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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

Download MP3: linuxreality100.mp3 (12.8 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality099.mp3 (13.5 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality098.mp3 (15.6 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality097.mp3 (19.3 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality096.mp3 (6.9 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality095.mp3 (16.4 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality094.mp3 (11.0 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality093.mp3 (25.9 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality092.mp3 (18.7 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality091.mp3 (8.6 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality090.mp3 (14.3 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality089.mp3 (36.5 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality088.mp3 (4.5 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality087.mp3 (28.0 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality086.mp3 (11.6 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality085.mp3 (14.7 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality084.mp3 (15.4 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality083.mp3 (20.8 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality082.mp3 (27.0 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality081.mp3 (19.9 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality080.mp3 (27.0 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality079.mp3 (11.6 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality078.mp3 (12.6 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality077.mp3 (10.9 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality076.mp3 (17.4 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality075.mp3 (21.1 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality074.mp3 (21.9 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality073.mp3 (19.3 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality072.mp3 (21.4 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality071.mp3 (21.9 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality070.mp3 (20.6 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality069.mp3 (13.8 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality068.mp3 (22.1 MB)

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

Download MP3: linuxreality067.mp3 (24.5 MB)

Episode 66 - Interview with Andrew Smith

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:22:36 +0000

In this episode: an interview with recent Seneca School of Computer Studies graduate, Andrew Smith, in which we discuss various projects he has worked on including the Freedom Toaster, ISO Master, and a 2006 Google Summer of Code project sponsored by Mozilla that has been incorporated into the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client, as well as Seneca’s annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium; an email Listener Tip; audio and email listener feedback.

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

Running time: 45:26

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, andrew, smith, freedom, toaster, iso, master, google, summer, of, code, mozilla, firefox, thunderbird

Download MP3: linuxreality066.mp3 (20.8 MB)

Episode 65 - Linksys NSLU2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:20:57 +0000

In this episode: a discussion about running Linux on the Linksys NSLU2 (”Slug”) network storage device, including a talk about installing Debian Etch; a Listener Tip on calling the Linux Reality Gizmo SIP number; several audio listener comments and some emails as well.

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

Running time: 42:49

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, linksys, nslu2, slug, gizmo

Download MP3: linuxreality065.mp3 (19.6 MB)

Episode 64 - Home Servers Part 10: Conclusion

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:40:28 +0000

In this episode: Gizmo and audio feedback; new Linux Reality IRC channel on irc.freenode.net; Brad at anytimegeek.com provides remote support for Linux; a wrap-up discussion of home servers and server-based distributions; listener audio comments on their home servers; audio and email listener feedback.

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

Running time: 36:23

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, home, servers, irc, freenode, anytimegeek.com

Download MP3: linuxreality064.mp3 (16.7 MB)

Episode 63 - Home Servers Part 9: Backup Servers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:25:33 +0000

In this episode: new voice mail number and Gizmo account (username: linuxreality); call for audio comments on server setups; call for interview ideas; a discussion of Linux backup solutions, starting with a brief mention of SBackup and Bacula, and focusing on the use of tar and rsync, including rsync over ssh to backup files and directories locally or to a remote server; listener tip on gtkpod; audio and email listener feedback.

Additional notes and several helpful links can be downloaded here.

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

Running time: 46:02

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, backup, servers, sbackup, bacula, tar, rsync, ssh

Download MP3: linuxreality063.mp3 (21.2 MB)

Episode 62 - Home Servers Part 8: Music Servers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:41:04 +0000

In this episode: Happy Mother’s Day and congratulations to Pat Davila of The Linux Link Tech Show; US VOIP providers; a discussion of various ways to serve music files, from Samba, to SSHFS, GNUMP3d, Firefly Media Server (formerly known as mt-daapd), and a brief mention of Icecast; listener feedback.

Additional links:

GNUMP3d - UbuntuGeek, Ubuntu Forums, Ubuntu Guide

Firefly Media Server (mt-daapd) - Linux.com, Gentoo Wiki

Icecast - HowToForge, Gentoo Wiki

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

Running time: 29:22

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, music, server, icecast, gnump3d, mt-daap, firefly, media, server

Download MP3: linuxreality062.mp3 (13.4 MB)

Episode 61 - Home Servers Part 7: Simple Email Server

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:55:02 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of how to set up a simple local imap email server using Getmail and Dovecot (additional information here, here, here, here, here, and here); audio and email feedback.

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

Running time: 49:13

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, email, server, getmail, dovecot

Download MP3: linuxreality061.mp3 (22.5 MB)

Episode 60 - Home Servers Part 6: DNS and DHCP

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:59:07 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of Dnsmasq, a very easy to configure DNS and DHCP server; audio and email listener feedback.

