The Linux Cast
A weekly podcast about random topics spoken about by random Linux Nerds on the interwebs. #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 197
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 64: What's The Most Underrated Linux Distro?
Today Matt and Tyler talk about the most underrated GNU/Linux Distro, corporate influence in Linux and much more
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Episode 63: GitLab Challenge
Matt and Tyler take part in the GitLab challenge. Listen or watch to see how it went.
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Episode 62: Our Favorite Apps and Color Schemes
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about our favorite color schemes and our favorite apps!
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Episode 61: 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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Episode 60: 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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Episode 59: 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 …
Episode 58: 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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Episode 57: Is Native Linux Gaming Dead?
Matt and Tyler celebrate Tyler's birthday with a talk on the future of Linux gaming Is it Native or Proton? We also take some questions from the chat.
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Episode 56: 5 Things We Love About Linux, 5 Things We Hate
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about a few things we absolutely love about Linux and 5 things we don't. We also talk about the new Gnome release, Gnome running on M1 Macs, and Tyler's new hairdo.
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Episode 55: Elementary Woes
Matt and Tyler go on a rant-filled journey of Linux, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Elementary. Seriously, no one is spared. Except for the real main topic, which we don't even get to. So be prepared for a…
Episode 54: Bash Challenge - Matt VS Tyler
Matt and Tyler engage in a Bash battle, our first challenge. For our audio listeners, I truly do apologize that this is better on Youtube. We do try our best to describe what we've done.
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Episode 53: Is Federated Social Media the Future?
On this episode, Matt and Tyler talk about Matt's new keyboard layout, Duck Duck Go, Garuda Linux, and federated social media.
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Episode 52: The Future of Gaming on Linux
On this episode, which is remarkably tangent-free, Matt and Tyler talk about a new font, Valve and the Steam Deck, and how Valve could make VR on Linux so much better.
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Episode 51: Is Telemetry Okay?
On this one, Matt and Tyler talk about everything. We run the gamut from subscription fatigue to Mint being Mint to Gentoo to Telemetry and Audacity. It's a long wild ride, so buckle up.
Also, sorr…
Episode 50: Would You Use Windows if it Was Open Source?
Matt and Tyler talk about their week's in Linux, whether or not Ubuntu is standing still, and we ask ourselves if we'd use Windows if it were Free and Open Source Software.
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Episode 49: Why Isn't Linux Popular in the USA - Or Is It?
This is a wild one, folks. Matt and Tyler talk about all sorts of things. They start off with a bitch session about Gnome. Then move on to talking about why there seems to be a divide between the lev…
Episode 48: Is ARM the Future of Computing?
Matt and Tyler talk about Linus going off on idiots, gaming advancements that continue to make Linux awesome, and we ask ourselves if ARM is going to be the future of computing.
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Episode 47: Is Pipewire Ready for Prime Time?
Matt and Tyler (who uses a Mac now btw), talk about Pipewire and how good or bad it is, how close it is to being ready for daily use, and their experiences with Fedora. They also spend most of their …
Episode 46: Does Google Care About Linux Security?
Matt and Tyler talk about their week in Linux, System17's new keyboard, and Google's pay to play in the Linux Kernel.
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Episode 45: Does Linux Need Anti-Virus Software?
Matt and Tyler talk about Tyler's switch back to qtile, Matt's work with making his own stream deck, and whether or not Distrowatch is a terrible place. The main topic this week is about Linux and an…