00:00 Going Linux #030 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 02:12 Podcaster Round Table Discussion 46:28 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 46:52 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 48:25 End

00:00 Going Linux #029 - Introduction to Backups 00:15 Introduction 01:23 You SHOULD be backing up. Have you? 01:57 Why should you backup? 03:36 What should you backup? 05:17 Where should you make the backup? 13:27 How often should you backup? 16:14 How do you make a backup? 19:15 Linux backup software 21:02 sbackup (Simple Backup) 21:46 rdiff backup 22:11 backerupper 22:37 hubackup (Home User Backup) 23:30 rsync 24:25 grsync 25:13 Clonezilla Live 27:47 G4L (formerly Ghost for Linux) 30:19 Larry's software pick: andLinux 34:47 Tom's software pick: Rockbox rocks! 37:04 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 37:26 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 38:37 End

Larry was invited a guest on the live radio show Craig Crossman's Computer America! Craig and his co-host Carey Holzman interview Larry about this podcast and "all things linux". Craig and Carey have graciously allowed us to download, edit and post the entire program.

00:00 Going Linux #028 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:09 Jim: Wants more frequent episodes 03:21 Byron: Advanced Windows user, which Linux distro is right for new PC 06:38 Buy a computer with Linux pre-installed (Ubuntu/Kubuntu or Mint) 10:21 Alan: It's all our fault! He's gone Linux! Working with iPods 14:05 Ralph: Windows programmer, gone Mac and Linux, software should be free, it's my computer! Windows is a toy 18:19 Kedar: Klaatu was wrong about Darwin Linux distro 20:12 Ashaman: AAC is an open format, Apple lossless has DRM 22:57 Teresa: How about an episode on setting up a Linux printer 24:20 Bruce: You CAN undelete files from ext3 formatted drive 25:01 Santos: The Bad Apples and Going Linux are a symbiosis of awsomeness 26:27 David: Why, and how, is Linux free? 29:44 The long, "short" answer... 33:31 Why don't Linux users need to worry about malware? 38:12 BOINC runs slowly on an old laptop on older Ubuntu 40:48 How do I download "free beer" 42:23 Matt: Ctrl-Esc for process list (KDE only) 45:03 Johnathan: Backup Linux applications (Ghost alternative) 45:53 Next time: Backups - Intro 46:03 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 46:16 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 47:05 Visit our Cafe Press store 48:07 End

00:00 Going Linux #027 - Why Switch? - Advanced 00:16 Introduction 01:28 We lied... 01:54 Klaatu - The Bad Apples Podcast, long time mac user 03:17 Should you move from Windows to Mac, or to Linux? 04:21 Mac is Unix-based, but what IS "Unix Certified" anyway? 06:24 Definition: BSD 08:19 BSD, Unix and Linux 09:15 Apple and the Unix philosophy 09:39 Is Mac as flexible and open as BSD or Unix? 10:09 Is Mac really Open Source? Who knows how to compile the Darwin kernel? 12:37 Source code available, but not an Open Source project! 13:41 Running Unix/Linux applications on the Mac (sort of) 15:40 Klaatu tries to make the Mac a pure BSD box 16:17 The Fink and Mac Ports projects - software ported to Mac 18:40 The reality - Apple fights back 19:24 The Apple marketing machine, Quick Time, DRM and AAC 21:40 Reasons to choose Linux over Mac 22:57 Mac is "unsupportable" if you customize too much 23:40 Problems you aren't allowed to have on a Mac 24:15 But a Mac just works and doesn't crash, right? 25:14 The spinning beach ball of death - be cool while you crash 25:57 Using the terminal to kill a process in Linux: xkill (Ctrl-Alt-Esc) 28:00 You only thought it crashed... 29:33 Linux Basement's VA Tech interview - Mac clusters 31:29 Window, Mac, Linux all work for e-mail and browsing, right? 32:27 Recovering data? Good luck! Linux Action Show 33:04 Mac + Unix for the technical user? Not! 34:20 Why fix problems when we can make it a feature of the next release? 35:06 Do you want to report this error? 35:46 The Linux sense of community to the rescue 37:36 But the Mac looks cool... 38:15 Klaatu's final thoughts 39:10 Next episode: Listener Feedback 39:18 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 39:30 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 40:15 Visit our Cafe Press store 41:07 End