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

Running time: 30:37

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, dnsmasq, dns, server

Download MP3: linuxreality060.mp3 (14.0 MB)

Episode 59 - Home Servers Part 5: File and Print Servers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:18:25 +0000

In this episode: a mention of some excellent free audio books from Podiobooks.com, including ones from Scott Sigler, as well as the novels The Immortals, Singularity, How to Succeed in Evil Volume One, Brave Men Run, and Shadowmagic; a discussion of print servers on Debian Etch using CUPS and file servers using Samba; audio and email feedback.

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

Running time: 40:19

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, samba, cups, podiobooks, scott, sigler, ancestor, earthcore, immortals, singularity, brave, men, run, shadowmagic

Download MP3: linuxreality059.mp3 (18.5 MB)

Episode 58 - Home Servers Part 4: WebCalendar

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:20:44 +0000

In this episode: we bring all the LAMP pieces together and install a php-mysql application, WebCalendar; audio tip on Linux From Scratch; audio and email Listener Feedback.

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

Running time: 40:26

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, lamp, webcalendar

Download MP3: linuxreality058.mp3 (18.5 MB)

Episode 57 - Home Servers Part 3: PHP and MySQL

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:19:21 +0000

In this episode: Debian Etch is released; a discussion of the “MP” in “LAMP”: PHP and MySQL; audio Listener Tip; audio and email feedback.

Additional notes can be downloaded here.

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

Running time: 50:12

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, php, mysql, lamp

Download MP3: linuxreality057.mp3 (23.0 MB)

Episode 56 - Home Servers Part 2: The Apache Web Server

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:07:59 +0000

In this episode: VTC course on Ubuntu Linux; an overview of the Apache Web Server (additional documentation here, here, and here); audio and email listener feedback.

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

Running time: 41:02

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, apache, web, server

Download MP3: linuxreality056.mp3 (18.8 MB)

Episode 55 - Home Servers Part 1

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:37:02 +0000

In this episode: the first part of a multi-episode series on home servers; audio Listener Tip on Win4Lin server edition; audio and email listener feedback. Note: there will not be an episode next week, but LR will return the following week.

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

Running time: 30:50

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, home, servers

Download MP3: linuxreality055.mp3 (14.1 MB)

Episode 54 - Xorg.conf

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:55:02 +0000

In this episode: Dann Washko’s discussion of Linux in schools in Episode 182 of The Linux Link Tech Show; the Ohio Linux Fest; a discussion of the X Window System and its configuration file, xorg.conf; several listener emails, including a mention of the Intel drivers and firmware for the 3945 wireless cards, Ralink wireless cards, and Puppy Linux.

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

Running time: 45:05

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, xorg.conf, ohio, linux, fest, x, window, system, ralink, intel, wireless, cards

Download MP3: linuxreality054.mp3 (20.6 MB)

Episode 53 - Listener Feedback

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:39:35 +0000

In this episode: LR fliers at LUGRadio Live; the Ohio Linux Fest; a Listener Tip on the Slax Live CD; a ton of audio and written listener comments and feedback, including one on the book “Linux Kernel in a Nutshell“.

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

Running time: 26:38

Tags: linux, reality, podcast

Download MP3: linuxreality053.mp3 (12.2 MB)

Episode 52 - Wireless Networking Basics

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:46:40 +0000

In this episode: a basic, general overview of wireless networking in Linux, with mentions of the Intel wireless firmware, MadWifi, WPA Supplicant, NdisWrapper, and more; several audio Listener Tips, one on using an iPod with Amarok, and two regarding ssh and vnc; audio feedback.

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

Running time: 36:00

Download MP3: linuxreality052.mp3 (16.5 MB)

Episode 51 - VNC

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:56:29 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of how to use VNC to connect to a graphical desktop on a Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X machine using an encrypted SSH tunnel for security; a Listener Tip on modifying the GRUB menu.lst; three audio feedbacks on Linux in schools.

Additional links: some original documentation from AT&T, Linux Planet article, VNC Linux-Windows document, Ubuntu documentation, more Ubuntu documentation, Gentoo Wiki article on VNC, Gentoo Wiki article on X11VNC, and other documentation regarding VNC on Windows and Linux.

Additional notes can be downloaded here.
Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums.

Running time: 41:58

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, vnc

Download MP3: linuxreality051.mp3 (19.2 MB)

Episode 50 - One Year Later

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:06:01 +0000

Linux Reality is one year old! It has been one great year and in this episode I take some time to say thanks — to you, the LR listener, for your support by way of listening to the show, participating in the forums, sending in donations, and providing your email and audio feedback. I pack in lots of listener feedback and questions.

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

Running time: 31:23

Tags: linux, reality, podcast

Download MP3: linuxreality050.mp3 (14.4 MB)

Episode 49 - GNU Screen

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:34:57 +0000

In this episode: a few miscellaneous items, such as testing some BSD’s, installing Ubuntu Edgy on a Thinkpad t42, and setting up a new server on an old P3 750mhz machine; a discussion of the basics of using GNU Screen (additional tips are here and here); a listener tip on Wine; lots of great feedback including some audio comments on the Linux in schools issue.

