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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 LinuxForTheLayman@gmail.com. Questions and constructive feedback are always welcome. Here's to your joy with computing!
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Signup to Generate a PitchEnjoy 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. Questions and constructive feedback are always welcome. Here's to your joy with computing!
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. is hosted by Mark Richter. The show has published 43 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 47 - Starting Out Commands for beginners" (18 January 2026, 17 minutes), "Episode 46 - cd and select aliases" (29 October 2025, 13 minutes), and "Episode 45: which and tldr" (14 September 2025, 10 minutes).
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 43 episodes.
Booking probability for Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.'s contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. are IT Services & Software Development. Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. has a technology audience.
Mark Richter hosts Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing., a technology podcast with 43 episodes published.
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Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>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...</p>
Episode #46
<p>We go through the 'cd' command, its options, and some useful aliases. We also cover some of the "universal" options for most Linux commands.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>Discussion of the 'which' and 'tlrd' commands. Thank you for the comments.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>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!</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>New: Subscription information included.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>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.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>What is an alias? How to create them.</p> <p>What is a function? How to create them.</p> <p>Some miscellany along the way... :-)</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>We will go through a detailed example of how to string commands together on the command line using pipes.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>This continues from Episode 37 on the terminal shell</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
I also briefly touch on shell variables - more in the next episode coming soon I hope...
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>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.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>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.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>This episode covers some of the basics about Linux Shell variables.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>Feel free to let me know if you like this, if you have questions, even if you hated it - I'm hre to serve you. LinuxForTheLayman@gmail.com</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>All mentions of the word "bracket" or "brackets" should be read/heard as "brace" and "braces" - these { } instead of these [ ]. My goof, correction at the end of the episode.</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>I am grateful to all my listeners, contributors, questioners and feedback-senders. More to come soon...</p>
Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
<p>More information about command line options, and also help/man pages.</p>
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