Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more.

Mitchell Hashimoto wasn’t able to join this episode for personal reasons, so we made a small pivot.

A lot of people already knew about the original Ghostty vs Kitty livestream, so I wanted to explain that clearly here too. Mitchell couldn’t make it this time, and I completely understand. We’ll see what happens in the future.

That said, this still turned into a really fun conversation with Kovid Goyal, creator of kitty and calibre.

In this episode, we talk about kitty, recent popular features, terminal UX, design choices, performance, workflows, and so...

In this episode, I’m joined by members of the Neovim core team to talk about the Neovim 0.12 release, the biggest new features, project direction, AI, workflows, plugins, and why people still use Neovim in a world full of AI editors and modern IDEs.

This is not just a Neovim 0.12 feature overview. It’s also a conversation to help people get to know the humans behind the project. We talk about what changed in Neovim 0.12, how the release came together, what maintainers care about, how they personally use Neovim, and where they see Neovim going next.

We...

Part 2 of my 3+ hour chat with Echasnovski (mini.nvim / MiniMax) goes full Linux and tooling mode. We continue our Neovim discussion, then we get to know the nvim-mini team, talk about EndeavourOS + Arch (and the Ubuntu-to-Arch jump), how he approaches updates, thoughts on NixOS, and the macOS “it’s expensive” misconception. Then we get into terminals: why Ghostty over Kovid Goyal’s Kitty, whether the performance difference is real, and his thoughts on Kovid. If you’re into distros, terminals, and practical dev workflows, this one is for you.

Video:

https://youtu.be/UqlkKK7imjo

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Echasnovski is the creator of mini.nvim, as per the website:

"Library of 40+ independent Lua modules improving overall Neovim (version 0.9 and higher) experience with minimal effort."

He's also the creator of MiniMax:

"MiniMax is a collection of fully working self-contained Neovim configs. All of the them: Use mostly MINI to showcase its capabilities. Provide out of the box a stable, polished, and feature rich Neovim experience. Share minimal structure with potential to build upon. Contain extensively commented config files meant to be read."

The interview is over 3 hours long, so it...

This is the 2nd time (or third time, would be forth but he no showed no called me once, MF) that Vimothée Chalamet AKA @sylvanfranklin shows up in my channel. In the last interview we discussed about Neovim, drugs (including Adderall), and many other topics. But it seems that as of Q4 2025 he's going for the kefir, kombucha, yoga pants, breathing techniques, pachamama and on his way to become a zen monk. Or maybe not. Let's see what he's up to because he changes his mind every couple of months.

Video:

https://youtube.com/l...

YouTux is a fairly new YouTube channel, only 1.5 years and it has double my subscribers, we'll touch on a lot of interesting and probably controversial topics. If you want to support open source projects, for every $5 donate as superchats, YouTux will donate the same amount to an open source project. All the superchats will also be donated to an open source project.

All of the podcast episodes are available in all podcasting platforms, like spotify, apple music, deezer, etc. If you don't find it in one, let me know and I'll add it

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Stability wisdom and a peaceful life, or bleeding edge? Some say Debian is a legacy distro with legacy packages, some say Arch gives them nightmares. I'm still trying to get a response for the question I've been asking in all these interviews, which distro should I try first 😂 So who is right then, who should we trust?

Video:

https://youtu.be/pkLG2SwR7J8

Participants:

https://youtube.com/⁨@AndreaBorman⁩

https://youtube.com/⁨@DistroTube⁩

https://youtube.com/@tony-btw

https://youtube.com/@LinuxRenaissance

Kovid Goyal is the creator of the Kitty terminal and the Calibre e-book reader. We had an interview around 4 months ago. After that interview, I became a fan of the myth, the legend. So much so that I switched back from Ghostty to Kitty as my main terminal. Well, not just because, but because he implemented a feature I was missing in Ghostty: Sessions. So I was able to replace my beloved tmux with kitty and I've been running without tmux for a few months now, it's been good.

Video:

https://youtu.be/SY8L-cj4...

