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 S06E04 – Some Like It Ubuntu | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:35:50

We’re here with cake and an interview. We’re Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and The Podcats. We’re here in Studio A for the fourth episode of Season (Series) Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We interview Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, about recent community controversies. If you managed to miss the hullabaloo, (lucky you!) you can find out more about in our last episode. We share some GUI Luv: x-tile We chat about switching to Mutt and about blogging and tweeting for the Sam Shaw Appeal, which is raising £250,000 to send Laura’s friend’s 4-yr-old son to the US for cancer treatment. And, of course, we go over your marvellous feedback. Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S06E03 – The Pope Must Ubuntu | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:35:44

We’re back! More cake. More chat. We’re Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and The Podcats. We’re here in Studio A for the third episode of Season (Series) Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We take a look at what’s been happening in the News: Microsoft have been fined again – for removing the Browser Choice screen in Windows 7… EU blocked citizens’ emails as spam… Steam for Linux adoption reaches 2% already… Google and MPEG-LA agree on VP8/WebM license… We catch up with what’s happening in the Community: Bootable Ubuntu on USB bracelet has met its Kickstarter goal… HP have launched an all-in-one PC running Ubuntu… Community chaos kicked off… First there was a suggestion for Rolling Releases, then there was an announcement about Mir graphics server. Some people got annoyed: here, here, here, and here. Some people were less annoyed: here, here, here, and here. Really, we could’ve done a whole show on this… see here, and here, and here. Go Google if you want anything else. We’ll be interviewing Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, about it in next week’s episode. Virtual UDS has happened… Ubuntu GNOME Remix is now Recognised Flavour Ubuntu GNOME… And we mention some events: Open Source Junction – Open Source Hardware meets Open Source Software – Trinity College, Oxford, UK – 14th-15th March Making use of OpenStreetMap data (BCS talk by Nick Whitelegg) – Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK – 18th March Egham Raspberry Pi Jam – Egham, UK – 14th April Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S06E02 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Ubuntu | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:29:38

We’re here again! Eating cake and discussing stuff. We’re Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and The Podcats. We’re here in Studio A for the second episode of Season (Series) Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We interview Elizabeth Krumbach about Xubuntu. We share some GUI Luv: NetFlix Desktop We chat about moving house, obtaining a nexus of Nexus, and tidying an office (it’s all happening here, folks!). And, of course, we go over your feedback. For those of you missing Tomorrow’s Technology Today, the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive is now up and running! It contains all the surviving episodes of Tomorrow’s Technology Today, the documentary, and the mysterious transmission from space that was Yesterday’s Technology Today. Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S06E01 – We Need to Talk About Ubuntu | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:31:38

We’re back! That’s us: Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and (not forgetting) The Podcats. We’re here in Studio A for the first episode of Season (Series) Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We take a look at what’s been happening in the News: Why we should stop using open source licences… Ubuntu: Now on phones and tablets… Challenge to Python trademark application… Opera browser switches to WebKit… We catch up with what’s happening in the Community: A new Totem (Movie Player) UI was proposed but has since disappeared from the Web… Ubuntu Developer Summits will now be every 3 months and virtual… Daily builds and updates to phablet-tools… And we mention some events: Hack ‘n’ talk – Google Campus, London, UK – 9th March Open Source Junction – Open Source Hardware meets Open Source Software – Trinity College, Oxford, UK – 14th-15th March North East Linux Fest – Harvard University, US – 16th-17th March Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S06E00 – Season 6 is coming! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:01:43

Just a quick note to say we’re coming back with a brand new season of the Ubuntu UK Podcast Live on Wednesday 27th February 2013. Listen to this episode to hear the other exciting news about season 6! Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S05E22 – A Final Reckoning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:01:30

