The Linux Cast

Join us to discuss our favorite Linux applications that you might have missed. We are breaking down our top software picks.

Tonight, we are back for another podcast session to talk about the tools we use daily. While we might fall short of our goal of 40 episodes this year, we are still pushing to hit 37 by the time the year wraps up. This discussion focuses on various Linux applications that deserve more attention from the community.

Whether you are a long-time user or just starting your journey, these software picks offer unique functionality for your desktop setup. We go over what makes these programs stand out and why they earn a spot in our workflow.

Subscribe for weekly Linux podcast episodes and let us know in the comments which apps you think we should check out next.

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[time stamps]

0:00 Intro

0:44 Meet Greg, the new co-host

2:13 Mini topic: email, messaging and social media

15:15 Main topic: Hidden Gems

16:30 Greg: FFmpeg

18:03 Drew: FFmpeg scripts - merge MKVs, clip MKV, strip EXIF

19:49 Matt: Capy Reader

21:52 Greg: Obsidian.rs

25:01 Drew: Grist

26:18 Matt: Futon

28:11 Greg: Caligula

29:15 Drew: NocoBase

31:08 Matt: Enhancer for YouTube and PocketTube

33:02 Greg: MPD and rmpc

35:20 Drew: Anubis

39:29 Matt: pulsemixer

40:43 Greg: bandwhich

44:02 Drew: mise

47:00 Matt: nh

48:57 Greg: Sanoid and Syncoid

50:13 Drew: ghee

51:37 Matt: trash-cli

53:09 Greg: VoxType

55:19 Drew: Geany

58:22 Matt's lightning round: Clipse, ListenBrainz, zoxide, beets, Navidrome, mpv, AntennaPod, Quillpad, vidIQ, LocalSend

60:10 Greg's lightning round: gping, trippy, ncdu, Syncthing, Control Panel for YouTube

62:29 What are you doing this week? Drew: ButterBox

64:32 Greg: building his own email client

66:14 Matt: editing videos with Claude

69:15 Outro

The boys are back! Tonight we talk about if ricing is still worth it in 2026.

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The boys are back! Tonight we talk about GUI or commandline, which is best? And we talk a few apps.

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The boys are back! Tonight we have some fun.

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The boys are back! Tonight we talk about AI use in FOSS projects

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