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It’s Episode Fifteen of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Mark Johnson is back with Alan Pope, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress and we’re all speaking to your brain.

We’re here again, all of us!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the news

* Following his departure from OwnCloud, Inc. Frank Karlitschek has announced the formation of NextCloud

* IndieGoGo has announced a partnership with Arrow Electronics

* F1 2015 available on Steam for Linux & SteamOS

* Microsoft has stuck a patent deal with chinese manufacturer Xiaomi

* In a case remenisent of NPM’s “breaking the internet”, more online package services have caused problems for downstream projects

* Microsoft have revealed some information about how The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (LXSS) works. TL;DR It’s complicated.

* Mark Zuckerberg has had his password breached for his Twitter and Pinterest accounts

* We discuss the community news:

* Snapcraft 2.9 and snapd 2.0.5 released.

* A systemd developer has requested that tmux and similar projects add code to support systemd’s new way of handling detached processes.

* Instagram kill the Instagram scope for Ubuntu Phone.

* UbunTuTu – adb for Human Beings

* With wireless convergence on the PRO 5, Ubuntu Phone levels up

* QNAP selects snaps and Ubuntu to bring IOT apps to its NAS

* Confidence, Instinct, and Knowing When to Fight Back: An Interview with Canonical CEO Jane Silber

* And some events:

* Red Hat Summit – 28 June-1 July – San Francisco, CA, US

* Texas Linux Fest – 8-9 July – Austin, TX, US

* LinuxCon Japan – 13-15 July – Tokyo, Japan

* FOSS Talk Live – 6 August – London, UK

* UbuCon Europe – 18-20 November – Essen, Germany

* We discuss adding wireless network to marvin and hacking dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight.

It’s Episode Fourteen of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again but a man down!

In this week’s show:

* We interview Barton George of the Dell Sputnik laptop project.

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We also discuss using HipChat.

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We share a Command Line Lurve – waybackpack. A Python way to access old websites archived on the WayBack Machine on Archive.org.

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And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

* Pyra Handheld

* Contribute to Ubuntu by testing SRUs

* This weeks cover image is taken from http://ayay.co.uk/.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-podcast on Freenode

It’s Episode Thirteen of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again, but one of us is not!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the news.

* Linux is the largest software development project on the planet

* Google to block Flash on Chrome, only 10 websites exempt

* Qualcomm flaw puts millions of Android devices at risk

* After years of hard work, ZFS for Linux finally lands in Debian GNU/Linux repos

* Yubico has replaced all open-source components with proprietary closed-source code in Yubikey 4s

* Firefox lets users try new features with ‘Test Pilot’

* Amazon targets YouTube with new online video posting service

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu France LoCo rocked out at the music Festival Papillons de Nuit

* Byobu Hollywood Melodrama and Ubuntu featured on NBCNews!

* Aaron Honeycutt talks about his experience using Ubuntu Touch on his Nexus 7 2013 WiFi Edition.

* Ubuntu Touch OTA-12 will be more about fixes than features For more info, see Launchpad.

* And some events:

* SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) – 10-12 June – Charlotte, NC, US

* Red Hat Summit – 28 June – 1 July – San Francisco, CA, US

* Texas Linux Fest – 8-9 July – Austin, TX, US

* LinuxCon Japan – 13-15 July – Tokyo, Japan

* We discuss using Android Pay in the UK to buy some crisps.

* This weeks cover image was made by us.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or

It’s Episode Twelve of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the new bq M10 Ubuntu tablet and the reviews it’s had so far:

* http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/05/bq-m10-ubuntu-tablet-review-crazy-slow

* https://linuxluddites.com/shows/episode-77/

* http://www.zdnet.com/product/bq-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition/

* https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2016/05/the-ubuntu-tablet-a-review-of-the-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition/

* http://www.techrepublic.com/article/magic-happens-with-the-ubuntu-tablet/

* http://www.trustedreviews.com/bq-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition-review

* http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-tablet-aquaris-m10-review.html

* We also discuss going to Stratford-Upon-Avon and playing Star Horizon and GRID Autosport.

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We share a Command Line Lurve (from dutchie on IRC) – bruteforce-luks. Given a LUKS-encrypted volume, such as you might get if you tick the encrypt entire disk option in the Ubuntu installer, it can attempt to recover the password.

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And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

* The excellent qemu -snapshot feature

* Decko, email client on bq tablet

* Document Viewer, PDF reader on bq tablet

* Beru, PDF reader on bq tablet

* This weeks cover image is taken from the Wikimedia.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us on IRC in

It’s Episode Eleven of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the news

* YouTuber Jim Sterling has revealed a workaround for YouTube’s Content ID system…

* The City of Vicenza is choosing Zorin OS…

* Apple Music subscription service has been found to delete user’s local music library during its setup…

* Frank Karlitschek, the founder of Owncloud, has resigned as CTO of OwnCloud, Inc…

* China unveils weaponized robot security guard…

* KDE’s project Neon begins publishing daily Wayland images…

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu Tweak is now officially terminated…

* Ubuntu Core now available for Samsung ARTIK 5 and 10…

* Unity 8 won’t be the default desktop session for Ubuntu 16.10

* Ubuntu orange update

* uNav 0.59 “Beauty and the Beast” is OUT!

