Linux Outlaws 245 - Dirty I/O

Podcast Episode Summary

Released: January 14, 2012
Length: 1:24:45

Ubuntu TV announced, MPL 2.0 released, LiMux reports success, CouchDB gets forked, Mandriva seems to be really dying and much more including a lot of soundboard fun.

0:01:20 Introduction

• Soundboards!
• We would really appreciate access to Hangouts On Air
• Browser market share: Chrome is catching up to Firefiox fast
• Watch Shipwrecked from the Shaft guys, it’s great!
• We can now hide things from time? — what is this I don’t even...

0:10:41 Releases & News

• FreeNAS 8.0.3
• The 3.2 kernel
• Scribus 1.4
• Hadoop 1.0
• Clementine 1.0
• Many HP printers (and possibly other makes) vulnerable to attack
• New slow-motion DDoS attack that is hard to detect
• SOPA basically pushed through in Spain
• Asus will unlock Transformer Prime bootloader
• Ubuntu TV announced
• MPL 2.0 released — Simon Phipps seems bullish on it
• Munich Linux migration project LiMux reports success
• Android set to return to the Linux mainline
• Looks like Mandriva is really dead this time
• CouchDB founder forks the project to Couchbase
• NASA launches new open source site

0:58:16 Microwatch

• Remember how the Android update experience is so horrible and Windows Phone was supposed to be better? Yeah...

1:01:00 Feedback

Supporters: James Daws — from Flattr: chalkahlom, cyberkiller an Tony Jones

• djhyland liked our music pick for Episode 242
• Remy Van Elst sent us a story from OSNews about Software Freedom and the predictions RMS made 30 years ago
• Svend White sent us a page about Pogonology which apparently is the study of beards

Friedrich Engels and his awesome beard

Johann Strauss II, who is really Jezra from the past

• Kevan V. tells us about Microsoft's new mobile strategy
• James Cornwall explains to us why KDE4 is great for chemists and tells us how he converted a friend from Windows 7 to Mint 
• Paul Williams sent us a story about UK retailer Comet being sued by Microsoft
• Simon writes regarding the GoDaddy and mentions gandi.net

We had other emails this week from Ben, Alistair Munro, Chris Collinson, David Lutton, Martyn Lewis and Paul W. B.

Song: Like The Blues Man Do by the Monkey Gland Blues Band (all rights reserved, played by permission)

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