In this episode: a discussion of OpenPGP, GnuPG, and how to use public-key cryptography to sign and encrypt emails and files (here are some excellent how-to’s: GnuPG mini Howto, Gentoo Documentation on GnuPG, and Ubuntu Documentation on GnuPG); an audio Listener Tip on the “cal” command; audio and email Listener Feedback.
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In this episode: my server provider’s datacenter move; LR mentioned in Issue #68 of Linux User and Developer Magazine; a discussion of various hidden directories in a user’s home directory, such as .config/, .gnome2/, .gnupg/, .icons/, and more, and hidden files, such as .bash_history, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .fonts.conf, .gtkrc, .gtkrc-2.0, .vimrc, .xinitrc, and more.
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In this episode: a discussion of the two primary Linux desktop environments, KDE (additional sites KDE-Apps.org and KDE-Look.org) and GNOME (additional sites art.gnome.org, gnome-look.org, and gnomefiles.org); a listener audio question on Linux XP; listener feedback.
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In this episode: various administrative items, including a mention of the Linux Reality wikipedia entry, voice mail, forums, and end of email notification; a discussion of the Linux system logs found in /var/log; a Listener Tip on DSL and Freespire; listener feedback.
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In this episode: welcome back! Items of discussion include new music, 2006 Linux Reality Project Donation update; Debian Etch netinstall; Debian Etch on the Linksys NSLU2; Parallels virtual machine; KDE, Amarok, and Exaile; lots of listener feedback, including news from a listener on Linux System Administration.
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