Going Linux

00:00 Going Linux #229 · Dual-booting-Advanced 00:15 Introduction 00:47 Maxx 03:44 Bill's latest OS - dual booted of course 04:49 Mint 16... problems? 07:17 Problem 1: Skype 09:20 Problem 2: Audio default device 13:03 Manual Partitioning for dual-booting 15:36 Command line partitioning tools 18:00 Graphical partitioning tools 19:48 Based on the libparted library 20:24 Partitioners during installation 21:39 Default vs. manual partitioning 23:13 Partitioning manually 33:16 Step 2: Unmount 34:54 Step 3: Make the Windows partition smaller 38:19 Step 4: Choose where to put /home and which file system to use 39:35 Step 5: Decide how many partitions to create 41:05 Step 6: Create a root (or boot) partition 44:35 Step 7: Create a swap partition 47:15 Step 8: Create a home partition 48:51 Step 9: Apply the changes 49:43 Step 10: Be patient and let all the operations complete 50:26 View the final results 51:18 Advantages of a separate home partition 55:04 New segment 56:56 Hacks, tips and tweaks 65:49 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 66:54 End

00:00 Going Linux #228 · Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 00:46 Send us feedback 01:48 Google+: Our community forums 03:06 Bill's great openSUSE adventure 03:16 Pulse audio latency fix for Skype 04:27 Steam on openSUSE 04:59 Smooth UEFI install with openSUSE 08:23 Why the switch to openSUSE? 10:33 The profit motive 12:07 Robert: How to install Software Center on Zorin 18:50 Steve: Brackets HTML Editor 23:13 Adam: It's oo-boon-too! 26:37 Israel: Ubuntu problems 32:14 Jeff: Helping Paul with Sansa 33:15 Aaron: More Sansa info 34:34 Bert: Advice for Andrew 35:43 Gus: More advice for Andrew 37:01 Richard: Sent a Windows Weekly compilation 40:06 Michael: Linux in the Wild 43:38 Al: Gone Linux 48:05 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 51:27 End

00:00 Going Linux #227 · Dual Booting-Introduction 00:15 Introduction 00:47 "Hi" from Tom 01:51 SonarGnuLinux 03:37 Our thoughts are in the Philippines 04:27 Definition: Dual Booting 06:04 How might I use dual booting 07:44 Why is dual booting important 09:22 What's the difference between dual booting and a wubi installation? 15:43 Dual booting and malware considerations 19:28 Where do I start? 20:37 Back up, back up, back up! 23:26 Clonezilla 26:44 Make sure Windows is installed first 28:21 Installation variations between distributions 34:38 Dual booting using two drives 40:57 Installation guides 43:03 UEFI and SecureBoot 50:42 Buying a computer with Linux pre-installed 56:10 In summary... 56:49 Additional resources 61:18 Pick: Unifying Receiver pairing tool for Linux - Solaar 65:59 Pick: TerraSync 69:11 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 70:44 End

00:00 Going Linux #226 · Computer America #68 00:15 Introduction 01:41 Charles gets harassed 04:53 Topic: When a Linux Distro Dies 06:41 Open Source 09:29 Hacking vs. the media definition 14:09 Puppy Linux 19:01 Desktop environments 21:57 SolusOS 31:24 Spin-off distributions 38:36 Unlike with proprietary software, Open Source projects never die 47:06 When you HAVE to use Windows 54:05 Linux device drivers and updates 66:21 Ray: SolusOS 71:00 James: Why does Going Linux focus on Ubuntu 74:18 Gomez: Linux security updates 83:43 Converting an XP laptop to Linux 86:23 Robert: Going on an email diet 89:07 Kevin: Open Source Licences comments 92:46 Charles' perspective on Free licenses 95:14 What does Larry have against the GPLv3? 99:39 Tivoization 103:06 Richard: The switch to openSuSE 104:31 Open Build Service 108:35 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 110:33 End

00:00 Going Linux #225 · Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 01:01 Version 8.1 issues 02:11 openSuSE: Bill's most recent most popular distro 08:32 iGoogle replacement: NetVibes 11:55 Victor: Pen Drive Linux security and Raspberry Pi 22:47 Jonathan: GPLv3 and the Linux Kernel 27:00 Paul: A reply to our answer to his question 31:27 Andrew: Asks advice on his idea 41:22 John: Feedback on cloud storage 47:08 Göran: Comments on our licensing intro 49:32 David: Linux in the wild 53:55 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 55:50 End

