Cutebuntu

I originally saw this video in Hoyden about Town (there is also a transcript) not so long ago. Video self is fairly old, it is from LugRadio Live UK 2008. Anyway Matthew Garrett summed up my thoughts so well in his speech that I wanted to post it here.

I’m lucky that my share of dicks has been small. But you know what I don’t want to hear that there are no girls online (oh and marriage proposal isn’t good first line, not even as a joke), nor I want to be told to chill out when chilling out is not a solution, and damn I don’t want to say “No” more than once.

You don’t need to be overly politically correct to take account people around you. So let’s be friends, eat ice cream (low lactose, please) and kick the trolls out.

I’m not going there, but I’ll mention it anyway. I’m sure everyone has already heard about LugRadio Live 2009 (if you haven’t, shame on you!). On Sunday after the LugRadio happenings there will be OggCamp, it is, to quote themselves:

What: An open source and open culture unconference
When: Sunday 25th October 2009
Times: Doors open 10:30am GMT. Welcome at 10:45am GMT. (Please note the clocks go back from BST to GMT on the day of OggCamp!)
Where: Connaught Hotel, Wolverhampton, UK. See “Location” for more.

So if you don’t have anything better to do on that weekend, there is one idea to spend time. I would go there if I didn’t… * thinking an excuse*

It seems that I’m in mood to write here. :P Better take all the benefit from the brainstorm as long as it lasts.

Libre.fm

Most of you have probably heard the latest change in Last.fm. Streaming is now chargeable for everyone who lives outside United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Obviously they have right to do whatever they want, I just think it’s stupid to exclude three countries… Anyway in the stream of this Matt Lee created Libre.fm, open and completely free equivalent to Last.fm. It is still in alpha state and what it does mostly atm is scrobbling… or rather gobbling. As mentioned it’s still alpha so if you want start using it, it requires bit more than just registering and typing your username and password somewhere. Client Support -page is also good to read, for example I had to tweak bit the QLScrobbler plug-in before I got gobbling work with Quod Libet.

I hope Libre.fm will keep on growing. :)

Ubuntu.9.04

Just wanted to mention that today is 23.04 and time for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, while writing this it’s not yet released, at least they haven’t put the download banners up in Ubuntu.com. I haven’t decided yet whether to try it while waiting the CrunchBang Linux 9.04 which should be released soon after the Ubuntu 9.04.