FreshUbuntu

Sorry this took so long to get out.  I have been sitting on this for over a week now and finally got a little time to get this thing mastered and out the door.  Fine job from Peter and CafeNinja as always.

This is the very first shortcast episode of FUP on our thoughts about the switch from Google search engines to Yahoo/Bing search engines.  Enjoy!

Intro
New season of FUPm - season 4
Welcome Guest host Brad from Armored Penguin
 
Banter
 
http://xkcd.com/684/
 
News
Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 2 brings Pitivi, panel changes - Harlem
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2010/01/ubuntu-1004-alpha-2-brings-pitivi-panel-changes.ars
 
Firefox changes release schedule/process - Peter
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9144820/Mozilla_dumps_Firefox_3.7_from_schedule_changes_dev_process
 
Firefox 3.6 - Peter
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/01/hands-on-firefox-36.ars
 
Nokia brings free GPS nav to phones (Take that, Google) - Brad
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotLinux/~3/KyAp2Cx86W8/Nokia-To-Make-GPS-Navigation-Free-On-Smartphones
(There has been an opensource/free GPS nav app for the Nokia tablets for a while, called Maemo Mapper. The only downside to it is that since there was no connection in the car (802.11), you could not update your route on the fly)
 
35,000 Core Ubuntu Server Farm - Harlem
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/01/20/35000-core-ubuntu-server-farm-at-weta-digital/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+UbuntuTutorials+(Ubuntu+Tutorials+:+Enhancing+your+Ubuntu+experience!)
 
NMAP 5.2 - Peter
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=130985
 
Tor servers hacked -- Upgrade to latest - Brad
http://www.h-online.com/news/item/Tor-Project-servers-hacked-911128.html
 
Google vs. China - All of us
MS releases out-of-cycle patch to IE because of the attacks. Best approach appears to be to run Firefox or Chrome. German government raises alert. 
http://www.h-online.com/news/item/Warning-over-using-Internet-Explorer-from-German-Government-as-exploit-goes-public-906173.html
http://www.h-online.com/news/item/German-government-IE-warning-leads-to-spike-in-Firefox-downloads-908864.html
 
Cool Tool
Do you miss Windows 3.1? No? Well, do you want a good laugh anyway?
http://www.michaelv.org
 
Tech Segment - Brad
CFEngine 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfengine
 
Listener Feedback
 
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 from Arand Nash
 
Just some things that bugged me in the recent episode, one of you kept saying "Lucid Linux" instead of the correct "Lucid Lynx"(!!). 
 
Also, that option of network "shared to other computers". That's been available from at least 9.4 Jaunty. Dunno if it works properly there, but just saying. 
 
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Hi Larry, hi Tom - and hi Harlem, hi Peter,  I just listened to your co-production podcast episode of GoingLinux and Freshubuntu.  I am listening to both podcasts and enjoy both. So I found it a good idea that you got together. I will continue to listen to both podcasts and I imagine you will continue be a good complement to each other.  Thanks and keep up the good work!  
--  Martin Wildam
 
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len sent a message using the contact form at http://freshubuntu.org/contact. 
 
Thanks for a year of informative and entertaining podcasts - keep them coming. 
 
A happy new Year 
 
Len 
Cork Ireland 
 
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Ronald Gibson sent a message using the contact form at http://freshubuntu.org/contact. 
 
I bought a second drive to put Ubuntu on. 
 
I find problems here and there with Ubuntu. Trying to move files into one of the sub directories.  It has that little arrow and if you keep your cursor there too long, it will open up that directory and you'll have to wait for it to open.  I did a reinstall of Ubuntu and it didn't recognize the Broadcom WiFi hardware the second time.  It worked well and was recognized in v9.04.  I had it look for hardware but it was not on the list.  Just what it found last time.  Firewire wasn't on there either.  I have looked at some 720P videos and the CPU is up around 95%.  Next I exit all of my applications and the CPU is still at 95%.  I checked out what is using a lot of CPU using TOP and found it was X11 at 70+% for the remainder of the session.  I have also noticed that there is a program tnat indexes your files and takes up a lot of CPU while doing that.  It takes several minutes to run. 
 
I like bookmarking my server in the file manager so I can access files anytime.  You will see more software to install if you use Synaptic to install new software. 
 
Fedora 12 recognized my Broadcom WiFi on bootup of the demo for the first time.  But then so does Puppy Linux. 
 
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Michael sent a message using the contact form at http://freshubuntu.org/contact.
 
Hi,
 
I just found your podcast and website, and it looks great.
 
I'd love to start at the beginning; do you make all of your podcasts available somewhere?
 
Thank you,
 
Michael
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http://popey.com/blog/2010/01/02/ubuntu-spotted-on-doctor-who-set/
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http://petition.stopsoftwarepatents.eu/
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 http://helpmysql.com/en/petition
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Dear peter, 
 
I am writing to you to see if you can announce the opening of my
website, Frostbite Systems. Frostbite Systems is an online company that
builds and sells pre-installed Linux computers. The distros we install
on our computers are Ubuntu, Mandriva, Opensuse, Fedora, Sabayon and
Linux Mint. 
 
We will also install others upon request. 
 
We are open to suggestions for other products that the community would
like to see offered. By supporting Frostbite Systems, you will also be
supporting the distro you have installed on the computer! With each
purchase made, Frostbite Systems will donate a portion of the proceeds
to the distribution that the customer chooses to have installed. 
 
We are also offering blind optimized computers for blind and low vision
users. We use Ubuntu and install the Orca screen reader and configure it
to work properly, so when a blind or low vision user receives their
Frostbite System, Orca will immediately work out of the box.   Being a
blind user myself, I understand that it can be frustrating to have to
depend on a sighted helper to get a new computer configured.  We will
configure Orca to work with it's optimal settings. 
 
