Going Linux #456 · Listener Feedback

Bill continues hopping. Larry upgrades the kernel. Listener Reid gets a Lemur, we get feedback on Networking and our theme, and a noise complaint. Bhikhu wrote an update tool and new Linux user Trevor looks for answers. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #460 · Listener Feedback 01:35 Bill continues hopping to Garuda 08:18 Larry upgrades the kernel on Ubuntu Cinnamon 10:08 Bluetooth bug in kernel 6.9.8 13:53 Zabbly kernels for Ubuntu 15:11 Larry's new hardware 17:44 Reid: New and light is good! 25:35 Reid: Follow-up on Lemur Pro 27:22 George: Feedback on episode 456 30:42 Bhikhu: Wrote a tool 33:57 Stephen: Linux flight simulators 36:23 Stephen: Our new music at 5x speed 37:54 Trevor: Save a Linux installation before nuke 47:20 Trevor: Point release vs. interim release vs. LTS release 56:00 Frank: Reference for networking 57:14 Solt: Noise in episode 456 61:53 Rick: Feedback on new theme 64:57 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 66:01 End

Bill updates us on his distro hopping adventures and reviews 7 distros. We discuss getting connected to the internet, connecting your hardware, WPA2 best practices, and getting support. We provide a software suggestion and a game suggestion. We ask what you want for our next topic. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #459 · Networking - Part 2 01:08 Bill's distro hopping adventures 01:34 Bazzite Linux 07:14 NixOS 07:41 Manjaro 07:53 Ubuntu MATE 08:28 Linux Mint 09:36 Open SUSE 11:45 Kenoite 14:26 Networking 14:44 Connecting to the Internet 25:33 Connecting your hardware 36:52 WPA2 best practices 41:05 Use a firewall 41:30 Update your operating system 42:41 Use Bitwarden or another password manager 43:45 Use speedtest.net 44:12 Use your distributions forums or a support channel 45:30 The Linux Foundation 45:59 The Linux Documentation Project 46:22 Linux Questions 46:46 The Electronic Frontier Foundation 52:58 Software suggestion: GPT4all.io 57:07 Game suggestion: OSUI 58:54 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 60:10 End

Bill updates us on his distro hopping and asks for help with his Dexcom data. Sean provides oodles of recommendations. Reid’s new computer rivals Larry’s. Nancy writes a book you need to buy! David comments on our new theme music – sort of. Bhiku comments on questions from episode 451. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #458 · Listener Feedback 01:57 Sound Cloud 04:43 Update on Manjaro 06:11 Dexcom: Is there a way to access and export the data on Linux? 10:17 Sean: Recommendations Part 1 11:44 SoX - Swiss Army Knife for audio 14:34 wget 16:23 curl 16:56 Midnight Commander 20:31 Weather widgets and applets recommendations request 28:33 NVIDIA 950 33:25 Sean: Part 2 42:46 Reid: New and Light Is Good! HP and System76 52:51 Nancy: Shameless plug for her book, Your Data, Your Devices, and You: Easy-to-Follow Instructions to Reduce Your Risk of Data Loss, Device Infection, and Identity Theft 59:15 David doesn't comment on our new theme music 59:46 David does comment on the new theme music 63:06 Bhiku: Feedback on episode 451 questions 68:58 Bhiku has more feedback on 451 71:45 goinginuxl.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, liste,n subscribe 72:52 End

Bill helps install Windows 11… for a day. We define some of the basic networking terms in preparation for future discussions. Please give us feedback on our new theme music. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #457 · Networking - Introduction 02:16 Networking terms 02:40 Update on Bill's distro hopping adventures 04:07 Bill helps a friend replace Windows XP with Windows 11... for just over a day 12:52 Bill upgrades Internet speed again 14:13 Definitions: Common networking terms 15:05 Connection 15:26 Packet 16:01 Network interface 16:50 LAN (local area network) 18:05 WAN (wide area network) 18:28 Protocol 19:07 Port 20:02 Firewall 21:05 IP address 21:49 NAT (Network address translation) 24:22 VPN (virtual private network) 25:43 DNS (domain name system) 25:56 HTTP(S) (hyper text transfer protocol) 28:31 Bandwidth 28:52 Ethernet 29:34 Wifi 31:22 PaaS (platform as a service) 33:31 ISP (Internet service provider) 34:32 Malware 35:02 Antivirus

