Linux Action Show Returns 61
BJ writes "The Linux Action Show, the Linux-podcast to end all Linux-podcasts, is returning with their 11th season after over 7 months off the air. Kicking it all off with a live streaming event this Saturday at 5pm. Topics are set to include: Maemo/Moblin merging into Meego, Open Source Nividia drivers with 3D, KDE 4.4 and much, much more."
Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Must have been re-compiling their Kernel.
headdesk (Score:2)
Apple’s latest round of sticking an “i” in front of a word
Wow, that's some pretty edgy writing.
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Apple’s latest round of sticking an “i” in front of a word
Wow, that's some pretty edgy writing.
Not many people are willing to tackle these issues. Everyone knows about it but hardly anyone acknowledges it. They're just telling it like it is!
Wow? (Score:3, Funny)
Awesome!
A show I had never heard of for a full 10 seasons is making a triumphant return for an 11th!
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sudo apt-get remove grub
Re:Wow? (Score:5, Funny)
apt-get remove me and I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine...
Lameness filter (Score:1, Funny)
Please wait at least five(5) minutes before replying to yourself.
Re:Wow? (Score:5, Funny)
apt-get remove me and I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine...
If you phrase this as a shell command:
> apt-get remove me & I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine...
It's important to note that you could become stronger than the caller can possibly imagine before you are removed - thereby giving you the ability to prevent your own removal. It's very important to handle race conditions like this correctly...
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Shell syntax lesson (Score:3, Insightful)
> apt-get remove me & I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine...
Uh, fail.
Why do people talk like this? It's so tacky.
The command is:
apt-get remove me && I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine...
I don't know if you made an HTML fail or a shell fail, but either way, you botched it. Having two ampersands prevents the race condition and preserves the meaning of the statement; in this context, and means iff.
No, I said what I meant. (If I had meant to put two ampersands in there, why would I be talking about asynchronous jobs and race conditions?)
See, if I use the version of the command that accurately reproduces the meaning of the sentence instead of getting it wrong, then that's not much of a joke. Maybe you thought my joke wasn't funny anyway - that's OK, they're not always funny. But that line of dialogue could actually have either meaning. "and" could mean "
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Why do people talk like this? It's so tacky.
Language evolves. Deal.
I am dealing. I think using "fail" the way you did is stupid. So instead of biting my tongue or being a jerk about it, I decided to address the issue. Seems to me like the best possible way to deal with it.
So you parse English incorrectly?
For the sake of a joke, Shirley, I would. Misunderstanding is the basis of a lot of humor. Plus being intentionally obtuse is just plain fun sometimes.
Perhaps you just weren't funny?
It's a risk one always takes when making a joke. Someone who can't face the possibility of failure has no hope of accomplishing anything at all. So,
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Don't mistake that for years in production. They have a LOT of season breaks. Not sure why, they seem to be at about 100 shows or so, 10 shows per season. The Linux Link Tech Show is at episode 340 or so, and still on their first season.
Lack of professionalism (Score:5, Insightful)
When I got into the whole podcast thing, I downloaded basically everything that had to do with either mobile tech, Apple and Linux. To my surprise, most Linux-related podcasts are really, really bad. The quality was often lacking in almost every area, be it pacing, sound quality, speakers, intro/outro, interviews you name it. This all in sharp contrast with podcasts that are related to mobile news and Apple or iPhone.
So I'm very interested in this (for me new) podcast, but it better have at least some semblance of quality.
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Re:Lack of professionalism (Score:4, Interesting)
This surprises you how exactly? Linux users are almost never involved in media production, most coming from orthodox IT-related areas. I do a lot of creative production work, and I have to laugh every time I talk to somebody who is both a Linux user (as I am), really into tech, and somehow passionate about getting something produced. They really have no clue what is up or down, and most of their anecdotes come from being really pissed off by Flash-driven websites, even when they ARE dealing with time-bound, linear media where something like an "animated intro" is considered a staple of production. I still chuckle about it.
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Does not mean that flash is the right way to do it. Any video can give you an animated intro and is liner and timebound, without the amateur-hour tech that is flash.
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Then you have the dangerous ones, like me. I can play music. I can compose. I can model in 3D.
Buuut I can't code very much... so I guess I don't fit the stereotype.
