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This will reveal all that is going on with the podcast:)

Episode 77 Ogg File

So, this is the second to the last episode before the big hiatus and we were feeling it as you might have been able to tell.  Talking before the podcast we both agreed that we were getting a bit lazy!  so I will try to keep this short staying tru to the motif of the podcast.  Oh, BTW, I have recently read an article about links in seperate windows and it is considered bad form to turn this feature on and the decision to open an article, whether in the same window or in a seperate one, should be made by the viewer.  To open an article in a seperate window just right click the link and in the menu choose open link in a new window or in a new tab.  Here are the links below:

Sales Guy Vs. Web dude

Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS (Hardy Heron) Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1 LTS released

Best Buy, Amazon selling Ubuntu for $20

Canonical and Valusoft bring Ubuntu plus support to Best Buy

Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1 Screenshot Tour

The Man Behind Ubuntu: Talking with Mark Shuttleworth

Introducing the Linux user interface

Mycroft Project: Search Engine Plugins - Firefox & IE7

The TWiT Netcast with Leo Laporte

Windows Weekly Netcast

Security Now Netcast Network

Episode 76 Ogg Vorbis File

Hey gang, Peter and i would like to wish you all a safe and happy 4th of July!  This weeks episode is filled with lots of news, commentary and user feed back!  Yay!  so we just didn’t book anb interview this week and just decided to keep it simple:)  I haven’t got much to say about the podcast other than “we have a few more to go until our hiatus” so, enjoy it as much as we enjoy making them:)

Links

Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox

Which Linux Distributions Are Dying?

Windows XP’s last hurrah

Military-grade USB key supports Linux desktops

“Intrepid Ibex” plucks up courage for alpha release

Xandros quietly acquires Linspire

Celebrate Bill Gates Day with us here at Engadget

Nvidia says no to free drivers, I say no to Nvidia

The Bash Script To Configure The Firewall Using IPTABLES

Gimp Galaxy

Music

Ninja Academy
“Your Kung Fu Sucks” (mp3)
from “LIVE [at the Echo - January 19th, 2007]”
(Spaceland Recordings)

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The Saturday Knights
“Dog Park” (mp3)
from “Mingle”
(Light In The Attic)

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Episode 75 Ogg Vorbis File

Hey, another great episode is out and ready for consumption.  First of all, I want to say thank you to Scott Ritchie who blessed us with his presence on thursday for a rockin interview with the WINE package maintainer for Ubuntu.  And, just like Peter said, he answered questions even before we asked them so Scott made things easy for us.  But, on an even better note, we now know the major advantage over a 1.0 stable release wersus the regular run of the mill point releases:)  Have a good time with this episode and leave a comment for either me, Peter or Scott, see ya!

Links

Ubuntu “MID Edition” ships

Gutsy Geeks take Linux to the airwaves

Sample chapter available for revised Ubuntu book

KDE 4.1 Beta 2 Released!

GetDeb source code to be released under GPL

Software Categories Kernel Developers Take a Stand for Open Source Drivers

KDE 4.1 Beta 2 Release Announcement

How To Make A Fully Customized KDE Live CD/DVD Using Kubuntu

Music

Studio Apartment, Ron Carroll
“I’m In Love” (mp3)
from “The Rising Sun”
(King Street Sounds)

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Episode 74 Ogg Vorbis File

Well it is shaping up to be a fine summer since I haven’t seen a mid 50’s day for a week now.  And, in Oregon that means summer is finally here.  There really hasn’t been much going on with both Peter or myself.  Peter has been on a media fast and I have been busy adjusting to my kids’ summer schedule so there isn’t a lot of news but we sure made up for it in banter and small talk.  We did happen to catch up with Christer Edwards who talked with us about LoCo teams and their significance to the world of Ubuntu.  He also went into detail about his tutorial site ubuntu-tutorials.com where you can find a number of great tutorials on any version of ubuntu dating back to Warty, I think.  He was a great guest and very informative and we thank him very much for being on the show.  He also happens to be on IRC chats rooms on occasion and goes by the handle Zelut, which BTW is also his twitter name and can be found at twitter.com/zelut.  And last but not least is the MPM in which Peter describes the SORT command.  Not much else to say except enjoy the show and the interview, Ciao!

