''The Linux Link Tech Show'' is one of the longest running
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podcast
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s in the world. Episode 500 aired on April 10, 2013.
Distribution
The Linux Link Tech Show is broadcast live on the internet every Wednesday at 8:30 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time
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. Podcasts are made available shortly after under a
Creative Commons license.
History
It was originally started by
Lehigh Valley
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Linux User Group members Dann Washko and Linc Fessenden in September 2003. Allan Metzler, "the guy that brought the equipment", soon joined the show as a regular host in October of that year. In early 2005 Patrick Davila (who was a member of the same LUG as Dann and Linc) joined the show as a permanent host completing the current Tech Show lineup. Initially their goal was to simply provide "a weekly *live*
webcast radio-style show about Linux and Technology", but they have since expanded out into
podcasting
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. In fact, they were one of the very early adopters, and their very own Linc Fessenden wrote BashPodder, being unhappy with the current state of Linux podcast clients at the time.
In March 2009 it was announced several new guest hosts would be joining the show on a weekly rotating basis. The initial guest hosts include Chess Griffin, Dave Yates, Chad Wollenberg, Joel "Gorkon" Mclaughlin and Justin "threethirty" O'Brien.
The 365th show was recorded/broadcast on Wednesday the 4th of August 2010, when the hosts decided to conclude their "1st season". The "2nd season" kicked off the weekend of September 11, 2010 during
Ohio Linux Fest.
2014 Roster of Regular LocalHosts includes: Dann Washko, Dan "The Man" Frey, Pat Davila, Joel "Gorkon" McLaughlin, Rich "FlyingRich" Hughes, and T.J. "Pegwole" Werhley.
The hosts provide an entertaining viewpoint and have joked about being The Original Cockroaches of Podcasting. Their 13th anniversary broadcast of show 675 occurred on Wednesday September 21, 2016.
Guests
The Linux Link Tech Show have had a number of key figures (from 15 different countries) from the
free and
open source software
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community as guests. Guests have included
Richard Stallman
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,
Chris DiBona,
Bruce Perens
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,
Ian Murdock
Ian Ashley Murdock (April28, 1973 – December 28, 2015) was an American software engineer, known for being the founder of the Debian project and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.
Life and career
Although Murdock's parents we ...
,
Patrick Volkerding
Patrick Volkerding (born October 20, 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. Volkerding is Slackware's "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL), and is also known informally as "The Man".
Personal life
Volkerding e ...
,
Mark Shuttleworth
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,
Nat Friedman
Nathaniel Dourif Friedman is an American technology executive and investor. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of GitHub, and former Chairman of the GNOME Foundation. Friedman is currently a board member at the Arc Institute, and an advisor ...
,
Ted Ts'o and
Miguel de Icaza
Miguel de Icaza (born November 23, 1972) is a Mexican programmer, best known for starting the GNOME, Mono, and Xamarin projects.
Biography Early years
De Icaza was born in Mexico City and studied Mathematics at the National Autonomous University ...
.
Further reading
OpenMoko Project Press Coverage PageSoftware Freedom Law CenterKDE.org website
References
External links
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