00:00 Going Linux #224 · Open Source Licenses-Advanced 00:15 Introduction 04:29 Our focus 07:42 GPLv2 license 18:32 Licenses for non-software works 19:21 GFDL license 19:59 Creative Commons license 22:24 GPLv3 license 29:00 LGPLv3 license 34:51 Website for comparing open source licenses 39:19 Differences of opinion on the GPL 48:50 Is the GPLv3 holding back adoption of open source software? 52:05 Microsoft Public license 52:45 MIT and BSD licenses for additional freedom - for developer-users 55:43 WTF You Want To Public License Version 2 56:54 Public Domain and Copyright 57:29 License compatibility 59:52 Why you need to be careful how you license your software 61:12 Apache license 62:36 Do you think we still need the GPL? 65:07 A licensing example 69:19 Is the political posturing holding back open source? 70:21 Do you agree to this license? 73:47 The choice is yours 76:13 When you have no choice 80:12 Meeting half way 84:38 Military Drones 86:43 Google Docs 89:47 Choosing the best tool for the job 92:12 True cross-platform features are not "Free" 94:09 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 96:00 End

00:00 Going Linux #223 · Computer America #67 00:15 Introduction03:43 Charles Tendell: Certified Ethical Hacker 03:43 Charles Tendell: Certified Ethical Hacker 07:41 Topic: 25 Reasons to Convert to Linux 08:53 Reasons for Nancy 12:44 1. It's free 19:28 2. It's Free 30:47 3. High quality support 37:12 4. You are not at the mercy of the software publisher 41:52 5. Little risk of obsolescence 42:59 6. Upgrades are never forced 44:50 7. No upgrade fees 45:26 8. No onerous requirement to track licenses 47:04 9. Far superior security 48:47 10. Resistent to system crashes 51:29 11. There are applications for almost anything 52:58 12. Each distro is unique 53:26 13. Configure Linux the way you want 53:40 14. Applications conform to industry-wide standards 54:03 15. Linux runs faster on the same hardware 54:09 16. Linux is compatible with other OSs 54:23 17. Very high ethical standards 54:51 18. No forced hardware upgrades 54:55 19. Use Linux on almost any processor 55:06 20. Open source - no secrets 56:45 Unusual places you'll find Linux 57:24 Random Windows errors 61:33 Mike: VMWare player 68:14 John: VirtualBox 74:10 Richard: Moving to Unity 78:38 Paul: Sansa malfunction 86:18 Alfred: Printing problem 94:31 Charles Tendell on Linux Mint 98:58 Larry says "SolusOS" but means "Elementary OS" 102:00 Jay: Help for KYengineer 107:04 Ben: Switching Desktop Environments 110:53 End

00:00 Going Linux #222 · Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 02:02 Robert: Hacked 04:02 Kevin: Feedback on our Open Source licenses 11:54 Fuzzy: Background on the GPL 13:30 Andrew: New website about Linux 15:45 Roy: Mixed success with unetbootin 21:27 David: "Linux in the wild" 23:00 Tip: MightyText 25:02 Pantheon 27:41 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 29:39 End

00:00 Going Linux #221 · Open Source Licenses-Introduction 00:15 Introduction 00:48 Technical difficulties out of the gate 01:28 Linux malware revisited 13:01 Do I really need to be a computer geek to use Linux? 16:52 Open Source Licenses 17:50 Definition: "Open Source License" 19:39 Free Redistribution 20:39 Source Code 22:54 Derived Works 25:14 Integrity of the Author's Source Code 27:42 No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups 28:51 No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor 30:29 Distribution of License 30:57 License Must Not Be Specific to a Product 31:59 License Must Not Restrict Other Software 33:46 Licens Must Be Technology-Neutral 34:37 Why is the license "stuff" important? 36:17 Some of the most popular Open Source licenses 36:37 Apache License Version 2.0 38:34 The BSD 3-Clause License 38:50 The BSD 2-Clause License 39:10 GNU General Public License Versions 39:37 LGPL Licenses 39:58 The MIT License 43:02 Open Source in commercial products 44:32 Examples: LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice 45:35 Example: WordPress 45:55 Example: The Linux Kernel 46:44 Example: Asterisk 49:29 Pick: mintStick 52:34 Picks: Pendrive Linux and Unetbootin 55:54 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 57:43 End

00:00 Going Linux #220 · Computer America #66 00:15 Introduction 03:54 Topic: "What can I do with my Linux Computer" 08:34 Be social 15:23 Play games 30:37 Photo editing and photo management 31:56 Video production 32:58 Audio production 39:17 Norman has some further comments on “Linux Malware” 43:09 Clay in Myrtle Beach comments on our website redesign 52:22 Uwe writes to us from Germany 62:16 Gus commented on listener Nancy’s comments on wanting some reasons to use Linux 66:14 Andrew in Perth, Australia comments on “NancyGate” 70:43 Robert just sent us this for a future episode 73:02 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 74:59 End

