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Nov 19, 2018 • 1h 15min

Episode 97: Destination Linux EP97 – In Sickness and In Health

On this episode of Destination Linux, we talk about the big Canonical news of supporting 18.04 for up to 10 years. We also discuss some new distro releases from Sparky Linux, Void Linux and CAINE. Then we’ll discuss some security issues with Facebook and the recent downtime of Google around the world. Later we’ll cover some Linux Hardware news and check out whats going on in Linux Gaming. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Noah of Ask Noah Show = http://asknoahshow.com 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Mark Shuttleworth Reveals 18.04 Will Get 10 Years Of Support Sparky Linux 4.9 Released Void Linux Released 20181111 Caine 10.0 Infinity Is Out Google Lost Control Of Several Million IP Addresses Yet Another Facebook Vulnerability Raptor Blackbird Open-source Motherboard Nvidia Working On EGLStream Back-End For KDE Wayland Neuroslicers Comes to Linux Emerald Shores — Tips & Tricks: Display output as a table in the terminal for easier viewing using | column -t Examples: cat /etc/passwd | column -t or ls -l | column -t Software Spotlight: Simplescan Utility – this is a simple scanning utility that lets you save as PDF or picture format. It is completely open source and is a fantastic tool for Linux users. Alternatives: Paperwork & Skanlite
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Nov 14, 2018 • 1h 31min

Episode 96: Destination Linux EP96 – Disco Dingo From Neptune

This episode we discuss the new codename and potential features of Ubuntu 19.04, System76 unveils their Thelio desktop, Microsoft porting sysinternals to Linux, Samsung brings Ubuntu to the DeX, and we discuss some of the latest software and project releases of KDE Connect, i3 Window Manager, and Neptune Linux. Later in the show, we’ll discuss some Linux Gaming news which many of us are excited for a really silly but fun looking game coming out to Linux. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Noah of Ask Noah Show = http://asknoahshow.com 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Ubuntu 19.04 Features To Expect Neptune 5.6 Released I3 Window Manager v4.16 Released KDE Connect 1.10 Released Microsoft Porting More Tools To Open Source System 76 Unveils It’s Thelio Handcrafted Desktop All In One Water Cooling For Linux AMD The Next Horizon Samsung Dex Brings Linux To Mobile Monstrum Horror Game On Linux Skateboarding Birds Coming To Linux — Tips & Tricks: Customizable Linux Shell Options: Everything in Linux is customizable including the shell. Most users probably utilize whatever shell (likely Bash) that comes with their distro by default. However, there are some powerful shell options out there to try out. Zsh – designed to be interactive and it incorporates many features of other Unix/GNU Linux shells such as bash, tcsh and ksh. Tcsh – is enhanced C shell, it can be used as a interactive login shell and shell script command processor. Fish – “friendly interactive shell” and was authored in 2005. It was intended to be fully interactive and user friendly. Software Spotlight: Joplin
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Nov 8, 2018 • 1h 22min

Episode 95: Destination Linux EP95 – The Fantastic Four

On this special episode of Destination Linux, we are making a BIG announcement for the future of Destination Linux. Be sure to watch all the way to the end, or skip ahead I guess that works too. This episode we discuss the release of Manjaro 18.0, the BIG news about IBM acquiring Red Hat, some performance tests of the Ryzen Threadripper 2920X and 2970wx, XBill, and Albion Online. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Guest Host: Noah Chelliah of the Ask Noah Show Interview Guest: Josh Strobl of the Solus project. 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Manjaro 18.0 Stable Release IBM to Acquire Red Hat Fedora 29 Has Been Released Ryzen Threadripper 2920X and 2970wx Performance XBill Albion Online Update Coming — Tips & Tricks: Auryo is a SoundCloud client for your desktop. Software Spotlight: FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories.
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Oct 31, 2018 • 1h 17min

Episode 94: Destination Linux EP94 – Noah Saw the Lightworks

On this special episode of Destination Linux, Zeb has returned to the DL Lineup and we are joined by a friend of the show, Noah Chelliah, for a special 4 Host episode. Noah Chelliah of the Ask Noah Show and, formerly of, the Linux Action Show joins us to talk about the Feren OS snapshot, MorpheusArch Linux, Linus Torvalds’ return, Firefox 63, Etcher 1.4.5, Lightworks for Linux, Pine64’s Linux Smartphone plans, and Ubuntu Statistics. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Special Guest Host: Noah Chelliah of the Ask Noah Show 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Feren OS Has A New Snapshot MorpheusArch Linux Linus Torvalds Is Back Run Ubuntu 18.10 On Rasberry Pi Firefox 63 Released Etcher 1.4.5 released Lightworks For Linux Pine64 Considering Making A Budget Linux Smartphone Ubuntu Statistics Released Daemon_9 Releases With Linux Support Kingdom Rush Origins Out For Linux — Tips & Tricks: Increase/decrease/reset zoom factor in a browser Simple to use on a browser ctrl+”+” to increase the font size and ctrl+”-” to decrease the font size and ctrl+”0(zero)” to return it to Browser default settings – usually 100% Software Spotlight: Simplenote
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Oct 25, 2018 • 1h 1min

