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Deep-Dive with Prot: Emacs, Philosophy, Debian, Life & Open-Source Ethics
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- Sep 18, 2025
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Summary
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 What's the best way to support me? https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough 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? 00:13:45 - Why did you decide to get started with YouTube? 00:14:51 - Did you receive formal education as a programmer? How did all this computer stuff got started 00:16:44 - Thoughts on Windows and macOS? 00:19:37 - Prot uses Debian, like a real chad. He was in Arch before 00:22:00 - Any issues with outdated packages in Debian? What about security updates? 00:23:07 - Thoughts on flatpaks 00:23:57 - What's the difference between open source and free software 00:27:40 - Thoughts on supporting open source maintainers 00:29:07 - I (linkarzu) feel open source like a 1 way relationship in which the maintainer has to give and not expect anything in return? 00:33:18 - Remove the stigma when a free software maintainer asks for money 00:34:45 - Thoughts on Neovim? 00:36:05 - Images in Neovim, variable font size in terminals hopefully soon 00:38:55 - What are the different ways of working with emacs? Evil, space, traditional, what do you recommend? 00:42:02 - What about using the ctrl key with emacs? 00:42:52 - Give default emacs a fair chance 00:44:38 - Did you remap your Ctrl key? 00:45:40 - Thoughts on homerow mods, Prot's keyboard 00:48:13 - The delay in homerow mods and false positives 00:50:44 - The long spacebar on laptops does not…