00:00 Going Linux #026 - Listener Feedback 00:21 Introduction 01:15 Audio feedback 01:30 Verbal: Use WGET command to download files from the Internet 02:57 Greg: Installing .rpm and .deb packages 09:50 Phone line calls 10:44 Sonny: Why I switched to Linux 12:05 Bruce (Mr. Gadget) sings the blues (Eat your heart out Chad Wollenberg!) 15:00 Emmanuel: Kompozer replaces NVu, comments on Windows vs. Linux 18:45 Richard: A question on the legality of using restricted drivers in Linux 19:44 Klaatu's answer from Episode 25 21:28 Use VLC for converting audio file formats 22:41 Rich: Linux alternatives for Microsoft Money and Tax Cut 22:36 GnuCash, KMyMoney, jGnash, MoneyDance, Grisbi, and PLCash 26:50 Linux alternatives for iTunes 27:30 Definition: Smart playlists, 28:10 Amarok: Synchronize your iPod or other audio player 30:10 Drew: Recording streams using Bash scripts, Zenity 35:09 Teresa: Tries Kubuntu on Dell C610 with no OS, never looks back 37:13 Bart: Manages Linux, uses Mac OSX's Unix; 39:36 Bart: Please, no Mac-bashing! OSX-Linux similarities and differences 42:17 We'll talk to Klaatu (see Bad Apples Season 2, Episode 11) 44:28 Apple's software cost for comparison 47:07 Next episode: An introduction to backups 47:33 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 47:47 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 48:27 Visit our Cafe Press store 49:22 End

00:00 Going Linux #025 - Why Switch?, Klaatu interview at SCaLE 6x 00:22 Introduction 01:45 Why Tom switched to Linux 02:38 Why Larry switched to Linux 04:10 The security issue 05:03 The cost issue 05:36 Configuring equivalent systems: Vista vs. Linux 06:10 The hardware issue 06:43 Upgrade vs. "full" version 08:52 Office suites 12:40 Mail application 14:40 The cost of previous software and hardware 15:40 The cost of "content protection" 17:24 BSOD 18:10 The cost of additional software included with Linux distros 20:50 Final (software only) cost Vista ultimate: $3,000 Linux: $0 21:38 The performance cost of "assistant" programs 23:14 Cost summary 24:13 Getting new application upgrades 26:58 No Scan Disk or Defrag 28:00 No reboot for months 28:56 Community support 30:48 User-influenced development 31:42 Linux: Built on the shoulders of giants 33:24 Security: less risk for malware 34:20 Why don't people switch to Linux? Fear of change 35:30 Finding application equivalents 27:25 Linux vs. Apple 39:20 SCaLE 6x Review 44:50 Interview with Klaatu of The Bad Apples Podcast 56:30 Linux codecs legal vs. illegal 57:10 Next episode: Listener Feedback 57:24 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 57:45 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 58:47 End

