Linux For The Rest Of Us 1: Intro To The Show
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A podcast for those of you wanting to learn about LINUX but need a little push. Hosted by Steve McLaughlin and Steve Cherubino. Running time: 1:07:06 |
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Introduction to the first episode by Steve Cherubino and Steve McLaughlin. [07:21] Steve M talks about an officially sponsored site (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com) were anyone can go in and vote on ideas and submit ideas how to make Ubuntu better. [08:30] Steve M explains why the show will be using Ubuntu as there main distribution, and why people like Linux Mint. [10:50] Steve C explains about the Distro's. [13:30] Steve M explains the difference between the free and paid versions of Linux. [17:00] Steve M talks about a podcast on (http://hackerpublicradio.org/) were a guy takes old computers and some scripts and makes his own version of Carbonite were he can backup to a friends house. [19:30] Steve M talks about Wine (www.winehq.org) [25:55] Steve gives a plug to a tremendous Wine application called “Play On Linux” (http://www.playonlinux.com). [29:57] Steve C asks how are the multimedia programs like audio editing and video editing in Linux. Audio Video [33:18] Steve M talks about VLC video player. [35:06] Steve M talks about the menu configuration between Linux and Windows. [36:50] Steve C asks Steve M how did he get into Linux. [43:40] The flow of how to get things on your computer. [53:11] To find applications on the net try: Apt-url – (http://apturl.net/). [58:23] Quick caveat for downloading. [59:57] Last words before wrapping up. [1:00:07] Don't hesitate to ask questions. |
