YouTux: Linux Distros, Supporting FOSS, Apple & More

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

January 7, 2026 · 1h 51m · Season 1 · Episode 40

About this episode

The episode discusses the YouTux channel, Linux distributions, and various controversies in the open source community.

YouTux is a fairly new YouTube channel, only 1.5 years and it has double my subscribers, we'll touch on a lot of interesting and probably controversial topics. If you want to support open source projects, for every $5 donate as superchats, YouTux will donate the same amount to an open source project. All the superchats will also be donated to an open source project. All of the podcast episodes are available in all podcasting platforms, like spotify, apple music, deezer, etc. If you don't find it in one, let me know and I'll add it Video: https://youtube.com/live/TOUby-uuZ4I 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 - Introduction and Audio Check 02:00 - Guest Introduction and Channel Growth 04:00 - Discussing Linux Distributions and Hardware 06:00 - Transition to Void Linux and Debian Politics 09:00 - Polarization in the Open Source Community 12:00 - Debian's Political Changes and Systemd 16:00 - Value of Disagreement and Text Editors 18:00 - Critique of Systemd and Unix Philosophy 20:00 - IBM's Role and Linux Fragmentation 24:00 - Wayland vs X11 and Ubuntu's Evolution 28:00…

People in this episode

Host: Linkarzu

Topics covered

Linux distributions
open source support
YouTube channels
Debian politics
systemd critique
terminal usage
community polarization

Keywords

YouTux
Linux
open source
Debian
systemd
Zorin OS
Void Linux
terminal
community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTux, open source, Debian, IBM, Zorin OS, Void Linux, Ubuntu, Linux