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Going Linux · August 27 · 40 min

Going Linux #481 · Linux and Open Source Back-to-Basics

In this new format episode, Larry and Bill discuss rising Linux desktop market share, community-maintained LightDM, and rewriting terminal tools in Rust. They recommend user-friendly starter distributions like Linux Mint, Zorin, TUXEDO, Pop!_OS, and Nobara, and showcase how to use the TLDR utility for simplified command-line help. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #481 · Linux and Open Source Back-to-Basics 02:04 Open Source News 05:34 LightDM 1.33 Release 07:42 Rust-Coreutils Progress 10:10 Open Culture Spotlight - Jamendo 13:06 Starter-friendly Linux distributions 16:45 Zorin OS 20:57 Tuxedo OS 25:18 POP!_OS 29:54 Nobara Linux 35:05 Command line shenanigans 35:42 Navigating the man pages 36:11 The tldr command 39:16 goinglinux.com, goinglniux@gmail.com, +1-904-4687-889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 40:28 End

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In this new format episode, Larry and Bill discuss rising Linux desktop market share, community-maintained LightDM, and rewriting terminal tools in Rust. They recommend user-friendly starter distributions like Linux Mint, Zorin, TUXEDO, Pop!_OS, and Nobara, and showcase how to use the TLDR utility for simplified command-line help.

Episode Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #481 · Linux and Open Source Back-to-Basics
02:04 Open Source News
05:34 LightDM 1.33 Release
07:42 Rust-Coreutils Progress
10:10 Open Culture Spotlight - Jamendo
13:06 Starter-friendly Linux distributions
16:45 Zorin OS
20:57 Tuxedo OS
25:18 POP!_OS
29:54 Nobara Linux
35:05 Command line shenanigans
35:42 Navigating the man pages
36:11 The tldr command
39:16 goinglinux.com, goinglniux@gmail.com, +1-904-4687-889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
40:28 End

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