The Window Breakers Podcast || We’ll Break Your Windows

We made it to episode 3… eventually
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Thanks to the guys at Linux Outlaws for the bump.

WWDC:

• Jim decides that the next version of OS X should have something to do with either the Samurai Pizza Cats and/or Captain Planet
• iPhone available in many countries.
• MobileMe
• iPhone now has 3G apps and more plastic and is kinda cheaper
• Contact us and let us know how Rob is wrong and Jim is right about CDMA vs GSM.
• Rob has gone loopty and jim is unconvinced
• Calgary is a terrible place to live

Snow Leopard

• Will have Quicktime X which is more extreme and will be more like VLC
• OpenCL is an optimization for your Mac’s GPU
• No more PowerPC
• Server version will support ZFS

Linux News:

• Acer putting Linux on more machines
• Ubuntu Netbook remix
• Dell Mini Inspiron

Revolution:

• Jim rants on Vista and Randal Scwartz
• The Wow did not start now and probably won’t later
• How ACTA will infringe on your civil liberties
• Attack on Revision3

Links:

• Rob reccomends Digg.
• Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother has Jim’s awesome stamp of approval
• Audacity is an app that Rob reccomends… Jim rudely interupts him with Ardour
• The DD-WRT router firmware is awesome and open-source
• Firefox Extensions: Live http headers, Modify Headers and Tamper Data

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We made it to episode 2… eventually
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In our second episode:

Clean up from the last show:
Dell sells ubuntu
See also: System76

News:

• Will Psystar be sued into oblivion?
• WWDC predictions
• eee PC 900 news, new Linux version will be 50AUD$ more than XP and how Linux is easier to use than Windows
• OpenOffice 3 beta released
• Fedora 9 review
• OpenSSL “bug” for Debian and Ubuntu users

Virtualization:

• Jim painfully explains virtualization, perhaps you may want to consult Wikipedia as well
• Virtualization: VMWare, Parallels and Virtualbox
• Rob mentions Boot Camp which is a great option for dual booting OS X and Windows

Misc.:

• Rob reccomends Aviary and has invites. Jim still hasn’t used it because GIMP ROX!!!
• Animoto has Jim’s awesome stamp of approval
• Audio Surf is a Steam game that Rob reccomends… Might work under WINE
• WINE 1.0 RC 1 is released, but is it useful?
• Firefox Extensions: FoxTor and FormFox
• Hardware: Jim has bought a freedom hating iPod Touch and has got it working under Ubuntu
• Software: Flock, The Social Web Browser

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Jim’s Twitter: Twitter.com/elitest
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I apologize for the echo. I cleaned it up the best I could. We are still sorting out this podcasting thing and I promise Rob is (probably) not a Cylon.
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In our first episode:

News:

• iPhone comes to Canada and we talk about the outrageous data plans in Canada
• Ubuntu 8.04 review
• Virtualization: VMWare, Parallels and Virtualbox
• The Wubi installer

Switching:

• Macs
• New iMacs released
• Office Suites: Office 2007 and 2008 vs NeoOffice and OpenOffice
• The format wars: ODF vs OOXML
• Is Microsoft trying to game the ISO?
• Instant messaging: MSN vs Pidgin and Adium
• Browsers: Safari vs Firefox
• Firefox 3 beta
• Linux
• Jim talks about how Intel cards aren’t that bad and how ATI cards suck more than you think

Misc.:

• Rob’s Open Source site with hundreds of Open Source links
• Magnatune has Jim’s awesome stamp of approval
• Firefox Extensions: Web Developer toolbar, Colorzilla and StumbleUpon
• Hardware: Logitech Clearchat Pro USB
• Software: Miro Video/Videocast player

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Jim’s Twitter: Twitter.com/elitest
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This episode is a test episode before the show officially starts next week. Please leave us your feedback. We would like to know what you want to hear.

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Welcome to the Window Breakers podcast.  Rob and I will be covering everything that you need to know about Macs and Linux.  If you have any ideas about what you want to hear about let us know on the contact page or leave a comment.