Episode 73 Ogg Vorbis File

Peter and I had a great interview with the one and only Bugmaster, who BTW just happens to live in the great state of Oregon! He gave us some keen insight on what a bug is, and how users, even new ones, can submit a bug through the porper channels. Also, our regular contributor, Emmett Stewart, gave us a fantastic tutorial on the CUT command in our Man Page Minute segment. Below are the links mentioined on the show in chronological order almost:) NJOY!

Links

Obama campaign hopes for better Web security
Desktop Linux face-off: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9
Introducing GUFW the Uncomplicated Firewall GUI for Ubuntu Linux Hardy Heron!!
Install The Official Google Gadgets in Ubuntu Linux!
Coming Tuesday, June 17th: Firefox 3
Banshee 1.0 Final
Wine 1.0 RC4 Released!
Announcing GNOME Do 0.5: “The Fighting 0.5?”
Ubuntu Eee
Netbooks pre-loaded with Ubuntu

Music

Yes King, Mystro
“One of Those Days” (mp3)
from “Rock This World”
(LOOP)

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Zombie Girl
“Blood, Brains & Rock’n Roll” (mp3)
from “Blood, Brains & Rock ‘N’ Roll”
(Alfa Matrix)

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Episode 72 Ogg Vorbis File

This week we had some interesting news to cover and among them was the blueprint for the next release of Ubuntu dubbed Intrepid Ibex. Yes, it almost feels too soon but judging by all the work that goes into every release it couldn’t be soon enough. Of the things being touted in the upcoming release is the term “ubiquitous connectivity”, yes, wifi woes could be coming to an end very soon. And we can only hope and pray that this comes to pass. But, the main part of the program features an interview with Mike Basinger who kindly joined us for nice little interview about the forums and membership. Overall, Peter and I had a great time with Mike and mad for another great show. Thanks for listening in:)

Buntu Family Video by Shawn Powers of the Linux Journal

Links

Wine HQ - Announcement RC3
Dell’s “mini-Inspiron” Eee PC killer revealed
Canonical makes Ubuntu Netbook Remix official at Computex
Hands on with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Membership - Ubuntu Wiki
Forget the Heron; what’s new in Ubuntu’s Intrepid Ibex?
Ubuntu Global Bug Jam!
The Top Security Tools in the Ubuntu Repositories you may not know about with 1 click Installation!
gNewSense distro frees Ubuntu
Welcome to goosh.org - the unofficial google shell.

Music
Blackstrap
“Winning Speech” (mp3)
from “Steal My Horses And Run”
(Tee Pee Records)

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Heyoka
“Fractal Elf” (mp3)
from “Space Case”
(Muti Music)

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Episode 71 Ogg Vorbis File

It was only Peter and I this week, but that’s ok. We did Just fine despite the long distance and the poor internet connection. I was on Skype and Peter was on a cell phone and to all intents and purposes the sound was not too bad. I really haven’t got much to write about today so I will just post the links and be on my way. We will, of course, return to more regular programming next week. Have a great weekend everyone:)

Funpidgin is now Carrier Instant Messenger
Ubuntu Live 2008 Cancelled
Linux Mint 5.0 RC is Out
KDE 4.1 Beta1 Release
GNOME file manager gets tabbed file browsing
Firefox 3 Release Candidate Released
Eee desktop titled EBOX, given June intro
“MySpace” mini-PC review
Low-cost Linux laptop targets British schools
Interview: Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu
Brainstorm - Pidgin - an option to start minimized to tray
Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - and not OOXML
HOWTO: Share updates across multiple machines
Ubuntu Live Stats

Epsode 70 - Ogg Vorbis File

There is not a whole lot to say here other than we had guest from all over the world come on the show and tell about their experience with Hardy Heron.  Included in teh discussion besides Peter and I, were none other than good friend of the podcast Knightwise and Cafeninja, Jason Watkins, Chad Wolllenberg from the Linux Basement Podcast, and our good friend from the Ubuntu-UK podcast Alan Pope and Tony Whitmore along with folks from Canonical Jorge Castro and Mike Basinger.  I think we could have gone all night talking about Ubuntu and the wonderful things it has done but the guys in Prague just couldn’t stay away from cave men:) See the restaurant link below. Here are some of the links mentioned in the podcast, njoy:

