Linux Outlaws 249 - Inflatable Tanks
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:10:42 +0000

Released: February 2, 2012 Length: 1:42:24 Kimble and his inflatable tank, ACTA, a lot of security news, Ubuntu introduces The HUD, Google Sky Map now open source, Epiphany is being integrated into Gnome Shell and much more... 0:01:03 Introduction Happy birthday Aq! Fab is shutting down LXnews and the Sixgun Blog, but has started a new project called Dehype Oil Rush has been released Fab has been running CyanogenMod with Ice Cream Sandwich on his Xoom for a while now and gives a quick status update Video: Great talk from Linux.conf.au Our next live show will be on Friday, 10 February 0:14:26 Releases & News GhostBSD 2.5 KDE 4.8 Rust 0.1 ffmpeg 0.10 OwnCloud 3.0 Git 1.7.9 Xorg vulnerability allows anyone to unlock a computer Kernel root exploit Recent WPS vulnerability ACTA is being signed without any proper democratic review at all O2 privacy debacle EU wants a "right to be forgotten" on the Internet Kimble ordered an inflatable tank Inflatable Tanks Mandriva postpones decision about their financial future, and again Canonical retracts decision to disable java on Ubuntu systems Fedora Packages site launched Poettering explains the /usr merge Epiphany is being integrated into Gnome Shell Google Sky Map now open source Extremadura plans rollout of 40,000 Linux desktops Ubuntu announces "The HUD" 1:10:26 Microwatch Microsoft is hiring a Linux engineer 1:13:51 Feedback Supporters: Rubens Durans Kinjo, Kirk Richard Holz and Eric Geissinger We had voicemail from the Wing Commander Robin Catling of the Full Circle Podcast writes about extraditing UK citizens to the US Remy Van Elst wants to recommend a couple of good podcasts he’s heard: Sourcetrunk and GNU World Order Matthew Grecar sends us email on BrewDog's beers Ben says logstash has the best logo ever — and he is right! Kelly Hays tells us about Open Source Ecology (which we actually have talked about on the show before) James Lewis corrects us that Arista Transcoder uses Gstreamer and not FFMpeg in the backend Drasticheadcase writes to Dan about Ubuntu touchscreen keyboards JCCar tells us about their plight with Flattr and their bank We had other emails from Matt, Michael Spannbauer, Paul Williams, Gerard Braad, Jason Harrison, Rubens Durans Kinjo, Mark Sinclair, Robert Pfeiffer, Tom Bourque, Keith Z-G, John Hill and Matěj.   Libre Graphics Meeting 2012 (May 2-5 in Vienna, Austria): please donate to make it happen! The Ohio Linux Fest's call for talks is now open Song: Something by Airtone (licensed Creative Commons BY-NC) Copyright © 2012 Sixgun Productions — except where otherwise noted, this show and all its accompanying content is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.