DistroCast (MP3) http://distrocast.org A humorous but honest look at Linux distros Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:48:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 DistroCast is a humorous but honest review of Linux distros and other important but undercovered events in Linux and open source software. A humorous but honest look at Linux distros JD and Jeremy http://www.distrocast.org/distrocast-albumart.jpgDistroCasthttp://distrocast.org linux, open source, distros, distrocast, sourcecast, reviews, news, arch linux, gentoo, debian yes Jeremy jeremy@distrocast.org DistroCast 11.0 – FSCKING EMACS!!! http://distrocast.org/?p=115 http://distrocast.org/?p=115#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:35:04 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=115 - Feedback… TONS OF IT.
— OGG Feed

WE NOW HAVE AN OGG FEED. I expect pictures of Dave Yates and Klaatu touching themselves. ;)

— Peoples needs dates for shows, yo!
— Monolithic vs. Mach kernels and speed/security
— You haz Top Gear! ^_^
— Software patents
— MOARRRRRRRR
- Review of Mepis 8.0
- After the credits, stay tuned for THE BEST MOFO OUTTAKES AYE-VAR!
— Outtakes
— Bonus Mepis discussion
— Mediocre impressions
— FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!
— I will repeat … SOAB …
— FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!
— *laughter*
— FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!
— *laughter*
— Continue your fsck’ing sir
— FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!
— You’re on NOTICE
— FSCKING *
— Torvaldian emacs

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=115 1 <p>- Feedback… TONS OF IT.<br /> — OGG Feed <p>WE NOW HAVE AN OGG FEED. I expect pictures of Dave Yates and Klaatu touching themselves. <img src='http://distrocast.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> <p>— Peoples needs dates for shows, yo!<br /> — Monolithic vs. Mach kernels and speed/security<br /> — You haz Top Gear! ^_^<br /> — Software patents<br /> — MOARRRRRRRR<br /> - Review of Mepis 8.0<br /> - After the credits, stay tuned for THE BEST MOFO OUTTAKES AYE-VAR!<br /> — Outtakes<br /> — Bonus Mepis discussion<br /> — Mediocre impressions<br /> — FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> — I will repeat … SOAB …<br /> — FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> — *laughter*<br /> — FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> — *laughter*<br /> — Continue your fsck’ing sir<br /> — FSCKING EMACS!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> — You’re on NOTICE<br /> — FSCKING *<br /> — Torvaldian emacs <p><a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3" target="_blank">MP3 Feed</a> | <a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=ogg" target="_blank">OGG Feed</a></p> - Feedback… TONS OF IT. — OGG Feed WE NOW HAVE AN OGG FEED. I expect pictures of Dave Yates and Klaatu touching themselves. — Peoples needs dates for shows, yo! — Monolithic vs. Mach kernels and speed/security — You haz Top Gear! ^_^ — [...] DistroCast Episode 10.5 http://distrocast.org/?p=104 http://distrocast.org/?p=104#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:26:15 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=104 - Feedback
- Jeremy talks about his new project, Defiance P2P
- JD rants on Firefox fail
- JD loves Chromium
- JD rants on the Linux kernel CPU scheduler, and anti-desktop decisions in the kernel
- We touch on Con Kolivas and the apparently still alive CK patchet
- Discussion on vim awesomeness
- Wrap up from ALF, OLF
- Southeast Linuxfest 2010 planning underway
- Jeremy’s plan to use his Windows 7 Party Pack to promote Linux
- Retrospective of the show, and rebuttal to Klaatu
— Bug reports
— Real bugs vs Style/Preference choices
— Maximize end user utility. Not good enough to just be FLOSS … must be FLOSS AND BE BETTER
— We support nVidia, because they support us
— The MP3 conundrum
- Where next?
— When do we re-review?
— Have suggestions?
— MOAR INTARVIEWS!
- Jeremy likes guy who hates us guy’s wifi dish
- Jeremy contributes to the Dave Yates Babysitter Fund

