JustAGuy Linux: Let's talk About the King, Debian

From Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more. by Linkarzu

October 5, 2025 · 2h 8m · Season 1 · Episode 33

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Drew from JustAGuyLinux discussing his preference for Debian and various development tools.

Let's get to know Drew from @JustAGuyLinux a bit more. I want to hear his thoughts on why he sticks to Debian, thoughts on Emacs, Neovim, other IDEs, macOS, Windows, other linux Distros, etc. Link to the video: https://youtu.be/iPZbd1GEV7s 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 00:01:47 - All these kids fighting about distros, why are you on Debian? 00:05:58 - Do you need the latest packages? 00:07:32 - tony neovim installing skill issues with Debian 00:09:21 - Fflatpaks and appimages 00:11:15 - How drew edits his videos without a video editor 00:14:18 - Sponsorhips? 00:15:36 - Drew's YouTube channel 00:16:12 - Do you distrohop like them kids? 00:19:35 - Drew's technical background 00:22:22 - Thoughts on Nix 00:23:26 - Thoughts on Omarchy by DHH, bloat? 00:24:48 - What window manager do you use? DWM 00:26:36 - What about i3? 00:27:46 - bspwm for beginners, it's more modular 00:31:44 - Butternotes demo 00:34:56 - Why did you start a youtube channel? 00:36:45 - What IDE do you use? Geany 00:38:03 - Why haven't you committed to Neovim? 00:40:10 - Can you teach an…

People in this episode

Host: Linkarzu

Guest: Drew

Topics covered

Linux
Debian
Emacs
Neovim
YouTube
Development Tools
Window Managers

Keywords

Debian
Emacs
Neovim
Linux Distros
Development
YouTube Channel
Window Managers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JustAGuyLinux, Debian, Emacs, Neovim, macOS, Windows, Nix, DWM, i3, bspwm