00:00 Going Linux #024 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:19 SCALE 6x 02:55 Bill: Playing Real Player streams 04:29 Emmanuel: Listener Tip - sudo !! repeats last command as root 08:02 Jim: Wants us to cover how to install Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 10:21 Stuff: Nice podcast 10:41 Steve: Clear and straightforward 12:17 Charles: Tom's color commentary helps family move from Vista to Linux 13:08 Ernie: Fantastic 13:17 Arash2005: Cool podcast 13:32 Bob: Kick the "stuff" out of Microsoft 15:48 Bill (not Gates): Finds openSuSE slab menu clunky, adopts Ubuntu on AMD 64 19:20 Ron: Needs help installing Flash and mPlayer on YDL on a PS3 20:25 Nid good: Really likes podcast 20:30 Josh: Tom's new mic helps -- he sounded too close to mic on Episode 15 21:43 Michael: Nessus scans Tom's computer for the Aardvark Challenge 22:57 Steve: Environmental factors help with Aardvark Challenge 23:38 Greg: Would like command line tips as a regular segment 22:47 Software picks: Apropos, 29:24 OpenOffice extension -- Sun Presentation Minimizer 34:00 Next episode: Why switch? 34:31 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 34:51 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 35:35 Promos 42:44 End

00:00 Going Linux #023 - Firewalls-Advanced 00:16 Introduction 01:17 Results: Aardvark Challenge 04:40 SCALE 6x 07:20 The story so far... 08:12 Definition: IPTables 10:15 Why use both software and hardware firewalls? 11:34 Windows XP firewall vs. the GuardDog Linux firewall 13:44 How do I setup a firewall? 14:08 Firestarter's default settings 16:53 Events Tab: Allowing blocked incoming connections 19:10 Policy Tab: Proactively setting policies 19:54 Port Numbers: What does each port do? 21:41 Firestarter for Gnome, GuardDog for KDE 23:22 Why the firewall works when Firestarter and GuardDog are turned off 24:22 GuardDog's default settings 24:56 Advanced planning: browsing, banking and server 25:19 Protocol Tab: Internet Zone (browsing and banking) 26:45 Protocol Tab: Local Zone (server) 27:26 Turn the firewall on and off 27:50 When to turn the software firewall on 28:25 Resources for firewall information 30:35 Going Linux Listener Feedback: +1-206-350-5251 31:29 Going Linux Cafe Press store: www.cafepress.com/goinglinux 31:48 goinglinux.com, feedback, listen, subscribe 33:32 Promos 37:15 End

00:00 Going Linux #022 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:21 The Aardvark Challenge 03:44 Now you can donate - button on http://goinglinux.com 04:45 Ben: AbiWord is stand alone word processor, KWord is part of KOffice 05:26 Henry: Basket and OneNote equivalent for Gnome Tomboy, TiddlyWiki, TiddlySnip, Jarnal and Gournal 06:50 Bobby: Debris Linux and IcePodder for older computers 09:25 Wayne: Tux Droid 11:02 Bill: Wubi, enabling multimedia and Real Player 13:48 Steve: Knoppmyth for a MythTV PVR, Geubuntu looks nice 17:18 Verbal: Listener Tip - AC Adapters 18:47 Software Picks: FileLight, Avidemux 22:26 New feature: Promo Exchange 23:17 Next episode 23:22 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 24:22 Promo 26:20 End

00:00 Going Linux #021 - Firewalls-Introduction 00:16 Introduction 01:25 Thank you Dan Sawyer and Chad Wollenberg 01:44 Advanced Windows user, you should begin using Linux right away. 02:46 What is a firewall, why is that important 03:19 Definition: Firewall 03:43 Types of firewalls 04:50 IPTables 05:32 Graphical firewall applications openSuSE, Guard Dog, Fire Starter 06:55 Where to find more information: podcasts, websites, discussion threads 08:32 What and why: The bottom line 09:14 Ports allow access to your computer 10:50 By default, ports are turned OFF 11:49 Uninstall or disable the firewall to enable all ports 12:26 Unconvinced: The Aardvark Challenge 14:30 Even with a firewall you can get hacked: social engineering 15:17 Beware the helpful command-line fix on forum posts 16:47 How to check out a command before you run itwill 17:56 Next episode 18:29 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 19:47 End

