Podcast Season 4 Episode 10

Title: Everybody loves Linus

In this episode: Two of the biggest distributions of the year have been released - Fedora 17 and Mint 13. Red Hat finds a solution to the UEFI problem with Windows 8 certified hardware, and both Steam and Carmageddon Reincarnation are coming to Linux. We've got more discoveries, a great Speak Your Brains section and one of the best Open Ballots for weeks.

What's in the show:

• Lightning News:
  Fedora 17, the Beefy Miracle, has been released and squeezed onto our latest cover disc, along with the also-just-released Mint 13. Red Hat has clarified its position on UEFI. Carmageddon Reincarnation is coming to Linux, and Valve has confirmed Steam is coming to Linux in 2012. And don't forget, there's a new Humble Indie Bumble, featuring Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Bastion. Get it now! Finally, Microsoft is now supporting Linux on its Azure cloud platform, but not if you want Red Hat.
• Discovery of the week:
  • Ben:
    • Forget the old native client, buy Amazon music using pymazon
    • Linux, when first uploaded, was originally called Freax.
  • Efrain:
    • Evernote is handy for keeping on-top of household chores. The open source clone is called nevernote.
  • Jon:
    • If your distribution uses RPM, then 'rpm -qd' tells you all the documentation files installed, while 'rpm -qc' tells you all the configuration files installed.
  • Graham:
    • Trophies for contributors. Just like Ubuntu's Accomplishments.
• Rants and Raves
  Ben and Jon complain and enjoy things in almost equal measure.
• Speak Your Brains:
  Many thanks for sending us your thoughts. Get yours read out (or played) next episode by sending an email to graham.morrison@futurenet.com.
• Open Ballot: What does Torvalds know about interface design?


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Presenters: Ben Everard, Efrain Hernandez-Mendoza, Graham Morrison and Jonathan Roberts

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