The GNU/Linux User Show #22!
The GNU/Linux User Show #022 (MP3 13.2MB - 38min 25sec)
The GNU/Linux User Show #022 (OGG 35.8MB - 38min 11sec)
MP3: LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE
OGG: LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE
Yes, that’s right - the OGG is somehow 14 seconds shorter than the MP3. I have no idea why….
Kelly Penguin Girl is once again swamped under a pile of homework, so I tackle the tricky subject of instant messenger clients all by myself. OK…well, they’re not so tricky and I ended up going off on a few tangents. But hey! That’s why you love us, right?
Right?
Minutes
00:49 - No Kelly Penguin Girl this week.
01:29 - Talking about instant messaging clients Kopete and Gaim
02:10 - Moving the show bookmarks to Dattica!
04:33 - What is Dattica?
08:14 - Cosmopod
10:41 - Kopete
19:13 - Kopete plugins
22:23 - Gaim
25:45 - Buddy pounce!
29:02 - Skype and Gizmo
34:31 - Please feel free to comment on the shows directly into the comments of that show’s blog entry, or use the forums to expand upon topic.
Links:
Cosmopod
Dattica
Kopete
Gaim
OpenWengo
Skype
Gizmo
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Show Forums: here
Kelly Penguin Girl’s website: here
Intro voice by Bob Taylor Productions: here
Outro music by Mirror Shades: here
November 1st, 2005 at 10:28 am
I see that podcast #21 and #22 are up, but my podcatcher won’t pull them down (like it has previous GNU/Linux User podcasts).
T’would be nice if you’d fix up the RSS so that we could automatically get the podcasts without having to chase ‘em down and download by hand.
Unreliable bash scripts? Not!
November 1st, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Looking into it…
November 1st, 2005 at 2:30 pm
So…this is a rather hard thing to troubleshoot in GNU/Linux since there are so few podcatchers out there for it.
Bashpodder (well, BPconf) does the same thing - it starts at show 19 and goes down. Both Podcast Pickle and Yahoo Podcasts don’t have any show over number 20.
iPodder is such a piece of crap I can’t get it to install….so….my best guess is that you’re right - there might be something wrong with the RSS feed.
I’ll ask the techhy dudes at TPN and see what they can see.
In the meantime, if anyone is using a podcatcher and getting shows 21 and 22 - please let us know!
Edit: Just checked on Kelly’s Mac and only up to show 20 is showing up in iTunes as well.
November 2nd, 2005 at 3:57 am
Why are you encoding the OGG files at a higher bitrate to the mp3 files?
Are you trying to provide a higher quality show option?
You could always use a lower Quality value. From what i understand OGG will be a better quality than MP3 even with the same size output file.
p.s. Still really enjoy your shows, keep up the good work.
November 2nd, 2005 at 2:22 pm
Hi Billus,
You know what? I never noticed that I was doing that. Of course that makes sense since the OGG is so much bigger than the MP3.
After putting together a show we’re usually so tired that sometimes little things like that get by us :)
I’ll tone it down. Thanks for pointing that out!
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:50 pm
All is well now. Thanks for the quick attention to this problem. Bashpodder now automatically downloads podcast #21 and #22.
Life is good (and so is linux).
November 4th, 2005 at 6:45 am
Interesting comment about iPodder…. I’m a linux fan, but forced to use windoze for work. I’ve just installed iPodder no worries (including downloading episode #22 just fine)…
November 4th, 2005 at 3:29 pm
What did I say about iPodder? I can’t remember…
November 4th, 2005 at 9:28 pm
Hi,
About the IM.. In France apprently, MSN is the main IM used, coz it’s right installed on the desktop and people over here are not yet fully aware of the net :s
And I don’t know any new Windows based PC with other IMs than MSN….
However, I’m using Miranda-im on windows and Gaim on Ubuntu (dual boot), using Jabber, msn, yahoo, gtalk/jabber, icq, aim)
Olivier
November 5th, 2005 at 6:46 am
Hi Olivier,
It seems that main IM client used is the one that’s already installed on whatever computer someone happens to be using. We see again that the software vendors have a great influence on that.
I’ve used Miranda before - I remember liking it quite a big. Gaim is a pretty good IM client as well.
Thanks!
Jon
November 22nd, 2005 at 6:43 am
You’re pronouncing kopete wrong.
http://kopete.kde.org/files/kopete_en.ogg
:o)
November 22nd, 2005 at 6:51 am
I *am*? Wow…it never even occured to me that there might be a different way to say it. When I get to a computer with speakers, I’ll take a listen to that link.
Thanks!