00:00 Going Linux #020 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:21 Dan Sawyer: Sculpting God stories released 02:26 Sculpting God promo 04:34 The Linux Link Tech Show 05:06 Verbal: Listener Tip 06:04 Randy: Links to files not working 07:37 Lamar: extend laptop battery life under openSuSE, TV tuner cards 09:16 MythUbuntu.org, forums at http://thelinuxlink.net/forum, episode 5 11:08 Bill: GMail paranoia, sharing browser bookmarks, Wubi confusion 15:17 Wubi is an installer, not virtualization 18:25 Jordan: Use nVidia "legacy" drivers for older hardware 19:06 Luke: Kubuntu on older desktop, Xubutu on old laptop BusyBox error 21:27 Forum posts: Try another version of install CD, try another distro, TinyME 22:53 Ray: likes how-to's, software selections, problem solving techniques, 24:12 Playing podcasts, suggestion: undoing mistakes 25:19 Linux podcast receivers and media players: Amarok, Rhythmbox, restricted extras 27:58 Bill: Suggests donation button, provides openSuSE 10.3 overview 31:53 Supporting Going Linux: Send us an e-mail 32:56 Ryan: Making Gnome look more like Windows for "Mom" 33:25 Install KDE; move the panels, change theme; delay 35:46 Kelly: Audio quality needs improving 38:01 Dave: Firefox printing suggestion PDF Download Extension 40:00 John: Installing Ubuntu on new hardware, link plugs for other shows 41:38 Rick: XPad for Gnome rather than Basket using TinyME 42:29 XPad is a sticky note program, not a full replacement for Basket 43:27 Henry: Local LUG helps solve nVidia problem on Dell--BIOS change! 44:53 Podcast Alley comments: Match harware and distro, don't give up, Tom is entertaining, 47:38 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 48:54 End

00:00 Going Linux #019 - Office Suites-Advanced 00:16 Welcome 01:24 Linux Basement Podcast from Chad Wollenberg 03:08 Thanks for voting on Podcast Alley 03:17 Focus on OpenOffice 03:58 Definition: Office Suite 04:40 MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint 04:53 OpenOffice: Writer, Calc, Impress 05:02 KOffice: AbiWord, KSpread, KPresenter 05:28 Why would I need an Office Suite? 06:49 Moving the OpenOffice Custom Dictionary (and other settings) between computers 08:39 Display hidden directories in Linux. 10:08 Editing the OpenOffice Custom Dictionary 11:38 Automating Keystrokes with Office Macros 12:01 Definition: Macro 13:24 Macro (in)compatibility 14:06 Resources: Using OpenOffice Macros 14:22 OpenOffice Navigator 16:28 Resources: Learning to use OpenOffice 18:08 Software picks: AdBlockPlus, KSnapshot 21:27 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 22:45 End

00:00 Going Linux #018 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Welcome 01:38 New Web Host: Site5 03:21 Podcast Alley survey results - Thank you! 04:15 Comments from Podcast Alley 08:03 Verbal: Audio tip on the Kate text editor 09:45 Jim: Audio comment Excel-OpenOffice compatibility 12:57 Jonathan: Sabayon 14:27 Jeff: Listens again, recommends Fedora-KDE Rawhide 17:33 Command line tab completion 18:55 Why dialog boxes look different from app to app 20:45 Sarel: Installing Linux on an old laptop with no USB or CD 21:38 Smart Boot Manager 23:08 Network Installation 24:49 CF Card Installation of DSL 28:44 Alan: Linux alternatives to DocumentsToGo software 30:56 Wayne: Gutsy requires BIOS of 2000+ 32:10 Updating the older computer BIOS 33:04 For old hardware, try Xubuntu, Puppy, DSL, DSL-N 34:29 Also try Wubi to install Linux on a Windows machine 35:58 A WubiCDBoot.exe install file is included on the Gutsy CD 37:35 Tom's trials with Gutsy - Lesson: Understand before goofing with the innards 38:11 Lee: More screen shots, or add screen cast videos 39:29 Henry: Ubuntu on Inspiron 2650, not able to play demanding games 40:30 Setting up WPA on Ubuntu 44:52 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 46:36 End

