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07.07.11: Adam's Lumpen Potato Adventure
Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Chris Procter, Adam Sweet, and Ade Bradshaw get back together after a three year hiatus for a 2011 LugRadio reunion show! Featuring:

• Social networking: what's identi.ca's place in the new world order? Is it free-software-specific, and is that a good thing or not? (1.40)
• The Devil's Drink: a quiz with an unpleasant forfeit for getting questions wrong, and which could be construed as a way to make Adam's life miserable, for which see below (15.45)
• LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and Oracle: what does it mean that there are now two competing suites, and where do we go from here? (29.50)
• In season 2 we talked about viruses on Linux and whether they were a problem. Seven years later, we revisit the situation in the light of the rise of Macintosh viruses and say: are we still right to be smugly safe? (44.10)

This video, and specifically The Devil's Drink, has an accompanying video which shows how Jono and Stuart deliberately stitched up Adam, the poor soul. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZEE_Lz6e0 for the full story, and once again superb applause for Adam for taking it like the hero he is!

That's it for our 2011 reunion show: we'll see you in a couple of years, probably…

24.10.09: LugRadio Live and Unleashed 2009
Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Chris Procter, and Adam Sweet in the last ever LugRadio show, from LugRadio Live 2009. Featuring all the previous LugRadio presenters, a wall behind the presenters with abusive Twitter commentary, Jono in a raccoon suit, over a year's delay before the release of this episode, sterling work from Tony Whitmore in getting it all done, and:

• LugRadio Live: we're not doing it next year!
• Oracle buy Sun, which bought MySQL: what does this mean for the most popular open-source database?
• The two LugRadio Live banners, one signed by every attendee of LugRadio Live 2009 and given to MrBen as Community Hero Emeritus, and one signed by the presenters auctioned for ORG and won by Andy Standford-Clark (and see below if you wish it had been you!)
• What's happened since the very first LugRadio in 2004? A look at the news of yesteryear to see what's changed in the last five years, and why nothing seems to have changed: have we made any progress?
• What should open source conferences in the UK be like? LRL is over, but should there be other conferences like LRL?
• Big thanks to people who made LugRadio and all the LugRadio Lives happen; Bytemark, Microsoft, Mike Evans at MSE Design (grab him for all your graphic design needs!), Intellidata (and specifically Ron Wellsted, who did loads for LugRadio), System76, and Linux Magazine. The furthest travelled to LugRadio Live 2009: from New York!

Andy Stanford-Clark, who won the banner signed by all 7 presenters, has decided to auction it to generate more money for ORG, especially as there are people who weren't able to make LRL2009. Please take a look at his auction and give generously! See the eBay auction here!

Watch the official video! Available for download in Ogg Theora, WMV, and mp4 formats from archive.org, and you can watch the video directly at blip.tv!

19.07.08: LugRadio Live and Unleashed 2008
Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Chris Procter, and Adam Sweet get up on stage at LugRadio Live UK 2008 and talk about various things:

• LugRadio Live: let's do it next year!
• What will we be talking about a year from now? What's going to go on in the free software world between now and LugRadio Live 2009?
• OpenStreetMap: the OSM team take the opportunity to answer some questions about the project
• Has all the fun gone out of open source? Now that half the people hacking on code are paid for it, and we have to think about corporate governance and trademarks and patents and PR and commercial viability, is what we do as much fun now as it was then?
• Four years of LugRadio: the attendees tell us what they've liked about the show since the beginning
• A few prizes: congratulations especially to our new LugRadio Community Hero

Video of LugRadio Live and Unleashed is forthcoming: keep your eyes open for it, because it'll be brilliant!

Thanks all for coming: we'll see you next year!

14.07.08: I'll state my case
Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Chris Procter, and Adam Sweet talk about Linux, open source, and all manner of associated things. In this, the last ordinary LugRadio show, we're talking about:

• Why don't pundits fuck off? Are we pundits? Why don't we fuck off? Including free bonus Aq vs. Jono arguing, as if you couldn't see that coming (4.52) [Discuss in the LugRadio forums]
• twitter - the microblogging site. Why do people care? What's good about it? Is it Web 2.0 micro-cack or is it the New World Order? Our thoug (27.33) [Discuss in the LugRadio forums]
• The internet makes access to "public" information hugely easy. This is normally a good thing, but there have been some well-publicised cases where this new lack of secrecy has caused some upset. Our thoughts on responsibility and the nature of public but sensitive data (44.10) [Discuss in the LugRadio forums]
• Your emails, for the last time. Thank you all for the deluge of emails we received wishing that we weren't going to end the show and offering suggestions for how LugRadio could continue -- we'd need a whole other show to read them all out, but we read them all and we're really touched. Also, the nature of contribution to open source, and "best practice management" where good IT is replaced by slavish adherence to existing brands (62.15)
• LugRadio Live is this weekend! The last ever chance to hear the LugRadio team's particular brand of lies and commentary. In addition, there are thirty speakers, a great exhibition, parties, your 5-minute talks on stage in the Gong-a-Thong (send us your talks!) and lots more. We'll see you all this weekend! (83.35)

30.06.08: More on that later
Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Chris Procter, and Adam Sweet talk about Linux, open source, and all manner of associated things. In this show we're talking about:

• Starting out on your own: if you're thinking of setting up your own company working with technology or the web or open source, what do you need to do to make it successful? Is it possible to compete in the market as a one-man show? Is it just too risky? (1.19) [How can you make money running your own company? Tell us in the LugRadio forums]
• The State Of the Mozilla: Firefox is the poster child for open source software, but are they forgetting their open-source base and not supporting the free desktop? There have been lots of accusations of this -- is it actually the truth? Secondly, Mozilla's rendering engine, Gecko, seems to be losing the war for being an embedded engine to WebKit. Are people heading away from Mozilla's technology? (20.00) [What do you think of the Mozilla project's approach? Tell us in the LugRadio forums]
• We announce that LugRadio will end at LugRadio Live UK this July, and talk about why the show's going out on a high. Tell us what you think: send us email or post on the forums (37.15)
• If you could fix any problem in the open-source world what would it be? Thoughts on usability, modularisation, the web, and shared user accounts (44.15)
• Your emails -- this week you're talking about McGyver, gun control, power metal, freedom hatred at the FSF, other Linux podcasts that we think that you should be listening to, and LugRadio Live UK which is in less than a month! (73.40)

Open Talk... about Open Source and Linux

10.10.08: LQ Radio Update
A quick update. The LQ Podcast will be returning in the very near future. Thanks for the patience. OhioLinuxfest –jeremy

09.05.08: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 05.09.08
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include a gratis Ubunu Live pass, Microsoft walks away from the Yahoo deal, the OpenSolaris community v2: prepare yourself and MySQL licensing redux. LQ-Podcast-050908.mp3 (ogg) –jeremy

10.04.08: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 04.09.08
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include an update on the podcast, Lug Radio Live US, the MySQL Conference and Expo, a new advertising policy at LinuxQuestions.org, and the following OSBC coverage: opening keynotes with Jim Whitehurst, and Steven Pearson, The Future of Open Source, The Future of Operating Systems, What Open Source Can Learn from [...]

29.02.08: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 02.28.08
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award winners, LQ is sponsoring LugRadio Live USA 2008 and the MySQL Conference and Expo, Sun and Open Source, Microsoft makes strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability and SCO plans rebound thanks to $100M lifeline. LQ-Podcast-022808.mp3 (ogg) –jeremy Podcast, Linux, Open Source, LinuxQuestions.org, Sun, [...]

07.02.08: LQ Radio Interview - Gareth and Orv from SCALE 6X
The LQ Radio Interview series continues. In this edition we have Orv Beach, Public Relations Committee Chair, and Gareth Greenaway, Operations Committee and Community Relations Chair, from SCALE - the Southern California Area Linux Expo. We discuss a variety of topics including the history and growth of SCALE, the rise of community/regional Linux expos, [...]

17.01.08: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 01.17.08
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards, official participation at LQ, OSBC coverage, Open Source code contains security holes, is Apple killing Linux on the desktop and Sun acquires MySQL. LQ-Podcast-011708.mp3 (ogg) –jeremy Podcast, Linux, Open Source, LinuxQuestions.org, OSBC, Apple, Sun, MySQL, Oracle

07.01.08: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 01.07.08
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include happy New Year from LQ, the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards, SCALE 6X, Matthew Szulik resigns as Red Hat CEO and is replaced by an airline COO, on the record with Jim Whitehurst, no more SCOX and McAfee issues warning over “ambiguous” Open Source licenses. LQ-Podcast-010708.mp3 (ogg) –jeremy Podcast, Linux, Open Source, Red [...]

19.12.07: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 12.19.07
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include an update on the Sun / NetApp ZFS patent litigation: change of venue and prior art, a global Open Source Census, some Novell momentum, Red Hat: BofA downgrades; cites troubles with JBoss and CAOS report five: the SMB market opportunity. LQ-Podcast-121907.mp3 (ogg) –jeremy Podcast, Linux, Open Source, Sun, ZFS, NetApp, Novell, Red Hat, [...]

29.11.07: A new podcast will be posted soon
I apologize for another short unplanned podcast hiatus. A new podcast should be posted next week. In the mean time, I have been blogging regularly about many of the same topics that are included in the podcast. http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/ –jeremy

29.10.07: LinuxQuestions.org Podcast - 10.29.07
The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include Linux losing market share to Windows server, Acacia’s latest target is NetFlix, Asian Linux distributor Turbolinux strikes patent covenant deal with Microsoft, Microsoft and the EU anti-trust battle and SCO still hanging on. LQ-Podcast-102907.mp3 (ogg) –jeremy Podcast, Linux, Open Source, LinuxQuestions.org, Microsoft, Turbolinux, Windows, Netflix, SCO, Acacia

The Linux Link Tech Show

16.05.12: The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 455
Special Guest William - TelCo, Cable Companies, Sattelite and Dish TV, linux in these areas, linux memory usage.

09.05.12: The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 454
Android, dann gets a new phone, dan and the contractors, gimp 2.8, ubuntu hey now.

02.05.12: The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 453
Richard Hughs joins us to talk about coveros research stack, unbuntu 12.04, awesomeness.

25.04.12: The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 452
Just Us - Gnome 3, Sansa clip zip, gdrive, mythtv, dan heat sink issue, smelly hams

18.04.12: The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 451
Just Us - Danns new job, LAMP, Perl, Learning Perl, Android, MythTV newness

Jon Watson and Kelly Mitchelmore Coming' Atcha A Wee Bit Too Loud!

27.01.11: The JaK Attack #81 - MP3

• Podcasting and blogging is a circle jerk
• Jon rants about the state of apps for smart phones in general
• Blackberry for work, Apple for play
• The Apple app store eclipses Blackberry World and Android Marketplace for apps
• Jon shows Kelly an iPhone shortcut
• Kelly's Corner - app of the week
• Kelly discusses words that make no sense: Astrologist, Meterology. Mostly sparked by drunk guy at the pub
• Check us out at http://www.blubrry.com/linux
• Flash!

06.01.11: The JaK Attack #80 - MP3

Welcome to 2011. We are living in the future!!!!

• Kelly's New Year's Resolution is to be more positive
• TIme's Most influential people of 2010
  • Lady Gaga? WTF?
• Jon's quick review of the Sony PRS-600 eReader
  • Calibre Open Source eReader Software
  • Talking about e-ink
  • Get a reader with a built-in light or the native case with light in it
• Kelly's Corner
  • Top 10 Movies by Popularity and by Box Office Gross
  • What the hell happened to Nicholas Cage? He does total crap these days

• Ogg links are back up!
• Crackers vs Hackers - letter in the Globe and Mail

10.12.10: The JaK Attack! # 79 - MP3

Arise Spat Nation!

• Kelly is addicted to Angry Birds
• Jon's 5-things about the Wikileaks thing that don't make sense
  • Assange/Wikileaks is probably unprosecutable
  • Pro WL and Con WL hackers. Even the hackers are divided over this?
    • Does anyone care that the Pro WL hackers took down visa.com and mastercard.com?
    • The Con WL hackers are much more intelligent in their attacks
  • This issue is NOT about free speech. It is about Assange trying to save his own butt by throwing WL in front of a bus. 
  • There is no conspiracy, folks. Get over it!
  • If a data file was my "insurance" I sure as hell would have a key stronger than 256 bits
• The Voice newspaper - West Hants and East Kings local free newspaper! Kelly and I both write in it as well as a number of other local writers.
• Get our ANDROID APP! Bar code in the left sidebar of our site at http://www.thejakattack.com or search the market place for "jak attack". It costs $2 but we get half of it. Come and support us, Sprats!\
• Next show is last show of the year. We're going to be doing out 2010 celebration and Kelly might not be wearing pants!

18.11.10: The JaK Attack! # 78 - MP3

Content generated from another Saturday night at the vauted Spitfire Arms in Windsor, NS. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent. 

• P-hil doesn't know who Chewbacca is. WTF?
• The "Chewbacca Defence"
•  The reason why you can't buy a custom landspeeder anywhere in the whole freakin' empire. Thanks to Utilikilts.com!
• What are wookies, exactly?

It's amazing that wookies grow from this small size to 7-foot giants!

04.11.10: The JaK Attack! #77 - MP3

Dang it, the audio is still sub par. I give up - going back to recording the show in a Windows box just because it doesn't give me trouble with audio.

In this episode:

• Kelly has been a busy little beaver - go check out her video blog at http://www.kellymitchelmore.ca. Lots of good HOWTOs and tips on renovationey stuff!
• Jon ponders the "Human Humm" of Twitter and wonders whether it should be throttled during important things like elections. Accompanying blog post here.
• What is up with the missing Android apps? Vendors are putting apps in the Android Marketplace, but they are not showing up for everyone. This is the classic Blackberry problem which essentially killed BBs. Is Android going to be the next device pushed out the door for the same reason?
• Kelly's Top Ten list of things to say to annoy a wildlife photographer from Paul Burwell.

Bork Outs:

• Ring Central gets a big bork out from Jon for being stupid about their Android app. Don't tell your customers you're bringing out an Android app if you're not. Or if it's going to be 6 months. Just shut up until you actually have something to say.
• Kelly borks out on amateur business people who have gmail.com email addresses, free Vista print business cards, and 3-message-limit voicemails. Either be in business or don't be in business. Pick one.

25.10.10: The JaK Attack! #76 - MP3

 

 

18.10.10: The JaK Attack! #75 - MP3

• UAE kicks Canada out
• Kelly has been to Camp Mirage!
• Jon talks a little too long and a little too loud about Google's automated cars
• Kelly likes buying local, but it's hard
• Kelly is on TV!

12.10.10: The JaK Attack! #74 - MP3

• Kelly Penguin Girl no longer exists. RIP Penguin Girl!
• Flashback: Bloreo the penguin
• Today is 101010!!!
• Paddling giant pumpkins across the lake
• Shriners and Masons
• Some listener feedback
• Kelly sternly tells Dann to get her out of the graveyard!

30.09.10: The JaK Attack! #73 - MP3

Kelly sheds her penguin girl persona

JaK Attack is an annual show :)

Futurama! Dick Clark and Lucy Lu...

Our B&B: http://www.phoenixhollow.com

Is Jon the Chic or the Geek?

Kelly is on October 17th episode of Debbie Travis' "All For One!". CBC Primetime

Interesting to see how engineered "Reality TV" is

Kelly's main complaint is that there was no beer on the set of the show

Kelly has videos up on her blog: http://www.kellymitchelmore.ca or http://www.designalicio.us

Delicio.us still exists!

Question and answer time

Steve says our show F'ing rocks

Marshall Mathers - stop grabbing yourself!

We still have listeners. Hard to believe

Jon loves his Android!!!

Android and Ubuntu tethering without root: Proxoid app!

Kelly loves her iPhone.

http://www.365daystoubuntu.com Ubuntu will hire Jon. Oh yes, they will!

Kelly bork outs non-standard beer sizes.