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Check out Leo LaPorte's TWiT [twit.tv] lineup. Only one podcast is directly to do with open source (FLOSS Weekly [twit.tv], hosted by Leo, Randal Schwartz, and on occasion Jono Bacon) but all of his shows are extremely well produced. Leo is a "real" geek and a bona fide on-air radio personality as well, a rare combination. My other favorite on the network is Security Now [twit.tv] with Steve Gibson. It's a good podcast if you like in-depth discussions on crypto, CPU architecture, network protocols, and other low-level topics.
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Yep, Leo Laporte's work is great. I heard his This Week In Tech and TWiGoogle shows, and hadn't heard about the FLOSS Weekly show, thanks for that.
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I've never seen/heard it (Score:2)
Is it cool or is it whack?
I recommend it (Score:2)
Whack would have been good (Score:2)
It's not good and it's not whack, it's just tremendously dumb from the first second to the last.
I would instead recommend others like Shot of Jaq, Ubuntu UK Podcast, Tuxradar Linux Podcast.
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For a good list of linux related podcasts see http://thelinuxlink.net/ [thelinuxlink.net]
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Is it cool or is it whack?
I know how to handle this.
*clears throat*
It violently actuates the 'hizzy'.
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Stupid podcast (Score:5, Interesting)
These clowns put on a hysterical "morning zoo"-style charade with forced "energy" and falseness throughout. They are also very anti free software, to the point that free software makes them hysterically angry. They constantly try to manufacture conflict where there is none, and go on crusades against pointless minutia. No thanks, it's a waste of time.
Give me LugRadio back any day.
And I forgot ... (Score:2)
THE OVERMODULATION!!! Shit man, you have to adjust your volume every time, and if you forget it you'll blow your brains out.
Linux Action (Score:2)
What about the Computer Action Show? (Score:2)
They renamed the Linux Action Show to the "Computer Action Show", but it's still the same show. Is this LAS an entirely new show starting at season 11, then, or are they just renaming CAS back to LAS?
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Uhm, no. Just like STOked is its own show, CAS and LAS have been their own shows.
Jupiter Broadcasting [jupiterbroadcasting.com].
THE LINUX ACTION SHOW RETURNS! (README !) (Score:1)
Ubuntu Fanboi Powers Activate! (Score:1)
I gave up on them once I discovered Linux Outlaws (whom I'm also getting a bit bored with..perhaps bored with Linux news every week..no thanks... where is there an enterprise podcast covering SANs and virtualisation ?).
As someone else pointed out, Chris and Bryan's "morning zoo" style of hosting is tedious plus Chris has a serious man crush on Bryan which really becomes annoying......almost as annoying as there constant diatribes about Ubuntu.
"Ubuntu Linux.... as annoying as Eddie McGuire"
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I gave up Linux Outlaws as well, after they started pointless negative campaigning too. Like LAS, it just became a too negatively focused podcast for no good reason.
podcasts blow (Score:2)
Will they be publishing transcripts? That's the only thing I care about. I can read an hour of bad audio in fifteen minutes or less. I'll listen to music while I drive, thanks.
Linux Outlaws is where it is at. (Score:1)
Action Show?! Booyah! (Score:1)
FLOSS Weekly (Score:1, Informative)
I recommend FLOSS Weekly.
http://www.twit.tv/floss
Very decent interviews every week. Linus was already interviewed and A LOT (more than 100) of good project developers too.
Wasn't that good (Score:2)
When it was called the Linux action show, only portions about it were about Linux or software that runs on Linux
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You should watch "Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show".
It is on YouTube, and contains very good information about Unicow and also Ron Jeremy's Big Janitors.
When I saw the title... (Score:1)
Thanks, I already have my favorite (Score:2)
And it is Ubuntu UK Podcast. Profesionally done, nice on topic talks about interesting open source and Ubuntu topics, very good interview section, etc. Very recommended for non-geeks. Yeah, no gags and no jokes like LUGRadio or shot Shot Of Jaq, but that's what I need. I like diversity that we have in Linux podcasting, because sometimes I like to switch my brain off and laugh like crazy with Bacon and friends.
The Linux Link Tech Show. (Score:1)
Not as high on production quality, but live every week, with great guests and informative conversation. http://tllts.org/ [tllts.org]
informative (Score:1)
Awesome show. (Score:1)