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Anti cheat and the advent of Desktop Platforms - Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 45

Hey everyone!


Here is your freshly recorded episode of the patroncast!


In this one, I talk about:

1: 01 Anti Cheat software and what it might bring to Linux as a whole

09:56 The emergence of Linux "platforms" instead of Linux desktop environments

22:42 Personal stuff (briefl...

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Vote for October!

Hey everyone!

It's time to vote on the topics you want to see in October!


It's going to be a packed month, with the usual 2 Linux News videos, and the review of KDE 5.23 and Ubuntu 21.10.

On top of that, I'll review the Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14, and maybe the JingPad A1, if it's not delayed aga...

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Is Firefox killing itself slowly? Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 44

Hey everyone!


Welcome to Episode 44 of your exclusive weekly patroncast, recorded as the sun finally came back to Brest and is creating a nice oven effect in the sunroom, where I'm recording this...


In this one, I talk about:

00:59 Firefox, and the weird decisions they've taken<...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 43

Hey everyone, and welcome to all the newcomers!

This is episode 43 of your exclusive Weekly patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

01:23 Apple wins against Epic for now, but they also lose in a big way

10:18 China slows down approval of video games because they're too ...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 42 (because I can't count)

Hey everyone!


Here is your exclusive weekly patroncast, this time episode 42, because I don't know why but I forgot that Episode 41 never happened.


In this one, I talk about:

01:30 Themes, and how GNOME doesn't really want them, and the implications if distro makers dec...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 40

Hey everyone!


Here is Episode 40 of your exclusive Weekly patroncast!

It's published early, as I'll leave for my holidays in the South East of France tomorrow, and won't be back until September, 6th.


In this one, I talk about:

- 00:58 Microsoft making it harder to switch default b...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 39

Hey everyone!


Here is your exclusive weekly patroncast, this time episode 39!


In this one, I talk about:

- 00:57 Almost buying a Z Flip, because folding phones are the future

- 07:55 The PineNote, the new e-ink tablet from the pine64

- 11:41...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 38

Hey everyone!


Here is your exclusive weekly Patroncast, this time Episode 38!


In this one, I talk about:

- Firefox losing 50 million users in less than 2 years, the reasons why this is happening, and why it's concerning, in my opinion

- the elementary OS 6...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 37

Hey everyone!


Here is your exclusive weekly patroncast, this time Episode 37!


In this one, I talk about:

- The Free Software Foundation exploring Github Copilot and a lot of the ethical and legal questions attached to Machine Learning and free software

- N...

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No more Discord

Hey everyone!


If you were part of the Discord server, you might have noticed it has changed: I am no longer affiliated with this server.

It wasn't mine to begin with, but it was created for the channel. I had strong disagreements with its creator about how to moderate hate speech and offensive behavior...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 36 - No Internet!

Hey everyone!


Here is your exclusive weekley Patroncast, this time episode 36!


In this one, I talk about:

- Losing my internet connection since Sunday afternoon, and how it made me realize I'm extremely dependent on it for everything


- SNAPS being slow to open, and how ...

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Time to Vote on August's topics!

Hey everyone!


It's that time of the month again, where you get to vote on the topics I'll cover :)


August might see one less video than usual, since it's also the period where I'll be taking a 2 week holiday, but there are still plenty of videos planned!

I'm hoping to see elementary OS...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 35 - Leaving the French, not France, the Steam Deck, and buying new gear

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing alright! Here is your weekly patroncast :)

In this one, I talk about:


- The Steam Deck, and how the hardware part isn't important, it's the software, and how it can enable a future Steam Cloud, and could have a huge ripple effect for the Linux Desktop

- B...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 34 - Audacity, Copilot, and Quitting

Hey everyone!


Here is your exclusive weekly patroncast, this time Episode 34!


In this one, I talk about:

- Audacity, and how it's not spyware, but I'm still going to look for a replacement

- Copilot, and how I don't think it infringing on licenses and copyright, but it's still une...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 33 - Musings of a youtuber

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This is your brand new episode of the weekly patroncast, this time episode 33!


In this one, I talk about:

- Ads in video games and VR games, and the problem with putting ads in paid-for content

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast #32 - Windows 11?

