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Notes · Going Linux Podcast Here you will find links to the topics we cover as well as links to software, websites articles, and other resources mentioned in the episodes of Going Linux. For each episode, we post the show in both mp3 and ogg audio formats, and the show notes. You can download any episode from the direct links below, or you can play it in your browser with a flash player. You can also receive the podcast automatically if you have software like iTunes or Amarok. If you have iTunes, click the iTunes link to subscribe. For all other podcast receiving software, use the orange subscription links at the left to subscribe. Simply right-click the link and copy it into your pocatching software. Although it is called "subscribing," you are really just adding the podcast to your receiver. Of course it's free. Feedback or questions? E-mail us: goinglinux@gmail.com 2008 Shows: Jul 16: #37 - Computer America #4 Jul 11: #36 - Listener Feedback Jun 27: #35 - Getting Podcasts Delivered Automatically Jun 18: #34 - Computer America #3 Jun 07: #33 - Listener Feedback May 25: #32 - Computer America #2 May 22: #31 - Backups (Advanced) May 04: #30 - Listener Feedback Apr 21: #29 - Backups (Intro) Apr 15: Computer America Special Apr 05: #28 - Listener Feedback Mar 20: #27 - Why Switch? (Advanced) Mar 10: #26 - Listener Feedback Feb 20: #25 - Why Switch? (Intro), Klaatu interview at SCaLE 6x Feb 05: #24 - Listener Feedback Jan 20: #23 - Firewalls (Advanced) Jan 01: #22 - Listener Feedback 2007 Show Notes: Show Notes: Jan - Dec Jul 16: #37 - Computer America #4 Craig Crossman and Carey Holzman host the Computer America radio show. Larry discusses with them, "all things Linux" in the July 15 show. Larry helps listener and new Linux user "CitizenX" fix a Java installation live, on the air, so that she can get onto the Computer America chat room. How long does it take Carey to install Windows? How long does it take Larry to install Linux? Listen to find out. Larry reads and answers some listener questions. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Want a computer with Linux pre-installed? http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/desktop.html You know what application you used in Windows. But now you've switched to Linux! Here are some lists to let you find a Linux alternative to what you used in Windows: http://resources.goinglinux.com#SoftwareEquivalents Enabling Ubuntu Linux's Multimedia Support: http://goinglinux.com/articles/UbuntuMultimedia.html A Linux replacement for iTunes: Amarok: http://amarok.kde.org/ Using Amarok with an iPod: http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_amarok_ipod Subscribe to a podcast: http://subscribe.goinglinux.com#amarok VLC Media Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ for Windows/Mac/Linux/BeOS/BSD/Solaris (Can you say, "cross-platform"?) Songbird Media Player: http://www.songbirdnest.com/download for Windows/Linux/Mac Listener Paul asked how to setup a USB cellular broadband card under Linux. Listener Mark provided this link. Mobile broadband setup guide for Linux: http://www4.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/downloads/Sprint_Mobile_Broadband_Setup_Guide.pdf Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 37 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #036 - Computer America #4 00:15 Introduction 01:55 Welcome to Computer America 03:29 Listener "CitizenX" has trouble connecting to the chat room with her new Ubuntu installation 10:42 What is the Synaptic package manager? 13:05 Add-on chat works great with Linux as well as Windows 13:40 Carey describes "one of the problems with Linux" 15:54 Larry takes issue with Carey's position Windows has issues, too. 17:32 CitizenX gets into the chat room! 18:05 A business moving to Linux from Windows would need to hire a Linux guru for support 18:49 A business moving to Mac from Windows would need to hire a Mac guru for support 21:31 Some distributions are pre-configured with "issues" resolved up-front E.g. Linux Mint comes pre-installed for playing media. 23:23 There are Linux distributions for people who don't want to tinker with their computer 27:07 How can you try Linux? Try different distributions. Purchase a computer with Linux pre-installed. 29:20 How long does it take an experienced Windows tech to install Windows from scratch to fully functional with anti-virus and drivers installed and Windows updates completed? 32:50 How long does it take an experienced Linux tech to install Linux from scratch to fully functional with full Office Suite, games, programming applications and drivers installed and updates completed? 34:58 Psychology of the Linux fanatic and "geek cache" 38:14 Does Linux get in its own way when it comes to adoption and acceptance? 