
Seriously, although I do bash Windows a lot, it does have some useful programs. We will try to keep Linux the focus of our discussions but I may at times jump into the Windows world or even the Mac world just for specific reasons. Don't worry, I won't dwell there. We will be discussing some topics here that are a little more advanced. I have a lot of experience with Linux and absolutely love it but I do still use Windows from time to time for gaming purposes. The fact is, I by no means know everything about Linux. I only have experience with Ubuntu so that is where I will base my experience. It can be assumed that when I speak of how to do something I am saying how I did it in Ubuntu. I am currently running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and although 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon is to this day still my favorite version of Ubuntu as it was my first and more, I still love Jaunty. Who am I? My name is A.J. I desire to attain to übergeekhood. Do you?
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These are some sites that I have found to be excellent resources. You may be wondering why Google is on the list. Ask anyone who does a lot of research on the internet where they always go first and they will 99 times out of 100 say Google. Chad Wollenberg at the Linux Basement said the same thing in his podcast about responding to people's questions. I will be happy to help with your questions, Linux or Windows, but you have to do some initial research. Send me what you have done already and we can build off of that. You can email me at aj@linuxgeekdom.com.
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Here will go the show notes for each episode. For those of you who are fans of the Going Linux podcast, I personally have found that the way Larry, the host, arranges the notes so you know what starts when is wonderful so, in the spirit of borrowing good ideas, I will also try to arrange my show notes in a similar way. The latest show notes will be here:
If you prefer to listen to the episode right in the browser, click on the episode's title to use the flash player on the website!!
Mini-Rant and Ramble 3: Linux Comes Up to Bat download [mp3] or [ogg]
Note: Sorry for the long delay. Brian and I have both been busy this summer. The listener feedback will be out around the end of August.
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
Mini-Rant and Ramble 2: The Mysterious Guest download [mp3] or [ogg]
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.
Episode 6: Getting It On With GIMP download [mp3] or [ogg]
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.
Get the pictures used in the episode in the picture gallery here
0:00 Intro
0:54 AJ's announcement
2:28 AJ talks about Twitter
4:15 We actually get started. Importing brushes into GIMP.
4:19 AJ plays dumb
4:44 Brian explains brushes
5:07 Tutorial to import brushes begins
6:38 Layout tutorial
6:58 Fastest lesson since the copy paste (for photoshop users)
7:48 Layout tutorial resumes
8:10 open first pic (deviantart.com/)
8:56 First thing to do ALWAYS for every project
10:17 opacity
11:53 toolbox window
12:00 the worst issue with gimp
12:40 brush too (self explanatory)
13:21 opacity again
13:37 M3rC-3 1@Y3RZ (merge layers get it the time spells leet)
14:36 undo history
15:11 NOOOOooooo! they don't has the snapshot tool! Why gimp? why?!
15:34 Stamp tool (AJ fails to use it right)
16:40 scale tool (can be used on brush,pencil, eraser, etc.)
17:00 cloning explained
18:19 selection tools
21:15 paths tool ( i call it the pen tool out of habit, hardest to explain)
22:35 zoom in (shift +) zoom out ( - )
25:40 AJ gives up on the paths tool and hit undo to move on the lesson
26:05 gradients
27:04 AJ gets it before I have time to explain lol
28:00 saving
29:56 pic numbah 2
30:20 locking layers (explained)
30:53 adjusting layers
31:32 Brian drops something LOL
31:42 drawing a path
33:07 UPDATE Tablets DO have pressure sensitivity in GIMP YAY (mine doesn't : ( )
36:56 painting
38:52 eraser trick
39:43 wrap up
40:34 End
Mini-Rant and Ramble 1: Making Your Own External Hard Drive--CHEAP! download [mp3] or [ogg]
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
Command of the Week: TBA (explained in the episode)
Program of the Week: Songbird and GIMP (Windows/Linux Editions) (Brian)
***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. ***
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
Special Episode!! Hacker Public Radio Guest Appearance: Is There Such Thing as Ethical Hacking? download [mp3] or [ogg]
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!
Episode 4: The Command Line: A World Without a GUI Part II download [mp3] or [ogg]
Command of the Week: fastdup and shell-fu.org and aptitude search ~c | awk '{ print $2}' | xargs aptitude -y purge (Brian)
Program of the Week: bootskin_free.exe and Mozilla Thunderbird (Brian)
***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. -A.J. ***
Download fastdup here: Fastdup for Linux
Episode 3: The Command Line: A World Without a GUI download [mp3] or [ogg]
Command of the Week: wget -m www.example.com and Tab completing (Brian)
Program of the Week: droopy.py and I Wanna Be the Guy (Brian)
Our Challenge to You (Get It Here): http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/
***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.***
Episode 2: Linux: Why? Why Not? download [mp3] or [ogg]
Command of the Week: lshw -class disk -class storage, -class network, -short
Program of the Week: Clonezilla (A.J.) and Abuse (Brian)
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 Episode
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
Episode 1: Introduction download [mp3] or [ogg]
Command of the Week: lshw
Program of the Week: GIMP (Brian) and VLC (A.J.)
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 Thanks to 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
*Note: I apologize for the sound quality. The microphone settings have been adjusted and things will sound better next time but I think this episode still came out alright. So, listen and enjoy! -A.J.