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From Arch to Debian with LinuxRenaissance
Season 1 Episode 35
I've been thinking about Linux lately, a lot. But I'm still not sure which distro to go with, everyone keeps saying arch, but my brain, wisdom and soul say Debian. So when I find someone else that went down this path, I want to learn and hear more about it. We'll also touch on many other topics
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Timeline:
00:00:00 - Highlights
00:02:14 - Why the red hat, is it redhat related?
00:05:10 - youtube channel
00:08:00 - Thoughts on the Red Hat distro
00:12:17 - What is Matrix, is it IRC, Element app, discord
00:16:56 - So Matrix is more about ownership and censorship?
00:19:40 - Thanks for the superchat @tony-btw
00:20:20 - Should we use forums?
00:21:55 - Darth's matrix server
00:25:27 - What are matrix encrypted channels?
00:27:37 - amiga, Commodore 64
00:28:56 - How terminals worked in the past with serial cables
00:30:58 - Debian 1.3
00:33:59 - Darth is 44, terminal showdown
00:36:23 - Unix finger command
00:37:35 - Education background and current profession
00:39:20 - Rocky Linux, RHEL, Red Hat killing CentOS
00:45:32 - Using macOS the way Apple has envisioned it
00:48:43 - Hyprland more like "Hype" rland?
00:51:14 - macOS yabai window manager demo
00:53:43 - Thoughts on Hyprland
00:55:10 - What is X11, xorg, wayland?
00:58:12 - From Debian to Arch, then back to Debian
00:58:44 - KDE plasma, wayland mode
01:00:38 - using X11 as a networking protocol, similar to tmux
01:03:19 - waypipe
01:04:55 - Thoughts on tmux
01:06:49 - Why the switch from Arch back to Debian?
01:12:41 - What's the AUR? People can upload malware to it?
01:15:56 - So if not using the AUR, why to use arch?
01:17:05 - Dependency hell, kdenlive
01:20:01 - Ended up with a lot of flatpaks
01:22:00 - The straw that broke the camel’s back
01:25:31 - Nix users, how can we solve this?
01:27:00 - Am I just lucky with macOS?
01:30:56 - Darth is from Croatia, thoughts on macOS
01:33:56 - Windows is so thoughtful, taking screenshots so you remember
01:40:15 - Been thinking about switching to linux
01:44:24 - Which distro should I use?
01:49:52 - Pacman breaking stuff
01:54:08 - Thoughts on the beef with systemd
01:56:49 - The unix philosophy, do 1 thing, but do it well
02:01:53 - Thoughts on Omarchy
02:06:35 - Zorin OS
02:11:27 - Why do people use something other than Debian on servers?
02:16:11 - Do you upgrade debian or fresh install?
02:17:56 - How often do you upgrade, rule on automatic updates
02:20:09 - Workflow demo
02:28:33 - Thoughts on Kitty, Wezterm, Ghostty
02:30:45 - What is suckless
02:33:49 - No novices asking stupid questions
02:34:23 - KDE plasma bloated?
02:38:16 - What is picom?
02:39:07 - OpenBSD, FreeBSD, what is it and why?
02:44:50 - Who uses BSD?
02:45:40 - BSD when Linus Torvalds is no longer around?
02:49:00 - Is the linux community sub-divided?
02:51:38 - Neovim or Emacs?
02:57:48 - Is debian the king of distros?
03:00:11 - Do you play games?
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