10.10.11
TechBytes Episode 63: Enter KDE
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Summary: Rusty joins Tim and Roy for a show about issues of the day/week
Rusty is back for another splendid show which suffered a few sound issues in the first segment. We start the show with wonderful news about Tim’s newly-born daughter and then talk about Steve Jobs’ death as well as Richard Stallman’s reaction to it. We then speak about Apple’s anti-Android strategy and take stock of Android’s success, noting that Microsoft’s patent trolls at Intellectual Ventures launched recently a lawsuit against Motorola — an issue that antitrust regulators turn a blind eye to. “100 mph (in 2nd Gear)” by Gemma Ray gets played followed by a discussion about Ubuntu 11.10, Unity experiences, and PCLinuxOS 2011.6, which introduced Tim to KDE in a much better way. “Everyone’s Got ‘Em” by White Ghost Shivers is then played and we begin a segment about KDE and tablets, later to mention India’s low-cost tablet, Microsoft in tablets, and the general shift in form factors. “Government Name (Spontaneous Lover)” by Rockwell Knuckles is then played, ending with a discussion about social networks such as Diaspora and Google+. The whole show closes with the song “El Rogadero” by Banda de Turistas.
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Past shows:
November 2010
December 2010
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 16: No guests | TechBytes Episode 16: Bribes for Reviews, GNU/Linux News, and Wikileaks Opinions | 3/12/2010 |
| Episode 17: No guests | TechBytes Episode 17: Chrome OS Imminent, Wikileaks Spreads to Mirrors, ‘Open’ Microsoft | 5/12/2010 |
| Episode 18: No guests | TechBytes Episode 18: Chrome OS, Sharing, Freedom, and Wikileaks | 11/12/2010 |
| Episode 19: No guests | TechBytes Episode 19: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktop at 4%, Microsoft Declining, and ChromeOS is Coming | 16/12/2010 |
| Episode 20: No guests | TechBytes Episode 20: GNU/Linux Gamers Pay More for Games, Other Discussions | 18/12/2010 |
| Episode 21: No guests | TechBytes Episode 21: Copyright Abuses, Agitators and Trolls, Starting a New Site | 20/12/2010 |
| Episode 22: No special guests | TechBytes 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 Roy | TechBytes Episode 23: Failuresfest and 2011 Predictions | 2/1/2011 |
| Episode 24: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 24: Android, Microsoft’s President Departure, and Privacy | 10/1/2011 |
| Episode 25: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 25: Mono, Ubuntu, Android, and More | 14/1/2011 |
| Episode 26: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 26: £98 GNU/Linux Computer, Stuxnet’s Government Roots, and More | 18/1/2011 |
| Episode 27: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 27: Linux Phones, Pardus, Trusting One’s Government-funded Distribution, and Much More | 22/1/2011 |
| Episode 28: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 28: The Weekend After Microsoft’s Results and LCA | 30/1/2011 |
| Episode 29: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 29: KDE, Other Desktop Environments, and Programming | 31/1/2011 |
February 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 30: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 30: Microsoft at FOSDEM, Debian Release, and Anonymous | 7/2/2011 |
| Episode 31: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 31: Nokiasoft and Computer Games | 13/2/2011 |
| Episode 32: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 32: Desktop Environments, Computer Games, Android and Ubuntu as the ‘New Linux’, Copyright Mentality | 22/2/2011 |
March 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 33: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 33: Patent ‘Thieves’ and News That Deceives | 6/3/2011 |
| Episode 34: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 34: Done on a Dongle | 13/3/2011 |
| Episode 35: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 35: You Can’t Please Some People | 19/3/2011 |
April 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 36: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 36: “Come to Take Me Away” | 3/4/2011 |
| Episode 37: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 37: Escaping the Soaps | 4/4/2011 |
| Episode 38: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 38: Thanks for Reaching Out | 11/4/2011 |
| Episode 39: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 39: Groklaw wins, Microsoft me too’s and trolls fail | 13/4/2011 |
| Episode 40: Tim, Gordon, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 40: Video Begins at 40 | 17/4/2011 |
| Episode 41: Tim, Gordon, Rusty, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 41: Going Rusty | 24/4/2011 |
| Episode 42: Tim and Roy | TechBytes 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 Roy | TechBytes Episode 43: At Home With Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager | 4/5/2011 |
| Episode 44: Rusty, Gordon, Tim, Roy, and Brandon Lozza | TechBytes Episode 44: The Four Horsemen Reunited; Fedora Ambassador Interview | 7/5/2011 |
| Episode 45: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 45: Skype, Facebook, and Weekly Musings | 14/5/2011 |
| Episode 46: Rusty, Gordon, Tim, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 46: GNU/Linux in Germany, Android’s Openness, and More | 15/5/2011 |
| Episode 47: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 47: Unity With the Wife | 21/5/2011 |
| Episode 48: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 48: Will The Real Steve Ballmer Please Step Down? | 27/5/2011 |
June 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 49: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 49: Linux – To Boldly Go… | 3/6/2011 |
| Episode 50: Rusty, Tim, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 50: With Rusty Again, Challenging FUD | 6/6/2011 |
| Episode 51: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 51: Nokia and Apple, GPL’s Importance, Silverlight’s Death, and Copyrights Unrest | 15/6/2011 |
| Episode 52: Rusty, Tim, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 52: Desktop Environments and the Demise of Ubuntu | 26/6/2011 |
July 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 53: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 53: WebOS, Universal Laws, and Tablets | 5/7/2011 |
| Episode 54: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 54: Patent Extortion, Economy Shifting, Tablets Lacking | 4/7/2011 |
| Episode 55: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 55: Google’s Growth, Sabayon Linux 6, and Sony-Microsoft | 15/7/2011 |
| Episode 56: Michael Glasser, Tim, and Roy | TechBytes Episode 56: GNU/Linux Versus Mac OS X | 24/7/2011 |
August 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 57: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 57: Desktop Choice is Grand | 5/8/2011 |
| Episode 58: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 58: HP’s 180, Google’s New Patents, and the New GIMP | 24/8/2011 |
September 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 59: Tim, Roy, and Rusty | TechBytes Episode 59: Privacy, Tablets, and Dream Studio | 5/9/2011 |
| Episode 60: Tim, Roy, and Rusty | TechBytes Episode 60: Microsoft Versus Dual Booters, Google Competition Matters, and Google+ | 22/9/2011 |
| Episode 61: Roy and Sebastian | TechBytes Episode 61: Sebastian on Mageia and the GNU/Linux Desktop | 24/9/2011 |
October 2011
| Show overview | Show title | Date recorded |
| Episode 62: Tim and Roy | TechBytes Episode 62: I Told You So | 3/10/2011 |
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Needs Sunlight said,
October 10, 2011 at 7:17 am
Sound quality and sound levels are still an issue.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
October 10th, 2011 at 7:32 am
Yes, volume issues of great magnitude had to be corrected by heavy use of filters such as leveller. Before future shows (especially with 3+ people connected) we need to spend more time testing. I take responsibility for this cockup as it was me recording and I sometimes feel rushed to skip the testing phase, especially with guests on. After the first segment I realised there was an issue, so this was mitigated somewhat (on Tim’s side). We all use different setups and equipment. In the next season we might all record ourselves locally and later merge, which should improve quality and reduce dependency on network transmissions. We also think about live streaming.
Needs Sunlight Reply:
October 10th, 2011 at 8:06 am
About the content, there was long discussion of Ubuntu but no mention of the Mono problem in the default distro.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
October 10th, 2011 at 8:09 am
This problem was covered in the show several times before.