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| Episode: 173 Date: 01-03-07 Format: chatlog |
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#173 - 01/03/2007 - total running time 120:30
1:14 - intro (Dan's fired everyone)
1:54 - Quinn Storm from the Beryl Project is our guest tonight, 0.1.4 was just released, overview of Beryl
3:37 - why fork Compiz? Beryl is more experimental in nature than Compiz
7:07 - Beryl is released under the GPL, collaborating with the Looking Glass Project
13:02 - running Beryl by itself or with XGL or AIGLX, closed vs open drivers, debugging closed driver bugs
18:57 - the future of the Linux desktop, Linux as the desktop leader
25:10 - Will 2007 be the year of the Linux desktop?, new features in Beryl (Fluxbox tab previews)
27:30 - Gnome has the lead with Compiz & Beryl integration, KDE is catching up in this regard, Kwin
31:40 - how many developers work on Beryl?, Quinn looking for a job, opportunities at Canonical
36:20 - Quinn is a self taught programmer, other contributions to Open Source projects
39:40 - Quinn's future plans for school, programming languages, Quinn's favorite distros
45:45 - where do you want to see Beryl going in the next year?, configuration tool rewrite in python, do you use an IDE?
50:15 - the Beryl website was recently attacked, hardware issues last month, vendor support?
54:30 - System76 is a big supporter, do your friends and family use Linux?, developer conferences
58:30 - Quinn suffers from Asperger syndrome and is transgender, Quinn had a hard time growing up
63:50 - Quinn doesn't drive and wants to move to California
66:00 - do you like the inside or outside of the cube?
68:00 - Pat talks about buying a scanner and using Kooka and X-Sane in Linux
73:20 - a limited number of supported scanner, take the time to research future hardware purchases
75:50 - getting those extra buttons to work on scanners, scanning negatives
80:50 - when was the last time you compiled a kernel?, Linux New Year resolutions, Mr.House home automation
84:30 - distributed hi-def MythTV system, broadcast flag legislation coming back?
89:00 - Venture Brothers is a very funny show
94:05 - Amazon offering DRM music soon?, Dan loves hi Wii, flying Wii controllers
96:20 - more of Dan's adventures with Gnome, what documentation?
109:22 - wrapup (techwizard is alive!, listener Survey, frappr shoutouts, next week's guest, Sean Parsons?)
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