Going Linux #481 · Linux and Open Source Back-to-Basics

In this new format episode, Larry and Bill discuss rising Linux desktop market share, community-maintained LightDM, and rewriting terminal tools in Rust. They recommend user-friendly starter distributions like Linux Mint, Zorin, TUXEDO, Pop!_OS, and Nobara, and showcase how to use the TLDR utility for simplified command-line help.

Episode Time Stamps

00:00 Going Linux #481 · Linux and Open Source Back-to-Basics

02:04 Open Source News

05:34 LightDM 1.33 Release

07:42 Rust-Coreutils Progress

10:10 Open Culture Spotlight - Jamendo

13:06 Starter-friendly Linux distributions

16:45 Zorin OS

20:57 Tuxedo OS

25:18 POP!_OS

29:54 Nobara Linux