Caitlin, Erin and Ted chat with Reed Harrison about Novell Sentinel 6 and Jason Williams about Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. Again, this was live, so loosen up the earbuds and adjust the volume accordingly.

Time: 40:26

MP3 Size: 14 MB

Segment Times

Novell Sentinel with Reed Harrison: 2:22 – 14:00

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 with Jason Williams: 17:10 – 38:58

Links for this Episode:

Sentinel from Novell

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2

PowerJak (with no C) [It’s MySpace, so expect music to play]

BrainShare 2007

NOA Backstage:

Okay, we’re guessing that you were not at all surprised that Ted totally blew it on the intro again.

We suspect that Reed was expecting something a little more formal. We extend our sincerest Novell Open Audio apologies to Reed. Yes, your NOA team are professional slouches.

Recently, someone pointed out to us that “OES2” sounds quite similar to “OS/2.” There are distinct differences between the two platforms. (Mainly, OES2 won’t run REXX scripts.)

Thanks to all our listeners who came to BrainShare.

Caitlin, Erin and Ted chat with Boyd Timothy about the Tomboy note-taking application in

Pull out the earbuds and adjust the volume accordingly.

Time: 50:06

MP3 Size:17.3 MB

Segment Times

Tomboy with Boyd Timothy: 1:28 – 18:07

Nat Friedman: 18:28 – 49:01

Links for this Episode:

Tomboy project page

Boyd Timothy’s blog

Post: Road map set for Tomboy 0.8.0

Nat Friedman’s page

Nat’s reference on open source contributions: “Who wrote 2.6.20?“

BrainShare 2007

NOA Backstage:

Were you at all surprised that Ted totally blew it on the intro? You don’t even want to know how many takes we have to do in the normal studio setting.

Your NOA crew would like to note that while Nat Friedman may have earned his “Zinged Ted and Erin on Novell Open Audio” podcast, he did so with an envious “I wish I could grow facial hair” eye on Erin’s chin.

Thanks to all our listeners who came to BrainShare.

Note: Our next edition of Novell Open Audio will be recorded at BrainShare in two weeks. We hope to see you there!

Overview

Repeat offender Jason Williams is back yet again. This time he brings in Novell Distinguished Engineer Dana Henriksen, the man behind Dynamic Storage Technology (formerly “Shadow Volumes”). We also interview Dean Ricker, the primary person from Novell IS&T responsible for the technical implementation for the BrainShare Installation and Migration Depot. Also, Erin and Ted talk a lot about BrainShare.

Time: 48:32

MP3 Size: 33.2 MB

Segment Times

Dynamic Storage Technology: 8:51 – 30:52

BrainShare’s Installation/Migration Depot: 32:37 – 42:44

Extended BrainShare Babble from Erin and Ted: 42:51 – 47:28

Links for this Episode:

Novell Open Enterprise Server

BrainShare 2007

NOA Backstage:

“…and this time, he brought a lead engineer.” (Ted ducks out again, leaving Erin and Caitlin to do the heavy lifting.)

Ted hosting the Friday General Session at BrainShare?! What are they, crazy?

If Erin talks too fast in this one, we recommend Red Bull. (At least, that’s what he was all jacked up on.)

Erin and Ted secretly fear doing the live NOA shows at BrainShare–Caitlin’s kind of a looker, and she’s sure to upstage the two aging punkers from California.

Overview

To tell us more about how Novell Access Manager works, Lee Howarth returns to Novell Open Audio…and this time, he brought a lead engineer. Then we briefly cover some listener feedback.

Time: 36:35

MP3 Size: 25.1 MB

Segment Times

Novell Access Manager: 6:53 – 30:42

Listener Feedback: 30:42 – 35:40

Links for this Episode:

Novell Access Manager

Novell Access Manager technical whitepaper (pdf, 574Kb)

SMART Package Manager

BrainShare 2007

NOA Backstage:

“…and this time, he brought a lead engineer.” (Ted ducks out, leaving Erin and Caitlin to do the heavy lifting.)

Overview

On its initial release, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED10) met widespread acclaim for it’s smoothly polished look and feel, and some of the interface updates that it introduced to the GNOME desktop. Now with Service Pack 1 targeted for a spring 2007 release, we catch up with the woman in charge of SLED10 usability, Anna Dirks, to find out how her team makes SLED10 so dang sexy. Then we’re off on another wild ride with Dave “Slasher” Mair and Randy “The Tip Master” Goddard in News from Support.

