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This week: Dan quotes Connery, Google gets sued over Android name, adopt a line of Miro code, Firefox Plugin Wars, the USAF buys XP and Dan interviews Christina Haralanova about her studies on women in open source.

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0:01:05 Introduction

• Apparently EasyPeasy wasn’t called eeeBuntu before, it was called Ubuntu-eee
• Check out the MythTV Cast, it’s good!
• One step up and two steps back: France reintroduces three-strikes law
• Beer of the Week: Schorschbok, apparently the World’s Strongest Lager with 16% alcohol

0:07:49 F/OSS Releases

• Calculate Linux 9.5
• Sabayon Linux 4.1 “KDE”
• Mandriva Linux 2009.1
• NetBSD 5.0
• DragonFly BSD 2.2.1
• OpenBSD 4.5
• Kiwi Linux 9.04
• FreeBSD 7.2
  
  
• Maemo 5 SDK beta released

0:17:55 News Stories

• Google and handset makers sued over Android trademark
• US court clears breathalyzer source code requests, we discuss open sourcing of technology like this in general — the YouTube video Dan mentions on the show has, unfortunately, been pulled by Viacom
• Cutest funding move ever: Adopt a line of Miro code — Check out our very own line: “Luc Outlaws”
  
• Firefox Plugin Wars: No-Script disables Adblock Plus
• System76 launches a netbook
• The Pirate Google

0:39:01 Microwatch

• OIN looking for prior art to invalidate Microsoft/TomTom patents
• The USAF is using a “super-secure” version of XP — super-secure my arse!
• EFF sues Apple over legal threats to wiki operator

0:47:48 Interview

Dan interviews Christina Haralanova about her research on women in open source software — they recorded this interview at this year’s Oekonux Conference in Manchester.

1:11:48 Software Tip

• Ubuntu Screen Profiles, a nifty extension to GNU Screen developed in-house at Canonical

1:17:23 Listener Feedback

• Donations: Thanks to Alex Harrington, Christopher H., Mark Ferns and Ryan K. (once again)!
• Forums: Dan quotes Connery
• Kie writes from Hong Kong about Chinese character recognition — Ming The Merciless at Home
• Mark Ferns wrote to us about the developer of Super Grub Disk who is apparently looking for help
• Treybuchet asks if either of us ever tried Awesome WM which we haven’t (yet)
• Sergei Van Hardeveld sent us some amusing new slogan suggestions for the Swedish and German tourist boards
• Other emails this week from Kevan Vautier, Daniel Devine, St3v3, Jeff, Reine, Joe Linux, hanta and Glenmo
• We will be attending Linux Tag in June

Song: Free from Hobo Twang’s new album Square Times

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