Please contact us and let us know what we can do to meet your needs as a
member of the community. Thank you for your time and for all your hard
work.  I'm a big fan of the show, keep up the great work!         
 
Truly,
 
Jonathan  Nadeau
Owner, Frostbite Systems
 
www.frostbitesystems.com
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Jono invited you to "Community Leadership Summit 2010" on Saturday, July 17 at 9:00am.
 
Event: Community Leadership Summit 2010
What: Informational Meeting
Start Time: Saturday, July 17 at 9:00am
End Time: Sunday, July 18 at 6:00pm
Where: Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
 
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=186487039968&mid=1bf681aG2f2ec98eG4ac99aaG7
 
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
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Outro
Links / Email 
 
twitter.com/harlem, facebook.com/harlem.quijano, harlem@freshubuntu.org
twitter.com/nikolaidis
vulcanridr@armoredpenguin.net
armoredpenguin.net
#freshubuntu - irc channel
 
 
 
Between The Trees
"White Lines & Red Lights" (mp3)
from "The Story and The Song"
(Bonded Records, Inc)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at eMusic
Buy at Napster
Buy at Rhapsody
Stream from Rhapsody
Buy at Puretracks
Buy at Amazon MP3
Buy at appliedSB (Groupietunes)
Buy at mTraks
More On This Album

Intro
 
    Welcome
    Hosts - Me, Peter, Leftyfb
    About FUP-M
    
Banter
 

• Where in the world is Peter Nikolaidis

• Weather Report

• How's life??

• Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, yada yada yada

 
News
 
Best Buy and Geek Squad claim #Ubuntu #Linux causes hardware to break, refuse to fix broken PSU. Avoid.(popey via Twitter)
http://consumerist.com/2009/12/geek-squad-wouldnt-honor-my-netbooks-protection-plan.html
 
Ubuntu 10.04 will bring panel overhaul, social network menu
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/12/ubuntu-1004-will-bring-panel-overhaul-social-network-menu.ars
 
Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15275/shuttleworth_steps_down_as_ubuntu_ceo
 
Plug for Ubuntu MA LoCo event
http://linuxfund.org/projects/ubuntu/
 
Thunderbird 3.0 Released
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0/releasenotes/
    
Google to acquire docverse
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/19/google-to-acquire-docverse-office-war-heats-up/
 
Tech
 
Get Thunderbird for 9.10 via ubuntuzilla
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ubuntuzilla/index.php?title=Main_Page#Update_Official_Mozilla_Build_of_Thunderbird
"untuzilla.py -a install -p thunderbird"
 
How do I create changing backgrounds for Ubuntu 9.10?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091206203704AAc6G08
 
How To Easily Share Your Wireless Connection In Ubuntu 9.10
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-easily-share-your-wireless-connection-in-ubuntu-9-10/
 
Skynet TShirt
http://www.nerdyshirts.com/google-skynet-funny-t-shirt
 
Aston Martin
http://theawesomer.com/aston-martin-carbon-black/23932/
 
PN72
http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/12/12/all-i-want-for-christmas-2/
 
 
Feedback
 
Good morning Peter and Harlem,  Thank you for the doing show,  Poo-Wee, Its about as high-a tech as it gets here in good ole' south Louisiana.  Seriously though,  I would like to share a recent experience with the Freshubuntu podcast and its listeners.  A few weeks back,  my largest client granted me permission to install dropbox so that I could gain easy access to my files.  I started using portableapps.exe on an old windows 32bit XP machine in the root of my dropbox folder.  I though that was a slick trick.  Later that day I decided to go to dropbox on my ubuntu laptop and try to run portableapps through wine.  Right click,  open with wine, and the screenshot you see is the result.  All those applications run natively through wine/portableapps inside dropbox.  Also,  it may be worth mentioning that the laptop OS is a 64bit version of 9.10 desktop install.
 
P.S.  Evernote doesn't crop my screenshots! 
 
Thanks for reading,
 
David Burgess   
 
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You guys will love this:
 
http://lmgtfy.com/
 
"Let me google that for you"
 
Tired of telling non-tech people how to google?  You enter the search, and then it creates a link to an animation which shows someone how to enter it into the google search box.  It then redirects to the google search result.  I think the idea is to (in a tongue-in-cheek way) teach people how to type something into a search box.  For example:
 
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fresh+ubuntu
 
Buzz Piersol (from California)
 
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Hi-guys,,, 
 I hate Ubuntu!!! LOL!!!! 
While upgrading to 9.10 on my laptop - HP compaq presario V2630....It destroyed my grub!!! 
 Now I can't boot my system.....I've been to my LUG - NO help totally!!! 
Larry at going linux seems the BEST!!  But, using this URL 
 http://stringofthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/grub-error-17-debianubuntu/
gets me no where!!! 
I'm hoping to reinstall 8.10 which I have....Question:  Will that install over itself in the right partition, NOT destroying windows XP and fix the grub crap? 
 Thanks Guys,,,,have a happy Ubuntu!!!  Holiday.. 
John in Dallas. 
 
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Outro
 
Freshubuntu.com .org
twitter.com/harlem ../nikolaidis ../leftyfb
facebook - oh yes we are
 
 
Christmas Karaoke
"Deck The Halls (Instrumental)" (mp3)
from "Happy Holiday - Christmas Karaoke"
(Rock River Music)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Stream from Rhapsody
Buy at Amazon MP3
 

Various
"Xmas In My House feat. Motion Man" (mp3)
from "This Is Your Brain On Xmas"
(troublewith2 productions, LLC)
 

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Amazon MP3
 
 
Pink Martini
"Ou est ma tete?" (mp3)
from "Splendor in the Grass"
(Heinz Records)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Amazon MP3

* 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