Destination Linux

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Episode 89: Destination Linux EP89 – Kernel Poppin’ Sep 26, 2018

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On this episode of Destination Linux, we cover some new distro news, interview a member of our community and discuss Linus taking a break along with a controversial code of conduct. Then we’ll round out the show with Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
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You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:

Drauger OS 7.3.7 Released

Plasma 5.14 Beta Released W/ Some New Features

Lubuntu Development Newsletter

Wendy Hill Photography

MX Adds MX Package Installer

Full Ubuntu Desktop Image In Windows 10 Pro

Linus Torvald’s Says He’s Sorry

The Linux Kernel Code Of Conduct

Who Contributes To The Kernel Most

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Tips & Tricks:
Apropos is a powerful command in the terminal that can help you find the command you need to use. No need to memorize everything. Just memorize apropos instead and your good. For example apropos “move file” gives you the git-rm, mv, and rm commands.

Software Spotlight:
Grub Customizer

Episode 88: Destination Linux EP88 – Ask Us Almost Anything Sep 19, 2018

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On this episode of Destination Linux, we talk about the latest releases from Parrot Security, Tails Linux, Eelo, Sailfish OS, Nano and more. We also discuss the really interesting Ask Me Anything community interview that the Arch Linux team had on Reddit. Later in the show we discuss the latest hardware news from AMD and Tuxedo Computers. Then we’ll round out the show with Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
Order Destination Linux Apparel

Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:

Parrot 4.2.2 Is Released

Tails 3.9 Is Out

Arch Linux Ask Me Anything Interview – On Reddit

Mobile Phone News On Linux

Next Up Is SailFish OS Update

/e/ First Beta Release Coming

Nano 3.0 Released

Ryzen 3 2300X and Ryzen 5 2500X Are Out

Get Your Hands On A Tuxedo Nano w/ Linux

Game Porter Ethan Lee Gives His Thoughts On Steam Proton

New Top Down Shooter Coming to Linux

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Tips & Tricks:
Finding Files with “find” and “locate”:
find /home -iname *destinationlinux*
locate destinationlinux

Software Spotlight:
Midnight Commander

Episode 87: Destination Linux EP87 – Unpredictably Ephemeral Sep 12, 2018

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On this episode of Destination Linux, we discuss a lot of new releases from GNOME, KaOS, Nitrux and even Linux From Scratch. We also discuss the licensing issues regarding Redis Labs, Linus’ peace of mind for the future of the kernel, and later in the show we cover some Linux Gaming. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
Order Destination Linux Apparel

Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:

Linux From Scratch 8.3 Released

KaOS 2018.08 New Stable ISO Released

Nitrux Linux 1.0.15 Released

Linus Torvalds Open Source Summit Highlights

Gnome 3.30 Released

Redis Labs changes license

Team Green Nvidia Users – Ubuntu Wants Your Help

Zombie Panic Source – Coming to Linux

RPG Mana Spark – Coming to Linux

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Tips & Tricks:
DNF History provides you with a list of all DNF based transactions or commands you used, dates and times of when you used them and packages affected, etc.
The most powerful part of dnf history though is the ability to undo these changes. Utilizing actions like:

Ex: dnf history undo id

sudo !! which will add sudo to your last command in case you forgot to include sudo
– alias please=”sudo !!”

Software Spotlight:
Meld & Kompare
Compare and merge files with a Visual version of the diff command.
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and supports many version control systems including Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Subversion.

**Episode 86: Destination Linux EP86 – Interview with Matthew Miller of Fedora** Sep 05, 2018
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In this special episode of Destination Linux, we have an in-depth interview with Matthew Miller of Fedora. We are big fans of Fedora and Red Hat, especially Ryan :), so we are really excited about this episode!

If you’ve never seen an interview episode of Destination Linux then you are in for a treat! Our in-depth interviews are totally unique because we dedicate the entire show to the interview so instead of 5-10 minutes, our interviews can last over an hour since we cover all of the questions we can think of.

