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Going Linux #468 · How to try Linux without affecting your current system Pt. 1
Jun 6, 2026
36m 35s
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Mar 19, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/6/26 |  Going Linux #468 · How to try Linux without affecting your current system Pt. 1✨ | LinuxOpen Source+3 | — | Zorin OSUbuntu Cinnamon+5 | — | LinuxZorin OS+5 | — | 36m 35s | |
| 3/19/26 | Going Linux #477 · CachyOS✨ | CachyOSLinux Mint+4 | Bill | CachyOSLinux Mint Cinnamon+3 | — | CachyOSLinux Mint+4 | — | 39m 58s | |
| 3/7/26 | Going Linux #476 · Encryption - Introduction✨ | encryptioncypher text+4 | — | ManjaroLinux Mint+1 | — | encryptioncypher text+5 | — | — | |
| 2/7/26 | Going Linux #475 · Listener Feedback✨ | listener feedbackaudio quality+4 | — | goinglinux.comDiscord | — | audio qualityLinux printers+3 | — | 43m 50s | |
| 12/28/25 | Going Linux #474 · Bluetooth Devices✨ | BluetoothLinux+4 | — | ManjaroKDE+3 | — | BluetoothLinux+5 | — | 18m 57s | |
| 11/12/25 | Going Linux #473 · Listener Feedback✨ | listener feedbackLinux distributions+4 | — | Linux MintCachyOS+4 | — | listener feedbackLinux Mint+6 | — | 1h 00m 32s | |
| 9/20/25 | Going Linux #472 · New Users Guide to Github✨ | GitGitHub+4 | — | ManjaroMint+5 | — | GitGitHub+7 | — | 33m 19s | |
| 9/8/25 | Going Linux #471 · Listener Feedback✨ | listener feedbackLinux distributions+5 | — | Linux MintLinux Mint XFCE+13 | — | Linuxlistener feedback+6 | — | 44m 44s | |
| 8/20/25 | Going Linux #470 · How to try Linux without affecting your current system Pt. 2✨ | LinuxVirtualization+4 | — | ZorinLinux Mint+5 | — | LinuxVirtualbox+6 | — | 38m 00s | |
| 7/8/25 | Going Linux #469 · Listener Feedback✨ | Listener FeedbackOpen Source contributions+5 | — | MicrosoftLinux+6 | — | ZFSWindows 10+7 | — | 1h 02m 55s | |
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| 4/29/25 | Going Linux #467 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #467 · Listener Feedback 02:20 Bill is still running Zorin OS 02:27 Larry and Bill discuss switching from Ubuntu Cinnamon to Linux Mint and about open source funding 09:18 Reid wrote about supporting open source 12:08 Daniel asked about Fedora 14:55 Liz commented on the state of the world 22:35 David switched from Zorin back to MATE 27:10 Frank wrote with a quibble about our Office Suites episode 29:27 Gus provides a solution for a cheap Linux Backup 35:38 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 36:35 End | — | ||||||
| 4/9/25 | Going Linux #466 · Using Linux to get things done in Work and School (Office Suites) | 00:00 Going Linux #466 · Using Linux to get things done in Work and School (Office Suites) 01:24 Life gets in the way. 02:34 Bill's MX Linux hop update 03:21 The return to Zorin 04:45 Larry considers a switch to Open SUSE 07:01 Using Linux to get things done 07:39 Bill updates snapd and solves his problem with Snap packages 08:39 Larry reinstalls an app to solve problems 09:31 AI disclaimer for this episode - a GPT4All and Deep Seek collaboration 12:24 Is using AI cheating? Let us know 14:03 Check your distribution's repositories for packages before downloading from the webpages for each office suite we mention 16:31 LibreOffice - Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, Math, Charts 21:26 WPS Office - WPS Writer, WPS Spreadsheet, WPS Presentation, WPS PDF Reader 25:11 ONLYOffice - Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor, PDF Editor 34:40 Calligra - Words, Stage, Sheets, Karbon, KEXI, Plan 43:31 Microsoft 365 'Free' er uh 'Trial' er uh 'Subscription' Online - Documents, Presentations, Workbooks 56:18 App pick: GPT4All 59:36 End | — | ||||||
