Linux and open source tips, tricks and discussion. Free software, hardware and modern culture. The Binary Times audiocast is created by Mark and Wayne, two chaps who just like using linux and open source software and want to spread the word. Linux is free and open source and it is an excellent choice of operating system for our ever changing times. This audiocast is released fortnightly.
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The Binary Times - Series 6 Episode 8
Series 6 Episode 8 - In this episode Mark and Wayne start off the show talking about DRM as its International Day Against DRM, this leads on to too many logins, Mark chats about wiki learn and Wayne speaks about now needing an Outlook account to setup Windows Home, more under the hood tips and another epic Irish saying. Enjoy.
00:29 Wayne welcomes us to Series 6 Episode 8 from a slightly overcast, take it as it comes Bristol. Mark tells us it's a bit of a mixed bag in Kilkishen, classic autumnal stuff. Mark pre-empts Wayne's queries by telling us he's still working on his core during this loong fortnight, after which the guys muse about the longevity of the show.
03:33 The guys discuss International Day against DRM. It's a wide ranging discussion covering various aspects of digital locks. Mark describes the dust jacket Defective by Design have come up with for 2019's International Day against DRM. Mark also mentions that he's using w3schools css templates to help his daughter build a website on global climate change. He also introduced her to wikitolearn. As the topic has veered towards educational materials, Wayne mentions Cisco Network Academy's free online courses of Introduction to Cybersecurity, Introduction to IoT, Entrepreneurship and Linux Essentials.
31:08 Wayne tells us tales from the other side and says that it is no longer possible to log into Windows 10 Home without an online account, as chronicled in this howtogeek article, which also chronicles ways around it. After this bombshell, Wayne tells us that he's not spending as much time doing IT work because since he is now using Nextcloud, vim, ssh and Remmina. He has a lot of his projects completed, though now he has to maintain it! He's taking a bit of time out to decide how he's going to manage all his IT bits, going forward.
41:29 Wayne tells us about events soon to happen, being Oggcamp and Sono. He also tells us he met up with Al from the AdminAdim podcast.
44:31 Under the Hood - Wayne's Under the Hood is about Linux Networking Tools, and it comes from the Binary Tides! Wayne follows this with a link to 15 tips for nmap usage
Mark's under the hood is an app called ClassyShark3xodus, which checks apps for code signatures of known trackers (provided by Exodus). It is based on Classy Shark from google. The guys round out the whole thing with a quick chat around the latest humble bundles and collapse os.
55:49 Irish saying of the show - "Is maith liom cupan tae" or I like my cuppa tea!
We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it!