Going Linux

By Larry Bushey and Bill Smith

Once you become aware that there is a dependable, secure, capable, and modern computer system that rivals all others in popularity and actual use, you will want to try the Linux operating system on yo... more

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The podcast currently has 371 episodes available.

Going Linux episodes:

June 02, 2013 Going Linux #210 Listener Feedback
00:00 Going Linux #210 · Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
01:04 Bob: Have you checked out Mageia?
09:29 Anonymous: We shouldn't use or recommend Linux Mint
12:34 Gus: A similar question
13:06 Andy: Gone Linux
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21min
May 26, 2013 Going Linux #209 Computer America #62
00:00 Going Linux #209 · Computer America #62
00:15 Introduction
03:14 Topic: The year of the Linux desktop is here now!
18:40 Chromebooks
36:30 Magnum: Misses Tom
42:02 David: Misses Tom, too
47:54 Steve: Which distro closely mimics Windows?
52:18 Andrew: Possible reasons for missing free space
57:45 Kevin: Looking for a recommendation
61:31 Daniel: Updater can't find a package
63:35 Old Macs running Linux
64:28 Recommendations for Kevin
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1h 9min
May 19, 2013 Going Linux #208 Reviews of Sabayon 11 and Open SuSE 12.3
00:00 Going Linux #208 Reviews of Sabayon 11 and Open SuSE 12.3
00:15 Introduction
00:56 Bill produced this review
05:52 Sabayon 11
10:48 Open SuSE 12.3
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18min
May 05, 2013 Going Linux #207 Listener Feedback
00:00 Going Linux #207 Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
00:46 Bill tries Fedora with Cinnamon
04:08 Bill's new role
05:27 Paul: My Cinnamon screen resolution gets tiny
11:19 Ben: Preferred desktops
16:56 Andrew: Best upgrades for VMs
24:33 Gordon: Feedback on episode 204
27:04 Default partitions on Windows PCs
29:11 Bill discovers the true license costs for Windows
36:27 Jeff: Irritated with icons
40:48 Mike: UEFI Secure Boot
44:32 Jay: Ramblings from show 204
49:04 Software pick: Clementine
50:29 Tip: Check your Skype
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55min
April 17, 2013 Going Linux #206 Steam and Team Fortress
00:00 Going Linux #206 Steam and Team Fortress
00:15 Introduction
00:42 Tom Retires from podcasting
02:12 Your indie music library
05:59 Rathole Radio
07:44 Ubuntu Studio review
11:02 mintCast shout out
13:24 Linux in the Hamshack shout out
14:17 Installing Steam for Linux
16:52 Installing Team Fortress
18:37 Launching Team Fortress
19:18 A better video driver
19:55 23 hours later...
23:24 Starting the game
23:47 Performance comparison with Windows
28:23 Which games run on Linux?
30:04 Bill's rating: 4.5 out of 5
30:35 The Windows and Linux clients appear to be identical
31:28 The Steam Community
33:06 Level up
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38min
April 16, 2013 Going Linux #205 Computer America #61
00:00 Going Linux #205 Computer America #61
00:15 Introduction
04:46 Safe computing with Linux
36:55 Gregory: UEFI and Secure Boot issues
46:43 kyengineer: Web server not visible from the Internet
50:36 Gus: Is playing multimedia on Linux illegal?
64:22 Ivor: Concern over comments
65:40 Richard: The Ribbon is not available for LibreOffice
68:47 Jim: Install Linux from a USB device
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73:25 End
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1h 14min
March 31, 2013 Going Linux #204 Listener Feedback
00:00 Going Linux #204 Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
00:52 OLF CFP
02:01 openSuSE
03:01 Works with UEFI
04:55 Build service
06:25 UEFI and Secure Boot
09:45 Dual booting with Windows 8
11:53 Scott: Scolding Bill
13:35 James: Google Reader and generating text from audio
21:13 kyengineer: Hosting a server from home
23:50 Nick: The year of Linux from Mum and Dad
28:03 Saint e: Why order a hard disk from Dell
29:49 Bruce: A suggestion and a criticism for Bill
32:13 David: Where is the missing free space after reformatting to ext4?
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38:56 End
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39min
March 20, 2013 Going Linux #203 Customizing Linux-Introduction
00:00 Going Linux #203 Customizing Linux-Introduction
00:15 Introduction
00:50 Engines, bolts, meteors, etc. You know the drill
02:35 Things that run Linux
05:35 Larry's 2 year old brand new laptop
07:34 SolydXK
10:03 Customizing your Linux desktop: It's about choice
14:33 Change the wallpaper
18:24 Change your theme
26:45 Icons, fonts and other things
28:27 Accessibility and magnification settings
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33:14 End
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35min
March 19, 2013 Going Linux #202 Computer America #60
00:00 Going Linux #202 Computer America #60
00:15 Introduction
05:50 Topic: If Apple wrote ad copy for Linux
06:37 A Linux Ad for radio and podcasts you can use
14:13 Apple advertises UNIX
23:01 Office on Linux
28:21 What about devices?
30:02 Printers
30:49 Running Windows apps
32:03 Connect to other PCs
32:46 Easy to use
36:35 Emails
37:46 Charles: Linux in the wild
39:38 Russ: On the edge of the desert in South Africa
43:30 Eric: Shares an idea
48:56 Jeff: A software engineer's view of Linux
55:00 Steve: Using Audacity
56:53 Tim: Asks about clouds
60:05 Jay: Gone Linux
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69:36 End
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1h 10min
March 03, 2013 Going Linux #201 Listener Feedback
00:00 Going Linux #201 Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
01:31 Fallout from Tom
04:26 Bill tries more games
06:27 Larry's laptop
07:47 Bill helps a coworker
10:57 Robert: Too much authentication
17:17 Gord: Video conversions
19:09 Mike: How I convert video
20:59 Jay: Gone Linux
26:46 Jay: Log permissions and SSD drives
31:27 Benjamin: Open format player for iOS
32:46 Sonar Project
36:40 Andrew: Removing infections in Apples
39:21 Nancy: Challenge - Things Linux can do that Win and Mac can't
44:24 David: Edit PDF files
48:45 Lord Burghley: Live USB Drives
53:26 Linux acceptance
56:03 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
57:33 End
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58min

FAQs about Going Linux:

How many episodes does Going Linux have?

The podcast currently has 371 episodes available.