Linux Outlaws 297 – Megalomaniacs
February 5th, 2013
Sony fined for PSN breach, new GitHub search exposes dirty secrets, GEMA puts Germany on the map in a bad way, Fab is wrong, Alan Cox leaves Linux development, Ubuntu debating a rolling release model and Microsoft and HP say the City of Munich has miscalculated their own Linux migration
Uncut video version of this episode on YouTube
0:01:39 INTRODUCTION
- Fab is now on 500px
- Elder Scrolls Online beta
- THQ dissolved
- Valve releases betas of the original Half-Life and Counter-Strike for Linux
- Final call: get your tickets for LOL!
0:15:12 RELEASES & NEWS
- Mageia 3 Beta 2
- LibreOffice 4 RC2
- WordPress 3.5.1
- Hudson 3.0
- Oracle talking down Java security concerns
- VoltDB 3.0 — see also: FLOSS Weekly 149
Looks a bit like a wang… just saying…
- Sony fined £250,000 for PSN breach
- New GitHub search exposes all kinds of things
- Germany leads the world in blocking of YouTube videos — thanks GEMA, you fucking arseholes!
Fuck you, GEMA! Fuck you!
- Library of Congress ends mobile phone unlocking DMCA exemptions
- German court says internet is essential
- Kim Dotcom launches Mega; security analysis of the service
- Alan Cox steps down
- Cisco is selling Linksys
- Ubuntu developers debating switch to a rolling release model
- NaCl is coming to ARM
- VMware invests in Puppet Labs
- OpenSUSE Conference 2013 announced
1:13:03 CRAPPLE
1:15:00 MICROWATCH
1:31:27 FEEDBACK
Supporters: Thanks to Kerry O’Brien, Roger Hammer, Evgeny Kuznetsov and everyone who flattr’d us!
- Roger Hammer sent us a nice note with his donation
- Florian Ermisch sends us some comments on Aaron Swartz
- Kerry O’Brien also remarks on Aaron Swartz and the US legal system
- Alan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan gives us promotion tips
- Tom Greene and HighTeckRedNeck are excited that NHL hockey is back like Fab
- Remy van Elst has launched his own Piwik hosted service
- Dan Attwood is interested in Fab’s opinion on CAMOVER
Song: Baby Got Back by Jonathan Coulton (licensed Creative Commons BY-NC 3.0) — because of reasons
Fab!
The theme on the website is a bit hard to use on a touch screen. The mouseover thingie above for the shows fails on my android phones and tablets.
It is explicitly designed to adapt to mobile devices. Granted, the mouseover can be hard to hit. But you don’t need to use the mouseover at all, that’s why there are big images for the shows on the main page.
Holy crap, I totally missed those huge images! I feel like a user now… But thanks for pointing out the (very very) obvious
No worries. I thought they’d be immediately obvious as touch targets. Maybe I was wrong….
I love your podcast and in spite of your anti gun rants I will continue to listen. I’ll forgive you, because your cast is just too funny. Keep ranting. I’ll keep my AR.