| 3/26/25 | Going Linux #465 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #465 · Listener Feedback 01:35 Bill can breathe again 07:40 Reid: About the Lemur Pro 11:39 George from Tulsa: Learning the lesson again - buy hardware with Linux pre-installed 16:02 Guimar: Seeking advice on Linux 25:02 Roger: Microsoft news - Solar Winds 30:03 George: Commented on computer/monitor stands 33:13 George: On the M4 Mini 39:42 Harry: Shares his decision 41:26 Ambrose: About Linux kernel headers 50:18 Costas: The Ubuntu MATE installer 54:58 Gus: Comments on Snap packages 56:34 Ian: Remote access 58:05 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 59:11 End | — | ||||||
| 2/24/25 | Going Linux #464 · 2024 Year End Review | 00:00 Going Linux #464 · 2024 Year End Review 04:44 Bill commits to running MX Linux for a year 07:57 Bill has issues with Ubuntu based distros 17:44 Some Linux driver maintainers de-listed 21:23 New file system accepted - no bovine intervention 25:31 Good news for team green - Nvidia 28:08 The Cosmic desktop from System76 is making great progress 30:18 What's going on with Mozilla? 30% layoffs? 34:38 The Rasberry Pie foundation has been busy 37:00 Wayland display manager on Fedora and Ubuntu 42:40 RISC 44:43 Faster installs 46:39 HEIC - HEIF image support in Linux 50:14 Linux kernel cadence changed 54:25 Better gaming for everyone 56:34 Gnome feature fest 58:02 Ubuntu's anniversary flourishes 61:05 Wayland: All the cool kids are doing it 63:09 Ubuntu's desktop security center 65:00 Ubuntu app center can install .deb packages 68:50 Advances in gaming on Linux 69:42 Steamdeck uses Arch Linux 71:39 Fedora desktops galore 74:57 Intel has problems with 13th and 14th gen chips 76:60 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 77:55 End | — | ||||||
| 12/20/24 | Going Linux #463 · Top 5 Myths About Linux | 00:00 Going Linux #463 · Top 5 Myths About Linux 01:29 Bill's computer upgrades 04:53 5 myths about Linux 06:18 Myth 1: Linux Is Difficult To Use 06:59 Linux setup in the old days woes 08:26 Today's experience 09:33 Setup today 11:57 Larry's Windows 11 install approx 2 hours 12:48 Larry's Ubuntu Cinnamon install under 30 minutes 13:49 Bill's Windows 11 install for games 1hr 23min 14:52 Bill's Bazzite install 23 min. Ubuntu 24.04 install 13 min 16:46 If you discount Microsoft's constant pressure to buy software, using the computer is about the same on Windows or Linux 18:01 Myth 2: Linux Has Too Few Application Programs 31:43 Myth 3: There Are Too Many Different Linux Versions 42:57 Myth 4: Linux Is Obsolete Because It's Old 46:50 Myth 5: Linux Is 100% Secure 51:43 Summary 53:05 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 53:60 End | — | ||||||
| 12/2/24 | Going Linux #462 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux 462 · Listener Feedback 00:28 Larry uses the wrong microphone 03:21 Larry redesigns the Going Linux website 06:16 Bill plays with Big Linux 07:26 Bill has been having issues with Ubuntu based distributions 09:18 Larry switches to the correct mic 10:40 Linux Mint ran without issues. Is it Snap vs. Flatpack? 14:46 SCALE 22x announcement 17:29 Sean: Ramblings and software recommendations 20:17 Software Freedom Day 23:43 YT-DLP 25:30 Gramps 26:20 Open source astronomy software 27:13 Inkscape and Sodipodi 27:34 AnsiWeather 29:09 Sean: Send in your opinions on Enlightenment 31:07 Stellarium 40:47 Gabe: Linux device drivers 51:26 JackDeth: Recommendations for Sean on weather apps 54:11 JackDeth: Dell Optiplex Linux load out 62:03 RustDesk vs. Team Viewer 66:28 George: Laptop battery life 72:26 George: UTM Virtual machine 74:47 Reid: An update on the Lemur Pro 81:22 Jim: I like the music 84:01 End | — | ||||||
