The Binary Times – Series 1 Episode 2

Series 1 Episode 2 – A variey of topics discussed this fortnight, including SSH, Nano, VIM text editors, Raspberry Pi, Command Line Linux tools, have a listen.
01:20:00 Mark got a haircut, and Wayne did too!

01:46 Mark tells us that he’s been listening to badvoltage.org, Homeland and Jerusalem
03:31 Finally, some Linux chat! Wayne talks about SSH
06:33 Wayne starts to talk about his adventures in Raspberry Pi

<p>08:20 Mark mentions <a href="http://www.openhab.org/">Openhab</a> in conjunction with Raspeberry Pi projects
09:31 Mark tells us he's heard <a href="https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/09/openhab-arrives-as-a-snap/">Openhab arrives as a snap</a> 
<p>10:16 Wayne discusses Martin Wimpress' excellent <a href="https://flexion.org/posts/2016-12-raspberry-pi-3-powered-nextcloud-box-on-ubuntu-core/">guide</a> on setting up Nextcloud 11 on Ubuntu Core on a Raspberry Pi 3
11:29 Wayne returns the discussion to Raspberry Pi and the <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/sense-hat/">sense-hat</a>
14:21 Wayne's head melts while learning <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a>
<p>15:13 In Breaking News For Us, <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-on-sale/">the Raspberry Pi 3 is on sale!</a>
16:35 Mark installs <a href="https://neon.kde.org/">KDENeon</a> on a raspberry pi? No! On a Dell Latitude D830 and a spare hdd
20:30 Wayne has a tip for <a href="https://ubuntu-mate.org/">Ubuntu Mate</a> users, ctrl-space to invoke search
21:52 In More Breaking News For Us, Ubuntu Unity has a <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/01/get-easier-enable-low-graphics-mode-ubuntu">low graphics mode!</a>
22:51 Mark sneakily moves the conversation onto the Under the Hood tips section with <a href="http://dcfldd.sourceforge.net/">dcfldd</a>, an enhanced version of dd
25:15 Waynes under the hood tip is "sudo!!" for when you've forgotten sudo at the start of a command you want to run
28:24 Mark talks about <a href="https://www.nano-editor.org/">Nano</a> as a wordstar clone when in fact it's a clone of <a href="http://www.guckes.net/pico/">pico!</a>
29:25 Wayne talks about <a href="http://www.vim.org/">vim</a>, a modal text editor
<p>31:58 Mark mentions <a href="https://xkcd.com/378/">xkcd's take on linux text editors.</a>
32:39 Wayne helpfully mentions vim-tutor . If not installed you can install it using "sudo apt install vim-runtime"
34:48 Mark mentions Mike Saunder's (from Linux Voice) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfl9KQb_HVk">vim youtube video</a>
35:08 Wayne challenges Mark to go through the first two lessons of vim-tutor and Mark agrees

Wayne explains that the j,k,l and ; keys are used for navigation in vim, when in fact h, j, k and l are used for navigation (as can be seen in this <a href="http://www.viemu.com/vi-vim-cheat-sheet.gif">click here</a>)
37:18 Wayne reveals that <a href="http://www.vim.org/download.php/#pc">Vim is available for Windows</a>
37:42 Mark talks about <a href="https://www.eff.org/privacybadger">privacy badger</a> and <a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS Everywhere</a>, privacy add on for web browsers from the <a href="https://www.eff.org/">EFF. </a>This provoked a wide ranging discussion around privacy and shopping
46:30 Irish Saying for the show is.... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k13gInoyfzI">Ceart go leor,</a> fair enough!

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