43:19 Three types of Listener feedback: "Great show!" "Help me!" and "Here's a tip" 45:21 How to play mp3 files on Ubuntu Linux: ubuntu-restricted-extras package 48:08 Paul wants to Verizon USB720 cellular modem to work under Linux 49:56 Responses from listeners: Mark provides suggestion to use the package KPPP and provides a link to PDF instructions 52:51 How to adjust font options in Linux 56:41 Change your mindset to learn Linux like learning a new language 59:51 More on fonts 61:54 KDE for the user who likes to tweak settings, Gnome for simpler settings with most settings already set 64:41 Limitation to hard drive size? What about files systems. 67:40 Do I need to choose a file system with Linux? 69:00 Steve: question about iTunes replacements for listening to podcasts in Linux 71:41 Recommended Linux options to replace iTunes: Songbird, Amarok 74:45 Why I recommend Amarok as a full Linux replacement for iTunes 79:51 End Jul 11: #36 - Listener Feedback Lots of Podcast Alley comments this month, and lots of e-mail, too. Paul needs help with a cellular modem. Listener tip on how to make OpenOffice documents look more like MS Office documents by using core fonts. We find out that Rhythmbox does have features for moving audio onto your portable media player. Listeners help Tom prevent Rythmbox opening automatically when he plugs-in his media player. Gpodder is a podcatcher that we overlooked in episode 35. Judy wants to purchase a desktop computer with Linux pre-installed. Listeners suggest Going Linux episodes on using the command line and using Wine. We get criticized about the lack of Linux in the last Computer America episode. How do experienced users upgrade when there is a new release of a distribution? The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Live TV and podcast: http://www.category5.tv Excellent podcatcher, gpodder: http://gpodder.berlios.de Rockbox: http://www.rockbox.org Clonezilla Live http://www.clonezilla.org/ Computers with Linux pre-installed: http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/desktop.html The Techie Geek Podcast: http://thetechiegeek.com/ Randy's Amarok script: (He's not so sure about it!) http://de.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/importOpmlAsPodcast+script?content=30719 Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 36 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #36 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:37 Thanks for your Podcast Alley comments and votes 02:20 G7VBX: Likes the show 03:03 Mr. Mepis: Really likes Basket 04:38 LaserTagRocks: Perfect show 04:54 Robster: Wants software picks 05:22 annyfe: Entertaining 06:08 Yo_PandaBear: Best yet 06:35 Lawlezz75: Left Vista for Linux 07:23 Window_man: Informative and easy to understand 07:50 Paul: Truck driver wants to use Verizon cellular modem 09:37 NickTheGreekk: Converted to Ubuntu AAA+++ rating 10:18 DougOnLine: Linux more like dessert than raw meat 10:42 Steve: Thanks for the hard work 10:54 Ian: Giving to the community 11:28 TMCarson1: Helped with the transition to Ubuntu 11:51 Herb: Tip - Make OpenOffice docs look like MS Office docs 13:03 John: Resource - Robbie Ferguson video www.category5.tv 14:34 George: Rhythmbox can move audio to a media player 17:32 Thomas: Preventing Rhythmbox from opening automatically 18:30 Germ: Disable activation of software on insertion of any media 20:27 Gordon: gpodder is an excellent dedicated podcatcher, too 23:48 Dan: Wants us to cover the basics of Wine 25:26 Brian: Rhythmbox syncs with iPod shuffle 26:57 Benjamin: wants to learn to use the command line 29:12 Thomas: mp3 vs. ogg downloads 30:55 Michael: Criticism - iTunes can control auto start 33:06 Randy: Computer America didn't focus on Linux last time 35:19 Judy: Wants computer with Linux pre-installed, but not from Dell 37:04 Mike: What is the best way to update from one Linux release to another? 42:26 Alexandro: Rants about Computer America - eeePC is great 47:09 Russ TheTechieGeek: Clozilla works great 48:07 Herb: Can I listen to past episodes? 49:13 Scott: If I install Linux, can I still use the Windows system restore? 52:12 Doug: Move Mythbuntu partition from a small drive to a larger one 55:47 Sorry about the feedback line 56:14 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 57:45 End Jun 27: #35 - Getting Podcasts Delivered Automatically If you have ever wished that your computer would just go and find new podcast episodes for you and download them automatically without your intervention, then this is the episode for you. Tom and Larry provide step-by-step instructions for subscribing to a podcast using various Linux podcatchers. We compare them with iTunes and describe the limitations of some of the software available. