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Linux Outlaws 101 - FISL, Fo' Shizzle

Submitted by Fab on July 9, 2009 - 21:49.


MP3 - 1 hour 56 minutes 25 seconds, 53.3 MB, Ogg Vorbis version here — you can also download all our episodes in both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis format from the Outlaw Archives.

On this show: Dan and Fab review Fedora 11, talk about the Mono Wars, catch up to the news of the last two weeks, discuss a shitload of releases and much, much more.

If you have any feedback on the show, please leave it in the forums — thread for this episode.

0:01:23 | Introduction

  • Fab was at the best Bruce Springsteen concert ever in Frankfurt on Friday — you can see Fab in this video in the crowd at about 2:45
  • Moritz Schmidt-Degenhard aka. zahnersatz published a great interview with us
  • Dan thanks John Pinner, Richard Taylor and everyone at EuroPython 2009 for making him so welcome last week, listen out for audio from that in a future episode
  • Check out the PDPC’s fossevents.org
  • Now for real: Pirate Bay retrial denied, judge declared unbiased
  • Kernel vulnerabilities affect Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04
  • Got excess FAT in your operating system? There’s a patch for that!
  • Beer of the Week: Warsteiner Pilsener

0:13:54 | Releases & News

  • Guadalinex 6
  • GoblinX 3.0 “g:Mini”
  • Linux Mint 7 “x86_64”
  • MoLinux 5.0
  • Rocks Cluster Distribution 5.2
  • linuX-gamers Live 0.9.5
  • Calculate Linux 9.7 & “Directory Server”
  • Toorox 06.2009
  • Tiny Core Linux 2.1
  • blackPanther OS 9.1
  • Yellow Dog Linux 6.2
  • Sabayon Linux 4.2 “KDE”
  • PCLinuxOS 2009.2
  • PHP 5.3.0
  • PostgreSQL 8.4
  • Python 3.1
  • Firefox 3.5 — downloaded 5 million times in the first 24 hours

  • German Pirate Party gains MP over fight about web censorship laws
  • Pirate Bay FAIL
  • New Intel/Nokia partnership could be a huge win for mobile Linux
  • HTML 5 drops Ogg Video — thanks Apple, fuck you too!
  • Berlin art colleges switch to Linux
  • Red Hat revenue surges 11% amidst recession
  • Android gains native C/C++ dev kit
  • Mono Wars: Debian’s Mono plans draw sharp warning from RMS, Ubuntu sees no reason to remove Mono from default install, Bradley Kuhn on language patents

0:58:10 | Microwatch

  • The London Stock Exchange will abandon failed Windows platform
  • Microsoft ditches Money — Encarta and MS Flight Simulator dead, too!

1:05:30 | Review

Dan and Fab review Fedora 11 “Leonidas”, also check out Dan’s in-depth writeup for more details.

  • Software Tip: Project Hamster, a time tracking application for Gnome

1:33:3 | Feedback

  • Donations: Thanks to Jezra, Dan C. and Ryan K.

  • Peter Cannon tells us about a new UK site for Arch Linux fans he set up — if you want to help out get in touch with him, they are looking for people
  • Nick Ali plugs the Atlanta Linux Fest 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, September 19th
  • Kyle Lamond has finally convinced his dad to try Linux and he’s very happy with Ubuntu — how cool!
  • David Ramsey Cain tells us that he has set up a LUG for Walworth County and they organised an install fest and Linux showcase which happened earlier this week
  • Gordon Sinclair wants to put out an appeal for help with the BasKet project as the only developer has apparently no time to work on it and the project may die without help
  • Daniel Tiecher sent us a link to this picture of the Brazilian President posing with Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde
  • Will Noakes sent us an article comparing browser speeds in the wake of Firefox 3.5
  • Other emails this week from Oliver Garbe, Mike aka. Blupr, Teis Dreijer, Matthew Copperwaite aka. yaMatt, Cult, David Ellis (The Computer Nerd), kienan, St3v3, Alfred Nutile, Sirko from Radio Tux, Upchuck, Mark_uk, Alistair Munro, Frank Bell, Dave S., The Glza, Bob Konior and Keijo Knutas

  • Fab mentions the HTC Hero Android phone
  • The USB drive for real outlaws
  • Dan will be talking about audio production on Linux at Manchester Free Software at The Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester, Tuesday 21st at 7pm

Song: Making Me Nervous by Brad Sucks from the album I Don’t Know What I’m Doing — suggested by David Ramsey Cain

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Dan Lynch is a programmer, musician and full-time layabout from Merseyside, UK. He used to work for the NHS as a .NET developer before turning his back on the Dark Side to become an open source enthusiast. He has been commited to the open source ethos ever since. Dan is currently distro hopping for the good of the podcast.

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