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A podcast for the new linux user.
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Available Episodes (123)
For some reason, the main LR feed is only displaying the first 42 episodes.  The other feeds appear to be working ok: http://feeds.feedburner.com/linuxreality-mp3 (all episodes in mp3...
Published: Friday, 20 June 2008 15:52:58
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Now available: a complete archive DVD containing all 100 episodes. This DVD, approximately 3GB, includes both the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio files, documents containing all of the...
Published: Sunday, 30 March 2008 00:56:58
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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....
Published: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:14:02
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 19 March 2008 13:37:28
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 12 March 2008 12:52:14
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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,...
Published: Wednesday, 05 March 2008 13:58:31
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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
Published: Wednesday, 27 February 2008 11:24:35
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In this episode: three Listener Tips, three audio feedbacks, and tons and tons of email. Extra notes: the link to Martys script is here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in...
Published: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 13:55:15
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 14:30:03
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 06 February 2008 13:44:59
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Now available: a fourth CD containing episodes 67-84. This CD, approximately 680MB, includes BOTH the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio files, as well as a document containing ALL the show...
Published: Sunday, 03 February 2008 04:47:46
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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
Published: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:42:33
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 23 January 2008 03:13:53
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In a few days, my wife and I will be winging our way across the country to attend the KDE 4.0 launch event at the Googleplex.  My plan is to start the podcast back up after I return...
Published: Saturday, 12 January 2008 19:50:45
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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. Ill be back...
Published: Wednesday, 19 December 2007 04:13:59
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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;
Published: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 01:08:12
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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...
Published: Saturday, 08 December 2007 20:27:46
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Last year, I proposed that Linux Reality listeners consider donating a small sum to any free or open source project of their choosing, and, for those donations of at least US$15 made...
Published: Saturday, 08 December 2007 02:04:43
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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...
Published: Tuesday, 04 December 2007 19:57:24
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Now available: a third CD containing episodes 48-66, including all ten episodes of the Home Server series. This CD, approximately 655MB, includes BOTH the MP3 and the Ogg Vorbis audio...
Published: Saturday, 01 December 2007 14:29:42
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 28 November 2007 14:59:12
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 14:05:52
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Well, I had planned to do a new episode this week, but things got away from me and the rest of the week is not looking so good. So, I guess Ill take this week off. Episode 85 should...
Published: Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:54:48
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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 shells double-exclamation...
Published: Wednesday, 07 November 2007 14:08:13
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In this guest episode: Part 2 of Richard Querins discussion of Inkscape; a Listener Tip on dmidecode; audio and email listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in...
Published: Wednesday, 31 October 2007 14:28:02
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 24 October 2007 12:18:57
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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;...
Published: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 13:07:28
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:04:57
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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
Published: Wednesday, 03 October 2007 13:19:29
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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,...
Published: Wednesday, 19 September 2007 13:05:56
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 12 September 2007 13:22:22
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 13:04:05
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 29 August 2007 00:01:55
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In this episode: an interview with the host of the BSDTalk Podcast, Will Backman, in which we talk about the history of the BSDs, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD,
Published: Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:25:26
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 08 August 2007 13:00:18
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 01 August 2007 12:53:30
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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
Published: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 00:01:41
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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;...
Published: Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:47:12
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In this episode: a new sponsor for Linux Reality, OReilly Media please be sure to use the coupon code LREL40 for 40% off your purchases on the OReilly website; a new release of Slackware...
Published: Tuesday, 03 July 2007 15:46:33
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 27 June 2007 11:41:01
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 20 June 2007 10:05:44
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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,...
Published: Wednesday, 13 June 2007 11:22:36
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 06 June 2007 12:20:57
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 30 May 2007 12:40:28
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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
Published: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 12:25:33
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In this episode: Happy Mothers 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,
Published: Wednesday, 16 May 2007 12:41:04
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 09 May 2007 12:55:02
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Now available: a second CD containing episodes 27-47, 27.5, and the two Special Episodes (including the one on Slackware) of Linux Reality! This CD, approximately 635MB, includes BOTH...
Published: Saturday, 05 May 2007 18:17:22
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2007 16:59:07
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I have to post this entry in order to claim my Podcast Alley feed. {pca-81a9142c3cb28d0efb325fb212e40912} So here it goes.
Published: Friday, 27 April 2007 14:50:04
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 25 April 2007 13:18:25
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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
Published: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 13:20:44
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:19:21
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 04 April 2007 01:07:59
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:37:02
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In this episode: Dann Washkos 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...
Published: Wednesday, 14 March 2007 13:55:02
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 07 March 2007 18:39:35
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 28 February 2007 14:46:40
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 13:56:29
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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,...
Published: Friday, 16 February 2007 20:06:01
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In this episode: a few miscellaneous items, such as testing some BSDs, installing Ubuntu Edgy on a Thinkpad t42, and setting up a new server on an old P3 750mhz machine; a discussion...
Published: Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:34:57
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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...
Published: Wednesday, 07 February 2007 14:22:29
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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-tos: GnuPG mini Howto, Gentoo...
Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 03:57:21
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In this episode: my server providers datacenter move; LR mentioned in Issue #68 of Linux User and Developer Magazine; a discussion of various hidden directories in a users home directory,...
Published: Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:16:23
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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,...
Published: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 18:15:04
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