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, goinglinux@gmail.com, +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, goinglinux@gmail.com, +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