Episode 179: Destination Linux 179: Ask Us Anything + Why Linux Gaming Should Matter to Everyone

https://destinationlinux.org/episode-179 - Hosted by Michael, Ryan & Noah Coming up on this week’s episode of Destination Linux, we’re covering community feedback, CentOS newest release, Windows Updates break again (does this mean more Linux users?), tips/tricks and our famous software pick, plus a very special ask us anything Q&A from our Discourse forums. DL Hosts: Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Noah of Ask Noah Show = https://asknoahshow.com Want to Support the Show? Support us on Patreon = https://destinationlinux.org/patreon Support us on Sponsus = https://destinationlinux.org/sponsus Destination Linux Network Store = https://destinationlinux.network/store Want to follow the show and hosts on social media? You can find all of our social accounts at https://destinationlinux.org/contact Topics covered in this episode: Full Show Notes (for links and such) https://destinationlinux.org/episode-179 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:53 Host Introductions 00:01:24 What Michael has been up to 00:03:45 What Noah has been up to 00:05:45 What Ryan has been up to 00:13:24 Sponsored by Digital Ocean ( https://do.co/dln ) 00:14:34 Community Feedback: In Defense of Rolling Release by Nice Micro 00:15:21 Excerpts from Nice Micro's Video 00:18:15 Our Responses to Nice Micro 00:23:48 How To Send Us Community Feedback 00:23:58 CentOS 8.2 Released & Noah Explains Why This Is Important 00:25:11 Fedora getting updated Mesa drivers 00:25:19 Discussion: Is Red Hat becoming more focused on the Desktop? 00:35:41 Windows' Fresh Start Tool Breaking Windows 00:37:35 Discussion: Why we're talking about Windows & WSL 00:38:57 Discussion: Windows Users seem to never blame Windows even while aware of its problems 00:40:34 Michael's story about helping someone who said Linux was slow when comparing a Brand New Laptop to a 10 Year Old Laptop 00:42:34 Main Topic: Ask Us Anything from the DLN Forum 00:43:25 Q: Why doesn't Noah have a beard? 00:44:03 Q: Thoughts about Blender being used as a Video Editor? 00:49:34 Q: What's Your Favorite Guilty Pleasure Music or Movie? 00:51:14 Q: Do any of you listen to offline / local music? 00:52:03 Noah offers a simple way industries could eliminate piracy 00:54:24 Ryan's Answer to offline music (turns out he's a hipster lol) 00:56:08 Q: Microsoft buys Canonical what do you do? 00:56:36 Noah plays devil's advocate on Microsoft buying Canonical 00:59:55 "it's been this long since . . . " 01:00:08 Q: Which superhero would you be? 01:00:50 Q: Why did you make your own Network instead joining a network? 01:03:47 Q: Are there any Microsoft products you guys would actually prefer to use if it were available on linux? 01:05:10 What non-tech-related hobbies do you guys have? 01:05:37 How often does @dasgeek have to replace/refill the bottles behind his monitor? 01:06:20 Do you guys read fiction and if so what are some of your favorite books/series? 01:07:58 Q: you are given a choice for all of your computers to be completely replaced with Windows 8.0 or Linux Mint 19.3 on BTRFS? 01:09:26 Q: What old media-format would you bring back to have it somehow popularized today? 01:10:15 Noah's dream for a new media format 01:11:45 Gaming: System Shock Reboot 01:12:31 Michael tells his story about finding PC Gaming 01:13:36 Our response to viewers who skip the Gaming section and why you should care about Linux Gaming 01:19:26 Software Spotlight: Photopea (photoshop alternative webapp) 01:24:17 Tip of the Week: fzf (command line search) 01:26:04 Outro 01:26:09 Get more DL like Live Streams Unedited Episodes Join the Patron Post Show & More by Becoming a DL Patron 01:26:27 Show Your Love of Linux & Open Source with DL Swag from the DLN Store 01:26:51 Join Us in the DLN Community (we gave Noah a silly script on this outro and it was totally gold!) 01:27:55 Check out the DestinationLinux.Network for more awesome content! 01:28:14 Check out FrontPageLinux.com for Articles Tutorials Videos and more 01:28:24 the Journey Itself . . . 01:28:35 Patron Post Show (become a Patron to Join us each week!) Linux #OpenSource #AgentsofSHIELD