FreshUbuntu

* Intro
    Banter
    Introduce special guest Larry Bushey
    announcing the annual US meeting of the KDE Community Jan 15-22 in sunny San Diego
    unable to revive my (harlem) ubuntu upgrade to karmic :(
        Karmic upgrade disaster for Tom (Going Linux co-host)
 
Peter's dabbling with Python, again. 
 
200 Squats, week 5. 100 push ups, stalled in week 4 - you are going to do them while we podcast:)
 
DeadUbuntu Community Team
https://launchpad.net/~deadubuntuteam
 
How are you liking Karmic, now that it's been out a while?
    Overall, love it. Not too keen on the Sofware Center.
    Adobe AIR/Tweetdeck/Spaz not working.
    Harlem issues?
    Automounting of USB broken in recent Karmic update?
 
* News 
Eye on Google:
Google Public DNS
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/
http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/
 
Google Personalized Search
http://thecommandline.net/2009/12/08/google-ceo-dodges-privacy-concerns/
http://thecommandline.net/2009/12/06/google-personalized-search-now-opt-out/
 
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/five_fabulous_new_features_google_unveiled_today.php
 
Google eliminates Gizmo5 Linux client??? WTF!
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/11/28/2332254/Google-Eliminates-Gizmo5-Client-For-Linux?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2FslashdotLinux+%28Slashdot%3A+Linux%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
 
Google acquires EtherPad, stops accepting new accounts, then changes its mind
http://etherpad.com/ep/blog/posts/etherpad-back-online-until-open-sourced
 
Google Partners with Canonical for Chrome OS
http://www.pcworld.com/article/182890/google_partners_with_canonical_for_chrome_os.html
 
Google Chrome for Linux and Mac in Beta
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/w00t.html
http://www.google.com/chrome/
 
Facebook Privacy
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_facebook_changed_privacy_policies.php
http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/12/10/either-mark-zuckerberg-got-a-whole-lot-less-private-or-facebooks-ceo-doesnt-understand-the-companys-new-privacy-settings/
 
What's up with these new and improved privacy settings? Making "EVERYONE" a default option is good? Huh?
 
Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 is out!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-December/000651.html
 
Ubuntu looking for new desktop backgrounds (via Popey on Twitter)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-December/011571.html
 
GIMP being removed from Lucid cuz well it's just TOO POWERFUL!
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/gimp-to-be-removed-lucid.html
 
Dell Ubuntu-ready Desktops
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3966454061.html?kc=rss
 
Linux Mint "Helena" out in the wild
http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1155
 
Linux on 1/3 of the netbooks
http://gizmodo.com/5421500/linux-owns-13-of-the-netbook-marketshare
 
Fedora moves to Git
http://www.linux.com/news/software/developer/263897-fedora-switching-from-cvs-to-git
 
Linux Malware? Say it ain't so!
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/malware-found-in-screensaver-for-ubuntu.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 (via LeftyFB)
 
Thunderbird 3
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa
 
French Army Chooses Open Source for Email
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3151297/French-army-chooses-open-source-for-email
 
* Tech segment
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/improve-apt-get-install-and-upgrade.html
sudo apt-get install axel
 
#!/bin/sh
#apt-fast by Matt Parnell http://www.mattparnell.com , this thing is FOSS
#please feel free to suggest improvements to admin@mattparnell.com
# Use this just like apt-get for faster package downloading. Make sure to have axel installed
 
#If the first user entered variable string contains apt-get, and the second string entered is either install or dist-upgrade
if echo "$1" | grep -q "[upgrade]" || echo "$2" | grep -q "[install]" || echo "$2" | grep -q "[dist-upgrade]"; then
echo "Working...";
 
#Go into the directory apt-get normally puts downloaded packages
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/;
 
#Have apt-get print the information, including the URI's to the packages
apt-get -y --print-uris $1 $2 $3 $4 > debs.list;
 
#Strip out the URI's, and download the packages with Axel for speediness
egrep -o -e "(ht|f)tp://[^\']+" debs.list | xargs -l1 axel -a;
 
#Perform the user's reqested action via apt-get
apt-get -y $1 $2 $3 $4;
 
echo "Done! Make sure and check to see that the packages all were installed properly. If a package is erred, run sudo apt-get autoclean and try installing it again without the use of this script.";
 
elif echo "$1" | grep -q "[*]"; then
apt-get $1;
else
echo "Sorry, but you appear to be entering invalid options. You must use apt-get and one of apt-get's options in order to use this script.";
fi
 
 
 
* Feedback
 
 
 
 
 
* Contact info
http://freshubuntu.org
harlem@freshubuntu.org peter@freshubuntu.org  
twitter.com/harlem
twitter.com/nikolaidis
 
 
http://goinglinux.com
goinglinux@gmail.com
 

Intro 
 
Guests
 
Banter
 
Popey - what's with this new promotion? 
http://houseparty.cx/
 
News
Lotta Linux Links goes OGG Only. (Peter)
http://lottalinuxlinks.com
 
Canonical Limits Ship-It Program (popey?)
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/352798/canonical-limits-free-ubuntu-cds
 
