In this episode, I co-star with Larry Bushey from the Going Linux podcast on the Computer America show!

In this episode, we discuss the second part of why someone would or would not want to use Linux. We also welcome Brian back to the show.

In this episode, we discuss how Linux is practical in all aspects of running a small business and how the time and cost savings are huge!

In this episode, I try to catch everyone up on what has happened in my life since the last episode and apologize for canceling the show for so long.

This is just an announcement to let you know about our first Linux Geekdom screencast! Check it out!

In this episode, we discuss how Microsoft tries to battle the open-source movement by getting in the game and how this is the year of open-source dominance.

Mini-Rant and Ramble 3 Time Stamps

0:00 Intro
0:25 Forgive our long absence
2:12 This is the year of Open-Source
2:55 Discussing open-source
5:15 The real discussion begins
5:30 Microsoft gets in the game
7:00 Open-source and Bill Gates
8:30 MS-PL
10:15 What is Codeplex?
11:00 WHY?!
11:15 Explaining the MS-PL
13:00 Microsoft makes it's license incompatible
13:50 Proprietary black holes, oh no!
15:00 Richard Stallman and the GNU-GPL
15:32 Richard Stallman's comment
17:00 Understanding Stallman
18:00 The GPL is a safety blanket
19:00 Microsoft is behind in the game
20:00 Microsoft's precedent is set in stone
21:00 Proprietary v. Open-Source
22:30 What are the top ten most popular licenses?
22:45 Email me at aj@linuxgeekdom.com
23:00 Thanks for the comments of concern
23:30 Sorry for us slacking off
23:50 What to look forward to
25:34 End

This is just an announcement to let you know about our first Linux Geekdom screencast! Check it out!

Note: We wish we had shownotes for this but our mysterious guest was unannounced and delivers a rather mysterious message. But we do announce our upcoming roundtable discussion on the question of "What if Microsoft never existed?" and all it entails.

In this episode, the student becomes the master as we begin our tutorial on GIMP. We edit a couple of photos and Brian helps unravel the mystery of the free substitute to Photoshop.

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Note: ***We somehow forgot to do a command and program of the week! We apologize but we will definitely not forget for the next episode. It was crazy recording this first episode and much editing was required to make this worthy of you, our audience. So please forgive us and know it won't happen again. ;-) Also note Brian edited this and it was his first time editing a podcast or really using Audacity for that matter. The shownotes are also his doing so bear with it. Lol. Anyway, ttyl. -A.J.

In our first rant and ramble, we mention the forgotten feedback, discuss Jaunty Jackalope and also how to make your own external hard drive--CHEAP!

Mini-Rant and Ramble 1 Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:30 What is this?
4:15 What We Will Cover
5:00 Barry's Email
9:30 My Rant on Jaunty
11:00 The Main Topic: Making Your Own External Hard Drive--CHEAP!
11:10 What Factors You Need to Determine Ahead of Time
12:10 Getting an Internal Data Drive to Work
16:00 Hardware for an External Drive
18:50 How the Reader/Enclosure Works
21:00 Why Make Your Own? Why Not?
22:30 Why Doesn't It Work?
23:00 Getting the Hard Drive and Computer on Speaking Terms with Partition Editor
25:00 Choosing a Format Type
27:00 Why NTFS?
28:20 Our First Rant and Ramble: It's Over :-(
28:50 End

In this episode, we are excited about our FIRST LISTENER FEEDBACK!!! We share some tips, feedback and a correction to our series on the command line.

***Note: Sorry this episode took so long. I was sick and my work piled up so I was swamped but its here and we are back on track. Thanks for your patience. I have also been busy at school with A.P. U.S. History and have the A.P. test this Friday (05/08/09) which will be no fun, but here we go!! Listen and enjoy! -A.J. ***

Episode 5 Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:00 Forgive Our Long Absence
2:30 Sonny Chauvin - email and Skype conversations
11:11 Barry Williams - email and a correction (command: ls -a|less)
14:45 Victor Velez's Shoutout
16:45 Tim Stoot - email on Midnight Commander
19:40 Monsterb
22:00 First audio clip: Tom Chaudoir!!!
26:00 Tom's Second Contribution - Wild Cards and Escapes UNRAVELED!
31:30 Need a laugh? Go to xkcd.com
33:00 Check out Loserz
34:30 Understanding the TBA
37:20 My Program of the Week: Songbird
41:00 Brian's Program of the Week: GIMP (CHEATER!) the Windows/Linux Versions
43:00 And Brian's continues...
43:30 and goes on...
43:40 and on...
45:15 Please not What's Inside the Box? !!!!
46:45 Find out next time what's inside the box
48:00 SouthEast Linux Fest Promo
48:38 End

In this episode, I guest starred with our moderator, Klaatu from the Bad Apples Podcast, Three-Thirty from Linuxcranks.info and Nick from the Open Source Musicians podcast. It was a lot of fun and it was a very interesting conversation I hope you enjoy as well. So, grab the chips, put your feet up and enjoy!

