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In our second live show at FOSS Talk Live, we have a competition to see who can write the best program in 19 lines, and discuss bugs through the ages. There is a video of this episode available on YouTube.
It’s Season Ten Episode Seventeen of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Martin Wimpress and a tub of lard are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:

* We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

* Keeping plants alive with a legacy watering device
* Preparing for a snappy sprint


* Ready, Steady Code!

* Alan challenges Martin and Mark to write an interesting program in 20 lines of code
* Mark presents the Ubuntu Podcast of Yesteryear Original Unit Reproduction Script
* Martin presents Snake in 19 lines of Python


* We discuss our favourite bugs

* Can’t print on Tuesdays (Openoffice/File)
* Swirl in BFB goes the wrong way (Ubuntu)
* The default desktop startup screen causes damage to monitor! (XFCE)
* This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users’ Monitors
* wallpaper isn’t a png, it’s a jpeg (Ubuntu)
* Head in place of close button (Chromium)


* This weeks cover image was taken by Marius Quabeck.


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.

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