TechBytes Episode 30: Microsoft at FOSDEM, Debian Release, and Anonymous
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2011-02-07 23:54:33 UTC
Modified: 2011-02-08 18:44:50 UTC
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Summary : Tim, Gordon, and Roy catch up with GNU/Linux vs Microsoft (or vice versa) news and then drift further away into some other topics
TONIGHT'S scheduled-not-so-planned-but-spontaneous show covered mostly GNU/Linux-related issues like Microsoft sponsorship of Linux and FOSS events, the situation at Nokia, Microsoft MVPs, Windows versus GNU/Linux at work, Debian's new release, Linux Mint, uniformity across GNU/Linux environments, filesharing-based business models, Anonymous, and a few more issues. Corresponding articles will be linked very shortly in
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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
February 2011
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