Andrea Borman has been doing YouTube videos for over 15 years, I was quite intrigued to get to know Andrea more on a deeper level, I want to learn about her background, history, why she decides to use Linux, what her favorite text editor is, terminals, thoughts on macOS, Windows, etc.

Video:

https://youtu.be/iLpIzfZ_2zI

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - highlights

00:02:38 - History with computers and Windows

00:05:34 - The first linux distro, linux...

Let's get to know Justin M. Keyes more on a personal level, let's learn about his computer workflow, preferred OS, keyboard, favorite terminals, Neovim history, upcoming Neovim features, thoughts on security, his favorite movies and way more.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/OWk1Y9MrawQ

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:04:24 - Justin in New York but loves Florida

00:06:01 - Why do you do all this?

00:08:15 - Justin...

I've been thinking about Linux lately, a lot. But I'm still not sure which distro to go with, everyone keeps saying arch, but my brain, wisdom and soul say Debian. So when I find someone else that went down this path, I want to learn and hear more about it. We'll also touch on many other topics

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/0CEYNvEdsag

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:02:14 - Why the...

We talk about how we work and if we make things harder than they should be. We ask if using many tools, monitors, and configs really helps or just makes life more complex. We talk about macOS, Linux, Omarchy, Nix, and window managers. Everyone shares how they set up their system and what they think is best. It is a long talk with many ideas, jokes, and real thoughts about how people use computers today.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/uA8lWjEWEmY

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Let's get to know Drew from @JustAGuyLinux a bit more. I want to hear his thoughts on why he sticks to Debian, thoughts on Emacs, Neovim, other IDEs, macOS, Windows, other linux Distros, etc.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/iPZbd1GEV7s

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:47 - All these kids fighting about distros, why are you on Debian?

00:05:58 - Do you need the latest packages?

00:07:32...

There's a community of 8 users, that are very persistent, and always trying to get you to install NixOS. They swear by it and say it's the best thing ever happened after the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel.

@tony-btw is one of those users, and he will share about NixOS with us, so we can see if it's just hype, or if we should give it a try.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/lMkvCfJ_k_w

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This video is a long conversation with @adibhanna where we talk about his background, his journey into programming, and his experiences with Neovim and the open source world.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/jzylbactzPo

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:30 - Who is Adib Hanna

00:03:50 - YouTube channel

00:07:56 - People now use AI to build everything

00:13:07 - Whats the neovim mastery course about?

00:18:54...

Hendrik (Henry Misc) at this point in time has only a few videos out, 18 to be exact, and 7K subs, so that speaks for itself. Relatively new channel that is taking the Neovim community by surprise.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/uj_3u1Dki3g

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:33 - Hendrik is from Germany but living in Barcelona Spain

00:03:31 - Hendrik did business studies in college. How did...

Conversation with Matt, we talk about his recent experience with macOS, current experience with NixOS and also his challenge of using Emacs for 2 years.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/V4mzxJROCFk

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:13 - Matt's YouTube channel "The Linux Cast"

00:05:24 - DistroTube shouted out Matt's channel, video

00:06:58 - Have you ever felt discouraged to make videos? Tutorial videos usually perform bad

00:09:08...

Sylvan Franklin (aka ‘Vimothée Chalamet) talking about Typst (and demoing it), Vim, content creation, tech hot takes, and why you have to earn his YouTube hearts

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/111x2xidPaQ

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:15 - U get the reference? Only for men of culture

00:02:04 - Vimothée name

00:03:09 - Why did you get started with Vim?

00:05:50 - How old are you...

We have to address the elephant in the room. The security concerns behind kindaVim, its subscription model, why it's not open source and a few other questions.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/wqUf1bm9y_k

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:21 - I'm late again, G's fault, blaming the apple ecosystem

00:01:57 - G installing Omarchy? Showing his underwear

00:03:11 - DevOps Toolbox youtube mention

00:05:01 - This...

Gregory Anders, also known as gpanders, is a core maintainer of Neovim and also the Ghostty terminal. In this conversation, we talk about how he got started with both projects, his take on plugin managers, Lua, and debugging workflows. We go over Ghostty features, how he approaches minimalism in his dev setup,

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/Nq2T28_ILxc

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:03:34 - Neovim contributions

00:05:14...