Restaurant Pravek

Youtube Channel - Ubuntu Developers

Epsidoe 69 - Ogg Vorbis file

*NOTE* - Holding off on the t-shirts until I get further clarification on the use of the logo:)

Geat podcast today and I truly wish I could do more podcasts like this, just plain old banter and verbal jousting. Maybe in the summer when I get really lazy:) So, here is a little background on the podcast. Initially we were going to have the roundtable this week, but it coincided with the Ubuntu Developers Summit which is taking place in Prague in what was formerly known as “Czechoslovakia” and currently know as the Czech Republic (okay so my forte is not world geography). However, the fellas joining us who were scheduled to join us for the roundtable did not receive the memo that we were postponing the show and joined in the fun anyway. And those folks were Alan Pope and Dave Walker of the Ubuntu-UK Podcast. They happily provided some useful banter and unusual insight on the news. As peter stated, it was the longest news segment ever but we both agreed that it was just a long banter session with a little bit of news tossed in for flavor. I will also have them along next week as well during our roundtable. so here are the links to the show and I hope you enjoyed the podcast.

Links From the Show

DSA 1571 1 New openssl packages
The heron has landed: a review of Ubuntu 8.04
Elyssa Release Notes - Linux Mint
Fedora 9 Gives Ubuntu a Run For Its Money
Wine HQ - Announce
MySQL - Kaj Arnö
Read the Fine Print on “Open Source” Software
Get gNewSense preinstalled - Free Software Foundation
CNR supports Linux Mint, adds Weatherbug
OpenSSL & OpenSSH Vulnerabilities : Confirm & Fix Instructions
5 Steps for resetting a forgotten password
Linspire tightens CNR ties with Mint, Ubuntu
OO.o 3.0 Beta Out
Todo List On The Command Line
Great Place For Tutorials
OLPC’s New President
Art of Release
NPR’s WBUR To Stream Ogg Vorbis
What Took You So Long
Move To Ext4 File System

Music Provided by the Ioda Promonet

Clair
“Every Day (I Walk Over, I Walk on)” (mp3)
from “Long Road Home”
(The Cougar Label)

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Bitter:Sweet
“Waking Up” (mp3)
from “Drama”
(Quango)

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Osborne
“Outta Sight” (mp3)
from “Osborne”
(Spectral Sound)

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Episode 68 Ogg Vorbis

Since the decision to fork Pidgin has been surrounded with some questions and perhaps a bit of controversy, we here at the Fresh Ubuntu Podcast decided it might be worthwhile to interview one of the developers of the new fork and get a few of our questions answered. So, we brought in Justin to ’splain a few things to us and get to the bottom of things. As usual, we also have a plethora of action-packed, thrilling, adventuresome news and a bevy of user feedback, not to mention Cafeninja’s MPM on the more command. All that and more fun with Peter and I and Galactic Overlord Candidate #1, oh and also the Peace Penguin. They’re coming out of the woodworks folks so stay tuned:)

Links:

Funpidgin Website

Ubuntu Story - Share Your Linux Story!

Is Ubuntu selling out or growing up?

First look: KDE 4.1 alpha 1 very promising

10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu

Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.60 Just Released

Adobe Launches ‘Open Screen Project’

NASA - LRO

Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared

Run Firefox 2 in Hardy

Music Links

Sybris
“Oh Man!” (mp3)
from “Into the Trees”
(Absolutely Kosher)

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JDSY
“Smoke and Mirrors” (mp3)
from “Adage of Known”
(Ghostly International/Moodgadget Records)

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Sybris
“Oh Man!” (mp3)
from “Into the Trees”
(Absolutely Kosher)

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Episode 67 - Ogg Vorbis File

It’s been a week now on since the release of Hardy Heron and the user reviews are pouring in! Lots of good feedback from listeners are providing me and the listeners as well about the tribulations and the pitfalls of the new LTS release of Ubuntu. Mostly positive feedback from my listeners but there was an undercurrent of surprise and even disappointment with the Ubuntu developers. Still, as always, I give them a bit of leeway on this. Just as my guest/co-host Jason Watkins stated in the podcast, “for what I pay for Ubuntu, I will cut them some slack and let a couple of things slide”. I, for one, agree and for the most part the issues will resolve itself in a matter of weeks if not days. Here are the links although not necessarily in any order so I must apologize in advance.