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Going Linux Article: How to subscribe to a podcast http://goinglinux.com/articles/Subscribe.html Article: Chess Griffin's review of audio players for Linux http://www.linuxreality.com/podcast/episode-22-audio-players/ Wikipedia's Bashpodder article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BashPodder Bashpodder tutorial: http://www.linux.com/articles/114219 HowToForge article "How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With gtkpod" http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_gtkpod_ipod SimpleHelp.net article "How to use Banshee to manage your iPod in Ubuntu" http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/08/ how-to-use-banshee-to-manage-your-ipod-in-ubuntu/ HowToForge article "How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Songbird" http://www.howtoforge.com/using-an-ipod-with-songbird-0.3 SimpleHelp.net article "How to use Songbird to manage your iPod" (for Mac) http://www.simplehelp.net/windows/ how-to-use-songbird-to-manage-your-ipod/ gtkpod: http://www.gtkpod.org/about.html Support: http://gtkpod.wikispaces.com/ bashpodder: http://lincgeek.org/bashpodder/ iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/ Songbird: http://www.songbirdnest.com/download Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 35 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #35 - Getting Podcasts Delivered Automatically 00:16 Introduction 01:53 Definition: podcast (audio, video, other) 03:15 The difference between a podcast and simple downloadable media files 04:23 Definition: podcasting software 04:56 Definition: RSS 05:18 Definition: podcatcher (podcast receiving software) 06:00 Definition: media player (hardware) 06:39 Definition: media player (media manager software) 07:11 Switching from iTunes to Linux software 09:29 Comparing the Linux applications for receiving, playing and transferring podcasts 10:07 gtkpod (transfers media to iPod ONLY) 11:00 Bashpodder (command-line podcatcher ONLY) 13:48 User-submitted goodies for bashpodder 14:45 mplayer, vlc (plays media ONLY) 15:35 Modular method: use bashpodder, media player and gtkpod (iPod only) OR use bashpodder with media manager software 17:23 Limitations of Rhythmbox 19:12 All-in-one solutions 20:18 See the How To Subscribe Article on goinglinux.com 21:07 Subscribe to a podcast using bashpodder 24:00 gtkpod can't subscribe to, or play a podcast 24:19 Subscribe to a podcast using Banshee 28:04 Subscribe to a podcast using Songbird 30:17 Subscribe to a podcast using Rhythmbox 30:44 Subscribe to a podcast using Amarok 32:48 Linux software has different features from iTunes 34:53 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 36:44 End Jun 18: #34 - Computer America #3 This month Craig, Carey and Larry discuss the release of Firefox 3 for Linux, and the Mac. Carey provides the review of the Eee PC that some of our listeners have been asking for. Listener Barbara provides an excellent tip on using a Knoppix LiveCD for recovering data from a troublesome hard drive. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Asus Eee PC http://eeepc.asus.com Koppix Live CD http://www.knoppix.com Ophcrack http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net PCMagazine link to dual-booting: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2319615,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03129TX1K0000625 Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 34 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #034 - Computer America #3 00:16 Introduction 04:17 Welcome back to Computer America 5:00 Firefox 3 release 06:07 New features: Linux, Windows, Mac 06:39 Scroll "break" 07:43 Add-ons improvements 09:03 Back and forward arrows 10:23 Bookmarks 10:45 Site exemptions 12:55 Unsorted bookmarks 16:20 Firefox for Linux 17:35 Asus eee PC 900 review (Xandros Linux) 18:24 20GB Hard drive - not really! 20:32 Several models Linux/Windows 23:23 No optical drive (CD/DVD) 27:18 Boot using a USB flash drive 29:13 Not all flash drives are bootable 30:11 eee PC sees flash drives as hard drives 33:20 XP Drivers provided on CD 35:00 Keyboard is it's weakest point (tiny keys) 35:27 Short battery life 35:35 Slow to start with Windows XP, faster with Linux 37:15 Can't use hibernation 42:09 eee PC was designed to run Linux 42:32 Video card is nice, works well with external monitor 45:26 alternative HP mini-Note (SuSE Linux) 47:30 Linux (Xandros) interface on eee PC is simplistic (for a child) 50:44 Listener Barbara: Knoppix Linux bootable CD can easily recover data from a troublesome Windows drive 56:20 Knoppix is a full distributon, not just a rescue CD 57:20 Ophcrack to recover Windows password 60:04 Dual-boot Windows and Linux on eee PC 61:33 The "mini-PC" is a novelty 65:00 The future of mini-PCs 71:15 Upcoming episodes on the Going Linux podcast 72:44 New versions of Linux 79:40 End Jun 07: #33 - Listener Feedback Tom and Larry answer lister questions ranging from choosing distributions and Linux applir.cations to installing applications and making VLC the default media player. Lots of links this month. