Direct MP3 Download: Linux For The Rest Of Us 1: Intro To The Show
A podcast for those of you wanting to learn about LINUX but need a little push. Hosted by Steve McLaughlin and Steve Cherubino.
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
Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Video
PiTiVi (pre-installed on Ubuntu) – http://www.pitivi.org/
Kdenlive – http://www.kdenlive.org/
VLMC – http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/
[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/).
PlayDeb – (http://www.playdeb.net/welcome/)
AllMyApps – (http://ubuntu.allmyapps.com/install-pc)
[58:23] Quick caveat for downloading.
[59:57] Last words before wrapping up.
[1:00:07] Don’t hesitate to ask questions.
