LUGRadio Live This Summer

[vmlinuz] writes "Also picked up on The Register, The Inquirer and Linux Today - with the LUGRadio show getting more and more listeners and attracting guests such as Miguel de Icaza, Mark Shuttleworth, Alan Cox, Seth Nickell and more, the growing fanbase will be able to congregate at LUGRadio Live this summer. The day long event includes speakers such as Ian Bell (co-creator of Elite), Simon Willison, Bill Thompson, Christan Schaller and more. In addition to the speakers, an all day bar, multi-player gaming, mini expo and paintball are in the cards. LUGradio Live takes place on Sat 25th June 2005 in Wolverhampton, UK."

Podcasts and the like..

.. are a great and effective way to spread Linux etc. by combatting the short attention span of the youth of today.

Is it just me?

News for Nerds.

It seems to me that more often than news, slashdot's thing is adverts for nerds.

Not saying it's a bad thing, there's a big grey area between news and adverts in this sort of thing, and hey, I'm here every day reading the stuff.

I'm saying this mainly because I'd never heard of LUG radio before. Now I'm interested.

Damn it "News for Nerds, Ads that bloody well work".

PS Sorry if this comes off as a bit trollish. Its just there's a fine line between news and well targetted advertising.

Yes

Profanities all day long and live! :-D

Sounds like a great event.

Get Yer Torrents

http://lugradio.bishopburton.ac.uk/lugradio-s2e15- 090505-high.ogg.torrent [bishopburton.ac.uk]

Bill Thompson?

What this [bbc.co.uk] Bill Thompson?

The one that told Linux users to "get real" ?

Kubuntu and KDE

Although it's not yet listed, I'll be talking about Kubuntu [kubuntu.org] and KDE.

Linux Distro War

and paintball are in the cards Ah, the possibilities. Linux fanatics versus Linux fanatics - who will win? My money is definately not on Team Gentoo. They will strip down thier guns and fire minature paint balls "to optimize efficiency". /flamebait

Come as you are

I might fall out of bed and roll into the city centre to say hi ;-)

It's pretty impressive that this thing has come together at all considering it has no corporate sponsorship and is being done for the fun of the event.

Imagine that no corporate interest just a bunch of hackers having fun. It's pre-takeover blues /. again.

why isn't it downloadable

Maybe its just me, but the whole podcast thing is juts so 'blowfish alike'

Isn't it just 'downloading music to your usb/mp3-stick'?

Never knew that it could be made so complicated :S
Why don't they just hand over the mp3 over at the site??? (besides the rss thingy)

FYI

It's pronounced "Lug rah-dee-o". Brilliant show. Oh, and it's not profanity, it's "language".

nice change of pace

i've been using Linux for about 10 years now. when i first started using it it was still an underground underdog scrapping to get a little attention. well 10 years later it has all the attention it needs but much of it the likes of cnet.com.com.com.com.com. so the majority of attention it gets these days is geared towared the business sect. so it's quite nice to hear people chatting up linux on multiple levels AND hear a bit of the old attitude creeping back into it. i'm sorry but watered-down, business-suit linux is nothing more than microsoft without the unpredictable software. i say more of this. i say Linux TV. i say let's bring back the days when linux.com was a real strong dream and a place where linux users could go and get help. don't get me wrong - i love the fact that big businesses are supporting linux. but that big money doesn't mean linux has to shed it's underdog attitude where you couldn't see a linux ad without the words "world domination" somewhere in the ad. i think the linux community should approach G4 TV and tell them they need to start a Linux TV show. hell, i'm an actor, maybe i'll pitch them the idea.

LUG lugs

I downloaded the LUGRadio show where they interviewed Miguel de Icaza. I was less than impressed by the insight of the LUG guys. They seemed to think that any project which might rely on Mono or .NET could just as easily be done in Python!

good stuff...

I gave this a listen and found it to be quite good, although I think they think some of their humor (actually humour) is funnier than it really is. Anyhow, anyone know of any other good technology related podcasts?

Re:Let them improve

I think you're being a little pessimistic regarding people's view of Linux fans. I believe LugRadio presents a view of FOSS that is rarely seen: i.e. normal people enjoying something they passionately believe in. It's blind zealotry that gives Linux a bad name, not having a laugh.

Re:The Molineux! Urgh!

Oh, bad luck Herbster, see you next year ;-)

If your post confused people this one (from a Wolves fan) certainly will.

Re:Linux Link Tech Show

Can someone mod this troll down? We aren't paid for the show, we do it because we enjoy it and because the FOSS communities need a variety of media to be healthy. The Linux Link Tech Show is certainly worth a listen, though.

Re:Linux Link Tech Show

As pointed out, wrong show. LUGRadio is fantastic. I know they don't get paid for this, but I am sure it costs them some money.

There are a lot of great Linux and FOSS radio/podcast shows out there. So if LUGRadio is not your bag, try LQRadio, The Linux Box Show, LinuxLog, TLLTS, or keep on searching. Don't forget DDP Hack Radio and Hackermedia! More are popping up every month. Each one is created with a little love inside.

Re:LUGRADIO is awful: Here's why...

eh what? They never suggested that the whole of KDE should be written in Python or C#.

I'll also think you'll find that all 4 presenters have contributed a significant amount into the Linux community before LUGRadio ever existed.

Re:No info

Elite was the quintessential game for 8-bit computers in the 80s. It was a 3d space-trading game that wasted away many a youth.

Re:The Rise of the Eurofags

Yeah Cap, good read.