00:00 Going Linux #219 · Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 00:45 OLF 2013 05:12 Robert: Audacity screencasts 10:05 Robert: Something went wrong with UNETBOOTIN 15:22 The origins of "Lord Drachenblut" 17:54 Door-to-door Geek: FAIL 20:03 Andrew: Review of BitTorrentSync 24:06 David: Perfect timing 26:31 Gus: Another comment on Nancy's comments 29:43 Dave: Topic Suggestion 31:14 TheMaker: Great results! 35:44 Gone Linux: Andrew 38:22 Charles: Linux in the Wild 40:00 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 41:33 End

00:00 Going Linux #218 · Computer America #65 00:43 Guest co-host David Perry 05:00 Linux Malware: Hand of Thief Trojan 06:27 Definition: Trojan 16:19 Caitlin: Have bank robbery rates reduced because of cybercrime? 21:43 What can I do about the Trojan? 27:42 Protect yourself from Hand of Thief 29:29 David Perry: "Switching to Linux will make you many hundreds of times more secure than any anti-virus software can make your Windows machine" 36:16 More on Linux malware 45:57 The Raspberry Pi 55:33 Chris: Wifi on an old Dell 60:15 Linux: faster to boot, faster to run, faster to shut down, and sharper screen image 62:13 Dave: A suggest topic for the show 65:38 Paul: Not so fast with Mint 15 68:04 David Perry gets back into Linux 70:32 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 71:27 End

00:00 Going Linux #217 · Cross-platform Web Page Editors 00:49 In our last episode... 01:14 Going Linux website redesign 02:56 The search for web authoring software 04:19 How we got here 07:12 The search begins 08:54 The decision process 09:19 Establishing the requirements 09:40 The "must-have" criteria 09:43 No blogging software 10:23 Must be cross-platform 11:21 Ability to edit CSS and HTML manually 11:45 Free of charge 12:10 Open source 12:37 Not cloud only 13:23 Currently supported and actively developed 13:55 Support for CSS and HTML5 14:44 Optional: Content Management System (cms) 16:08 WYSIWYG 17:49 FTP uploader 18:32 The list of contenders 20:15 Elimination round 1 20:32 Amaya 20:41 Aptana 20:55 Arachnophilia 21:07 Bluefish 21:18 BlueGriffon 21:44 KompoZer 22:06 Magetta 22:19 Seamonkey Composer 22:30 LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org 24:41 The Maker 26:00 Elimination round 2 26:53 The final two 26:58 BlueGriffon 28:24 The final decision 29:45 Decision for: The Maker 30:28 Using The Maker 39:52 goinglinux.com makeover 42:08 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 45:26 End

00:00 Going Linux #216 · Listener Feedback 00:15 Introduction 02:02 Ham Radio logging software on Debian 04:10 Change your passwords 04:34 Ubuntu forums security issues 05:21 Victor: Caution. Sharing home partitions on different distros is a bad idea! 11:37 Matt (Lord Drachenblut): Linux compatibility with Active Directory 18:22 Knightwise: Defending Nancy, and freedom without a capital “F” 25:54 Nancy: You're doing it wrong! 33:49 David: Additional feedback related to Nancy’s message 35:25 Open Source Office user interface polish 39:19 MS Office 2010 treats LibreOffice files like they are damaged 42:19 Greg: Samba 4’s free alternative to Active Directory 46:39 The difference between proprietary and open source software 50:44 Dogphlap: xdotool 53:13 Wayland vs. Mir 56:45 Thad: Licensing and working cross-platform 60:42 MS Office vs. LibreOffice: New intentional incompatibility? 64:04 Paul: Printer problems 70:00 Debian 7 71:45 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 73:27 End

00:00 Going Linux #215 · Cloud Storage 00:15 Introduction 00:43 Cloud Storage 01:36 SomaFM.com 05:01 Online storage and how you can use it on Linux 05:56 How we use Dropbox 06:36 What is cloud storage? Why might I use it? 12:06 Share publicly as well as privately 14:57 Available storage 16:26 Dropbox 19:46 Spideroak 27:28 Ubuntu One 33:05 SkyDrive 37:38 Box.com 42:26 Google Drive 43:41 What is a 'client?' 47:16 Chromebooks 53:04 Google Drive pricing 56:30 Which one should I choose? 59:23 What's the catch? 62:42 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 64:48 End