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Article: Installing Applications http://goinglinux.com/articles/PackageRepositories.html Article: Ubuntu Multimedia http://goinglinux.com/articles/UbuntuMultimedia.html Article: Resources Page http://goinglinux.com/articles/Resources.html (Linux applications) Article: LinuxQuestions.org http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/seemingly-random-freezes-532247/ Article: ubuntuguide.org Make VLC the default http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy#How_to_make_VLC_open_when_you_insert_a_DVD The Computer America Radio Show: http://www.computeramerica.com Article: Kim Komando Show http://www.komando.com/messageboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10545&whichpage=2 FreshUbuntu podcast #71 http://freshubuntu.org/podcast/143/ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=564301 Ubuntu Guide: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy Scripting Tutorial: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Linux Application Selectors http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/ top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/ http://www.osalt.com http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=321848 http://www.bellevuelinux.org/appslist.html http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/ Linux distribution choosers http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/ http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/ http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/ Linux Distributions http://www.ubuntulinux.org/products/whatisubuntu/xubuntu http://www.puppylinux.org http://www.damnsmalllinux.org http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n http://debris.moonmind.net/ http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_daryna.php Linux applications AptOnCD: http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/ Floola: http://www.floola.com/ Pidgin: http://www.pidgin.im/ Clonezilla Live http://www.clonezilla.org/ Parted Magic http://distrowatch.com/partedmagic Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 33 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #33 - Listener Feedback 00:14 Introduction 01:13 Mark: What are the best Linux applications? (Less Windows-bashing please!) 13:05 Len: What happens when an incremental backup is corrupted? 16:45 Per: Linux Distribution Chooser sites 18:31 Robert: Choosing a distribution to replace Win98 on Toshiba Satellite 2520 CDS 25:26 Anthony: Tips for getting the latest version of an application 28:09 Paul: Installing new applications on his EeePC 29:39 Bob: What was that "bumper" music (intro-3-long.ogg) 31:42 David: Wants an episode on shell scripting 33:01 Jonathan: Backup application AptOnCD 34:46 Colin: PartedMagic for imaging and backups 35:47 Kim: Linux newbie - looking forward to episode on syncing iPod under Linux 37:27 Dan: Uses Floola on his iPod 39:15 John: Tutorial on installing Ubuntu under VMWare, getting VLC working 45:59 Kedar: Is Tom being discriminated against? 47:23 Chris: Compaq Presario SR1520NX graphics problems 52:07 Dan: Setting VLC as default application 53:55 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 55:34 End May 25: #32 - Computer America #2 Originally aired on May 20, 2008, this is Larry's second appearance on Craig Crossman's Computer America, a live radio show, syndicated nationally in the United States. This time, Craig Crossman and Carey Holzman have a discussion with Larry about such Linux topics as getting Linux support, malware on Linux, the cost of going Linux, and can you make Linux look like OSX or Windows? Larry also answers some listener questions. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com SystemRescue http://distrowatch.com/systemrescue Clonezilla Live http://www.clonezilla.org/ Parted Magic http://distrowatch.com/partedmagic The Computer America Radio Show: http://www.computeramerica.com Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 32 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #32 - Computer America May 20, 2008 00:17 Introduction 01:20 Hour 1 05:47 Why hasn't Linux penetrated the home market? Or has it? 10:32 Getting support for Linux 12:02 Support forums, podcasts 18:27 Do the different distributions fragment Linux support? 22:30 Linux support is about community 28:28 Purchasing support with Linux 32:53 Spyware and viruses less of an issue with Linux 34:20 Hour 2 40:00 Eric: Can I install Linux and Windows on the same computer? 41:27 Try Linux using a Live CD 43:51 Should Linux look and behave more like Windows? 46:46 Switching to Linux from Windows because of Vista 48:03 The cost of Linux training vs. ongoing operating and upgrade costs 51:30 Making Linux look more like a Mac 52:43 Linux: You get what you pay for? 55:33 Are you entitle to support with Linux if you purchase it? 59:34 Where to go to get a complete list of available Linux distributions 61:42 Specialized Linux distributions 63:35 Charles: How to change which OS boots first on a dual-boot system 66:35 Henry: How to enable auxilary buttons on a Logitec mouse 69:26 Mark: Linux certification programs 72:12 What makes the Going Linux podcast unique? 