Alternageek Episode 46: Open Source For The Win
In this episode we talk about the videos we took at the LinuxWorld Expo conference, the recent VMWare 3.5 Update 2 issue, Vista security, a landmark legal decision for Open Source Licenses, Ohio suing Diebold (now Premier Election Solutions) over faulty voting machines, the 10 worst web glitches of 2008 (so far), EFF’s Switzerland ISP packet monitoring tool and T-Mobile offering the first Google Android phone.
Alternageek LinuxWorld coverage and videos:
Link Love:
- VMWare – Current status on ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 issue
- VMWare – ESX 3.5 Update 2 resolution and patch
- Ars Technica – Black Hat’s Alexander Sotirov – Vista security is not broken
- LinuxInsider – Open Source Wins Landmark Legal Validation
- Ars Technica – Ohio sues e-voting company, can’t ditch faulty machines
- C/Net – 10 Worst Web Glitches of 2008 (so far)
- Ars Technica – EFF “Switzerland” packet monitor tool looks for ISP meddling
- NYTimes – T-Mobile to Offer First Phone With Google Software
- Wired – Unofficial Blog Says First Google Phone Has a Release Date and a Name: G1
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Alternageek.com Podcast, Episode 46 for the week of August 18th, 2008 – Featuring Linuxchic and TechMonkey.
Tags: android, diebold, eff, google, linuxworld, open source, switzerland, t-mobile, vista, VMware
Abdullah Bakhach – FOSSFactory – LinuxWorld 2008
Abdullah Bakhach, Director of Business Development for FOSS Factory, talks with us about their mission to help accelerate the advancement of free/open source software by providing the only website where the community collaborates on every aspect of free/open source software production, including design, funding and development.