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

Running time: 42:24

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, freebsd, openbsd, ubunty, edgy, thinkpad, t42, gnu, screen, wine

Download MP3: linuxreality049.mp3 (19.4 MB)

Episode 48 - Xfce 4.4

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:22:29 +0000

In this episode: Linux in public schools; the release of Microsoft Vista; a discussion of Xfce 4.4 and the related Xfce Goodies project; an audio Listener Tip on changing window buttons in GNOME; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 38:13

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, xfce, gnome, metacity

Download MP3: linuxreality048.mp3 (17.5 MB)

Episode 47 - OpenPGP

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:57:21 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of OpenPGP, GnuPG, and how to use public-key cryptography to sign and encrypt emails and files (here are some excellent how-to’s: GnuPG mini Howto, Gentoo Documentation on GnuPG, and Ubuntu Documentation on GnuPG); an audio Listener Tip on the “cal” command; audio and email Listener Feedback.

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

Running time: 38:39

Download MP3: linuxreality047.mp3 (17.7 MB)

Episode 46 - Hidden Directories and Files

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:16:23 +0000

In this episode: my server provider’s datacenter move; LR mentioned in Issue #68 of Linux User and Developer Magazine; a discussion of various hidden directories in a user’s home directory, such as .config/, .gnome2/, .gnupg/, .icons/, and more, and hidden files, such as .bash_history, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .fonts.conf, .gtkrc, .gtkrc-2.0, .vimrc, .xinitrc, and more.

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

Running time: 50:57

Download MP3: linuxreality046.mp3 (23.3 MB)

Episode 45 - KDE and GNOME

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:15:04 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of the two primary Linux desktop environments, KDE (additional sites KDE-Apps.org and KDE-Look.org) and GNOME (additional sites art.gnome.org, gnome-look.org, and gnomefiles.org); a listener audio question on Linux XP; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 48:50

Update: The feeds are acting a little strange. I am working on fixing them. I have also contacted Libsyn support for help with this problem. Thank you for your patience.

Download MP3: linuxreality045.mp3 (22.4 MB)

Episode 44 - System Logs

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:35:54 +0000

In this episode: various administrative items, including a mention of the Linux Reality wikipedia entry, voice mail, forums, and end of email notification; a discussion of the Linux system logs found in /var/log; a Listener Tip on DSL and Freespire; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 46.04

Download MP3: linuxreality044.mp3 (21.1 MB)

Episode 43 - Happy New Year

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:21:12 +0000

In this episode: welcome back! Items of discussion include new music, 2006 Linux Reality Project Donation update; Debian Etch netinstall; Debian Etch on the Linksys NSLU2; Parallels virtual machine; KDE, Amarok, and Exaile; lots of listener feedback, including news from a listener on Linux System Administration.

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

Running time: 35:31

New music includes: “World Turned Upside Down” by Bombskare, found at Podshow.com (intro and first bumper); “That’s No Dream” by Derek K. Miller, found at Podshow.com (second bumper); and “Onions a Go Go” by The Original Onions, found at Archive.org (closing).

Download MP3: linuxreality043.mp3 (16.3 MB)

Special Episode 2 - Site Updates

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:30:00 +0000

In this short and sweet special episode: amazing number of donations by Linux Reality listeners to free and open source projects; four new LR feeds are available on the LR homepage, one with the mp3 files for all episodes, one with the mp3 files for the last 10 episodes, one with the ogg files for all episodes, and one with the ogg files for the last 10 episodes. Although these feeds are still in beta, they appear to be working fine.

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

Running time: 9:27

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, donations, to, free, and, open, source, projects, mp3, and, ogg, feeds

Download MP3: linuxrealityse002.mp3 (3.3 MB)

Special Episode 1 - Slackware

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:53:24 +0000

In this special episode: a discussion of Slackware Linux, with a focus on the installation and initial configuration of Slackware 11.0. Some of the sites mentioned in this episode include the LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum, the Slackware Essentials Book, SlackBasics.org, Linuxpackages.net, slacky.it, and SlackBuilds.org. If you enjoy Slackware Linux, consider making a donation to the project or purchasing a CD or DVD subscription at the Slackware store.

