Linux Outlaws 184 - Thankruptcy
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In the first Linux Outlaws for 2011: Our listeners make it possible for Dan to fly to FOSDEM, the PS3 is resoundingly cracked, Google open sources Eclipse tools, Paul Allen sues the world again and Vladimir Putin orders Russia to adopt free software.
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0:03:50 Introduction
- Welcome to 2011!
- We were voted #7 in the UK in the European Podcast Awards in the category “Personality”
- We will soon be reviewing and giving away some MeeGo tablets
- With your help, we managed to get Dan to come to FOSDEM!
- Dan will do another one of his review specials soon
- Indamixx 2, running MeeGo
- Unreal Engine game for Android, Worms coming to Android
- OpenRA, open source engine for old C&C games (uses Mono)
- Samsung Galaxy Player
- Beer of the Week: Tyskie
0:27:35 Releases, Security & News
- Development Release: OpenIndiana oi_148
- PCLinuxOS 2010.12
- Tiny Core Linux 3.4
- Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.0
- Zorin OS 4
- Mandriva Linux 2010.2
- Finnix 101
- Linux Mint 201012 “Debian”
- KNOPPIX 6.4.3
- SystemRescueCd 2.0.0
- Dragora GNU/Linux 2.1
- Parted Magic 5.8
- Puppy Linux 5.0 “Wary”
- XBMC 10.0
- Shotwell 0.8
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0
- GnuCash 2.4.0
- Dropbox 1.0
- UK government now wants to filter the Internet too
- Update on the OpenBSD ipsec situation: bugs were found but no backdoor
- PS3 code signing hacked, makes Linux boot possible again
- The ext4 filesystem is coming to Android
- Google open sources $5m worth of Java Eclipse tools
- While people are campaigning to get Photoshop on Linux, the next Gimp release (including single-window mode) is delayed because they lack developers
- OSI asked the German Bundeskartellamt to look into the Novell patent deal
- KDE’s K16 project
- Google is regrouping on GoogleTV
- Vladimir Putin orders Russian government to switch to free software by 2015
1:22:17 Microwatch
- Microsoft releasing ARM version of Windows for tablets …in two years
- Paul Allen vs. The World Round 2
1:27:01 Crapplewatch
1:29:35 Feedback
- Thanks for getting Dan to FOSDEM: John Hurn, Ian Mavero, davestyle, Ed ‘mo6020’ Morgan, Kevin Macphail, Łukasz Jernaś, Tim Dobson, Les Pounder, gibbsjoh, NYbill, Neal Quincey, Theru, @ankhwatcher, Ben Arblaster, Muel Kiel, Ciarán and Philip Newborough — special thanks to Les Pounder (donated $50) and Kevin Macphail (who donated $150)
- We used this song as the backdrop for the “thanks for sending Dan to FOSDEM” segment: Fanfare Pour Preceder “La Peri” by the Drexel University Concert Band
- Thanks for donating: Jacob Hume (@windigo), Samuel Vanderplancke, Muel Kiel, Evgeny Kuznetsov and all flattr’ers
- Evilsquelch listens to us while looking after Big Damn Planes in the cold and has posted an in depth look at the Air Force Linux distro
- lostnbronx sent us an audio promo for his forthcoming sci-fi audio drama “Blue Heaven”
- Lee Brown sent us a link to the beer beard, Dan wants one
- Jeremy Pope asks for our thoughts on Microsoft developing h.264 video support for Firefox
- Duncan Jackson points out that RUF is not fictitious but a real company
- Dan from Colorado snt us this story about the French government proposing to tax any non-Windows tablet PCs — crap!!!
- @chalkahlom sent a couple of audio clips from the Western Rage At Dawn, which is now public domain
- Other emails from Andreas, Phil Keymer, @technicalevolution (who sent us a Linux Christmas poem), Keith Z-G, D T, Jonathan Gregory, Jon Tomaszewski, Brent Pieczynski, 6r00k14n, Nathan D’Elboux and Michael Sell
Song: Blue by Tequila Mockingbird from their album Luck and Trouble
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-SA 3.0 license, except the music at the end of the show which is always licensed under the Creative Commons license specified by the artist under the provided link.

