Monday, October 25, 2010

Having so much fun learning

Learning has never been so much fun as when it is something you wanted to learn and not forced to learn.

I have been listening to Linux podcasts, thelip, going Linux and Linux Reality. These three will help the newbie Linux user to learn more and faster.

If you are like many Linux users you have learned the hard way. A little at a time. By listening to these podcasts it's like getting inside the head of a Linux User and the feedback adds to it.

Save your money, Get more out of your computer. I have more fun on the computer now then I did when Commodore 64 was huge.... That was over 20 years ago....

The Games the programs the whole package. If you do nothing but use the KDE or GNOME Desktops for your new home. It will save you time, money and headaches over Windows and you be able to do so much more right out of the box.

With Windows you have to get an Anti-Virus just to get Windows online. Then if you want to do games - you have to buy them. If you want Word Processing, Databases or Spreadsheets you have to buy the programs and install them. Want to do Pictures and restore old ones Linux you can Windows, yes you got it have to go out and buy the software. Just in these examples you are talking over $1,000 just to get Windows to do what Linux and do right out of the box. Sorta speak out of the ISO or Disk Sets. And the most it cost you was a few blank disks and a few hours downloading the ISO's and burning them to disk and then installing it on your computer.

Each day I learn something new. How to use different packages (Software) and slowly learning Command Line to get things done the way I want them done.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Moving to Linux knowledge

Have you ever heard of Linux?

Know what Linux is?

What it does for your computer?

Interested?

If you are interested in Linux or move to Linux, I have some help for you.

I have been listening to different Linux podcasts and they can help you with your Linux problem. Such as which Distro is best for me? Well, that is a preference that you have to make, but you don't know enough to make that choice? That is where the podcasts make a difference.

Linux Reality,
Going Linux,
TLLTS - The Learning Linux Tech Show
Linux Install, (thelip) and
BSDTalk.

These podcasts give the new user a wealth of information. How to do different things. How to get Linux working, how to keep Linux working, how to enjoy Linux.


Example: I want to install a Linux Distro on my computer and don't really know what I am doing?
Thelip will help you. They install a Linux distro every month, and the following weeks they install programs, tweak the distro and you are there as they do it. If you don't like that distro wait until next month.


Want to get info for a certain aspect of Linux? Going Linux and Linux Reality will help you there. They help at a newbie level and in most cases move to a more advanced level.


If you want to learn UNIX which is what Linux is created from. Try BSDTalk. Not all Linux will work with Unix and not all Unix will work with Linux. This is where BSDTalk helps.


If you are interested in checking out Linux or moving to Linux listen to these podcasts. You might find a lot more than just moving to Linux.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

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.