new podcast for Linux newbies

[Jza]

there's a brand new KDE frontend for Beagle called Kerry, cool new artwork (GNOME looks a lot flashier than it used to) and all in all, lots of good stuff).

Doesnt KDE has that already with KAT.

[Tsuroerusu]

there's a brand new KDE frontend for Beagle called Kerry, cool new artwork (GNOME looks a lot flashier than it used to) and all in all, lots of good stuff).

Doesnt KDE has that already with KAT.

KAT is an attempt to bring desktop search to KDE, but it's not as smooth an experience as Beagle in my opinion. The Beagle developers has split the UI and daemon into to seperate components so you as a distributer can do a seperate package for each so if you want to run KDE, you don't need a crazy amount of GNOME dependencies.

[Jza]

mono is kind of a craizy weight of resource. About 80mb of processing mono. KAT was done in C++ and is faster and easier to work with. I do agree is still buggy.

[Tsuroerusu]

mono is kind of a craizy weight of resource. About 80mb of processing mono. KAT was done in C++ and is faster and easier to work with. I do agree is still buggy.

Last time I tried Mono based apps, they worked fine, not that resource hungry, and I think that if Novell will ship Mono in it's enterprise desktop it will work pretty well

[CptnObvious999]

Good idea, Tsuroerusu! I just may take you up on that.

Sounds great man, by the way, just curious are you gonna have a static distro that you're gonna recommend, for example I know that Marcel Gagné kind of always sticks with Mandriva, and he's been doing that for a long time now.
I know you like Slackware, but I don't quite think that Slackware is the best for new users

(Look at what the SUSE guys are doing in their upcoming 10.1, which might be delayed a month or something, I think because they wanted XGL or some new stuff in there, there's a brand new KDE frontend for Beagle called Kerry, cool new artwork (GNOME looks a lot flashier than it used to) and all in all, lots of good stuff).

I think you should just have a distro review episode and use a couple of newbie friendly distros and explain how they are different. If the episode is good a static distro shouldn't be necessary.

[thetza]

I just listened to the first two episodes, and I must say your production and content are very thorough, good job! Are you planning on gradually growing from introduction to installation to more advanced topics? And what can we do to help out?

[Linc]

Hey guys-

I've been thinking about this for quite some time, and I've finally done it -- I've launched a little podcast for newbie Linux users. I know that there used to be the GNU/Linux User Show, which I listened to quite a bit, but it's gone now and this is maybe just a little different anyway. It's intended to be more instructional, I guess, and to really start from the very beginning. I am going to explain what Linux is, the free software philosophy, the different types of distributions etc. I am going to explain how to use the command line because I think it's important for newbies to understand how to use the CLI. Basically, start from the beginning and take it slowly.

Here is the website: http://www.linuxreality.com

Anyway, I don't think this podcast is intended for anyone here in these forums or any TLLTS listener, but if you know of any real newbie Linux users out there, please consider suggesting that they check out the podcast. And if you do check it out, I would welcome any thoughts/comments/suggestions etc. You can post 'em here or send them my way at linuxreality@gmail.com.

One more thing: the audio isn't the best right now, but I'm working on it. It will get better.

Thanks -
Chess

Hey Chess, I finally had a few spare to check this out and wanted to comment on it. First of all your website is really nice. Very professional looking! The podcasts themselves are great as well. The sound is fine and the content is great. Keep up the great work!

[Tsuroerusu]

I think you should just have a distro review episode and use a couple of newbie friendly distros and explain how they are different. If the episode is good a static distro shouldn't be necessary.

That would also be an option, but if a newbie comes to you and says "I'd like to try Linux, what distribution should I choose?", then I think it's good that you have a "static distro" that you recommend to newbiews, for example, if a newbie that don't know english very well come to me with that question I say Mandriva because their danish translation are quite good and more complete than most other distros I've seen, and if they do understand english and don't mind their OS in english I say SUSE, because YaST will feel familiar to the Windows users, and SUSE over-all look'n'feel is very newbie friendly IMHO.

[Chess]

by the way, just curious are you gonna have a static distro that you're gonna recommend, for example I know that Marcel Gagné kind of always sticks with Mandriva, and he's been doing that for a long time now.
I know you like Slackware, but I don't quite think that Slackware is the best for new users

Yeah, I agree with you there. No, I won't be sending new users over to Slackware. As far as the "static distro" thing, yes, that was my plan, but I'm still mulling it over. I have the first dozen episodes sort of mapped out in my mind and it's a pretty natural progression, I think, through a review of distros, using a live cd, and that leads to an episode in which I take a look at a bunch of distros and then sort of pick one to focus on for a few episodes. From there, I've got a bunch of stuff planned.

Stay tuned.

[Chess]

Hey Chess, I finally had a few spare to check this out and wanted to comment on it. First of all your website is really nice. Very professional looking! The podcasts themselves are great as well. The sound is fine and the content is great. Keep up the great work!

Thanks, Linc -- kind words, indeed! I appreciate it!

It's cool, because I just got an email from a Windows user tonight, sounds like a young guy, who has been dying to try Linux but can't seem to get his head wrapped around it. He said the first two episodes already answered a few questions for him and that he's really looking forward to more and to ultimately installing Linux on his machine.

Hopefully, that guy will end up making the switch and if my podcast plays even just the tiniest part, then I'll be pretty psyched.

[shopRatt]

I just listened to the first two podcasts and they are very informative. The audio quality is decent and you have a pretty good delivery. The content was great, it wasn't too difficult for a n00b to follow in my opinion. Keep up the good work, Chess

[JB]

Hey I'm a Linux KDE noobie and so far I like the podcast I can't wait fo the later casts. That will help me with downloads and such
Thanks for the Podcast keep it going
--JB