Linux Outlaws 220 – You Better Not Give Him Real Scissors
July 30th, 2011
Humble Indie Bundle 3, LULZSec shuts down News Corp, Shuttleworth says contributors owe him their copyrights, Firebug dev gets hired by Google, Oracle buys Ksplice and we discuss Google+ and their real name policy
0:02:15 Introduction
- Errata: We had some issues in the feed for a short time with the last episode, sorry for that!
- There is a Bitcoin wallet for Android — thanks to JonTheNiceGuy for being a nice guy and pointing this out
- Coined Bits (physical Bitcoins)
- Phoronix article about redbrain’s project
- FlattIRL
- C418 has released his new album: 72 Minutes of Fame
- Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan are going to tour together
- Dan would like to thank Henry Standing for sending him an Iron Man 2 Blu-ray as a gift
- Beer of the Week: Fuller’s Honey Dew
0:18:02 Releases and News
- RHEL 5.7
- Linux 3.0
- VirtualBox 4.1
- Parrot 3.6.0 "Pájaros del Caribe"
- Humble Indie Bundle 3
- LULZSec comes out of retirement to shut down News Corp
- Gnome 3 people watch and learn: this is how you do a session menu
- Shuttleworth: Contributors owe us their copyrights
- Firefox loses Firebug developer to Chrome
- Mozilla takes on Chrome OS
- The controversial Microsoft/Novell agreement got renewed
- Oracle buys Ksplice
- Xamarin partners with Novell and takes over Mono support
0:57:27 Crapplewatch
1:01:30 Discussion
We discuss the fact that Google+ enforces real names for people signing up to the service.
1:18:01 Feedback
Supporters: Tristan Linnell, Patrick Craenen, Eric Geissinger and the flattr’ers
- Rory Holland tells us Richard Stallman is giving a talk titled "Free Software For Your Freedom" at the Nottingham Hackspace on Wednesday, August 24
- Michael Curtis sent a nice email saying he likes the show
- Paul in Hunter Valley, Australia says Telsta suck but Vodafone are even worse now
We had other emails this week from Roger Heathcote, Dave Morriss, Simon Haines and Eric Geissinger.
- Canonical is now sponsoring OggCamp
- Fab released new Bunch of Creepers episodes, and more are coming
- We are planning a new show, stay tuned
- Listen to Rathole Radio 57 with guest Alexei Sayle
Song: It’s Just a Game (But Damn, It’s War) by Eric Fullerton (the song is licensed all rights reserved Eric Fullerton) — check out Eric's work on iTunes and CD Baby
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