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Rick's Rants Episode #6: Something for the builders With all this focus on making desktop linux something for the mass market, is there a chance that we end up removing the great things that drew us to the platform as users/developers? Is it possible to have a product that wins with the mass market as well as the people that there building and developing things? Listen/watch the rant and let me know what you think. Do we need something different for Ubuntu users? What would an "Ubuntu Developer Edition" look like in your mind?

"Bus Error: Core Dumped" (image by Joe Crawford released under a [CC-BY Attribution Generic 2.0 license) Lococast.net Episode 13 - WARNING: News overload...generating core dump Intro Events Global Jam Prep Ubuntu Happenings Ubuntu 11.04 Drops Release Candidate / News / Online / Home - Ubuntu User No GPLv3 Software on Windows Phone 7 / XBox app store? Banshee by default brings headaches for Canonical http://gburt.blogspot.com/2011/02/banshee-supporting-gnome-on-ubuntu.html http://doctormo.org/2011/02/16/canonical-platform-control-bites/ Nokia/MS Partnership http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/10/nokia-confirms-microsoft-partnership-new-leadership-team http://bethesignal.org/blog/2011/02/11/elopocalypse-nokia-chooses-microsoft/ http://www.asymco.com/2011/02/11/in-memoriam-microsofts-previous-strategic-mobile-partners/ Meego - "desktop QT is not our R&D priority right now http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/18/buckets-of-cold-water/ (KDE in danger?) Freedombox http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion

Money money money Rick's Rants Episode #5: If you love it, put a ring on it I keep seeing people that don't get that you can mix money and FLOSS. In fact, if you appreciate the work that these great people creating amazing tools and programs at all, \$\$ will of course get involved. Time to rant on these people that don't get it and a personal challenge from me to you. Put \$5 up for grabs every month, come on, I double dog dare ya!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikingartist/5019940179/ Lococast.net Episode 12 - cloudy with a chance of feedback Intro Events One month to PyCon! Sign up for sprints Linux Workshop NY State Loco - Feb 19th Ubucon pre - SCaLE 9x Cali Loco - Feb 25th Southern Cali Linux Expo Feb 17th, 10.04.2 due out Heads up, feature freeze coming Feb 24th Ubuntu Happenings Unity updates - Jorge's posts http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/2927038461/unity-bitesize-bug-report-for-25-january http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/3198857225/random-small-bling http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/3202209062/progress-meters-quicklists-and-number-count-for-the Canonical Joins Openstack (6mo release cycle) Dell/Ubuntu cloud offering Diaspora/Facebook and the openness of social networking Books Craig: Eclipse Phase Rick Pyramid Docs. Yay new web frameworks Extro Music Icarus Crash - Mister Leija from Mi Defecto Anonimo Stealth Core by Catherine Corelli from Killed Alive End of Summer by BertycoX from Robot in Love Ekaitzaren ondoren...

Go to a conference http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilcoxzone/4368662977 Rick's Rants Episode #4: Curse of the part time developer You know the guy, the one that's never able to head over to the local LUG meeting. Never shows interest in that cool new example of that awesome bit of code you saw at the last meetup. You've found the "Part time developer" in the group. It's time to call them out. Rant on!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frenchy/185844843/ Lococast.net Episode 11 - 'cause you can't build Ubuntu without some Python Intro Events Codemash report Get ready for Pycon Loco events NY State Loco - Feb 19th User Group of Rochester monthly meeting Cali Loco - Feb 25th Southern Cali Linux Expo Interview: Barry Warsaw Wiki info http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pkgme/0.1 https://edge.launchpad.net/bzr-pqm https://edge.launchpad.net/tarmac http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3149/ http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributedDevelopment Ubuntu Happenings Natty - alpha 2 coming next week! Feb. 3rd Shuttleworth - QT apps in ubuntu Pre-release of multitouch Ubuntu 11.04 Software Center reviews! Books Craig: Learning Python 4th Edition Rick: Practical Ruby for System Administration Python Cookbook Recipes Music 4.1 Chevy! by Catherine Corelli from Overcome Start Entre Cornisas by Icarus Crash from Mi Defecto Anonimo The Same Mistakes by Adam Fi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/edellepi/4153467555/ Lococast Interview with Jim Barber Recently we received a note from a listener, Jim Barber. He sent us one of the most interesting stories of his usage of Ubuntu. Rather than read the note on the air, we decided to do an interview with Jim. Unfortunately, Rick was "on assignment", so Craig and Jim sat and talked. Hear about Jim's computer experiences from the past, and how he uses Ubuntu in one of the most unique settings we've come across. (Let's just say I won't be bitching about bandwidth anymore at the coffee shop). If you've got an interesting story about Ubuntu that you'd like to share, or have any questions or comments about the show, send them our way at lococast.net. Show Music: Scanalyzer - Zwichenspeil Zwei from On the One and The Zero Sekshun 8 - Still Smokin from Black Winged Butterfly [](http://shop.positronrecords.com/products/product.php?pid=posi019&aff=posi)

