TechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee's Magic

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2010-11-10 00:13:02 UTC
Modified: 2010-11-10 00:25:13 UTC

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Summary: Tim and Roy discuss Fedora 14 (which Roy installed today), file sharing, DDOS attacks, and they also cover a variety of GNU/Linux distributions

THIS is the fourth episode, which is also the third episode released in 3 days. OpenBytes has some show notes and in the future the structure of the show will be as follows (as per Tim's suggestion):

News headlines summary
One discussion point (or guest interview)
Feedback
Close on highlighted artist

Emma Lee the singer This show closes with a lovely song from the lovely Emma Lee (maybe not the same Emma Lee as the famous one). The song is called "That Sinking Feeling" and it was a free download in SXSW 2009 (Showcasing Artists).

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TechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee's Magic

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