Review of Hardy by Eric Degen

Kyle Skrinak’s Thoughts on Hardy

Eric Amundson’s Thoughts on Hardy

Jason Watkins Blog

Steve Aylor of Aylor Photography

Karl Bowden’s Site

Nomasteryoda’s Thoughts on Hardy

Dave of Penguinway.net - Linux on Flash Drives

The JWP Linux Podcast on Thumbdrive Linux

Brian Reichert’s Blog - His Xorg file - His Script

CellWriter

So, the day we podcast, mind you this is a day mostly set in stone (unless either Peter or I have something better to do, ahem) and the day the “most significant” Ubuntu release ever falls on the same day! Coincidence? Perhaps - I on the other hand prefer to think that the “most significant” Ubuntu related “things” are happening because some cosmic alignment of epic proportions is taking place. Hey folks, this is too good to make up so I’m going with it. Now on to the podcast, we experienced a little “teknical” difficulty as Peter’s connection dropped and the bandwidth allocation seemed to lower suddenly at the same time. This doesn’t make for easy listening or editting for that matter. But, I believe everything turned out ok so I won’t harp about it any more. After all, it’s very rare to have a cosmic alignment and have everything go perfectly. We also tried to do live streaming through Talkshoe.com and I think we might have a lot of the kinks worked out and production should get easier with every passing episode. More on that later. Before I go any further I would like to officially announce the grand unveiling of the new Fresh Ubuntu Podcast Logo! Yet another cosmic convergence! It was designed using the most excellent open source vector graphics program called Inkscape, which makes life so much more easier since th latest release came out. Of course, as we mentioned in the podcast this is a rolling logo in that it could change as distributions are released, so look forward to that. So here is a picture of it:

News Article In Chronological Order:

Prediction: Microsoft will leapfrog Vista, release Windows 7 early, and change its OS business | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com

Report: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP

Ubuntu man Shuttleworth dissects Hardy Heron’s arrival | The Register

iTWire - New Debian leader aims for better communication

OSCON colocates with Ubuntu Live

“Most significant” Ubuntu release ever approaches

UbuntuOpenWeek - Ubuntu Wiki

Hardy Heron .torrents

OK, Sorry that I am taking so long with the shownotes, it’s just that I put the podcast together last night and I just did’nt have it in me to write the shownotes. But, on the other hand this show doesn’t really need shownotes (I kid, I kid, lol). Not surprisingly by the title of the show we had a special guest on this week. This time we have an international guest who hails from “across the pond” as Peter put it, Alan Pope of the UBuntu UK podcast, among other things. We had a great time putting the show together and Alan made for a great interview and added depth to the news segment. Also, guess who called in with a suggestion and I’ll just reiterate it here, he’s looking for a tech-y, geek-y type job. Well, the links are below so enjoy the podcast.

MPM - CHGRP by Peter Nikolaidis

Richard Querin and the Screencasters Vidcast

News
Edward N. Lorenz, a Meteorologist and a Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90 - New York Times
Linux examined: Ubuntu Hardy Heron
A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers continue to grow
Scientific study about Debian governance and organization / Linux blog / Tech Force - Linux Blog
Users fight to save Windows XP - Yahoo! News
SymphonyOne 2008.1 Released
LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.25
‘A Year Later, Sales of Linux on Dell Computers Continue to Grow’
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
Mini-ITX vendor pre-installs Ubuntu
Linspire’s CNR beta supports Ubuntu HardyHeron
Linux examined: Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Slashdot | Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses?
Armored Penguin

I guess it is that time again, I wasn’t quite ready for it this time though. Don’t get me wrong, I was ready in the sense that I had all my articles and stuff I was going to talk about. I just wasn’t feeling like starting today, I was just sort of feeling blah as the title says. One observation I am seeing is that the show is coming along pretty good, seems to me that we are picking up more listeners every week, and we are at our highest subscribership to date. Which pleases me, but also worries me at the same time. Well, here is to more continued success in the future.

