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Absolutely — here are **clean, minimal, podcast-ready rewrites** of *your* responses for the six backup categories.
These are phrased in **your voice**, polished, and ready to read on air.
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# **Backup Responses (Drew — Rewritten & Ready to Use)**
## **1. The Question I Wish Someone Would Ask**
**Q:** *What distro do you regret recommending?*
**A:** Honestly? Ubuntu with a pile of PPAs. It felt helpful at the time, but it created a system that broke every time it sneezed. I learned my lesson.
**Q:** *Whats one thing you changed your mind on?*
**A:** Flatpaks. I used to think they were unnecessary, and now half my workflow depends on them.
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## **2. Hot Takes Lightning Round**
* **Systemd haters:** Most of them are just bored. If it didnt work, Debian wouldnt ship it.
* **GNOME extensions:** Lets be real — extensions *are* the real GNOME experience.
* **Debian:** Its the only distro that feels like an operating system instead of a hobby.
* **Raspberry Pi:** The 4 was the peak “sweet spot.” Everything since is more expensive for marginal gains.
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## **3. Tool That Surprised Me This Week**
**mdp** — I installed it out of curiosity, and it immediately became my favorite way to present Markdown.
Lightweight, clean, fits right into a scripted workflow, and doesnt make you wrestle with slides.
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## **4. Questions Nobody Asked (but Im Answering Anyway)**
**Q:** *What feature would you delete from Linux history?*
**A:** Snap auto-refresh. Not snaps — just the “were updating now whether you like it or not” part.
**Q:** *Which GUI app do you secretly love?*
**A:** Ghostty. Its the one GUI terminal that doesnt feel like a compromise.
**Q:** *If you had to distro-hop right now?*
**A:** Fedora. As a FOSS advocate, I respect Arch, but I trust Fedora. Its modern, open-source by default, and doesnt make me babysit it.
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## **5. Audience Poll (with Drews quick answers)**
* **Is Wayland ready?**
Yes for GNOME. Not for my tiling workflow.
* **Tabs: top or bottom?**
Top. Bottom tabs feel like a kids menu.
* **GNOME vs KDE?**
KDE wins on features. GNOME wins on discipline.
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## **6. Micro Linux Horror Stories**
* I once aliased `rm` to `trash`, forgot I removed `trash`, and wiped half a project before noticing.
* I re-bound Mod in DWM to a key I dont even have, live on stream. Couldnt open a terminal. Couldnt close a window. Just vibes.
* I force-pushed the wrong branch once and thought Git was broken. No — *I* was broken.
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If you want, I can now paste these directly into your show notes file in a clean section under your Episode 197 outline.