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MultiSystem is a tool for creating bootable USB thumb drives that give you the option launching multiple ISO images and other built in diagnostic utilities. It can be an invaluable tool for system repair techs. Not to mention the many recovery and repair Live CDs that are available to fix Linux, most bootable Windows repair and anti-virus utilities run from a Linux based ISO. The tech can even create ISO images of Windows installation media and replace a stack of DVDs with one thumb drive. Besides the installable package, there is also a MultiSystem LiveCD http://sourceforge.net/projects/multisystem/ that, if I understand correctly, contains some recomended ISOs to install on your thumb drive. For complete episode show notes please see http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1290.html

Show Title - Short Xen Update From JWP In the Tilts 507 Rus came on as the Xen project manager. Had a lot to say about Xen but not about how xen is funded in the linux foundation by who. In the course of preparing for the podcast I learned that is not easy to see who gives money to the linux foundation. But Oracle is on the board directors along with all the major players in the IT space. I also learned weather it is type 1 or type 2 hypervisor it is not clear as it used to be. At work I do not get very many requests for anything but ESX, HyperV or KVM in that order. Once in a while a Xen or Oracle VM comes up. This might change with the open stack a bit but I am not sure. A good start to look at it is here: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-hypervisorcompare/ A better view of the real state of type 1 vs type 2 is here http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Hypervisors-Type-1-vs-Type-2445280.S.145843212 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1279 http://tlltsarchive.org/archives/tllts_507-05-29-13.opus

Slowly but surely over the almost 15 years of his stay in the Netherlands, Ken has been Dutchafied. He's got a bakfiets, he learned the language(ish), he has a pair of wooden shoes, he even eats mayonnaise with his fries. But one thing he has rebelled against is camping (ok also Steak Tartare aka 'American Fillet' aka raw cow). That most Dutch of traditions, where the family head off to some deserted field, be it by the sea, in a forest, or on the polder, one thing is sure, it will be damp, wet, mosquito ridden, dark too late and bright too early, and wet - optionally cold and hot. In short hell. Of course that's his personal opinion. Of course, Nido Media sees it as a relaxing vacation away from the hustle and bustle of a busy life, fortified with happy memories where he and his family enjoyed the long summers days when it never rained and they were allowed to stay up late. So how can these two dividing opinions be bridged ? In short: Fiber to the Tent. https://ohm2013.org/site/

A monthly look at what has been going on in the HPR community. This is on the Saturday before the first Monday of the month. New hosts Welcome to our new host: Alek Grigorian. id title host 1261 Community News for May 2013 HPR Admins 1262 LiTS 031: who Dann 1263 3G Tunnels (Sshuttle) NYbill 1264 Open Accessibility: Interview with Steve Lee Ken Fallon 1265 Mitigating SQL Injection And Other Message Protocol Attacks Through Compiler Signatures sigflup 1266 TGTM Newscast for 2013-06-06  by Dann Washko and DeepGeek Tgtm News Team 1267 LibreOffice 04 Writer Style Properties 1 Ahuka 1268 Whats in my bag David Whitman 1269 Frank Bell Achieves Enlightenment Adventures with E17 Pt Two Frank Bell 1270 Fathers Day Special: Jon Kulp interviews his Dad Jon Kulp 1271 Out of style or retro chique. Knightwise 1272 Open Badges? klaatu 1273 LiTS 032: cat Dann 1274 Nathan Dumont on Open Source Hardware Ken Fallon 1275 LibreOffice 05 Writer Style Properties 2 Ahuka 1276 Two Hacker Public Radio hosts meet face-to-face for the first time Jon Kulp 1277 Icecast 102 klaatu 1278 OggCamp11: Interview with Marie Assen from Flatter Ken Fallon 1279 Russ Pavlicek on Xen Project Alek Grigorian 1280 Homemade Antennas for OTA Hi-Def TV Jon Kulp 1281 Samsung Ativ Premiere Knightwise Website updates There have been many small changes to the back end to allow first in first out scheduling.

Having failed to make repeating reminders in his calendar for the HPR Community News shows on the Saturday before the first Monday of every month, Dave resorts to writing raw iCalendar rules. This also proves to be quite difficult and a Perl script is resorted to, also with mixed success. Detailed show notes are available http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1286/iCalendar_Hacking_shownotes.html. The Perl script for making events make_meeting can be viewed http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1286/make_meeting.html. The script may also be downloaded from Gitorious at https://gitorious.org/hprmisc/hprmisc/blobs/master/make_meeting.

Some useful sites http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications http://gofree.com/Tutorials/ http://en.libreofficeforum.org/ My web site is at hhttp://www.ahuka.com/. Remember to support free software!