Back to work Lococast.net Episode 10 - Break time over, back to work! Intro Events Codemash (and come check out Rick's Talk Friday) Pycon Penguicon PyOhio Ubuntu Happenings Jono Post - community time Jorge Unity Bug Report Ahmed Kamal - Cloud Community Books Craig Java Web Services Up and Running HTML5 Up and Running Rick Non Designers Design Book 3rd ed In the Beginning Was the Command Line Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Iteraction Design The Evolution of Useful Things Universal Principles of Design: Revised and Updated Show Music Savior by XXX-Car Ride from The Wait is Over Ponete Las Pilas by Scott Hallgren from Tango - Jazz (live in Studio C) Harresia by Kudai from Arima Eroslea Like A Moth To Flame by Iron Thrones from The Wretched Sun

Lococast.net Episode 9 - Scriptlessly chatting natty Events Thanksgiving and Christmas. Come back after the New Year. Codemash 2011 Jan Pycon 2011 March 100 paper cuts novell bought...do we care? Loco teams for natty cycle http://linuxgrandma.blogspot.com/2010/11/loco-teams-in-natty-cycle.html https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntutheproject-n-loco-council http://loco.ubuntu.com/ Books: Craig Learning Javascript by Shelley Powers Miles Errant http://www.webscription.net/p-278-miles-errant.aspx Rick Pulling Strings with Puppet: JavaScript Patterns Music Tears and Blood by Memories Lab from Stronger Than Hate Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy by Daniel Bautista from Classics And Soundtracks Machines Of War by Severed Fifth from Nightmares By Design Utopia by Bertycox from The Signal Victims by Chronique from A Gate To All Secrets

Lococast.net Episode 8 - Sleepytime Show Intro - We're Back! Amber: http://akgraner.com/?p=763 http://granerfamily.chipin.com/the-graner-family Events: Codemash Jan 12-14th Sandusky OH Rick's Talk at CodeMash You've got some events to pub let us know feedback@lococast.net UDS Unity Current state, what is it? We all probably know by now Default...parts that are missing Overall goals, touch, etc Conflict with Gnome, still a 'gnome-toolkit' desktop? Other UDS highlights New ad they had? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTJPaM82nQ Tons of youtube video Banshee - amazon mp3 vs U1 music store? http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DevWorkstation Developer push with things like software center, paid apps, donation for apps, trying to get more apps into center Jim Barber Got some feedback in from a guy sailing his boat Esmeralda and uses the podcast to help pass the time from port to port. Running Ubuntu and learning python after doing some pascal stuff back in the day. Want to see about an interview, back f

Lococast.net Episode 7 - Here comes the Meerkat Intro Maverick Meerkat New features coming Ubuntu One Streaming Music Service Get your parties on: Maverick Release Parties Announcing new Loco Day Event Books Craig: Getting Things Done Rick: Web Operations: Keeping the Data On Time Music Bidea aukeratu by Kudai from Hutsa Deixa voar by Suinga from Minina Sin Eater by Chris Randall from The Devil His Due Canto XIII by Eva Can't from L'Enigma delle Ombre Ethernidub by Doblezero from Sound Anti-System

Rick's Rants Episode #3: We're Here Because it Rocks A recent post from Roberto about "Why we are here" got me thinking...do people use OSS because it's free, or do they really just use the best tool for the job. How many people feel the need to preach/convert other users out there? I've paid for commercial software I thought was better, even software for Linux. I don't take the freedom angle too deeply, but I do appreciate any software tool that can make my life easier/better, and hey, if it's open/free then all the better. I'm using the stuff I do because I firmly believe it's the best stuff out there. Let us know, why are you here? Did you come for the free and stick around for the freedom? Or is it just giving what you're handed, what you can get for no cost?

Lococast.net Episode 6 - Ohio Linuxfest Recap/Interviews Intro Feedback: feedback@lococast.net Ohio Linuxfest recap Closed Source Web Apps vs Freedom and Open Web Apps Stormy's Talk Mako's Article Interviews Paul Taglamente & Jacob Peddicord from Ubuntu Ohio Loco Carl Richell - President System 76 Books Craig - Python 3 Object Oriented Programming Rick - Art of Community, YUI Learning the Library, Solr Enterprise Search Server Extro Music: Reach by Wendigo from Audio Leash Smile (Make Your Body Move) by Binärpilot from Robot Wars Power of the Power of the Power (of the Great Sword) by NanowaR from Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay! Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan from Looking for a Way Out Work At Night by Professor Kliq from Movements EP

