''LugRadio'' was a British podcast on the topic of Linux and events in the free and open source software communities, as well as coverage of technology, digital rights and politics. The show was launched in 2004 as a result of discussions between several members of the Wolverhampton Linux User Group. After five seasons, on 30 June 2008, LugRadio announced that they would end the show at their convention, LugRadio Live UK 2008. The show was presented by Jono Bacon,

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, Chris Procter and Adam Sweet. Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge are the only two presenters who were with the show throughout, with Jono Bacon being the only presenter to appear on every show. Previous regular presenters were Matthew Revell (Seasons 1 – 4), Adrian Bradshaw (Seasons 2 – 4) and Stephen Parkes (Season 1, and the first few shows of Season 2). The show has also featured a number of guest presenters. Guests have included Ximian co-founder Nat Friedman, Google Open Source program manager

Chris DiBona Chris DiBona ('cdibona', born October 1971) was the director of open source at Google from August 2004 until January of 2023. The open source team at Google oversees license compliance and supports the open source developer community through pro ...

, Sun Head of Open Source Strategy Simon Phipps and

Eric Raymond The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

among others.

History

''LugRadio'' was conceived by Jono Bacon and Matthew Revell in 2003. The pair met at Wolverhampton Linux User Group and it was agreed that

and Stephen Parkes would complete the line-up. The first show, called The Phantom Message, was released on 26 February 2004. Most releases of the show were licensed under the

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Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives licence, but shows released after December 2007 are under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence. An effort was made to relicense earlier content under the same license where possible. LugRadio recording at LRL2007

Media coverage and awards

''LugRadio'' received coverage in Linux Format magazine,

Linux User and Developer ''Linux User & Developer'' was a monthly magazine about Linux and related Free and open source software published by Future. It was a UK magazine written specifically for Linux professionals and IT decision makers. It was available worldwide in n ...

magazine and Linux Magazine as well as online coverage by sites such as Slashdot. An episode of ''LugRadio'' was included on the cover CD of Linux User and Developer magazine. In 2006, ''LugRadio'' won the award for Best Marketing Campaign at the ''UK Linux and Open Source Awards'' in London and won the award for Best Linux Podcast in the Christmas 2007 edition of Linux Format magazine.

LugRadio Live

LugRadio Live was an annual event organised by the LugRadio team and held in Wolverhampton. It was a Linux, Free Software and Open Source event intended to be fun, without the corporate agenda held by other commercial events. It was first held in 2005 with 250 attendees, 14 speakers — including Mark Shuttleworth, who arrived by helicopter — and 18 exhibitors including Ubuntu,

Debian Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of D ...

KDE KDE is an international Free software movement, free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-know ...

and O'Reilly. In 2006 LugRadio Live saw around 400 attendees, over 30 speakers including Michael Meeks and 27 exhibitors including Ubuntu,

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, KDE, MythTV,

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and

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. LugRadio Live 2007 took place on 7–8 July 2007 at the Light House Media Centre, Wolverhampton attracting hundreds of attendees from around the world. Speakers included

( Google), Gervase Markham ( Mozilla) and a representative from the Department for Communities and Local Government. LugRadio Live USA 2008 took place on 12–13 April 2008 at The Metreon in San Francisco. The wide selection of speakers included many celebrities including Miguel de Icaza,

Robert Love Robert M. Love (born c. 1981) is an American author, speaker, Google engineer, and open source software developer. Love is best known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, with notable work including the preemptive kernel, process schedule ...

, Ian Murdock, and

Jeremy Allison Jeremy Allison is a computer programmer known for his contributions to the free software community, notably to Samba, a re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol, released under the GNU General Public License. Other contributions in ...

. The show attracted about five hundred Linux enthusiasts from many countries around the world with several travelling from as far as Europe and Australia. LugRadio Live UK 2008 took place on the weekend of 19 July 2008 at the Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton. LugRadio Live 2009 took place on 24 October 2009 at the Newhampton Arts Centre in Wolverhampton.

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