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 widg ..read more

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 ..read more

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, goinglinu ..read more

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 4 ..read more

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: N ..read more

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 2 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

Bill gets new tech and we discuss some happenings from 2023. Maya OS, Nix OS, Rhino Linux, Redhat, Cachy Linux and much more. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #450 · Linux 2023 Year in review 02:11 Bill's new tech 04:55 Involutary new tech 05:56 2023 in review 06:29 Indian Defense Ministry adopts Maya OS 10:21 VIM founder passed away 11:52 Nix OS is becoming popular 15:53 Twitter has become ‘X’ 19:30 Rhino Linux 25:10 Redhat changes their sourcecode use policies 29:14 Beginner-friendly Cachy Linux 34:33 Valve: Linux overtook MacOS as the preferred platform for gaming on Steam 37:37 Linux ..read more

Bill gets a solid state drive and leaves Windows for gaming using Steam on Linux. He continues distro hopping using Ventoy. Phil comments on Pop and Wayland, Bhiku comments on Linux antivirus, George responds to several listeners and suggests something for distro hoppers like Bill. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #449 · Listener Feedback 01:13 Bill leaves Windows for gaming on Linux 04:46 Steam on Linux 10:20 Bill's new NVME drive 13:41 Ventoy for trying and installing Linux distributions 19:23 Phil: Pop!_OS and Wayland 22:56 Bhikhu: Linux antivirus recommendation 26:45 George: Foreign l ..read more