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Episode 249: Your Brain is Full!

November 8, 2026 · 1 h 23 min

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The boys are back! Tonight we talk about notes and creating a "Second Brain".

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[show notes]
https://git.thelinuxcast.org/notes/s10/1033.md

[time stamps]
0:00 Intro
0:19 Welcome
0:58 Mini topic: will there ever be another foundational Linux distro?
7:26 Could Omarchy become the fourth foundation?
9:10 Big-tech distros: Google's gLinux and Azure Linux
11:52 Is the era of new independent distros over? (Matt OS)
14:39 Main topic: the merits and pitfalls of a second brain
16:20 Drew's system: PARA with a numbered inbox
17:44 Greg's system: QPARA in Obsidian
23:02 Matt's system: a vault per area, and the hunt for the perfect tool
30:15 Stop building the tool and start using it
33:15 Org mode vs Markdown
36:39 Matt's confession: a sticker layer for his notes
38:22 What would you change about your system?
42:18 Greg's shared memory wiki for AI agents
45:38 Has AI stopped us writing our own documentation?
50:17 Congratulations, Nate!
50:53 Do you link your notes together?
57:12 The notes you forget you wrote
1:05:14 A second brain built by AI is Claude's, not yours
1:08:08 Where do your notes live? Sync and backups
1:13:07 Nuggies of the week - Greg: AWTRIX pixel-clock firmware
1:15:39 Drew: zk, a Zettelkasten in the terminal
1:16:34 Matt: a DaVinci Resolve MCP
1:18:31 Matt: MCP servers in creative apps
1:19:50 Housekeeping: November LUGs and the live show
1:21:51 Outro

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