Destination Linux

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Dec 25, 2018 • 1h 44min

Episode 101: Destination Linux EP101 – We Respin You A Merry Christmas

On this episode of Destination Linux, we discuss some distro news for Peppermint Linux, GParted Live & Ubuntu. We cover some application news for Firefox, VirtualBox and more. Later in the show, we’ll talk about some unfortunate news regarding SQLite and Valve’s Artifact. We’ll also cover so great discussion topics like Photography on Linux and the pros and cons of Headerbars. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.com Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Noah of Ask Noah Show = http://asknoahshow.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.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: GParted Live New Release Ubuntu Dock Getting A Tune-Up Peppermint 9 Respin Released Firefox 64 Released & Available On Major Linux Distros SQLite Bug Impacts All Chromium Based Browsers VirtualBox 6.0 Released Turn Your Rasberry Pi Into Steam Link AMD Rolling Out Two More Processors Photography On Linux On Headerbars Discord Gunning For Steam Artifact Isn’t Doing So Well — Software Spotlight: – Bleachbit Tips & Tricks: CTRL + C to abort a command in Linux Type ‘reset’ to clear the terminal just like you opened a new window Type ‘clear’ to clear all text from a terminal Ctrl + L which is a shortcut that works the same way as “clear” command CTRL + D to close the Terminal window History – type history in a terminal window to see a numbered list of the commands you have previously typed. I don’t know about you but I always just tapped the up arrow to get to the command I wanted. This way, just mouse scroll back through the list until you see the command you want and then simply type ! followed by the number in the list ie !6 or !132 If you have a large history – try searching – Ctrl + R to invoke “reverse-i-search.” Type a letter – like s – and you’ll get a match for the most recent command in your history that starts with s. Keep typing to narrow your match. When you hit the jackpot, press Enter to execute the suggested command. Each press of Ctrl+R will cycle through other commands that might match. Ctrl + Arrow Keys (left or right) – to jump between segments of a command Ctrl + K – to delete everything after the cursor location Ctrl + U – to delete everything before the cursor location
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Dec 20, 2018 • 2h 18min

Episode 100: Destination Linux EP100 – Centennial Celebration

On this very special episode of Destination Linux, we celebrate the milestone of 100 Episodes! We’re joined by 2 very special guests this episode, Rocco & Rob, the founders of Destination Linux! We’ll also cover the latest news for the week and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.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: MX 18 Beta 1 Available For Download Linux Mint 19.1 Beta Released AeonWave OpenSource Audio Engine Raven – OpenSource RSS Reader NextCloud Introduces Social Features Vega II Is Coming Linux Goes To Mars Linus Torvalds Interview TFiR 10 Best Free Games For Linux SuperTuxKart Get’s A Makeover — Software Spotlights: Whalebird Calibre Open Book
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Dec 12, 2018 • 4min

EP99.99 – Announcement for Episode 100

This is an announcement video of our plans for Episode 100 of Destination Linux! Recording Schedule: 1st Recording Live Stream = Friday, December 14th at 4:00PM Eastern (Timezone Converter) 2nd Recording (Patrons Only) = Sunday, December 16th at 12:00PM Eastern (Timezone Converter)
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Dec 5, 2018 • 1h 14min

Episode 99: Destination Linux EP99 – ASCII And You Shall Receive

On this episode of Destination Linux, we discuss some distro news with VyOS & Fedora. We have great follow up regarding the kernel performance killer news we discussed last week. Some very big updates are coming from great software projects like Blender & Kodi. Later in the show, we check out some of Zeb’s favourite type of games! We also talk about the Plasma Mobile related news from Necuno Solutions. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Noah of Ask Noah Show = http://asknoahshow.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.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: VyOS 1.2.0 rc9 Released For Testing Fedora 31 Likely To Be Severely Delayed Performance Killing Kernel Patches Reverted Blender 2.80 Beta Available Now For The Holidays! Necuno Mobile – Open Source Phone Powered By KDE Kodi 18 Leia RC1 Mesa VLK vs. Pro Drivers Top Gifts For Linux Loved Ones · (#shamelessplug: “Linux is Everywhere” Shirt, on sale for a limited time, Coupon Code: LINUXMAS) Best ASCII Games That Are Good Sluggish Morss 2D Claymation Adventure Heading to Linux — Tips & Tricks: Using ‘cp’ to copy files in Linux is a very convenient tool. However, knowing these switches can save you from making mistakes: -i : Confirm before overwriting -n : No overwriting -b : Overwriting with backup -r : Recursive copying -u : Overwrite if the target file is old or doesn’t exist Ex: $ cp -b sourcedirectory targetdirectory will overwrite the file if it exists but creates a backup file first. Software Spotlight: Synfig – 2D Animation Software Tux Art by Eileen & Ben
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Nov 28, 2018 • 1h 58min

Episode 98: Destination Linux EP98 – Down With The Sickness

On this episode of Destination Linux, we are joined by Liam for our monthly GamingonLinux.com segment to discuss the month’s biggest topics in Linux Gaming. We talk about the latest releases from distros like Slax, Raspbian, deepin and even a beta from Red Hat. Linus comments on some performance issues with the 4.20 kernel. We also talk about some hardware news from Raspberry Pi and AMD. All that and much more including our Tips, Tricks and Software Spotlight picks! Hosts of Destination Linux: Zeb, aka Zebedeeboss = https://youtube.com/zebedeeboss Noah of Ask Noah Show = http://asknoahshow.com Michael of TuxDigital = https://tuxdigital.com Ryan, aka DasGeek = https://dasgeekcommunity.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: Raspbian OS 2018-11-13 Update Slax 9.6.0 Released Deepin 15.8 Released Red Hat Releases Enterprise Version 8 Beta Linux Performance Suffers & Linus Isn’t Happy RX590 Having Driver Issue In Linux Rasberry Pi 3 Model A+ Mozilla Still Fighting For Net Neutrality Microsoft In Trouble For Data Gathering Total War Warhammer II Released For Linux Shadow Of The Tomb Raider Coming to Linux Starsector New Release MMO Vendetta Online — Tips & Tricks: Drop Down Terminals – use your terminal in a quick access dropdown style inspired by the drop-down console interfaces in video games like Quake and Unreal Tournament. Guake, Yakuake, Tilda, Tilix, QTerminal (LXQt), and others. Software Spotlight: SimpleScreenRecorder
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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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