Episode 452 · Linux Talk , Tips, Tricks and Facts
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'.
The following resources are mentioned in this episode:
- Ubuntu Mate: https://ubuntu-mate.org/
- Manjaro: https://manjaro.org/
- Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/
- Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/
- Zorin: https://zorin.com/os/
- Linux Mint: https://linuxmint.com/
- Elementary: https://elementary.io/
- Popey’s bitcoin post: https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-490k-swindle/
- DO community article: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/linux-commands
- Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/
- MX Linux: https://mxlinux.org/
- NixOS: https://nixos.org/
- OpenSUSE: https://www.opensuse.org/
- POP!_OS: https://pop.system76.com/
- Theme music provided by Mark Blasco: https://www.podcastthemes.com
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, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
58:39 End