28.12.09: The JaK Attack! #72 - MP3
Show #72 - MP3

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1. How the heck did we get on the topics of Menudo and Santana?
2. We are a 4 1/2 star B&B now!
3. Inglorious Basterds not great, but District 9 rocked!
4. We make fun of Quentin Tarantino for a while
5. Kelly's painted a mural for Branch 9 Windsor Legion! Page 2 of this link: http://bit.ly/6OTebP
6. Jon is using Linux Mint these days: Linux Min
7. Firefox is totally useless on Ubuntu these days.
8. Jon hates RPM distros.
9. 24:00 - Shout Outs and Bork Outs
10. Jon loves Dropbox
11. Kelly hates the whole Tiger Woods hoopah
12. Kelly also hates the Koodoo made-up words
13. Missy Elliot cannot rhyme
14. Jon is using Gliffy for ERDs
15. 35:00 - Kelly's Corner
16. Top Ten You Tube videos of 2009
17. Top Ten News Items of 2009
18. Kanye West is a moron
19. Jon doesn't really think Mac users should kill themselves. Just be really, really quiet

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Contact

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DistroWatch.com, the popular Linux distribution news and information site, publishes a weekly news and commentary section. A Guest Host reads DistroWatch content, and adds a little of their own.

13.05.12: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 454, 30 April 2012
Ubuntu 12.04 review, BBC on ubuntu, Debian Infographic, Slackware recieves $500, SolusOS, more.

06.05.12: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 454, 30 April 2012
Calligra Office suite review, Ubuntu 12.04 release, Using native applications, OpenSSH, Upgrading to Fedora 17, Linux Mint 201204 Debian, more.

30.04.12: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 453, 23 April 2012
OpenMediaVault review, Ubuntu 12.04 release, Slackware rumors, Open-source applications live streaming, Trisquel 5.5, AtlasX, more.

21.04.12: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 452, 16 April 2012
FreeNAS 8.0.4, Stefano Zacchiroli re-elected DPL, new sponsor for Kubuntu, cron and crontab, more.

11.04.12: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 451, 09 April 2012
Chakra GNU/Linux review, Ubuntu's HUD, Gentoo's install wizard, Interview with Fabio Erculani, GPG keys, Wary and Racy, GNU ddrescue gets 260 euros, more.

A podcast for the new Linux user

26.03.08: Episode 100 - The Final Episode
In this, the last Linux Reality episode: I bring back some old audio clips, fire up one last listener tip, play a bunch of audio comments, and then take a few minutes to say thanks. I mentioned the reasons for ending the show in Episode 96 but now I would like to say thank you, [...]

19.03.08: Episode 99 - Slackware Revisited
In this episode: I take a few minutes to revisit The Slackware Linux Project, and discuss some of the great resources available to Slackware users, such as the LinuxQuestions.org Slackware official support forum, Slackwiki.org, Slackbook.org, and Slackbasics.org. I also talk about Slackware package management, how to use SlackBuild scripts such as those from [...]

12.03.08: Episode 98 - Super Basic Shell Scripting
In this episode: a generalized discussion of shell scripts with some basic examples of how they can be useful. Here are some additional resources: online slide presentation; Shell Scripting Tutorial; Quick Guide to Writing Scripts; UNIX Shell Scripting. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 33:58

05.03.08: Episode 97 - A Few Linux Games
In this episode: an overview of a few games for adults and kids alike that work great in Linux: Quake 2, Quake 3, OpenArena, Unreal Tournament, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, FreeCiv, LinCity, LinCity-NG, Micropolis, OpenTTD, Frozen-Bubble, Enigma, Fillets-NG, Pingus, Neverball, Neverputt, Supertux, Abe’s Amazing Adventure, Secret Maryo Chronicles, Barbie’s Seahorse Adventures, Trip on [...]

27.02.08: Episode 96 - Two Years Later
In this episode: I take a few minutes to talk about the last two years of Linux Reality, and also announce the upcoming end of the show.  There will be a few more episodes of good Linuxy topics and then the podcast will end at episode 100. Please feel free to discuss this episode in [...]

20.02.08: Episode 95 - Listener Feedback
In this episode: three Listener Tips, three audio feedbacks, and tons and tons of email. Extra notes: the link to Marty’s script is here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 35:52 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, listener, feedback

13.02.08: Episode 94 - Linux for Writers
In this guest episode: Charles Olsen discusses various applications and tools for writers that are available in Linux. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 23:58 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, software, writers

06.02.08: Episode 93 - Interview with Nathan Lowell
In this episode: an interview with author Nathan Lowell, in which we discuss his four science fiction novels, Quarter Share, Half Share, Full Share, and South Coast, technology, artists and authors releasing their works for free, and his use of Linux. All of Nathan Lowell’s books are available on Podiobooks.com. Please feel free to [...]

30.01.08: Episode 92 - Ardour
In this guest episode: Klaatu, from The Bad Apples podcast, returns and provides a great overview and explanation of the digital audio workstation application, Ardour. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 40:51 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, klaatu, bad, apples, podcast, ardour

23.01.08: Episode 91 - Happy New Year
In this episode: welcome to 2008; great audiobooks by Nathan Lowell, including Quarter Share, Half Share, Full Share, and South Coast, all available at Podiobooks.com; Hacker Public Radio; the KDE Release Event at the Google Campus in Mountain View, CA; a review of Absolute FreeBSD by Michael W. Lucas. Please feel free to discuss this [...]

19.12.07: Episode 90 - Year End Wrap-Up
In this episode: a recap of the past year and my thanks to you for a great 2007; two audio Listener Tips; audio and email listener feedback; a special treat at the end. I’ll be back in 4-5 weeks. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 31:16 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, [...]

12.12.07: Episode 89 - Interview with Paul Asadoorian and Larry Pesce
In this episode: an interview with Paul Asadoorian and Larry Pesce of the Pauldotcom Security Weekly Podcast in which we discuss a variety of issues related to Linux and security; some of the topics and sites highlighted include: the podcast wiki; Paul and Larry’s book Linksys WRT54G Ultimate Hacking; SANS Institute; Web-based iptables script [...]

08.12.07: Episode 88 - 2007 Project Donations
In this mini-episode: a short discussion of the 2007 Project Donation Page and a request that, in the spirit of the holidays, Linux Reality listeners consider making a small donation to any free or open source project of their choosing. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 9:55 Tags: linux, [...]

04.12.07: Episode 87 - Interview with Cory Jaeger
In this episode: an interview with Cory Jaeger, Network Manager at D.C. Everest School District about Linux and open source software in education; three audio Listener Tips, one on Gutsy Gibbon tweaks, one on changing hypertext links in OpenOffice.org, and another on recording with command line tools such as sox. Cory also provided a long [...]

28.11.07: Episode 86 - Listener Feedback
In this episode: the Cowon D2; 2007 Project Donations; a Listener Tip on finding your public ip address; lots of listener email feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 25:22 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, cowon, d2

21.11.07: Episode 85 - Command Line Fun
In this episode: a new Linux podcast called Linux Basement; a discussion of various fun command line topics, including how to use a different interactive shell, such as Zsh (more information here and here), a look at the great mail user agent, Mutt, and combining Irssi with Bip for text-based IRC (great article here); [...]

07.11.07: Episode 84 - Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
In this shortened episode: a brief discussion of my upgrades and installs of the newest release of Ubuntu Linux, 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon; Listener Tip on the bash shell’s double-exclamation point history operator; email feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 33:38 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, ubuntu, linux, gutsy, gibbon

31.10.07: Episode 83 - Inkscape Part 2
In this guest episode: Part 2 of Richard Querin’s discussion of Inkscape; a Listener Tip on dmidecode; audio and email listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 45:22 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, richard, querin, inkscape

24.10.07: Episode 82 - Inkscape Part 1
In this guest episode: a new old toy in my household; rootbsd.net, a provider of FreeBSD-based Virtual Private Servers; then, Richard Querin, who co-maintains the Screencasters site with video tutorials, presents the first part of a two part series on the vector graphics editor, Inkscape; a Listener Tip on lspci by Verbal; lots of [...]

17.10.07: Episode 81 - Audio in Linux
In this guest episode: Duncan Macneil discusses a variety of issues regarding audio in Linux, including device drivers, recording applications, and cleaning up audio files in Audacity; Listener Tip on a list of free shell accounts; email feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 43:22 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, [...]

10.10.07: Episode 80 - The GIMP
In this guest episode: Klaatu from The Bad Apples podcast gives a great introduction to The GNU Image Manipulation Program, also known as The GIMP. You can view and download the source files mentioned in the podcast at http://www.thebadapples.info/linuxreality. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 58:55 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, [...]

03.10.07: Episode 79 - Ohio Linux Fest
In this episode: a recap of the Ohio Linux Fest; a Listener Tip; audio and email feedback, including a mention of the fiction of James Viscosi. [Note: For some reason, the audio levels got a bit messed up for this one. Sorry!] Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux [...]

19.09.07: Episode 78 - RSS Readers
In this episode: Ohio Linux Fest update; a discussion of various RSS readers including Liferea, RSSOwl, Straw, Blam, Akregator, Sage, Evolution-RSS plugin, Google Reader, Bloglines, Netvibes, My Yahoo, Feed on Feeds, and RNews. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 27:32

12.09.07: Episode 77 - Fonts and Font Configuration
In this episode: a great sci-fi/horror podiobook, “Crescent“; two great short-story podcasts, “Escape Pod” with independent fiction mostly in the sci-fi and fantasy genres, and “Pseudopod” which focuses on horror; a discussion of fonts and font configuration in Linux, with helpful resources available here, here, and here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in [...]

05.09.07: Episode 76 - Partitioning and Filesystems
In this episode: contest and guest podcasts; a discussion about certain considerations to take into account when partitioning a hard drive for a Linux install, and then a talk about various Linux filesystems, including Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, Ext4, Reiser4, and ZFS; audio and email listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode [...]

29.08.07: Episode 75 - BSD Wrap-Up
In this episode: OReilly discount code for Linux Reality listeners available on the LR website; a new Linux Reality contest where one can win a listener-donated book, LPI Certification in a Nutshell, for the best audio Listener Tip sent in between now and the end of November; a new podcast client I am developing [...]

15.08.07: Episode 74 - Interview with Will Backman
In this episode: an interview with the host of the BSDTalk Podcast, Will Backman, in which we talk about the history of the BSD’s, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, PC-BSD, and DesktopBSD, and discuss some of the goals and features of these projects. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running [...]

08.08.07: Episode 73 - Listener Feedback
In this episode: a brief talk about some desktop software, including Openbox, Conky, and the ttm Tint Task Manager; audio Listener Tip; lots and lots of listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums Running time: 42:08 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, openbox, conky, ttm

01.08.07: Episode 72 - Interview with Keith Watson
In this episode: an interview with Keith Watson, a blind systems administrator, in which we talk about accessibility issues in computer operating systems and about accessibility technologies in Linux, including Speakup and Orca. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 46:44 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, keith, watson, blind, accessibility, [...]

18.07.07: Episode 71 - Interview with John Rundag
In this episode: no episode next week; an interview with John Rundag, technology coordinator for an Ohio school district; Listener Tip on static ip addresses using DHCP; audio and email listener feedback, including one on using Twitter for software updates. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 47:50 Tags: linux, [...]

11.07.07: Episode 70 - Arch Linux
In this episode: a discussion of an advanced Linux distribution, Arch Linux, including some hints and tips on getting Arch Linux installed and how to update and configure the system; Listener Tip; audio and email feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 44:55 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, arch, linux

03.07.07: Episode 69 - Vim Basics
In this episode: a new sponsor for Linux Reality, O’Reilly Media — please be sure to use the coupon code “LREL40″ for 40% off your purchases on the O’Reilly website; a new release of Slackware 12.0; a pretty high-level discussion of Vim to introduce folks to the basic movement and editing commands; email listener [...]

27.06.07: Episode 68 - Interview with Jonas Kron
In this episode: an interview with attorney Jonas Kron, who practices in the area of corporate social and environmental responsibility, in which we discuss bringing open source software into a small business; audio question on open source groupware (see Citadel, phpGroupWare, and Zimbra); and audio and email feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode [...]

20.06.07: Episode 67 - Fedora 7
In this episode: a discussion of the history and background of the Fedora Project and a review of its newest release, Fedora 7, including a talk about some of its cool new technologies like Xen and Revisor; a mention of some great Fedora sites, such as the Fedora Forum, the Fedora FAQ, and third [...]

13.06.07: Episode 66 - Interview with Andrew Smith
In this episode: an interview with recent Seneca School of Computer Studies graduate, Andrew Smith, in which we discuss various projects he has worked on including the Freedom Toaster, ISO Master, and a 2006 Google Summer of Code project sponsored by Mozilla that has been incorporated into the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email [...]

06.06.07: Episode 65 - Linksys NSLU2
In this episode: a discussion about running Linux on the Linksys NSLU2 (”Slug”) network storage device, including a talk about installing Debian Etch; a Listener Tip on calling the Linux Reality Gizmo SIP number; several audio listener comments and some emails as well. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running [...]

30.05.07: Episode 64 - Home Servers Part 10: Conclusion
In this episode: Gizmo and audio feedback; new Linux Reality IRC channel on irc.freenode.net; Brad at anytimegeek.com provides remote support for Linux; a wrap-up discussion of home servers and server-based distributions; listener audio comments on their home servers; audio and email listener feedback. Please feel to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: [...]

23.05.07: Episode 63 - Home Servers Part 9: Backup Servers
In this episode: new voice mail number and Gizmo account (username: linuxreality); call for audio comments on server setups; call for interview ideas; a discussion of Linux backup solutions, starting with a brief mention of SBackup and Bacula, and focusing on the use of tar and rsync, including rsync over ssh to backup files [...]

16.05.07: Episode 62 - Home Servers Part 8: Music Servers
In this episode: Happy Mother’s Day and congratulations to Pat Davila of The Linux Link Tech Show; US VOIP providers; a discussion of various ways to serve music files, from Samba, to SSHFS, GNUMP3d, Firefly Media Server (formerly known as mt-daapd), and a brief mention of Icecast; listener feedback. Additional links: GNUMP3d - UbuntuGeek, Ubuntu Forums, [...]

09.05.07: Episode 61 - Home Servers Part 7: Simple Email Server
In this episode: a discussion of how to set up a simple local imap email server using Getmail and Dovecot (additional information here, here, here, here, here, and here); audio and email feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 49:13 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, email, server, getmail, dovecot

02.05.07: Episode 60 - Home Servers Part 6: DNS and DHCP
In this episode: a discussion of Dnsmasq, a very easy to configure DNS and DHCP server; audio and email listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 30:37 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, dnsmasq, dns, server

25.04.07: Episode 59 - Home Servers Part 5: File and Print Servers
In this episode: a mention of some excellent free audio books from Podiobooks.com, including ones from Scott Sigler, as well as the novels The Immortals, Singularity, How to Succeed in Evil Volume One, Brave Men Run, and Shadowmagic; a discussion of print servers on Debian Etch using CUPS and file servers using Samba; audio [...]

18.04.07: Episode 58 - Home Servers Part 4: WebCalendar
In this episode: we bring all the LAMP pieces together and install a php-mysql application, WebCalendar; audio tip on Linux From Scratch; audio and email Listener Feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 40:26 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, lamp, webcalendar

11.04.07: Episode 57 - Home Servers Part 3: PHP and MySQL
In this episode: Debian Etch is released; a discussion of the “MP” in “LAMP”: PHP and MySQL; audio Listener Tip; audio and email feedback. Additional notes can be downloaded here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 50:12 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, php, mysql, lamp

04.04.07: Episode 56 - Home Servers Part 2: The Apache Web Server
In this episode: VTC course on Ubuntu Linux; an overview of the Apache Web Server (additional documentation here, here, and here); audio and email listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 41:02 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, apache, web, server

21.03.07: Episode 55 - Home Servers Part 1
In this episode: the first part of a multi-episode series on home servers; audio Listener Tip on Win4Lin server edition; audio and email listener feedback. Note: there will not be an episode next week, but LR will return the following week. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: [...]

14.03.07: Episode 54 - Xorg.conf
In this episode: Dann Washko’s discussion of Linux in schools in Episode 182 of The Linux Link Tech Show; the Ohio Linux Fest; a discussion of the X Window System and its configuration file, xorg.conf; several listener emails, including a mention of the Intel drivers and firmware for the 3945 wireless cards, Ralink wireless [...]

07.03.07: Episode 53 - Listener Feedback
In this episode: LR fliers at LUGRadio Live; the Ohio Linux Fest; a Listener Tip on the Slax Live CD; a ton of audio and written listener comments and feedback, including one on the book “Linux Kernel in a Nutshell“. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 26:38 Tags: [...]

28.02.07: Episode 52 - Wireless Networking Basics
In this episode: a basic, general overview of wireless networking in Linux, with mentions of the Intel wireless firmware, MadWifi, WPA Supplicant, NdisWrapper, and more; several audio Listener Tips, one on using an iPod with Amarok, and two regarding ssh and vnc; audio feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality [...]

