Free Software Round Table (FSRT)

This episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jesse Farinacci, Jonathan Dahan, and engineered by Bobanero.

The following topics were discussed:

• Google going from ext2 to ext4 [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
• Android and other Linux based phones [ 1 ]
• Linux jobs growing [ 1 ]
• Make Open Source Hardware Guide [ 1 ]
• HTML5 making headway [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
• Rant: Flash Video sucks [ 1 ]
• Hulu no longer works with 64bit flash on Linux [ 1 ]

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This extended, extreme FSRT episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Brian Fix, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Justin Seyster, and engineered by Bobanero. When the show began there was almost no snow on the roads, by the time we left there was well over a foot of snow. As a result most of the participants had to spend the nigh in unfamiliar places around stony brook. All the things we do for Free Software.

The following topics were discussed:

• Public domain, government collected information
• Linux 2.6.32 released [ 1 ]
• DRBD is mainlined, to be included in 2.6.33 [ 1 ]
• IBM to run linux on mainframes [1]
• SFLC Busybox lawsuit [1] [2]
• Oracle addresses mysql concerns [1]
• Bug Offsets

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This is an extra special FSRT episode, as we have a practicing intellectual property attorney, John F. Vodopia (jvodopia gmail com) on as a guest. We cover some consequences of the Bilski case and patent law in general. Regular hosts include Brian Fix, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jonathan Dahan, Kupo and as always engineered by Bobanero.

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This special fund-raising episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Chris Knadle, Brian Fix, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jonathan Dahan, and engineered by Bobanero.

The following topics were discussed:

• In Re Bilski -- RedHat et al file amiacus brief [1] [2]
• Texas Instruments goes after Hobbyists and modders. [1
• London Stock Exchage moves to linux [1]
• Shuttleworth on user experience testing [1]
• Debian KFreeBSD [1]
• Hulu Client for linux [1]

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This episode is hosted by: Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jonathan Dahan, Justin Seyster, Kupo, and engineered by Bobanero. We also had a special guest, Scott Shawcroft who started and continues to run the OS Watershed project.

The following topics were discussed:

• Free Software Day [1]
• BFS Scheduler [1]
• OS Watershed, interview with Scott Shawcroft [1]
• IBM employees switch Symphony from Microsoft Office [1]
• Debian switches to upstart [1]
• Linux kernel version 2.6.31 [1] [2]
• RHEL, xen -- no, KVM yes [1]
• Gimp single window mode [1] [2]

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This episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Chris Knadle, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jonathan Dahan, and engineered by Bobanero.

The following topics were discussed:

• SCO wins a battel [1]
• IBM Make inroads in SUN market [1]
• Evading sensorship courtesy US govt [1]
• Revelaing password to authorities (UK) [1]
• Akonabi project [1]
• KDE 4.3 [1]
• Debian 2 year releace cycle [1]
• OS Watershed [1]

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This special 2 hour episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Chris Knadle, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Kupo, and engineered by Bobanero.

The following topics were discussed:

• Linux kernel null pointer exploit [1] [2]
• Microsoft first source code 'contribution' to kernel [1]
• Getting your cat to agree to EULA [1]
• Palm pre phones home [1]
• Palm pre pretends to be iPhone [1]
• iPod linux integration, quit wining [1]
• Defcon 16: fake ATM [1]
• Defcon 16: fake Korean reportes [1]
• Defcon 15: Dateline reported ousted [1]
• Defcon 16: discovering feds with RFID[1]
• Passport information sniffing [1]
• Defcon 16: [1]
• Intermission
• DDos Attacks on Twitter + Facebook [1]
• Chinese filtering firewall, no more [1]
• DLP [1][2] [3]
• Ethernet Drivers, Myricom, Infiniband
• Linux incompatibility list [1]
• Song of the Grass-Mud Horse [1][2]
• Linux bloat
• 50% of GPL projects use GPLv3[1]
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This episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Chris Knadle, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jonathan Dahan, Kupo, and engineered by Bobanero.

The following topics were discussed:

• Geeknic++, The first North East LUG meetup camping trip. [1]
• Libre.fm [1]
• Red Hat join S&P 500 [1]
• Null pointer security flaw in kernel version 2.6.30 [1]
• Fat free FAT [1]
• Ksplice in ubuntu [1]
• Stallman on Mono, C#. [1]

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The show scheduled for June 20th has been preempted by the WUSB blues marathon. Don't miss it, there is going to be lots of excellent music. Our next show will be on July the 18th, expect a quiz on blues then!

This episode is hosted by: Bill Burns, Chris Knadle, Ilya (dotCOMmie) Sukhanov, Jesse, Jonathan Dahan, and engineered by Bobanero.

The following topics were discussed:

• Cisco and FSF finally settle [1] [2]
• Moblin [1] [2]
• Virtualization on Linux [1] [2] [3]
• Linux Unified kernel [1] [2] [3]
• Cyber Security Czar [1] [2]
• China builds secure OS on freeBSD [1]

Extra: Running Windows viruses with Wine

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