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linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:52:58 +0000

For some reason, the main LR feed is only displaying the first 42 episodes. The other feeds appear to be working ok:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/linuxreality-mp3 (all episodes in mp3 format)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/linuxreality-ogg (all episodes in ogg format)

I’ll keep working on fixing the main feed. The files are also available for direct download from each episode’s page. Just visit the Archives. Thanks!

Linux Reality Podcast Complete Archive DVD

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:56:58 +0000

Now available: a complete archive DVD containing all 100 episodes. This DVD, approximately 3GB, includes both the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio files, documents containing all of the show notes for each episodes, plus lots and lots of “extras.” This complete archive DVD is available for US$30 including shipping anywhere in the world.

Alternatively, a single CD (Volume 5 of the CDs) containing episodes 85-100 is also available. As with the DVD, the CD includes both the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio files, plus the show notes and extras for episodes 85-100. This Volume 5 CD is available for US$10.00 including shipping.

Please send an email to linuxreality@gmail.com and let me know if you would like to order any of the CD’s or the complete archive DVD. I will send you a Paypal invoice and ship the CDs or DVD within a day or two after receiving payment.

Thank you!

Episode 100 - The Final Episode

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:14:02 +0000

In this, the last Linux Reality episode: I bring back some old audio clips, fire up one last listener tip, play a bunch of audio comments, and then take a few minutes to say thanks. I mentioned the reasons for ending the show in Episode 96 but now I would like to say thank you, everybody, for a great ride. It’s been a great two years. This site, the podcast feed and files, the forums, and the IRC channel will remain up and active for the forseeable future, and I’ll still be around. In the meantime, keep on hackin’.
Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 27:55

Tags: linux, reality, podcast

Episode 99 - Slackware Revisited

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:37:28 +0000

In this episode: I take a few minutes to revisit The Slackware Linux Project, and discuss some of the great resources available to Slackware users, such as the LinuxQuestions.org Slackware official support forum, Slackwiki.org, Slackbook.org, and Slackbasics.org. I also talk about Slackware package management, how to use SlackBuild scripts such as those from SlackBuilds.org, and some of the new features that will appear in the next release.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 29:24

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, slackware, slackbasics.org, slackwiki.org, slackbook.org, slackbasics.org

Episode 98 - Super Basic Shell Scripting

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:52:14 +0000

In this episode: a generalized discussion of shell scripts with some basic examples of how they can be useful. Here are some additional resources: online slide presentation; Shell Scripting Tutorial; Quick Guide to Writing Scripts; UNIX Shell Scripting.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 33:58

Episode 97 - A Few Linux Games

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:58:31 +0000

In this episode: an overview of a few games for adults and kids alike that work great in Linux: Quake 2, Quake 3, OpenArena, Unreal Tournament, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, FreeCiv, LinCity, LinCity-NG, Micropolis, OpenTTD, Frozen-Bubble, Enigma, Fillets-NG, Pingus, Neverball, Neverputt, Supertux, Abe’s Amazing Adventure, Secret Maryo Chronicles, Barbie’s Seahorse Adventures, Trip on the Funnyboat, Moonlander, TuxKart, SuperTuxKart, Armagetron, GLTron, Tuxracer, PlanetPenguin Racer, Extreme Tux Racer, Battle for Wesnoth.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 42:13

Episode 96 - Two Years Later

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:24:35 +0000

In this episode: I take a few minutes to talk about the last two years of Linux Reality, and also announce the upcoming end of the show. There will be a few more episodes of good Linuxy topics and then the podcast will end at episode 100.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 15:03

Tags: linux, reality, podcast

Episode 95 - Listener Feedback

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:55:15 +0000

In this episode: three Listener Tips, three audio feedbacks, and tons and tons of email.

Extra notes: the link to Marty’s script is here.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 35:52

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, listener, feedback

Episode 94 - Linux for Writers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:30:03 +0000

In this guest episode: Charles Olsen discusses various applications and tools for writers that are available in Linux.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 23:58

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, software, writers

Episode 93 - Interview with Nathan Lowell

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:44:59 +0000

In this episode: an interview with author Nathan Lowell, in which we discuss his four science fiction novels, Quarter Share, Half Share, Full Share, and South Coast, technology, artists and authors releasing their works for free, and his use of Linux. All of Nathan Lowell’s books are available on Podiobooks.com.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 56:35

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, nathan, lowell, quarter, share, half, full, south, coast, science, fiction, writing, novel, traveller, firefly

