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I make videos about solving the problems caused technology and the value of open source software. No technical terms, no nonsense. Help fund intelligent discussion towards issues related to technology and how you can survive the changing tech landscape.

Sundar Pichai pushes his hand in my face offering the Google logo with his other hand. The text above Sundar reads "You use AI, right?" with me responding "Count again..."

Trafotin Watches: Google I/O 2026

Google unveils their new Gemini models in a soul-sucking event with loads is misleading statistics, marketing, and AI garbage shoved down your throat. Want to see the next dystopia to online commerce? How about the next AI slop machine? Could this year finally be the year AI glasses come out?

May 25, 2026 路 1 min 路 Trafotin
Me making duck lips at a Samsung phone with a darkened screen. The text reads "A privacy screen?" with me responding "That'll be nice in 5 years!"

Trafotin Watches: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked February 2026

Samsung is back with one of the most impressive display technology on a display in a very long time! Too bad it鈥檚 on a Samsung device. But hey, it鈥檒l be nice when the tech finally gets out to the general public!

April 1, 2026 路 1 min 路 Trafotin
Trafotin flashing a thumbs up to various Linux distribution logos

Distrobox: The Last Frontier of Installing Linux Things

Distrobox is a universal way to run virtually any Linux application. Want to install a Debian package on Fedora? Are you tired of Linux distributions screwing around with software or failing to update it? Are you sick and tired of installing every single Linux package under the sun? Here鈥檚 some of the cool ways Distrobox can serve you!

March 22, 2026 路 11 min 路 Trafotin
Me with the text "By giving your cloud AI all of my data?" to which is Pavan Davuluri with an obnoxious smile looming over me and the Microsoft Copilot logo with the text "Why not?".

Trafotin Watches: Microsoft Ignite 2025

Probably the most meaningless Microsoft Ignite in recent memory, but it had the potential with those AI agents. Also a big load of nothing from the new Windows president.

December 1, 2025 路 1 min 路 Trafotin
Me strangling the F-Droid robot with the text: "Worse than Linux?" To which the F-Droid robot replies: "But open source!"

I Use F-Droid and Hate It.

F-Droid is one of the most popular alternative app stores on Android. It also has a lot of problems and historical hurt, because they prioritize their philosophies over the well-being of their developers.

November 24, 2025 路 8 min 路 Trafotin