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and podcats are drinking mulled wine and eating mince pies with homemade brandy butter in Studio A for the twenty-second and final episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We recall our predictions for 2012 and decide whether we were right or wrong. We foolishly then decide to make some predictions for 2013. And we perform the Annual UUPC Christmas Play! We also chat about reading a book, getting a new laptop that hasn’t yet been installed with Ubuntu (but will be), waiting for a Nexus 4, and switching off adblock. In the news this week:- Version 1.0 of open source file-sharing Sparkleshare released… Crowd-sourced project to make an indie film about the rise of FOSS… Open laptop project… The Pi Store is launched… Vulnerability in some Samsung devices running Android… We play a preview of a forthcoming documentary about Tomorrow’s Technology Today. Thanks to Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling – and, of course, the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We chat about some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Launchpad users can now request ARM builds of their software… Online galleries available for Ubuntu One users… Ubuntu Advocacy Developer Kit available from a PPA… Restarting the Ubuntu Learning Project… Arguments over the Amazon shopping search in Ubuntu… And in Not-about-Ubuntu: Future versions of Linux will no longer support i386… And we have your feedback (including, finally, two – yes two! – voicemails from listeners). The following sound effects used in this year’s Christmas play are licensed under Creative Commons: silde-up glissando crescendo bang.wav by Timbre babycrying.mp3 by morgantj rbh Applause 01 big.WAV by RHumphries 20061111Bucket1-FX2.wav by daveincamas Scuba 1.mp3 by digifishmusic Dialup.mp3 by Jlew pwm5.wav by rossb Rhino-04.wav by patchen pop.aif by eklee French Champagne.wav by Puniho wind.wav by ERH BreathOfDeath.aif by gabemiller74 3D Magic Wand tinkle_16bit.wav by Timbre preparing_salad_in_kitchen.mp3 by reinsamba Paper.wav by stijn doorbell2.wav by guitarguy1985 knocks on wood door.aiff by mwmarsh Typing2.MP3 by tobi123 dorm door opening.wav by pagancow walkinginsnow.aif by Spandau Footsteps on Tiles.wav by RutgerMuller door slam.wav by ttiimm54 And that’s it for the year. It’s time for a break. We’ll let you know if and when we’ll be back when we’ve been for our annual pre-season curry. Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S05E21 – The Behaviour of Crowds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:44

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and podcats are back in Studio A for the twenty-first episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We discuss crowdsourcing funding for projects (take a look at Unbound for book-writing projects, PledgeMusic, and Kickstarter) and why on earth we dedicate so much time to Ubuntu. We also talk about Minecraft and donating to Wikipedia, posting a parcel, going to a bike maintenance workshop, moonlighting on the Doctor Who Podcast and buying a Nexus 4. In the news this week:- No more 64-bit Firefox on Windows… GStreamer SDK released supporting Android… Firefox for Android supporting h.264 video streaming… IndieCity releasing for Linux… And we have an event: From 12.00 UTC (midday) on 31st December 2012 to 12.00 UTC on 1st January 2013 Hacker Public Radio are doing a live show. Join the live session in the HPR room on mumble.openspeak.cc port: 64747 or listen along to the live stream. Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We chat about some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Unity team working to improve full-screen support for gaming… Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition released… Metacity goes bye bye… An error-tolerant search in Unity… Stats show rise in popularity for Unity3D games… And in Not-about-Ubuntu: Matthew Garrett releases bootloader to enable Linux on Windows 8 machines… And we have your feedback. Join us on Tuesday 18th December 2012 for our next live episode, the last of the season. Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S05E20 – The Cult of Incompetence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:08

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and podcats are back in Studio A for the twentieth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We interview Kevin Safford about his plans to use Linux to support Alzheimer’s sufferers. We discuss the cult of personality in open source. We also talk about Star Wars: Dark Forces on Linux, buying a game on Steam on Linux, upgrading laptop to 12.10, and using Darktable. In the news this week:- Oracle release public git repository RedPatch… IndieGoGo crowdfund campaign for the PengPod… GNOME 3.8 drop the GNOME 2-like fallback option… VLC relicensed under LGPL… Google launch a game in the real world… Google try to prevent Android fragmentation… Android SDK licence limits forking… And we forgot to mention: Random Hacks of Kindness in Southampton, Oxford, and Exeter – 1st-2nd December (see our interview in the last show) Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We chat about some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Work in progress to enabled 12.10 to run on Windows 8 hardware… The road to the 14.04 release… New version of the Code of Conduct released… It’s Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day! And in Not-about-Ubuntu: GNOME community seek a new community manager… And we have your feedback. Join us on Tuesday 4th December 2012 for our next live episode. Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S05E19 – Random Rhymes and Rambles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:46

Alan ‘popey’ Pope is back in Studio A with Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and podcats for the nineteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We interview Dirk Gorissen about Random Hacks of Kindness. We discuss the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit. We also talk about getting a new laptop, fixing stuff with Sugru, and going to Monkeyworld in Dorset. In the news this week:- Microsoft launches Windows 8… There’s a new file sharing site… AMD will sell 64-bit ARM… Wayland V1.0 released… Windows Live Messenger to be replaced by Skype… Closed Steam for Linux beta available… And we have no events to tell you about this time! Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Ubuntu on Nexus 7… Browser performance stats of Ubuntu on Nexus 7… EFF criticises the shopping lens… New design blog design for the design team… And in Not-about-Ubuntu: Linus reviews KDE… And we have your feedback, including this from Stuart Ward: ~$ date | qrencode -o - | xloadimage -delay 1 stdin Join us on Tuesday 20th November 2012 for our next live episode. Please send your comments and suggestions to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad                           