| 10/17/24 | Going Linux #461 · Linux and Open Source Current Events | 00:00 Going Linux #461-Linux and Open Source Current Events 02:35 NixOS, Bazzite still running 03:22 Linus Torvalds talks about AI 09:46 Pop!OS Cosmic Desktop Alpha 14:32 Immutable Manjaro? 17:15 Linux Mint 22 release 22:23 Linux Mint Cinnamon over Ubuntu Cinnamon for new users 25:26 Windows security update breaks dual-boot Linux systems 29:01 Google loses antitrust case over search 34:55 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 35:54 End | — | ||||||
| 9/19/24 |  Going Linux #460 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #460 · Listener Feedback 01:35 Bill continues hopping to Garuda 08:18 Larry upgrades the kernel on Ubuntu Cinnamon 10:08 Bluetooth bug in kernel 6.9.8 13:53 Zabbly kernels for Ubuntu 15:11 Larry's new hardware 17:44 Reid: New and light is good! 25:35 Reid: Follow-up on Lemur Pro 27:22 George: Feedback on episode 456 30:42 Bhikhu: Wrote a tool 33:57 Stephen: Linux flight simulators 36:23 Stephen: Our new music at 5x speed 37:54 Trevor: Save a Linux installation before nuke 47:20 Trevor: Point release vs. interim release vs. LTS release 56:00 Frank: Reference for networking 57:14 Solt: Noise in episode 456 61:53 Rick: Feedback on new theme 64:57 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 66:01 End | — | ||||||
| 8/15/24 | Going Linux #459 · Networking – Part 2 | 00:00 Going Linux #459 · Networking - Part 2 01:08 Bill's distro hopping adventures 01:34 Bazzite Linux 07:14 NixOS 07:41 Manjaro 07:53 Ubuntu MATE 08:28 Linux Mint 09:36 Open SUSE 11:45 Kenoite 14:26 Networking 14:44 Connecting to the Internet 25:33 Connecting your hardware 36:52 WPA2 best practices 41:05 Use a firewall 41:30 Update your operating system 42:41 Use Bitwarden or another password manager 43:45 Use speedtest.net 44:12 Use your distributions forums or a support channel 45:30 The Linux Foundation 45:59 The Linux Documentation Project 46:22 Linux Questions 46:46 The Electronic Frontier Foundation 52:58 Software suggestion: GPT4all.io 57:07 Game suggestion: OSUI 58:54 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 60:10 End | — | ||||||
| 7/18/24 | Going Linux #458 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #458 · Listener Feedback 01:57 Sound Cloud 04:43 Update on Manjaro 06:11 Dexcom: Is there a way to access and export the data on Linux? 10:17 Sean: Recommendations Part 1 11:44 SoX - Swiss Army Knife for audio 14:34 wget 16:23 curl 16:56 Midnight Commander 20:31 Weather widgets and applets recommendations request 28:33 NVIDIA 950 33:25 Sean: Part 2 42:46 Reid: New and Light Is Good! HP and System76 52:51 Nancy: Shameless plug for her book, Your Data, Your Devices, and You: Easy-to-Follow Instructions to Reduce Your Risk of Data Loss, Device Infection, and Identity Theft 59:15 David doesn't comment on our new theme music 59:46 David does comment on the new theme music 63:06 Bhiku: Feedback on episode 451 questions 68:58 Bhiku has more feedback on 451 71:45 goinginuxl.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, liste,n subscribe 72:52 End | — | ||||||
