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ice60
March 4th, 2006, 02:21 AM
it's from the The Linux Link Tech Show, it came out on the 1st.

go to the home page (http://www.tllts.org/index.php) make sure episode#125 is in the download dropdown and click on submit.

EDIT BTW you can stream ogg and MP3s instead of downloading the file.

here are the shownotes

#125 - 03/01/2006 - total running time 118:47
1:27 - intro (Chemical Warfare!, Allan is sick, $99 leather I-Pod case, Dan's dad)
8:30 - Linc was a guest on the Security Monkey podcast
11:45 - new linux related podcasts, Linux Reality, Lotta Linux Links
15:20 - Pat got rid of Arch on his laptop and installed Ubuntu, Automatix script for Ubuntu
17:45 - wireless card woes, wlan_ng drivers, prism2_usb, tux magazine article on wirless issues
19:42 - getting rid of the Ubuntu **** brown themes, network management tools
21:08 - Linc has gotten a lot of press the past month for bashpodder
23:07 - the radiator is out of control, steam room
24:30 - evil uploaded images from our listeners
26:09 - Eric Raymond's guide to sex
27:23 - Zack Rusin from the KDE project is our guest tonight, where's the fruit basket
28:35 - Zack just got back from FOSDEM in Belgium, X developer meetup
31:10 - Zack's talk at FOSDEM that XGL is not ready for primetime, layered on top of X server
30:57 - X11 developers will be using Git for version control and for development releases
35:05 - XGL only addresses rendering and composition, it removes bad code
38:01 - how hard is it dealing with all the different vendors and closed drivers?
40:35 - Red Hat has the AIGLX project, Novell is developing XGL
47:30 - minimum requirements for XGL?
52:07 - the code in XGL is very good, how far off until XGL makes it into the mainstream?
53:50 - Zack likes PPC hardware
56:40 - Nvidia has given feedback to Zack on his XGL code, Nvidia drivers are very good
60:50 - have you had a chance to check out the opengraphics.org project
62:30 - ATI drivers have improved, distro video driver implementations have improved
63:30 - why do we need XGL eye candy? improving UI
67:20 - impact on gaming in linux?
69:10 - M$ will kill OpenGL
72:40 - what hardware do you have? Zack likes running Debian unstable, he's tried Kubuntu and liked it
76:10 - Zack likes to write his own solutions to problems, he's written a implementation of flash for linux on PPC
77:40 - Gnash needs some work
80:10 - all we need is cash!, pretty people don't have to do a damned thing
82:10 - Zack grew up in Brooklyn, English accents
84:10 - fun in Belgium
87:20 - KDE was not invited to the LWE in Boston
89:10 - other groups in the .org Pavilion at LWE
91:00 - vi or emacs?
93:10 - what Linc doesn't like about KDE or Gnome
97:10 - KDE 4 holds much promise
99:40 - Zack's favorite part of working on the KDE project
101:30 - fixing bugs in software in the open world is differnent than in the closed world
100:10 - Gnome vs KDE, what features are missing? artserver is horrible
109:02 - desktop flamewars! duplication of effort
113:30 - KDE code base is much cleaner than the competition
115:20 - wrapup (KDE & Gnome lovefest, frappr shoutouts)
here's the link if you have problems finding it
http://tllts.info/archives/tllts_125-03-01-06.ogg
http://tllts.info/archives/tllts_125-03-01-06.mp3

Lovechild
March 4th, 2006, 06:57 AM
Arineboy ust have felt that in the force.. I never heard more plugging of his script.. rock!