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

Running time: 73:46

Download MP3: linuxrealityse001.mp3 (25.3 MB)

Episode 42 - Year End Wrap-Up

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:35:28 +0000

In this episode: new logo; paying it forward; questionsplease.org; 7th Son; a discussion about the LR podcast, where we have been and where we might go; Dell Optiplex GX620; wireless networking; Microsoft-Novell deal; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 35:13

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, 7th, son, questionsplease.org, dell, optiplex, gx620, wireless, microsoft, novell

Download MP3: linuxreality042.mp3 (12.1 MB)

Episode 41 - Compiling from Source

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:46:18 +0000

In this episode: donating to free and open source projects; a discussion of how to compile software from source code (more guides here and here); a Listener Tip; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 44:02

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, donating, free, open, source, projects, compile, software, source, code

Download MP3: linuxreality041.mp3 (15.1 MB)

Episode 40 - Listener Feedback

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:43:34 +0000

In this episode: working on a new logo; taking a break in December; new computer; 7th Son podcast novel by J.C. Hutchins; Listener Tip on mp32ogg; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 25:05

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, 7th, son, jc, hutchins, mp32ogg

Download MP3: linuxreality040.mp3 (8.6 MB)

Episode 39 - Cron

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:26:12 +0000

In this episode: new logo submissions; taking a short break at the end of the year; O’Reilly’s LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Edition; a discussion of cron and crontab (additional resources here, here, and here); a Listener Tip on clearing Bash history; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 43:56

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, lpi, certification, cron, crontab

Download MP3: linuxreality039.mp3 (15 MB)

Episode 38 - Useful Shell Commands Part 2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:09:35 +0000

In this shortened episode: upcoming episodes on file managers and Fedora Core 6; interview with Patrick Volkerding on The Linux Link Tech Show; a discussion of various Linux commands including df, wc, cal, date, clear, who, whoami, whois, whereis, cat, lpr, lpstat, and lpq; promo for the Gadgetboyz podcast; a Listener Tip on GParted Live CD; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 27:34

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, fedora, core, 6, file, managers, slackware, shell, commands, gparted

Download MP3: linuxreality038.mp3 (9.5 MB)

Episode 37 - SSH

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:10:16 +0000

In this episode: Linux Reality server move; my initial impressions of the Release Candidate of Ubuntu Edgy Eft; a discussion of OpenSSH with an emphasis on ssh, scp, ssh-keygen, public/private key authentication, and dynamic port forwarding (additional link to PuTTY, a Windows SSH client); a Listener Tip on the Flock web browser; listener feedback.

Additional notes can be downloaded here.

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

Running time: 37:21

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, openssh, ssh, scp, ssh-keygen, ubuntu, edgy, eft, putty, flock

Download MP3: linuxreality037.mp3 (12.8 MB)

Episode 36 - Other Window Managers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:47:01 +0000

In this episode: a brief look at other window managers, including Openbox (more info here and here), Enlightenment (more info here and here), Ratpoison (more info here and here), Windowmaker, FVWM (more info here), Ion (more info here and here), and PekWM; a Listener Tip; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 32:40

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, window, managers, openbox, enlightenment, ratpoison, windowmaker, fvwm, ion3, pekwm

Download MP3: linuxreality036.mp3 (11.2 MB)

Episode 35 - Fluxbox

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:08:46 +0000

In this episode: Slackware 11, a free course from LinuxBasics.org, adding Ogg Vorbis files to main feed; a discussion of the Fluxbox window manager (helpful information is here, here, and here); a Listener Tip; listener feedback.

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

Note: I am testing out the ability of the main MP3 feed to handle two media enclosures, one for the MP3 file and one for the Ogg Vorbis file. Please let me know of any issues you encounter with the MP3 feed. I am particularly interested to hear about what happens to the feed in iTunes, and whether other podcatchers download one or both of the media files. Please send me an email at linuxreality@gmail.com and let me know about any successes or problems. Thanks!

Running time: 32:22

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, fluxbox, window, manager

Download MP3: linuxreality035.mp3 (11.5 MB)

Episode 34 - IceWM

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:01:07 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of the IceWM window manager; a Listener Tip; listener feedback. Not mentioned in the episode is this good IceWM guide here.

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

Running time: 28:56

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, icewm

Download MP3: linuxreality034.mp3 (9.9 MB)

Episode 33 - Xfce

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:05:35 +0000

In this episode: a look at the Xfce Desktop Environment and alternative file managers to use with Xfce such as Emelfm2, Rox-filer, PCManFM, and the Gentoo file manager; two listener tips; listener feedback.

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

Running time: 40:03

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, xfce, desktop, environment, emelfm2, rox-filer, pcmanfm, gentoo

Download MP3: linuxreality033.mp3 (13.8 MB)

Episode 32 - Web Browsers

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:19:35 +0000

In this episode: my return from vacation; a discussion of various Linux web browsers, including Firefox, Seamonkey, Epiphany, Galeon, Konqueror, Opera, Dillo, Lynx, Links, ELinks, and w3m; two listener tips; listener feedback - yep, the order is reversed.

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

Running time: 31:46

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, web, browsers, firefox, seamonkey, epiphany, galeon, konqueror, opera, dillo

Download MP3: linuxreality032.mp3 (10.9 MB)

Episode 31 - Pat Davila on An Introduction to Video Editing with Kino

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:46:57 +0000

In this episode: a very special guest host, Pat Davila of The Linux Link Tech Show, explains how to import, edit, and export digital video to and from Kino. Additional articles of interest are here and here.

