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0:50 – A two person round table discussion with Dave Abbott from “The Linux Crazy” Podcast.
2:20 – Dave’s other web site is at dwabott.com
2:40 – TechGuy.org Forums
4:20 – HP-UX was Russ’s first exposure to Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
4:35 – EDS Unigraphics is the CAD software that Russ use to design in.
5:26 – DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
5:39 – The BBS scene (BBS = Bulletin Board System)
5:45 – UseNet News Groups. Prodigy, VoiceNet, and JTAN.com
6:28 – What’s a “Shell Account“?
6:42 – Sun Solaris
8:34 – Using Knoppix to fix Windows.
9:02 – OpenBSD is known for its security.
11:50 – Dual Booting operating systems.
12:35 – Dave used Red Hat 9 from the disk in the back of “Red Hat Linux 9 for Dummies“.
13:01 – Dave has over 3000 posts on LinuxQuestions.org
13:40 – What is “RPM Hell“?
13:49 – What is “apt-get“?
14:40 – Dave talks about his early experiences with Fedora Core 1, 2, and 3.
15:20 – Dave talks about trying to upgrade from Suse 9.0 to 9.2
16:23 – Russ used ntop network monitoring software on Fedora Core 3.
16:45 – Russ used Debian Potato 2.2 on an old Pentium 133.
17:25 – Russ used Debian Sarge 3.1 on his main desktop but switch to Fedora Core 6 to get cutting edge apps.
18:10 – Yum (Yellow Dog Updater) was too slow in Fedora Core 6.
20:39 – CentOS is an excellent distro based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
20:50 – Ubuntu Server
21:25 – Linux Mint
22:03 – Russ uses PCLinuxOS 2007 on his Dell Inspiron 2500 and loves it! Check out Episode 9 for more.
23:30 – PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva which was based on Mandrake.
24:30 – Mepis Linux is mantained by Warren Woodford, hear Warren on TLLTS episode 75 and episode 187.
25:35 – Russ has tested Ubuntu, OpenSuse, PCLOS, Slackware, Puppy, Damn Small Linux, Mandriva, Kubuntu, FreeBSD, Mepis, Vector, Xubuntu.
27:12 – Dave’s current distro of choice is Gentoo which he says is the “Ultimate Rolling Release”
28:00 – Dave has an Astersik* Open Source PBX phone system which we recorded this round table discussion on.
28:20 – Dave has Gentoo Linux on his Dell Vostro 1400.
28:40 – Dave has an AMD Opteron 1220 SE with Gentoo Linux.
30:00 – Dave likes the IBM NetVista systems. IBM supports Free and Open Source Software.
30:05 – Dave has a Linksys Router running DD-WRT
31:34 – Dave is running Gentoo on the Fitjitsu laptop he got off eBay.
32:00 – Gentoo’s documentation is awesome!
32:30 – Dave listens to “The Linux Link Tech Show“, “LottaLinuxLinks“, “Linux Reality“, “The Linux Action Show“, and “Linux Basement” (He admits he probably missed naming a few).
33:00 – Dave use a “M-Audio Fast Track USB” in recording the Linux Crazy Podcast.
35:00 – Russ also does “The DistroWatch Weekly” Podcast.
36:00 – 10 Ways to give back to the Linux Community.
41:06 – Dave uses Drupal on his web sites.
41:15 – Dave has a couple of Web Cams running.
41:50 – Dave uses an X100P card in his Asterisk* PBX system.
43:09 – Dave is working through the book “Learning Python” by Lutz and Ascher. He also is reading “Python for the Absolute Beginner“. Both Dave and Russ are on the Python “Tutor” email mailing list where anybody can ask the most basic questions about Python without worrying about getting flamed. Dave has also setup the PythonGroup Wiki and IRC channel at #pythongroup on freenode.net
44:30 – Russ is reading “Think Python” which is a Python specfic rewrite of the free book “How to Think like a Computer Scientist“.
47:24 – Russ is setting a the ticketing system software called RoundUp on his Ubuntu v8.04.1 server but his having a little troble getting procmail to work, but he will!
48:23 – FreeNAS is an awesome free Network Attached Storage LiveCD based on FreeBSD. It is very easy to use, just follow this HowTo on HowToForge.com
49:15 – What is a “Headless” system?
49:35 – Russ is currently setting up “TivoGrab” which is a free PHP script by Linc from TLLTS. TivoGrab automatically download shows from your series 2 Tivo and reformats them for viewing on an Nokia Internet Tablet. Both Linc and Russ have a N800.
51:45 – Russ and his Dad are going to The Ohio Linux Fest October 10 and 11, 2008.
55:48 – Listener Billy Wayne sent in a audio tip on using FireFox 3. Thanks Billy!
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Russ Wenner | 
08 31st, 2008| 
