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Linux Outlaws 36 - Open Source Chain Gang

Submitted by Fab on May 4, 2008 - 18:50.

78:34 minutes, 36.1 MB — Download or play

We have a content-packed show for you this week: Hans Reiser convicted for murder, Kip Macy charged with tennant terror, Fab reviews Rockbox and Xfce and we talk about GTA IV on the PS3.

Introduction and Housekeeping (01:17)

  • We discuss Eric Mesa’s email about our Ubuntu Hardy discussion last week — Fab mentions this post on Mark Shuttleworth’s blog

Releases and News Stories (08:06)

  • Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu & Mythbuntu 8.04
  • SystemRescueCd 1.0.2
  • MythDora 5.0
  • PC-BSD 1.5.1
  • Damn Small Linux 4.3
  • Vyatta 4.0
  • DragonFly BSD 1.12.2
  • CDlinux 0.6.1
  • Wordpress 2.5.1

  • Hans Reiser found guilty of first degree murder
  • FreeBSD developer Kip Macy charged with tenant terror
  • MySQL CEO says they won’t move to Solaris under Sun
  • Novell retaliates against SCO in court
  • MS-bashing: Hundreds of Thousands of Microsoft Web Servers Hacked

In-Depth Topics and Listener Feedback (35:07)

  • Rockbox
  • Xfce / Xubuntu
  • Grand Theft Auto IV for the PS3
  • MediaTomb

  • Hendo sends us another Noel Watson song which we play at the end of the show
  • The glza gives us some general opinions on the show, the OLPC ditching Linux and suggests Dan should become a dialectician like Matt Besser
  • Tony Griggs tells us why he thinks Dan is the techie while Fab has the more worldly view on the show
  • Darth Orange comments on Dan’s recent Dreamlinux review and Fab rants about the OS X task bar
  • Germ gives us our first real shoeing about VulcanRidr and Chad Wollenberg’s Linux Basement podcast
  • Kurtis gives Dan some VirtualBox tips

We close the show with Noel Watson’s wonderful song Tom’s Woman. Please leave a comment about this episode on the forums, if you feel like it.

The theme music for this podcast is a song called “Sudo Modprobe”, it was written by Fab and produced and performed by Dan and Fab. The artwork for the album cover and the site including the Outlaw Tux was created by Fab. All material in this podcast is released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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Fabian Scherschel is a university student from Bonn, Germany who works part-time as tech support for a large ISP and otherwise spends his time hacking stuff, listening to rock music or watching Firefly. He is currently running his own Xubuntu remix.

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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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