yeah, I got one >> Vtop
>> Vtop
Inv. Uh I got several of them.
>> None of us mentioned it and somebody in
the chat just put this out point this
out there, but we got Neochetch. We
forgot to put the obligatory uh Neo
Fetch in there. Yeah. You can't use it
with a manager.
>> If you're miss Yeah. If you're
mentioning like uh any type of like
flameshot or something like that, you
have to have you have to have
>> you have to have a new fast fetch. Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Um but yeah.
>> All right. So I think that that is it
for us on this particular topic. So for
those of you who are watching live,
you've probably been telling us in the
chat what you've what you've been using.
So definitely check that out. I'm sure
that there's some tools out there that
we didn't cover, but these are just kind
of the ones that we we use. And I I know
that we covered the more general tools
in a previous episode, but we're talking
more about window managers and stuff
like that. So, it's not exactly a cop. I
know. Somebody in the chat said, "Well,
didn't you guys just do this episode
like six weeks ago?" We talk about apps
a lot, guys. Okay, it's fine. All right.
So, we're going to move on to the
nuggies of the week. I really need a soundboard.
soundboard.
>> Um, it'd be great if I had a soundboard.
Um, that'd be
>> open to you live.
>> Nugies of the week.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Nate's doing all the sound.
I'm just He's got the voice for it, man.
All right. But but anyways, the Nuggies
of the Week are the last part of the
podcast. Basically, this is where we
talk about our tips, tricks, app picks,
whatever you want to call them. And uh
we just basically things that we'd like
to share with you guys. So Tony, as the
guest, you get to go first. What is your
nuggie of the week?
>> Yeah, I don't know. Like it took me like
maybe eight years to learn this. Uh but
if you just type exclamation mark twice
in the terminal, it just runs the last
command. And it's really really helpful
for like when you type um like apt
install something and you get prompted
with oh didn't you mean to run this as
pseudo and instead of like typing the
command over again with pseudo at the
front, you can just type pseudo double
exclamation part mark or like pseudo
bang bang. It's just like super quick to
run like the last command as pseudo. I
think I do that like literally five or
six times a day because it's just like a
habit to not put pseudo at at the
beginning of stuff.
>> Aliases, my friend. Use aliases. You'll
you'll never have to do it ever again.
>> I do have a question. Sorry. He said pseudoappt.
pseudoappt.
>> I'm talking for
>> You mean Nala?
>> Oh, yeah. I appreciate that. >> Sorry.
>> Sorry.
>> Also, Tony, aren't you on like Nyx OS
right now? Yeah, I'm I'm just giving it
for more for like I think
>> for for the real distros is what you're
trying to say, right?
>> It's more so like if you go on Dro Dro
watch or whatever like 64% of people are
using I think Mint or something. So you
just got to cover your basis with the
app. Do you know what I mean?
>> Yeah, I know.
>> But yeah, same thing for Pac-Man and
Emerge and all that stuff and >> doesn't
>> doesn't
have that. So
>> yeah, I was just making the not a real
Dro joke. Sorry. Oh yeah, that that
that's that gotten you a little hot a
little bit of hot water, didn't it?
>> Just a tad. I I actually if it was
closer, I have a hat that says not a
real dist logo on it next to it. So
>> that's that's good merch. That's good merch.
merch.
>> I I Oh yeah. Yeah.
>> I was really sad cuz I dropped a comment
on that video like 4 seconds before you
deleted it. So I don't know if you saw
Yeah. I don't know if you saw it. It was
a copy paste of like um actually what
you're referring to is, you know,
GNU/NixOS or whatever.
Yeah, that that would have been the
perfect troll. No, I I maybe I saw it. I
don't know. It was It was ages ago. All
right, so um Nate, your nugget of the
week, please.
>> So, mine is of course hardware related.
We all know how I am, but this is
actually a I found it really really
cool. Um it is OWC slim optical drive
enclosure. So, basically, if you're like
me and you constantly have like laptops
that you're pulling apart all the time,
you wind up a lot of times with like DVD
drives or even sometimes Blu-ray drives.
And if you want to preserve those and
actually use them, you can use this
enclosure and it literally just slots in
and you have now a portable DVD drive,
portable Blu-ray drive that you can just
keep with you at all times. And it's
really cool. I thought it was just a
really neat product. I would like a slim
one as well, but the one the um the
drive that I have is like I don't know.
