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New ideas for S05 from the community:-
 
Ubuntu for Android: Overview of the initiative, possible hardware partners, development status, etc.
 
Michael Redford  -  
Mainstream:
- thoughts on jellybean rumors
- thoughts on ubuntu bussiness
- the HUD
Underdogs:
-Kubuntu getting dropped from financial support
 
Chuck Short Cloud computing?
 
Andrew Rugman  -  The upcoming BBC Micro 2.
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/raspberry-pi-to-run-bbc-micro-2/
 
Michael Redford  -  if not talked about before, the +Raspberry Pi
 
Tim Stewart  -  No  more quizzes or at least shorten them to 5 minutes. I would like to see  progress on Ubuntu TV ie updates regularly.  Maybe some discussion  around Ubuntu derivatives
 
Darcy Casselman  -  Like I said, more interviews! Maybe you could talk to Randall Ross about jam...
 
Carlos Ferreira  -  Ubuntu for image processing. What software is available to amateur photographers?
 
Patrick Middleton  -  Would  be nice to hear more about Mythbuntu, can be a bit hard to find news  and updates on what's happening. Hanging out for this season to start.  Never got a chance to check out the live video steam of the record, are  you going to do again?
 
Julian Aloofi  -  I'd love some more infos about Wayland and its future :)
 
Steve Barcomb  -  Maybe some tips or discussion on customizing Ubuntu / Unity in order to dispel all the fud about it being locked down etc.
 
Simon Redmond  -  How about a series on the history of Ubuntu with possibly some interviews thrown in.
 
Jarlath Reidy  -  Compare experience of Ubuntu 4.10 and 12.04. (Installer, media, apps etc)
 
Colin Sauze  -  An explanation as to what the Wing Commander was doing sending audio messages into Linux Outlaws (episode 249).
 
Bracken Dawson  -  Open hardware...
 
Bruno Girin  -  Juju
 
Chris Giltnane  -  The multi-arch improvements in 12.04 maybe
 
Rebecca Newborough  -  Moar Wing Commander (less game-shows!) :D
 
 
 
What should we talk about? 10-15 min segment ideas...
 
 
  • Gnome - does Canonical really do that bad at giving back
  • Sync
  • Chromium securely syncs your data with your Google account.
  • Keep everything synced or choose what data to sync from this computer.
  • Set Up Sync...
  • Passwords
  • Was Lucid a good stable release? 
  • Future release names!
  • Will more vendors start selling Ubuntu rather than just dell in europe
  • A short segment that gives a "Don't Panic tip of the week" (refer popey's old UOW session)
  • Language on Planet - to internationalise or not to internationalise!
  • Content of Planet - personal blogs only? corporate blogs? Who else? Do we care?
  • UDS City announced
  • Baby steps - how do you get involved in open source, you don't have to be a developer/coder
  • Ubuntu One and Dropbox - how they compare, and ideas for using either (SparkleShare?)
  • Backup for home users. Cloud? HDD stored somewhere else?
  • Active Directory / FreeIPA / Ubuntu - Whats the status with centralised account management, how can this be improved?
  • Getting Things Done - Which tools/methodologies do you use for managing tasks and information.
  • 3 Security tips for an ubuntu web server
  • UEC: have you used it? is it "ready"? 
  • Alan Bell's Cozy -  it lets you sync your irc conversations for no reason at all!
  • Is the forthcoming demise of Google Wave, while Novell have produced Pulse, going to have any impact at all on the world's geekery? Is it worth anyone else producing an internally deployable version of Google Wave - will it be useful?
  • Not entirely Ubuntu related, but perhaps something on the relatively recent (past few years) changes to the general geek community social meetup type stuff. I'm a bit vague on what I actually mean, but something along the lines of the waning of importance of LUGs vs. the rise of less specific but still generally geek events such as barcamps and geekups. It's a positive step - more about what people are doing than how they're doing it.
  • Ubuntu Server - is Ubuntu yet ready for Enterprise Computing?
  • openrespect.org How on earth did that become controversial? 
  • Where is Ubuntu heading (oem / public / private sector) in next 12 months?
  • "Ask Tony" - People send in odd tech support questions for Tony to answer. +1+10+11
  • LUGs are dead - discuss
  • Ubuntu for Secure Systems - can you become PCI DSS compliant using ubuntu?
  • Stats from the Ubuntu-UK IRC channel grepping for "Hates Freedom" vs "Loves Freedom" etc.
  • ARM - is it all it's cracked up to be? - discuss
  • Strained relationship between Ubuntu project and GNOME project wrt: unity
  • Axis of evil top 5 countdown - Should Oracle really be No 1 ;)
  • Having just visited this site, it's so badly organised that I suggest that we use that in the 'joke' section of the show.
  • How can Ubuntu help with ipv6?t as default in later versions?
  • ISP''s that are IPv6 friendly?
  • Top 5 poorly thought out initiatives for advocating / promoting Ubuntu/Linux
  • Intrusion Detection Systems available for Ubuntu
  • Experiences of anyone using Ubuntu as a company desktop/laptop - whats good/bad? How to manage lots of them with respect to security and updates (cf. Group Policy in Windows)
  • The 200 line kernel patch that isn't going to save your life. A bit of explanation wouldn't go amiss - it's a limited solution now, but it'll probably be expanded further in the future. Calm down everybody, etc.
  • Gnome Shell vs. Unity
  • Vi vs Emacs (Always fun) - Vi Rules :)
  • Flame war of the month.
  • How important is it to have an LPIC / RHCE when applying for an open source / linux job? Discuss?
  • Why is Linux managment a second thought and left to webmin
  • Community Challenge of the week. We challenge you to do anything we like ;) Within reason.... or not.
  • How's Wayland doing? Anything to see yet?
  • What does Canonical really think of the community? It really looks at times like Jono has the world's worst job
  • First 3 apps insalled after a fresh install of ubuntu, things that could even maybe get put into the iso (not flash).
 
