Matt from The Linux Cast on macOS, NixOS, Emacs & More

Conversation with Matt, we talk about his recent experience with macOS, current experience with NixOS and also his challenge of using Emacs for 2 years.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/V4mzxJROCFk

What's the best way to support me?

https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough

Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:13 - Matt's YouTube channel "The Linux Cast"

00:05:24 - DistroTube shouted out Matt's channel, video

00:06:58 - Have you ever felt discouraged to make videos? Tutorial videos usually perform bad

00:09:08 - Is youtube your full time job?

00:13:17 - Are you addicted looking at YouTube analytics?

00:16:24 - Matt's 40 years old, but I look older, wtf

00:17:14 - Matt's guilty pleasure: MacOS Finder app. Why did you buy a mac?

00:18:56 - PopOS Pop!_OS is just an older version of Debian

00:22:14 - The Logitech software nightmare on macOS

00:24:05 - Plans on keep using mac?

00:25:41 - Finder alternative ForkLift, Pathfinder

00:26:46 - Matt's experience with macOS in college

00:29:48 - The AppStore sucks

00:31:51 - App recommendation, trickster

00:33:10 - Why did you start using NixOS?

00:34:33 - The drama with the "NixOS is not a real distro" video

00:36:05 - Is arch a new user recommended distro?

00:40:13 - How I re-deploy macOS video, what are the real benefits of nix?

00:44:19 - NixOS overlay, let's say snapshots

00:46:42 - Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover

00:48:55 - What iPad should I get?

00:50:46 - How does the nix rebuild work?

00:56:57 - GNU Stow or Chezmoi

01:00:26 - What's the status of your homelab? pastebin, glance, FreshRSS

01:03:27 - Media side of things, music library

01:09:36 - I'm tired of listening to the same music, but I'm not open to new music. Does Matt listen to Music?

01:12:00 - Alexa sucks

01:15:10 - Sponsorships?

01:18:32 - Linux Phone FuriPhone

01:20:35 - BenQ, if you're reading this, we're waiting for our monitors

01:21:42 - Dactyl Manuform

01:24:33 - Alice layout keyboard

01:25:32 - First split keyboard was a moonlander?

01:26:34 - hitting the D with the left and right hand, if YKWIM

01:28:39 - Thoughts on using keyboard layers

01:30:24 - Corne Min prototype pre-order

01:31:23 - Thoughts on key chords, more keys, less keys? Thoughts on the Corne?

01:34:28 - What if you remap hjkl? KindaVim app on macOS video

01:35:45 - Why did you recently start using emacs again?

01:39:26 - org mode

01:40:39 - Did you start your notes in Markdown?

01:41:52 - Obsidian on the desktop, and obsidian vault stored in nextcloud, quillpad android app

01:46:27 - I moved from Obsidian to Neovim, what do you love about Obsidian?

01:52:35 - Marksman LSP demo in Neovim to link notes together

01:54:15 - Vivaldi, Brave. Reformed tab hoarder

02:00:08 - Vertical tabs?

02:04:59 - Thoughts on the new AI related IDEs like cursor, windsurf and those

02:06:15 - How do you use AI? Chatgpt or claude?

02:11:47 - Once chatgpt says "you're absolutely right" you're cooked

02:13:44 - Sometimes we say "that's awesome" to chatgpt, so it keeps the good mood

02:14:56 - "Claude does it better"