We also ask our Patrons to submit questions for our interview guests so if you’d like to ask questions to our next guest then please go to https://destinationlinux.org/patreon to become a Patron.

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
Order Destination Linux Apparel

Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

Episode 85: Destination Linux EP85 – Gaming with Proton, Nier’ly Positive Aug 29, 2018

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On this episode of Destination Linux, we discussed the BIG NEWS for Linux Gaming thanks to Valve and CodeWeavers. Lubuntu announced their plans to switch to Wayland using Mir. Flatpak reachers the 1.0 Milestone. Intel revealed that there are 3 more security holes. Then we’ll talk about Deeping Linux and some potential reasons to maybe perhaps possibly, switch to BSD? We’ve got some more Tips & Tricks as well as a cool Software Spotlight. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
Order Destination Linux Apparel

Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:

Happy Birthday Debian

Lubuntu Heads Adds Path To Wayland

Deepin 15.7 Released With Improved Performance

6 Reason Why Linux Users Switch To BSD

Opera 55 Released

Flatpak 1.0 Released w/ Lots Of Improvements

Change Your FileSystem In Place Without Losing Data

Want to Listen to DL On Your Desktop – Try Podcasts

Three Data-leaking Security Holes Found In Intel Chip

Nvidia Announces New RTX 2000 GPU Line-up

AMD GPU Pro Driver Now Available for Ubuntu 18

Valve’s BIG Proton News for Linux Gaming

Graveyard Keeper Is Now Out For Linux On Gog

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Xfce Tips & Tricks:

Create your own dock in Xfce by creating another panel and autohiding
Use my monitor switching script on Github to add shortcut key to move windows between monitors.
Xfce-goodies install (extra artwork, quick launchers, etc.)
Xfce has a layout switcher – called Xfce PanelSwitch so if you don’t like the default layout you can easily try something else

Software Spotlight:

Etcher – Reliable, simple and it’s fast. Most people may say to DD but there are mistakes that can happen with dd so we normally recommend Etcher.

Episode 84: Destination Linux EP84 – Dude I Got A Dell Aug 22, 2018

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Welcome to Episode 84 of Destination Linux

On this episode of Destination Linux, we are still making some changes to the show, please let us know what you think so far. This week, we discussed some of the most interesting topics around the Linux community including the KDE Neon Bionic Preview, Linux Mint Debian Edition, OpenWRT, i3 and Sway window managers. We also take a look at an interesting opinion piece regarding GTK Themes and the potential to move beyond them. We’ve got some more Tips & Tricks as well as a couple cool Software Spotlights. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
Order Destination Linux Apparel

Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:

KDE Neon – Bionic Preview Ready To Test – Beta

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 3 ‘Cindy’ BETA available for download

OpenWrt Gets First Major Release In Two Years

Fresh Snaps From July 2018

i3 Tiling Window Manager – 5 reasons It Makes Linux Better

Sway 1.0 Alpha Released

(Opinion) Moving Beyond Themes

Phoronix Does Another Round Of 100+ Benchmarks Intel/AMD CPU’s

Chromebooks May Make 2018 Year Of Linux

It Looks Like A Steam 64-Bit Client Could Finally Be Near

TO4 Tactical Operations Will Come to Linux

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Tip / Trick:
Ranger, the super fast command-line file manager.

Software Spotlights: GNOME Logs, KSystemLogs, & others.

DL Community Email:

hi,

many thanks for your great podcast. It is a trusted companion when looking at the tail lights of the car in front of me, every day when I drive to work.

My question may be stupid, but Google doesn’t give me a direct answer to following question:

I want to reinstall my Linux Mint. When I make a backup of all my files (from /home) onto eg. a EXT4 USB drive (copy/paste), then I nuke the Mint install and reinstall from scratch,

when I then restore the backed up /home data files, what happens with the rights on the file? (ownership & file permissions)

Are they being brought across from the original install, or are they set correctly for the new install?