Episode 93: Destination Linux EP93 – Noah-clear Reactor

On this very special episode of Destination Linux, we are joined by a friend of the show. Noah Chelliah of the Ask Noah Show and, formerly of, the Linux Action Show joined us as a guest host this week. In this episode we talk about a wide variety of topics including ArcoLinux, Ubuntu 18.10, Linux Kernel 4.19, Ubuntu Touch OTA-5, a Nuclear Reactor Startup goes Open Source. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Host of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Special Guest Host: Noah Chelliah of the Ask Noah Show 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Happy Birthday KDE ArcoLinux 18.10 Released Linux Kernel 4.19 Releases Next Week Linux Vs Windows Benchmarks Ubuntu 18.10 Released Lubuntu 18.10 Released Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 Is Out Chrome OS Moves Linux Apps In Stable Channel Nuclear Reactor Startup Transatomic Goes OpenSource After Closure Proton Beta 3.16-2 Is Out For Valve Descenders Gets Multiplayer and More — Tips & Tricks: We’ve talked a lot about Snaps lately so figure we should talk about some of the commands available for Snaps to make you a more powerful user snap revert – reverts package to previous version along with data snap find – “media players” will search snap store for media players snap info – to get information about a specific snap Channels – –stable, –candidate, –beta and –edge Ex: snap install –channel=beta vlc Software Spotlight: Glances
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Oct 18, 2018 • 1h 43min

Episode 92: Destination Linux EP92 – Elementary My Dear Distro

On this very special episode of Destination Linux, we are joined by 2 friends of the show. Unfortunately, Zeb was sick this week so we needed a last minute guest host, thankfully Gabriele Musco of TechPills stepped up to help out. If that wasn’t special enough, Daniel Foré from elementary joined us for a segment to discuss the latest release of elementary OS 5.0 (Juno). This episode we discuss a ton of hot topics in the Linux world including Microsoft making 60,000 patents available to the Open Invention Network (OIN), Plex joins the universal package format game with a new Snap, Google+ announces it is shutting down after a security bug debacle, there were some patches proposed to the Linux kernel’s new Code of Conduct. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Host of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Special Guests: Gabriele Musco of TechPills (Special Guest Host) Daniel Foré of elementary OS 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 — Topics covered in this episode: elementary OS 5.0 – Juno – with special guest, Daniel Foré of elementary Microsoft Makes 60,000 Patents OpenSource Flatpaks Are A Security Nightmare Plex is now a SNAP Google+ Cover Up Uncovered Intel Launches 9th Gen Coffeelake – S CPU’s The Leading Linux Desktop Platform Issues Code Of Conduct Changes Proposed Gummy Life Out For Linux Hazelnut Bastille Linux Demo — Tips & Tricks: Handbrake – HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. FFMPEG – A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. (command-line tool) Software Spotlight: Remmina – Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.
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Oct 11, 2018 • 1h 20min

Episode 91: Destination Linux EP91 – CoC A Doodle Do

On this special episode of Destination Linux, we are joined by a friend of the show, Liam from GamingonLinux.com to discuss the hottest topics in Linux Gaming! We also cover some interesting discussion topics about Security, Linus’s response to the community reactions, big mistakes we’ve made as Linux users, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s new project Solid. Then we’ll end the show with our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks. All that and much more! DL Announcement: Liam has agreed to join us once a month to have an in-depth Linux Gaming discussion like the one we had in this episode and I know we are all super excited about this so I hope you are too! 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Ubuntu, Debian and Others Leave Users Vulnerable Linus Torvalds Speaks Out A Whole New World Wide Web What’s your biggest mistake in Linux that caused major system issues? Valve officially confirm a new version of ‘Steam Play’ which includes a modified version of Wine Liam from GamingonLinux.com joins us this week for Linux Gaming news! Life is Strange 2 confirmed to be coming to Linux in 2019 from Feral Interactive The developer of ‘Limit Theory’ is throwing in the towel, releasing the source code — Tips & Tricks: xdotool – This tool lets you simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension and other Xlib functions. Software Spotlight: We received a couple e-mails from our listeners on additional options from our Catfish and Find tip. – Torin recommended using Searchmonkey as another alternative to Catfish – Michael recommended using ‘fd’ as an alternative cli based search tool
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Oct 3, 2018 • 1h 13min

Episode 90: Destination Linux EP90 – Pixelated Twilight Zone

On this episode of Destination Linux, we cover some new distro news including some exciting beta releases. We also talk about some security related news and hardware. We also go on a search for the Real Zeb because this guy can’t be him and 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 — Topics covered in this episode: Ubuntu 18.10 Beta’s Out KDE Neon 18.04 Is Officially Out Solus 3.9999 ISO Refresh Is Out New Linux Distro Only For Windows 10 Users Elementary OS Juno Beta 2 Is Out Openshot Adds Animated Video Masking Purism launches Librem Key Yubico Launches YubiKey 5 Series UEFI Root Kit found in the Wild Megasphere Game Updated For Linux Fantasy Strike Now Available on Linux — Tips & Tricks: xkill – While Linux is very stable as a rule there are times when you need to kill an application that is working incorrectly. – One of my favorite commands to kill a frozen windows is xkill. When you type this command in a terminal you get a cross hair cursor and any window you select is forcefully terminated Software Spotlight: ClamAV
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Sep 26, 2018 • 1h 36min

Episode 89: Destination Linux EP89 – Kernel Poppin’

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 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 — 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 — 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
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Sep 20, 2018 • 1h 24min

Episode 88: Destination Linux EP88 – Ask Us Almost Anything

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 — 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 — Tips & Tricks: Finding Files with “find” and “locate”: find /home -iname *destinationlinux* locate destinationlinux Software Spotlight: Midnight Commander

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