Bill tries Nobarra, Larry upgrades, Sean has lots of suggestions, Stefan provides feedback on our new theme, Jesper follows up on audio, David comments on AntennaPod. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #456 · Listener Feedback 01:07 Bill tries Nobarra Linux 02:37 Destination Linux 12:18 HP Dragonfly 13.5 G4 and Linux 17:49 Sean: AWStats, Ardour, Ventoy, and converting CDs 38:54 Dave: Hello from Brockport NY 39:42 Stefan: Reasons for changing the podcast theme 45:28 Jesper: Follow up on audio quality 47:23 David: AntennaPod 51:38 Stephen: Suggests Nobara Linux 58:13 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 59:06 End

Bill updates us on his NixOS and Arch adventures. We discuss Deb vs. Snap vs. Flatpak vs. AppImage, and we discuss several of the sweet updates in the 24.04 releases of Ubuntu and these flavors: Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Budgie, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #455 · Ubuntu 24.04 and Flavors released 01:31 NixOS update: Bill could use help with NVIDIA card configuration. 03:40 Bill as parted ways with Arch 08:44 Audacity: Deb vs. Snap vs. Flatpak vs. AppImage 16:10 Ubuntu flavors releases for 24.04 LTS 16:46 Ubuntu 24.04 27:14 Ubuntu MATE 24.04 41:34 Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04 48:25 Ubuntu Budgie 56:05 Kubuntu 24.04 59:12 Xubuntu 24.04 64:33 Lubuntu 24.04 73:01 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, islten, subscribe 73:48 End

Bill visits the VLA, Stefan provides no listener feedback. We get feedback on Linux headers, computer hardening, running a business on Linux, Nix and AI trends and the xz-utils exploit. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #454 · Listener Feedback 01:11 Bill's great adventure - VLA 02:47 AIPS 06:29 Super computer 10:51 Update on Zorin 11:24 Update on Nix 16:08 Robert: What are Linux headers and do I need them? 22:01 Stefan: No listener feedback 23:44 Donald: Computer hardening recommendations? 29:32 Philip: Running a business on POP!_OS 32:29 David: Windows vs. MacOS vs. Linux 37:07 Martin: Nix OS and AI trends 39:52 David: Follow-up on xz-utils 46:53 End

Bill runs Arch, by the way. We discuss zutils, podcatcher software, hacker scam, trying distros, encrypted files and file formats. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #453 · Listener Feedback 00:57 Bill tries Arch Linux 02:35 Bill gets better Internet speeds 06:48 What happened to Nix OS? 07:54 Is Arch finally for new Linux users? 10:02 Update on Zorin give-away 11:28 David: The xzutils vulnerability 17:59 Stephen: Struggling to listen using Pocketcast 20:52 Anonymous listener can pay cash for urgent assistance with hacker software. Is this a scam? 24:05 Jesper: Please fix the audio volume 25:59 George: Toots vs. tweets 26:52 George: Feedback on Antennapod, Ventoy, Distrosea, Veracrypt, and the most compatible file format 36:59 Thank you, listeners, for all your engagement with our podcast 39:28 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 40:36 End

Bill's continues his Nix adventure, Larry's take on the Ubuntu MATE project, maybe we'll have a Zorin 17 Pro giveaway. In this episode we discuss the real facts about Linux and clear up some Linux 'fake news'. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #452 · Linux Talk , Tips, Tricks and Facts 01:48 Bill's Nix adventure 03:54 Larry's take on the Ubuntu MATE project 06:29 Zorin 17 Pro giveaway? 08:12 The real facts about Linux 08:38 Clearing up Linux 'fake news' 19:11 There are no ready to use distros if you are just getting started with Linux 19:49 Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives 20:53 Manjaro 24:24 MX Linux 24:55 Zorin 25:11 Elementary OS 28:05 Pop!OS 29:06 Fedora 30:51 OpenSUSE 32:11 Debian 35:26 Package management: X is better than Y 43:20 The command line is scary, for power users, and you have to use it to use Linux 50:06 Distrowatch is the ultimate source to discover which Linux distro is best 55:03 App suggestion: blanket background noise generator 57:33 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 58:39 End

In this episode: Bill hops again, lost voice mails, Google analytics, Lubuntu package manager, Bitlocker, Thunderbird, lightweight feedback, and suggestions for Bill’s testing on Nix. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #451 · Listener Feedback 00:55 Is this a special episode? 01:45 Bill hops to NixOS 06:54 Sean: Lost voicemails? 09:08 Peter: Why Google analytics? 10:28 Robert: Lubuntu package manager 26:26 Jack: Followup on Bitlocker 30:25 James: Begs for minion help with Thunderbird 36:26 Paul: Feedback on lightweight distros 43:28 Tolga: Distro suggestion for Bill to test 49:27 goinglinux.com, [email protected], +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 50:38 End