Protesilaos Stavrou. philosopher, programmer and the voice behind some of the most thoughtful Emacs content on the internet.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/b4nV0jCHwGQ

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:15 - "Neovim vs Emacs" video is how I heard about Prot

00:02:24 - Wildfires in Cyprus July 2025

00:10:01 - What are you, a philosopher, programmer or what?

00:12:05 - What is your main medium, website or youtube?<...

Discussion between advanced and hardcore users of 2 similar, but very different worlds, the only 2 titans when it comes to text editing and life management: Neovim and Emacs.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/SnhcXR9CKno

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights and agenda

00:03:03 - Who is TJ DeVries

00:03:51 - Who is Derek (DistroTube)

00:05:20 - Gregory Anders, Neovim Core and Ghostty Terminal contributor

00:10:01 - We need Ghostty sessions<...

kindaVim leverages the macOS Accessibility API to act like a screen reader. And because with great power comes great responsibility, it brings you Vim moves everywhere! For kV to be able to do its magic, apps need to implement the macOS Accessibility on their side. But be not afraid, this comes by default in most native apps. Those include: Xcode, iA Writer, Day One, Things, Safari, Notes and many more.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/YsXmxblazew

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Discover the world of open source development with Kovid, the mastermind behind the Kitty Terminal and Calibre. Gain insights into terminal protocols, open-source strategies, and the future of software design. Perfect for developers and tech enthusiasts!

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/8PYLPC3dzWQ

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Timeline:

00:00 Highlights

02:30 Kovid's background and History on Calibre and Kitty

08:47 From Physics to Full-Time Development

09:50 The Birth of Kitty Terminal

12:15...

Linux legend Brodie Robertson (103 K subs) joins me for an unfiltered chat that jumps from his iconic high striped socks to the nitty-gritty of window managers in Linux, while I defend my daily-driver macOS. If you’re hunting for Brodie Robertson interviews, Linux tips, or honest takes on Linux vs Mac, this is for you.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/bAmJQuX4-ak

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights

00:01:28 - Who is Brodie Ro...

Let's talk about Linux distros, Emacs, Neovim, org mode and more with Distrotube.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/bWX7jI9t7j8

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Video Highlights

00:02:49 - When started YouTube and why?

00:04:42 - Linux popularity over the years

00:05:48 - 264,000 subscribers 1600 videos

00:06:26 - DT hasnt used mac since 1990

00:07:13 - Thoughts on GNU coreutils rust rewrite

00:09:57 - uutils MIT License

Lazarus Agapidis from @telecomTech.explained is a telecom and networking professional with over 25 years of experience in network design, architecture, and telecom technologies. Over his career, he has led major projects, trained professionals, and helped countless individuals earn certifications and advance their careers. His goal is to make networking and telecom concepts clear, practical, and engaging - the way he wished he was taught when he started learning!

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/uiTDY_edHa0

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Let's meet Andrew Ferrier, the creator of the neovim plugin debugprint.nvim debugprint is a NeoVim plugin that simplifies debugging for those who prefer a low-tech approach. Instead of using a sophisticated debugger like nvim-dap, some people prefer using a 'print'-like statement to trace the output during execution. With debugprint, you can insert these statements, including the values of variables, relevant to the language you're editing.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/ae-C0hXsZ0g

What's the best way to support me?

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I used to romanticize the idea of being a “tech influencer.” In this episode, I talk with three creators I deeply respect: @JoshMedeski , @nikolovlazar , and @JoshuaBlais what it’s actually like behind the scenes. We dive into personal setups, struggles with content creation, balancing real life and YouTube, and the mental toll of staying “relevant” in the tech space. If you’re into Neovim, Emacs, Linux, macOS, or just want to hear honest takes on the tech creator "lifestyle" (I know, chatgpt sometimes likes to write too much nonsense), this one is for you.

Link to the video:

Video:

https://youtu.be/I1pK8HAp0tc

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Highlights, the first 5 seconds are literally a filter

00:02:25 - tokisuno speaking spanish

00:03:58 - Switching back to english, linguistics degree

00:06:26 - What is toki pona

00:09:14 - Why do you know spanish?