00:00 Going Linux #017 - Word Processors and Text Editors-Introduction 00:17 Welcome 01:46 Podcast Alley results so far 04:36 Some common text editors 05:49 Definition: text editor 06:06 Kate text editor 08:35 gEdit text editor 10:25 Abiword word processor 12:17 KWord word processor 16:05 OpenOffice.org Writer word processor 17:28 OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office 21:32 Tips for moving to OpenOffice.org 25:25 Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and MS Office 26:39 Comparison of word processors 27:20 Software pick of the month 30:27 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 31:56 End

00:00 Going Linux #016 - Listener Feedback 00:15 Welcome 01:51 About 40 visits per day 800 visitors per month 03:48 Help us be more accurate. Vote on Podcast Alley - just once is OK 05:015 Ryan: Compile applications from source code 07:08 Definition: Compiling from source code on Linux 08:30 Advantages of compiling from source code 10:11 Dennis: DOS error when booting CD from Linux ISO 11:02 Don't use burner software to make Linux LiveCD bootable - it already is! 14:07 Make sure your computer is setup to boot from the CD 15:25 Jonathan: Linux alternatives to iTunes and MS OneNote under openSuSE 17:16 Sync your iPod under Linux using Rhythmbox 18:53 Replace MS Office OneNote using Basket for Linux 22:47 Adding a 3rd party openSuSE repository to install Basket 26:25 Jonathan: Basket software review (student perspective) 30:10 Jeff: Failed attempt to move to Linux 31:25 Jeff could have used distribution support, community wikis, message boards, online publications and the Going Linux website 32:06 The command line vs. graphical user interface 36:15 Bill: Sync PocketPC with Kmail, sync iPod 37:04 Sync your iPod under Linux using Amarok 37:49 Sync PocketPC with Kmail using SynCE-KDE 38:58 Software pick of the month 39:41 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 41:17 End

00:00 Going Linux #015 - Installing Linux Applications-Advanced 00:17 Welcome 01:49 In this episode 02:22 Definition: Repositories 03:50 A word of caution about installing software... 06:28 Adding source repositories to the package manager 08:15 The advantage of installing from a repository 09:26 Enabling supported repositories 09:56 Example: Kubuntu - enabling Adept repositories 11:35 Example: Ubuntu - enabling Synaptic repositories 12:16 Documentation and tutorials for YOUR distribution of Linux 13:35 LinuxBasics.org tutorial on installing Linux applications 14:31 How do I find Linux equivalents for Windows software? 15:47 Alternative software installers: Winedoors, Automatix 17:05 Recovering from a failed Linux installation or update 18:46 Definition: Broken Dependency 20:04 Command line recovery 21:09 Next 2 episodes 22:07 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 23:08 End

00:00 Going Linux #14 - Listener Feedback and Dan Sawyer Interview 00:14 Introduction 01:45 Changes to the format 02:31 Listener Tom: Show needs a co-host 03:26 Tom Choudoir becomes guest co-host! 04:00 Tom's experiences with Linux 05:03 Listener Curtis: Likes that we cover Linux "from the beginning" 06:34 Listener Dan: Offers to be a guest expert on Going Linux 07:24 Interview with J. Daniel Sawyer 08:00 How did you find the Going Linux podcast? 08:37 Dan's fiction podcasts "Scultping God" and "Predestination and Other Games of Chance" 09:59 LinuxJournal articles 10:42 Questions from listener Rick (hitekwaiter) 12:08 Definition: Codec? 12:54 Lossy vs. lossless 15:33 Free and open source codecs for video 16:29 Open source non-free codecs for video 17:35 Free and open source delivery codecs 19:24 Alpha software and Beta software in "Linux land" vs. "Windows land" 20:55 Video cameras compatible with Linux 23:27 Recommendation: Linux video applications for editing single-track: kino, multi-track: openmovieeditor, blender, kdenlive, cinellera 31:07 Commercial solutions for Linux 31:38 Definition: Video compositing 34:31 Writing articles for magazines and journals 36:35 What is author Scott Sigler really like? 38:00 Polyschizmatic Reprobates Hour podcast 43:00 Advice from Dan Sawyer for media newbies using Linux 44:43 Blender Wars: Open source film making community 45:15 Artistic Whispers Productions: Dan's Sawyer's media services company and tutoring 46:47 Thanks Dan 47:28 Tom Chaudoir joins Going Linux 47:43 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 49:00 End