In this episode, we continue explaining the command line with some of the more interesting commands beyond the basics. We explain how to become superuser and some really cool commands. We also ask for your input to send us YOUR command of the week.

Episode 4 Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:00 Brian has his FIRST Command of the Week and Apologies
2:50 man intro
4:15 nano
6:42 cat
9:30 Understanding privileges
11:30 Getting to root mode and setting your root password
14:00 Welcome to root mode
14:45 apt-get install
16:15 apt-cache search
17:50 apt-get upgrade
19:10 apt-get purge
19:30 apt-get autoremove
21:40 gedit (GNOME)
25:02 kate (KDE)
25:20 uptime
28:15 top
30:40 Ctrl + C
31:40 Chmod and all it entails
35:25 Your homework: unlock folder and all files inside
35:38 Understanding 777
37:08 chmod +x
38:00 glxgears
40:40 Useful information for the command line and a neat tip
48:15 How the command line saved me
49:40 Why use the command line and Brian's mistakes and history
53:30 Embedded command lines or consoles
55:30 Brian's Command of the Week: shell-fu.org and aptitude search ~c | awk '{ print $2}' | xargs aptitude -y purge
57:25 A Brief Commercial Break
58:00 And We're Back =)
62:00 My Command of the Week: fastdup (download off the site)
64:30 My Program of the Week: bootskin_free.exe
67:00 Brian's Program of the Week: Mozilla Thunderbird
70:30 Episode 5: Our FIRST Listener Feedback episode!
71:20 Product Reviews for the Future
72:30 Send us audio clips
73:00 Check the articles page for reference sheets
73:40 Check out my article and send us feedback
74:20 Frappr: Post yourself for the world!
75:15 Send us your commands! Please!
75:30 Send us your feedback by using our feedback program!
76:20 A role reversal for Episodes 6 and 7 on GIMP!
77:33 End

In this episode, we will consider some of the most useful commands that are used in Linux as well as unlock the command line.

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***Download the droopy python script as well as the shell script so you can customize your own droopy page here. To run the shell script, type either (without the quotes) "./filename.sh" or "bash filename.sh". For the shell script in there, it is droopycustom.sh so the command would be bash droopycustom.sh. Try this one first. To edit, either left click and open with a text editor or, directing to the file, type, (if in Gnome) "gedit droopycustom.sh". I hope this helps. Also, open port 8000 of the router you are sending both from and to if you have one or this won't work. Sorry I didn't explain this better in the show. Thanks for listening and talk to you later. -A.J.*** 0:00 Intro
3:05 My Apology to Brian
3:26 cp
4:25 Tab completing
5:50 cp continued...
7:15 cd
10:45 ls
13:00 Arguments
14:10 man pages
16:55 mkdir
21:10 ifconfig and iwconfig
22:00 rm
25:25 mv
30:15 Part II, Coming Soon!
30:30 My Command of the Week: wget -m www.linuxgeekdom.com
32:30 Brian's Command of the Week: Tab complete
32:55 My Program of the Week: droopy
35:00 medibuntu.org
36:15 Brian's Program of the Week: I Wanna be the Guy
38:15 The Challenge Has Been Posed
41:25 Going Linux Promo
43:37 End

In this episode, we will explain what turned me onto Linux and the reasons for switching. We also will look at some of the basic pros and cons that come with an open-source operating system.

Episode 2 Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:50 Brian's Week
2:19 Today's Episode
3:00 Cost
9:55 Power
14:50 Convenience
18:00 Flexibility
26:10 Support
32:00 Ease of Use
38:20 Programs
39:00 My Program of the Week: Clonezilla
43:45 Brian's Program of the Week: Abuse
45:00 My Command of the Week: lshw continued...
47:05 Brian's Commandless AGAIN...and the Next Episodev 48:35 Back to Programs...
51:40 Brian's Two Cents on Programs
53:45 Performance
55:30 Security
60:45 Compatibility
65:15 Teacher Confiscates Live CDs
67:00 Microsoft Layoffs
68:45 Windows 7 Beta Shines...or Not
69:20 Can You Try Linux?
70:35 End

In this episode. I introduce myself, explain a little about my background and set the stage for what I hope to accomplish. We also introduce our co-host, Brian.

Episode 1 Time Stamps
0:00 Opening Promo
0:52 Introductions
1:20 How I Got Started
4:05 How Brian Got Started
6:22 It's All Brian's Fault!
7:43 More on Brian
8:53 How GIMP Changed Our Lives
10:07 Our Goals and Getting Started
11:11 Thanking the Guys at Going Linux
11:56 The Show's Format
14:48 Brian's Program of the Week: GIMP
16:41 My Program of the Week: VLC
19:23 My Command of the Week: lshw
21:13 Brian's Commandless...
22:05 Nearing the End
22:28 Contact Us or me on Skype @ numberonegoinglinuxfan
22:57 Check out the Photo Gallery
23:32 A possible second Co-Host
24:47 End