Are there backup tools which make sure that file permissions are set correctly when restored on a new system?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Episode 83: Destination Linux EP83 – Summertime Threadripping Aug 17, 2018

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Welcome to Episode 83 of Destination Linux

On this episode of Destination Linux, as we are down 1 host, we’ve made quite a few changes to the show. We are still in the process of making these changes so please bear with us still but I think there is a lot of potential for the future. This week, we discussed the latest news such as the Solus 10 Hour Hackfest, new releases of Netrunner, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, and X.Org. We also got some cool new games in the Linux Gaming section and we are continuing with our new segments for Tips & Tricks as well as Software Spotlights. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
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You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:

Summertime Solus

Netrunner Rolling 2018.08 Is Here

KDE Plasma 5.14 Adds New Feature To Upgrade Firmware

X.Org Server 1.20.1 Released

Gnome 3.30 Automatic Updates

Firefox Experiments With Recommending Articles

Thunderbird 60 Has Been Released

LibreOffice 6.1 Released

AMD Threadripper 2 Preorder Start Now

AMDGPU LRU Bulk Patches OpenCL and Vulkan Boosts

Dead Cells – The best Linux Game This Year Is Now Out?

Forsaken Remastered Comes To Linux

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Tip / Trick:
Use the ‘at’ command in the terminal to execute a task at a certain time. If ‘at’ is not already installed you can install it from your package manager sudo apt install at

Terminal type time:

at 9:45 AM 08/07/2018

[Enter]

## Type command you want to execute

## CTRL+D to kill prompt and it will be scheduled

Software Spotlight: GPick & KColorChooser

DL Community Email:

I stumbled across the podcast at a time in my life when I was struggling with the worst depression and anxiety I’ve ever experienced in my life. I am so grateful that I did find it though. The very first episode I saw had Martin Wimpress on as a guest. The banter between Ryan and wimpy was the first thing that was able to make me laugh in months. I can’t describe how much I appreciate all of the hard work from the past and current lineup.

You guys renew my passion and excitement for Linux every week. Thanks for helping create and maintain a community that cares about a project that is actually making a difference in the world. And a community where I can remain silent but still feel like I’m surrounded by friends in discord and telegram. Friends who love to talk about Linux and computers as much as I do and won’t perceive me as just some nerd that isn’t worth talking to. I feel home.

All of your hard work is what keeps us going and drives us to want to learn more! I genuinely can’t thank you guys enough for everything you do. I’ll be around as long as DL is around.

Episode 82: Destination Linux EP82 – A Three Dimensional Journey Aug 10, 2018

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Welcome to Episode 82 of Destination Linux

On this episode of Destination Linux, as we are down 1 host, we’ve made quite a few changes to the show. We are still in the process of making these changes so please bear with us still but I think there is a lot of potential for the future. This week, we discussed the latest news such as Ubuntu 18.04’s First Point Release, The Return Of Korora, Firefox Delivering Out-Of-Process Extensions To Linux, Windows may soon be gone with Desktop as a Service Replacing it, and we’ll talk about some Linux Gaming topics like the cool Battle Royale game, Crazy Justice coming to Linux. We are also adding a brand new segment for Tips & Tricks as well as Software Spotlights. All that and much more!

Quick Links:
Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael, with TuxDigital = http://tuxdigital.com
Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Want to Support the Show?
Support on Patreon
Order Destination Linux Apparel

Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at destinationlinux.org/contact

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Topics covered in this episode:
Ubuntu First Point Release Is Out 18.04.1 LTS

Engineering Plasma: Extensions and stability — Present and future

Linux Kernel 4.18 Slated for Release on August 12th as Linus Torvalds Outs Last RC

The Return Of Korora 28

Firefox Delivering Out-Of-Process Extensions To Linux

Google Chrome Picture In Picture Mode

Canonical Announced That Opera and Chromium Are Now Available As A Snap

With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It

GPD Pocket 2 Crowdfunding is Live

Valve Will Release Artifact for Linux On Nov 28th

Crazy Justice Steam Page Is Up

Tip: Easy Window Resizing (in most desktop environments)
Press & Hold the “Alt” key, then Right-Click near the edge of a window, drag the mouse until you reach the desired size.