A conversation with Jezra, sometime HPR host and the lead developer of the Blather speech recognition program for Linux. Links: Blather source code: http://gitorious.org/blather Jezra's site: http://www.jezra.net/ Sphinx page: http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/ Sphinx knowledge base tool: http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/tools/lmtool-new.html Video demo "Intro to Blather: Speech Recognition for Linux" http://youtu.be/gr1FZ2F7KYA My blog intro to Blather: http://jonathankulp.org/archives/698 snapshot of my blather commands file: http://paste.jonkulp.net/index.php/view/8296098 My blather startup script: http://paste.jonkulp.net/index.php/view/14335421

In today's show Ken finally gets around to releasing shows recorded at OggCamp11 OggCamp 11 was a two-day unconference where technology enthusiasts came together to exchange knowledge on a wide range of topics from Linux and open source software to building home automation systems. It was held August 13 and 14 at Farnham Maltings in Surrey in the UK. Ken gets to talk with Ambjorn about politics. Links Winning and Losing Freedoms through Real Politics: http://blip.tv/episode/5496173

The Green ♲ Machine In this episode I discuss my experience building a Recumbent Bicycle from donor bikes. A couple of things I forgot to mention while recording the podcast. First of all I had to use tandem bicycle cables for the brakes and the rear derailleur because they had to be very long. I also forgot to talk about the time when I was in a panic that the rear triangle was a bit out of alignment with the front, such that it would make the bike turn a little bit to the left by default. I called Andrew Carson and asked him if there was anything I could do to fix it and his solution was just awesome. What he told me to do was to put a spare hub in the rear triangle to keep the seat- and chain stays from collapsing together, lay the frame on the ground with the front end propped up on a step or something, and then just stand on it, jumping up and down slightly on it if necessary until I could feel it bend back a little bit. This actually worked! It straightened the frame right out. :) Finally, the total cost for this project was under $300. The most expensive single part of it by far was the powder coat, which cost $120. Here are links to resources mentioned in the podcast or simply of general interest. Andrew Carson's Recycled Recumbents: https://sites.google.com/site/recycledrecumbents/home Pretty nice video animation of Recycled Recumbent Mach 2 design and some photos of someone else's frame http://youtu.be/YjouiKLz8dA My Project Blog http://jonsrecumbant.blogspot.com/ My Project Gallery: http://pics.jonkulp.net/index.php?/category/2 Video testing pedals and frame fit: http://youtu.be/fXnuWIclvIs Video of my First Ride! http://youtu.be/SDF-y6bd11U Custom die-cut vinyl decals: http://www.bikenames.com/ Wikipedia article on Recumbent Bikes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle

Knightwise reports in after attending Samsungs 2013 premiere event in Kings Court london last thursday, where the company presented its upcoming line of smartphone camera and computer products. He takes a look on what was new and noticable and how the Hulk is probably doing most of Samsungs innovations these days. http://www.knightwise.com

In this episode I discuss my experience building and using antennas for over-the-air hi-def TV. One of many places showing how to make a bowtie style antenna: http://uhfhdtvantenna.blogspot.com/ Information about the Gray-Hovermann Antenna: http://www.digitalhome.ca/ota/superantenna/. Information about the transmitters in your region at http://tvfool.com. The HDHomeRun network tuner I use: http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/atsc/ UHF/VHF matching transformer, or "balun" Here are pictures of my two main antennas: Bow-Tie style Gray-Hovermann style

This show was recorded on June 1st at Texas Linux fest I was lucky enough to hear Russ Pavlicek talk about his Xen project and open source. http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org http://wwww.xenproject.org

In today's show Ken finally gets around to releasing shows recorded at OggCamp11 OggCamp 11 was a two-day unconference where technology enthusiasts came together to exchange knowledge on a wide range of topics from Linux and open source software to building home automation systems. It was held August 13 and 14 at Farnham Maltings in Surrey in the UK. Flattr: The social way to get paid In today's show Ken chats with Marie and stories are told of life and trust. http://blip.tv/episode/5487951 http://lanyrd.com/profile/kinkymal/ https://twitter.com/kinkymal http://maloki.se/ http://flattr.com

Klaatu talks about how to feed Icecast with different sources like MPD and BUTT, and how to use the front-ends ncmpcpp and gmpc. Here are the simple and ugly shell scripts that Klaatu uses to manage his Icecast streaming station. They aren't quite finished products yet but they'll give you an idea of how one might realistically manage an internet radio station from the shell: http://slackermedia.info/radio Klaatu is indebted to Delwin, The Last Known God, and Ruji for their help on this episode.

I have known windigo for more than 4 years as a virtual acquaintance, first on the Linux Outlaws forums, then on identica, and finally on the Federated Statusnet network. It was awesome when he and his girlfriend stopped by my house today to visit while on a massive road trip around the United States. We took advantage of the opportunity to record a brief conversation for Hacker Public Radio. Here's a photo of windigo, me, and Dingle the cat between us. Links http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=215 http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws http://sn.jonkulp.net/dingle