Linux Outlaws 230 - Wait, There's the Ice Cream Van

Podcast Episode Summary

Released: September 24, 2011
Length: 1:44:04

Fab loses his hair, the Pirate Party scores big time in Germany, Google+ gets an API, identi.ca gets upgraded and Microsoft goes completely insane with Windows 8. Also: Arrrrrr!

0:01:48 Introduction

• Fab's dreads are no more

• Errata: Fab's BeyondPod unlock key also works for the tablet version... once he had installed it — D’oh!
• Space Marine review
• Four years of Linux Outlaws!
• Thanks to Olli from Red Hat for sending Fab a ThinkPad and saving the show!
• Nice article on Arch Linux
• Project Gutenberg founder passes away
• Beer: Karhu III from Finland

0:15:11 Releases and News

• ArchBang Linux 2011.09
• OpenIndiana oi_151a
• Scientific Linux 5.7
• KNOPPIX 6.7.1
• pfSense 2.0
• Trisquel GNU/Linux 5.0
• OpenSSH 5.9
• Apache 2.2.21
• PostgreSQL 9.1
• The Pirate Party scores 8.9% in Berlin and gets 15 seats in the local parliament
• Linux Foundation servers compromised
• Google+ gets an API and a new developers.google.com site
• Meanwhile, identi.ca has been down all weekend for an upgrade to StatusNet 1.0
• Monthly release proposed for Ubuntu
• Boeing to base Dreamliner entertainment system on Android
• Mozilla launches badges project?

1:01:06 Microwatch

• Windows 8: Microsoft basically contends that the desktop is dead
• Metro-style IE 10 won’t have plugins
• Microsoft is rapidly losing web server market share

1:13:26 Feedback

Supporters: Neal Quincey, David Hills, Jeff Gehlbach, Remy van Elst, Kai Siers and the awesome people who flattr’d us

• Tailzer wants us to promote Southend On Sea LUG
• We also mention netelug
• Whym comments on our discussion on Steve Jobs resigning and sents us lots of stuff on Apple history: Jef Raskin (Wikipedia), video of Steve Jobs unveiling the original Mac, Woz interview on Lifehacker, Tim Cook's letter to Apple staff, Jobs and Apple philantropy
• Anthony in Dublin sent a story link about the ongoing Google / Oracle patent war, he also mentioned the Raspberry Pi project
• Dan Goldstein sent us some info about his Open Source podcatcher Podax
• Remy tells us about the Inferno OS running on Android
• Alison Chaiken talks about SCALE 10x and the fact that she's driving a bus down there from the Bay Area, also: the call for papers for SCALE is now open

We had other emails this week from Dafydd, Kevin McDaniel, Peter King, Tom Link, Jake and Xavier Sythe.

• Dan will be at PyCon UK this weekend

Song: Sailor Ain't A Sailor by the Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends (all rights reserved, played by permission)

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