Home
About
Community
Past Guests
Sponsors
Help out others by donating your old computer equipment.
Official TLLTS T-shirts!
Creative Commons Licensing
|
| Episode: 253 Date: 07-09-08 Format: chatlog |
| Episode: 253 Date: 07-09-08 Format: mp3 |
| Episode: 253 Date: 07-09-08 Format: ogg |
Or try one of these Great mirror sites:
Gomer_X's mirror - Partial Mirror
magnumip.org - Recent Episodes Mirror
#253 - 07/09/2008 - total running time 110:29
1:56 - we started late today, Linux bashing from the mainstream media and in particular on the TWIT podcasts
6:00 - Andy Ihnatko and Paul Thurrott are the biggest Linux bashers on TWIT
13:00 - Andy has problems with Drupal and OO, wireless setup is still in an issue with certain wireless cards
17:30 - "Linux isn't for normal people", learning new things is hard for a lot of people
26:00 - nobody to help Linux noobies?, providing support and dealing with poor tech support
37:00 - pay people what they're really worth, outsourcing overseas is not the way to go
39:50 - Apple has gotten the suport model right, pre-installed Linux with some support is the way to go
42:30 - BestBuy has started selling box sets of Ubuntu for $20, you get 60 days of support
46:10 - buying Red Hat box sets in the dialup days, Linux podcasts come and go, Jon Watson and Kelly opened a bed and breakfast in Nova Scotia
53:06 - Leon from Belgium calls in to discuss taking Linux to the mainstream media, Linux IS a good choice for new users
57:50 - video editing really needs full time developers working on it, Klaatu uses Linux on his Macs
60:00 - N800 vs iPod Touch, Pat got his used N800 last Thursday, spent the entire weekend playing with it
65:00 - N800 has a better display than the iPod, GPS on the N810, Leon Ubuntu system hard disk was full and he got no message
60:30 - the Nokia devices support flash unlike the iPhone, Pat loves the N800, Maemo Diablo repos not complete yet
78:00 - the Myth box is automatically recognized on the N800 through the file browser, tablet-encode script
87:00 - all sorts of cool apps for the Nokia on Maemo.org, Pat connects to Asterisk box through the N800, Dann has more hardware issues
92:00 - wrapup (Fiddler on the Roof, Beastmaster the Musical, Maniadrive racing game, girls vs boys, Stickam fun, OLF)
|
|
