GeekSpeak for February 02, 2008
Richard Stallman on Free Software
Richard Stallman from the Free Software Foundation joins us to talk about the GNU/Linux operating system and his philosophies about software including DRM and so-called "intellectual property."
[ Audio 25.5 MB ogg ] [ Audio 25 MB mp3 ]GeekNews
Internet Woes
Miles covered two issues with the internet being "taken down."
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AT&T having trouble with the Edge Network in the mid-west.
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And an Anchor taking down the internet across the Middle East.
Richard Stallman
Richard is a hacker and social justice advocate who believes strongly in free (as in speech) software.
Drew Meyer and Richard hit it off quite well. You can tell they where best friends during this episode of GeekSpeak.
Larry Cafiero
Larry is known as Larry the Free Software Guy and runs the Felton, CA division of HeliOS Solutions West. It’s located at the Felton Trading Post at 6396 Highway 9, Felton CA 95018. Phone: 831.335.7303. Larry also runs the Cabrillo College GNU/Linux Users Group .
Santa Cruz Events with Richard Stallman
Saturday February 2nd from 1am to 5pm
The Installfest at Cabrillo is from 1 to 5 on Saturday Feb. 2 in the Room 2504 Computer Lab. It's free, of course, and there will be a wealth of GNU/Linux advice and help for those who want to install it temporarily by live CD or permanently -- as well as pizza and drinks. For instructions, people can go to the Cabrillo GNU/Linux Users Group .
Tuesday February 4th at 6:30pm
The Cabrillo GNU/Linux Users Group is having Richard Stallman speak at Cabrillo on Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, people can call HeliOS Solutions West in Felton at 335-7303 or visit the Cabrillo GNU/Linux Users Group .
New GeekSpeak Theme
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Learn more about Ebu Gogo at their MySpace page.
Links Mentioned
Playing OGG
Richard suggested going to http://www.playogg.org and using Ogg Vorbus for audio and Ogg Theora for video.
About DRM
Richard mentioned http://defectivebydesign.org/ to keep abreast of Digital Restrictions Management.
