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The Linux Cast

A weekly podcast about random topics spoken about by random Linux Nerds on the interwebs. #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource

The boys return to battle and try to convince everyone that they've found the perfect distro!
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[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:34 Our Week in FOSS
00:01:42 Drew's Week in FOSS
00:02:23 Tyler's Weeks in FOSS
00:03:39 Nate's Week in FOSS
00:05:19 Matt's Week in FOSS
00:08:02 Debian vs Ubuntu vs Pop!OS
00:51:26 Nuggies of the Week
00:52:16 Drew's Nuggie
00:53:02 Nate's Nuggie
00:54:21 Tyler's Nuggie
00:55:45 Matt's Nuggie
00:57:13 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 177: The Ultimate Showdown! Ubuntu vs Pop!OS vs Debian

The boys return to give out our yearly awards for the best in FOSS.
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[time stamps]
0:00 Intro
1:03 Our Week in FOSS
1:10 Drew's Week in FOSS
2:33 Matt's Week in FOSS
6:00 The Tuxies 2024
54:33 Nuggies of the Year
58:53 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 178: The 2024 Tuxie Awards - The Year's Best of the Best

Tonight the fellas are here for the last episode of the year! We're joined by some friends to play TLC Jeopardy!.
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Episode 179: The Last Episode of 2024! - The Game

The podcast returns. We'll be predicting the upcoming year in FOSS.
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[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:44 Our Week in FOSS
00:02:07 Drew's Week in FOSS
00:04:31 Tyler's Week in FOSS
00:05:44 Matt's Week in FOSS
00:10:08 Recapping 2024
00:13:40 Predicting 2025
00:30:53 Nuggies of the Week
00:31:49 Drew's Nuggie
00:32:45 Tyler's Nuggie
00:34:13 Matt's Nuggie
00:37:17 Nate's Nuggie
00:38:06 Contact info and Goodbyes

Episode 180: 2025 Linux Predictions

The podcast returns and we're talking automation!
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[show notes]
https://files.thelinuxcast.org/index.php/s/902
[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:48 The News
00:01:08 Linux Foundation and Chromium
00:07:31 Wine 10.0
00:10:26 Gnome and Mental Health Tracking?
00:14:11 Linux Automation
00:48:50 Nuggies of the Week
00:49:15 Drew's Nuggie
00:50:17 Nate's Nuggie
00:51:17 Matt's Nuggie
00:53:34 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 181: Our Favorite Ways of Being Lazy

The boys are back! This time we talk about all things negative and positive, maybe, about flatpaks and why the future of Linux is not quite perfected yet.
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[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:17 Nuggies of the Week
00:01:58 Drew's Nuggie
00:02:44 Tyler's Nuggie
00:03:35 Nate's Nuggie
00:04:47 Matt's Nuggie
00:07:16 The Flaws of Flatpaks
00:30:10 Jorge Joins In
01:05:47 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 182: The Flawed Nature of Flatpaks With Jorge Castro

The boys are back! This time we discuss some of the things we like that you might judge us for.
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https://files.thelinuxcast.org/index.php/s/904
My time stamps went corrupt, so I don't have them. Apologies.

Episode 183: We All Like Windows! (Clickbait, for Sure)

The boys are back! This time we discuss some our favorite tech-related YouTubers
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Our List of Tubers - https://files.thelinuxcast.org/index.php/s/youtubers
[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:23 The News
00:11:49 Our Favorite Tech YouTubers
00:50:58 Nuggies of the Week
00:59:52 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 184: The Best Tech YouTubers 2025

The boys are back! This time we discuss the biggest myths about Linux.
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[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:33 Most Useless Tech Feature
00:08:29 The Biggest Linux Myths
01:02:33 Nuggies of the Week
01:09:15 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 185: The Biggest Linux Myths

The boys are back! This time we discuss Artificial Intelligence and its impact on humans.
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[time stamps]
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:59 Do We Even Need Printers Anymore?
00:08:13 Will AI Ruin The World?
01:01:38 Nuggies of the Week
01:06:42 Contact Info and Goodbyes

Episode 186: The End of Humanity?

Matt and Tyler talk about proprietary software on Linux and several other topics including OpenBSD, Crappy webcams, and PopOS's new Desktop Environment

**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**

Tyler – Trying Linux / OpenBSD to see what can bring my Acer Aspire One netbook back to life.

Matt – Struggling with lighting, crappy webcams, and the lack of good camera software on Linux.

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**Contact Info**

Twitter:

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 **Links (One each)**

Matt - [https://9to5linux.com/system76-unveils-cosmic-as-their-gnome-based-desktop-environment-for-pop_os-linux](https://9to5linux.com/system76-unveils-cosmic-as-their-gnome-based-desktop-environment-for-pop_os-linux)

Tyler - [https://www.thedarkmod.com/main/](https://www.thedarkmod.com/main

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### **Main Topic - Is Proprietary Software Garbage?**

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**Apps of the Week**

Matt - Castero

Tyler - Flameshot

Time Stamps

0:00 Intro

1:07 Our Week in Linux

16:47 Contact info

18:17 News Links

32:56 Proprietary Software Good or Bad?

52:20 Apps of the Week

57:06 Conclusion

Episode 41: Is Proprietary Software Bad for Linux?

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