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Linux Outlaws 140 - So Say We All

Submitted by Fab on March 10, 2010 - 22:47.

MP3 - 1 hour 28 minutes 24 seconds, 40.5 MB, Ogg Vorbis version here — you can also download all our episodes in both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis format from the Outlaw Archives.

This week on Linux Outlaws: Ubuntu redesign, Novell for sale?, US eases sanctions, Chris DiBona on Android and the kernel, Fab smokes a pipe and much more…

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0:01:11 | Introduction

  • Errata: Trier is in the south-west of Germany and Fab is an idiot
  • MeeGo repository going public later this month, coming to the N900
  • Check out Pet Status, microblogging for pets
  • Follow Dr. Bunsen (the Crunchbang build bot) on identi.ca
  • Gowalla 1.0 out and in the Market
  • The Fedora 13 release slogan will be “Rock It”
  • Portal 2!!!
  • Beer of the Week: Gauloise Brune

0:11:53 | Releases & News

  • Distro: Tiny Core Linux 2.9
  • Distro: Elive 2.0
  • Distro: NuTyX 2009.3
  • Distro: Frugalware Linux 1.2
  • StatusNet 0.9.0
  • OpenSSH 5.4
  • Apache 2.2.15
  • Mercurial 1.5
  • Linus Torvalds’ talk on git at Google

  • Ubuntu Rebranding — Richard Querin on the issue
  • Novell up for grabs?
  • US eases sanctions on the web
  • OMB becomes OStatus
  • Linux Nvidia drivers might have GPU fan speed issue
  • Chris DiBona says Google wants to cooperate upstream for Android kernel
  • Linus calls out Noveau devs for breaking userspace with their latest updates

0:53:36 | Spotlight

  • pino, a very cool and slimline microblogging client (Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch packages on the site)

0:59:31 | Feedback

  • Donations: Thanks to Ryan Kohler and George De Bruin for their donations!
  • Forums: OggCamp… what’s it all about?

  • lostnbronx send us disturbing news about Microsoft designing the new electronic ID card system for Germany
  • Tim says it’s ironic that Apple is banning sex from the app store when many of their users clearly have a boner for Apple gear
  • Jacob Feltman asks if we’ve tried tiling window managers and if so which ones we recommend
  • Bill Hixon sends us information about Global Mojo
  • We had other emails this week from Philip-III, Jo Klaps, Joona Lehtomäki, Steve Romanow, Manu Chandrasekhar, David McInnis, Pelesz, Ian Pickworth, Bradley M. Alexander and Tim Teatro

  • Events: Get your Rathole Roadshow gig tickets for April 30! / March 31 is Document Freedom Day / Libre Planet 2010 is March 19 - 21

Song: Kill Dash Nine by Monzy — nerdcore biatch!

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