S10E17 – Live Mycroft Biscuits

In our second live show at FOSS Talk Live, we have a competition to see who can write the best program in 19 lines, and discuss bugs through the ages. There is a video of this episode available on YouTube.… Read more ›

In our second live show at FOSS Talk Live, we have a competition to see who can write the best program in 19 lines, and discuss bugs through the ages. There is a video of this episode available on YouTube.

It’s Season Ten Episode Seventeen of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Martin Wimpress and a tub of lard are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:

Keeping plants alive with a legacy watering device
Preparing for a snappy sprint

Ready, Steady Code!

Alan challenges Martin and Mark to write an interesting program in 20 lines of code
Mark presents the Ubuntu Podcast of Yesteryear Original Unit Reproduction Script
Martin presents Snake in 19 lines of Python

We discuss our favourite bugs

Can’t print on Tuesdays (Openoffice/File)
Swirl in BFB goes the wrong way (Ubuntu)
The default desktop startup screen causes damage to monitor! (XFCE)
This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users’ Monitors
wallpaper isn’t a png, it’s a jpeg (Ubuntu)
Head in place of close button (Chromium)

This weeks cover image was taken by Marius Quabeck.

That’s all for this week! If there’s a topic you’d like us to discuss, or you have any feedback on previous shows, please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] or Tweet us or Comment on our Facebook page or comment on our Google+ page or comment on our sub-Reddit.

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