Linux and Open Source Podcasts

January 8, 2005 Leave a comment

So, I've been listening to Podcasts for a while now, but have been doing so in a somewhat haphazard way (ie. every once and a while I would manually download something that looked interesting and listen). Yesterday I finally decided to get a bit more organized about it. I downloaded bashpodder so I can have the podcasts I am interested in waiting for me at work each morning. So far I have it downloading the Daily Source Code, the Linux Link Tech Show (Linc, the guy who wrote bashpodder is on the show), Linux Log, IT Conversations and a couple others. Hopefully when The Linux Show comes back, they'll have a podcast also. What other Podcasts are people listening to? If you have a good one that I am missing, leave a comment and let me know. Also, I'd like to thank Linc for putting the LQ Podcast in the default bashpodder config. If you haven't listened to the LQ Podcast yet, the latest one is available here (LQ Podcast RSS feed).
–jeremy

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Is TiVo Forsaking Us?

January 7, 2005 Leave a comment

Between the recent announcement that we'll soon have commercials while fast forwarding, rumors that some serious record-inhibiting DRM may be built into future versions and now this, are the people at TiVo going in the wrong direction? I have to say, I really like my TiVo. Every announcement they make however, makes me like them less and less. It's about time I take a closer look at MythTV. Why, TiVo – WHY?
–jeremy
BTW, when will companies learn that partnering with Microsoft is very precarious, at best. Look at the history and learn from the mistakes of others!

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Apple Gets Silly

January 7, 2005 1 Comment

It appears that Apple, who I have really been liking lately, is doing their best to make people not like them. An odd move for a company that depends so largely on its image. While I can understand their desire to keep unreleased products under wraps or their past action of suing/firing employees who leak information, filing suit against a news site is ridiculous. Not only that, they are demanding that Think Secret hand over its sources. So much for basic journalist ethics. Way to shoot the messenger Apple. You're walking a pretty fine line here and the bad press on this one could get ugly fast. We've had enough Litigious Bastards recently.
–jeremy

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Latest Linux Magazine Article

January 7, 2005 Leave a comment

My latest Linux Magazine column has been posted to LQ. Have fun! As always, if you have any suggestions for article topics, be it for the “Tech Support” column or for a feature, let me know.
–jeremy

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LinuxQuestions.org Podcast – 01.06.05

January 6, 2005 Leave a comment

The latest LinuxQuestions.org Podcast. Topics include the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards, the updated Linux Reviews section, another LQ Radio update, Firefox, mainstrem Linux and Gates at CES.
–jeremy

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Bill Gates, Windows Lockups and Communism

January 6, 2005 1 Comment

During his annual keynote speech at the international Consumer Electronics Show, Bill Gates had a Windows Media Center PC hard lock and a game demo blue screen. Ouch. Talk about a rough day at the office. That wasn't enough though. In an interview later, he basically stated that if you do not fully back intellectual-property laws that you are a communist. While I know that the USA has an odd fascination with commies, that's really going a bit far I think. Maybe I'd feel differently if I was worth tens of billions of dollars, but the current system clearly seems broken to me.
–jeremy

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LQ Reviews Section Updated

January 5, 2005 Leave a comment

The LinuxQuestions.org Reviews section just got a shiny new code upgrade. It's the first in a series of code upgrades that will be making there way through LQ. You'll notice that not a ton has changed on the frontend. Don't fix what isn't broken and all that. One noticeable difference is that you can now include screenshots with your distribution reviews. Have fun!
–jeremy

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IDC Proclaims Linux Is Now Mainstream II

January 4, 2005 Leave a comment

A couple followup thoughts on this. The article does make one very good point that I forgot to mention. From the article (Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols talking):

And so does open source in 2005. No, you may not be running a Linux desktop at year's end. But I'm willing to bet that most of you will be running at least one open-source program on your desktop and that in the back-office you're going to be running open-source applications on Linux servers.
The revolution has arrived.

Yes! While I have been switching many “non-computer geeks” to Linux on the desktop, I recommend OpenOffice.org and Firefox (amongst some other apps) to everyone. I've yet to have someone come back to me with problems. Kudos. Also, on the topic of “mainstream”, the one time I can say I really felt that Linux was hitting the mainstream was when I saw it mentioned on the Chappelle show (which could not be less IT related). Went something like this:
“If they give you a Windows disk, tell them we only run Mac. If they give you a Mac disk, tell them we only run windows. IF they give you both, tell them we use linux. And if they give you all three, tell them the computers are down.”
I had to rewind my TiVo to make sure I heard it correctly. We're well on our way. As Steven said, The revolution has arrived.
–jeremy

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IDC Proclaims Linux Is Now Mainstream

January 4, 2005 1 Comment

Gotta love analysts! IDC has now proclaimed that Linux is mainstream. From the article:
IDC analyst Al Gillen recently said that “Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream.”
A fluff piece to be sure and not a lot of context there. And while it's great to see things like this in main stream media, analysts never cease to crack me up. Linux hasn't been a fringe player in the server market for a long time now. If they mean the unwashed masses, then I still get the “what is that Linux thing? Does it run in Windows” often enough to think that Linux is still not a household word for those people who are not interested in computers. So, maybe they meant that Linux is now mainstream in IT. That seems obvious though. Oh well, welcome to the big time Linux – you really have grown up. The other interesting item in the article was the projection that Linux-related revenue would be $35billion by 2008. WOW. That's a lot of cash…even for Redmond.
–jeremy

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2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Going Well

January 3, 2005 Leave a comment

Voting for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members' Choice Awards has been open for just over 72 hours now and we already have just shy of 10,000 votes cast. Keep the votes coming in and make sure to let us know ASAP if we are missing your favorite project in any category. Some extremely close races seem to be in store. Should be interesting.
–jeremy

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