It's like a size of a shoe box. And it's
only a DVD drive, too. Actually, what?
Now that I think about it, maybe it is a
Blu-ray drive. I don't actually know cuz
I don't own any Blu-ray drive Blu-ray
discs. I'm like living in the 90s and
all I have is DVDs
and VHS tapes, surprisingly enough. All
right. Uh Drew, your nuggies of the
week. Okay, stay with me because I'm
going to use fresh RSS which has already
been used before. Okay, fresh RSS is an
RSS feed reader. Now, I'm going to
specify because most of us will go and
look at specific
uh either GitHub repos, Codeberg repos,
GitLab repos, and all of them have an
RSS feed. So what you can do is you can
copy the RSS from all of this like
beautiful software and put it in your
RSS feed reader. And so when things get
updated, when there are commits to all
of those uh software repos, you get like
a um an a a timestamped list of
everything that's happened in all of
these uh projects. I'm going to tell
you, I really enjoyed that this week
where I added all this software to my
RSS feed reader and I'm able to see all
of these commits uh on uh a bunch of
different projects that I'm curious about.
about. >> So,
>> So,
>> nerd. I get it. That I knew that was the
next thing out of your mouth, nerd.
Well, well, it's just that would just be
repeating a joke because that's exactly
what I called you when you told the it
was I it wasn't like late at night, but
Drew messaged me on Discord like, "Hey,
did you know this?" Like, like it's
really hard to tell a person's tone of
voice from a a text exchange, but you
could tell that Drew was like, "This is
really cool." You know, like I'm
surprised it wasn't in all caps. It It
is a really cool feature. I just don't
know that I follow enough projects to to
actually go through and set it up or
not. Yeah. All right. So,
>> I know I all I use is proprietary
garbage. So, what do I need to
>> Oh, wow.
>> All right. So, my Nugie of the week is
All right. Speaking of proprietary
garbage is is a is a launcher for
Android called Smart Launcher. So th
this last couple weeks has been a rough
one for people who like launchers on
Android. Nova Launcher is dead. Uh like
they're pulling it from the app store
now. It's just going away and that's
been like the launcher forever. Like the
last 10 maybe even close to 15 years.
Nova Launcher has been the launcher if
you want to use it. Now, I know that a
lot of people use Launcher and a couple
other and like Niagara um but Nova
Launcher was like the default and it's
going away and there there have been
rumors that they're going to open source
it, but basically some company came in,
bought them, ruined the project and
kicked all the developers off and piss
pissed them all off and stuff. So,
they're all gone and the project's dead.
Um but they're probably not going to
open source it. They're just in rumors.
But anyways, so I needed something
different that was going to actually be
maintained. So, I've been using
something called Smart Launcher. It's
not as good as as Noble Launcher is. I I
will at least it's not as intuitive out
of the box, but if you put in some time
and effort, you can get it to function
fairly decently. And one of the cool
things is is that if you're like me and
you download a ton of applications for
basically no reason is it will go
through and categorize
the apps that you have installed into
different categories. And that way your
app drawer is a little bit more
organized. And that that really helps me
because I can go through and sort the
things that I have installed and kind of
see well, you know, I haven't used
this in like 6 months. I can delete it.
You know, it's it's much easier than
having to flow through a whole thing.
And and you could do the same kind of
thing with Novo Launcher, too, but you
had to do it on your own. This does it
automatically, which is nice. So, uh,
smart launcher for Android. Uh, highly
recommend it. I do believe that if you
want a lot of the features, you have to
pay for it, but it's just a onetime
thing. If it was a subscription, I
wouldn't use it. So, there you go.
That's my nugget of the week. So, uh
that is the Linux cast for this evening.
Uh outside of the weird internet issues
that we started off with, that seems to
have cleared up. So, that seems to, you
know, it seems to have been a good
episode. So, uh Mr. Tony, why don't you
tell us about your YouTube channel,
where you can find all your contact
information, all the stuff that you want
the audience to know.
>> I have a YouTube channel. It's just uh
Tony BCW. Uh I just cover like Linux
tutorials and stuff, installation stuff,
and pretty much everything on there. So,
that's where I'm at. I do have a
website, tonybtw.com,
and um it's pretty much like there's a
community tab. You can check it out.
People will upload articles and stuff to
it, but yeah, that's where I'm at.