21.02.07: Episode 51 - VNC
In this episode: a discussion of how to use VNC to connect to a graphical desktop on a Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X machine using an encrypted SSH tunnel for security; a Listener Tip on modifying the GRUB menu.lst; three audio feedbacks on Linux in schools. Additional links: some original documentation from AT&T, [...]

16.02.07: Episode 50 - One Year Later
Linux Reality is one year old! It has been one great year and in this episode I take some time to say thanks — to you, the LR listener, for your support by way of listening to the show, participating in the forums, sending in donations, and providing your email and audio feedback. [...]

14.02.07: Episode 49 - GNU Screen
In this episode: a few miscellaneous items, such as testing some BSD’s, installing Ubuntu Edgy on a Thinkpad t42, and setting up a new server on an old P3 750mhz machine; a discussion of the basics of using GNU Screen (additional tips are here and here); a listener tip on Wine; lots of great feedback [...]

07.02.07: Episode 48 - Xfce 4.4
In this episode: Linux in public schools; the release of Microsoft Vista; a discussion of Xfce 4.4 and the related Xfce Goodies project; an audio Listener Tip on changing window buttons in GNOME; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 38:13 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, xfce, gnome, metacity

31.01.07: Episode 47 - OpenPGP
In this episode: a discussion of OpenPGP, GnuPG, and how to use public-key cryptography to sign and encrypt emails and files (here are some excellent how-to’s: GnuPG mini Howto, Gentoo Documentation on GnuPG, and Ubuntu Documentation on GnuPG); an audio Listener Tip on the “cal” command; audio and email Listener Feedback. Please feel free to [...]

24.01.07: Episode 46 - Hidden Directories and Files
In this episode: my server provider’s datacenter move; LR mentioned in Issue #68 of Linux User and Developer Magazine; a discussion of various hidden directories in a user’s home directory, such as .config/, .gnome2/, .gnupg/, .icons/, and more, and hidden files, such as .bash_history, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .fonts.conf, .gtkrc, .gtkrc-2.0, .vimrc, .xinitrc, and more. Please feel [...]

17.01.07: Episode 45 - KDE and GNOME
In this episode: a discussion of the two primary Linux desktop environments, KDE (additional sites KDE-Apps.org and KDE-Look.org) and GNOME (additional sites art.gnome.org, gnome-look.org, and gnomefiles.org); a listener audio question on Linux XP; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 48:50 Update: The feeds are acting a little [...]

10.01.07: Episode 44 - System Logs
In this episode: various administrative items, including a mention of the Linux Reality wikipedia entry, voice mail, forums, and end of email notification; a discussion of the Linux system logs found in /var/log; a Listener Tip on DSL and Freespire; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: [...]

03.01.07: Episode 43 - Happy New Year
In this episode: welcome back! Items of discussion include new music, 2006 Linux Reality Project Donation update; Debian Etch netinstall; Debian Etch on the Linksys NSLU2; Parallels virtual machine; KDE, Amarok, and Exaile; lots of listener feedback, including news from a listener on Linux System Administration. Please feel free to discuss this episode in [...]

17.12.06: Special Episode 2 - Site Updates
In this short and sweet special episode: amazing number of donations by Linux Reality listeners to free and open source projects; four new LR feeds are available on the LR homepage, one with the mp3 files for all episodes, one with the mp3 files for the last 10 episodes, one with the ogg files [...]

13.12.06: Special Episode 1 - Slackware
In this special episode: a discussion of Slackware Linux, with a focus on the installation and initial configuration of Slackware 11.0. Some of the sites mentioned in this episode include the LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum, the Slackware Essentials Book, SlackBasics.org, Linuxpackages.net, slacky.it, and SlackBuilds.org. If you enjoy Slackware Linux, consider making a donation [...]

29.11.06: Episode 42 - Year End Wrap-Up
In this episode: new logo; paying it forward; questionsplease.org; 7th Son; a discussion about the LR podcast, where we have been and where we might go; Dell Optiplex GX620; wireless networking; Microsoft-Novell deal; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 35:13 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, 7th, son, [...]

21.11.06: Episode 41 - Compiling from Source
In this episode: donating to free and open source projects; a discussion of how to compile software from source code (more guides here and here); a Listener Tip; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 44:02 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, donating, free, open, source, projects, compile, software, source, [...]

15.11.06: Episode 40 - Listener Feedback
In this episode: working on a new logo; taking a break in December; new computer; 7th Son podcast novel by J.C. Hutchins; Listener Tip on mp32ogg; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 25:05 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, 7th, son, jc, hutchins, mp32ogg

08.11.06: Episode 39 - Cron
In this episode: new logo submissions; taking a short break at the end of the year; O’Reilly’s LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Edition; a discussion of cron and crontab (additional resources here, here, and here); a Listener Tip on clearing Bash history; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the [...]

03.11.06: Episode 38 - Useful Shell Commands Part 2
In this shortened episode: upcoming episodes on file managers and Fedora Core 6; interview with Patrick Volkerding on The Linux Link Tech Show; a discussion of various Linux commands including df, wc, cal, date, clear, who, whoami, whois, whereis, cat, lpr, lpstat, and lpq; promo for the Gadgetboyz podcast; a Listener Tip on GParted [...]

24.10.06: Episode 37 - SSH
In this episode: Linux Reality server move; my initial impressions of the Release Candidate of Ubuntu Edgy Eft; a discussion of OpenSSH with an emphasis on ssh, scp, ssh-keygen, public/private key authentication, and dynamic port forwarding (additional link to PuTTY, a Windows SSH client); a Listener Tip on the Flock web browser; listener feedback. Additional [...]

18.10.06: Episode 36 - Other Window Managers
In this episode: a brief look at other window managers, including Openbox (more info here and here), Enlightenment (more info here and here), Ratpoison (more info here and here), Windowmaker, FVWM (more info here), Ion (more info here and here), and PekWM; a Listener Tip; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in [...]

11.10.06: Episode 35 - Fluxbox
In this episode: Slackware 11, a free course from LinuxBasics.org, adding Ogg Vorbis files to main feed; a discussion of the Fluxbox window manager (helpful information is here, here, and here); a Listener Tip; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Note: I am testing out the ability [...]

04.10.06: Episode 34 - IceWM
In this episode: a discussion of the IceWM window manager; a Listener Tip; listener feedback. Not mentioned in the episode is this good IceWM guide here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 28:56 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, icewm

27.09.06: Episode 33 - Xfce
In this episode: a look at the Xfce Desktop Environment and alternative file managers to use with Xfce such as Emelfm2, Rox-filer, PCManFM, and the Gentoo file manager; two listener tips; listener feedback. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 40:03 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, xfce, desktop, environment, emelfm2, rox-filer, [...]

20.09.06: Episode 32 - Web Browsers
In this episode: my return from vacation; a discussion of various Linux web browsers, including Firefox, Seamonkey, Epiphany, Galeon, Konqueror, Opera, Dillo, Lynx, Links, ELinks, and w3m; two listener tips; listener feedback - yep, the order is reversed. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 31:46 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, [...]

13.09.06: Episode 31 - Pat Davila on An Introduction to Video Editing with Kino
In this episode: a very special guest host, Pat Davila of The Linux Link Tech Show, explains how to import, edit, and export digital video to and from Kino. Additional articles of interest are here and here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. I would like to extend a [...]

06.09.06: Episode 30 - Useful Shell Commands
In this episode: wrap-up of The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 155; listener feedback; three Listener Tips; a discussion of various helpful shell commands, including head, tail, find (more on find at Linux.com), locate, ifconfig, iwconfig, ps, top, grep, adduser, passwd, and how to send a process to the background. Please feel free to discuss [...]

30.08.06: Episode 29 - Printer Networking
In this episode: listener feedback, two Listener Tips, a review and discussion of CUPS and how to connect local and networked printers to and from Linux and Windows. Additional resources are here, here, and here. Additional notes can be downloaded here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 45:10 Tags: [...]

23.08.06: Episode 28 - Linux Friendly Hardware
In this episode: Dave Yates and I will be on the August 30 edition of The Linux Link Tech Show (!); out of town surprise the week of September 10; listener feedback on menu.lst, digital photography (see http://www.petrilopia.net/), and backups (see Mondo Rescue and G4L); Listener Tips on sshfs and Cygwin; a general discussion [...]

18.08.06: Episode 27.5 - Listener Feedback
In this special mini-episode: listener feedback on VMware for the Mac and Qemu, windows networking, Webmin, and changing the GRUB boot order; two Listener Tips, one on man pages and the other on the Qunu live help. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 14:11 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, vmware, [...]

16.08.06: Episode 27 - Windows Applications on Linux
In this episode: new audio equipment; Linux Reality Podcast Volume 1 CD now available with all the MP3 and Ogg files, show notes, and other resources like The One Page Linux Manual; Odeo web-based voice mail system now available; three audio comments; two Listener Tips; a review of various means of running Windows applications [...]

09.08.06: Episode 26 - Windows Networking Part 2
In this episode: voice mail system; upcoming Linux Reality Podcast Volume 1 CD; promo for In the Trenches; listener feedback; two Listener Tips; accessing a Linux machine from a Windows machine using Samba. Additional notes can be downloaded here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 37:20 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, [...]

02.08.06: Episode 25 - Windows Networking Part 1
In this episode: listener hotline/voice mail now up and running; promo for Casting from the Server Room; listener feedback; two Listener Tips; a detailed and command-line driven discussion of connecting to a Windows machine from a Linux machine using Samba. Next week, we will look at the reverse. Additional notes can be downloaded here. Please [...]

26.07.06: Episode 24 - Video Applications
In this episode: voice mail update (or lack thereof) and Ogg Vorbis RSS feed link; listener feedback; this week’s Listener Tip about the alias command; the legal and philosophical issues concerning proprietary video and audio codecs; a review of Linux video players, such as MPlayer, xine and gxine, VLC, Totem, and Kaffeine, Linux video [...]

19.07.06: Episode 23 - Productivity Applications
In this episode: voice mail ideas; Linux Reality Ogg Vorbis RSS feed; my adventures with a Debian Sarge email server and KnoppMyth PVR; listener feedback; two Listener Tips, the first regarding Midnight Commander and the second explaining OpenOffice.org formatting shortcuts; a review and discussion of office and financial applications, including OpenOffice.org (including how to [...]

13.07.06: Episode 22 - Audio Players
In this episode: LR email notification now available; future voice mail possibility; Mutt and Mutt-ng; listener feedback, our first Listener Tip on symbolic links; a review of Linux audio players and applications, including Xmms, Beep Media Player, BMPx, Audacious, Grip, Ripperx, Goobox, Soundjuicer, Kscd, Gnome CD Player, Amarok, kaboodle, Juk, Noatun, Banshee, Rhythmbox, and [...]

06.07.06: Episode 21 - Email Clients
In this episode: listener feedback, including a mention of the Libsyn podcast hosting service and a discussion of the Intel processor x86 architecture; an overview of various Linux email clients, including KMail, Evolution, Thunderbird, Sylpheed, Sylpheed-Claws, Opera Mail, Mozilla Mail (now part of Seamonkey), Pine, and Mutt. Please feel free to discuss this episode in [...]

28.06.06: Episode 20 - Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Part 2
In this episode: three audio feedbacks; new segment “Listener Tips”; Listener Tips from Anita of LinuxBasics.org regarding exporting a partition table to a text file and using a rescue disk; a walk-through of an installation of Ubuntu Linux 6.06 “Dapper Drake” onto a hard drive; a discussion of two scripts created by the Ubuntu [...]

22.06.06: Episode 19 - Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Part 1
In this episode: listener feedback, including how to install flash and java in DSL; downloading and booting Ubuntu Linux 6.06 “Dapper Drake”; a discussion of the Ubuntu GNOME desktop environment, including a look at Nautilus, the GNOME file manager; a review of how to install additional packages from the Ubuntu Add/Remove Applications tool and [...]

15.06.06: Episode 18 - SUSE Linux 10.1 Part 3
In this episode: listener feedback; SUSE documentation; a brief discussion of how to install the ATI and NVIDIA proprietary video drivers; a look at installing and configuring XGL, with additional guides here and here. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 26:52 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, suse, ati, nvidia, video, [...]

07.06.06: Episode 17 - SUSE Linux 10.1 Part 2
In this episode: a brief mention of Ubuntu Dapper Drake; audio feedback; a look at the SUSE YaST configuration tool; how to fix the SUSE Linux 10.1 package management problems with the Smart package manager using the packages provided by a SUSE developer; additional resources on how to enable Smart in SUSE Linux 10.1 [...]

31.05.06: Episode 16 - SUSE Linux 10.1 Part 1
In this episode: GParted Live CD; listener feedback; an audio walk-through of a SUSE Linux 10.1 hard drive installation. Additionally, you may want to see a screencast of the installation here. A particularly good review of this distribution is from Tuxmachines. Next week, we will be using some of things described [...]

24.05.06: Episode 15 - Partitioning and Bootloaders
In this episode: listener feedback; an overview discussion of hard drive partitioning, including a look at primary, logical, and swap partitions; brief mentions of third party partitioners like PartitionMagic, Acronis, and the GParted live CD; a look at how Linux designates hard drives and hard drive partitions; a review and explanation of bootloaders, including [...]

17.05.06: Episode 14 - Command Line Basics
In this episode: first donation; information on VMware and LBox from Stefan at LinuxBasics.org; listener feedback, including a distribution chooser and where to install Firefox; command line basics, including a discussion of the shell and terminal, a brief look at the commands ls, cd, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, less, the pipe character, su, and [...]

10.05.06: Episode 13 - Users, Groups, and Permissions
In this episode: minor clarification; upcoming SUSE 10.1 release; listener feedback; a general discussion of Linux users, groups, and file/directory permissions, including the concepts of classes, specific permissions, symbolic notation, and octal notation. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time:  26:18 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, SUSE, users, groups, file, directory, [...]

03.05.06: Episode 12 - Basic Package Management
In this episode: Firefly and Can’t Stop the Serenity charity screenings; listener feedback including Colin’s blog with a screencast of Linux Reality Episode 11; a general, high-level discussion of Linux package management, including a comparison of source file tarballs and binary packages, such as RPMs and Debian .deb files. Please feel free to discuss this [...]

26.04.06: Episode 11 - Linux Filesystem Hierarchy
In this episode: listener feedback; a discussion of the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard as defined by the Free Standards Group. Please feel free to discuss this episode in the Linux Reality forums. Running time: 35:17 Tags: linux, reality, podcast, filesystem, hierarchy, standard, free, standards, group

19.04.06: Episode 10 - PCLinuxOS Part 3
In this (slightly extended) episode: Linux User Groups; the Linux Counter; PCLinuxOS New User Guide and Forum; listener feedback; a Linux Map; configuring PCLinuxOS using the KDE Control Center and the PCLinuxOS Control Center; installing new applications, such as OpenOffice.org and Frozen-Bubble, from the PCLinuxOS software repositories using the Synaptic package manager. Please feel [...]

12.04.06: Episode 9 - PCLinuxOS Part 2
In this episode: the Linux Reality forums; listener feedback; revisiting the PCLinuxOS default KDE desktop and browsing through the KDE menu tree; a review of some of the included applications including k3b, GnomeBaker, various text editors, Konqueror, emelFM, KMyMoney, GKrellM, gtkam, digikam, Grip, amaroK, gaim, kopete, Kmail, Thunderbird, Pan, Firefox, Nvu, and KOffice; choice [...]

05.04.06: Episode 8 - PCLinuxOS Part 1
In this episode: the Georgia Aquarium; the new Linux Reality site forums are live; listener feedback; booting to a live CD; enabling the ability to boot to a CD in a computer’s BIOS; PCLinuxOS initial boot into the KDE desktop environment; a review of the default desktop, including a look at the KDE Kicker, [...]

28.03.06: Episode 7 - Burning ISOs
In this episode: a discussion of additional resources for new Linux users as mentioned in a previous post, LinuxBasics.org and The Linux Learning Station; LR forums coming soon; audio feedback; blank cd-r’s; checking the downloaded ISO’s md5sum in Windows with md5summer, and in OS X with checksum+; burning the downloaded ISO’s in Windows with [...]

21.03.06: Episode 6 - Linux ISOs
In this episode: listener feedback including the first audio comment; a discussion of Linux ISO files; purchasing retail boxes of Linux distributions such as SUSE and Mandriva; purchasing ISO images for a nominal fee from third parties such as OSDisc.com, LinuxCD.org, CheapISO.com, and LinuxISO.org; downloading ISO images for free directly from distributions such as [...]