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=104 8 <p>- Feedback<br /> - Jeremy talks about his new project, <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/defiance/" target="_blank">Defiance P2P</a><br /> - JD rants on <a href="http://www.mozilla.com" target="_blank">Firefox</a> fail<br /> - JD loves <a href="http://code.google.com/chromium/" target="_blank">Chromium</a><br /> - JD rants on the Linux kernel CPU scheduler, and anti-desktop decisions in the kernel<br /> - We touch on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas" target="_blank">Con Kolivas</a> and the apparently still alive CK patchet<br /> - Discussion on <a href="http://www.vim.org" target="_blank">vim</a> awesomeness<br /> - Wrap up from <a href="http://www.atlantalinuxfest.org" target="_blank">ALF</a>, <a href="http://www.ohiolinux.org" target="_blank">OLF</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org" target="_blank">Southeast Linuxfest</a> 2010 planning underway<br /> - <a href="http://www.jeremysands.com/?p=143" target="_blank">Jeremy’s plan to use his Windows 7 Party Pack to promote Linux</a><br /> - Retrospective of the show, and rebuttal to <a href="http://www.thebadapples.info" target="_blank">Klaatu</a><br /> — Bug reports<br /> — Real bugs vs Style/Preference choices<br /> — Maximize end user utility. Not good enough to just be FLOSS … must be FLOSS <b>AND BE BETTER</b><br /> — We support nVidia, because they support us<br /> — The MP3 conundrum<br /> - Where next?<br /> — When do we re-review?<br /> — Have suggestions?<br /> — MOAR INTARVIEWS!<br /> - Jeremy likes guy who hates us guy’s wifi dish<br /> - Jeremy contributes to the Dave Yates Babysitter Fund <p><a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3" target="_blank">MP3 Feed</a><br /> <a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/DistrocastEpisode10.5/distrocast-10.5.mp3">Direct MP3 link</a></p> - Feedback - Jeremy talks about his new project, Defiance P2P - JD rants on Firefox fail - JD loves Chromium - JD rants on the Linux kernel CPU scheduler, and anti-desktop decisions in the kernel - We touch on Con Kolivas and the apparently still [...] Distrocast Special Episode 1 http://distrocast.org/?p=100 http://distrocast.org/?p=100#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:10:03 +0000 JD http://distrocast.org/?p=100 In This Episode:
- JD reviews Haiku\

Sorry if the audio quality is not quite up-to-par, I (JD) was kind of lazy on the editing.

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=100 1 <p>In This Episode:<br /> - JD reviews <a href="http://www.haiku-os.org" target="_blank">Haiku</a>\</p> <p> Sorry if the audio quality is not quite up-to-par, I (JD) was kind of lazy on the editing.</p> <p> <a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3" target="_blank">MP3 Feed</a></p> In This Episode: - JD reviews Haiku\ Sorry if the audio quality is not quite up-to-par, I (JD) was kind of lazy on the editing. MP3 Feed DistroCast Episode 10.0 http://distrocast.org/?p=98 http://distrocast.org/?p=98#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:22:52 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=98 In This Episode:
- Listener Feedback
- JD’s ArchLinux Update
- We review Gentoo

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=98 3 <p>In This Episode:<br /> - Listener Feedback<br /> - JD’s <a href="http://www.archlinux.org" target="_blank">ArchLinux</a> Update<br /> - We review <a href="http://www.gentoo.org" target="_blank">Gentoo</a> <p><a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3" target="_blank">MP3 Feed</a></p> In This Episode: - Listener Feedback - JD’s ArchLinux Update - We review Gentoo MP3 Feed Distrocast Episode 9.5 http://distrocast.org/?p=93 http://distrocast.org/?p=93#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:39:42 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=93 In This Episode:
- Listener Feedback
- Jeremy’s ArchLinux Update
- More Mono Fail

