Linux Outlaws 187 - Let Me URL-Shorten That for You Jan. 23, 2011

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MP3 - 1 hour 37 minutes 25 seconds, 44.6 MB, Ogg Vorbis version here.

On this episode: L33tm33t at FOSDEM, Pirate Party member becomes Tunisian government minister, the FSF joins Google in fight for open video on the web, Sony tries to sue PS3 hacker Geohot, Ballmer fires another top Microsoft executive, Jobs on another medical leave and Arnie says bullshit!

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MP3 - 1 hour 37 minutes 25 seconds, 44.6 MB, Ogg Vorbis version here.

On this episode: L33tm33t at FOSDEM, Pirate Party member becomes Tunisian government minister, the FSF joins Google in fight for open video on the web, Sony tries to sue PS3 hacker Geohot, Ballmer fires another top Microsoft executive, Jobs on another medical leave and Arnie says bullshit!

If you have any feedback on the show, please leave it in the forums — preferably in the thread for this episode.

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0:02:58 Introduction

0:18:00 Releases, Security & News

0:59:25 Microwatch

1:04:13 Crapplewatch

1:10:05 Feedback

  • This is the Red Dead Redemption scene Fab mentioned
  • Donations: Thanks to Kenneth Evoy, Stanley Kostecki, Sijmen Cozijnsen, Matthew Jelliman, Wilmer Stanley, Alistair McKinlay , Scott Fishman, Joseph Lantz and Carmine Luciano Pizza!

  • Martin Topping sent a funny email begging for one of the MeeGo netbooks
  • Keith Z-G tells us why Microsoft is behind H.264
  • Ken Fallon asks us if we can remind people that Hacker Public Radio still needs 243 hosts to fill the remaining slots this year
  • Mike C. sent a long email on many topics, including the Indamixx 2 and his job in supporting computer-based audio production systems as well as the MS Firefox plugin
  • Joona Lehtomäki sent us a link to a new 2D version of Unity
  • Matt Grecar emailed us a video by a band called Austrian Death Machine who apparently specialise in metal songs about Schwarzenegger
  • Travelinrob sends us feedback on multiple desktops on Windows and also a program called MultiSystem for making USB boot media with multiple distributions
  • Remy Van Elst has an iPod Nano 5G and an HTC Wildfire to donate to an open source project — Fab mentions Replicant
  • Alistair “B1ackCr0w” Munro is trying to come up with ideas for a Linux recruitment company who understand the open source ethos
  • We had other emails from Robin Catling, aethelberga, Manu, Phil Zeo, Stephen Parsons, Ricardo Lameiro, Tarnus, Kevin Smith (not that one), Daniel and Whym

Song: We All Fall Down by Lorenzo’s Music from their upcoming EP Just Had To Let You Know

The theme music for this podcast is a song called “Sudo Modprobe”, it was written by Fab and produced and performed by Dan and Fab. The artwork for the album cover and the site including the Outlaw Tux was created by Fab. All material in this podcast is released under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license, except the music at the end of the show which is always licensed under the Creative Commons license specified by the artist under the provided link.