Show Notes

• Ubuntu Core
• Discussion about how Canonical's Juju technology deploys stuff in a cool way.
• Wayne plugs SuiteCRM as a solid CRM, and turns out that Joe made a Juju 'Charm' for Suite CRM back in the day
• Ubuntu Edge again nostalgically remembered.
• Oh yeah! Better introduce ourselves and the show...
• David Tarrant gives them a compliment (Thanks David)
• Tygerpro... the Tyger who ports stuff gets an audio high five from Wayne and Joe
• The book Irresistible gets a plug even though neither Joe nor Wayne have actually read it...
• FOSDEM happened.
• Joe adds plain and boring background to his Ubuntu Touch device wall paper. Wayne tries it too just because it sounds healthy and because Joe did it.
• "Are we making something bad sound good because it can't do what we actually like?" - Joe
• Wayne spews his business opportunity idea snapping stuff together like Nexdock
• "It's like diet: we know we should change, we know it's our fault, but it's hard to find time to prioritize change." - Wayne
• "If you don't suffer from it, then you might never have a reason to change." - Joe
• Couple of nice articles to help you boost this stuff up your priority list:
• Facebook caught paying teenagers to let them spy on them article
• Apple's Facetime enjoys spying on its users even after rejecting a call.
• Google plus shuts down after breach exposed.
• Discussion about different excuses people use not to change.
• Discussion about the biblical Mark of the beast in the book of Revelation.
• Can you really work with just one device? Joe questions it.
• Wayne freaks about $2000 iPhone
• Wayne's friend only uses laptop because he needs keyboard - Otherwise he said he would only use his iPhone 'for speed'
• "Can we run our phones like how Adobe runs their software on their own servers?" - Wayne
• Does Joe's example of needing to take a picture while doing a presentation 'kill the convergence dream'?
• How does convergence feel? No one has felt it.
• Does speech to text solve need for keyboards and mice?
• "How does the 'new convergence environment' become 'less' than what I'm doing now?" - Joe
• Joe tries to play security angle. Wayne blocks.
• "Resistible OS"
• Matrix at FOSDEM discussed how the government of France will use our beloved Matrix
• Joe and Wayne reveal their secret Audiocast sauce: Audacity, Mumble, Ubuntu, Matrix
• Why use MS Office when you can use LibreOffice?
• "We're closer than you think: Anbox, Unity8, Ubuntu Touch"
• Nextcloud, Redhat, businesses that are enduring while free and open software
• 99% of people can do 99% of things with their 'phone'
• Discuss this on the forum