Hey everyone!


I hope you're all doing fine, personally, I'm waiting for tomorrow for my second and hopefully final Covid vaccine shot :)


Here is your exclusive weekly patroncast, and this time, we only have one topic: Windows 11, its major features, and how they stack up compared to what we'v...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 31

Hey everyone!


Welcome to this new episode of your weekly patroncast!


In this one, I talk about:

- The JingPad A1 being funded, and the disappointment in its kernel / driver choices

- My performance review at work, and what it made me realize about how I approach my job

- A s...

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Vote on July's topics!

Hey everyone!


Here are the topics I'll be working on in July!

We'll get the usual Linux News, of course, and I'll also take a look at Deepin 20, which released a while ago, and I still want to see how it improved since the previous video series I made about it.


There will be a review of...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 30

Hey everyone!

I hope you're all doing OK, personally, I'm good, waiting patiently for my second COVID shot, enjoying the warm summer that's coming to Brittany, I actually went to the beach and swam in the Atlantic on Sunday, and that was awesome!


I'm also finding the way back to a few bars and pubs with...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 29

Hey everyone! 

Here is episode 29 of your weekly patroncast :)


In this one, I talk about:

- Why I think dual booting is a subpar solution, mainly due to my own problems with it, and also because who wants to reboot a computer to access an app

- The Firefox redes...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 28

Hey everyone!


I hope you're all doing OK, personally, I'm getting my first inoculation of Bill Gates' Nano machines so I can get some good 5G reception in my teeth, tomorrow afternoon, so I'm pretty excited.


Apart from that, here is your weekly patroncast, where I talk about:

- ...

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Exclusive Weelky Patroncast - Episode 27

Hey everyone :)

Here is your weekly patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- Youtube monetizing all the videos, including ones from channels that aren't eligible to monetization yet, and how that kinda unfair but might net them a good amount of profit


- Learning to u...

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Vote for June's Topics!

Hey everyone!


I hope you're doing well, and getting those vaccine shots if they're available (sadly not yet for my age group in France, but should start being possible in mid-June)!


It's time to vote on the topics for June, and this is going to be a loaded month again :)

As for the guar...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 26

Hey everyone!


Here is episode 26 of this weekly patroncast! 


This time I talk about:

- Audacity, their attempt to add telemetry to the app, and why telemetry is vital for open source projects but not at all costs


- The JingPadA1, and why cr...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 25

Hey everyone!


I hope you're all doing well, grabbing your vaccines whenever possible (still not possible for people my age in France), and staying safe!


To help pass the time, here is around 25 minutes of discussion, about:

- Apple adding their "App tracking transparency" settin...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 24

Hey everyone!


Here is your new episode of the Weekly Patroncast that I really need to find another name for, this time with timecodes to find the various topics more easily :D

This time, I talk about:

- 01:14 How fragmentation is a strength for open source software and Linux, and ...

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Weekly patroncast - Episode 23 - Linux tablet, Crypto and Podcast wars

Hey everyone!


I hope you're all doing well! Here is episode 23 of your weekly patroncast!


This time, I talk about:

- My opinion on using Crypto currencies as a savings account (in short, DON'T)

- The podcast wars that are brewing: Now that Apple a...

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Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 22 - COSMIC

Hey everyone!

Here is your weekly podcast, a little bit late :)

This time, we'll talk about:

- Saving my system using Timeshift: I borked my system trying to fix my bluetooth issue, but Timeshift saved my bacon, although its not really foolproof

- System76 introducing their own "COSMIC" desktop, which ...

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Vote on May's Topics!

Hey everyone!


Voting returns in May, so here is your chance to pick between a few topics I have in mind for next month!


The ones that are guaranteed are, of course both Linux news videos, as well as the next installment in my series about Mobile Linux distros, this time about Ubuntu touch. View Post

Exclusive Weekly Patroncast - Episode 21

Hey everyone!


Here is the new episode of your weekly Patroncast!

In this one, I talk about:

- Headerbars, menubars, and titlebars, and how they are all flawed in a way, and how I think we could take the best of them and make it a one-stop-shop solution for all types of apps, simpl...

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