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
 
 
 
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