News:
Red Hat News | Red Hat Asks Federal Court To Limit Patents On Software
Microsoft gets a new open-source chief | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs
Slashdot | What’s The Perfect Balance For a Budget Laptop?
Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro? | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com
Microsoft gets a new open-source chief | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs
KPC | A simple PC made for you
Amanda 2.6 - a major release of the open source backup software
K Desktop Environment - KDE 4.0.3 Release Announcement
Linux ignored, not immune, says hacker contest sponsor
Microsoft Windows XP Dies June 30, as Planned
Mini-Review: Linux Mint 4.0 ‘Daryna’
Customized Linux PC for MySpacers
Dutch UMPC runs Ubuntu Linux
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC

MPM With Peter Nikolaidis - chown

Music on the podcast by IodaPromonet

Roomful of Blues
“Lower on Your List of Priorities” (mp3)
from “Raisin’ a Ruckus”
(Alligator Records)

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Blip Blip Bleep
“Okay Lover” (mp3)
from “Alarm Clock, Snooze Bar, Get Up - EP”
(Undercover Culture Music)

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The New Rochelle Rotary Club
“Air Currents” (mp3)
from “Air Currents”
(Radar Recordings)

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Chris Bathgate
“Yes I’m Cold” (mp3)
from “Wait, Skeleton.”
(Quite Scientific Records)

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Well, I have officially lost count of the how many podcasts I have done but no biggie, I’ll just have to count them one of these days. So, it may be awhile:) Not much to say today other than we are now 100% more geeky with a brand new IRC chat room. We are talking old school, back to the Arpanet here! Check us out on #freshubuntu at freenode and we can now chat. Be seeing you.

Peter’s MPM - chmod

Links to the news

Ubuntu Live Registration Open
Development of Automatix has been discontinued
OpenOffice 2.4 Released
One step forward: a review of GNOME 2.22
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Future of Epiphany
It was one bad security week for Apple
Apple is loser in three-way hacking contest
CanSecWest: Countering Misinformation
Microsoft’s Office Open XML now an official ISO standard
Microsoft extends XP Home 2 years—for budget laptops only
Nvidia to blame for many early Vista crashes
Windows: A Monopoly Shakes
Google to Sell Unit That Sways Results
Adobe AIR for Linux Alpha Now on Adobe Labs

Link for Nick - Step by Step: Using Samba to join a Windows Domain

Website that lists Ogg Vorbis Players

This weeks music

Levan Vs Ekala
“Happiness” (mp3)
from “Happiness”
(System Recordings)

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Lots of exciting things going on the the world of Ubuntu this week, the beta is out and you can just about hear the bugs squashing that is going on and will be going til the release. I can say this that usually around this time of the release cycle that there is a lull in the news relating to Ubuntu which I like to think of it as the calm before the storm. So, instead of the usual news segment, we have a hybrid of sorts where we talk about links that we discovered since last week. I have also sprinkled in a few bits of news and announcements, namely the release of the beta which is old news since it was released last week. Better late than never I always say:) We also had a special guest this week who provided us with a “getting things done” primer. His name is Michael Ramm and can be followed on twitter. He talked to us about a few things we can do to start ourselves ont he road to GTD nirvana and pionted us to his blog Black Belt Productivity. He was a great guest, which most of my guests are and we were lucky to have him. Well, I will let you go to peruse the wonderful links that we have gathered, have a good week.

Man Page Minute - by Peter Nikolaidis

This week Peter introduces us to the touch command! You can get more info about this command from Peter’s Blog. NJOY:)

Links mentioned on the podcast
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta
ZDNET Ubuntu 8.04 Tour
Lifehacker Ubuntu 8.04 Walk Through
From Gnome to KDE and Back Again
Install Safari on Ubuntu Hack
KHTML - Then Other HTML Engine
Banshee Alpha 2 Is Out
New Kernel to Support NAS

Getting Things Done Links
GTD Software Links
The Ultimate GTD Index
Zen Habits
The Cranking Widgets Blog
Blackbelt Productivity

Music Links

Don Argott
“Cream Streets Theme” (mp3)
from “Cream Streets”
(Valley Entertainment)

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Ananda Project, Frankie Feliciano
“Into The Sunrise” (mp3)
from “Night Blossom”
(King Street Sounds)

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Temposhark
“Crime” (mp3)
from “The Invisible Line”
(Defend Music Inc.)