Linux Reality Podcast Volume 4 CD

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:47:46 +0000

Now available: a fourth CD containing episodes 67-84. This CD, approximately 680MB, includes BOTH the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio files, as well as a document containing ALL the show notes with links. Additionally, there are some “extras” included on the CD such as the extra notes for some of the episodes. This Volume 4 CD is available for US$10.00 including shipping. Or, you can get all four CD’s for $30.00 on four CD’s or on one DVD. Please send an email to linuxreality@gmail.com and let me know if you would like to order any of the CD’s. I will send you a Paypal invoice and ship the CDs within a day or two after receiving payment.Thanks for your continued support!

Episode 92 - Ardour

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:42:33 +0000

In this guest episode: Klaatu, from The Bad Apples podcast, returns and provides a great overview and explanation of the digital audio workstation application, Ardour.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 40:51

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, klaatu, bad, apples, podcast, ardour

Episode 91 - Happy New Year

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:13:53 +0000

In this episode: welcome to 2008; great audiobooks by Nathan Lowell, including Quarter Share, Half Share, Full Share, and South Coast, all available at Podiobooks.com; Hacker Public Radio; the KDE Release Event at the Google Campus in Mountain View, CA; a review of Absolute FreeBSD by Michael W. Lucas.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 18:51

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, nathan, lowell, podiobooks.com, hacker, public, radio, kde, release, event, absolute, freebsd, michael, lucas

Podcast Update

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:50:45 +0000

In a few days, my wife and I will be winging our way across the country to attend the KDE 4.0 launch event at the Googleplex. My plan is to start the podcast back up after I return and before the end of January.

A few other items: I mailed out a ton of LR DVDs in the last few days for all those that made donations for the LR 2007 Project Donations drive. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Some of those projects received donations from more than one listener, and the grand total of donations was staggering. You guys rock! Anyway, if you don’t have your DVD in the next week or so, please drop me an email and remind me. I’ll get one out to you once I get back from California.

Also, in case you had not heard, Hacker Public Radio is now up and running. Go check it out!

See you soon.

-Chess

Episode 90 - Year End Wrap-Up

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:13:59 +0000

In this episode: a recap of the past year and my thanks to you for a great 2007; two audio Listener Tips; audio and email listener feedback; a special treat at the end.

I’ll be back in 4-5 weeks.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 31:16

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, year, end, special

Episode 89 - Interview with Paul Asadoorian and Larry Pesce

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:08:12 +0000

In this episode: an interview with Paul Asadoorian and Larry Pesce of the Pauldotcom Security Weekly Podcast in which we discuss a variety of issues related to Linux and security; some of the topics and sites highlighted include: the podcast wiki; Paul and Larry’s book Linksys WRT54G Ultimate Hacking; SANS Institute; Web-based iptables script generator (probably outdated); Firestarter and Guarddog, two GUI front-ends for iptables; m0n0wall, pfSense, IPCop, SmoothWall, and ClarkConnect; Nmap, Nessus, Tripwire, and Wireshark; SANS Reading Room, SANS Internet Storm Center, and SecurityFocus.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 1:19:40

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, interview, paul, asadoorian, larry, pesce, pauldotcom, security, weekly, podcast, sans, wrt54g, hacks

Episode 88 - 2007 Project Donations

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:27:46 +0000

In this mini-episode: a short discussion of the 2007 Project Donation Page and a request that, in the spirit of the holidays, Linux Reality listeners consider making a small donation to any free or open source project of their choosing.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 9:55

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, 2007, project, donations

2007 Project Donation Page

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:04:43 +0000

Last year, I proposed that Linux Reality listeners consider donating a small sum to any free or open source project of their choosing, and, for those donations of at least US$15 made in December, I would send the donor a free Linux Reality Archive CD or DVD. And this year we are going to do it again! If you make a donation, please send an email to linuxreality@gmail.com and let me know. And if the donation is made in December, is at least US$15, and you send me a copy of the receipt, I will send you a free Linux Reality Archive CD or DVD anywhere in the world.

Here are some of the projects that have received donations from LR listeners:

Free Software Foundation

Open Voting Foundation

Project Gutenberg

Python Software Foundation

Software Freedom Law Center

Software in the Public Interest

TrueCrypt

Vim

Thanks!