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

I would like to extend a special thanks to Pat for guest hosting this episode!

Running time: 40:32

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, pat, davila, TLLTS, kino, video, editing

Download MP3: linuxreality031.mp3 (16.2 MB)

Episode 30 - Useful Shell Commands

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:37:26 +0000

In this episode: wrap-up of The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 155; listener feedback; three Listener Tips; a discussion of various helpful shell commands, including head, tail, find (more on find at Linux.com), locate, ifconfig, iwconfig, ps, top, grep, adduser, passwd, and how to send a process to the background.

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

Running time: 32:59

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, shell, commands

Download MP3: linuxreality030.mp3 (13.2 MB)

Episode 29 - Printer Networking

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:03:50 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback, two Listener Tips, a review and discussion of CUPS and how to connect local and networked printers to and from Linux and Windows. Additional resources are here, here, and here.

Additional notes can be downloaded here.

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

Running time: 45:10

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, printer, networking, cups

Download MP3: linuxreality029.mp3 (15.5 MB)

Episode 28 - Linux Friendly Hardware

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:46:30 +0000

In this episode: Dave Yates and I will be on the August 30 edition of The Linux Link Tech Show (!); out of town surprise the week of September 10; listener feedback on menu.lst, digital photography (see http://www.petrilopia.net/), and backups (see Mondo Rescue and G4L); Listener Tips on sshfs and Cygwin; a general discussion of sites and resources that provide assistance in finding Linux friendly hardware, including Linux Compatible, the HCL at LinuxQuestions.org, Linux USB, Linux 1394, Linux Printing, and Sane Project, for help with general hardware, Linuxant, NdisWrapper, Linux Wireless Tools, Linux Laptop and Tux Mobile for help with Linux on laptops, and a mention of a few Linux friendly vendors such as Emperor Linux, Sub300, and System 76, with more listed in the LXer forums.

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

Running time: 38:43

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, friendly, hardware, laptops, linuxquestions, hcl, usb, printing, 1394, firewire, sane, linuxant, ndiswrapper, wireless

Download MP3: linuxreality028.mp3 (13.3 MB)

Episode 27.5 - Listener Feedback

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:04:19 +0000

In this special mini-episode: listener feedback on VMware for the Mac and Qemu, windows networking, Webmin, and changing the GRUB boot order; two Listener Tips, one on man pages and the other on the Qunu live help.

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

Running time: 14:11

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, vmware, qemu, samba, grub, man, pages

Download MP3: linuxreality027-5.mp3 (4.9 MB)

Episode 27 - Windows Applications on Linux

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:28:12 +0000

In this episode: new audio equipment; Linux Reality Podcast Volume 1 CD now available with all the MP3 and Ogg files, show notes, and other resources like The One Page Linux Manual; Odeo web-based voice mail system now available; three audio comments; two Listener Tips; a review of various means of running Windows applications on Linux, including Wine (see also Frank’s Corner), Cedega, Crossover Office, VMWare, Parallels, and Win4Lin.

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

Running time: 35:47

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, archive, cd, odeo, voice, mail, windows, applications, wine, cedega, crossover, office, vmware, parallels, win4lin

Download MP3: linuxreality027.mp3 (12.3 MB)

Episode 26 - Windows Networking Part 2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:42:12 +0000

In this episode: voice mail system; upcoming Linux Reality Podcast Volume 1 CD; promo for In the Trenches; listener feedback; two Listener Tips; accessing a Linux machine from a Windows machine using Samba.

Additional notes can be downloaded here.

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

Running time: 37:20

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, windows, networking, samba

Download MP3: linuxreality026.mp3 (12.8 MB)

Episode 25 - Windows Networking Part 1

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:07:39 +0000

In this episode: listener hotline/voice mail now up and running; promo for Casting from the Server Room; listener feedback; two Listener Tips; a detailed and command-line driven discussion of connecting to a Windows machine from a Linux machine using Samba. Next week, we will look at the reverse.

Additional notes can be downloaded here.

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

Running time: 51:30

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, windows, networking, samba

Download MP3: linuxreality025.mp3 (17.7 MB)

Episode 24 - Video Applications

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:10:27 +0000

In this episode: voice mail update (or lack thereof) and Ogg Vorbis RSS feed link; listener feedback; this week’s Listener Tip about the alias command; the legal and philosophical issues concerning proprietary video and audio codecs; a review of Linux video players, such as MPlayer, xine and gxine, VLC, Totem, and Kaffeine, Linux video editors, including Kino, Cinelerra, Avidemux, LiVES, and Diva, Linux DVD ripping/encoding applications, such as dvd::rip, acidrip, xdvdshrink, and k9copy, and DVD authoring applications, including QDVDAuthor and DVDStyler.