76:32 Dan: Setting VLC as the default media player 80:41 End May 22: #31 - Backups (Advanced) The advanced episode on backing up your computer. From daily, simple backups to Windows and Linux drive imaging, we provide our recommendations and step-by-step instructions. Listener Daniel provides a tutorial on using Rsync, together with Bash and Cron to automate backups. (Yes, I know I said "episode 30" in the intro. You know that this is really episode 31!) The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Article: Using Rsync, Bash and Cron to automate backups Article: (Ubuntu Geek) Backups using Simple Backup Article: Using Clonezilla Live Podcast Episode: (Productive Linux) Simple Backup on Hardy Rsync sbackup Simple Backup Hubackup Clonezilla Live G4L The Productive Linux podcast: http://productivelinux.com/ The Linux Basement podcast: http://linuxbasement.com Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 31 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #031 - Backups - Advanced 00:16 Introduction 01:24 Overview 02:06 The importance of backing up 04:16 Definitions: Full backups, incremental backups 05:56 Rsync, bash and cron: automated backups - command line 08:10 Simple Backup: automated backups - graphical ui 10:56 G4L: needs more research 12:55 Clonezilla Live: clone partitions or whole hard drives 20:07 Backup and Restore Windows and Linux partitions 28:40 Resizing partition to different size drives 31:51 Hardy Heron 8.04 discussion 35:47 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 37:48 End May 04: #30 - Listener Feedback This is a listener feedback episode with a twist. As a result of a listener question, "How and why is Linux free?" Tom and Larry host a Linux podcaster round-table discussion on the topic. We are joined by Chad Wollenberg of the Linux Basement podcast, Dann Washko of The Linux Link Tech Show, Klaatu of The Bad Apples podcast, and the ubiquitous Linux podcast guest, Verbal. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: The Linux Basement podcast: http://linuxbasement.com The Linux Link Tech Show: http://tllts.org The Bad Apples Podcast: http://thebadapples.info Verbal's new Linux Trivia podcast feed: http://setbit.org/lt-ogg.xml Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 30 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #030 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 02:12 Podcaster Round Table Discussion 46:28 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 48:25 End Apr 21: #29 - Backups (Introduction) In this episode, Larry and Tom discuss backing up your Linux computer. Topics discussed include why you should backup, what files should be included in a backup, where should you backup (and where you should keep your backups), and how often you should backup. We provide an overview of some of the Linux backup software available, including alternatives to Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Article: Backup strategies for Linux (and other) computers sbackup Simple Backup rdiff-backup backerupper hubackup rsync and grsync clonezilla G4L andLinux www.rockbox.org Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 29 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #029 - Introduction to Backups 00:15 Introduction 01:23 You SHOULD be backing up. Have you? 01:57 Why should you backup? 03:36 What should you backup? 05:17 Where should you make the backup? 13:27 How often should you backup? 16:14 How do you make a backup? 19:15 Linux backup software 21:02 sbackup (Simple Backup) 21:46 rdiff-backup 22:11 backerupper 22:37 hubackup (Home User Backup) 23:30 rsync 24:25 grsync 25:13 Clonezilla Live 27:47 G4L (formerly Ghost for Linux) 30:19 Larry's software pick: andLinux 34:47 Tom's software pick: Rockbox rocks! 37:04 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 38:37 End Apr 15: #28.5 - Computer America Special Larry was invited a guest on the live radio show Craig Crossman's Computer America! Craig and his co-host Carey Holzman interview Larry about this podcast and "all things linux". Craig and Carey have graciously allowed us to download, edit and post the entire program, here on our website. You will also be able to download both hours of the show (including the commercials) from the Computer America site for about 2 weeks. After that, this will be the only place you can hear the interview. This single episode is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: The andLinux distribution: andLinux The Computer America Radio Show: http://www.computeramerica.com Apr 05: #28 - Listener Feedback Tom and Larry recommend a Linux distribution (or three) and PCs with Linux pre-installed. A listener installs Windows on 6 year old son's PC because Windows is a "toy" operating system. A Darwin-based distribution DOES exist. AAC is not evil. We talk about why Linux is free, and how to get free beer -- digitally! The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Xara graphics program http://xara.com The Going Linux Resources page: http://resources.goinglinux.com Dell and System76 computers pre-loaded with Linux Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and the support community Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com Article: Subscribe to a podcasts The GNU-Darwin Linux distribution The Bad Apples podcast Bruce: Undeleting files from ext3 file system Halloween documents: http://catb.org/%7Eesr/halloween/ The BOINC Project http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ Free beer version 3.X http://freebeer.org/blog/faq/ Article: Kill a "hung" or "runaway" application in