>> Okay. Before we move on to the rest of
the contact information though, you have
to explain to us what this thing is
where you putting next year in the title
cuz like man, I don't know if you know
this or not, but it's not 2026 yet. And
also, um I don't know if Link Link Link
Link Zaru or whatever his name is if
he's still here. I'm I'm pissed off at
that man. He you were on his podcast and
his podcast came out and he stole my
title cuz I was going to put the I was
going to put 2027 edition in the title
so I can't do that now.
2077 the cyberpunk version. >> Yeah. It pissed me off because I was
>> Yeah. It pissed me off because I was like, "God damn it, it was my idea."
like, "God damn it, it was my idea." >> Yeah. The the original was the original
>> Yeah. The the original was the original was a typo literally. And then I started
was a typo literally. And then I started thinking about how like if you ever go
thinking about how like if you ever go buy like a Honda Civic and it's like
buy like a Honda Civic and it's like let's say it's 2023 or whatever and
let's say it's 2023 or whatever and you're and they're going to sell you the
you're and they're going to sell you the 2024 version, right? And it's like why
2024 version, right? And it's like why do they do that? And so I just and then
do they do that? And so I just and then also it was right around uh January when
also it was right around uh January when I started making videos and everyone
I started making videos and everyone would put 2025 in like all their videos
would put 2025 in like all their videos because it's like SEO or whatever and I
because it's like SEO or whatever and I just wanted to mock them a little bit.
just wanted to mock them a little bit. So I just kind of leaned into the 2026
So I just kind of leaned into the 2026 thing and I think it's just kind of a
thing and I think it's just kind of a funny little branding thing now at this
funny little branding thing now at this point.
point. >> Okay. I mean that's that's cool but it
>> Okay. I mean that's that's cool but it always d me. I was like like doesn't
always d me. I was like like doesn't this dude know the date? I
this dude know the date? I >> no
>> no I offer to buy you a c a calendar. I
I offer to buy you a c a calendar. I mean,
mean, >> hey, there's a there's a nice tool just
>> hey, there's a there's a nice tool just called Cal, I think, right in the sig
called Cal, I think, right in the sig new tool, I think.
new tool, I think. >> Yeah, it's built in.
>> Yeah, it's built in. >> But you mentioned, you were going to ask
>> But you mentioned, you were going to ask about DWL, but I think we maybe talk
about DWL, but I think we maybe talk about it offline, I think, because it's
about it offline, I think, because it's pretty big can of worms, but yeah.
pretty big can of worms, but yeah. >> Yeah. Um, yeah, that was that was before
>> Yeah. Um, yeah, that was that was before we added in the desktop thing, so we
we added in the desktop thing, so we didn't kind of get to it, but any
didn't kind of get to it, but any Yes, you won. Larzu. I understand you
Yes, you won. Larzu. I understand you got to you got to him first. You that's
got to you got to him first. You that's all right. All right. Anyway, so if you
all right. All right. Anyway, so if you want to get in contact with us, the best
want to get in contact with us, the best way to do so is the email address. Email
way to do so is the email address. Email the linkscast.org is that address. If
the linkscast.org is that address. If you want to get in contact with any of
you want to get in contact with any of the boys here, just email me and I'll
the boys here, just email me and I'll make sure that gets forwarded on to
make sure that gets forwarded on to where it needs to go. If you want to
where it needs to go. If you want to find out any of our other contact
find out any of our other contact information, the best way to do that is
information, the best way to do that is head on over to the website, which is
head on over to the website, which is the linuxcast.org. There you'll find
the linuxcast.org. There you'll find previous episodes all the way back to
previous episodes all the way back to season 1. And uh the old podcast page
season 1. And uh the old podcast page where all of those things out looks
where all of those things out looks really good cuz I've done a fantastic
really good cuz I've done a fantastic job over there. And I'm not even being
job over there. And I'm not even being sarcastic. Like it has drop downs for
sarcastic. Like it has drop downs for previous years. If you want to go to the
previous years. If you want to go to the year, you just click the year or the
year, you just click the year or the season or whatever and it just show you
season or whatever and it just show you what it where everything is. Has the
what it where everything is. Has the YouTube and the audio version embedded.