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

Running time: 40:17

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, ogg, vorbis, feed, alias, command, video, audio, players, mplayer, xine, vlc, totem, kaffeine

Download MP3: linuxreality024.mp3 (13.8 MB)

Episode 23 - Productivity Applications

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:07:55 +0000

In this episode: voice mail ideas; Linux Reality Ogg Vorbis RSS feed; my adventures with a Debian Sarge email server and KnoppMyth PVR; listener feedback; two Listener Tips, the first regarding Midnight Commander and the second explaining OpenOffice.org formatting shortcuts; a review and discussion of office and financial applications, including OpenOffice.org (including how to customize its look and feel to integrate with KDE or GNOME), Abiword, Gnumeric, KOffice, Dia, WINE, Crossover Office, Gnucash, KMyMoney, Moneydance, SQL Ledger, and Nola.

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

Running time: 37:15

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, office, financial, productivity, applications, openoffice.org, abiword, gnumeric, koffice

Download MP3: linuxreality023.mp3 (12.8 MB)

Episode 22 - Audio Players

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:35:37 +0000

In this episode: LR email notification now available; future voice mail possibility; Mutt and Mutt-ng; listener feedback, our first Listener Tip on symbolic links; a review of Linux audio players and applications, including Xmms, Beep Media Player, BMPx, Audacious, Grip, Ripperx, Goobox, Soundjuicer, Kscd, Gnome CD Player, Amarok, kaboodle, Juk, Noatun, Banshee, Rhythmbox, and the Music Player Daemon (mpd) and its related clients, like Gnome Music Player, Glurp, Kmp, mpc, and ncmpc.

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

Running time: 28:33

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, mutt, muttng, symbolic, links, audio, players

Download MP3: linuxreality022.mp3 (9.8 MB)

Episode 21 - Email Clients

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:29:14 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback, including a mention of the Libsyn podcast hosting service and a discussion of the Intel processor x86 architecture; an overview of various Linux email clients, including KMail, Evolution, Thunderbird, Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws, Opera Mail, Mozilla Mail (now part of Seamonkey), Pine, and Mutt.

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

Running time: 32:56

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, libsyn, intel, x86, processor, email, clients, kmail, evolution, thunderbird, sylpheed, sylpheed-claws, opera, mozilla, pine, mutt

Download MP3: linuxreality021.mp3 (11.3 MB)

Episode 20 - Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Part 2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:04:45 +0000

In this episode: three audio feedbacks; new segment “Listener Tips”; Listener Tips from Anita of LinuxBasics.org regarding exporting a partition table to a text file and using a rescue disk; a walk-through of an installation of Ubuntu Linux 6.06 “Dapper Drake” onto a hard drive; a discussion of two scripts created by the Ubuntu community, Automatix and Easy Ubuntu, that help Ubuntu users install a variety of third-party free and non-free software.

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

Running time: 32:40

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, linuxbasics.org, ubuntu, linux, dapper, drake, automatix, easy, ubuntu, scripts

Download MP3: linuxreality020.mp3 (11.2 MB)

Episode 19 - Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Part 1

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:07:06 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback, including how to install flash and java in DSL; downloading and booting Ubuntu Linux 6.06 “Dapper Drake”; a discussion of the Ubuntu GNOME desktop environment, including a look at Nautilus, the GNOME file manager; a review of how to install additional packages from the Ubuntu Add/Remove Applications tool and the Synaptic package manager.

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

Running time: 42:44

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, flash, java, dsl, ubuntu, dapper, drake, gnome, nautilus, package, installation, synaptic

Download MP3: linuxreality019.mp3 (14.7 MB)

Episode 18 - SUSE Linux 10.1 Part 3

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:52:56 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback; SUSE documentation; a brief discussion of how to install the ATI and NVIDIA proprietary video drivers; a look at installing and configuring XGL, with additional guides here and here.

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

Running time: 26:52

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, suse, ati, nvidia, video, drivers, xgl, gnome, kde

Download MP3: linuxreality018.mp3 (9.2 MB)

Episode 17 - SUSE Linux 10.1 Part 2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:06:33 +0000

In this episode: a brief mention of Ubuntu Dapper Drake; audio feedback; a look at the SUSE YaST configuration tool; how to fix the SUSE Linux 10.1 package management problems with the Smart package manager using the packages provided by a SUSE developer; additional resources on how to enable Smart in SUSE Linux 10.1 are here, here, and here; Serenity charity screenings. Note: in this episode, I forgot to mention that you should run “/sbin/SuSEconfig” and then “/sbin/ldconfig” in a terminal as your root user after installing the Smart packages.

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

Running time: 41:33

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, ubuntu, dapper, drake, suse, linux, 10.1, yast, smart, package, manager

Download MP3: linuxreality017.mp3 (14.3 MB)

Episode 16 - SUSE Linux 10.1 Part 1

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 31 May 2006 14:00:41 +0000

In this episode: GParted Live CD; listener feedback; an audio walk-through of a SUSE Linux 10.1 hard drive installation. Additionally, you may want to see a screencast of the installation here. A particularly good review of this distribution is from Tuxmachines. Next week, we will be using some of things described in this guide to help tweak the installation.

