LHS Episode #054: Unity Ucks

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Richard reviews a new ham radio podcast, wAVEGUIDES pODCAST, hAM rADIO…wITH a tWIST!!!, by Pete Landry, VE2XPL.
We then discuss various podcasts:
Hacker Public Radio
Eerie Radio
The Linux Action Show
ICQ Podcast
Ubuntu UK Podcast
Linux Outlaws
Resonant Frequency
Practical Amateur Radio Podcast (currently on hiatus)
TuxRadar
Richard test drives GNOME Shell and Unity after hearing about them on the Going Linux and Mintcast podcasts. It seems Ubuntu 11.04 will ship with Unity as the default desktop manager. He installed GNOME Shell on his eMachines test computer running Ubuntu 10.10. You launch GNOME Shell with command “gnome-shell –replace”. After a reboot, your default desktop manager will return.
Neither Russ nor Bill have played with either one, but that doesn’t stop us from discussing them at length.
Russ discusses Android applications for hams:
Callsign DB
Ham (Solar/Band conditions and QRZ lookups)
HamSatDroid satellite tracking
IRLP Finder
DX Cluster for Android
Amateur Radio Call Log
Echolink
Ham Radio Apps for your Android

Feedback:

Richard, KR4EY, writes that Morse code is not dead! And 30m is his favorite band.
Burt, K1OIK, says Richard looks awful cute with that pink bow in his hair. (We’re still wondering about that one.)

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Thanks to Dave from Gamma Leonis for the theme music.

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