15.03.06: Episode 5 - Version Numbering
In this episode: over 100 pins on the LR Frappr map; international Linux adoption; listener feedback; my two favorite beers; version numbering as it applies to the Linux kernel and Linux distributions; how the movie Toy Story is relevant to the Debian GNU/Linux distribution; Ubuntu naming and numbering conventions. Running time:  25:04 Tags: frappr, map, international, [...]

08.03.06: Episode 4 - Overview of Linux Distributions
In this episode: the Linux Reality Frappr map; site forums; listener feedback; a return trip to Distrowatch for an overview of various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandriva, MEPIS, Debian, Kubuntu, KNOPPIX, and PCLinuxOS; a brief discussion of Linux desktop environments, including KDE and GNOME. Special thanks to The Exotics for use of their song Sandoway [...]

01.03.06: Episode 3 - Linux Resources
In this episode: listener feedback; a review of Linux news sites, including Distrowatch, Desktoplinux.com, LXer, and LWN.net; places to look for assistance with Linux, including Google’s customized Linux search page, the LinuxQuestions.org community forum, and TUX Magazine; other Linux podcasts, such as the Linux Link Tech Show, LugRadio, and JaK Attack. Links to other recommended [...]

22.02.06: Episode 2 - Free Software
Thanks for the great feedback! I appreciate you taking the time to send it along. Please keep sending your suggestions, comments, and questions. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and it will help make the show even better! In this episode: a discussion of the ideals formulated by the GNU Project, specifically with [...]

16.02.06: Episode 1 - Introduction
Here is the inaugural episode of Linux Reality! In this episode, I take a few minutes to introduce myself and to explain the purpose behind this podcast, which is aimed at new Linux users. I then try to provide some basic answers and definitions to the terms Linux and operating system before giving [...]

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06.07.11: Episode 14 - "MakerFaire 2011" - July 06, 2011
Here is my MakerFaire 2011 episode. It's full of interviews with some of the biggest exhibitors as well as people who run the event itself. There are even a few special appearances by some movie and TV personalities you may recognize. If you didn't attend MakerFaire this year this is your chance to check it out. If you did attend why not re-live the excitement and learn about your favorite exhibits!

15.03.11: Episode 13 - "SCaLE 9X" - March 15, 2011
If you missed SCaLE 9X you won't want to miss this episode! Interviews with Leigh Honeywell (Hackerspaces), Jane Silber (Canonical), Orv Beach (SCaLE), Donald Burr (SCaLE), as well as, Lightning Interviews from the expo floor. Check out all the things you missed or relive the conference all over again.

09.11.10: Episode 12 - "Mini" - November 09, 2010
This is a mini episode from East Bay Mini Maker Faire. I take a look at a couple of exhibits from this years rainy event in Oakland, CA. I talk to a few guys who went all out to build the ultimate gaming chair. Then I learn how to decorate eggs the geeky way.

15.03.10: Episode 11 - "Open Source Around The House" - March 15, 2010
Join me on a tour of my house as I show how I use open source software in nearly every room. This episode also is the first to use my new intro. This episode is NOT sponsored by the Apple iPad.

21.10.09: Episode 10 - "Ohio Linuxfest 2009" - October 21, 2009
Interviews from Ohio Linuxfest 2009: 40 Years of Unix. Richard Weait talks about Ontario Linuxfest and Open Street Maps, Greg Boehnlein gives an overview of this year's conference, Shawn Powers from Linux Journal talks about the economy of linux, Dave Yates talks about South East Linuxfest and Doug McIlroy talks about the history of Unix.

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06.06.11: Compliance Management Platform 1.1
Ron Terry and Erin Quill Talk with Patrick Gookin and Brent McCormick and get us up to speed on Compliance Management Platform, which includes three products, Identity Manager, Access Manager and Sentinel. Compliance Management Platform

25.05.11: Novell Operations Center 5
Erin Quill and Ron Terry chat with Michele Hudnall, Solution Product Marketing Manager for Business Service Management, and Tobin Isenberg, Director of Product Management for the Business Service Management Solution, and drill down into the technical side of Novell Operations Center 5; how the product works, the latest features and benefits.

18.05.11: openSUSE 11.4
The Open Audio team talks with Jos Poortvliet, the openSUSE community Manager, about the latest release of openSUSE, 11.4.

04.04.11: Storage Manager 3.0.1
Erin Quill and Ron Terry talk with David Condrey and Sophia Germanides from the team behind Storage Manager, about what it does for customers and the features and updates of its latest release, 3.0.1.

29.03.11: Novell Identity Manager 4
The Novell Open Audio Team sits down with Justin Taylor, Sales Enablement Guru for Novell Identity and Security Products, and Bob Bentley, Lead Product Manager for Novell Identity Management Products, to talk about Novell Identity Manager 4.

15.02.11: IBM’s Watson runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as it takes Jeopardy
Erin and Ron talk about the OS behind IBM’s Watson Super Computer as it takes on the two top Jeopardy Contestants. PBS’s Nova http://video.pbs.org/video/1786674622 NPR’s Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201102112

27.07.10: SUSE Gallery
Erin Quill and David Mair from the Novell Open Audio Team chat with James Tan, Senior Software Engineer for SUSE Studio, and Cornelius Shumacher, Engineering Manager for SUSE Studio, about how the new SUSE Gallery allows users to share appliances.

19.07.10: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension
Erin Quill and Ron Terry sit down with Lars Marowsky-Bree, Project Manager and Architect for the SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension, to chat about changes and updates in SLE 11 Service Pack 1.

19.07.10: SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP 1 Part 2
Erin Quill and Ron Terry continue to talk with Matthias Eckermann from the SUSE Linux Server Core Team about Service Pack 1 of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. Part 2 of 2.k

09.06.10: SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP 1 Part 1
Erin Quill and Ron Terry talk with Matthias Eckermann and Olaf Kirch from the SUSE Linux Server Core Team about Service Pack 1 of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. Part 1 of 2.

28.05.10: SUSE Appliance Program
Erin Quill and Tom Crabb sit down at BrainShare 2010 with Sabine Soellheim and Christoph Thiel to talk about appliances, both for ISV’s and for the enterprise.

27.04.10: IBM System z Technical Overview
From the Open Audio Booth at BrainShare 2010, The Novell Open Audio Team sits down with Mike Friesenegger, Novell Pre-Sales Engineer, part of the Data Center team focusing on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, and Richard Lewis from IBM’s Advanced Technical Skills Organization, to give a technical overview of IBM System z.

17.03.10: BrainShare Keynotes with Chris Neal
Erin Quill sits down with Chris Neal, Director of the Novell Demo Systems Team, and chats about the upcoming keynotes at BrainShare 2010. Novell Demo Systems on Facebook BrainShare

19.01.10: Novell File Reporter
Erin and Dave talk with David Condrey, Engineering Director, and Sophia Germanides, Product Marketing Manager, about a key product in the Novell File Management Suite, Novell File Reporter. Novell File Reporter product page

19.01.10: Novell File Management Suite
Listen to David Condrey, Engineering Director, and Sophia Germanides, Product Marketing Manager, discuss the tremendous benefits and capabilities of this brand new offering from Novell’s Collaboration Solutions. Novell File Management Suite product page

17.12.09: Intelligent Workload Management
John Stetic returns to give an overview on how Intelligent Workload Management can meet the challenges of evolving datacenters and find balance in dynamic environments with the right level of control and compliance. Hosted by Erin Quill and Tom Crabb.

03.11.09: Novell Demo Systems
Chris Neal, manager of the Novell Demo Systems team, talks with the Open Audio guys about what the Novell Demo Systems do, and the benefits they provide to Novell employees, partners, and customers. novell.com/demosystems

14.09.09: Privileged User Manager
Erin Quill and David Mhair chat with Martin Cannard, Product Manager for Privileged User Manager about the features and functions of Privileged User Manager. novell.com/pum

11.09.09: LinuxCon 2009
Erin Quill talks to Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier about the new annual technical conference LinuxCon. Zonker gives some details on his keynote, “A musical guide to the future of Linux,” and offers a glimpse of what attendees can expect from LinuxCon. http://www.fossdevcamp.org/events/linuxcon2009

27.07.09: Open Source for America: Part 4
In this episode, Simon Phipps (Sun) and Michael Tiemann (Red Hat & OSI) discuss the history of free and open source software, what the “freedoms” in the Free Software Definition really mean, and how Governments can benefit from free and open source software. Part 4 of 4. www.opensourceforamerica.org

Audio versions of The Linux Action Show! A show that covers everything geeks care about in the open source and Linux world. Get a solid dose of Linux, gadgets, news events and much more!

12.05.12: State of Linux Wireless | LAS | s21e09

Linux has had a checkered past with wireless, we re-cap where we’ve come from, and how things stand now and a few tricks to get you connected.

PLUS: We blast through the week’s news, and ask if open source projects can realistically survive off donations alone.

Then – We bring on some live viewers in our Google+ Hangout Q&A!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

07.05.12: Cinnamon Desktop Review | LAS | s21e08

Cinnamon Desktop has swooped in to save us from these new-fangled fancy-schmancy desktops, but are we wearing Kryptonite underwear? Tune in to find out!

PLUS: Why is Microsoft modifying the Skype network to run Linux?

Then – Syncing your iPod with Linux has never been easier, and so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

29.04.12: LinuxFest Northwest 2012 | LAS | s21e07

We push through the fest hangover, and tell you what rocked and what shocked!

PLUS - Some Linux video editing tips, and recording Google+ Hangouts!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

23.04.12: Ubuntu 12.04 Review | LAS | s21e06

It’s our review of Ubuntu 12.04. Does Conical have a winner on its hands? Or is this new release, a STINKY-McSTINKER?! Tune in to find out!

PLUS: How to remotely control any desktop, new of a heavyweight video editor might be headed to Linux in a matter of weeks, we’ve got the details!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

16.04.12: Mysterious Blue Systems | LAS | s21e05

Games are rushing to Linux, and we cover some of the most original. Plus we dig into the mysterious new backer of the Kubuntu Project.

THEN: A Gmail power tip for Linux users, and so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

08.04.12: Webcam Studio Howto | LAS | s21e04

We’re back in the ACTION saddle, and we’re playing Linux catchup. We cover the week’s top news stories, and teach you how to use WebCam Studio LIKE A BOSS!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

01.04.12: Windows 8 Preview | WAS | s21e03

Microsoft is rolling out their latest version of Windows, and it changes everything. Tune in to find out just how revolutionary this amazing new UI is and how it leaves the competition in the duts!

PLUS: Microsoft cracks down on evil doers

And so much more!

All this week on, The Windows Action Show!

26.03.12: Linux Games FTW | LAS | s21e02

We’re hosting an action LAN party and we frag through our favorite Linux games! Has Linux won the gaming crown? Or will our LAN party blow up in our face? Tune in to find out!

Plus: Has Banshee jumped the shark? We debate!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

18.03.12: Bryan Hates Freedom | LAS | s21e01

We’re still hungover from episode 200, this week: We give you are thoughts and responses to our RMS interview, are we truly being negative in the freedom dimension? Tune in to find out!

Plus we drool over new games coming to Linux, and ask the big question: Can Crowd Funding scale to support open source?

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

11.03.12: Richard Stallman | GNU/LAS | s20e10

Richard Stallman joins us to celebrate our 200th episode, and we ask him about his hard stance on proprietary software and the unethical people who make a living from it.

Plus: His thoughts on everything from App stores to the Raspberry Pi.

And so much more!

All this week on, The GNU/Linux Action Show!

05.03.12: System76 Big Rig | LAS | s20e09

We’ve got the latest and greatest from System76, the new Leopard Extreme! This machine is a monster, and we try to punish it. Find out how hard it tears through our barrage of ACTION benchmarks!

PLUS: Linus opens a can on openSUSE, and we geek out over two new Linux games!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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27.02.12: Your OwnCloud | LAS | s20e08

We review OwnCloud, is the promise of replacing Google’s web services a reality? Or does this project fall short? Tune in to find out!

PLUS: Adobe drops support for Linux, we’ve have… THOUGHTS on that.

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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20.02.12: KDE 4.8 Review | LAS | s20e07

Is the latest release of KDE the best yet? Or really stinking terrible. Tune in to find out.

PLUS: We share the latest news on the Spark tablet, and so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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13.02.12: Sparking a Fire | LAS | s20e06

Aaron Siego joins us to talk about the new open source KDE powered tablet that he and his team are working on! Find out how hard you want one, after this week’s episode!

PLUS: Canonical drops Kubuntu, Microsoft throws it’s weight around, and we bust some Raspberry PI rumors!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

05.02.12: ArchBang Review | LAS | s20e05

We review ArchBang, is this hardcore Linux made easy? Or a simple distro you can skip? Tune in to find out!

PLUS: We find out which Nokia phone sells the best, HINT: It doesn’t run WINDOWS!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

30.01.12: Awesome Window Manager | LAS | s20e04

Your desktop sucks, we’ll show you how to make it AWESOME! We review the Awesome Window Manager, and tell you why it tickles our fancy!

Plus: Mark Shuttleworth makes a preemptive strike in Ubuntu’s new War against menus, will they succeed? We debate!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

23.01.12: FreeBSD 9.0 Review | LAS | s20e03

Turns out FreeBSD is still a thing you can think about download! We take a look at version 9.0! And marvel at its new anti-crash-usb-thumb-drive removal technology!

Plus Red hat’s big release that require it’s customers to use Microsoft Windows.. A little LESS, kinda!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

16.01.12: Linux Rocks CES | LAS | s20e02

Linux went BIG at CES this year, we’ll cover the highlights and give you the full scoop on Ubuntu TV, and other Linux loving gadgets!

PLUS: A preview release of Unity has been unleashed upon the web, we’ll tell you about all the shiny bits, and introduce you to a great Linux game, IN SPAAACE!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

09.01.12: 2012 Predictions! | LAS | s20e01

2012 is here, we kick it in the face, and tell you exactly what to expect all year long!

PLUS: We’ll play back our predictions from 2011, and man up to what we got wrong! HINT: NOT MUCH!

THEN: Rumor has it an Ubuntu TV is on the way, but is it all blown out of proportion? Tune in to find out!

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

18.12.11: Feedback & Errata 2 | LAS | s19e10

Even the big show gets a few things wrong from time to time, but never fear! The Linux Action Show audience is keeping us in check! In this week’s episode, we update you on a few stories from the past season, and make a few corrections we want you to know about!

Plus: Some good news from the city of Munich, Sony’s coal for your stocking, KDE on tablets, Humble Indie Bundle 4 lusting, and how a Kindle Touch was Jailbroken with Just an MP3 !

And so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

The Linux Install Podcast brings you weekly live installations of different distributions of Linux.(mp3 feed)

08.02.09: LIP52 - Fedora 10

31.01.09: LIP51 - Mandriva 2009.0 xfce

03.01.09: LIP50 - Upgrading Slackware

30.12.08: LIP49 - Crunchbang Linux

27.03.08: LIP48 - Gentoo part 3

28.02.08: LIP47 - Gentoo part 2

14.02.08: LIP46 - Gentoo part 1

23.01.08: LIP45 - Blag 70000 part 2

13.01.08: LIP44 - Blag 70000 part1

17.10.07: LIP43 - OpenSUSE 10.3 part 1

Sourcetunk will try to demystify the beautiful beast that is Open Source and show the listeners the more practical examples of Open Source and Free Software. It will discuss software for Linux, BSD, MacOSX and Microsoft Windows systems

23.04.12: 082 Sourcetrunk : Piwigo

19.03.12: 081 Sourcetrunk : Cacti

26.02.12: 080 Sourcetrunk : UFO:Alien Invasion

23.01.12: 079 Sourcetrunk : Anki and AnkiDroid

09.01.12: 078 Sourcetrunk : Arista Transcoder

14.11.11: 077 Sourcetrunk : OwnCloud

17.10.11: 076 Sourcetrunk : OpenStreetMap

20.09.11: 075 Sourcetrunk : Navit

05.06.11: 074 Sourcetrunk : Motion

15.05.11: 073 Sourcetrunk : FreeNAS

17.04.11: 072 Sourcetrunk : Gwibber

14.03.11: 071 Sourcetrunk : DansGuardian

15.02.11: 070 Sourcetrunk : Baobab / Disk Usage Analyzer

01.02.11: 069 Sourcetrunk : Hydrogen

16.01.11: 068 Sourcetrunk : DVD::Rip, AcidRip, OGMRip, K9Copy and HandBrake

22.12.10: 067 Sourcetrunk : Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory

17.11.10: 066 Sourcetrunk : phpMyAdmin

27.10.10: 065 Sourcetrunk : Clonezilla

04.10.10: 064 Sourcetrunk : Back In Time

21.09.10: 063 Sourcetrunk : Firefox Sync and Mozilla Weave

Linux Games Podcast covering all of the latest games.

