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Linux Outlaws 93 - Danish Weekend

Submitted by Fab on May 20, 2009 - 16:21.

MP3 - 1 hour 37 minutes 16 seconds, 44.5 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: Fab reviews the Shure SM58+X2u bundle, the new Linux.com, Wolfram Alpha, Intel gets slapped by the EU, the Ubuntu One controversy and a lot more.

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

0:01:24 Introduction

  • The Windows 7 RC will reboot every two hours not every 2 weeks!
  • More news on the French HADOPI madness
  • Thanks to Jackie for her kind words on our New User episode
  • Jake Tolbert picked up on our interview with Christina Haralanova and had some interesting thoughts on comparing it with Eric Raymond’s viewpoint in The Cathedral and the Bazaar
  • Thomas Perl asked us to mention the first ever Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend, a hackfest and festival for Mozilla and Maemo developers in Copenhagen from the 30th to the 31st of May

0:11:20 F/OSS Releases

  • Sabily 9.04
  • SystemRescueCd 1.2.0
  • Jibbed 5.0
  • Ekaaty Linux 3
  • Foresight Linux 2.1.1

0:19:54 News Stories

  • Linux.com relaunched
  • Wolfram Alpha
  • Intel hammered by the EU, faces $1.45 billion fine
  • Nokia & Intel announce open source telephony project oFono
  • It turns out that a lot of breathalyzer code really is crap
  • Ubuntu One Trademark Controversy — more info on the underlying technology
  • Pirate Bay DDo$ attack plan

0:55:12 Microwatch

  • The Asus Eee PC — “It’s better with Windows”

1:03:34 Review

Fab reviews the Shure SM58+X2u bundle.

1:11:30 Listener Feedback

  • Donations: Thanks to Oliver R., Stuart G. & Luke E.
  • Forums: LugRadio Live 2009 discussion


  • Keijo Knutas sent us some recently released research on electronic police states: The UK is 5th and Germany is 10th on the list out of the 52 countries surveyed
  • Hendo send us a beard picture for our “Outlaw Wall of Wanted Beards”:
  • YaManicKill likes cuil.com as a Google alternative
  • We got a lot of feedback on Dan’s kernel panic in Episode 91
  • Jonathan Gregory from Wolverhampton says most Windows users are “digital magpies”
  • Jezra sent us an email about conduct on the forums
  • Other emails this week from: Dave S., Brent Foor, Michel Van der List, Nido, Thomas Perl, Luke Platypuss, Tony Elmer, JonTheNiceGuy, Brent Pieczynski, Per Lindstrom and Jim Medeiros

  • Alex Harrington asked us to mention Xibo, an AGPL licensed project he works on, they need a C++ coder to help them with their Linux client

Song: Your Reality by Steep from their album Your Reality — thanks to Marshall for the tip

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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 always distro hopping for the good of the podcast.

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