Time: 39:58

MP3 Size: 27.4 MB

Segment Times

SLED10 design and usability: 1:35 – 22:33

News from Support: 22:53 – 36:39

Links for this Episode:

BetterDesktop.org

Miguel De Icaza’s blog post in which he tells a story about why we put Desktop Search where we did

BrainShare 2007

Click “More” for the News From Support links

News from Support links:

TID# 3809192: Unable to edit or delete sound card in YaST

TID# 3996981: rcd does not correctly check update destinations for free space

TID# 3180248: SMS Backup hangs Linux OES with all patches applied

TID# 3235488: NDSD Process uses more then 2 GB of Memory

TID# 3446269: Is iManager supported on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10?

NOA Backstage:

In the pre-interview, Anna explained that her name is pronounced “AH-na.” Said Anna: “My name doesn’t rhyme with Banana.” Moments later, Erin welcomes her onto the show as “Anna,” perfectly rhyming it with Banana.

Anna really talks that fast, and she really sounds that sweet. Ted intends to nominate her for “Nicest Linux Community Member 2007.”

We had to edit out a significant amount of laughter after Dave got us with the “Slash-My-Slash-Throat” comment.

Notice how little stuff there is besides the two main segments? We were afflicted with the podcaster’s equivalent of writer’s block.

Overview

With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 competing for desktop share against Windows Vista, many want to know if ZENworks will be able to manage both. We interview Martin on ZENworks support for Vista and SLED10, as well as what the ZENworks team will be doing at BrainShare 2007. Then we cover some recent listener feedback and questions.

Time: 30:34

MP3 Size: 21 MB

Segment Times

ZENworks: 7:08 – 22:24

Listener Feedback: 22:38 – 29.51

Links for this Episode:

Resource Management Solutions from Novell

Novell ZENworks Suite

ZENworks Asset Management

Indiana Access: Linux Desktops in Indiana Schools

BrainShare 2007

NOA Backstage:

Truth is that we have dispatched Erin with a lead pipe in the library. He won’t be back.

Did Ted ever mention that his middle name is Scarlett? But don’t call him Miss.

Overview

Ted and Erin interview the guys in Novell IS&T to find out how and why they use open source software for running Novell’s business. Then comes News from Support, where we delve into what the upcoming change in Daylight Saving Time may mean to your organization.

Time: 30:38

Size: 21.0 MB

Segment Times

Using Open Source at Novell: 3:12-16:13

News from Support: 17:23-29:34

Links for this Episode:

Daylight Saving Time Technical Information Document

BrainShare 2007

NOA Backstage:

Erin was in training, so Caitlin cohosts today.

Quothe Randy Goddard, “Use ‘zdump -v $timezone | grep 2007’ where ‘$timezone’ is a valid timezone found in /usr/share/zoneinfo/. For example, ‘zdump -v US/Mountain | grep 2007’ or ‘zdump -v Asia/Singapore | grep 2007’.”

A post-apocalyptic Buddy Holly story as told by a B-movie Kurasowa. That’s the NOA Backstage riddle for the day.

Overview

Novell Open Audio returns! We open up our 2007 season with an interview about ZENworks Linux Management from product manager extraordinaire Tim Crabb. Then, with BrainShare 2007 rapidly approaching, we pull in Troy Monney and Mike Morgan to give us a preview of all the BrainShare goodness for 2007.

Time: 48:39

Size: 33.4 MB

Segment Times

ZENworks Linux Management: 6:15-26:20

BrainShare preview: 27:19-47:02

Links for this Episode:

ZENworks Linux Management

Novell ZENworks Suite

BrainShare 2007

The Goo Goo Dolls

NOA Backstage:

Caitlin joins us as a cohost, and we hope to make it a regular thing.

If we do make it a regular thing, then our “Funny Little Men Behind the Curtain” is no longer applicable. (Apologies to listener Jon S.)

Overview

Alert for GroupWise System Administrators: Upcoming changes to Daylight Saving Time can seriously affect your end users’ scheduled appointments in the immediate future. Gregory Webb, marketing manager for Novell GroupWise, brings in product manager Bill Pray and technical support engineer Alex Evans to explain the issue and how to manage it for your organization.

Time: 25:56

Size: 19.7 MB

Links for this Episode:

Daylight Saving Time Guide for Novell GroupWise:

Setting Up a Search Folder To Locate Affected Calendar Items

Sample Communication From IT Administrators to Internal Audience

Ken Muir on Cool Blogs

Alex Evans on Cool Blogs

Overview

So, how do Randy Goddard and Dave Mair actually help customers troubleshoot ailing servers? The gents from News from Support tell about the tools and techniques that they use to keep customers going.

Time: 11:05

Size: 34.4 MB

Notes for this Episode:

Don’t forget that you can ask technical how-to questions for Linux for our “Ask Randy and Dave” segment by emailing them to newsfromsupport[-at-]novell.com.