20.01.08: LinuxGames Podcast #11
our Hey, We Havent Done a Podcast In a While Episode!

18.11.07: LinuxGames Podcast #10
Last Man Standing Spectacular

21.10.07: LinuxGames Podcast #9
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Spectacular

11.08.07: LinuxGames Podcast #8
Quake Con, Linux World SF 2007!

08.01.07: LinuxGames Podcast #7
More Michael Simms, Tux Games, PS3, Ankh, and news!

23.10.06: LinuxGames Podcast #6
The Simms and Poor Mic Aiming Edition

09.10.06: LinuxGames Podcast #5
Timothee TTimo Besset Guest Starring!

02.10.06: LinuxGames Podcast #4
The Alpha Troll Unmasked! Michael "Briareos" Vance Guest Starring!

10.09.06: LinuxGames Podcast #3
Special Guest Star: Andrew Henderson!

04.09.06: LinuxGames Podcast #2
Better than ever with Ryan icculus Gordon!

22.08.06: LinuxGames Podcast #1
Listen to the first PodCast from the LinuxGames Crew

A weekly open source news podcast

08.11.08: Episode 8 - "xVM Ops Center" - November 8, 2008
On this episode I interview Oren Tiech from Sun Microsystems about xVM Ops Center. Also, you get to see me in my undies. Woo Hoo!

08.07.08: Episode 7 - "Virtualbox" - July 8, 2008
Intro from the car, Ubuntu Mikey, Virtualbox tutorial, outtakes.

14.04.08: Episode 3 - "Revenge Of Cinelerra" - April 13, 2008
New show format, now in HD, Cinelerra Tutorial #4 Rendering and Transcoding, guy makes music with his hands.

29.11.07: Open News - Episode 31 - November 28, 2007
OLPC Laptops Still For Sale,Nigeria Chooses Mandriva After All,Everex Selling Well,More BusyBox Lawsuits,Filmmakers Love Linux,Google Android,Gnome Supports OOXML?,Macedonia Chooses Linux For Students,Fedora 8,Skype 2.0 Beta,XMMS 1.2.11,Flyback.

06.11.07: Special Source 3 - "SUNday Bloody SUNday" - November 5, 2007
Aaron goes to a Sun Microsystem open source summit. Interviews with Simon Phipps, Alan Coopersmith (X.org), Ian Murdock (Project Indiana) and Glynn Foster (Gnome, et al).

01.11.07: Open News - Episode 30 - October 31, 2007
South Africa Opts For ODF,Kevin Carmony Chooses Ubuntu,SCO For Sale,Turbolinux Does Deal With The Devil,Sun Fights For The Community,No More Greenphone,Ubuntu 7.10,Video Drivers,Compiz Fusion 0.6.0,Anonymous Browsing With JAP.

17.10.07: Open News - Episode 29 - October 17, 2007
Ubuntu Open Week,Firefox Gains Ground,Amsterdam Ready To Use Open Source,Ballmer Predicts Patent Suit,Red Hat And Novell Sued,Mozilla To Develop Mobile Browser,Torvalds' Smack Down,OSI Approves MS Licenses,Fluxbox 1.0,Puppy Linux 3.0,SSHFS.

10.10.07: Special Source 2 - "The Ohio Linuxfest 2007" - October 10, 2007
Aaron goes to Ohio Linuxfest. Interviews with Jon "Maddog" Hall, Joe Born (CEO - Neuros) and Max Spevack (Fedora Project Manager).

02.10.07: Open News - Episode 28 - October 2, 2007
U.S. Department of Energy Powers Up Linux,UT3 Will Have Linux Binaries,Bundling Windows No Good In Europe,Monsoon Settles GPL Dispute,OSI Finds Fault With MS-PL,Gartner Calls Open Source The Biggest Disruptor,Swedish State Pharmacy Chooses Linux,Gnome 2.20,Enabling Sudu Insults.

17.09.07: Open News - Episode 27 - September 17, 2007
Asus EEE Details,EU Says No To Microsoft Appeal,SCO Files For Bankruptcy,Sun Sells ... Windows?,New iPods Thwart Linux OS,OpenOffice.org 2.3,Pidgin 2.2,Magic SysRq Keys.

18.09.07: Open News - Episode 26 - September 12, 2007
GPLv3 Certified As Open Source,HP To Sell Linux Desktop,Lenovo Wants Linux,Hardy Heron,Software Freedom Day,OOXML Fast-track Rejected,IBM To Develop Open Office,NetApp Sues Sun,AMD Opens ATI Code And Specs,German Universities Use Linux,X.org 7.3,SmoothWall 3.0,Interview with Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager.

28.08.07: Open News - Episode 25 - August 28, 2007
The Desktop Linux Survey Results,Gates Picks Up The Red Phone For OOXML,No More Get The FUD,Palm Foleo Delayed,Goobuntu Confirmed,Model Trains The Model Case,Windows As Punishment,MythTV 0.20.2,Adobe Flash Player 9 Beta,Sorry. No tip this week.

21.08.07: Open News - Episode 24 - August 21, 2007
Novell Isn't As Stupid As SCO,MySQL Won't Share Tarballs,UT3 For Linux,Amarok 1.4.7,Hardware Compatibility.

15.08.07: Open News - Episode 23 - August 15, 2007
The Axe Falls On SCO,Google Signs On To The OIN,UK Gets Linux On Dell PCs,Lenovo Offers OpenSUSE,Malaysia Will Use ODF,Peugeot Revs Up Linux Desktop Deployments,Compiz Fusion 0.5.2,Zabbix.

07.08.07: Open News - Episode 22 - August 7, 2007
Microsoft Submits "Open Source" Licenses,Carmony Calls it Quits,MA Adopts OpenXML,Alfresco Joins The OIN,Red Hat To Sell Linux Desktops,G-Phone Anyone?,Pidgin 2.1.0,64 Studio 2.0,Win-Get.

23.07.07: Open News - Episode 21 - July 23, 2007
Microsoft's Patent Covenant Woes,Mozilla Protects Itself From IE,Userspace Driver API Coming To Linux,No Steam For You,Tiny PC "Fit"s Anywhere,Intel Develops For Linux Gadgets,PuppyLinux 2.17,GCC 4.2.1,SunBird 0.5,x11vnc.

17.07.07: Open News - Episode 20 - July 17, 2007
Intel And OLPC Together At Last,Italy And Japan Switch To Open Source,Flash For Linux Vulnerabilities,New Scheduler For The Linux Kernel,Easy TV To Replace Zap2it,BBC Gets An Ear Full From Open Source Users,GnuCash 2.2.0,Wine-Doors.

25.06.07: Open News - Episode 19 - July 9, 2007
GPLv3 Released,Microsoft Squirms Under New GPL,OpenMoko Open It's Doors,Sun Releases Clustering Software To OpenSolaris,RedHat Turns More Profit,India Gung Ho For Open Source,Linux Kernel 2.6.22,Slackware 12.0,Google Desktop,Give Away A Child Proof PC.

25.06.07: Open News - Episode 18 - June 25, 2007
Mandriva Stands With Ubuntu, RedHat,REHL 5 Goes Undercover,OSI Cracks Down On Open Source Misuse,Moonlight (Silverlight For Mono),Tiny USB Mini Linux Computer,Amarok 1.4.6,Nvidia 100.14.11,Mandriva Spring 2007.1,SMPlayer.

19.06.07: Open News - Episode 17 - June 19, 2007
Linus Likes GPLv3 If Sun Does Too,Sun Shares The Linus Love,MacOS Will Use ZFS ... No They Won't ... Yes They Will,Linspire The Latest To Fall,Ubuntu Does Not Negotiate With MS,Quickbooks Coming to Linux,Skype For Linux 1.4 Beta,Flash Player 9 Update 3 Beta,Open Source ATI R500 Driver,art4linux.org.

Upstate Carolina Linux User Group Monthly Meeting

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John Yeary: Amazon Cloud Services.
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Mike Major presented his 4th Grade Math program that he wrote for Sugar. The program is called Hop-A-Round and it focuses on rounding numbers.
October meeting wiki entry
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FLPC and GNU/screen

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Ray: Conky;
Jeremy: Python

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SouthEast LinuxFest
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Mike Major: GNUCash;
SouthEast LinuxFest;
Rick Smith: Google's Android platform;
Wes Yates: extracting sound from YouTube downloads ffmpeg.

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This is a Podcast for embedded Linux developers. We discuss the latest news and how to's in the world of embedded Linux.

12.06.09: Episode 42: Qt/Embedded for Linux
For this topic, Maciej invited Timesys engineers, Justin and Scott, to participate. Both engineers, having enjoyed using Nokia's software on the Neo phone and having experience with Qt/Embedded for Linux at Timesys, share their insight into the recently released graphics toolkit. The trio spends time introducing historical perspective on Qt and unsuccessfully tries to figure out the long list of names the package has had over the years. Scott talks about other open source graphics frameworks, such as GTK+ and Glade, and Justin introduces concepts around QtCreator.

14.05.09: Episode 41: Desktop-based Build Systems
For this episode, Maciej invited two Timesys engineers, Daniel and Jason (both of whom have been working with the Timesys desktop build system and a number of open source ones, including buildroot and LTIB), to participate. After introducing Timesys' approach to building complete Linux platform, the trio talks about the differences and similarities between buildroot, open embedded and LTIB, and also touch on mainstream distributions like Fedora and Ubuntu. Lastly, Daniel addresses a question received from a listener regarding tradeoffs in latency vs. throughput when migrating from a micro-kernel solution to Linux.

13.02.09: Episode 40: Overview of 2.6.28 Linux Kernel and Talk About the Newly Introduced Boot Tracer
In this episode Maciej and Daniel, one of Timesys' Linux gurus, talk about what's new in the 2.6.28 Linux kernel. The conversation focuses on several aspects of the 2.6.28 kernel that are particularly relevant to an embedded Linux engineer. The pair seems to enjoy in particular talking about the concept of the staging driver area in the kernel and the newly introduced Boot Tracer.

29.12.08: Episode 39: Overview of 2.6.27 Linux Kernel and Talk About UBIFS
In this episode, our hosts talk about what's new in the 2.6.27 Linux kernel. Various new features are covered in detail, including support for UBIFS. The hosts discuss the benefits of UBIFS for developers and how UBIFS compares to JFFS2. Other topics touched on in this episode include valuable tidbits about embedded Linux features.

03.11.08: Episode 38: Interview with Mike Erickson of Logic
In this episode, Maciej and Gene interview Mike Erickson of Logic, a leading board design and manufacturing company, and discuss weighty topics such as today's hottest processors, Linux acceptance, Pittsburgh's Mt. Washington incline, minimizing boot time and if the consultant who claimed he was lead through a government building with a bag over his head (as not compromise security) was pulling Gene's leg. Write podcast@timesys.com if you have something interesting to share.

03.10.08: Episode 37: Free Software - Part 2
In this episode, Maciej and Gene talk about what free software means in practice, both for companies that create free software and those who use it as part of their business. The pair gets upset when some vendors follow the letter but not the spirit of free software by being coy about providing source code or through licensing software that attempts to node lock basic tools like GCC.

08.09.08: Episode 36: About Free Software:
Maciej and Gene talk about what "Free Software" means and the rights and obligations of Free Software users. The pair talk about what's different about GPL3, tivoization, and the Lesser GPL among other topics.

04.08.08: Episode 35: 2.6.26 Discussion and MPatrol:
After a bit of a break, Gene and Maciej talk about 2.6.26 from an embedded developer's perspective. The pair also discuss the ins and outs of using MPatrol: how it works, what it's good for, and some of its more nifty features.

26.06.08: Episode 34: Overview of 2.6.25 and Talk About debugfs:
Maciej and Gene talk about what new in the 2.6.25 version of the kernel that's relevant to embedded developers, like CANBUS (thanks Volkswagen) and real time features that all allocation of processor time by process group. Gene also talks about debugfs and how engineers can use this light-weight file system to fetch data from kernel modules, like its name implies, it debugfs is a great debugging tool.

13.05.08: Episode 33: The Propeller Chip:
Last month, TimeSys was at the ESC West show and brought along the LinuxLink radio gear. In this episode, Maciej and Gene interview Jeff Martin about the technology behind his company's product, the Propeller chip. What interested Maciej and Gene was the interruptless nature of the Propeller chip's design and how the chip handles some real-time requirements at the hardware level.

04.04.08: Episode 32: Profiling on the Cheap:
Gene and reluctant guest host Jeremiah Lott talk about how to do basic system profiling when you're low on resources. By using some basic library functions, coding in an interrupt handler and using the proc filesystem, you can get a good look at how your application is using resources. Gene wastes time talking about how the Windows-running car wash POS system crashed last week.

20.05.12: Episode 31: Review of Embedded World Conference in Nurnberg:
Maciej and guest host Scott Gilbertson discuss their experience at the Embedded World Conference in Nurnberg, Germany.

20.05.12: Episode 30: Profiling Tools - Hardware Efficiency:
Gene and guest host Jeremiah Lott discuss various profiling tools to get the most efficiency out of your hardware. In this episode they focus on using profiling tools to optimize the kernel.

22.02.08: Episode 29: Fahd Abidi Interview -- Hardware Debuggers:
Gene interviews Fahd Abidi, Sr. FAE with Ultimate Solutions. Gene and Fahd discuss hardware debuggers. What are they? When do you need one and When you might not need one.

07.02.08: Episode 28: Open Source Updates and Intro to Inter-Process Communication:
Gene and maciej discuss various updates to the release of the 2.6.24 Linux Kernel as well as the latest release of GCC. They also start a series on inter-process communication.

Don Marti brings you the latest Linux news and interviews with Linux insiders.

28.08.08: Cisco offers Microsoft Exchange replacement: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
LinuxWorld.com author Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, who recently wrote "Can Open Source replace Microsoft Exchange?" explains the technical and business rationale behind Cisco's entry into the e-mail and groupware market. Postpath promises to be not just easier to license, but less stressful on the hardware budget. (19:59)

22.08.08: The executive director speaks: Stormy Peters
Don Marti and Jeremy Allison get on the phone with GNOME's new executive director, and seek answers to the hard questions. What's planned for the coming KDE/GNOME combined developer conference? Why do GNOME apps scribble their debug messages on your Mutt session? What is Twitter good for? Who's less interesting to normal people, distributed revision control nerds or software license nerds? What's a Twiddler? What does the SECRET HISTORY OF STAR WARS reveal? And what does an executive director do, anyway? (61:16)

14.08.08: Connecting with kernel developers: Jon Corbet
Need a feature in Linux, and don't want to face the firehose of information on linux-kernel? Jon Corbet, author of the Linux Foundation's new kernel contribution guide, explains where to go to get started, what the kernel developers are looking for from a new contributor, and how a hardware vendor can develop an open source driver while keeping hardware data confidential. (11:27)

31.07.08: Riding the rails with Chris DiBona
Don Marti and Jeremy Allison corner Chris DiBona, Google's open source program manager, about his role as software license gatekeeper, the politics of network neutrality and Thomas the Tank Engine, a couple of annoying bugs, and of course the upcoming Golden Penguin Bowl at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. (49:19)

30.07.08: New Samba offers encryption, Vista compatibility: Jeremy Allison
We're splitting the LinuxWorld podcast into two: the existing interview series, plus a new talk show with Jeremy Allison and Don Marti. In the first episode of the new show, we discuss the latest release of Samba, SMB encryption, Linux hatred, why Vista can catch the blame for Samba bugs, Microsoft OOXML, and the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. (49:05)

19.07.08: A lighter, simpler MySQL: Brian Aker
Brian Aker, a principal engineer for MySQL at Sun, explains the Drizzle project: a new, stripped-down derivative of MySQL that relies on best-of-breed internal libraries, eliminates support for obsolete platforms, and has already attracted contributors from outside Sun.