 S05E18 – Secret Societies and Subversive Movements | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:04:39

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are Pope-less but, nevertheless, are back in Studio A for the eighteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We interview Wolfram Sang about Linux kernel development. We discuss the new ‘skunkworks’ projects that Mark Shuttleworth blogged about and lots of people commented on. We also talk about the history of the lie-detector, writing a zero-player game in JavaScript (really), and watching Prof. Alice Roberts from Time Team give a talk on megafauna. In the news this week:- Secure Boot saga continues… Dur na na duh, de duh, de duh, boottime! Firefox will block dodgy plugins that need updating… Mono 3.0 released… CEEFAX switched off after 38 years… And events-wise we have… FLOSSIE training day for women – 29th-31st October – Bletchley Park RedHat Developer Day – 1st November – London – listen to the show for a discount code. Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Quantal Quetzal (12.10) released… Pretty web interface for Juju… Ubuntu 13.04 will be called Raring Ringtail… Ubuntu TV team needs you… Get Ubuntu instead of Windows 8… Ubuntu Tweak lives… Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 released… And in Not-about-Ubuntu: Fedora retires Smolt… Fedora 18 not released yet… And we have your feedback. Comments and suggestions are welcomed to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus                           

 S05E17 – Mr. Spaceship | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:03:10

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are back in Studio A for the seventeenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We interview Mark Shuttleworth about the future of Unity, what Ubuntu has achieved so far, and what he thinks of people who complain about it. We interview the developers of Nikki and the Robots, the addictive open source game written in Haskell. We also talk about giving a talk on podcasting at Skycon, reviving Current Cost electricity monitoring graphs, and going on holiday. In the news this week:- Samsung have released a new filesystem… Open WebOS V1.0 has been released… Microsoft want your 45s… Missing children charities on 404 pages… New smartphone running MeeGo… First humble ebook bundle available… And events-wise we have… SoutHACKton hack day – 14th October – Southampton, UK Hack ‘n’ Talk back to basics one-day barcamp – looking for a venue and sponsorship – see @hackntalk on Twitter or #hackntalk on the IRC Freenode network Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Canonical makes it easier for people to donate to Ubuntu… And in Not-about-Ubuntu: Interactive OggCamp documentary… And we have your feedback. Comments and suggestions are welcomed to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus                           

 S05E16 – In The Amazon Jungle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:58:52

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are back in Studio A for the sixteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We talk about fixing the website countdown to our live shows so that it’s easier to read, playing with Sugru and Nikki and the Robots, working on a talk for Skycon, and going to the circus! We also reveal the winner of our competition and discuss the suggestions we received on how to make Ubuntu better, and we discuss the shopping lens bru-ha-ha. And a special mention for Albert Islava who sent us a mockup of his suggestion. In the news this week:- Github went down but it’s back up again… Google might be evil… Rackspace are sued for patent infringement… Wikipedia contributors breach the code of conduct… New pay-what-you-want games: Humble Bundle and Nikki and the Robots… Vivaldi tablet manufacturers seeking new hardware… And events-wise we have… Skycon – 6th-7th October – University of Limerick HackManchester – 27th-28th October – Museum of Science and Industry as part of the Manchester Science Festival Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Community winners of the Ubuntu App Showdown are announced… Quantal Quetzal Beta 2 lands soon… Canonical is a Platinum member of the OpenStack foundation… Help wanted to build documentation portal for Ubuntu… Ubuntu’s secure boot will use Grub2… And nothing happened in the world that’s Not-about-Ubuntu (apparently). And we have your feedback. Comments and suggestions are welcomed to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus                           

 S05E15 – The Man From the Clouds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:08:31

