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Podcast 114 from lottalinuxlinks.com.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Topics include:

In today's much belated podcast, dave repeats himself, talks about how to organize a linuxfest, and some other linux stuff too.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 114;

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 114 ogg vorbis format;

tint2; and

cbpanel.

July call-in show has been cancelled

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:44:00 +0000

The regularly scheduled call-in show for the month of July has been canceled. I completely forgot that this Friday, July 3rd was the first day of a long holiday weekend. The next call-in show will be the first Friday in August.

SouthEast LinuxFest

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:11:00 +0000

The first annual SouthEast LinuxFest was a wild success. It was everything I had hoped for and more. There we at least 400 people who came out to explore, learn, and celebrate Linux in the GNU/SOUTH. I am still amazed at how big a hit SELF was. I could not be more pleased with how well this first year event went. Everything that I was worried would go wrong, didn't, and everything that I hoped would go right, did. The speakers were awesome, the venue was great, the expo hall was not as woefully small as I had feared, the audio and video worked, the videographers were there on time--and promised CC-by-SA audio and video of the entire event (for the price of batteries and tape) to be made available in both ogg theroa and ogg vorbis format, no one's car was towed, the audio equipment promised for the Dual Core performance was delivered, the DJ was a nice addition, the pre-and after-parties were a blast, the food was delicious, we had more than enough volunteers, the funds were more than sufficient, the t-shirts looked fantastic, we started on time and were only 20 minutes late finishing, the venue for the parties had a one to one penguin to SELF attendee ratio (you'd have to see it to understand it), the BoF sessions just worked, the program guides were perfect, people didn't get lost (we even had our own shuttle service), and most importantly, it felt like a real community event. Scratch that very last part--it WAS a real community event.

Having said that (and re-reading it, and still deciding to post the terrifically long run-on sentence), I think now I realize, that a successful linuxfest isn't about all of the above; (warning: touchy-feeling statement dead ahead) it's about inviting people to belong to a community that shares and celebrates the freedom of GNU/Linux.

Thank you Beth Lynn Eicher, OLF, SCaLE, FLS, Ontario Linux Fest, everyone that help make this event a reality, and most importantly, all of you that came to SELF!

Oh and thanks to my wife too, for letting me grow enough beard for the event to boost my geek-cred.

Did I mention it was fun?

Here are links to more photos from SELF:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/selinuxfest/;

http://jeremysands.com/?p=126;

http://imabug.net/gallery/v/CSCLUG/SELF09/;

http://rlworkman.net/images/SELF-2009/index-all.html;

http://www.nivex.net/gallery/self2009;

http://ahotw.com/gallery/v/linux/SELF2009/;

http://picasaweb.google.com/marielh/SELF2009?fgl=true&pli=1#;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kudzu13/sets/72157619709521423/;

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=86185&id=61835474561&ref=mf;

http://www.thelinuxlink.net/~dann/self2009/

Upstate Carolina Linux User Group Podcast 17

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:02:00 +0000

UCLUG

Topics include:

Dave Yates and Jeremy Sands talk about some of the apps in Linux Journal's Reader's Choice Awards issue; and

SouthEast LinuxFest .

UCLUG podcast in mp3 format;

UCLUG podcast mp3 feed;

UCLUG podcast in ogg format, and

UCLUG podcast ogg feed.

June call-in show

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:59:00 +0000

In this month's uncensored call-in show, dave is joined by Jonathan, Dann, Lord Drachenblut, Azimuth, and Threethirty.

Due to the call being uncensored, the call in show has it's own separate feed:

http://lottalinuxlinks.com/podcast/call-in.xml

Be sure to participate in the next call-in show, Friday, July, the 3rd, at 3:10pm Eastern by calling 724-444-7444, and using the Call ID 15880 at the prompt, or just click here: lll call-in show.

Podcast 113 from lottalinuxlinks.com.

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:16:00 +0000

Topics include:

In today's very brief, belated podcast, dave plays catch up, again.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 113;

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 113 ogg vorbis format;

SouthEast LinuxFest; and

levelator fix.

Be sure to participate in the next call-in show, Friday, June the 5th, at 3:10pm Eastern by calling 724-444-7444, and using the Call ID 15880 at the prompt, or just click here: lll call-in show

SELF HELP NEEDED

Fri, 22 May 2009 15:47:00 +0000

The SouthEast LinuxFest is in need of a few volunteers to help out with the event on June 13th. If you are willing to help out, with your only reward being a free t-shirt and/or a couple of drink tickets, please send an email to community@southeastlinuxfest.org

SouthEast LinuxFest Speaker Schedule

Fri, 22 May 2009 03:22:00 +0000

The SouthEast LinuxFest is Saturday, June 13th, at Clemson University, in Clemson, South Carolina. We have just completed our final list of speakers, and it's a nice one. Don't believe me? Check it out:

Chris Dibona - Slashdot co-founder, Current Open Source Czar at Google

Mark Spencer - Original Developer of Gaim (pidgin) and Asterisk, currently CTO of Digium

Russell Bryant - Asterisk stable package maintainer.

Wendy Seltzer - Former EFF staff attorney, Board member, the Tor project, Founder, chillingeffects.org

Joe Brockmeier, - Novell - openSUSE community manager.

Greg DeKoenigsberg - RedHat - community architect, OLPC evangelist, board member, SugarLabs.org, former Fedora project leader.

Ian Geiser - KDE project

Pete Graner - Canonical - Ubuntu kernel team

Ryan 'Icculus' Gordon - The ENTIRE Linux gaming industry

Brian Leonard - Sun Microsystems - OpenSolaris

Robby Workman - Slackware

Alan Hicks - Slackware

Richard Weait - OpenStreetMap

Michelle & Michael Hall - Qimo

Paul Frields - Fedora Project Leader

Clint Savage - Fedora Project Contributor

Keith Bergelt - CEO - Open Invention Network

Semmy Purewal - Founder Free IT Athens - Assoc. Prof - College of Charleston

D. Richard Hipp - SQLite

Chad Wollenburg - Linux Basement

I told you it was nice. For a complete schedule of all three speaker tracks, times, and topics, click here.

Don't miss it. Register today

Call-in show feed

Sat, 16 May 2009 05:50:00 +0000

After some thought I have decided to provide a separate feed for the monthly lottalinuxlinks.com call-in episodes. Listener beware: these episodes are uncensored, and may not always be family friendly.

lottalinuxlinks.com call-in show ogg feed.

UCLUG podcast: back from the dead

Fri, 15 May 2009 00:52:00 +0000

It's been 6 months since I last attended a Upstate Carolina Linux User Group meeting. I hope to start attending on a monthly basis again so I can record the audio of the meeting. That's what I did, and what I posted a few minutes ago as episode 16 of the UCLUG podcast. So, now I present the following links for your listening pleasure:

UCLUG podcast in mp3 format;

UCLUG podcast mp3 feed;

UCLUG podcast in ogg format, and

UCLUG podcast ogg feed.

Podcast 112 from lottalinuxlinks.com.

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:18:00 +0000

Topics include:

In today's very belated podcast, dave plays catch up.

Links:

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 112;

lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 112 ogg vorbis format; and

SouthEast LinuxFest.

Be sure to participate in the next call-in show, Friday, May the 1st, at 3:10pm Eastern by calling 724-444-7444, and using the Call ID 15880 at the prompt, or just click here: lll call-in show.