17.07.08: Scavenging code: Ken Krugler
This podcast covers an essential skill for the modern developer: scavenging code. Whether it's using open-source components in their entirety, grabbing a line or two, or anywhere in between, the more you can borrow from others the more you can get done. Just how many quiet code-borrowers are there? Can embedded devices borrow from the Linux desktop? And what do the company lawyers think of all this cutting and pasting? (17:28)

08.07.08: Virtualization becoming a checkbox item
Virtualization is becoming a feature, not a product, with OS vendors bundling it in new releases. Brian Stein, director of engineering for virtualization at Red Hat, explains the company's new oVirt project, which includes power-saving features and web-based management that lets users request their own virtual systems. (11:16)

19.06.08: Mobile Linux consolidation: Bill Weinberg
Fragmentation on mobile phones is a fact of life -- one mobile application developer might have to build 200 to 300 SKUs for a single application. But carriers, hardware vendors, and software developers are increasingly cooperating on a common set of open source infrastructure, including Linux, Qt, and gstreamer. Bill Weinberg explains where the mobile phone market is going.

12.06.08: Comparing Linux and Windows power draw: Tom Henderson
Tom Henderson tested Linux vs. Windows power consumption on several modern servers with power-saving hardware and firmware features. Result: A Linux mail server, running sendmail and procmail, beat Microsoft Windows running Exchange. But was the Linux box accepting mail at the same rate as the Windows box? And were both OSs syncing the incoming mail to disk? Linux users had questions about the test on LinuxWorld.com, blogs, and LWN, and Tom answers them. (17:39)

Going Linux is a podcast for computer users who just want to use Linux to get things done. Whether you are new to Linux, moving from Windows to Linux, or thinking about upgrading to Linux, this podcast will provide you with practical, day-to-day advice on how to use Linux and Linux applications.

18.05.12: Going Linux #173 Computer America #50

Going Linux #173 Computer America #50

Topic: Resolving (and preventing) issues after installing Linux. Larry joins Craig and Ben and discusses getting help with issues, preventing issues, ensuring hardware compatibility and purchasing a computer with Linux pre-installed and supported.

Episode 173 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #173 Computer America #50
00:15 Hello and welcome
02:09 Topic: Resolving and preventing issues after installing Linux
03:43 Try the forum
07:36 Linux distributions
10:40 Hardware compatibility
15:37 Dexter: What's a repository?
23:48 Purchase a computer with Linux pre-installed
32:14 John: VirtualBox
36:51 Warren: GNU? Is it still GNU/Linux?
39:06 Richard: Networking issues
50:02 Göran: No "but"
51:57 Clay: Identify a distribution on a thumb drive
57:53 Bob: iTunes DRM? Really?
62:10 Sidney: Shutdown icon vanishes - solution
64:22 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
66:39 End

13.05.12: Going Linux #172 Linux Applications-Introduction

Going Linux #172 Linux Applications-Introduction

Larry is missing. Tom and Bill take the episode and make it great! In this episode we discuss some of the key applications used by average users, regardless of the operating system. We identify which versions of those common applications are installed by default by several of the most popular Linux distributions.

Episode 172 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #172 Linux Applications-Introduction
00:15 Introduction
00:47 Larry is absent
01:17 Bill tries the new Ubuntus
02:20 Tom is underwhelmed with 12.04
02:45 Bill tries Ubuntu Studio
04:38 Linux applications
05:42 Ubuntu standard applications
06:16 Browser: Firefox
07:40 Music Player: Rythmbox or Banshee
11:18 Photo/graphics editing: Shotwell
13:11 Video player: Mplayer, Totem
15:30 Office: LibreOffice
18:48 Picture viewer: Shotwell
22:35 PCLinuxOS Standard Applications
22:50 Browser: Firefox
22:55 Music player: Clementine
24:17 Graphics: GIMP
24:25 Music player: VLC
24:56 Office: LibreOffice
25:03 Picture viewer/editor: Digikam
25:49 Linux Mint default applications
26:04 Browser: Firefox
26:13 Music player: Banshee
26:17 Graphics editor: GIMP
26:21 Video player: VLC, Totem
26:38 Office: LibreOffice
26:54 Picture viewer/editor: ImageViewer/Shotwell
28:12 OpenSUSE default aplications
28:40 Browser: Firefox
28:45 Music player: Banshee
28:49 Graphics editing: GIMP
28:53 Video player: Totem
28:58 Office: LibreOffice
29:01 Photo editing: Shotwell
29:09 Fedora default applications
29:15Browser: Firefox
29:19 Music player: Rythmbox
29:22 Graphics editor: GIMP
29:25 Video player: Totem
29:28 Office: LibreOffice
31:33 Picture viewer: Shotwell
32:00 Debian default applications
32:40 Browser: Ice Weasle
33:46 Music player: Rythmbox
33:57 Graphics editor: GIMP
34:02 Video player: Totem
34:06 Office: OpenOffice
36:36 Picture viewer: Shotwell
37:14 Sabayon default applications
37:53 Browser: Chromium
38:04 Music player: Banshee
38:08 Graphics editor: GIMP
38:11 Video player: VLC
30:19 Picture viewer: Shotwell
39:15 Learning the application names
42:22 Using applications to get things done
43:04 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
44:39 End

01.05.12: Going Linux #171 Computer America #49

Going Linux #171 Computer America #49

Topic: Adjust your thinking to make using Linux easy.

Episode 171 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #171 Computer America #49
00:15 Introduction
02:27 Topic: Adjust your thinking to make using Linux easy
05:38 No reboot after installing software
10:11 Look before you buy
14:39 You CAN have the latest modern software
23:30 Copy, share and give it away -- legally!
27:00 Use it for any purpose you want
28:59 If you don't like it, change it!
31:39 Support is just a Google search away
32:11 The terminal is not just for fixing things
35:41 Ian: Multiple X session
37:51 Carlos: An explanation about X sessions
43:13 Richard: Solved his problem
47:33 Rich: PAE Kernel
52:37 32-bit vs. 64-bit
57:57 Shogi: Problem with gPodder
67:01 Bob: Words of encouragement
69:44 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
70:36 End

24.04.12: Going Linux #170 Listener Feedback

Going Linux #170 Listener Feedback

More feedback from our Listeners. Tom flys solo this episode.

Episode 170 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #170 Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
02:17 Bob: PCLinux OS
04:18 Dogphlap: Puppy
05:58 Grizzly: Gnome or gnome?
08:44 Matt: Hanna Montana is back!
09:41 Joe: ASUS problem
12:18 Keesat: Topic suggestion
13:06Jonathan: Gone Linux
17:23 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
19:22 End

10.04.12: Going Linux #169 Computer America #48

Linux #169 Computer America #48

Topic: Finding the Right Linux Distribution. There are several websites dedicated to helping you pick the Linux distribution that's right for you. We discuss 3 of them. We also answer listener feedback -- as always.

Episode 169 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #169 Computer America #48
00:15 Introduction
05:43 Tim: Why Linux?
14:06 Choosing the right Linux for you
15:31 Linux Chooser
21:32 zegenie studios
28:52 Getting support after you choose
32:39 Niko: Comments onHanna Montana Linux
42:06 Annie S: Compaq troubles
48:06 Gomez: Suggestion for Charlie's clock, Linux from Scratch
56:21 Niko Freezing problems in F
66:10 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
66:56 End

20.03.12: Going Linux #168 32-bit vs. 64-bit

Going Linux #168 32-bit vs. 64-bit

Most new computers have 64-bit processors. Do you need a 64-bit operating system? What are the differences, advantages and disadvantages of 64-bit Linux vs. 32-bit Linux?

Episode 168 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #168 32-bit or 64-bit
00:15 Introduction
00:51 NVidia joins Linux Foundation
04:26 Disclaimer
06:16 Definitions
08:57 64-bit - What's in a name?
11:09 Can you run 32-bit apps on a 64-bit machine?
11:45 More RAM
18:02 How do I know if I have a 64-bit machine?
21:13 Larger file sized
22:44 Disadvantages of 64-bit
27:34 Our recommendation
33:54 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
35:06 End

05.03.12: Going Linux #167 Listener Feedback

Going Linux #167 Listener Feedback

We discuss running Linux on persistent thumb drives, our errors, multiple logins and multiple x-sessions. Bill hops to another distro. (No surprise.) Oh, and we answer listener questions. :)

Episode 167 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #167 Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
01:44 The minion
02:24 Bill has hopped to PCLinuxOS
04:31 Making a persistent thumb drive
08:18 Nautilus is slowing down
10:07 Nathan: Linux experiences and ideas
14:44 Karim: Keeping Windows and Linux on the same time zone
16:49 chattr: Provides a correction
20:54 jimzat: Switching Users on "W"
21:55 Mattew: Installing Apps
23:23 Chris: More on multiple users
27:06 Sean: Multiple x-sessions
30:44 Jim: An email within an email
36:33 Jes: He's a "he"
39:19 Aidan: Asks a few questions
45:19 Walter: Correction on Hulu
46:15 Aldo: Talks technical
48:55 Anonymous: Gone Linux
56:52 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
58:47 End

22.02.12: Going Linux #166 Computer America #47

Going Linux #166 Computer America #47

This month's topic is "Listening to Podcasts - gPodder". We talk to Charlie again, and answer listener questions. Craig talks about trying Linux.

Episode 166 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #166 Computer America #47
00:15 Introduction
00:47 Hello and welcome
01:59 Topic: Listening to Podcasts: gPodder
07:41 Definition: What is a Podcast?
09:12 Charles: Installing Linux Mint on a specific partition
16:33 Windows doesn't keep the correct time, but Linux does
21:24 Podcatchers
27:43 Botsync: Wireless sync gPodder to Android
31:54 Richard: Calls Larry out on a comment
37:09 Why not just dual boot?
40:34 Handling hardware under WINE
44:28 Brian: What is Gnome Shell?
50:54 Gregory: Unity Dock fix
54:14 Macbuntu
55:39 Dick: Authenticating on publick computers
59:06 Daniel: Audible client?
63:15 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
65:12 End

19.02.12: Going Linux #165 Switching Linux Desktops

Going Linux #165 Switching Linux Desktops

We discuss KDE, XFCE, Gnome 3 Shell, Gnome 2, LXDE, Cinnamon and Mate. We talk about how to install each and how to switch between them on a single computer. Of course we have conversations about how to pronounce "Gnome" and whether it should be "Linux" or "GNU/Linux".

Episode 165 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #165 Switching Linux Desktops
00:15 Introduction
00:49 USB hardware issues
02:44 Skype causes recording issues
04:28 Bill switches to Mint Debian
05:12 XFS tested
06:46 Unity tip: never hide setting
09:14 Will HUD help Ubunut regain popularity on Distrowatch?
19:27 Definitions: X Windowing system, window manager, desktop environment, desktop shell
12:01 Examples
16:07 Switching to KDE
19:24 Switching to XFCE
21:36 Is it Gnome, Gnome or Gnome?
22:05 Switching to Gnome 3 Shell
24:12 Switching to Gnome 2
25:30 Switching to LXDE
30:00 Switching to Cinnamon
41:10 Switching to MATE
43:17 Hardware pick: KDE Tablet
45:33 Software pick: Google search
46:16 Software Pick: Minitube (again)
47:58 Software Pick: Latex and Tux Type
50:13 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
51:58 End

05.02.12: Going Linux #164 Listener Feedback

Going Linux #164 Listener Feedback

Tom's back! This month we have feedback from the forums, desktop fun, Linux in space, software picks and lots, lots more.

Episode 164 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #164 Listener Feedback
00:15 Introduction
00:46 Welcome back Tom
02:29 Rant: Google Chrome
05:15 Bill switches to OpenSuse 12.1
07:34 Bert: Comment in the Forum
11:18 TwistedLucidity: Forum post on episode 163
18:47 David: LMDE continued support?
26:11 Bob: Space... the Linux frontier
28:01 Robert: Did my performance improve?
31:06 Sam: A perspective on desktop environments
36:56 Martin: Needs to find old episodes
39:50 Tom's Zenity script
42:02 Eric: Provides a solution to the zoom issue
44:59 Tom: A "Gone Linux" story
47:37 Pick: botsync, ssh and gpodder
48:45 Knightwise
52:01 Pick: Zymeaway
52:31 Pick: Hulu and Remind (TkRemind)
55:22 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
57:12 End

Two pragmatic geeks talk about the latest news concerning Linux, free and open technology or anything else they deem noteworthy which may include such absurd things as hockey or bands you never heard of. This means there's many a joke and derailed conversation along the way, so don't come here expecting only Linux or software freedom talk — just sit back and relax, partner.

15.05.12: Linux Outlaws 265 - It Doesn't Affect Your Ball Control

Released: May 15, 2012
Length: 1:30:26

EA launches two games in the Ubuntu Software Center, the first release of Apache OpenOffice, Adobe wants you to pay big bucks for a security update, Ubuntu releases their first open hardware device, Microsoft runs thousands of Linux boxes for Skype and more

0:01:21 Introduction

• Fab's blog post: Why I am not voting Pirate
• OggCamp 12: get your tickets now!
• We missed this last week: Barnes & Noble / Microsoft partnership

Dan's A-Team shirt

0:13:35 Releases & News

• More PHP fixes
• Calibre 0.8.50 — Kaliber beer
• CyanogenMod Compiler 0.4
• CM9 Nightly Builds
• Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0
• Guacamole 0.6.0
• Wordpress for Android 2.1

• Google Hangouts on Air go public — except in Germany
• Hilariously bad: Adobe wants you to pay if you want your Photoshop secure
• Copyright phase in Oracle vs Google is over
• Dell announces development laptop with Ubuntu
• Ubuntu releases first open hardware device
• EA launches two (web) games in the Ubuntu Software Center
• Samsung gives away Tizen dev phones
• Python Software Foundation gets new chairman of the board
• Samsung and Apple make 99% of all money in smartphones

1:04:38 Microwatch

• Microsoft is hosting thousands of Linux nodes to power Skype

1:09:33 Feedback

Supporters: Jeremy Wootten, Samuel Ross, Paul Coleman — from Flattr: Chris Woollard, variaatio, Rasmus Svensson, Mattias Ohlsson, cyberkiller, corenominal and johanv

• Dan Devine says something with quoll should have been the Ubuntu code name
• Ikey Doherty writes us about SolusOS which is his project; before this, he used to be the main developer on LMDE
• Łukasz "Cyber Killer" Korpalski sends os his opinion on Steam for Linux
• Rick Bragg says he recorded the version of our theme tune which we are currently using on Ubuntu Studio and heartily recommends it
• Pierre-Marie Ruas gives us more information on the Portuguese Linux laptop program we talked about in our last episode
• Joe Burmeister sends us his thoughts on Hershey chocolate
• Grant Burton sent in a story for Fab explaining how Jaffa cakes are made

Song: Soul Africa by Juanitos from the album of the same name (licensed Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 France)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

06.05.12: Linux Outlaws 264 - 007's Humping Dog

Released: May 6, 2012
Length: 2:04:50

Fedora 18 will be "Spherical Cow", GIMP 2.8 and Xfce 4.10 are released, a PHP clusterfuck, Fab reviews Ubuntu 12.04, Red Hat open sources OpenShift, Django migrates to GitHub and much more

0:02:36 Introduction

• New OggCamp site
• VIM Adventures

0:11:39 Releases & News

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS  and the other ‘buntus, including Ubuntu Studio 12.04 LTS — we had an email from Scott Lavender about this
• ArchBang 2012.05
• LMDE 201204
• Scientific Linux 5.8
• OpenBSD 5.1
• Tizen 1.0
• LibreOffice 3.5.3
• GIMP 2.8
• Blender 2.63
• NGINX 1.2.0
• Firefox 12, Mozilla auto-upgrades users
• Xfce 4.10
• KDE 4.8.3
• Miro 5
• PHP clusterfuck — 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 released
• OONI-probe measures global web censorship
• ICANN data breach
• Google WiFi scandal due to wardriving veteran employee
• Fedora 18 named “Spherical Cow”
• Study explains how retailers stop Linux laptops from entering the market
• Firefox WebSocket bug compromises Tor anonymity
• Linux clients for Google Drive
• Red Hat open sources OpenShift
• ReactOS seeks funding
• Mandriva recapitalisation approved
• ICS gaining market share
• Mono devs port Android to C#
• Django migrates to GitHub
• Valve is working on Steam for Linux

1:18:54 Microwatch

• No Media Center in Windows 8
• Conflict of interest derails UK government open standards consultation

1:24:23 In-Depth: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Review

Fab reviews Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin". For more details see his article on The H.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

1:43:45 Feedback

Supporters: Osama Alassiry, Armin Krauss,  Patrick Craenen and Daniel Lowe — from Flattr: cyberkiller, mansdell, variaatio, Chris Woollard, jrutila, Dave Ostroske, marmai, johanv, corenominal, Mattias Ohlsson and SmokeyMaverick

• Kevin T. has been listening since before Dan and Fab met in person and tells the story how he introduced his office to Linux Outlaws and The Beards
• Mark Katerberg was disappointed in our coverage of Snow Linux
• Mark Sinclair sent us this image for Fab:

• Nehemiah tells us that there is a tradition among physics students to model cows as spherical in their simulations
• Ray Woods recommends SolusOS
• Jim Daldry sent us this video and thinks that is how the Stuxnet virus was spread
• Jezra sent us a new sound file
• Jeff G. asks what we think about Apple’s plans for the new Developer ID & Gatekeeper programme for OS X

We had other emails from SmokeyMaverick, Frank Bell, Dan Devine, Jake Roberts, Basil Orechwa and Timothy.