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=93 0 <p>In This Episode:<br /> - Listener Feedback<br /> - Jeremy’s <a href="http://www.archlinux.org" target="_blank">ArchLinux</a> Update<br /> - More <a href="http://www.mono-project.org" target="_blank">Mono</a> Fail <p><a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3" target="_blank">MP3 Feed</a></p> In This Episode: - Listener Feedback - Jeremy’s ArchLinux Update - More Mono Fail MP3 Feed DistroCast Episode 9.0 http://distrocast.org/?p=91 http://distrocast.org/?p=91#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:21:18 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=91 In this episode:
- Listener Feedback
- Southeast Linuxfest 2009 wrap up
- Ohio Linuxfest
- We review CentOS

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=91 0 <p>In this episode:<br /> - Listener Feedback<br /> - <a href="http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org" target="_blank">Southeast Linuxfest</a> 2009 wrap up<br /> - <a href="http://www.ohiolinux.org" target="_blank">Ohio Linuxfest</a><br /> - We review <a href="http://www.centos.org" target="_blank">CentOS</a></p> <p><a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3" target="_blank">MP3 Feed</a></p> In this episode: - Listener Feedback - Southeast Linuxfest 2009 wrap up - Ohio Linuxfest - We review CentOS MP3 Feed DistroCast Episode 8.5 http://distrocast.org/?p=75 http://distrocast.org/?p=75#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 06:56:46 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=75 In This Episode:
- Listener Feedback
- Jeremy’s eeePC 1000HE
- JD’s eeePC 901
- Debian leaves glibc
- Oracle buys Sun Microsystems
— VirtualBox?
— OpenSolaris?
— Solaris?
— MySQL?
—– Postgres
—– Calling out David Nalley on Postgres
— Sun hardware?
— Java?
- No Agenda references
- LOTS of Top Gear references. No seriously. LOTS.
- Wolfram Alpha
- Several references to the Southeast Linuxfest. We’ll be there and YOU SHOULD BE TOO! Sign up to attend here

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=75 0 <p>In This Episode:<br /> - Listener Feedback<br /> - Jeremy’s <a href="http://promos.asus.com/US/1000HE/ASUS/index.html" target="_blank">eeePC 1000HE</a><br /> - JD’s <a href="http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product901.html" target="_blank">eeePC 901</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.debian.org">Debian leaves glibc</a><br /> - Oracle buys Sun Microsystems<br /> — <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org" target="_blank">VirtualBox</a>?<br /> — <a href="http://www.opensolaris.org" target="_blank">OpenSolaris</a>?<br /> — <a href="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/" target="_blank">Solaris</a>?<br /> — <a href="http://www.mysql.com" target="_blank">MySQL</a>?<br /> —– <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/" target="_blank">Postgres</a><br /> —– Calling out <a href="http://www.nalley.sc/david/" target="_blank">David Nalley</a> on Postgres<br /> — Sun hardware?<br /> — <a href="http://java.sun.com" target="_blank">Java</a>?<br /> - <a href="http://noagenda.mevio.com" target="_blank">No Agenda</a> references<br /> - LOTS of <a href="http://www.topgear.com/" target="_blank">Top Gear</a> references. No seriously. LOTS.<br /> - <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com" target="_blank">Wolfram Alpha</a><br /> - Several references to the <a href="http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org" target="_blank">Southeast Linuxfest</a>. We’ll be there and YOU SHOULD BE TOO! Sign up to attend <a href="http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org" target="_blank">here</a></p> <p> <a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3">MP3 Feed</a></p> In This Episode: - Listener Feedback - Jeremy’s eeePC 1000HE - JD’s eeePC 901 - Debian leaves glibc - Oracle buys Sun Microsystems — VirtualBox? — OpenSolaris? — Solaris? — MySQL? —– Postgres —– Calling out David Nalley on [...] DistroCast Episode 8.0 http://distrocast.org/?p=69 http://distrocast.org/?p=69#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 06:30:54 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=69 In this episode:
- Listener Feedback
- Amarok
- Songbird
- CrunchBang Linux
- Xubuntu memory fail
- More praise of ArchLinux‘s AUR, Wiki, and Forum
- Jeremy’s upcoming Linux statistics project

