Episode 41
Is Proprietary Software Bad for Linux?
April 18th, 2021
1 hr 1 min 47 secs
Season 5
Your Hosts
About this Episode
Matt and Tyler talk about proprietary software on Linux and several other topics including OpenBSD, Crappy webcams, and PopOS's new Desktop Environment
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**
Tyler – Trying Linux / OpenBSD to see what can bring my Acer Aspire One netbook back to life.
Matt – Struggling with lighting, crappy webcams, and the lack of good camera software on Linux.
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**Links (One each)**
Matt - [https://9to5linux.com/system76-unveils-cosmic-as-their-gnome-based-desktop-environment-for-pop_os-linux](https://9to5linux.com/system76-unveils-cosmic-as-their-gnome-based-desktop-environment-for-pop_os-linux)
Tyler - [https://www.thedarkmod.com/main/](https://www.thedarkmod.com/main
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### **Main Topic - Is Proprietary Software Garbage?**
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**Apps of the Week**
Matt - Castero
Tyler - Flameshot
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:07 Our Week in Linux
16:47 Contact info
18:17 News Links
32:56 Proprietary Software Good or Bad?
52:20 Apps of the Week
57:06 Conclusion