YouTube and the audio version embedded. I'm just patting myself on the back
I'm just patting myself on the back here, guys. Uh but but anyways, head on
here, guys. Uh but but anyways, head on over there if you want to binge all of
over there if you want to binge all of our episodes. I promise you the quality
our episodes. I promise you the quality has not improved. I mean, it has
has not improved. I mean, it has improved, but not that much. We're still
improved, but not that much. We're still not professionals, but it's Well,
not professionals, but it's Well, actually, I've listen I've listened to
actually, I've listen I've listened to the first episode. It was bad. So, I
the first episode. It was bad. So, I can't say that has improved. It's gotten
can't say that has improved. It's gotten stuff. Anyways, uh contact information
stuff. Anyways, uh contact information over there. Linuxcast.org/cont.
over there. Linuxcast.org/cont. Uh Drew has a YouTube channel. He is
Uh Drew has a YouTube channel. He is just a guy Linux on YouTube. Make sure
just a guy Linux on YouTube. Make sure you head on over there, subscribe to
you head on over there, subscribe to him. He posts things about Debian and
him. He posts things about Debian and scripting and window managers and stuff
scripting and window managers and stuff like that. So if you want any of that
like that. So if you want any of that kind of stuff, head on over there, check
kind of stuff, head on over there, check out Just the Guy Linux. He also has a
out Just the Guy Linux. He also has a website which is now it's now a Git
website which is now it's now a Git repository, right, for all your
repository, right, for all your documentation.
documentation. >> Yeah, it's a wiki. I I switched it to a
>> Yeah, it's a wiki. I I switched it to a wiki. I I was doing all this document
wiki. I I was doing all this document stuff, but now it's a wiki. So
stuff, but now it's a wiki. So >> yeah, so if if you need some Debian or
>> yeah, so if if you need some Debian or self-hosted related documentation for
self-hosted related documentation for some specific things, a lot of his stuff
some specific things, a lot of his stuff is very well documented. So, head on
is very well documented. So, head on over, check that out. Nate also has a
over, check that out. Nate also has a YouTube channel, which I'm convinced
YouTube channel, which I'm convinced he's doesn't know how to use. Um, I'm
he's doesn't know how to use. Um, I'm just I'm just convinced that he's lost
just I'm just convinced that he's lost the password. Um, he's been promising a
the password. Um, he's been promising a video for ages, but all I've been
video for ages, but all I've been hearing like, I'm switching to a new job
hearing like, I'm switching to a new job and all this stuff, yada yada yada. I
and all this stuff, yada yada yada. I could just be making YouTube videos.
could just be making YouTube videos. >> Okay, since you want to go there. Since
>> Okay, since you want to go there. Since you want to go there,
you want to go there, >> I have to talk [ __ ] man. You've been
>> I have to talk [ __ ] man. You've been teasing me with the Vinci Resolve in the
teasing me with the Vinci Resolve in the background for a [ __ ] hour.
background for a [ __ ] hour. >> Okay. Well, I I will say this. I'm gonna
>> Okay. Well, I I will say this. I'm gonna make a quick announcement. Today was
make a quick announcement. Today was officially my last day.
officially my last day. >> Congratulations, Nate.
>> Congratulations, Nate. >> Nice. Which means tomorrow I get to
>> Nice. Which means tomorrow I get to start a little project
start a little project >> like YouTube video.
>> like YouTube video. All right. Anyways, he's I don't think I
All right. Anyways, he's I don't think I actually ever said the YouTube channel.
actually ever said the YouTube channel. It's Nate Pix Tech World on YouTube.
It's Nate Pix Tech World on YouTube. Make sure you check him out. Also, I
Make sure you check him out. Also, I didn't say this while Tony was going
didn't say this while Tony was going because I got distracted, but make sure
because I got distracted, but make sure you head on over to Tony's channel. He's
you head on over to Tony's channel. He's youtube.com/tonony-bw.
youtube.com/tonony-bw. Make sure you subscribe to him as well
Make sure you subscribe to him as well and check out all of his content. And if
and check out all of his content. And if you do so, you'll be living in the
you do so, you'll be living in the future because all of his titles say so.
future because all of his titles say so. All right. Anyways, that's it for this
All right. Anyways, that's it for this one. We'll see you guys next week on
one. We'll see you guys next week on Tuesday. If you want to watch the
Tuesday. If you want to watch the recorded version that posted on
recorded version that posted on Saturday, it's edited by Mr. Nate. Thank
Saturday, it's edited by Mr. Nate. Thank you, Nate, for editing. We'll see you
you, Nate, for editing. We'll see you guys next time.