• Use our subreddit at sixgun.reddit.com to submit stories for the show

Song: The Age of Aggression / The Age of Oppression by Malukah (all rights reserved)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

29.04.12: Linux Outlaws 263 - Protest Distros

Released: April 29, 2012
Length: 1:16:38

Google drops Linux support for Picasa, Raspberry Pi deliveries begin, Twitter sponsors the Apache Foundation, Oracle vs. Google update, Mint, Fedora and Ubuntu release names, an update on systemd development and more

0:01:01 Introduction

• Anonymous deploys Zerobin

0:05:10 Releases & News

• Chakra Linux 2012.04
• FreeBSD 8.3
• Snowlinux 2
• PartedMagic 2012_04_21
• WordPress 3.3.2
• Ruby 1.9.3
• GNOME 3.4.1
• OpenSSL updates
• F/OSS adoption in the French government is increasing
• Google drops Linux support for Picasa
• Raspberry Pi delivery begins
• Linus Torvalds now a Millenium Technology Prize laureate
• Twitter sponsors Apache Foundation
• Oracle vs. Google update: Day 3, Day 4, Third patent back in the lawsuit
• Mint 13 and Fedora 18 code names

Die Biene Maja

• Next Ubuntu release name
• Systemd development update
• Q.bo open source robot

0:54:50 Feedback

Supporters: Kirk Richard Holz — from Flattr: Mattias Ohlsson, Dave Lee, johanv and corenominal

• Remy Van Elst writes us about a Debian respin called Terrible Linux, which he created and would like some feedback on
• Tom Greene sent us a picture of himself in front of Consol Energy Center and made Fab very jealous
• Whym tells us about the Beard and Moustache Championships and the show Whisker Wars which is about the event
• Jack Hill liked our mention of Lua and sent some information about running Android apps on Sabayon
• Symbola thanked Fab for reading out the message to his colleagues last time
• Jake Roberts sends us a link to a very special USB stick — there's also the tampon USB stick
• JLarky sent us a load of information about Go and feels we should be more excited about it — video of Rob Pike introducing Go; more Go talks

• We mention the Hull LUG meeting on 1 May at The Mustard Cafe in Hull at 8 pm

Song: Don't Worry by The Corinthians (all rights reserved)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

22.04.12: Linux Outlaws 262 - Leisure Suit Larry Goes to Court

Released: April 22, 2012
Length: 1:31:46

Oracle accidentally releases DoS proof of concept, Zack gets voted DPL for another year, Oracle vs. Google suit kicks off, Canonical releases AWSOME, another ORG update, some awesome Skyrim music and more

0:01:01 Introduction

• Apparently the court in the Anders Breivik case didn't know what a Justicar is
• We have a new subreddit
• The H Speed Guide to Lua

0:11:28 Releases & News

• Trisquel 5.5
• Fedora 17 beta
• Cairo-Dock 3.0.0
• MATE 1.2.0
• Scala 2.9.2
• ZeroBin 0.11 alpha
• Security: Google warns the admins of thousands of hacked sites
• Oracle accidentally release MySQL DoS proof of concept
• Slides and videos from Collab Summit
• Zack DPL for another year
• Oracle vs. Google: Leisure Suit Larry testifies

Leisure Suit Larry

• GIMP 2.10 will use GEGL throughout
• Mandriva’s future
• Canonical releases AWSOME
• New CyanogenMod build servers

0:52:45 Digital Rights Update

Special guest: Jim Killock from the Open Rights Group

• ORGCon 2012
• CCDP
• Pen register

1:10:39 Feedback

Supporters: Werner Drasch, Osama Alassiry, Kirk Richard Holz and Francis Smit — from Flattr: Dave Ostroske, Chris Woollard, variaatio, chalkahlom, corenominal, johanv and SmokeyMaverick

• Kristian Naugle sends us email about Enlightenment DR17 and Cadbury Creme Eggs
• Mike sends us an extremely funny email

We had other emails this week from Bo from Denmark, Matt Weales, Rik Boland and Jim Daldry.

• The official OggCamp hotel has been announced: Britannia Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool, L3 5UL (which is 300 yards from the venue)
• £35 per person per night for a twin or double or £60 per night for a single room (all prices include breakfast, minimum 2 night stay, rates available 17-19 August)
• Book by phone or email with reservation manager Jackie Carter and quote the booking code OCAD1708
• Phone: 0151 709 7200 / email: jackie.carter@britanniahotels.com

Song: The Dragonborn Comes by Malukah (all rights reserved)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

16.04.12: Linux Outlaws 261 - Fab's Summer of Crap

Released: April 16, 2012
Length: 1:38:36

Beard-a-Thon 2012, ownCloud releases first commercial version, Samba closes a bad security hole, Blue Systems take over the sponsorship of Kubuntu, udev and systemd are merging, Raspberry Pi problems, Microsoft founds open source subsidiary and much more

0:01:06 Introduction

• Fab is using a Shure Super 55 for this show
• There's a new Google+
• Fab would like to thank Carlo Piana, Eric Geissinger and Aijaz Mohammad who together pledged $70 to his beard and the Mario Lemieux Foundation
• Our show has eclipsed 2 million downloads
• Hack4Kids
• Linux kernel April Fools jokes

The Shure Super 55 microphone

0:12:10 Releases & News

• ownCloud 2012
• SliTaz 4.0
• KDE 4.8.2
• MythTV 0.25
• Jitsi 1.0
• phpMyAdmin 3.5
• GIMP 2.8 RC1
• Apache Solr/Lucene 3.6
• Security: Samba fixes nine year old critical remote code execution flaw
• Security: Python hash collission DDoS problems
• Stuxnet was an inside job
• Mageia 2 postponed
• No more Linux 2.4
• Blue Systems take over sponsorship of Kubuntu
• US court: code is not physical property
• First Creative Commons 4.0 draft open for public comment
• udev is becoming part of systemd
• Fedora 18 to use tmpfs by default
• Linux 3.4 will use Intel's power saving RC6 GPU technology
• Raspberry Pi CE certification problems
• Android SDK emulator adds GPU support
• New CyanogenMod logo
• Firefox introduces click-to-play for plugins

The new CyanogenMod logo

1:08:37 Microwatch

• Linux Foundation kernel study, Microsoft’s kernel contributions dissected
• Microsoft Open Technologies Inc.

1:17:03 Feedback

Supporters: Stephen Ward and Paul Platt — from Flattr: Dave Ostroske, marmai, Chris Woollard, mansdell, corenominal and fwbd

• Rick Timmis gives us some feedback on the show and recommends Vendetta Online
• Jack Hill says he isn't a big gamer but points us in the direction of Gluon, a 2D game development and distribution platform
• Paul Platt writes in from Australia, with a hell of an accent
• Symbola has a request for Fab and explains where the "ham" in Ham Radio came from — Fab on Linux in the Ham Shack
• Bob Ham had recommended the Liberated Pixel Cup competition to LivLUG
• Rob van Son says the Thompson Bug has been solved by David A. Wheeler in his thesis "Fully Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling"

We had other emails from Steve Ward, Paul Dutot, Martyn Lewis, Jason Sipula, Lance, Brigit Valencia, Dan Devine, Yaroslav Halchenko, Dorine Flies, Alan from Vancouver and Jeff G.

• 2012 Rathole Roadshow, 11 May at LEAF in Liverpool

Song: Holly by Thom Morecroft (all rights reserved)

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09.04.12: Linux Outlaws 260 - Spoiler Alert

Released: April 9, 2012
Length: 1:47:20

Ulrich Drepper ousted from glibc, EU Parliament goes nuts on proposed punishment for hacking, Blackboard buys two Moodle support companies, Debian joins the OSI and Microsoft starts supporting Git with CodePlex

0:01:21 Introduction

• Fab is moving to London in two months and is looking for a flat; if you can help or know any good agents, let him know
• Dialogue with Bradley Kuhn on GPL enforcement
• Videos of open source talks from CeBIT online
• Mozilla’s Browserquest

MC Frontalot, delivering spoilers galore

0:09:08 Releases & News

• LMDE Update Pack 4
• PartedMagic 2012_3_24
• XBMC 11
• Webconverger 12
• Android ICS 4.0.4
• glibc 2.15 — the glibc project has also disbanded their steering commitee
• Shotwell 0.12.0
• Gpodder 3.1.0
• GNOME 3.4
• Go 1.0
• Django 1.4
• Upstart 1.5
• Banshee 2.4
• Wireshark updates
• Notepad++ 6
• EU Parliament wants stricter punishment for hackers
• SCOTUS: Laws of nature aren’t patentable
• FSFE to send out handcuffs
• Reddit app banned from Play Store
• Blackboard buys the two biggest Moodle support companies
• Red Hat revenue eclipses one biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillion dollars
• Fedora 18 without systemd journal
• Ubuntu booted on 8-bit microcontroller
• Oracle turns down Google peace offer in Android lawsuit
• OSI board reforms
• Debian becomes OSI affiliate
• Icelandic government switching to open source
• The Solderpad Hardware License
• Kdenlive crowdfunds full time developer
• Android now has an x86 emulator
• Linus might have invalidated the vFAT patent

1:12:11 Microwatch

• CodePlex adds support for Git
• Microsoft open sources ASP.NET Web API and Web Pages

1:17:06 Feedback

Supporters: John Schmitt, Joe Foy, Eric Geissinger, Barry Williams, Durand D'souza,  Stuart Edgar, John Myers, Eric Swanson, Kirk Richard Holz and Richard Brown — from Flattr: Chris Woolard, corenominal, Dave Lee, johanv, Craig_DT and Mattias Ohlsson

• We had audio feedback from Peter Cannon & Gareth Witty
• Søren Kejser Jensen tells us about achievements in Visual Studio 2010
• Greg Poulter prompts us on Pinguy OS and Bodhi Linux
• Bill Kossmann asks if we have considered a joint live show with TDTRS
• Puppyite wrote us an email asking us to join the Puppy Linux forums to answer questions
• Jon Peder sends us an update about Android running on x86 hardware, especially the Lenovo Ideapad S10
• Mark Wright recommends a "rescuetux" boot disc to get a hosed GRUB boot loader back — note: we think he means ruscatux from supergrubdisk.org
• Mike Charlton writes us about Sabayon
• Devon Baumgarten wrote to us about Microsoft open sourcing ASP.NET tools — we covered this in the Microwatch segment
• Jonathan Gregory sent us a Unity tip
• The Right Reverend Septimus Goosinghim sends some feedback on personal gratification

We had other emails from Martyn Lewis, Beni Keller, Jezra, Felipe, Constantinos, dacresni, Jeffrey Daniel Rollin-Jones, PsykoNerd, Jonathan Nadeau, spanglesontoast, Harold and Kevin.

• Ucubed, Saturday 28 April in Manchester
• Indiana Linux Fest, 13 - 15 April in Indianapolis

Song: Spoiler Alert by MC Frontalot from the album Zero Day (all rights reserved)

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01.04.12: Linux Outlaws 259 - Turn to the Purple Side

Released: April 1, 2012
Length: 0:26:16

In another special episode with temporary guest presenter Popey, Fab talks about his new job and we have some minor disagreements about the future of the show

Fab will be joining the Canonical Design Team to work on the future desktop of Ubuntu. He will be starting work at the next UDS in May.

Fab's development desktop and his vision for the next version of Ubuntu

Dan will be taking over Fab's duties at The H. He has also decided to get Peter Cannon involved in the future of the show since Fab will obviously be a lot busier from now on.

• Popey's site

Song: You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man by The Beards (all rights reserved)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

29.03.12: Linux Outlaws 258 - Assault Limo

Released: March 29, 2012
Length: 0:33:06

OggCamp 12 is coming and we tell you everything about it; with special guest Alan "Popey" Pope from the Ubuntu UK Podcast

On this special episode, we are joined by Alan "Popey" Pope and announce OggCamp 12!

Visit the OggCamp 12 site. More details to follow soon.

Check out the Ubuntu UK Podcast where Popey is a regular host. Also: Tony Whitmore's home page.

Song: No Man Is An Island by Bill Borman from the album In Our Dreams We're Flying (licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

25.03.12: Linux Outlaws 257 - A Fuckload of Wav Files

Released: March 25, 2012
Length: 1:46:46

Audacity 2.0 released, Humble Android Bundle 2, Assange to run for Aussie Senate, "Anonymous" Linux, CyanogenMod 9 to ship without root, Open Street Map switching licenses and Mark Shuttleworth says Ubuntu beats RHEL on servers

0:01:26 Introduction

• Mojang can’t use “Scrolls” name for sequels
• Fan-funded Wastleland sequel

The original Wasteland box art

• Chris Pirillo’s dad uses “Umbumtu” for the first time
• I Have a Bad Feeling About This
• Video of Bruce Springsteen's  SXSW keynote

0:19:41 Releases & News

• TinyCore 4.4
• FreeNAS 8.2.0 Beta 2
• Firefox 11
• Cinnamon 1.4

Cinnamon 1.4 running on Debian Sid

• Audacity 2.0
• Stellarium 0.11.2
• 0 A.D. Alpha 9 “Ides of March”
• Linux 3.3 delayed, now released
• VLC 2.0.1
• Humble Android Bundle 2
• Btrfs ready for production in new Oracle Linux
• EU Parliament blocks copyright reform with 113% voter turnout
• Kimdotcom to get his money back, for a short while
• Assange to run for Australian Senate
• Django’s Python 3 migration
• “Anonymous” Linux
• Debian Project Leader elections
• Mozilla to support H.264 again, the first step in this direction has already been taken
• Chris Blizzard leaves Mozilla
• KDE Spark tablet renamed to Vivaldi
• CyanogenMod 9 to ship without root by default
• Open Street Map completing move to Open Database License
• Shuttleworth: More Ubuntu than RHEL servers in “large deployments”

1:21:06 Feedback

Supporters (from Flattr): corenominal, SmokeyMaverick, endstation, variaatio, Tris Linnell, cyberkiller, theru, Dave Lee and Chris Woollard

• Haris Bin Ali says that Kuala Lumpur has been chosen to host FUDCon APAC 2012
• Gary sent us a story about the DoJ defending the government’s right not to acknowledge the existence of any joint research agreement between Google and the NSA
• Remy Van Elst writes in with some feedback on the slowness of Windows machines joining domains
• Christopher Bates responded to some of Dan's FreeNAS comments
• Brandon Janzen found us via FLOSS Weekly and really likes the show
• Robin Catling (of the Full Circle Podcast) wrote a great review of the new Springsteen album
• Jason Jordan writes to us about Android code names and potential patents for the Sixgun portfolio
• Armin Krauss writes about Episode 256 and says Seneca College is most likely named after the Seneca Nation

We had other emails this week from Stephen Michael Kellat, Bruno Bigras and Thomas Bourque.

Song: Probably Gay, the Homophobia Song by Katie Goodman’s Broad Comedy (all rights reserved)

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18.03.12: Linux Outlaws 256 - The Beards are Coming!!!

