Podcast Season 2 Episode 8

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Title: Jevons paradox

In this episode: OpenBSD forks OpenSSL to create LibreSSL. Internet Explorer has a security bug that won’t be fixed in Windows XP. Ubuntu 14.04 has been released and Canonical may drop Ubuntu for Android. Ben discovers how to tie his shoelaces, we’ve got some great neurons and the internet famous Voice of the Masses.

What’s in the show:

• News:

  OpenSSL, the SSL/TLS protocol used for lots of secure online connections, has been forked by the OpenBSD team to create LibreSSL. A security bug has been found in Internet Explorer 6 – 11 which won’t be fixed for Windows XP. Ubuntu 14.04 has been released. Canonical may drop Ubuntu for Android (or it could be in ‘limbo’).

• Finds of the Fortnight:
  • Ben:
    • You may be tying your shoelaces wrong.
  • Mike:
    • Watch other people playing Nethack by telnetting to nethack.alt.org.
    • Firefox OS “Gives you the power to live every moment to its fullest”.
    • Create a SOCKS proxy with ‘ssh -D’.
  • Andrew:
    • IsLinuxAboutChoice.com?
    • The Roboto font looks great in Mint.
  • Graham:
    • Android Studio is getting very good.
    • Don’t Read Comments.
    • There’s an open source equivalent to f.lux called Redshift.
• Vocalise Your Neurons:
Thanks to YenRabbit on IRC and Tristian for your thoughts in this episode. If you’d like your brains to be part of our next episode email mike@linuxvoice.com.
• Voice of the Masses: Is it time for a new Raspberry Pi?

Presenters: Ben Everard, Andrew Gregory, Graham Morrison and Mike Saunders.

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Duration: 56:38

Theme Music by Brad Sucks.