Linux Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 28 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #028 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:09 Jim: Wants more frequent episodes 03:21 Byron: Advanced Windows user, which Linux distro is right for new PC 06:38 Buy a computer with Linux pre-installed (Ubuntu/Kubuntu or Mint) 10:21 Alan: It's all our fault! He's gone Linux! Working with iPods 14:05 Ralph: Windows programmer, gone Mac and Linux, software should be free, it's my computer! Windows is a toy 18:19 Kedar: Klaatu was wrong about Darwin Linux distro 20:12 Ashaman: AAC is an open format, Apple lossless has DRM 22:57 Teresa: How about an episode on setting up a Linux printer 24:20 Bruce: You CAN undelete files from ext3 formatted drive 25:01 Santos: The Bad Apples and Going Linux are a "symbiosis of awsomeness" 26:27 David: Why, and how, is Linux free? 29:44 The long, "short" answer... 33:31 Why don't Linux users need to worry about malware? 38:12 BOINC runs slowly on an old laptop on older Ubuntu 40:48 How do I download "free beer" 42:23 Matt: Ctrl-Esc for process list (KDE only) 45:03 Johnathan: Backup Linux applications (Ghost alternative) 45:53 Next time: Backups - Intro 46:03 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 47:05 Visit our Cafe Press store 48:07 End Mar 20: #27 - Why Switch? (Advanced) In Episode 27 we discuss the reasons why one might want to switch from Windows to Linux instead of from Windows to the Mac. We follow-up a discussion we began with Klaatu on episode 2x11 of the Bad Apples podcast about the comparative costs of switching from Mac to Linux. We discuss Apple's marketing, "unix certified", Darwin, and support for open source. Does the Apple machine really play nicely with FOSS, give back to the FOSS community and share the workload with FOSS? We also talk about viruses, supportability, crashes, true Open Source, using Open Source applications, DRM and fiel formats, freedom and flexibility. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: The Bad Apples podcast The Linux Basement podcast The Linux Action Show podcast Article: Win-vs-Mac-vs-Lin comparison Article: Kill a "hung" or "runaway" application in Linux Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 27 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #027 - Why Switch? - Advanced 00:16 Introduction 01:28 We lied... 01:54 Klaatu - The Bad Apples Podcast, long time mac user 03:17 Should you move from Windows to Mac, or to Linux? 04:21 Mac is Unix-based, but what IS "Unix Certified" anyway? 06:24 Definition: BSD 08:19 BSD, Unix and Linux 09:15 Apple and the Unix philosophy 09:39 Is Mac as flexible and open as BSD or Unix? 10:09 Is Mac really Open Source? Who knows how to compile the Darwin kernel? 12:37 Source code available, but not an Open Source project! 13:41 Running Unix/Linux applications on the Mac (sort of) 15:40 Klaatu tries to make the Mac a pure BSD box 16:17 The Fink and Mac Ports projects - software ported to Mac 18:40 The reality - Apple fights back 19:24 The Apple marketing machine, Quick Time, DRM and AAC 21:40 Reasons to choose Linux over Mac 22:57 Mac is "unsupportable" if you customize too much 23:40 Problems you aren't allowed to have on a Mac 24:15 But a Mac just works and doesn't crash, right? 25:14 The spinning beach ball of death - be cool while you crash 25:57 Using the terminal to kill a process in Linux: xkill (Ctrl-Alt-Esc) 28:00 You only thought it crashed... 29:33 Linux Basement's VA Tech interview - Mac clusters 31:29 Window, Mac, Linux all work for e-mail and browsing, right? 32:27 Recovering data? Good luck! Linux Action Show 33:04 Mac + Unix for the technical user? Not! 34:20 Why fix problems when we can make it a feature of the next release? 35:06 Do you want to report this error? 35:46 The Linux sense of community to the rescue 37:36 But the Mac looks cool... 38:15 Klaatu's final thoughts 39:10 Next episode: Listener Feedback 39:18 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 40:15 Visit our Cafe Press store 41:07 End Mar 10: #26 - Listener Feedback In this listener feedback episode, one of our listeners provides musical feedback, we get taken to task for bashing Mac OSX, and discuss several Linux alternatives to Windows applications. Between the recording of this episode and its release, Klaatu has released the episode we talk about recording. You can listen to what we've learned about OSX, and hear Klaatu's comparison of the costs of Mac and Linux. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: The Bad Apples podcast Linux Basement podcast http://www.linuxbasement.com Mac Break Weekly podcast http://twit.tv/mbw Greg's blog: http://www.internetling.com The largest Slovenian open source portal: http://odprtakoda.org Bart's blog: http://www.bartbusschots.ie/blog Kompozer: http://www.kompozer.net Distrowatch http://www.distrowatch.com Linux Software Equivalents: Our "Resources" page Linux alternatives to MS Money: GnuCash, KMyMoney, jGnash, MoneyDance, Grisbi, and PLCash. WineHQ Article: Running Tax Cut under Wine Zenity: http://live.gnome.org/Zenity Drew's recording scripts: RecScripts.tar.gz Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 26 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #026 - Listener Feedback 00:21 Introduction 01:15 Audio feedback 01:30 Verbal: Use WGET command to download files from the Internet 02:57 Greg: Installing .rpm and .deb packages 09:50 Phone line calls 10:44 Sonny: Why I switched to Linux 12:05 Bruce (Mr. Gadget) sings the blues (Eat your heart out Chad Wollenberg!) 