00:00 Going Linux #13 - Getting Updates and Installing Software-Introduction 00:18 Introduction 01:46 Where to find Linux software to install: repositories 03:24 Deciding what to install 04:42 Getting software updates for Linux: the updater 06:23 Using the updater to retrieve and install updates Reminder definitions: packages, installers, package managers 07:50 Using the package manager 09:01 Installing packages from repositories: 3 examples Finding and installing Firefox on Kubuntu (Adept) Finding and installing software on Freespire (CNR) Finding and installing Audacity on openSuSE (YaST) 12:30 Summary 13:27 Next Episodes 13:44 Possible Format Changes 13:55 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 14:57 End

00:00 Going Linux #12 - Listener Feedback 00:14 Introduction 02:24 Macroron: Links to share 02:53 Learning Linux Episode 3 04:51 Apple IIe Serial Terminal running Gentoo 06:09 Sabayon Linux video 06:38 Fernando: Still here listening! Thanks for the icons 07:28 Henry: Windows XP Media Center (MCE) alternatives 07:44 Outlook equivalent sync to Pocket PC 08:05 Enable advanced mouse buttons 08:15 Convert RPM to DEB 09:01 DVR replacement 09:30 Larry's answers: 09:35 Multisync & SynCE sync to Evolution 10:35 MCE Alternatives: UbuntuStudio Ubuntu Media Center Mythbuntu LinuxMCE 13:00 DVR: MythTV & Mythbuntu 14:06 Alien: convert RPM to DEB 15:46 Configure mouse: lomoco, logitech_applet, mdetect 18:37 How to decide what to install 20:57 Charles: Recording the podcast 27:44 Next Episode 28:24 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 29:30 End

00:00 Going Linux #11 - Adjusting to Linux-Advanced 00:15 Introduction 02:15 Try something new! 02:53 Ubuntu videos: Linux: A Windows Vista alternative Dell's Linux 101 - What's All The Fuss About? 03:57 Edit your Office dictionary 05:20 Switching users - Linux sessions 06:30 Keyboard shortcuts 07:29 Organizing your files 08:25 The best place to file your files 10:05 The Master Documents folder 10:42 Create subfolders 11:35 Setup programs to save files automatically 13:18 Use shortcut icons 13:55 Easy backup 14:30 Finding your files 14:53 KFind 17:25 Beagle Search 20:22 Google Desktop Search 22:36 Defining 'Free' 23:00 Things you can do in Linux but not in Windows 25:21 Move from Windows to Linux 26:37 Move your Thunderbird mail 28:29 Move from Outlook or Outlook Express 30:44 Move your Firefox bookmarks 32:13 Move your Internet Explorer favorites 34:11 Move your OpenOffice settings 36:28 Next Episode 36:45 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 37:45 End

00:00 Going Linux #10 - Listener Feedback 00:14 Introduction 01:33 In this episode 01:50 Lucas: A winmodem resource for Linux 03:43 Ed Labonte: The LIP is back thelip.net 06:00 Macroron: The LIP, links and swap file help for Zenwalk 07:52 Definitions: Swap partition (Linux), Swap file (Windows) 08:55 Improving the podcast: Trafcom News 09:48 Big-O TechnoFodder promo exchange 11:12 fourbitsworth.com 11:33 Big-O and J.C. Hutchins Clone Line Live (7th Son Book 3 launch July 5) 14:25 Chess Griffin, Linux Reality: Great job! 15:41 Next episode overview 16:15 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 17:10 End

