Episode 504

Ask Noah Show 504

September 1st, 2026

53 mins 51 secs

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About this Episode

This week we spent time with Braden Stroot, a highly detail-oriented professional engineer who was a hardcore Mac enthusiast and recently switched to Linux. He walks us through his journey to Linux and shares the distro and environment he’s chosen to meet his high bar for perfection on the Linux desktop.

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00:48 Intro

  • Been a week
  • Braden Stroot
    • Engineer
    • Recent Linux convert

01:55 Standing Desks - Byron

  • Finishing final edits
  • Will be up on the docs site

02:57 LLM Usage - Jeremy

  • Will AI hamper innovation?
  • Could allow people more "innovation time"
  • Innovation vs modification
  • Dealing with AI submissions

10:00 News Wire

Braden Stroot Interview

  • Why did you become an engineer?
  • What did you use before?
  • When did you start using Linux?
  • Started with Pop!_OS and Cosmic
  • Building a computer
  • Rough edges of developing DE
  • Nobara Linux
  • CachyOS and Hyprland
  • Desktop performance
  • Learning topics to fix problems
  • Audio on Linux
  • What rough edges did you find?
  • Package availability
  • Stability of Arch
  • Update frequency
  • What made you interested in Hyprland?
  • My Linux 4 Work ML4W
  • Is Linux only for geeks?
  • Never going back "switch flip"
  • Remote into a Mac
  • RustDesk
  • What hardware platform would you choose?
  • Framework Laptop
  • Every OS has rough edges
  • What causes you to still reach for the Mac?
  • What audio work do you do?
  • Ardour
  • Zynthian
  • Easy Effects
  • Room EQ Wizard

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