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

Running time: 27:53

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, gparted, live, cd, suse, 10.1, hard, drive, install

Download MP3: linuxreality016.mp3 (9.6 MB)

Episode 15 - Partitioning and Bootloaders

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:54:05 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback; an overview discussion of hard drive partitioning, including a look at primary, logical, and swap partitions; brief mentions of third party partitioners like PartitionMagic, Acronis, and the GParted live CD; a look at how Linux designates hard drives and hard drive partitions; a review and explanation of bootloaders, including the Linux bootloaders GRUB and LILO, as well as third party bootloaders; a discussion of alternative locations where a bootloader can be installed, such as the Master Boot Record or the boot sector of the Linux partition.

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

Running time: 37:22

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, partitioning, bootloaders

Download MP3: linuxreality015.mp3 (12.8 MB)

Episode 14 - Command Line Basics

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:55:42 +0000

In this episode: first donation; information on VMware and LBox from Stefan at LinuxBasics.org; listener feedback, including a distribution chooser and where to install Firefox; command line basics, including a discussion of the shell and terminal, a brief look at the commands ls, cd, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, less, the pipe character, su, and how to exit out of the terminal.

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

Running time: 36:39

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, vmware, lbox, linuxbasics.org, distribution, command, line, shell, terminal

Download MP3: linuxreality014.mp3 (12.6 MB)

Episode 13 - Users, Groups, and Permissions

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 10 May 2006 13:03:33 +0000

In this episode: minor clarification; upcoming SUSE 10.1 release; listener feedback; a general discussion of Linux users, groups, and file/directory permissions, including the concepts of classes, specific permissions, symbolic notation, and octal notation.

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

Running time: 26:18

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, SUSE, users, groups, file, directory, permissions

Download MP3: linuxreality013.mp3 (9.0 MB)

Episode 12 - Basic Package Management

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 03 May 2006 12:58:33 +0000

In this episode: Firefly and Can’t Stop the Serenity charity screenings; listener feedback including Colin’s blog with a screencast of Linux Reality Episode 11; a general, high-level discussion of Linux package management, including a comparison of source file tarballs and binary packages, such as RPMs and Debian .deb files.

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

Running time: 28:18

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, firefly, serenity, screencast, package, management, tarballs, rpm, debian, deb

Download MP3: linuxreality012.mp3 (9.7 MB)

Episode 11 - Linux Filesystem Hierarchy

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:55:03 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback; a discussion of the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard as defined by the Free Standards Group.

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

Running time: 35:17

Tags: linux, reality, podcast, filesystem, hierarchy, standard, free, standards, group

Download MP3: linuxreality011.mp3 (12.1 MB)

Episode 10 - PCLinuxOS Part 3

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:12:59 +0000

In this (slightly extended) episode: Linux User Groups; the Linux Counter; PCLinuxOS New User Guide and Forum; listener feedback; a Linux Map; configuring PCLinuxOS using the KDE Control Center and the PCLinuxOS Control Center; installing new applications, such as OpenOffice.org and Frozen-Bubble, from the PCLinuxOS software repositories using the Synaptic package manager.

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

Running time: 38:41

Tags: Linux, Reality, podcast, LUGs, Counter, PCLinuxOS, Map, configuring, KDE, Control, Center, Synaptic

Download MP3: linuxreality010.mp3 (13.3 MB)

Episode 9 - PCLinuxOS Part 2

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:39:26 +0000

In this episode: the Linux Reality forums; listener feedback; revisiting the PCLinuxOS default KDE desktop and browsing through the KDE menu tree; a review of some of the included applications including k3b, GnomeBaker, various text editors, Konqueror, emelFM, KMyMoney, GKrellM, gtkam, digikam, Grip, amaroK, gaim, kopete, Kmail, Thunderbird, Pan, Firefox, Nvu, and KOffice; choice in Linux; and right-click context menu.

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

Running time: 27:21

Tags: Linux, Reality, podcast, PCLinuxOS, KDE, GNOME, desktop, environment, applications

Download MP3: linuxreality009.mp3 (9.4 MB)

Episode 8 - PCLinuxOS Part 1

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:16:51 +0000

In this episode: the Georgia Aquarium; the new Linux Reality site forums are live; listener feedback; booting to a live CD; enabling the ability to boot to a CD in a computer’s BIOS; PCLinuxOS initial boot into the KDE desktop environment; a review of the default desktop, including a look at the KDE Kicker, Konqueror, Kontact, and more.

