The Free Software Round Table will be broadcasting on WUSB 90.1 FM (SUNY Stony Brook) and streaming live at http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/listen.pls this Saturday night at 10 PM EDT.
You can join in on the discussion via IRC on Freenode in channel #fsrt which can be reached via a web app here: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=fsrt Among the topics to be discussed: Fedora Pushes systemd to F15: http://lwn.net/Articles/405100/ How Ubuntu Is Made: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7169/1/ Github Has Crazy New Pull Request System Woot: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/08/31/pull-requests-2-0-github/ Native 64bit Adobe Flash: http://www.pcworld.com/article/205575/adobe_unleashes_64bit_beta_flash_player_codenamed_square.html New Research Suggests That Governments May Fake SSL Certificates: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/researchers-reveal-likelihood-governments-fake-ssl Concerns that Google and the CIA are in collusion to track browsing behavior: http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/namenotfound/2010-08-04.html Mobile vans driving around with backscatter radars on them: http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/ Apple "traitorware", basically trying to defeat now-legal iPhone jailbreaking: http://blogs.computerworld.com/16822/eff_slams_apple_patent_as_traitorware_jobs_is_spying_on_you Why Intel bought McAfee: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/08/why-intel-bought-mcafee.ars Security Researcher Arrested for Refusing to Disclose Anonymous Source http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/security-researcher-arrested-refusing-disclose Linux: Some Windows Apps Make GRUB 2 Unbootable: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/08/28/2112208/Some-Windows-Apps-Make-GRUB-2-Unbootable _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 6 - Creating Browser Extensions for Firefox and Chrome Nov 3 - Open Source Hardware: Bugs, Beagles and Beyond Dec 1 - IBM's Open Client Deployment
