Linux For The Rest Of Us #89 – Free Raspberry Pi

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A Linux podcast for anyone even remotely interested in Linux! With Steve McLaughlin, the Door to Door Geek.

Episode 89 Show Notes

[02:32] Basic Basic
The best things in life are indeed free!!!
Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe
(http://www.openttd.org/en/)
Quake3 for Pi (http://t.co/FO9G5558)
Laser Cut Acrylic case For Raspberry Pi Stylish Enclosure and project box ! (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laser-Cut-Acrylic-case-For-Raspberry-Pi-Stylish-Enclosure-and-project-box-/251053134771?pt=UK_Computing_Case_Accessories_Tool_Kits&hash=item3a73eed3b3#ht_500wt_1322)
lalos videos – Helping you master the basic computer skills required in today’s world.
(http://learntousemypc.com)

[25:14] Debian Administrator’s Handbook published — and Freed – Written by two Debian developers — Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas — the Debian Administrator’s Handbook started as a translation of their French best-seller known as Cahier de l’admin Debian (published by Eyrolles). It’s a fantastic resource for all users of a Debian-based distribution. Accessible to all, this book teaches the essentials to anyone who wants to become an effective and independant Debian GNU/Linux administrator.
(https://lwn.net/Articles/496797/)
(http://debian-handbook.info/)

[28:50] Man I can be soooo wrong.
Skype Release Minor Bugfix Update for Linux Client – It lives! Skype have issued a small bugfix update to the static package of their Linux client. The hotfix patches a ‘serious vulnerability’ with the ‘libpng library’ present in the static package of the VoIP client. The issue does not affect any other versions of Skype 2.2 for Linux (i.e. the version available in the Ubuntu Software Center).
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/skype-release-minor-bugfix-update-for-linux-client)

[33:46] Maintaining Remote Web Sites With sitecopy (Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10) – sitecopy is a tool for copying locally stored web sites to a remote web server (using FTP or WebDAV). It helps you to keep the remote site synchronized with your local copy by uploading modified local files and deleting remote files that have been deleted on the local computer. This tutorial shows how you can manage your remote web site from your local Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 desktop with sitecopy.
(http://www.howtoforge.com/maintaining-remote-web-sites-with-sitecopy-debian-squeeze-ubuntu-11.10)

[35:43] The 10 Best Jobs In The United States: CareerCast
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/best-jobs-united-states_n_1421632.html#s866138&title=10_Mathematician)

[38:44] Install wikipedia unity lens in ubuntu 12.04 precise/ubuntu 12.10 quantal – The Wikipedia lens for Ubuntu’s Unity dash we wrote about several days back has been updated. Visually the Lens now looks neater, sporting article snippets and thumbnails (where applicable) thanks to use of the ‘card view’ layout available to developers.
(http://www.techlw.com/2012/05/install-wikipedia-unity-lens-in-ubuntu.html)

[40:34] Canonical: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs – Chris Kenyon, the VP of sales and business development for Canonical, just spoke this afternoon at the Ubuntu 12.10 Developer Summit about what Canonical does with OEMs and ODMs. He also tossed out some rather interesting numbers about the adoption of Ubuntu Linux.
(http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA5ODM)

[43:39] Unity 2D To Go Away In Ubuntu 12.10 – It appears that Unity 2D — the Qt non-accelerated desktop version of the Ubuntu Unity desktop — will be abandoned by Canonical. There’s also going to be some GNOME 3.6 packages appearing in Ubuntu 12.10.
(http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA5OTA)

[46:34] GIMP Magazine Launching Soon – GIMP Magazine’ – which despite the unfortunate connotations the name may bring in some quarters – will provide enthusiasts and professionals alike with development news, tutorials, reviews of hardware , software and resources, any plenty more.
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/gimp-magazine-launching-soon/)

[47:52] Reteo and Ryan – penguin producer – This week, Lampros has a look at the newest version of the GIMP, version 2.8.
(http://www.penguinproducer.com/)

[48:53] Hands-on: testing the GIMP 2.8 and its new single-window interface – The developers behind the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) have announced the official release of version 2.8, the first stable update since 2008. The new version brings a number of significant technical enhancements and user interface improvements, including the long-awaited single-window editing mode
(http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/hands-on-testing-the-gimp-28-and-its-new-single-window-interface/)

[52:58] Geary 0.1 released – After a year of hard work, we’re thrilled to announce the release of Geary 0.1, a lightweight email reader for the GNOME desktop.
(http://blog.yorba.org/laura/2012/05/geary-0-1-released.html)

[55:02] GUI CyanogenMod Compiler Tool for Ubuntu – A lot of avid Android tinkerers use Ubuntu, and if you’re one of them you may have spent time compiling the popular firmware replacement CyanogenMod from source. If so then the following tool may be of interest.
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/gui-cyanogenmod-compiler-tool-for-ubuntu/)

[58:36] The Twilight Desktop.
(http://lifehacker.com/5907268/the-twilight-desktop)

[1:02:29] 5 Best Linux Business Intelligence Suites – Even a small business generates giant quantities of data, and a good business intelligence suite helps you analyze and make sense of it all. When you have an accurate picture of where you are, you’ll see where you can go, and any of these excellent Linux-based small business intelligence suites will take you there.
(http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/5-best-linux-business-intelligence-suites.html)

[1:06:46] LMMS Is a Fearsome Music-Making Machine – Linux MultiMedia Studio is a remarkably feature-filled application for creating music and sounds. It has tools to go beyond just creating musical sounds. It lets me re-arrange sounds and rhythms with a click-and-drag action. I can layer the tracks to create songs. In fact, it’s so packed with possibilities that newcomers may be a little intimidated by its interface.
(http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/LMMS-Is-a-Fearsome-Music-Making-Machine-74999.html)
(http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php)

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