Going Linux

00:00 Going Linux #199 Computer America #59 00:15 Introduction 02:22 Welcome 06:12 The oddest places you'll find Linux and the 10 oddest distros 09:58 Steve: Where to find applications that run in WINE 41:43 Jan: Helping Slovak Linux users 50:27 David: Help with Audacity 54:59 Almost 5 years on CA 57:08 Chris: Our count is off 59:40 Scott: Recovering from SD card using Linux 60:47 Gary: Gone Linux 63:26 Kevin: Upgrading to Linux 66:42 Steve: Audacity video tutorials 68:10 Steam for Linux released 69:25 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 71:38 End

0:00 Going Linux #198 Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 00:49 Our screencast on advanced editing with Audacity 03:00 Tom's mic 04:16 Bill's Steam 04:30 Knightwise: ogg on iOS 08:33 Anonymous: Xange Linux 12:15 Richard Roocroft: NAS Lite review 17:56 Mark: Zoom tool 21:00 David: Request for Audacity tutorials 25:30 Scott: Linux recovers data from SD card 27:30 Gary: Gone Linux 35:00 Pick: gtkRecordMyDesktop 38:42 Pick: Linux 39:00 Pick: IRSSI 39:35 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 41:33 End

00:00 Going Linux #197 Audio Files-Advanced 00:15 Introduction 00:51 Bill's audio book adventure 08:59 Converting formats 12:56 Audio compression 18:05 Audio formats vs. codecs 20:07 Containers or wrappers 23:58 4 common formats 24:21 ogg 26:24 mp3 26:49 wma 29:45 flac 30:11 Our recommendation 31:33 The best file formats for audio books 36:01 Audio tools for Linux 38:46 Formats for Android phones 39:44 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 44:55 End

00:00 Going Linux #196 Computer America #58 00:15 Introduction 02:16 Why I choose Linux 39:43 Charles: Lazarus 42:04 Happy Birthday Tom! 42:48 Clay: Synergy setup 46:30 Jeff Windows domain integration 59:58 Ben: Uphill, both ways, in the snow, in sandals 60:54 Chris: SSD recommendations 67:42 Paul: Expands on SSDs 69:58 Steve: Advice for woud-be SSD users 73:05 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 74:08 End

00:00 Going Linux #195 Solid-State Drives on Linux 00:15 Introduction 00:45 Happy 2013 01:21 How I came to install an SSD on a 2 year old noteook 02:25 ZaReason's UltraLap 430 beats the competition 02:57 System76 Lemur Ultra is the runner up 03:15 Why upgrade vs. replace? 04:59 Researching SSD drives on Linux 05:52 5 Tweaks to optimize your Linux system for a solid-state drive 07:06 Edit fstab to enable TRIM and limit writes to the SSD 09:58 Reduce swappiness 12:00 Edit GRUB to prioritize "reads" over "writes" 15:05 SSD makes an HP dm4 into a fast-booting, high-performance dream machine 15:50 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 17:34 End

00:00 Going Linux #194 Audio Files-Introduction 00:15 Introduction 00:56 Bill's adventures in new computing 03:15 Larry gets an SSD upgrade 05:34 Upgrades for the holidays 09:38 Homework for the next episode 10:32 Handling audio files in Linux 12:13 Lossless formats 12:47 Lossy formats 15:28 Sound quality vs. file size 17:34 The "best" quality 18:39 Caveat: Use a format that your device can play 21:22 Playing audio formats 22:49 Ripping audio 26:29 mp3 is the current default cross-platform format 28:53 Converting and playing unusual formats 31:14 Linux is superior for audio 32:52 Our favorite audio formats 34:08 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 36:26 End

00:00 Going Linux #193 Computer America #57 00:15 Introduction 03:24 Topic: "Why do I use Linux?" 14:31 Why you might use Linux 22:56 Steve: How long has Linux been around? 31:40 Richard: WOW 64-bit 36:33 JackDeth: Linux and Active Directory 39:25 Aaron: Mistakes he made buying a Linux laptop 43:19 Rich: De-frigging 4611 Simon: Wants something more advanced 49:21 Robert: NixiePixel installs Netflex on Linux 57:06 Chris: Uses a Zune on a Zenbook 61:21 Göran: VMs and CPUs 62:15 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 63:24 End

00:00 Going Linux #192 Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 00:47 No Audible 01:33 Going Linux Google+ Community 06:08 Tom: Back to Firefox from Chrome 07:38 Bill: Sabayon with MATE 08:15 Larry: Mint 14 08:44 Nemo 09:32 AMC Yoooonity vs. a Packard 11:47 Anonymous: Resizing VM images 12:48 "fork saver"?: Multiple cores vs. multiple threads 14:43 Thor: Alt-click-drag 16:14 Ken: Inspired to try VMware 16:47 Eric: Clone VDI and other comments 20:52 Joran: More processor feedback 22:36 Bill: Pet peevesd 29:02 Nancy: Theoretical Linux malware 30:45 Greg: VLC fix? 32:15 John: Can I delete the image file? 35:40 John: Feedback for David 38:28 Bill: Which hard drive? 43:14 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 45:09 End

