Going Linux

00:00 Going Linux #214 · Computer America #64 00:15 Introduction 38:00 Rich has questions on using SSD drives 43:21 David is making the switch 46:57 Sebastian from Poland provides some useful links 50:57 Bernd from Germany writes about our most recent episodes 55:30 Changes in Gmail inbox: Tabs! 58:02 Tony from New Jersey asks about screen resolution 62:23 Paul comments on our comments about fixing window/Ubuntu/linux dual boot loader 67:51 willhayes: Which distribution do you use? 68:39 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 71:57 End

00:00 Going Linux #213 · Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 00:57 Bill wants to use the newest super computer for playing Team Fortress 02:27 Gerjon provides a translation from Dutch 04:20 Knightwise: Kupfer 10:04 No9To5Blogger: Ultimate Edition and PPAs 18:01 Robert: Getting the message out 19:47 Kees: Linux in a big company? 33:20 Rene: Which Mint? 40:18 Dave: Dual booting woes 48:11 Gus: Configuration tips 51:03 Andrew: Wifi issues with an older computer 55:42 JALU: Takes issue with Nanci's attitude. 69:11 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 70:54 End

00:00 Going Linux #212 · Customizing Linux-Advanced 00:15 Introduction 00:47 Bill is back 02:04 Anarchy Online 05:05 Eye candy downsides 06:50 Themes 12:38 Conky 15:25 Bill's Wife "Agro Monitor" 16:39 Docky 17:57 Plank 18:51 Cairo Dock 20:24 Applets 25:24 Screenlets and Desklets 26:57 Extensions 28:47 XFCE Customizations 29:15 Where to find desktop customizations 31:23 Installing proprietary drivers for special effects 36:21 Looking at Arch Linux 37:34 Tweaking KDE 38:11 Testing Internet Explorer on Linux 39:43 Extensions for accessibility 41:06 Compiz! 44:50 Accessibility is free on Linux 45:35 Just the beginning 46:09 PengPod 51:55 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 53:41 Knighwise.com 54:48 End

00:00 Going Linux #211 · Computer America #63 00:15 Introduction 03:28 Topic: How to buy Linux pre-installed 08:43 Richard: Tired of infection, wants to look at Linux 23:12 System76 25:33 ZaReason 28:22 Stealth 30:43 ThinkPenguin 31:13 Emperor Linux 31:28 Dell - just one model 31:48 Linux Now 32:20 Linux Emporium 32:32 Tiny Green PC 32:50 Compulab 33:21 Telikin 33:39 Rasberry Pi 35:16 Ray Technology 36:18 Would you really recommend buying Linux pre-installed? 41:06 Emails 42:02 Frank: Already moved to System76 46:44 Kevin: Making a choice to by Linux pre-installed 54:25 Robert: You are getting the message out 56:55 Rene: Distributions for Hams 62:02 Robert: Switching to Ultimate Edition 65:54 Jenni: Criticism for Larry (and for Computer America) 70:07 Year of the Linux "cloud-top" 73:42 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 74:36 End

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 18:38 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 20:24 End

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 66:01 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 68:05 End

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 15:45 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 17:21 End

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 53:05 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 54:45 End

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 35:36 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 37:34 End

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 72:42 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 73:25 End

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? 37:09 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 38:56 End

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 31:33 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889,@goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 33:14 End

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 67:22 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 69:36 End

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, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 57:33 End

00:00 Going Linux #200 Linux 2012 in Review 00:15 Introduction 02:03 Tom's engines acting up again 02:50 Linux professionals make more money 05:10 Reminiscences of 2012 06:40 Linux adoption 10:08 Linux distribution timeline 11:04 Linux Mint 14:29 The Cinnamon desktop 16:27 Mint installs to an SD card 19:03 SolusOS 19:34 Ubuntu 23:55 Slackware and derivatives 25:50 Debian and derivatives 28:45 OpenSuSE 30:44 Is Mandriva dead? 32:09 Fedora 33:22 PC LinuxOS 33:53 Android 35:20 Linux Podcasts 2012 39:20 Raspberry Pi 41:21 Thanks, Linux community 43:54 Going Linux improvements during 2012 47:18 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 49:09 End