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I've been doing this now for over a year. I've had a lot of fun and I've learned a lot of new things both about how to make videos and about myself.

I think in that year, I have gotten better at making videos. I look back on the earlier stuff, and it seems way worse.

It's hard, however, during slow months -- when views are down and thing seem to have p...

2021-10-11 17:06:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Rant: Mozilla is Too Desperate to Make Money

Mozilla is putting ads in the search bar and using your data to do it.

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News Stories:

https://betanews.com/2021/10/09/firefoxs-address-bar-has-become-an-ad-stuffed-privacy-nightmare/

2021-10-11 02:52:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Coming Up This Week...

Coming up this week on the channel (Tentatively as always)

Monday - Me bitching at Firefox for 20 minutes

Tuesday - Top Apps of the Month

Wednesday - KDE Plasma Ricing Video

Thursday - Polybar tutorial if I finish it.

Friday - Podcast - Our Favorite Colorschemes

Saturday - I Used OpenSuse for Two Weeks

2021-10-10 15:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post

I Used Gnome for a Whole Week

I used Gnome as my main desktop environment for an entire week, here are my thoughts.

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2021-10-09 03:25:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Linux Makes Everything Better

Matt and Tyler talk about Suckless software, Gnome and Dark mode, and how Linux makes even the slowest Internet connections better.

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2021-10-08 04:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post

WTF is Bluestar Linux?

Another episode of WTF is that distro. This time, we look at Bluestar Linux.

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Bluestar Linux - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/

Bluestar on Distrowatch - https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bluestar

2021-10-07 04:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Content Poll - 10/6/21

I don't do these polls as often as I should. What would you like to see on the channel coming up? (also sorry if any of these options have been used before)

2021-10-06 14:55:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Why I Use ArcoLinux And Other Questions - ASK TLC Episode 2

Today I answer your questions.

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The Youtube Video that Bombed - 2021-10-05 08:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 5 Linux Alternatives for Windows 11

Today I talk about a few alternatives for Windows 11.

(the early access date on this is wrong, sorry for that. Tried to get this up before midnight).

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2021-10-05 05:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post

I've been having some problems lately on Arco, where my keyboard disconnects for some reason. I thought maybe it was the board itself, but the same thing happens on two other boards. So, I've decided to distrohop for the first time in months.

The first stop later this evening will be Garuda. I chose that because it's Arch based and a lot of people seem to like it. If that doesn't pan out, I don't know where I'll head. Maybe Sparky or one of those Debian based distros...

2021-10-04 23:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Too Sexy For Your Distro

Matt and Tyler talk about Artix, Plan9, Gnome and GTK, Installing your own kernel, and why people are so loyal to their distros.

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2021-10-01 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Like Music? Use Rofi-Beats

Today I talk about a neat little rofi script.

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https://github.com/Carbon-Bl4ck/Rofi-Beats

Credit for Lofi-Girl goes to https://www.youtube.com/c/LofiGirl

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2021-09-28 02:31:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Coming Up This Week...

Here's what's coming up on the channel this week (tentatively, as usual, because I always move things around)...

Sunday - Linux Mint Stream. I should probably go install that.

Monday - Ultimate Guide to Ricing Polybar, though I probably won't call it that.

Tuesday - Top 5 Best Looking Distros

Wednesday - Why I Hate Snaps

Thursday - Ricing Qtile timelaps maybe.

Friday - Podcast

Saturday - TBD

2021-09-26 15:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Ubuntu 21.10 Beta First Look - Ubuntu with Gnome 40

Today I take a small first look at the next big Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 21.10, Impish something or the other.

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Jackson Knife and Tool - Tier 3 Patron 2021-09-25 01:13:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Need Thoughts on the Podcast Live Stream

Okay, so we've streamed the Pod now twice, and we like doing it. I do still need to figure out how to do a good job of putting the chat somewhere the people who watch the non-replay version can see it, but that's a task for another day.

From you, my lovely patrons, I do need some help. You see, I can either keep streaming the show on Thursdays, edit the pod like normal, and then leave both the replay and the edited pod up on YT OR I can pull the replay and put that h...