* In-app purchases available in the Ubuntu Store…

* Ubuntu software in 16.04 can now install Snaps and 3rd party .debs…

* And some events:

* Raspberry Jam at Blackgang Chine – Sunday 5th June, 10:30-13:30 – Isle of Wight, UK

* OSCON – 16-19 May – Austin, TX, US

* Malaysia Open Source Conference – 25-28 May – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

* SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) – 10-12 June – Charlotte, NC, US

* We discuss going virtual motor racing and asking the internet for help and succeeding.

* This weeks cover image comes from Neil Crosby

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to show@ubuntupodcast.

It’s Episode Ten of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again, although one of us is still in Prague!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the recent Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release.

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We also discuss playing Pillars of Eternity, playing with a new BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu tablet, making snap packages, and attending the Egham Raspberry Jam.

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We share a Command Line Lurve – detox, which cleans up file names that contain difficult-to-work-with characters.

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And we go over your feedback – thanks for sending it – please send more!

* IBM LinuxOne architecture

* https://ubuntu-martin.org is a thing

* New Unbuntu PC Stick

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikipedia.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-podcast on Freenode

It’s Episode Nine of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again, although one of us is in Prague!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the news

* Ubuntu 16.04 and all the flavours are released…

* Ubuntu Snap confinement has been circumvented…

* Microsoft is suing the US government over ‘unconstitutional’ cloud data searches…

* VPS provider 123-reg “Does a Laura” and nukes customer servers…

* BBC micro:bit goes Open Source…

* Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition on sale NOW!

* We discuss the community news:

* The Ubuntu 16.10 codename is Yakkety Yak…

* Mozilla has announced Firefox will support ‘snap’ package format…

* New release of Ubuntu SDK IDE and DevKit…

* Ubuntu Studio has a new project leader…

* Ubuntu Budgie “remix” 16.04 is released…

* KDE Neon User Edition Tech Preview…

* UbuntuBSD has a new website…

* And some events:

* Raspberry Jam at Blackgang Chine – Sunday 5th June, 10:30-13:30 – Isle of Wight, UK

* UbuCon Europe – 18-20 November – Unperfekthaus, Essen, Germany

* FOSS Talk Live – Saturday 6 August 2016 – Kings Cross, London, UK

* We discuss playing Kerbal Space Program.

* This weeks cover image comes from Wikipedia

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

It’s Episode Eight of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re still here!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss unbreaking an Ubuntu computer (e.g., ahem, by formatting the /boot partition of a running laptop) using chroot.

* Some help came from a similar problem found on StackExchange

* We discuss accelerating lots of bits of the Raspberry Pi.

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We share a Command Line Lurve – doctl

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And we go over your feedback – thanks for sending it – please send more!

FixIT Leeds

FixIT Leeds is a non-profit social enterprise that finds cheap, innovative ways to get people on-line and share digital skills. They have a crowd funder to help them relocate.

* FixIT Leeds Relocation

Cat Detective and The Missing Money!

A short animated film using only Open Source software. Sent to the show and made by Dave Hingley.

* This weeks cover image is taken from Wikimedia

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-podcast on Freenode

It’s Episode Seven of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re here again!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the news

* Microsoft and Canonical have announced Ubuntu for Windows, a system allowing Linux binaries to run on Windows

* Linux outperforms Windows when running The Talos Principle on Vulkan

* Red Hat offers free Red Hat Enterprise Linux to developers

* Ubuntu is now available for IBM’s LinuxONE platform

* RMS weighs in with piece on ZFS and Linux licensing

* Google shuts down a server, some home proprietary automation kit becomes bricked

* We discuss the community news:

* Next gen XPS 13 developer edition available in Europe

* Ubuntu Community Donations report (Q3 2015)

* The Ubuntu IRC Council election results have just been announced – Congratulations to elky, flannel, hggdh, Tm_T, and Unit193

* Nominations to the Tech Board

* Ubuntu Budgie Remix sees beta release

* Ubuntu Make 16.03

* PPAs have been re-signed

* And some events:

* Egham Raspberry Jam – Sunday 24 April 2016 – Staines-upon-Thames, UK

* LinuxFest Northwest – 23-24 April 2016 – Bellingham, WA, USA

* Raspberry Jam at Blackgang Chine – Sunday 5th June, 10:30-13:30 – Isle of Wight, UK

* UbuCon Europe – 18-20 November – Unperfekthaus, Essen, Germany

* FOSS Talk Live – Saturday 6 August 2016 – Kings Cross, London, UK

* We discuss getting a new Thinkpad T450 and eating Easter chocolate.

* This weeks cover image is from The U.S. Army

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or

It’s Episode Six of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

We’re still here!

In this week’s show:

* We discuss breaking the internet (in the removing-packages-from-npm sense):

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11340510

* http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141577284765/kik-left-pad-and-npm

* http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141905368000/changes-to-npms-unpublish-policy

* https://medium.com/@mproberts/a-discussion-about-the-breaking-of-the-internet-3d4d2a83aa4d#.a3d95qi35 (NSFW)

* We discuss going to MoodleMoot and Debian SHA1 removal.

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We share a Command Line Lurve – glances:

Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool written in Python. A single view of everything including processes, memory, sensors, network, disk i/o, Docker containers, highlights warning and critical conditions and had plugins for manner of stuff. Available from sudo apt-get install glances

* Just run in a terminal:

glances

* And we go over your feedback – thanks for sending it – please send more!

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

* Join us on IRC in #ubuntu-podcast on Freenode