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Ohio Linuxfest 2009 Review

OLF 2009 was another great success this year as we celebrated 40 years of UNIX. Kudos to the all the organizers and volunteers who made the event happen! Although it seemed a bit scaled back this year, there was actually more content than previous ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Linux Journal,  IBM

Epidsode 9 Of "the_source" Video Podcast Released

Highlights from FISL10 in Porto Alegre, Brazil including interviews with Chris DiBona and Michael Tiemann, using Open Source to make things out of computer junk, and President Lula da Silva speaks out on free software. Now in true 720p HD on Vimeo. The ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Vimeo

FISL 10 is over ... WOW!

I am on my way back from FISL 10 in Porto Alegre, Brazil and what a great conference it was. The president of Brazil stopped in on Friday and addressed the crowd saying how important free software was and that "Free software prevailed [in Brazil] and ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  30 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.

Special Source 6 Of "the_source" Video Podcast Released

Submitted by anewcomb on Tue, 2009-03-17 15:22. Another interview from OLF. This time I talk with Jon "Maddog" Hall about his nickname, sustainable computing, and the Open Moko phone. You can download/watch the episode here. I think I will stop ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  18 Mar 2009

Special Source 5 Of "the_source" Video Podcast Released

Submitted by anewcomb on Fri, 2009-01-16 10:50. On this special edition of the_source I interview Jono Bacon (Ubuntu Community Manager) about the demise of Lugradio, Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex and his musical pursuits. You can watch the episode ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  16 Jan 2009

Move Over Fedora. Now There's Something Leaner.

No it's not Sizzlean (see below). It's Ubuntu Server. I have been running Fedora on the web server in my basement (which runs this site, BTW) for years and years. The last time I upgraded was when Fedora Core 5 was released and it has run that way ever ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  20 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Red Hat, Inc.

Follow The Amber Brick Road

Sun is launching a new series of Open Storage products today. The new product line is called Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems and was formerly referred to as "Amber Road". What is different about this storage system?? Everything! It is built ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  11 Nov 2008

Epidsode 8 Of "the_source" Video Podcast Released

Submitted by anewcomb on Sat, 2008-11-08 20:40. For this episode I interviewed Oren Tiech from Sun Microsystems about xVM Ops Center. This one is a bit overdue. I actually taped it about 6 months ago and thought I lost the audio only to find it ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  9 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

the_source Episode 7 Released

Submitted by anewcomb on Wed, 2008-07-09 00:00. Check out the all new episode with a tutorial on Virtualbox and a special remake of a famous commercial that those of us that are 30+ will remember. Also, in honor of Dave Yates I did the intro for ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  9 Jul 2008

the_source Episode 3 Released

Submitted by anewcomb on Sun, 2008-04-13 20:11. A new episode is out! (Resisting the urge to say "Finally!") The show is now in HD format although not full HD quality since I doubt any of you would want to download a file that big. I finished up ...

From AARON NEWCOMB, LXer,  13 Apr 2008

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