| 6/22/24 | Going Linux #457 · Networking – Introduction | 00:00 Going Linux #457 · Networking - Introduction 02:16 Networking terms 02:40 Update on Bill's distro hopping adventures 04:07 Bill helps a friend replace Windows XP with Windows 11... for just over a day 12:52 Bill upgrades Internet speed again 14:13 Definitions: Common networking terms 15:05 Connection 15:26 Packet 16:01 Network interface 16:50 LAN (local area network) 18:05 WAN (wide area network) 18:28 Protocol 19:07 Port 20:02 Firewall 21:05 IP address 21:49 NAT (Network address translation) 24:22 VPN (virtual private network) 25:43 DNS (domain name system) 25:56 HTTP(S) (hyper text transfer protocol) 28:31 Bandwidth 28:52 Ethernet 29:34 Wifi 31:22 PaaS (platform as a service) 33:31 ISP (Internet service provider) 34:32 Malware 35:02 Antivirus | — | ||||||
| 6/5/24 | Going Linux #456 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #456 · Listener Feedback 01:07 Bill tries Nobarra Linux 02:37 Destination Linux 12:18 HP Dragonfly 13.5 G4 and Linux 17:49 Sean: AWStats, Ardour, Ventoy, and converting CDs 38:54 Dave: Hello from Brockport NY 39:42 Stefan: Reasons for changing the podcast theme 45:28 Jesper: Follow up on audio quality 47:23 David: AntennaPod 51:38 Stephen: Suggests Nobara Linux 58:13 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 59:06 End | — | ||||||
| 5/20/24 | Going Linux #455 · Ubuntu 24.04 and Flavors released | 00:00 Going Linux #455 · Ubuntu 24.04 and Flavors released 01:31 NixOS update: Bill could use help with NVIDIA card configuration. 03:40 Bill as parted ways with Arch 08:44 Audacity: Deb vs. Snap vs. Flatpak vs. AppImage 16:10 Ubuntu flavors releases for 24.04 LTS 16:46 Ubuntu 24.04 27:14 Ubuntu MATE 24.04 41:34 Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04 48:25 Ubuntu Budgie 56:05 Kubuntu 24.04 59:12 Xubuntu 24.04 64:33 Lubuntu 24.04 73:01 goinglinux.com, gionglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, islten, subscribe 73:48 End | — | ||||||
| 5/5/24 | Going Linux #454 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #454 · Listener Feedback 01:11 Bill's great adventure - VLA 02:47 AIPS 06:29 Super computer 10:51 Update on Zorin 11:24 Update on Nix 16:08 Robert: What are Linux headers and do I need them? 22:01 Stefan: No listener feedback 23:44 Donald: Computer hardening recommendations? 29:32 Philip: Running a business on POP!_OS 32:29 David: Windows vs. MacOS vs. Linux 37:07 Martin: Nix OS and AI trends 39:52 David: Follow-up on xz-utils 46:53 End | — | ||||||
| 4/20/24 | Going Linux #453 · Listener Feedback | 00:00 Going Linux #453 · Listener Feedback 00:57 Bill tries Arch Linux 02:35 Bill gets better Internet speeds 06:48 What happened to Nix OS? 07:54 Is Arch finally for new Linux users? 10:02 Update on Zorin give-away 11:28 David: The xzutils vulnerability 17:59 Stephen: Struggling to listen using Pocketcast 20:52 Anonymous listener can pay cash for urgent assistance with hacker software. Is this a scam? 24:05 Jesper: Please fix the audio volume 25:59 George: Toots vs. tweets 26:52 George: Feedback on Antennapod, Ventoy, Distrosea, Veracrypt, and the most compatible file format 36:59 Thank you, listeners, for all your engagement with our podcast 39:28 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 40:36 End | — | ||||||
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