00:00 Going Linux #9 - Adapting to Linux-Introduction 00:16 Introduction 01:33 In this episode 02:07 Previous episodes 02:47 KDE desktop icons 03:48 Application icons 05:10 System icons 06:55 My Computer, Home (Documents), Printers, Trash 11:21 Control mouse actions 12:30 Disk defragmentation 13:15 Kill a "runaway" program 14:41 Ways to reboot the computer 15:28 Launch programs from a dialog box 16:02 Run programs when your computer starts 16:59 Lock the your computer 17:12 Change the way the mouse works 18:15 Getting help for Linux and Linux applications 18:28 Documentation 19:19 Online resources 20:24 Googling for Linux 22:15 Next episode overview 22:45 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 23:54 End

00:00 Going Linux #8 - Listener Feedback 00:14 Introduction 01:47 Bill C - Trials & tribulations installing Feisty 03:55 No modem support 05:22 Monitor resolution: Firefox doorknob 06:24 Printer support 07:10 GUI 07:29 Rant: Linux fragmentation 08:15 Larry - Distribution consolidation & competitive pressure 09:23 Use Live CD to test hardware compatibility 10:53 Linux is ready. Have you ever installed Windows? 11:43 Bill C - Recommends Marcel Gagne's book 12:32 Rant: Geek elitism 15:18 Mike P - Printing PDF from Firefox is easy 16:51 Larry - I tried it and it works! 17:19 James F - Why not Xandros? Newbie podcasts should stick to GUI. 19:10 How about a show on Crossover? 19:36 Larry - We will stick to the GUI. Xandros $100 price might be a put-off. I'll try Crossover. 21:12 Jon L - Which Distro is a good one for newbie with a PC and a PPC? 22:23 Larry - Try Kubuntu for PC or openSuSE for either hardware. Try the Kubuntu Live CD or openSuSE DVD first. 26:18 Bill C - Gets recommendations from Computer America show. 30:25 Rant: Linux not ready for the masses. 30:08 Larry - Installing ANY operating system can be difficult. 33:02 Win Modem depends on Windows to work. 33:20 Use the hardware compatibility list can help. 35:08 George M - Job well done! 35:47 Larry - Open to different points of view. No Bashing. 35:16 Windows vs. OS X vs. Linux. 37:53 Frank - How do I subscribe? 38:09 Larry - Subscribing with Amarok and Rhythmbox. 44:29 Dave Jackson's howtosubscribe.com. 44:45 Next episode overview. 45:24 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 46:26 End

00:00 Going Linux #7 - E-mail-Advanced Topics 00:15 Introduction 01:41 Topics 02:11 Managing you inbox 02:54 E-mail signatures 05:30 Resources: Articles, Show Notes and opensourcearticles.com 06:40 Automated mail management features of Thunderbird 07:26 Pre-sort your mail into folders 09:53 Color code your incoming mail 10:59 Take out the trash 11:49 Eliminate electronic junk mail and spam 14:32 Block images and java script for safety 15:07 Searching for mail messages 16:13 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 17:13 End

00:00 Going Linux #6 - Listener Feedback 00:25 In this episode 00:37 Feedback from Geek Acres Podcast - Doug Rapson 04:08 Feedback from Linux System Administration Podcast - Ted Streit 05:55 Jim - Home networking in a mixed environment 07:30 Norahaura - Dual boots Ubuntu/XP on the desktop 08:34 Tracy (High Tech Redneck) - Linux server recommendation 09:09 My home network configuration 10:33 Considerations for mixed-environment networks 12:03 Stuart - Podcast format recommendations, distro confusion 15:45 Linux Distributions: Compared with Windows Vista, examples and references 21:55 Definitions: Linux, kernel, desktop, K-menu/Start menu, kicker/taskbar, software 25:27 Summary 25:53 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 27:05 End