Episode 87 - Interview with Cory Jaeger

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:57:24 +0000

In this episode: an interview with Cory Jaeger, Network Manager at D.C. Everest School District about Linux and open source software in education; three audio Listener Tips, one on Gutsy Gibbon tweaks, one on changing hypertext links in OpenOffice.org, and another on recording with command line tools such as sox.

Cory also provided a long list of additional helpful links located here.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 1:01:15

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, interview, cory, jaeger, D.C., Everest, School, District

Linux Reality Podcast Volume 3 CD

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:29:42 +0000

Now available: a third CD containing episodes 48-66, including all ten episodes of the ‘Home Server’ series. This CD, approximately 655MB, includes BOTH the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio files, as well as a document containing ALL the show notes with links. Additionally, there are some “extras” included on the CD such as the extra notes for some of the episodes. This Volume 3 CD is available for US$10.00 including shipping. Or, you can get all three CD’s for $30.00 on three CD’s or on one DVD. Please send an email to linuxreality@gmail.com and let me know if you would like to order any of the CD’s. I will send you a Paypal invoice and ship the CDs within a day or two after receiving payment.

Thanks for your continued support!

Episode 86 - Listener Feedback

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:59:12 +0000

In this episode: the Cowon D2; 2007 Project Donations; a Listener Tip on finding your public ip address; lots of listener email feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 25:22

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, cowon, d2

Episode 85 - Command Line Fun

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:05:52 +0000

In this episode: a new Linux podcast called Linux Basement; a discussion of various fun command line topics, including how to use a different interactive shell, such as Zsh (more information here and here), a look at the great mail user agent, Mutt, and combining Irssi with Bip for text-based IRC (great article here); a Listener Tip on creating desktop launchers.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 32:03

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, interactive, shell, bash, zsh, mutt, irssi, bip

Back Next Week

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:54:48 +0000

Well, I had planned to do a new episode this week, but things got away from me and the rest of the week is not looking so good. So, I guess I’ll take this week off. Episode 85 should be released next week on the regular Wednesday schedule. Sorry about the short notice.

In the meantime, please be sure to check out Episode 46 of the Fresh Ubuntu podcast — a Gutsy Gibbon roundtable discussion in which I participated. It was great fun and I’d like to thank the hosts of Fresh Ubuntu, Harlem and Peter, for inviting me.

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, fresh, ubuntu

Episode 84 - Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:08:13 +0000

In this shortened episode: a brief discussion of my upgrades and installs of the newest release of Ubuntu Linux, 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon; Listener Tip on the bash shell’s double-exclamation point history operator; email feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 33:38

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, ubuntu, linux, gutsy, gibbon

Episode 83 - Inkscape Part 2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:28:02 +0000

In this guest episode: Part 2 of Richard Querin’s discussion of Inkscape; a Listener Tip on dmidecode; audio and email listener feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 45:22

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, richard, querin, inkscape

Episode 82 - Inkscape Part 1

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:18:57 +0000

In this guest episode: a new old toy in my household; rootbsd.net, a provider of FreeBSD-based Virtual Private Servers; then, Richard Querin, who co-maintains the Screencasters site with video tutorials, presents the first part of a two part series on the vector graphics editor, Inkscape; a Listener Tip on lspci by Verbal; lots of listener email and feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 58:59

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, rootbsd.net, richard, querin, inkscape, screencasters

Episode 81 - Audio in Linux

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:07:28 +0000

In this guest episode: Duncan Macneil discusses a variety of issues regarding audio in Linux, including device drivers, recording applications, and cleaning up audio files in Audacity; Listener Tip on a list of free shell accounts; email feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 43:22

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, audio, audacity, shell, accounts

Episode 80 - The GIMP

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:04:57 +0000

In this guest episode: Klaatu from The Bad Apples podcast gives a great introduction to The GNU Image Manipulation Program, also known as The GIMP.

You can view and download the source files mentioned in the podcast at http://www.thebadapples.info/linuxreality.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 58:55

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, the, gimp, bad, apples

Episode 79 - Ohio Linux Fest

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:19:29 +0000

In this episode: a recap of the Ohio Linux Fest; a Listener Tip; audio and email feedback, including a mention of the fiction of James Viscosi. [Note: For some reason, the audio levels got a bit messed up for this one. Sorry!]

