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Linux Outlaws 97 - Clickety-Clack

MP3 - 1 hour 31 minutes 58 seconds, 42.1 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 the Outlaws discuss the resurgence of the Mono wars, Libre.fm fussing over leaked albums, Squirrels on Leo Laporte’s face, USB 3.0 and multi-touch in Linux, the browserless edition of Win7 for Europe and there’s also some hockey talk and more.

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0:03:20 | Introduction

0:11:46 | Releases & News

0:37:22 | Microwatch

0:48:50 | Discussion

We discuss the recent resurgence of anti-Mono sentiments in the community as well as the arguments around Last/Libre.fm and “leaked albums”.

1:03:02 | Feedback

  • Donations: Thanks to Henry Standing and John H.
  • Forums: More lunacy, including squirrels taped to faces
  • Andrew Nixon emailed us to point out StormOS which is a desktop version of Nexenta — it’s still in beta at the moment but quite an interesting prospect
  • Gavin Steven is looking for arguments to convince people to use Linux and to counter pro-Windows points
  • Dave aka. Sojyujai tells us about his experiences with eMusic and gives a warning about the service
  • David Hunter wants some suggestions for a simple video editor on Linux
  • Other emails this week from Mr. Smoketoomuch, Tony Atkinson, Simon Vass, Morten**, **Cult, Steven (who suggested the Category5 vidcast for new users), Pierre Laguide, Kris, Kevan Vautier, John Priest, Jacob Todd, Beeza, Chad (not Wollenberg), Tim in Kansas, Scott Cann, gavigai (says “bing” means disease in Chinese), kieran, tloo, Frank Bell, Darrin Ritter and DaveQB

Song: Spider On The Roof (Live) by Keep Cool Vibration from the album Babylon Square Gardens

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