2021-09-24 18:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Duplication of Effort on Linux - Good or Bad?

Today Matt and Tyler talk about ElementaryOS, Snaps, Anti-Cheat, and Duplication of Effort on Linux. That and much more. This time in front of a live audience. (I will work on getting the chat up on these ones that were live, but couldn't do so this time).

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2021-09-24 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Discord Server is Here

So after some prodding, I've completed (with Tyler's help) the Discord server. There are roles for each level of Patron, so you may have already gotten the notification for it, IDK.

I have not made the server public yet. Right now it's just patrons and several people from Tyler's server. I will probably wait a week or so to post the link to everyone else, just to make sure that I've got the permissions right. I've had some help with that so they should be fine.

2021-09-20 17:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Coming Up This Week on TLC

I did a shit job of sticking to my plan for last week, but I always say these things are tentative. So here is 'nother tentative list of what you can expect to see. Early access will hopefully end up being as good as last week, but we'll see.

Sun - Stream, I'll be scripting. I think. I've not scheduled it because I'm not sure what my day is gonna look like.

Mon - 5 Best File Managers for Linux

Tues - 5 Ways BSPWM is Better than I3

Wed - ...

2021-09-19 13:13:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Does Linux Have a Future?

Matt and Tyler talk about a little bit of everything. We do talk about the future of Linux, but we get distracted quite a lot. How surprising is that?

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Jackson Knife and Tool - Tier 3 Patron 2021-09-18 04:19:02 +0000 UTC View Post

DWM Dracula Rice - Time-lapse

Today I rice and patch DWM with the Dracula rice. (Link to rice in the comment section below)

Music Courtesy of https://www.streambeats.com/

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2021-09-16 05:14:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Rant: The Vivaldi Devs Are Hypocrites!

If you're going to be proprietary, at least do it with class. Vivaldi should at least not boast of their 'mostly open source' base if they're going to then poo poo on one of the greatest reasons to be open source.

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https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/

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2021-09-15 07:28:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Android vs iOS - A Linux User's Perspective

I just switched to iOS for the first time in 3 years. Is it still good as it used to be?

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2021-09-15 04:22:39 +0000 UTC View Post

An Update on Early Access Videos

Hey guys,

Just a brief thing about EA stuff this week. I'm running behind so I don't know if there will be any early access this week until I get to the weekend. RL has just been a pain in the ass, and it's only Tuesday.

Next week I should be able to get back to my normal two or three EA vids.

Hope everyone has a better week than me,

2021-09-14 19:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Upcoming Videos This Week

Here's a tentative look at what's up next on the channel. (As per usual, I may end up moving things around)

Today - No stream. I'm recording Tech Over Tea with Brodie Robertson this evening.

Monday - 5 Reasons Why Snaps Are Horrible

Tuesday - ChadWM (A DWM Rice thing that looks awesome, similar to larbs)

Wednesday - DMENU vs ROFI

Thursday - Why ArcoLinux is the Best Linux

Friday - Podcast - Does Linux Have a Future?

Saturday - I Wa...

2021-09-12 15:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 5 Linux Apps for September 2021

This month I have 5 more awesome apps for you to try!

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Google Font Downloader - https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gustavoperedo.FontDownloader

Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/

Tilda - https://git...

2021-09-10 01:19:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Content Poll 9-08-21

What are you interested in seeing on the channel in the coming week or so?

2021-09-08 16:22:17 +0000 UTC View Post

50+ Vim Tips and Tricks from Beginner to Expert

This is an epic video that goes on for way too long, but it's done. There are over 50 tips here for Vim from some very beginner stuff to some more advanced stuff. Enjoy.

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2021-09-07 23:04:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Artix is Next...Kinda

So my next long term review is decided. Artix won the poll. I don't however believe I'll spend a ton of time on it. It's basically just arch minus systemd. I ended up going with runnit as the init system, though I might give OpenRC a try as well, I don't know.

I really don't expect to have much to say about the distro itself. It's just another Arch based distro, which I use every day and everyone basically knows my thoughts on already. I only put it in the poll becau...

2021-09-06 15:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post