10:53 a.m.
Just in case you haven't seen this:
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Subject: [Wolves] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software
Date: Mon, June 1, 2009 10:20
To: "Wolverhampton Linux User Group" <wolves(a)mailman.lug.org.uk>
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Hi All
"Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source'
computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web
browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about how
thousands of programmers scattered around the world collaborate in a
'virtual anthill' to create products that rival more commercial
offerings. Gerry finds out how it is done and shows how its ethos is
being applied to other kinds of business, with some startling results."
Today, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kp806
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8:53 a.m.
Did anybody listen to this? Is it worth a listen?
2009/6/1 Dave <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk>
Just in case you haven't seen this:
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Subject: [Wolves] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software
Date: Mon, June 1, 2009 10:20
To: "Wolverhampton Linux User Group" <wolves(a)mailman.lug.org.uk>
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Hi All
"Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source'
computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web
browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about how
thousands of programmers scattered around the world collaborate in a
'virtual anthill' to create products that rival more commercial
offerings. Gerry finds out how it is done and shows how its ethos is
being applied to other kinds of business, with some startling results."
Today, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kp806
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6:22 p.m.
I did. Recommended listening.
2009/6/11 Jonathan Marriott <jon(a)kiwiuk.net>
Did anybody listen to this? Is it worth a listen?
2009/6/1 Dave <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk>
Just in case you haven't seen this:
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: [Wolves] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software
> Date: Mon, June 1, 2009 10:20
> To: "Wolverhampton Linux User Group"
<wolves(a)mailman.lug.org.uk>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi All
>
> "Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source'
> computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web
> browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about how
> thousands of programmers scattered around the world collaborate in a
> 'virtual anthill' to create products that rival more commercial
> offerings. Gerry finds out how it is done and shows how its ethos is
> being applied to other kinds of business, with some startling results."
>
> Today, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kp806
>
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6:25 p.m.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_...
Here are my instructions for listening:
Ubuntu 9.04, try listen - Fail
Install helix try again - Fail
Apply the full force of my Linux knowledge - Fail
Try over and over - Fail, fail, fail.
Boot XP, Install RealPlayer, Listen.
When you genii have worked it out can you let me know how please?
6:44 p.m.
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Those sound more like destructions.. :)
You need Flash 10, AFAIK. I've just loaded it, and it's worked first
time on 9.04.
I've found that the 'adobe-flashplugin' version of Flash 10 works a
great deal better than the 'flashplugin-nonfree'. Supposedly they're at
the same version, but I've found differences before.
I wrote a small blog post about it, when I could view the videos at
llewtube.com, and my girlfriend couldn't. Flash 10 release was the same,
but the package was different. So there are some differences...
Anyway, there's my advice. You should find it in the Canonical partner
repository. :)
Tom
stuart bell wrote:
Here are my instructions for listening:
Ubuntu 9.04, try listen - Fail
Install helix try again - Fail
Apply the full force of my Linux knowledge - Fail
Try over and over - Fail, fail, fail.
Boot XP, Install RealPlayer, Listen.
When you genii have worked it out can you let me know how please?
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8:44 p.m.
Install realplayer.deb from real.com - win.
Helix does not have the closed codec the bbc use. Alternatively use
the iplayer url and iplayer-dl for total win in mp3 format.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Tom Hill<tom(a)ninjabadger.net> wrote:
Those sound more like destructions.. :)
You need Flash 10, AFAIK. I've just loaded it, and it's worked first
time on 9.04.
I've found that the 'adobe-flashplugin' version of Flash 10 works a
great deal better than the 'flashplugin-nonfree'. Supposedly they're at
the same version, but I've found differences before.
I wrote a small blog post about it, when I could view the videos at
llewtube.com, and my girlfriend couldn't. Flash 10 release was the same,
but the package was different. So there are some differences...
Anyway, there's my advice. You should find it in the Canonical partner
repository. :)
Tom
stuart bell wrote:
> Here are my instructions for listening:
>
> Ubuntu 9.04, try listen - Fail
> Install helix try again - Fail
> Apply the full force of my Linux knowledge - Fail
> Try over and over - Fail, fail, fail.
>
> Boot XP, Install RealPlayer, Listen.
>
> When you genii have worked it out can you let me know how please?
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
> http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug
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