A first look at GoboLinux: A departure from the typical Linux
In this video I take a look at GoboLinux. It's a Linux distribution that has an entirely different file structure from your typical distribution, which makes it very interesting.
Video timeline: 0:00 Introduction 4:08 A look at the desktop 12:09 Installation process 17:42 Installed system 20:12 The package manager and file structure 37:11 My initial impressions 42:30 Impressions after a bit more testing
Even AOSP Android has tracking, but /e/ is a degoogled version of Android that aims to get rid of this. It uses its own apps forked from LineageOS and other open source software and does not rely on Google at all. But is it any good?
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 What /e/ OS is
2:02 How to get /e/
4:44 A look at the actual OS
13:52 My thoughts on the OS and whether it's good or not
Referenced links:
e Foundation page: https://e.foundation/
I recently came across this music player and liked it quite a bit. In this video I talk about that.
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction, talking about music and music players in general
2:08 Taking a look at G4Music
Links:
G4Music: https://gitlab.gnome.org/neithern/g4music
G4Music in Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.neithern.g4music
Credits for used music:
Monkeys Spinning Monkeys Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Fluffing a Duck Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Here's my review of the Nokia 6300 4G that I have been using for a while now. I recorded it like 2 weeks ago, but I finally edited it and here it is.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Physical aspects of the device
2:58 Software and features
6:25 Performance
7:35 Issues
10:21 Notifications
10:40 Battery life
11:52 The keypad
13:14 The speakers and microphone
14:30 Conclusions and some further experiences with specific apps
In this video I talk about IceWM, which is a floating window manager.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Why I like IceWM
2:32 My configuration
9:21 Default theme and config
11:15 Conclusions
Referenced links:
My config files: https://github.com/ottop/icewmconfig
My theme: https://www.pling.com/p/1483501/
My wallpapers: https://www.pling.com/p/1483504/
My alacritty config file: https://github.com/ottop/alacrittyconfig
I have previously used an immutable root filesystem in NixOS. Fedora Silverblue is a Linux distribution using such a filesystem, but the implementation differs greatly from what I used in NixOS.
I am switching to Fedora Silverblue for now and in this video I go over my experiences so far.
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 What is Fedora Silverblue?
2:27 How package installation works in Silverblue.
6:09 Firefox issues and replacing it with the Flatpak version.
9:16 The desktop
10:40 A problematic Flatpak package.
12:29 Fedora and GNOME versions.
12:44 Installation process and the first boot.
16:12 Managing kernel parameters and initramfs with rpm-ostree.
17:37 Some notes on general stability/reliability.
19:01 Final conclusions
Relevant links:
My written blog on the topic: https://medium.com/@otto.p/im-switchi...
Fedora Silverblue homepage: https://silverblue.fedoraproject.org/
I previously did a Gentoo installation guide, but we have not yet configured the system to what most would consider a daily driver. This video is a guide on how to set up some of the basic utilities to start building up your Gentoo system.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Microcode
9:16 Graphics card drivers and Xorg
20:36 Creating an user
22:21 Briefly back to graphics drivers
23:54 Display manager
26:42 Installing a desktop and additional basic software
33:15 Checking out the results
Referenced links:
My Gentoo install guide: https://odysee.com/@MyLinuxDiary:4/installgentoo:d
Intel microcode wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel_microcode
AMD microcode wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMD_microcode
Xorg wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Guide
NVIDIA wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVIDIA/nvidia-drivers
Radeon wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon
Intel wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel
LightDM wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LightDM
Display manager wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Display_manager
Finalizing wiki page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Finalizing
In this video I discuss my experiences with a Linux distribution called NixOS.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 What is NixOS?
2:00 Installing software
2:50 Configuring NixOS
4:50 Home Manager
5:40 My experiences
15:40 Conclusions
Referenced links:
NixOS home page: https://nixos.org/
NixOS wiki page: https://nixos.wiki/
NixOS Wiki page on Home Manager: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Home_Manager
Installing NixOS with a tmpfs root: https://elis.nu/blog/2020/05/nixos-tmpfs-as-root/
In this video, I take a look at TempleOS, a standalone open source operating system.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction and installation
3:17 The installed system
3:48 Tour
12:05 Running games and whatnot
17:02 Conclusions
Referenced links:
TempleOS website: https://templeos.org/