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=69 6 <p>In this episode:<br /> - Listener Feedback<br /> - <a href="http://amarok.kde.org/" target="_blank">Amarok</a><br /> - <a href="http://getsongbird.com/" target="_blank">Songbird</a><br /> - <a href="http://crunchbanglinux.org/" target="_blank">CrunchBang Linux</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.xubuntu.org/" target="_blank">Xubuntu</a> memory fail<br /> - More praise of <a href="http://www.archlinux.org" target="_blank">ArchLinux</a>‘s AUR, Wiki, and Forum<br /> - Jeremy’s upcoming Linux statistics project</p> <p> <a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3">MP3 Feed</a></p> In this episode: - Listener Feedback - Amarok - Songbird - CrunchBang Linux - Xubuntu memory fail - More praise of ArchLinux‘s AUR, Wiki, and Forum - Jeremy’s upcoming Linux statistics project MP3 Feed DistroCast Episode 7.5 http://distrocast.org/?p=67 http://distrocast.org/?p=67#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:26:31 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=67 In This Episode:
- WTF happened to SourceCast??
— New URL
— New IRC (#distrocast in irc.freenode.net)
— New Facebook Group ( Click Here )
— No need for forums
— New emails ( jeremy at distrocast.org | jd at distrocast.org )

- Southeast Linuxfest
— We’ll both be there!
— Click Here to register to attend

- JD reviews the T-Mobile G1

- Obscure Top Gear references you likely won’t get

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=67 1 <p>In This Episode:<br /> - WTF happened to SourceCast??<br /> — New URL<br /> — New IRC (#distrocast in irc.freenode.net)<br /> — New Facebook Group ( <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60611897610">Click Here</a> )<br /> — No need for forums<br /> — New emails ( jeremy at distrocast.org | jd at distrocast.org )</p> <p> - Southeast Linuxfest<br /> — We’ll both be there!<br /> — <a href="http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org">Click Here</a> to register to attend</p> <p> - JD reviews the T-Mobile G1</p> <p> - Obscure Top Gear references you likely won’t get</p> <p> <a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3">MP3 Feed</a></p> In This Episode: - WTF happened to SourceCast?? — New URL — New IRC (#distrocast in irc.freenode.net) — New Facebook Group ( Click Here ) — No need for forums — New emails ( jeremy at distrocast.org | jd at distrocast.org ) - Southeast [...] DistroCast Special 001 – HPR http://distrocast.org/?p=56 http://distrocast.org/?p=56#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:10:18 +0000 Jeremy http://distrocast.org/?p=56 This is a special release for Hacker Public Radio, where we tell you how we first found Linux.

In This Episode:
- Jeremy tells you how he found Linux
- JD tells you how he found Linux

Two Episodes from now (coming VERY soon; we have one in editing already):
- Jeremy got an eeePC 1000HE…. does he have to resort to Ubuntu? (Tssssyea, and monkeys might fly outta my butt…)

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]]> http://distrocast.org/?feed=rss2&p=56 1 <p>This is a special release for Hacker Public Radio, where we tell you how we first found Linux.</p> <p> In This Episode:<br /> - Jeremy tells you how he found Linux<br /> - JD tells you how he found Linux</p> <p> Two Episodes from now (coming VERY soon; we have one in editing already):<br /> - Jeremy got an eeePC 1000HE…. does he have to resort to Ubuntu? (Tssssyea, and monkeys might fly outta my butt…)</p> <p> <a href="http://distrocast.org/?feed=podcast&format=mp3">MP3 Feed</a></p> This is a special release for Hacker Public Radio, where we tell you how we first found Linux. In This Episode: - Jeremy tells you how he found Linux - JD tells you how he found Linux Two Episodes from now (coming VERY soon; we have one in editing [...]