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Need answers to your Linux questions? Ask Felix!

makerkaren

Howdy folks!

 

Felix keeps telling me to relay to him any questions our community and audience ask about Linux. So if you have any Linux questions that you would enjoy having Felix answer, post them below and we'll see if Felix can help!

 

~Karen

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  • there are heaps of beginner guides around, but it would be great to help the beginners to break the ice and understand whats under the hood - one topic at a time.

    archlinux is an awesome step and i'll be watching with vigor

     

    here are some topics that would be helpful for felix to cover;

    • explain the different init systems like sysvinit and systemd
      how they work, how to use them, new vs old and benefits
    • explain the different package managers, eg yum vs apt
      how yum overlays rpm and apt overlays dpkg, how they help, why yum install doesnt install the latest software (eg arduino ide) - whos fault it is out of date
      can you trust the apps on a respository? how to update an application beyond the repositories version and the impacts on the package manager by doing this

    • MBR vs EFI and how GPT fits into the picture. differences and which to use, problems with bootloaders etc
    • window managers. differences between gnome, mate, xfce, cinnamon, unity. why some forked away from gnome when they got a bit crazy with their layout and direction.
      what is xorg and GTK and how some gtk apps can run on mate and gnome but others can not. 

    • how to get in control of your network in linux at the console.
      set your IP, use dhcp, setup your DNS, view your wifi adapter, drivers, connect your wifi,
      cover commands like; dhclient, ifconfig, iwconfig, wavemon, iwlist, dig, host, etc

    i think felix should get a full 30min show image

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  • there are heaps of beginner guides around, but it would be great to help the beginners to break the ice and understand whats under the hood - one topic at a time.

    archlinux is an awesome step and i'll be watching with vigor

     

    here are some topics that would be helpful for felix to cover;

    • explain the different init systems like sysvinit and systemd
      how they work, how to use them, new vs old and benefits
    • explain the different package managers, eg yum vs apt
      how yum overlays rpm and apt overlays dpkg, how they help, why yum install doesnt install the latest software (eg arduino ide) - whos fault it is out of date
      can you trust the apps on a respository? how to update an application beyond the repositories version and the impacts on the package manager by doing this

    • MBR vs EFI and how GPT fits into the picture. differences and which to use, problems with bootloaders etc
    • window managers. differences between gnome, mate, xfce, cinnamon, unity. why some forked away from gnome when they got a bit crazy with their layout and direction.
      what is xorg and GTK and how some gtk apps can run on mate and gnome but others can not. 

    • how to get in control of your network in linux at the console.
      set your IP, use dhcp, setup your DNS, view your wifi adapter, drivers, connect your wifi,
      cover commands like; dhclient, ifconfig, iwconfig, wavemon, iwlist, dig, host, etc

    i think felix should get a full 30min show image

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    Yes, I want to do all that!  I am confined by the time constraints for the episodes.  So think of these beginning segments as pilots.  I'm trying to smash a lot of information in to these shorts, so I'm glossing over so much.

     

    Also I don't do the editing.  Max does the editing, and it takes him a great deal of time just for one 20 minute segment of "The Ben Hech Show".  Adding on a three to eight minute "sudo Sergeant" is more of a stretch for the production team than we anticipated.  As we go on there will be refinements to the series, and I can go back and revisit topics I have not gone too in depth with.

     

    Thanks!