00:00 Going Linux #191 Computer America #56 00:15 Introduction 00:47 Welcome 01:43 Firefox 17 Update 02:54 Linux Mint 14 release 03:19 Ben looks at the System76 Bonobo gaming laptop 04:37 Craig notices a change in behavior in Firefox 05:59 Linux not doing what you want? You're doing it wrong! 11:01 Microsoft is doing it wrong! 11:40 Microsoft: Building a single UI for all devices 12:05 Canonical: A single OS that adapts it's UI to the device 13:32 The future of Linux is SNG 17:14 Star WHAT? 17:41 Video training 19:11 Steve: How do I determine if my computer is Linux-ready? 23:01 Computers with Linux pre-installed 24:29 Menu differences 27:40 Closing a window 29:23 Finding an application 31:11 Package search 32:30 Installing an application 33:05 Software updates 33:50 Getting support 34:22 Upgrading your Operating System 36:34 Ken: Glad to hear his email on the show 40:32 Tom: How to stream audio 44:02 Peter: Comments on VM episode 45:54 Havier: Performance tests 60:59 Scott: Linux on a Mac 64:21 Pagal: Windows games under WINE 66:22 inetken: rEFIt related to using graphics 67:14 Ray: Comments on the UI 68:46 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 71:07 End

00:00 Going Linux #190 Virtual Machines-Advanced 00:15 Introduction 00:45 VLC Leakage 03:27 Removing bolts again 04:25 The KVM virtual machine 08:50 Virtual Machine (VM) review 10:17 Virtualizing a hardware installation 14:56 Improving virtual machine performance 15:24 CPU vs. Core vs. multi-threading 22:25 Other hardware considerations 25:30 A real world example from Curbuntu 26:32 Increasing the virtual machine image size 31:18 Windows license considerations 38:57 Trying VMware 40:33 Try KVM - it's already in Linux 41:40 Linux Basement, where are you? 43:14 Tip: Enabling automatic updates 45:48 Running cron jobs as system administrator (root) 48:09 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 50:02 End

00:00 Going Linux #189 Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 03:03 Ubuntu 12.10: New Shopping Lens 10:53 Troy: VirtualBox guest editions 14:24 Bob: Likes Unity now 17:54 Jarrod: Downside to installing multiple desktop environments 20:58 Steve: A fascinating suggestion 24:42 Charles: 73 again 26:11 Bob: A VM correction 27:27 Karim: Freshclam suggestion 29:18 Jenny: Wireless woes during an upgrade 36:46 Steve: 73 again again 31:56 Nikko: Fresher clams 35:01 Kasey: Virtual corrections 36:53 VMware Converter 37:35 Imagination software 40:30 Tom's tip 41:22 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 43:34 End

00:00 Going Linux #188 Virtual Machines-Introduction 00:15 Introduction 01:51 Bill's ASUS G75VW 05:07 Why not a laptop with Linux pre-installed? 10:36 What is a virtual machine? 12:15 Why use a virtual machine? 14:24 System requirements 15:15 VirtualBox 15:42 VMWare 19:23 Parallels 20:59 More on system requirements 25:30 More reasons to use a virtual machine 33:16 QEMU 35:41 Windows VirtualPC 36:46 Microsoft Azure 39:55 Is BootCamp a virtual machine? 43:02 Installing a virtual machine 47:12 How do I get started with VirtualBox? 49:18 Getting started with VMWare 50:51 Virtual modes 57:53 Virtual sharing 58:50 Sharing and backing up your virutal image 62:23 Finding more information 65:09 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 66:43 End

00:00 Going Linux #187 Computer America #55 00:15 Introduction 00:47 Step-by-step: Trying Linux 36:38 Hour 2: Listener Feedback 69:51 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 70:41 End

00:00 Going Linux #186 Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:46 That Mars thing 04:25 Open source's dirty laundry 05:40 Johnathan: Not looking for a fight 06:10 Buyer: Biggest fan 07:00 Victor: Free speech 07:48 Curbuntu: Wing walking 08:20 Mario: Super - Free vs. free 11:34 Mark: Socialism and social movement 13:40 Paul: Antivirus - freshclam 21:00 George: Stallman is correct, not right 24:50 Andy: Gaming mouse to sensitive on Linux 26:45 David: Programming episode? 29:00 Rick: The meaning of 73 31:30 Martin: The 1% has gone Linux 32:35 Software pick: AutoKey 35:40 Electric sheep 36:20 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 37:58 End

00:00 Going Linux #185 At What Price Freedom? 00:15 Introduction 01:01 Tom goes 15 rounds with Time Warner Cable 04:14 More feedback about Episodes 181 and 183 05:03 "Free," "free," "libre," and "Open Source." What's the diff? 05:51 Tom does not hate Microsoft 06:57 Jonathan Nadeau defends Richard M Stallman 11:05 Really listening to what RMS has to say 12:06 All non-Free software is an injustice 13:51 Credibility crumbles 16:07 Giving kids needles full of herione 17:22 An arrogant socialist 19:15 Out to pasture 20:00 Badger, badger, badger 20:35 Redistribution of wealth 20:40 Read the RMS website 20:19 Ahuka: HPR episode 163 23:18 Freedom is not absolute. There are limits 23:55 Producer freedom vs. user freedom 24:33 The GPL protects only 4 freedoms. Conspicuously missing from the list is the freedom of choice. 25:50 OGG Camp 11: The future of Linux must include the freedom of choice 25:54 RMS and the FSF work against freedom -- the freedom of choice 26:28 Kudos to Richard M Stallman for the contributions and ideas 28:15 Kudos to Linus Torvalds for making it actually work 30:00 Kudos to Canonical for making it usable and popular 31:07 What is the cost of "Free" software 32:10 The cost of "Freedom" is "freedom of choice" 33:14 The response to Jonathan 34:00 The words overshadowed the message 35:15 The four freedoms 36:25 The missing freedom 37:35 Choosing your own freedom 38:50 The Open Source community abides by the four freedoms - They chose to fork GNU/Linux and called it "Linux" 40:21 Good-bye 42:00 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 44:25 End