Episode 248: Apps: Hidden Gems

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. ==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ==== https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/ ===== Follow us 🐧🐧 ====== Discord - https://thelinuxcast.org/discord Odysee - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@thelinuxcast:4 Mastodon- https://fosstodon.org/@thelinuxcast Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us email@thelinuxcast.org https://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Drew Odysee - https://odysee.com/@justaguylinux:c YouTube - https://youtube.com/JustAGuyLinux Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@justaguylinux Website - https://justaguylinux.com Nate YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NatePicksTechWorld Mastodon - https://fosstodon.org/@NatePick Discord - https://discord.gg/wHCjfSk Greg Mastodon - https://gth.social/@greg Website - https://helding.ne X - @Greg_the_Lawyer Support Us MERCH - https://shop.thelinuxcast.org Patreon - https://patreon.com/thelinuxcast PayPal - https://paypal.me/thelinuxcast Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/thelinuxcast Sponsored by Proton - https://go.getproton.me/SH1gC Credits Logo courtesy of pedropaulo.net Intro courtesy of https://www.fragcgi.com/?i=1 [show notes] https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1031.md [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