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
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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

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
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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, gionglinux@gmail.com, +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, goinglinux@gmail.com, +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, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
58:39 End