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are back in Studio A for the fifteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We remind you about the closing date (24th September 2012) of our latest competition and how to enter (email competition@ubuntu-uk.org). We talk about Mark’s new job, flashing a Joggler, taking a sheep to a Dalek convention, and buying some new socks. We discuss whether the desktop is dead and we interview Simon Tennant about buddycloud. In the news this week:- Flattering Broadcom with interest in their Pi chip… Phishing vulnerability in Firefox and Opera browsers… Nvidia proof-of-concept work on Linux… Valve wants to push hardware innovation… We make the graphics; you make the game… Funding call for Ubuntu for Android hardware… And events-wise we have… Skycon – 6th-7th October – University of Limerick HackManchester – 27th-28th October – Museum of Science and Industry as part of the Manchester Science Festival Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- New Application Review process for Ubuntu… Plus-sized installer images for Queztal Beta 1… Ubuntu Christian Edition 12.04 released… Throw-away desktop sessions in the cloud… And in the Not-about-Ubuntu we cover Linux Mint not impressed with new Nautilus… And we have your feedback. Comments and suggestions are welcomed to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus                           

 S05E14 – Chums of the Camp Fire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:05:00

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are back in Studio A for the fourteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show:- We talk about Wubi, donating to ACF, and…going to OggCamp, of course! And all the lovely feedback left by the attendees. All the videos are gradually going online, including the OggCamp Quiz, and the video that Stephen Fry (yes, that one) made especially for OggCamp12. We also all get stuck into the geeky stickers that @hifromkatie made for us on her vinyl printer: We review the Ubuntu Made Easy book, and launch a new competition to give away our copy. You have to listen to the show to find out the question, but the closing date is 24th September 2012 and the email address to send your entry to is competition@ubuntu-uk.org (don’t send it to our usual address or you definitely won’t win). The winner will be the person who sends the most interesting answer to the question we set. In the news this week:- Samsung lost a patent case… Sadly, Neil Armstrong has died… Twitter are a Silver sponsor of the Linux Foundation… VMware, Intel, and NEC may or may not have joined the OpenStack foundation… Raspberry Pi add paid-for codecs… And events-wise we have… Skycon – 6th-7th October – University of Limerick HackManchester – 27th-28th October – Museum of Science and Industry as part of the Manchester Science Festival Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- New photo lens (not that sort) for 12.10… Previews in Unity… Ubuntu 12.04.01 is out… Unity 2d has gone… Ubuntu on a computer-in-a-keyboard… UDS is going to Copenhagen… Project Sputnik goes beta… And in the Not-about-Ubuntu we cover Diaspora becomes a community project… And we have your feedback. Comments and suggestions are welcomed to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus                           

 S05E13 – A Rose of a Hundred Leaves | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:08:40

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are back in Studio A for the thirteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! It’s our 100th episode!!! In this week’s show:- We talk about going to the beach, making screencasts with Kazam, and Tony’s photography project at OggCamp this weekend. We interview Edvin Linge of the CorsixTH project which is re-writing the games engine of ace 1997 game Theme Hospital. As it’s our 100th episode, we thought we’d indulge our nostalgia and run through what we’ve talked about over the past 100 episodes. What were your favourite moments? In the news this week:- Netflix have open-sourced “Chaos Monkey”… US start to tackle patent trolls… Digia have acquired Qt from Nokia… Text of all current German legislation has been published on Github… App.net, a new paid-for Twitter-like service… A Humble Bundle of ebooks… And events-wise we have… OggCamp- 18th-19th August – Liverpool, thanks to our lovely sponsors: Open Labs/Liverpool John Moores University (the venue)/European Regional Development Fund Bytemark O’Reilly Transitiv Technologies Canonical ScraperWiki Skycon – 6th-7th October – University of Limerick HackManchester – 27th-28th October – Museum of Science and Industry as part of the Manchester Science Festival Victoria Pritchard and Robin Catling dust off another audio recording of an episode of ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ from the Herbert Maxwell Fosdyke Curmudgeon Memorial Sound Archive. And we name the competition winner for the EcoPC. We mention some Ubuntu related news in the bit-about-Ubuntu:- Game port runs faster on Linux than original on Windows… Car drives itself running Ubuntu… Winners of the Ubuntu App Showdown are announced… Will they, won’t they keep old Nautilus in 12.10? Whoopsie might be switched off in 12.10… And in the Not-about-Ubuntu we cover Chris Gutteridge blogs about the responses to his requests for data… Debian’s standard desktop to be XFCE… And we have your feedback. Comments and suggestions are welcomed to: podcast@ubuntu-uk.org Leave us some segment ideas on the Etherpad Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-uk-podcast on Freenode Leave a voicemail via phone: +44 (0) 203 298 1600, sip: podcast@sip.ubuntu-uk.org and skype: ubuntuukpodcast Follow our twitter feed http://twitter.com/uupc Find our Facebook Fan Page Follow us on Google Plus                           

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