Full Circle Podcast Episode 21 Out Now

Full Circle Podcast Episode #21, Wibberty Wibberty Woo is available from the main site.

In this episode, why do we need Ubuntu? The desktop versus the cloud

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Runtime: 68 mins 23 seconds

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Show notes after the jump.

Your Hosts:

• Robin Catling (blog at http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/, @robincatling on Twitter)
• Ed Hewitt (blog at http://www.edhewitt.co.uk/, @edhewitt on Twitter)
• Dave Wilkins (…has a Fischer-Price toy. @DavidAWilkins on Twitter)

Additional audio by Victoria Pritchard

Show Notes

01:25 | WELCOME and INTRO

02:16 | SINCE LAST TIME

• Dave: academic and military
• Ed: finishing the academic year, work, travel, weighing up Chromebooks. Watching proceedings of the WWDC conference.
• Robin: blogging about CyanogenMod7 and trying Chromium-OS using both Hexxeh (failed) and Dell build (success).

06:53 | REVIEW: Full Circle Magazine Issue #49

• Dave:
  - Ronnie’s Thunderbird article p.20
  - Smithie’s opinion on Netbooks, p.26
  - Ed’s Revenge of the Titans review p.40
• Ed: The open question ‘I Think’ article on Unity. p.27
• Robin: Daniel Holbach’s article on Ubuntu development, p.17

015:26 | NEWS

• Major issue with lack of Android updates
• 30 Days with Ubuntu, an article series by Tony Bradley at PC World
• Software Centre changes planned for 11.10
• Pitivi removed from Ubuntu default apps
• Further default apps discussion, computer janitor now gone
• Ubuntu 11.10 release schedule published
• Linux 3.0 on the way. Linus Torvalds ups the version number for no other reason than it’s the third decade of the Linux kernel
• Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha-1 released to an expectant world
• Asus EEE-PC to ship with Ubuntu pre-installed
• Canonical Launches Ubuntu-Ready Hardware Certification (Big news! Does anyone outside the village care?)
• The Five Pillars Of Ubuntu Server 11.10 laid out as a roadmap for the server community

35:51 | OPINION: Why do we need Ubuntu? The desktop versus the Cloud.

56:27 | GAMING: Trine. Although it killed Dave’s laptop. Or maybe Dave killed Dave’s laptop…

• Trine

59:39 | FEEDBACK: Call to action – anyone an expert in protecting yourself and your Open Source project against copyright and patent issues.