Software Spotlight: Guvcview

DL Community Email:

Greetings,

I just wanted to throw you a quick note about some really good news and great
uses on Linux. I am a Drafter / Designer by trade and have only been using
proprietary software on Windows to do 3D mechanical design work. I have
recently been using FreeCAD, which is a 3D Parametric solid modeler not too
different than the high cost, commercial offerings. It is feature rich and has
many modules for different engineering functions. This has been an exciting
discovery and journey for me. I have only begun scratching the surface of it
and the more I use it the more I like it. Some other noteworthy built in
modules include BIM (Building Information Modeler) for doing architectural
work and FEM (Finite Element Method) for doing some serious part or system
analysis. From a professional and personal standpoint, this is super exciting
to know that I am now free of the confinements of super expensive proprietary
software for hobby projects. These are cross platform tools not exclusive to
Linux but the point is, it is ON Linux and it works super well.

These are some exciting times!
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CubicleNate

Episode 81: Destination Linux EP81 – Canonical Fanboys Aug 03, 2018

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Welcome to Episode 81 of Destination Linux

DL Email

Hey, Destination Linux crew,

I love the show, but one thing greatly troubles me…

Ryan “CLAIMS” his car ‘runs linux’, but I am thinking he means that his car ‘boots’ linux. I refuse to believe these outrageous claims until I see a logo of some sort that Ryan has produced ACTUALLY USING this ‘linux’ on his car. That’s right. I’m calling ‘bogus’ on this, until Ryan offers proof-positive that his car RUNS linux by producing something with inkscape or gimp USING HIS CAR.

I admit, I was skeptical when he professes his love for linux, but uses an iPhone to make phone calls. (Android, as google-fied as it may be, is certainly closer to the linux family than iOS)

Seriously, though. Thank you for the show each week! I don’t miss an episode, and, like Ryan, I also work telecom… It’s a welcome relief to hear the friendly linux-centric banter while I go about my I&R (install and repair) business day.

PS: I’m not sure if Michael knew this, but KDE is SO customizable, I’ve even found an option that you can ‘like it’ or ‘not like it’ in the settings!!!

Thanks,

-Andy

Distro News

Canonical Fixes Boot Failures on 16.04 and 18.04 LTS

Linux kernel security update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.18-Random-Boot-Fix

Debian Based Slax 9.5 Released

Slax

The Ultimate Linux Distro Is Here

LXQt

Neptune OS 5.4 Released

About Neptune

Modicia: Ultimate Linux with a Twist

Modicia O.S.

Lubuntu Taking A New Direction

Software News

Launching A Paid Application On Linux

Hardware News

Dell XPS Developer Edition w/ Ubuntu

Forbes Gives 5 Reasons To Switch To Linux Now

Jason Evangelho

Gaming

Minecraft SNAP Get’s Updated

PolyGod FPS Launches Next Month

Admin

Patreon

Liberapay

Destination Linux Apparel

Destination Linux Youtube

Where Can You Find Us This Week

Rocco can be found at www.bigdaddylinux.com

Ryan can be found on youtube at www.youtube.com/dasgeek

Zeb can be found on youtube at www.youtube.com/zebedeeboss

Michael can be found at www.tuxdigital.com

All of us can be found on Big Daddy Linux Live! Which is on every Saturday night on the BigDaddyLinux Youtube channel

Twitter

@bigdaddylinux @dasgeekchannel @TuxDigitalcom @zebedeeboss

I would like to thank each and every one of you for listening and watching every week. It has been some of the best times doing this show with Ryan, Zeb and Michael.

Rocco

Destination Linux is going to continue. But the format naturally has to change as Rocco handled many critical tasks of the show specific to editing.

During this transition period we’re going to have to do some testing and maneuvering with the show format and how we bring the content to you each week. Our primary focus will continue to be the podcast itself and making sure we’re keeping the patrons and our audience informed.