00:11:14 - Dad doesn't know spanish

00:13:59 - Calling the United States, America

00:17:28 - Call Canadians, Americans

00:18:05 - Why is Canada...

Let's meet the creator of the Rio Terminal emulator Rapha Morim

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/MBBujxqLm-o

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - What is rio terminal

00:03:33 - Why the name rio

00:05:10 - brazil and primeagen mentioned

00:05:59 - Language terminal written in

00:06:43 - why was rust chosen?

00:09:47 - Rapha's main terminal

00:11:03 - Ghostty and Mitchell Hashimoto

00:15:03 - How all terminals implement...

gh-dash allows you to work with pull requests and issues in your terminal and not the hedious GitHub site.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/GOaVb-LDdK0

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:06 - If your repo is over 500 stars, reach out

00:03:09 - Dolev GitHub profile

00:03:44 - gh-dash repo

00:04:04 - Plans with YouTube channel

00:04:32 - Who is Dolev, full-stack engineer

00:04:48 - ex-facebook, ex-wix

Learn about the Helix text editor, from the perspective of a Neovim user. The wonderful guest is Nik Revenco, which is a Helix contributor, he has added several features to Helix, including Inline Git Blame and tutorials in the wiki page. He also created the Helix Golf page.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/AS7mnDgFgnw

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Quick demo

00:01:57 - Why Nik from neovim to helix

In this video we go over Kulala, which is a Postman alternative, but in your terminal, even better yet, within Neovim. I talk to Marco (Gorilla Moe) and Yaro and they guide us through a demo and explain how it works, also solve questions

Kulala is a minimal REST-Client Interface and set of tools for working with RESTful APIs. It also supports GraphQL

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/uX10mF9HZx8

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Theena Kumaragurunathan is a multidisciplinary artist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is the author of the national award winning novel 'First Utterance', and the director of 'Pala'. He is an advocate for FOSS technology.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/5W0bcoFkvLY

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00:00 - Who is Theena

00:03:30 - In pandemic vim journey started

00:04:20 - Switch from rich text to plain text

00:05:28 - Theenas...

Conversation with one of the Neovim Core Maintainers, Maria Solano. Interesting topics discussed like her contributions not only to neovim but to other open source projects and we also learn about her setup and OS preferences.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/0DNC3uRPBwc

What's the best way to support me?

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Timeline:

00:00 - what's maria working on right now

02:55 - how long have used neovim

03:51 - first experiences with neovim

05:50...

I write a lot of Markdown in Neovim, and I was looking for a tool that could understand the grammar in my document and give me suggestions and easily help me find mistakes, similar to the way Grammarly works. I found harper, Installed it, and I have been using it ever since. In this video I go over the history of Harper, a quick demo, and get to know it's author, Elijah Potter, a bit more. Harper not only works in Neovim, but it also works in Emacs, Obsidian, Zed, VScode, Helix and as a WordPress plugin

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I recently asked in the Neovim subreddit if any plugin/distro/core maintainers would be interested in participating in these casual interviews, and HiPhish was kind enough to reach out to share more about the plugin rainbow-delimiters.nvim.

In this video you will not just learn about the plugin, but many other things, like, what's HiPhish's OS of choice, the way to manage Neovim plugins not with a package manager but using git submodules, and much more.

Link to the video:

https://youtu.be/e8IHILxKqZs

What's the best...

In this video I talk to Alex from the "packagemain" youtube channel to understand about his developer workflow, get to know him a bit better and some of the tools he uses like Colima that I didn't know about.

He has a channel with 10,000 subs as of today, mainly talks about go, but expect topics related to programming in general

If you want to see more videos like this or you want me to continue with them, please let me know down in the comments

Link to the video:

https://youtu...

My YouTube channel is mainly macOS related, I do use linux in servers, but I don't have too much linux related content. I want to know what my friend Shasten has to say about macOS and how he feels about it

I personally think that its good to see different perspectives, and mainly learn from all of them and grab (deeznuts) what you like about each.

If you want to see more videos like this or you want me to continue with them, please let me know down in the comments

Also, if...