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Enjoy using your computer easily, securely and for less money. You can achieve this goal with free, open-source software (FOSS), like Linux. Anyone can learn to use FOSS and Linux. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Questions and constructive feedback are always welcome. Here's to your joy with computing!

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Check latest episodes from Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. podcast

Episode 47 - Starting Out Commands for beginners

2026/01/18

I cover some of the most basic Linux commands a new user is likely to want to learn and play with. This includes pwd, cd, ls, echo, cat, cp, mv, rm, and touch. We're just scratching the surface here...

Episode 46 - cd and select aliases

2025/10/29

We go through the 'cd' command, its options, and some useful aliases. We also cover some of the "universal" options for most Linux commands.

Episode 45: which and tldr

2025/09/14

Discussion of the 'which' and 'tlrd' commands. Thank you for the comments.

Episode 44: I'm back, and 'grep'

2025/09/03

You get to find out why I've been absent for so long. Also, we'll take a mild dive into the grep command. Cheers!

Five basic Linux commands

2025/03/09

New: Subscription information included.

Episode 42: lr function, commands ls and rsync

2025/01/15

Episode 41 - Virtual Machines, CLI Functions, tldr

2024/12/28

What Virtual Machines are good for (evaluating Linux distros) and which ones to use. An example of how and why to use a Bash function. Overview of manual pages and the tldr command.

Episode 40 - Bash Aliases vs. Functions

2024/12/01

What is an alias? How to create them. What is a function? How to create them. Some miscellany along the way... :-)

Episode 39 - Command Line Pipes and other useful info

2024/11/10

We will go through a detailed example of how to string commands together on the command line using pipes.

Episode 38 - Shell Variables

2024/10/06

This continues from Episode 37 on the terminal shell

Episode 37 - Linux File System Paths, Mount Points and Links

2024/09/15

I also briefly touch on shell variables - more in the next episode coming soon I hope...

Episode 36 Shells - Command Line and Graphics Desktop

2024/07/22

Episode 35: Bash "Long" cuts and Windows comments

2024/07/05

Episode 34: Bash shortcuts

2024/01/03

Today I cover the idea of bash shortcuts, including scripts, aliases and functions. I also go over a couple of short answers to listener questiosn and praise for ffmpeg.

E[isode 33 - More on shell variables and tab completion

2023/11/06

In this episode we cover more on how to ues the tab key for command and variable name completion; we also cover some accounting information.