06.03.11 Gemini version available ♊︎ Posted in TechBytes at 6:07 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary : Tim and Roy talk about FOSS VOIP, several new GNU/Linux distributions, Nokia, and more
TODAY’S show starts by talking about news from Google and ends with some reviews of recently-released operating systems. Tim has the show notes in his site .
Today’s closing track is “Somebody Like Me” by Erica Nicole, taken from SXSW 2010 (get the torrents legally here ). We have many more in the pipeline for future shows.
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Our past shows :
November 2010
Show overview
Show title
Date recorded
Episode 1 : Brandon from FedoraTechBytes Episode 1: Apple, Microsoft, Bundling, and Fedora 14 (With Special Guest Brandon Lozza) 1/11/2010
Episode 2 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 2: Ubuntu’s One Way, Silverlight Goes Dark, and GNU Octave Discovered 7/11/2010
Episode 3 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 3: Games, Wayland, Xfce, Restrictive Application Stores, and Office Suites 8/11/2010
Episode 4 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee’s Magic 9/11/2010
Episode 5 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 5: Windows Loses to Linux in Phones, GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share Estimations, and Much More 12/11/2010
Episode 6 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 6: KINect a Cheapo Gadget, Sharing Perceptually Criminalised, Fedora and Fusion 14 in Review 13/11/2010
Episode 7 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 7: FUD From The Economist, New Releases, and Linux Eureka Moment at Netflix 14/11/2010
Episode 8 : Gordon Sinclair on Linux MintTechBytes Episode 8: Linux Mint Special With Gordon Sinclair (ThistleWeb) 15/11/2010
Episode 9 : Gordon Sinclair returnsTechBytes Episode 9: The Potentially Permanent Return of ThistleWeb 17/11/2010
Episode 10 : Special show formatTechBytes Episode 10: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux 19/11/2010
Episode 11 : Part 2 of special showTechBytes Episode 11: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux – Part II 21/11/2010
Episode 12 : Novell specialTechBytes Episode 12: Novell Sold for Microsoft Gains 23/11/2010
Episode 13 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 13: Copyfight, Wikileaks, and Other Chat 28/11/2010
Episode 14 : Patents specialTechBytes Episode 14: Software Patents in Phones, Android, and in General 29/11/2010
Episode 15 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 15: Google Chrome OS, Windows Refund, and Side Topics Like Wikileaks 30/11/2010
December 2010
Show overview
Show title
Date recorded
Episode 16 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 16: Bribes for Reviews, GNU/Linux News, and Wikileaks Opinions 3/12/2010
Episode 17 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 17: Chrome OS Imminent, Wikileaks Spreads to Mirrors, ‘Open’ Microsoft 5/12/2010
Episode 18 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 18: Chrome OS, Sharing, Freedom, and Wikileaks 11/12/2010
Episode 19 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 19: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktop at 4%, Microsoft Declining, and ChromeOS is Coming 16/12/2010
Episode 20 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 20: GNU/Linux Gamers Pay More for Games, Other Discussions 18/12/2010
Episode 21 : No guestsTechBytes Episode 21: Copyright Abuses, Agitators and Trolls, Starting a New Site 20/12/2010
Episode 22 : No special guestsTechBytes Episode 22: Freedom Debate and Picks of the Year 27/12/2010
January 2011
Show overview
Show title
Date recorded
Episode 23 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 23: Failuresfest and 2011 Predictions 2/1/2011
Episode 24 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 24: Android, Microsoft’s President Departure, and Privacy 10/1/2011
Episode 25 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 25: Mono, Ubuntu, Android, and More 14/1/2011
Episode 26 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 26: £98 GNU/Linux Computer, Stuxnet’s Government Roots, and More 18/1/2011
Episode 27 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 27: Linux Phones, Pardus, Trusting One’s Government-funded Distribution, and Much More 22/1/2011
Episode 28 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 28: The Weekend After Microsoft’s Results and LCA 30/1/2011
Episode 29 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 29: KDE, Other Desktop Environments, and Programming 31/1/2011
February 2011
March 2011
April 2011
Show overview
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Date recorded
Episode 36 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 36: “Come to Take Me Away” 3/4/2011
Episode 37 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 37: Escaping the Soaps 4/4/2011
Episode 38 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 38: Thanks for Reaching Out 11/4/2011
Episode 39 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 39: Groklaw wins, Microsoft me too’s and trolls fail 13/4/2011
Episode 40 : Tim, Gordon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 40: Video Begins at 40 17/4/2011
Episode 41 : Tim, Gordon, Rusty, and RoyTechBytes Episode 41: Going Rusty 24/4/2011
Episode 42 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 42: Bandwidth, Android and Patents, Games, and Computer Nostalgia 29/4/2011
May 2011
Show overview
Show title
Date recorded
Episode 43 : Tim, Jono Bacon, and RoyTechBytes Episode 43: At Home With Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager 4/5/2011
Episode 44 : Rusty, Gordon, Tim, Roy, and Brandon LozzaTechBytes Episode 44: The Four Horsemen Reunited; Fedora Ambassador Interview 7/5/2011
Episode 45 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 45: Skype, Facebook, and Weekly Musings 14/5/2011
Episode 46 : Rusty, Gordon, Tim, and RoyTechBytes Episode 46: GNU/Linux in Germany, Android’s Openness, and More 15/5/2011
Episode 47 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 47: Unity With the Wife 21/5/2011
Episode 48 : Tim and RoyTechBytes Episode 48: Will The Real Steve Ballmer Please Step Down? 27/5/2011
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