00:00 Episode 5 - E-mail-Introduction 00:17 Welcome 00:25 Topics 00:36 Where is Serge? 01:38 Want to be a podcaster? 02:17 Thank you Serge 03:54 Introduction to e-mail 04:21 Definition - e-mail client software 06:04 How e-mail works 07:42 Definitions - POP3, IMAP 08:30 E-mail software in Linux 09:14 Browser-based e-mail systems 09:51 Setup Thunderbird to receive Gmail 11:19 Incoming mail settings 14:40 Outgoing mail settings 15:44 Articles section for details 16:17 Using Thunderbird 17:00 Next episodes 17:36 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 18:44 End

00:00 Episode 4 - Listener Feedback 00:14 Welcome 00:25 New format - an experiment 01:14 Listener feedback episodes 02:09 Linux install episodes 03:42 Linux user experience episodes 04:04 New release schedule 04:54 Thanks: Middle Management Lobotomy 05:32 Thanks: The Linux Link Tech Show 06:52 Listener Feedback 07:36 Bill C: Finds dial-up modem for Ubuntu-Dell system 09:32 Ridgid: Thanks for fixing download problem 09:53 Jack: Pushed to Ubuntu Linux by cost of staying MS for development 12:42 Neil C: Networking and Linux servers 14:39 Neil C: Follow-up re: VM Ware and Parallels running Linux 16:47 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 18:02 End

00:00 Episode 3a - Linux Browsers-Advanced 00:15 Welcome 00:45 Overview 01:48 Konqueror Web Shortcuts 04:31 Desktop Links-Konqueror 06:03 Desktop Links-Firefox 09:21 Tabbed Browsing 10:11 Konqueror Tabs 11:29 Changing Konqueror 13:20 Firefox Tabs 13:49 Changing Firefox 14:48 Browser Add-Ons 15:51 Firefox Extensions and Themes 17:15 Plug-ins 18:10 Definition: Repositories 19:37 Installing Plug-ins 21:36 FreeSpire-Click and Run 22:30 Kubuntu-Adept 23:30 OpenSuSE-YaST 24:37 Alternative Browsers 25:22 GUI-based: Opera Epiphany Netscape Mozilla and SeaMonkey 26:40 Text-based: Lynx and W3M 27:55 Thanks For Listener Feedback 53:46 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 54:58 End

00:00 Episode 2 - Linux Browsers 00:16 Welcome 00:24 Topics: Two browsers, SCALE 01:14 Definitions: Distribution, kernel 04:09 More information 04:24 Definition: Desktop environment 05:33 Konqueror 12:15 Firefox 16:35 Resources: Going Linux Articles, Linux Reality Podcast 18:47 Thanks: Middle Management Lobotomy Podcast 19:25 Listener Feedback 21:07 SCALE Review 22:23 Jono Bacon - Canonical Community 23:08 6 Linux Distributions 26:08 Debian 28:04 Gentoo 29:48 Linspire, FreeSpire 34:26 Novell - openSUSE , SLED 38:46 Red Hat - Fedora Core 42:56 Ubuntu 46:24 Swag 47:41 goinglinux.com, listen, subscribe 48:31 End

00:00 Episode Overview 00:44 Goals Going Linux 01:34 Easy Transitions 02:02 World Domination 04:25 Assumptions 05:18 Podcast Format 06:04 Why Listen? 06:17 Larry 08:33 Serge 10:55 Linux Install Podcast 12:04 FourBitsWorth Podcast 13:18 Corporate Users 14:53 Academic Users 15:37 Home Users 17:35 goinglinux.com 18:45 Your Feedback 19:00 Listen-Subscribe 19:39 Thanks 20:29 End