Released: March 18, 2012
Length: 1:52:36

Nvidia joins the Linux Foundation, Pwn2Own news, Raspberry Pi manufacturing issues, jQuery Foundation launched, Arch turns ten, Apple releases some new thing, the Windows 8 interface is screwed up and the LulzSec hackers get arrested in a high profile operation

0:03:00 Introduction

• Do not send in story suggestions via email, use Reddit
• Possible OggCamp name change
• Mojang and Bethesda settle “Scrolls” trademark dispute

0:13:29 Releases & News

• Knoppix 7
• Linux Mint 12 LXDE
• CentOS & Oracle Linux 5.8
• Rails security updates
• Bazaar 2.5.0
• Wine 1.4
• Nightingale 1.11.0
• Midori 0.4.4
• LulzSec arrests
• Symantec AV source posted on the Pirate Bay
• Chrome hacked & fixed — Pwn2Own recap
• SCOTUS asked to review software patents in the US
• Android Market renamed Google Play, head guy steps down
• Fedora for the Raspberry Pi released
• Raspberry Pi manufacturing issues
• OIN changes legal guidelines
• PageKite offers free accounts for open source developers
• jQuery Foundation launched
• Interview with Rob Landley on Busybox/ToyBox
• Android anti-virus is crap
• Arch Linux turns ten
• Nvidia joins the Linux Foundation

1:14:46 Microwatch

• Chris Pirillo shows Microsoft why Windows 8 is a mess

1:18:33 Applewatch

• “The new iPad”

• Apple starts using Open Street Maps
• The DoJ is saying it will sue Apple over ebook pricing — EU & US coordinating

1:26:32 App Tip

• HTTPie — a curl alternative
• httpbin.org

curl vs. HTTPie

1:28:55 Feedback

• Jameson writes to us about MythTV, Netflix and DRM
• Eric Schatz tells us his thoughts on our discussion of native apps vs. web apps
• Manu Chandrasekhar aka. Cheezespread tells us about Sikuli (a visual scripting API for Jython)
• Stephen Bell has been enjoying listening to Black Bones since we played them
• Jeff Gehlbach says he joined Toastmasters International and that paying money for using filler words like "uhm" made it easier to get rid of them
• Kevin Granade gives us some more feedback on ksplice for desktop use
• Kari Mattsson sends some more input on Ubuntu for Android

We had other emails this week from Paul Dutot, Andrew Mason, Tony J., Jack Hill, Ace and Jon Stockill.

• LibrePlanet is on 24 & 25 March at the University of Massachusetts, Boston

Song: For The Would-be Woody Guthrie by Shambles Miller (licensed under Creative Commons BY)

Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

18.05.10: Episode 10.05.01

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05.04.10: Shortcast #0003 User's Interface MP3

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Binary Revolution Radio is a weekly radio show by the Digital Dawg Pound, hosted by Black Ratchet, Strom Carlson, and various players of the hacking scene. Sick and tired of the political rants and repetiveness of other radio shows? BRR keeps it fresh, as each week a new topic is discussed and people are free to mail, e-mail, and call in their opinions. We are broadcast every week on Wednesday 9:30-11:00PM Eastern on DDP Hack Radio. Remember, "The Revolution Will Be Digitized!"

12.11.07: 200 - LOST CARRIER
Episode: 200    
Hosts: StankDawg and surprise guests    
Airdate: 2007-11-06    
Length: 7:12:04    
File Size: 74.17 MB    
Artist: Zearle    
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14.09.07: 199 - Traffic Control Systems (EZ Pass)
Episode: 199    
Hosts: StankDawg & Tom Icom    
Airdate: 2007-09-11    
Length: 1:42:27    
File Size: 17.51 MB    
Artist: Whoremoans    
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23.08.07: 198 - Defcon 15 wrap-up
Episode: 198    
Hosts: StankDawg & savant    
Airdate: 2007-08-21    
Length: 1:18:35    
File Size: 13.43 MB    
Artist: Freezepop    
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01.08.07: 197 - Telephone Access Control Systems
Episode: 197    
Hosts: StankDawg & savant    
Airdate: 2007-07-31    
Length: 1:33:41    
File Size: 16.01 MB    
Artist: Chronomicon    
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04.07.07: 196 - Closed Circuit TV (CCTV)
Episode: 196    
Hosts: StankDawg & Enigma    
Airdate: 2007-07-03    
Length: 1:32:09    
File Size: 15.75 MB    
Artist: baddd spellah    
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07.06.07: 195 - Java Redux
Episode: 195    
Hosts: StankDawg & ntheory    
Airdate: 2007-06-05    
Length: 1:27:44    
File Size: 14.99 MB    
Artist: Emergency Pizza Party    
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16.05.07: 194 - Social Engineering
Episode: 194    
Hosts: StankDawg & faceman    
Airdate: 2007-05-15    
Length: 1:33:25    
File Size: 15.96 MB    
Artist: The Mr. Move    
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10.05.07: 193 - And now for something completely different
Episode: 193    
Hosts: faceman, drake anubis, zal91    
Airdate: 2007-05-09    
Length: 1:23:40    
File Size: 14.3 MB    
Artist:     
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20.05.12: The Linux Link Tech Show - The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 244
Special Guest Steve McIntyre - Debian Project Leader; RSS, centralized or decentralized applications; rsync; MythTv and Tivo, GTA IV

Talking about the BSD family of free operating systems.

17.05.12: bsdtalk214 - Peter Hansteen and Henning Brauer
Interview from BSDCan 2012 with Peter Hansteen and Henning Brauer.

File Info: 56Min, 27MB.

Ogg Link: http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk214.ogg

12.05.12: bsdtalk213 - EuroBSDCon with Paul Schenkeveld
Interview with Paul Schenkeveld about the upcoming EuroBSDCon being held in Warsaw, Poland.

More information at http://www.eurobsdcon.org

File info: 14Min, 7MB.

Ogg Link: http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk213.ogg

16.02.12: bsdtalk212 - Justin Sherrill from the DragonFlyBSD Project
Interview with Justin Sherrill from the DragonFlyBSD project.
We talk about the upcoming 3.0 release, Hammer version 2, and the general status of the project.

More information at http://www.dragonflybsd.org/.
You can find the DragonFlyBSD Digest at http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/.

File Info: 27Min, 13MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk212.ogg

29.01.12: bsdtalk211 - The FreeBSD Foundation with Deb Goodkin
Interview with Deb Goodkin, Director of Operations for the FreeBSD Foundation.

The most recent newsletter, which talks about what the foundation did the last half of last year.

http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2011Dec-newsletter.shtml#Letter

Their blog:

http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/FreeBSDFoundation

Lastly, but probably most importantly, people can donate here:

http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/

File Info: 24Min, 12MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk211.ogg

25.12.11: bsdtalk210 - James Nixon from iXsystems
Interview with James Nixon from iXsystems at the LISA 2011 conference in Boston.

File Info: 20Min, 10MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk210.ogg

08.12.11: bsdtalk209 - BSD Certification with Jim Brown
Interview with Jim Brown from BSDCertification.org.

File Info: 16Min, 8MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk209.ogg

24.11.11: bsdtalk208 - Teaching Unix using BSD
A brief description of how I use BSD to teach a Unix course at the University of Maine.

File info: 15min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk208.ogg

04.08.11: bsdtalk207 - ArabBSD with Mohammed Farrag
Interview with Mohammed Farrag about the ArabBSD project.

The ArabBSD website https://sites.google.com/site/arabbsd/

Contact us (Calling for Volunteers )webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/arabbsd/contacts

FreeBSD Summer Course Tutorials https://sites.google.com/site/arabbsd/freebsd-summer-course

File Info: 15min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk207.ogg

02.07.11: bsdtalk206 - Peter Losher from ISC
Interview with Peter Losher from the Internet Systems Consortium. We talk about ISC, running DNS root servers, and various other projects. For information, see http://www.isc.org/

File Info: 17Min, 8MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk206.ogg

04.06.11: bsdtalk205 - FreeNAS 8 with Josh Paetzel
Interview from BSDCan 2011 with Josh Paetzel about FreeNAS 8. More information at http://freenas.org/

File Info: 17Min, 8MB

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk205.ogg

01.06.11: bsdtalk204 - mdocml mit Ingo Schwartze and Kristaps Dzonsons
Interview with Ingo Schwartze and Kristaps Dzonsons at BSDCan 2011. We talk about mdocml and man pages. More information at http://mdocml.bsd.lv/

File Info: 32 min, 15MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk204.ogg

18.03.11: BSDTalk 203 - BSDCan and PGCon with Dan Langille
Interview with Dan Langille. We talk about BSDCan and PGCon 2011. More information on these conferences at http://www.bsdcan.org/2011/ and http://www.pgcon.org/2011/

File info: 14min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk203.ogg

06.11.10: bsdtalk202 - DragonFlyBSD 2.8 with Matthew Dillon
Interview from MeetBSD California 2010 with Matthew Dillon about the recent 2.8 release of DragonFlyBSD. More information at http://www.dragonflybsd.org/

File Info: 15Min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk202.ogg

06.11.10: bsdtalk201 - PC-BSD 9 Alpha with Kris Moore
Interview from MeetBSD California 2010 with Kris Moore. We talk about the new alpha snapshot of PC-BSD 9. More information at http://blog.pcbsd.org/

File Info: 18Min, 9MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk201.ogg

13.10.10: bsdtalk200 - The mg text editor with Kjell Wooding
This episode is brought to you by netstat, a command to show the network status. The netstat command appeared in 4.2BSD.

Interivew with Kjell Wooding. We talk about the mg text editor. More information can be found in the OpenBSD man page: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg

File Info: 14min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk200.ogg

05.10.10: bsdtalk199 - PC-Sysinstall with John Hixson
This episode is brought to you by talk, the original instant messaging client. The talk command appeared in 4.2 BSD.

Interview with John Hixson. We talk about his work on PC-Sysinstall, the PC-BSD installer and possible alternative to the FreeBSD sysinstall.

File Info: 14min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk199.ogg

30.09.10: bsdtalk198 - MeetBSD California 2010
This episode is brought to you by last, used to show a list of the last logins to the system. Last appeared in 3.0BSD.

Interview with Matt Olander and James T. Nixon. We talk about MeetBSD California 2010. More information at http://www.meetbsd.com/

File Info: 12min, 6MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk198.ogg

19.09.10: bsdtalk197 - FreeNAS 8 with M. Warner Losh
This episode is brought to you by biff, a utility that notifies you that mail has arrived. The biff command appeared in 4.0BSD.

Interview with M. Warner Losh about FreeNAS 8. More information at http://freenas.org.

File Info: 37Min, 18MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk197.ogg

14.09.10: bsdtalk196 - NYCBSDCon with Mark Saad and George Neville-Neil
If you are looking for even more BSD interviews, check out The BSD Show at http://webbaverse.com/shows/the-bsd-show.

Interview with Mark Saad and George Neville-Neil about the NYCBSDCon 2010. Details can be found at http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/

The conference will be at http://www.cooper.edu/, which for 150 years has admitted students based on merit alone and provided each with a full-tuition scholarship.


File Info: 10min, 5MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk196.ogg

20.08.10: bsdtalk195 - Mike Larkin
This episode is brought to you by renice, which allows you to alter the priority of running processes. The renice utility appeared in 4.0BSD.

Interview with Mike Larkin. We talk about ACPI and OpenBSD.

Note: Shortly after recording this, OpenBSD added support for the "machdep.lidsuspend" sysctl. By setting this to "1", your machine should suspend automatically when the lid is closed. By default, OpenBSD will always resume when the lid is opened. This sysctl works for most ACPI machines that have a "LID" ACPI object.

File Info: 19Min, 9MB.

Ogg Link:
http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk195.ogg

The audio podcast for web developers, covering web API's, software development, and the creation of richly interactive web applications.

04.08.08: The Open Web Foundation, with Scott Kveton
Overview The Open Web Foundation was announced at OSCON 2008. Created by and endorsed by numerous highly influential individuals and organizations, the Open Web Foundation has also been received with a fair amount of skepticism. We speak to Scott Kveton, one of the key people involved in the organization’s establishment to learn more about the [...]

20.07.08: @task, with Nate Bowler
Overview Nate Bowler, CTO of @task, becomes our first in-studio guest on the Bungee Line. @task provides project management, Gantt chart, workflow, and time tracking software through both traditional host-your-own and Software-as-a-Service models. As with so many companies in the providing web-based software, they provide an API. 36:25, 16.7 MB Related Links Here are links [...]

20.06.08: MindTouch Deki, a Programmable Wiki
Overview MindTouch’s Steve Bjorg joins us to tell us all about their wiki platform called “Deki.” MindTouch is rapidly growing Deki’s install base, largely on its slick user interface. But there’s something hidden under the all the UI slickness: under the hood, Deki supports a comprehensive web API. In fact, the PHP user interface fully [...]

14.04.08: Update from John Musser of ProgrammableWeb
Overview ProgrammableWeb’s John Musser returns to the Bungee Line to give us an update on the API action of early 2008. Alex and Ted apologize for the unfortunate audio treatment to the Bungee sound in the previous episode, promising “never again!” In related news, check out the new intro music for our “Cool Web Tips” [...]

14.03.08: Developer Community Management with Jono Bacon
Overview There are few developer communities as large and distributed as that of Ubuntu, perhaps the most popular brand of GNU/Linux distributions available today. Jono Bacon is the first official community manager for Ubuntu. He joins to tell us what he has learned in his 18 months of working with this vast and disparate community.. [...]

30.01.08: Social Design with Joshua Porter
Joshua Porter is a web designer, researcher and blogger specializing in the art of social design for the web. Josh’s blog (Bokardo.com) is a must-read favorite for UI and web designers and is finishing up his first book, to be published in the next few weeks.

16.01.08: Alan Lewis on eBay Desktop and eBay APIs
Overview As product manager for eBay Desktop, Alan Lewis relies on the same web APIs that eBay makes available to all developers. In this edition of the Bungee Line, Alan tells us about what the eBay Desktop is, how it came about, and various details about eBay’s developer program and web APIs. We ask Alan [...]

13.12.07: Toby Segaran on “Programming Collective Intelligence”
Overview Since the publication of his O’Reilly book Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications, Toby Segaran has become well noted for his ability to explain easily-understandable algorithms for the kind of deeply complex problems involved in social applications. Toby joins Alex and Ted to discuss some of the high-level concepts that he tackles [...]

17.11.07: The Rhapsody Demo Application, with Josh Skillings
Audio In April 2007, Bungee Labs engineer Josh Skillings built a demo application for Web 2.0 Expo using Rhapsody Web Services. In this BCDN Audio podcast, Josh tells Brad Hintze and Ted Haeger how he ended up tasked with a last-minute project to create a demo application before the public debut of Bungee Connect, and [...]

16.11.07: Jon Aizen of Dapper.net
Overview Jon Aizen joins Alex and Ted to explain how Dapper.net provides a no-fee tool for making almost any structured web site data accessible via a REST API. In a past life, Jon was involved in creating The Internet Archive. Jon also helps the Bungee Line introduce romantic intrigue into the podcast. Punditry Alert! At [...]

07.11.07: Jeff Barr on Amazon Web Services (Part 2)
Overview In part 2 of our interview with Amazon Web Services evangelist Jeff Barr, Alex and Ted ask Jeff about Flexible Payment Service, virtual user group meetings in Second Life, the Startup Project, and pry at Jeff’s views of possible futures of technologies that developers might anticipate. 21:41, 9.9 MB Leave us a comment about [...]

03.11.07: OAuth with Larry Halff, Eran Hammer-Lahav and Chris Messina
Overview Three of the minds behind the OAuth initiative, Chris Messina, Larry Halff and Eran Hammer-Lahav, join us to tell us about this emerging “open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.“ 54:32, 25 MB Leave us a comment about the show. (This means you.) [...]

18.10.07: Jeff Barr on Amazon Web Services (Part 1)
Overview Developer evangelist for Amazon Web Services, Jeff Barr tells Alex and Ted about how he became a native Amazonian, his recent visit to “The Business of API’s Conference,” and a bunch of stuff on Amazon Web Services, including: Mechanical Turk, EC2, and S3. Additionally, Jeff explains the newly announced S3 Service Level Agreement*, adding, [...]

11.10.07: Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! (Part 2)
Overview Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! talks to Ted and Alex about Mash, Hadoop, Yahoo Developer Network, openness at Yahoo, Yahoo’s APIs, and various related topics. 32:21, 14.8 MB Please leave us a comment about this show. Related Links Here are links to some of the services mentioned in this episode. Jeremy’s blog (rss) “There is [...]

02.10.07: Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! (Part 1)
Overview Jeremy Zawodny of Yahoo! talks to Ted and Alex about Zimbra, Yahoo Developer Network, openness at Yahoo, Yahoo’s APIs, and various related topics. 30:15, 14 MB Please leave us a comment about this show. Related Links Here are links to some of the services mentioned in this episode. Jeremy’s blog (rss) Yahoo Developer Network [...]

31.08.07: John Musser of ProgrammableWeb.com
Overview We launch The Bungee Line with an interview with John Musser of ProgrammableWeb. Your hosts, Alex Barnett and Ted Haeger also introduce you to the show. 33:09, 15.2 MB Please leave us a comment about this show. Related Links Here are links to some of the services mentioned in this episode. ProgrammableWeb Blog (rss) [...]