Linux Outlaws 263 – Protest Distros
April 29th, 2012
Google drops Linux support for Picasa, Raspberry Pi deliveries begin, Twitter sponsors the Apache Foundation, Oracle vs. Google update, Mint, Fedora and Ubuntu release names, an update on systemd development and more
0:01:01 Introduction
0:05:10 Releases & News
- Chakra Linux 2012.04
- FreeBSD 8.3
- Snowlinux 2
- PartedMagic 2012_04_21
- WordPress 3.3.2
- Ruby 1.9.3
- GNOME 3.4.1
- OpenSSL updates
- F/OSS adoption in the French government is increasing
- Google drops Linux support for Picasa
- Raspberry Pi delivery begins
- Linus Torvalds now a Millenium Technology Prize laureate
- Twitter sponsors Apache Foundation
- Oracle vs. Google update: Day 3, Day 4, Third patent back in the lawsuit
- Mint 13 and Fedora 18 code names

Die Biene Maja
0:54:50 Feedback
Supporters: Kirk Richard Holz — from Flattr: Mattias Ohlsson, Dave Lee, johanv and corenominal
- Remy Van Elst writes us about a Debian respin called Terrible Linux, which he created and would like some feedback on
- Tom Greene sent us a picture of himself in front of Consol Energy Center and made Fab very jealous
- Whym tells us about the Beard and Moustache Championships and the show Whisker Wars which is about the event
- Jack Hill liked our mention of Lua and sent some information about running Android apps on Sabayon
- Symbola thanked Fab for reading out the message to his colleagues last time
- Jake Roberts sends us a link to a very special USB stick — there’s also the tampon USB stick
- JLarky sent us a load of information about Go and feels we should be more excited about it — video of Rob Pike introducing Go; more Go talks
- We mention the Hull LUG meeting on 1 May at The Mustard Cafe in Hull at 8 pm
Song: Don’t Worry by The Corinthians (all rights reserved)
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