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

Running time: 33:29

Tags: linux, live, cd, bios, pclinuxonline, pclinuxos, kde, konqueror, kontact

Download MP3: linuxreality008.mp3 (11.5 MB)

Episode 7 - Burning ISOs

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:30:23 +0000

In this episode: a discussion of additional resources for new Linux users as mentioned in a previous post, LinuxBasics.org and The Linux Learning Station; LR forums coming soon; audio feedback; blank cd-r’s; checking the downloaded ISO’s md5sum in Windows with md5summer, and in OS X with checksum+; burning the downloaded ISO’s in Windows with ISO Recorder, Nero, and Alcohol 120%, in OS X with Apple’s Disk Utility, included with the operating system, and in Linux with k3b.

Running time: 29:58

Tags: linux, blank, cdr, check, md5sum, md5summer, checksum , isorecorder, nero, alcohol, apple, disk, utility, k3b

Download MP3: linuxreality007.mp3 (10.3 MB)

Episode 6 - Linux ISOs

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:10:31 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback including the first audio comment; a discussion of Linux ISO files; purchasing retail boxes of Linux distributions such as SUSE and Mandriva; purchasing ISO images for a nominal fee from third parties such as OSDisc.com, LinuxCD.org, CheapISO.com, and LinuxISO.org; downloading ISO images for free directly from distributions such as Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS; LQ ISOs, a LinuxQuestions.org service that contains links to download locations of most Linux distributions all in one convenient place.

Running time: 27:40

Tags: download, Linux, CD, ISO, SUSE, Mandriva, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, LinuxQuestions.org

Download MP3: linuxreality006.mp3 (9.5 MB)

Episode 5 - Version Numbering

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:00:38 +0000

In this episode: over 100 pins on the LR Frappr map; international Linux adoption; listener feedback; my two favorite beers; version numbering as it applies to the Linux kernel and Linux distributions; how the movie Toy Story is relevant to the Debian GNU/Linux distribution; Ubuntu naming and numbering conventions.

Running time: 25:04

Tags: frappr, map, international, linux, adoption, version, numbering, kernel

Download MP3: linuxreality005.mp3 (8.6 MB)

Episode 4 - Overview of Linux Distributions

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:51:58 +0000

In this episode: the Linux Reality Frappr map; site forums; listener feedback; a return trip to Distrowatch for an overview of various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandriva, MEPIS, Debian, Kubuntu, KNOPPIX, and PCLinuxOS; a brief discussion of Linux desktop environments, including KDE and GNOME.

Special thanks to The Exotics for use of their song Sandoway at the end of the podcast. Thanks, guys!

(Please see the sidebar under “Subscribe to the Podcast” for information on an alternate Ogg Vorbis feed.)

Running time: 32:32

Tags: linux, distributions, frappr, ubuntu, suse, mandriva, debian, kubuntu, knoppix, pclinuxos, kde, gnome

Download MP3: linuxreality004.mp3 (11.2 MB)

Episode 3 - Linux Resources

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:41:44 +0000

In this episode: listener feedback; a review of Linux news sites, including Distrowatch, Desktoplinux.com, LXer, and LWN.net; places to look for assistance with Linux, including Google’s customized Linux search page, the LinuxQuestions.org community forum, and TUX Magazine; other Linux podcasts, such as the Linux Link Tech Show, LugRadio, and JaK Attack.

Links to other recommended sites that are not mentioned in the show are in the right-hand column on the Linux Reality homepage.

Also, please be sure to check out the Linux Reality Frappr and add yourself to the listener map!

Running time: 23:25

Tags: linux, news, help, websites, podcasts

Download MP3: linuxreality003.mp3 (8.0 MB)

Episode 2 - Free Software

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:03:13 +0000

Thanks for the great feedback! I appreciate you taking the time to send it along. Please keep sending your suggestions, comments, and questions. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and it will help make the show even better!

In this episode: a discussion of the ideals formulated by the GNU Project, specifically with regards to free software, and how free software compares with open-source software; recursive acronyms; my three reasons why free and open-source software is relevant and important; why it is hard to eliminate proprietary software entirely, notwithstanding free software alternatives to certain programs, like Flash and Java; a brief look at various free and open-source licenses, such as the GNU General Public License (”GPL”), with a nod to the Creative Commons.

Running time: 30:00

Tags: free, open, source, software, linux, gnu, gpl, creative, commons

Download MP3: linuxreality002.mp3 (10.3 MB)

Episode 1 - Introduction

linuxreality@gmail.com (Chess Griffin) — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:59:56 +0000

Here is the inaugural episode of Linux Reality! In this episode, I take a few minutes to introduce myself and to explain the purpose behind this podcast, which is aimed at new Linux users. I then try to provide some basic answers and definitions to the terms Linux and operating system before giving a broad description of Linux’s genesis, background, and current state in the world of computer operating systems.

Please feel free to send your email or audio feedback to linuxreality@gmail.com.

Here are some links relevant to this episode:

Running time: 15:41

Tags: linux, background, history, linus, torvalds

Download MP3: linuxreality001.mp3 (5.4 MB)