15:00 Emmanuel: Kompozer replaces NVu, comments on Windows vs. Linux 18:45 Richard: A question on the legality of using restricted drivers in Linux 19:44 Klaatu's answer from Episode 25 21:28 Use VLC for converting audio file formats 22:41 Rich: Linux alternatives for Microsoft Money and Tax Cut 22:36 GnuCash, KMyMoney, jGnash, MoneyDance, Grisbi, and PLCash 26:50 Linux alternatives for iTunes 27:30 Definition: Smart playlists, 28:10 Amarok: Synchronize your iPod or other audio player 30:10 Drew: Recording streams using Bash scripts, Zenity 35:09 Teresa: Tries Kubuntu on Dell C610 with no OS, never looks back 37:13 Bart: Manages Linux, uses Mac OSX's Unix; 39:36 Bart: Please, no Mac-bashing! OSX-Linux similarities and differences 42:17 We'll talk to Klaatu (see Bad Apples Season 2, Episode 11) 44:28 Apple's software cost for comparison 47:07 Next episode: An introduction to backups 47:33 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 48:27 Visit our Cafe Press store 49:22 End Feb 20: #25 - Why Switch? (Intro), Klaatu interview at SCaLE 6x This month we talk about the reasons why one might want to switch from other operating systems to Linux. In addition, Larry interviews Klaatu at SCaLE about playing video and audio under Linux -- legally. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Southern California Linux Expo: SCaLE 6x Cory Doctorow: A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. The Bad Apples Podcast Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Episode 25 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #025 - Why Switch?, Klaatu interview at SCaLE 6x 00:22 Introduction 01:45 Why Tom switched to Linux 02:38 Why Larry switched to Linux 04:10 The security issue 05:03 The cost issue 05:36 Configuring equivalent systems: Vista vs. Linux 06:10 The hardware issue 06:43 Upgrade vs. "full" version 08:52 Office suites 12:40 Mail application 14:40 The cost of previous software and hardware 15:40 The cost of "content protection" 17:24 BSOD 18:10 The cost of additional software included with Linux distros 20:50 Final (software only) cost Vista ultimate: $3,000 Linux: $0 21:38 The performance cost of "assistant" programs 23:14 Cost summary 24:13 Getting new application upgrades 26:58 No Scan Disk or Defrag 28:00 No reboot for months 28:56 Community support 30:48 User-influenced development 31:42 Linux: Built on the shoulders of giants 33:24 Security: less risk for malware 34:20 Why don't people switch to Linux? Fear of change 35:30 Finding application equivalents 27:25 Linux vs. Apple 39:20 SCaLE 6x Review 44:50 Interview with Klaatu of The Bad Apples Podcast 56:30 Linux codecs legal vs. illegal 57:10 Next episode: Listener Feedback 57:24 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 58:47 End Feb 05: #24 - Listener Feedback This month's listener feedback includes our first two voice mails from our Listener Feedback line, a suggestion to cover the command-line, and a listener who needs help with Yellow Dog Linux on a PS3. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Linux Basement podcast http://www.linuxbasement.com Linux Reality podcast http://www.linuxreality.com Linux Outlaws podcast http://www.linuxoutlaws.com/ Southern California Linux Expo: SCaLE 6x The Great Bit Bucket In The Sky: http://www.thegreatbitbucket.com Article: 10 Reasons Why the Command Line is More User-Friendly than the Desktop Software picks: Apropos, OpenOffice Extension Sun Presentation Minimizer Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Promos: Linux Basement, The Bad Apples, JD Sawyer Episode 24 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #024 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:19 SCALE 6x 02:55 Bill: Playing Real Player streams 04:29 Emmanuel: Listener Tip - sudo !! repeats last command as root 08:02 Jim: Wants us to cover how to install Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 10:21 Stuff: Nice podcast 10:41 Steve: Clear and straightforward 12:17 Charles: Tom's color commentary helps family move from Vista to Linux 13:08 Ernie: Fantastic 13:17 Arash2005: Cool podcast 13:32 Bob: Kick the "stuff" out of Microsoft 15:48 Bill (not Gates): Finds openSuSE slab menu clunky, adopts Ubuntu on AMD 64 19:20 Ron: Needs help installing Flash and mPlayer on YDL on a PS3 20:25 Nid good: Really likes podcast 20:30 Josh: Tom's new mic helps -- he sounded too close to mic on Episode 15 21:43 Michael: Nessus scans Tom's computer for the Aardvark Challenge 22:57 Steve: Environmental factors help with Aardvark Challenge 23:38 Greg: Would like command line tips as a regular segment 22:47 Software picks: Apropos, 29:24 OpenOffice extension -- Sun Presentation Minimizer 34:00 Next episode: Why switch? 