Lococast.net Episode 5 - Everyone to Ohio Intro Intro Guest Co-Host Amber Graner Interview with Amber Graner (See written : transcipt-ish version here) http://akgraner.com/?p=668 http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu Background Loco Conversation Ohio Linux Intro http://ohiolinux.org Other Events Global Bug Jam - This weekend, check out http://loco.ubuntu.com/ - see when your loco is getting together Code Mash - accepting talks - Jan 12-14th Ubuntu StackExchange Follow Up Books Craig: Web Design for Developers by Brian P. Hogan Amber: The New Community Rules: Marketing on The Social Web Rick: Pro Python Extro - Thanks Amber!! Music Thornwill - Midnight Hunger Diablo String Orchestra - Zodiac Virtues Countdown - 121007 M.A.S.A.C.R.E - Conciencia Magra Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I:7 Astras - The Incredible Light

Lococast.net Episode 4 - Freedom in a Box? Intro Feedback PyOhio Summary:Good talks, open spaces, see blog. Rick's Summary: http://blog.mitechie.com http://pyohio.org http://python.mirocommunity.org/category/pyohio-2010 Follow up, ubuntu stack exchange now live. And of course the people that want it more than Ubuntu: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Aug-05.html Freedom Box http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/210-FreedomBox.html http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/feb/10/highlights-eben-moglens-freedom-cloud-talk/ http://natalian.org/archives/2010/08/06/Debian_powered_Web_applications/ Golden Age of OSS: http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2010/08/09/the-golden-age-of-open-source/ Events Codemash call for talks opens today Jan 12-14th - http://codemash.org OLF coming Sept 10-12th - http://ohiolinux.org Book Picks Rick: Nothing currently, fun reading. Do have Beautiful Data and Art of Communityon the kindle Craig: Linchpin by Set

Rick's Rants Episode #2: Newbie Stole My Linux Is it just me or has the progress made in making Linux easier for the non-techies/Linux users actually made it harder to make Linux do what it was best at, molding into the great tool that fits you better than the other OSes out there? I rant on my issues getting Ubuntu to do what I want on my new Laptop and ponder if Ubuntu's outgrown me or I've outgrown it.

Lococast.net Episode 3 - E-Read This Intro Feedback: Thanks Rick's Rants: First episode feedback, potential guest ranters? Events - quick re-reminder PyOhio July 31st - Aug 1st (pyohio.org) OLF September 10-12, 2010 - (ohiolinux.org) Main Topic - E-book readers and rise of the machines Intro to e-books E-Ink vs LCD Devices we own Rick - Kindle 2 Likes Dislikes Craig - Sony PRS-505 Likes Dislikes Other devices Nook Kindle DX iPhone, iPod, Android...ugh Reading material, where to get it Amazon O'reilly Direct Apress Google Books Project Gutenburg Baen Books Steve Jackson Games Books Rick - Freedom, sequel to Daemon Craig - Accelerando- Charles Stross Extro Music Atomic Opera: Rain Parade Micronaut: Vulgar Electric Frankenstein: Fast and Furious Eternal Jazz Project: Cliffhanger Chris Randall: Two Trains Coming

This is our first episode of Rick's Rants. Basically I have a reputation as willing to take on things that annoy me to no end. I tried to start these off in a short, < 10min, test episode with something that's not pure rant. So consider this another beta release. Provide feedback at feedback@lococast.net or in the comments below. Make sure to let me know if you've heard me rant at MUG or CoffeeHouseCoders and think it'd make a good one for the shotcast. In the future I might try to bring in some guests to cover the other point or to help me cover the rant material. Let me know if you might be interested in doing a test co-host rant. And with that I give you Rick\'s Rants Episode #1: Help Me! Netiquitte

Lococast.net Episode 2 - Meet Me at the App Store Intro Thanks for the feedback Shout Out - Leo Loving the ZSH, awesome Events PyOhio July 31st - Aug 1st Ohio Linuxfest Sept 10-12th App stores on desktop OS's Shot of Jaq discuss software center Canonical Joins the Open Invention Network Books Rick Pro Python Daemon Craig Your Brain at Work Feedback: feedback@lococast.net Extro Music for this Episode (available at Magnatune) The Dino Haak Collective: Life Bit Me Crimsonfaced: Video Jive Ass Sleepers: Naughty But Nice Big Bad Sun: The Spirit Music Inside: Stinky Dog

We delve into our first episode of the podcast. Some intro, some brief discussion, and the promise to return and try again. Lococast.net Episode 1 Show Notes: Intro Purpose of the show Rick's Intro Craig's Intro What to expect Ubuntu news StackOverflow for Ubuntu yay/nay? Vote at:  http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu What you're reading Rick - Coders at Work Craig - CouchDB: The Definitive Guide: Time to Relax (Animal Guide) Feedback - site/comments (email coming) Music for the show by Drop Trio, available at magnatune.com l.u.g. Invisible Pants Abbey Rhodes