Better computing thru Linux open source and podcasts

I have been playing around with Linux for almost a year now. The things I learned, are one slow item at a time. Reading here and there. Picking up cool little gems from this page and that.

I started to listen to Linux podcasts. TLLTS - The Linux Link Tech Show. They just shoot the breeze about Linux and then they have special guests on and lets you sit in on their chats. They discuss all the trends in Linux.

I came across Linux Reality Podcast. One word - Awesome!

Chess covers different things month after month. All based one the previous month so the deeper you go the more lost you are unless you listened to the earlier casts. He guides his casts on very basic parts of Linux. How to download a distro. Burn a distro to disk.

It is geared to Windows and Mac users who what something better than what they forked out good money for. Linux is an operating system that puts the power of the computer in YOUR hands and not Microsoft or Apple. If you ever read the agreement that comes with Windows, it allows you to use their software at their pleasure. You pay Microsoft to use their software as is and Linux you can get for free and have it to explore or just use as is just like Microsoft's as is.

With Linux you get a better Operating System (OS) than Windows. May not be as polished as Windows or Mac but there are not tens of thousands being paid from a billion dollar company to create a sub standard product and fleece the public to force it on every computer made. If it saves you $20 to $5000 per computer, it is well worth it. There may only be a few people working on a piece of software for no money, just for the joy of giving the community a product that can challenge Windows at almost no cost to you.

You may have to do some learning. Spend a night or two a week learning the new OS. When you are done you have a better computer system than you could buy for very big money from Windows and it cost you little to nothing. No Windows problems.

I am about a quarter of the way through his podcasts and realized very quickly that I know nothing about Linux.

I found another podcast that is for newbies or someone wanting to move to Linux. Going Linux podcasts.