34:51 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 35:35 Promos 42:44 End Jan 20: #23 - Firewalls (Advanced) We complete the discussion on Linux firewalls we began last month. Our focus is on answering the question, "How would I use a firewall... if I wanted one?" The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Linux Basement podcast http://www.linuxbasement.com Linux Resonance podcast http://www.linuxresonance.com Southern California Linux Expo: SCaLE 6x The NetFilter website: http://www.netfilter.org/ Article: Mark Stone's 2004 primer http://www.linux.com/articles/113828 FAQs.org: Firewalls-faq The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers Firestarter has an online user manual: http://www.fs-security.com/docs.php Article: (Tux Magazine) Guarddog http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000267 Articles: (How Stuff Works) Introduction to How Firewalls Work How Firewalls Work: What It Does How Firewalls Work: Making the Firewall Fit How Firewalls Work: What It Protects You From Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Promos: The Bad Apples, JD Sawyer, Linux Reality Episode 23 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #023 - Firewalls-Advanced 00:16 Introduction 01:17 Results: Aardvark Challenge 04:40 SCALE 6x 07:20 The story so far... 08:12 Definition: IPTables 10:15 Why use both software and hardware firewalls? 11:34 Windows XP firewall vs. the GuardDog Linux firewall 13:44 How do I setup a firewall? 14:08 Firestarter's default settings 16:53 Events Tab: Allowing blocked incoming connections 19:10 Policy Tab: Proactively setting policies 19:54 Port Numbers: What does each port do? 21:41 Firestarter for Gnome, GuardDog for KDE 23:22 Why the firewall works when Firestarter and GuardDog are turned off 24:22 GuardDog's default settings 24:56 Advanced planning: browsing, banking and server 25:19 Protocol Tab: Internet Zone (browsing and banking) 26:45 Protocol Tab: Local Zone (server) 27:26 Turn the firewall on and off 27:50 When to turn the software firewall on 28:25 Resources for firewall information 31:29 Going Linux Cafe Press store: www.cafepress.com/goinglinux 31:48 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 33:32 Promos 37:15 End Jan 01: #22 - Listener Feedback In this month's Listener Feedback: The Aardvark Challenge, new "Donate" button,errata corrected, an alternative to Basket for Gnome, KnoppMyth, two alternative Linux distributions, mutimedia, a USB novelty, and software picks. The following resources are mentioned in this episode: Linux Basement http://www.linuxbasement.com Article: Ubuntu forums (Basket, OneNote alternative for Gnome): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=535774 Debris Linux: http://debris.moonmind.net/index.php IcePodder: http://www.icepodder.com/ Tux Droid: http://www.kysoh.com/# The Wubi installer: http://wubi-installer.org/ Real Player: http://www.real.com/linux/ KnoppMyth: http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Geubuntu: http://geubuntu.intilinux.com/ FileLight: http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/ Avidemux: http://www.avidemux.org/ Theme music provided by Mark Blasco http://www.podcastthemes.com Promo: Sculpting God podcast: http://sculptgod.jdsawyer.net Episode 22 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #022 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:21 The Aardvark Challenge 03:44 Now you can donate - button on http://goinglinux.com 04:45 Ben: AbiWord is stand alone word processor, KWord is part of KOffice 05:26 Henry: Basket and OneNote equivalent for Gnome Tomboy, TiddlyWiki, TiddlySnip, Jarnal and Gournal 06:50 Bobby: Debris Linux and IcePodder for older computers 09:25 Wayne: Tux Droid 11:02 Bill: Wubi, enabling multimedia and Real Player 13:48 Steve: Knoppmyth for a MythTV PVR, Geubuntu looks nice 17:18 Verbal: Listener Tip - AC Adapters 18:47 Software Picks: FileLight, Avidemux 22:26 New feature: Promo Exchange 23:17 Next episode 23:22 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 24:22 Promo 26:20 End Previous Episodes: 2007 Shows: Dec 20: #21 - Firewall Considerations (Introduction) Dec 05: #20 - Listener Feedback Nov 21: #19 - Office Suites (Advanced) Nov 07: #18 - Listener Feedback Oct 22: #17 - Word Porcessors and Text Editors (Introduction) Oct 05: #16 - Listener Feedback Sep 20: #15 - Installing Linux Applications (Advanced) Sep 05: #14 - Listenter Feedback and Dan Sawyer Interview Aug 20: #13 - Getting Updates and Installing Software (Introduction) Aug 05: #12 - Listener Feedback Jul 20: #11 - Adjusting to Linux (Advanced) Jul 05: #10 - Listener Feedback Jun 20: #9 - Adjusting to Linux (Introduction) Jun 05: #8 - Listener Feedback May 20: #7 - Linux E-mail (Advanced) May 05: #6 - Listener Feedback Apr 20: #5 - Linux E-mail (Introduction) Mar 30: #4 - Listener Feedback Mar 20: #3 - Linux Web Browsers (Advanced) Feb 20: #2 - Linux Web Browsers (Introduction) Jan 20: #1 - Introduction |
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