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 25:14

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, ohio, linux, fest

Episode 78 - RSS Readers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:05:56 +0000

In this episode: Ohio Linux Fest update; a discussion of various RSS readers including Liferea, RSSOwl, Straw, Blam, Akregator, Sage, Evolution-RSS plugin, Google Reader, Bloglines, Netvibes, My Yahoo, Feed on Feeds, and RNews.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 27:32

Episode 77 - Fonts and Font Configuration

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:22:22 +0000

In this episode: a great sci-fi/horror podiobook, “Crescent“; two great short-story podcasts, “Escape Pod” with independent fiction mostly in the sci-fi and fantasy genres, and “Pseudopod” which focuses on horror; a discussion of fonts and font configuration in Linux, with helpful resources available here, here, and here.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 23:44

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, crescent, escapepod, pseudopod, fonts, font, configuration

Episode 76 - Partitioning and Filesystems

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:04:05 +0000

In this episode: contest and guest podcasts; a discussion about certain considerations to take into account when partitioning a hard drive for a Linux install, and then a talk about various Linux filesystems, including Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, Ext4, Reiser4, and ZFS; audio and email listener feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 38:02

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, partitioning, filesystems

Episode 75 - BSD Wrap-Up

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:01:55 +0000

In this episode: OReilly discount code for Linux Reality listeners available on the LR website; a new Linux Reality contest where one can win a listener-donated book, LPI Certification in a Nutshell, for the best audio Listener Tip sent in between now and the end of November; a new podcast client I am developing in Python; petition to open source the Main Actor video editing software; a call for guest podcasts; a brief wrap-up discussion of my adventures with the BSD’s; audio and email listener feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 46:02

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, oreilly, lpi, certification, nutshell, python, podcast, client, freebsd, openbsd, pcbsd

Episode 74 - Interview with Will Backman

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:25:26 +0000

In this episode: an interview with the host of the BSDTalk Podcast, Will Backman, in which we talk about the history of the BSD’s, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, PC-BSD, and DesktopBSD, and discuss some of the goals and features of these projects.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 47:53

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, bsdtalk, will, backman, bsd, freebsd, netbsd, openbsd, dragonflybsd, pc-bsd, desktopbsd

Episode 73 - Listener Feedback

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:00:18 +0000

In this episode: a brief talk about some desktop software, including Openbox, Conky, and the ttm Tint Task Manager; audio Listener Tip; lots and lots of listener feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums

Running time: 42:08

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, openbox, conky, ttm

Episode 72 - Interview with Keith Watson

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:53:30 +0000

In this episode: an interview with Keith Watson, a blind systems administrator, in which we talk about accessibility issues in computer operating systems and about accessibility technologies in Linux, including Speakup and Orca.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 46:44

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, keith, watson, blind, accessibility, technologies, speakup, orca

Episode 71 - Interview with John Rundag

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:01:41 +0000

In this episode: no episode next week; an interview with John Rundag, technology coordinator for an Ohio school district; Listener Tip on static ip addresses using DHCP; audio and email listener feedback, including one on using Twitter for software updates.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 47:50

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, john, rundag, school, district, technology, coordinator

Episode 70 - Arch Linux

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:47:12 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of an advanced Linux distribution, Arch Linux, including some hints and tips on getting Arch Linux installed and how to update and configure the system; Listener Tip; audio and email feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 44:55

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, arch, linux

Episode 69 - Vim Basics

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:46:33 +0000

In this episode: a new sponsor for Linux Reality, O’Reilly Media — please be sure to use the coupon code “LREL40″ for 40% off your purchases on the O’Reilly website; a new release of Slackware 12.0; a pretty high-level discussion of Vim to introduce folks to the basic movement and editing commands; email listener feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 30:12

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, oreilly, slackware, vim

Episode 68 - Interview with Jonas Kron

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:41:01 +0000

In this episode: an interview with attorney Jonas Kron, who practices in the area of corporate social and environmental responsibility, in which we discuss bringing open source software into a small business; audio question on open source groupware (see Citadel, phpGroupWare, and Zimbra); and audio and email feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 48:17

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, interview, jonas, kron

Episode 67 - Fedora 7

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:05:44 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of the history and background of the Fedora Project and a review of its newest release, Fedora 7, including a talk about some of its cool new technologies like Xen and Revisor; a mention of some great Fedora sites, such as the Fedora Forum, the Fedora FAQ, and third party repositories such as DAG, FreshRPMS, and Livna, and some reviews of Fedora such this; audio Listener Tip on gnome-open; audio and email listener feedback.

Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 53:32

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, fedora, linux, red, hat