Hulu to charge for content (Lefty)
http://lifehacker.com/5388571/hulu-officially-charging-for-content-in-2010
 
Windows 7 is "restrictive," claims Shuttleworth (Peter)
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/27/windows-7-restrictive-netbooks-claims-linux-rival
 
BBC talk down/up Ubuntu :)  (popey)
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/10/24_hours_with_ubuntu.html
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm
 
Dell Does it Again (Lefty)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/26/dell_linux_windows_ubuntu/
 
Windows 7 Is out, Pay Up, Jason! (Peter)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b3c68ec2-e726-4830-ac89-31c71d6be5f3
http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/01/21/new-version-of-windows-in-2009-or-my-bet-with-jason/
 
Preparing an Ubuntu Machine for Upgrade (peter/popey)
http://www.howtoforge.com/preparing-an-ubuntu-machine-for-upgrade
    This guide has an error at the end and presumes people make some pretty fundamental changes, which average users probably wouldn't do. Worth knowing though (popey)
 
Karmic! 
How's everyone liking it so far? 
    Seems to work well, just a few niggles (flash & xsplash)
What's your favorite new feature? 
    Tomboy Notes sync via Ubuntu One - (popey)
What don't you like/have they still not gotten right?
    mdns resolution still causing problems on internal lookups (peter)
    
    Popey
    
    New boot look with usplash and xsplash
    Grub 2.0
    ext4 by default
    New default desktop theme and backgrounds
    New indicator applet and notification are icons
    Empathy & Telepathy replacing pidgin and ekiga
    Battery support for 3g cards/dongles/modems/phones
    Computer janitor for cleaning out old packages/crap
    Pulseaudio improvements
    Ubuntu One
    Tomboy Notes sync to U1
    Software center - manage applications
        https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter
    Totem youtube plugin
    Easy font installation
    PAE kernel - good if you run 32-bit ubuntu and have >4G RAM
    Disk utility - Palimpsest - Developed by red hat, good for checking disk status, managing raid
    popup disk notification to tell you when disks are going bad "When Disks Go Bad!" Next on FOX!
    Lots of little improvements as part of the 100 paper cuts
 
Peter's niggling issue:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/94940
 
Tech Segment
Lefty - tell us about your desktop
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/102233/Screenshot.png
http://www.windowsxlive.net/seven-transformation-pack
 
Re-enable Missing Icons In Ubuntu 9.10
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/10/missing-system-icons-ubuntu-karmic.html
 
    Upgrading from Jaunty broke my netbook trackpad. Fresh install fixed it.    
 
Feedback
Email from Martin Wildman
http://code.google.com/p/gitso/
http://crossloop.com/
http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/10/09/this-is-what-awesome-looks-like/
 
http://www.wizhelp.com
http://www.yuuguu.com/home
 
Email from Aaron Levinson
http://lifehacker.com/5386667/prevent-google-bing-and-yahoo-from-tracking-your-clicks
 
Contact 
http://freshubuntu.com
http://twitter.com/harlem http://twitter.com/nikolaidis
harlem@freshubuntu.com peter@freshubuntu.com
 
popey from ubuntu uk podcast - http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ - popey.com
http://linuxoutlaws.com/files/satanic-popey.png
 
leftyfb - all services = "leftyfb" :)

Peter's recent Jaunty Woes
Fresh install on an HP dc5800, nVidia vs Compiz Fusion, slow ping times, Virtualbox FAIL.

Jailbreaking the iPhone for fun and... well, fun.
( Apple tried to silence owner of exploding iPod with gagging order - Times Online

Apple silences Google Voice

News

Shuttleworth wants Debian Cooperation

Ubuntu to make Linux application installation idiot proof

Microsoft Patches Linux; Linus Responds
Microsoft has released code for inclusion in the Linux kernel, but should it be accepted? Linus Torvalds gives his perspective.

TG Daily - Scientists get a million Linux kernels to run at once

"Going Google"

Hands-on: KDE 4.3 delivers a Social Desktop

Man Page Minute
 dir

Feedback? Do we have any?

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
West Indian Girl
"Beach" (mp3)
from "We Believe"
(Origami Music)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
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Intro/banter
 
*Harlem has moved recently, bought a house.
*we need to think about going on a hiatus after the release of jaunty
 
* Peter is on the 100 pushups and 200 situps challenge!
http://hundredpushups.com/
http://twohundredsitups.com/
well done!
 
News
 
* New Jaunty Themes
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-9-04-039-s-New-Themes-106961.shtml
 
* GNOME 2.26 released 

http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.26/

 
*10 reasons why gnome is better than KDE
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=570
 
*Google Chrome/Chromium 2.0
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-chrome-has-new-beta_17.html
http://lifehacker.com/5170989/get-a-pre+built-chromium-browser-in-ubuntu
 
*Kogan launches 10-inch, Linux-powered netbook
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/03/17/kogan-launches-10-inch-linux-powered-netbook
 
*Worlds Greenest PC?
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9153577198.html?kc=rss
 
* Open GEU 8.10
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05379
 
*Things you didn't know about stallman
http://www.stallmanfacts.com/