Series 2 Episode 9 – This fortnight we discuss vi like command line file manager, vi keybindings in firefox, other web search options, the release of Ubuntu 17.10, Command Line Linux tools and another epic Irish saying, have a listen.
00:24 Wayne welcomes us to the long awaited Bumper Edition of Season 2 Episode 9 of the Binary Times, it’s something to look forward to! Between Halloween and the recent release of Ubuntu and flavours 17.10, there’s a lot to talk about!
02:01 Mark tells us that he’s been busy at work and moving his home office, so finally there’ll be no more talk of tidying the office (we hope!)
02:44 Wayne’s been doing quite a bit in the Linux world, so much he’s not sure where to start! vifm gets first mention, which Wayne likens to midnight commander. Mark thinks he’ll stick with midnight commander, but may give vifm a go. Wayne likes vifm over midnight commander because of the vi keybindings. Some links to go with this piece:
vifm info on tecmint
vifm manual
vifm colours
vifm quick start tutorial
Useful Keys

    ga - calculate the current highlighted directory size

    zo - show dot files

    zm - hide dot files

    e - explore selected file in current pane

    cW - Rename file (but not extension)

    cw - Rename entire file

    dd - Delete selected file

    p - copy deleted file in current location

    P - Move deleted file in current location 
    09:49 Wayne reads out some feedback from our listeners, this one from Maurizio about dd and progress status. Type the following to see the progress of the dd command:
    <span class="mono">dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null count=1M status=progress</span>
     As well as this excellent advice, you can use the <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv">pv</a> (pipe viewer?) command to achieve the same effect, a simple example of using pv is as follows:
    head -c 1M /dev/random | pv > /dev/null
    12:58 Wayne tells us about a "new" firefox plugin called <a href="https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx">vimfx</a>, a legacy <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimfx/">firefox plugin</a>. It provides you with vim keybindings within Firefox. Links to addons compatible with firefox 57+ are given in the previous link. Wayne goes on to tell us that <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/">firebug</a> has been replaced by <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools">firefox's built in developer tools</a>. Mark wishes that citrix integration will be coming to Firefox... links for citrix are as follows:
    <a href="https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver/linux/receiver-for-linux-latest.html">Citrix receiver for Linux</a>
    <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo">Citrix Ubuntu Community Help Wiki</a>
    20:12 Waynes reveals that he is no longer using <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/">duckduckgo</a> and is now using <a href="https://www.startpage.com/">startpage</a>, labelled as "the world's most private search engine". Mark thinks <a href="https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-completes-yahoo-acquisition-creating-diverse-house-50-brands-under-new-oath-subsidiary">Yahoo may have been acquired by Verizon</a>.
    26:12 The guys talk about the 17.10 release of the various flavours of Ubuntu, namely <a href="https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/1710">Ubuntu 17.10</a>, <a href="https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-17-10-artful-aardvark-is-released/">Kubuntu 17.10</a> and <a href="https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-artful-final-release/">Ubuntu MATE 17.10</a>. In the totally off topic section Mark mentions that he might try a new release of <a href="https://chakralinux.org/?about">Chakra OS</a> to replace Ubuntu on his Thinkpad.
    50:35 Under the hood, Wayne says vifm is his under the hood, Mark mentions that rysnc has a progress option, --progress</p> 
    <p>51:47 Irish saying of the podcast is "Oíche Samhain ar fud an domhain" Halloween night around the world.

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