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Interview suggestions:
  • Michael Vogt - Creator of Software Center. Difficulties of Software Center, how he went about it, what does he want in it in the future, how did he get involved with FOSS etc.
  • Laura Czajkowski - moving to the UK and what are we not doing right in Free Software here compared to the rest of Europe
  • Somebody from the LibreOffice Document Foundation - To talk about where things are going, foundation teething troubles, support from community etc.
  • Tastiest cookie recipe
  • Somebody from the UK Government to talk about the use of Open Source / Standards in the Gov as a way of saving money ;)
  • ODF Plugfest attendees
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  • Luke or Pen - Accessibility
  • Raspberry Pi - www.raspberrypi.org
  • Nanode - from London Hackspace
  • Project London - the blender team 
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Quiz Suggestions:
  • Blankety Blank
  • Name that Tune
  • Just a Minute
  • Strike it Lucky
  • Family Fortunes Celebrity Special (UUPC vs. Linux Outlaws)
  • Mastermind
  • Going for Gold
  • Blockbusters
  • Blind Date ;)
  • Deal or No Deal
  • Countdown
  • Who wants to be a millionare
  • You are the weakest link
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  • Whoose line is it anyway
  • bullseye
 
 
Chris K: I like this EtherPad, similar idea to Google Wave as a place to throw ideas at the wall for all to see. Anyway, thanks for your comments on my Wacom woes in Episode 13: I've re-installed everything from scratch and am having a much better experiance with pressure sensitivity this time around. Thanks!
I'm still struggling with niggles related to each screen running a seperate x server. It is a shame that I can't throw all of the toolboxes on to screen 0 1024x1280 and use the entirety of screen 1 1920x1080 for painting, but, I'm more than happy with the results I'm getting from the open source apps. Expect to see shiny open licenced graphics from me for the the community to use in the future.
 
Ralph: Google Wave came from EtherPad, so no surprise there (not strictly true, Wave came first, but Google then bought Etherpad to get the staff to work on it. Still died :( Sigh), Chris K.  At 1 hour and 6 minutes into shoe S03E13, Tony mentioned having found a video editing solution he liked.  I'd like to hear more about that.  I probably get my best results from PiTiVi, but it is a bit unstable for me.
 
Chan: Would  be great to see a segment on how to get involved in compiling and  testing software. I have had a look on the Ubuntu Website but very  confusing 
 
PhilT: How to read Amazon Kindle books on Ubuntu ?  Calibre, no?  Add to library should be an option available once the device is connected.
 
Breezer: what to expect at Oggcamp if you haven't been before (little bit more about the format - the site/previos episodes have given high level overview). I've been a few times but this might be useful for non-oggcampers/non-barcampers.
 
 
chattr:  I listen to the Jodcast, and in the February Extra episode http://www.jodcast.net/archive/201202Extra/ , there's an interview of Dr Ant Holloway http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~ajh/ .  Dr Holloway is head of computing at Jodrell Bank.  In the interview, he briefly discusses (a?  the?) hardware cluster he's responsible for, and that it runs linux.  Maybe interview him?