Buy at Amazon

News
Beta is out
How to install SELinux on Hardy
One-third of Asus Eee PC users to run Linux
WINE 1.0 To Be Released 06/08
OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop
Tekzilla installs Ubuntu
Sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90

Package Highlight
Inkscape Wiki
Inkscape Website

The following is a screencast from rfquerin that I got from youtube.
Click here to view the embedded video.

Man Page Minute - mkdir

Music
Mikey Dread
“Choose Me” (mp3)
from “Best Sellers”
(Dread at the Controls)

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Toby Emerson
“Rapture” (mp3)
from “Mixtape: Hotwax”
(System Recordings)

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Frightened Rabbit
“Head Rolls Off” (mp3)
from “The Midnight Organ Fight”
(Fat Cat Records)

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The Mother Hips
“Time We Had” (mp3)
from “Kiss The Crystal Flake”
(Camera Records)

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You guessed right! Two shows in one week. I am trying to get these out the door a day or two after we record so that the news is fresh. Pretty novel idea, fresh news on the Fresh Ubuntu Podcast, hehe. Well, I realy haven’t got much to say other than I hope you enjoyu the show. The following are the links mentioned on the shownotes. Bye!

MPM Brought to you by Peter

GNOME 2.22 Released!
GNOME 2.22: A Truly Amazing Desktop!
GNOME 2.22 released, brings new architectural features
Plasma improvements: KDE 4.0.2 and beyond
Wal-Mart Bids The gPC Adieu
Wal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores
Please Note: Wal-Mart is STILL SELLING Linux
Asus 8.9-inch Eee PC 900 Confirmed
Skype 2.0 for Linux - Seeing is believing
GCC 4.3 Release Series
The first Gnash beta is out
Someone Installs Photoshop CS3 on WINE
The History of Tux the Linux Penguin
Tweaking Ubuntu With Ubuntu Tweak

Pink Skull
“Drugs Will Keep Us Together” (mp3)
from “Drugs Will Keep Us Together”
(The Savant Guard)

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The Shanghai Restoration Project & Amos Winbush
“Babylon of the Orient” (mp3)
from “The Shanghai Restoration Project”
(Undercover Culture Music)

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Theatre of Disco
“OKE” (mp3)
from “Theatre of Disco”
(Risky Disko)

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Nine Inch Nails Ogg file

So, it was suggested to me from a listener to make on of the freely downloadable and high bitrate mp3’s from Nine Inch Nails. And, I must admit that the thought of doing that did tempt me! Then I got to thinking, which doesn’t happen too often, podcasters from around the world are probably doing just that this entire week! Basically, I would be following the crowd! Instead, I have decided to use another one of Scott McGrath’s theme songs that he generously sent to us and use it as the theme music for the rest of the year! Scott has done an excellent job at getting the essence of they type of music I like and balance that with the attitude of Fresh Ubuntu! Well done Scott, and thank you for allowing us to use you work. I did, BTW, download some of the new Nine Inch Nails music, although the free version, and I liked the sound. Again, I am not the biggest fan of their type of music even though I grew up with Nine Inch Nails! I did want to support them in the only way I knew how to and that was to show that there was demand for online music AND that the distribution method was the most democratic, least hassle, pro-artist, anti-racketeering way to do it. It was, in short, what I call a REAL “win-win” for the artist and the consumer. The band not only got great publicity but won over the on-the-cusp fans like me. I am not sure how much money they made from sales of their various packages but if you subtract the cost of customary distribution methods, i.e. Cd’s and even iTunes, I’d be willing to bet they did alright. Let’s face it, besides producing the masters and digitizing most of the real work has been done and since it was distributed on bittorrent networks there were relatively zero server costs unless you wanted to get other special priced packages. Well, enough talk, enjoy the podcast, featuring the ever-present news segment and a man page minute.