Announcements:

• No Richard tonight as he’s suffering through another power and Internet outage.
• The eighth annual Ohio LinuxFest (How Will Free Change the World?) will be held on September 10-12, 2010 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Linux in the Ham Shack will be there; will you?
• This episode is a round-table discussion with Dennis (Bear1), Beth Lynn Eicher, Moose, and Rob, all from Ohio LinuxFest.

Discussion:

• Moose discusses the OLF programs and the vendor expo. The majority of the conference content is on Friday and Saturday. LPI and BSDA testing will be conducted on Sunday. There will be keynote addresses from Stormy Peters and Christopher “Monty” Montgomery. John “maddog” Hall will give talks on Friday and Saturday. New tracks this year are a medical track and an Ubuntu-specific track (Ubucon).
• List of speakers.
• OLF Schedule.
• Ubucon is new at OLF this year, which is a month before the next release of Ubuntu.
• Beth Lynn announced that the pre-party will be held at about 8:00pm Friday night at the Frog Bear and Wild Boar bar, one block west of the Drury Columbus Convention Center. It is sponsored by Nagios.
• Rob talks about the vendor exposition and sponsors at OLF on Saturday. There will be a gaming area this year and a mock-up of a hotel room in the middle of the expo area.
• Sine Nomine Associates is providing the tee shirts, and Pantek is providing the tote bags.
• SUSE, KDE, Red Hat, Fedora, and, of course, LHS will be there, too.
• The group offers encouragement to Russ and Cheryl on their planned MAGNet Con in 2011.
• Register for Ohio LinuxFest at ohiolinux.org. The number of registered attendees proves to the sponsors that their support is worth the investment.
• Moose talks about the OLFU training sessions and exams.
• Bear reminds us that OLF is produced by an all-volunteer staff. How can you help? OLF still needs volunteers to help out at the conference. Even if you can’t attend,
  you can help spread the word.
• Tee Shirts, flyers, banners, and other promotional material was designed by WRL Advertising.
• Moose discusses the Diversity in Open Source workshop, the Open Source Medical Track,
  and a variety of classes aimed at all levels of interest and experience.
• Rob adds that he’s looking forward to seeing the LHS booth at the expo.
• Bear reminds us that OLF is a great opportunity to meet many of the people directly involved in the development of the open source products we use every day.
• Finally, Beth Lynn points out that other popular open source projects are also represented, like FreeBSD and BeOS. You do not need to know anything about Linux to attend OLF! There is something for everybody, so please register and attend. Students are welcome, too.

Contact Info:

• Contact Richard at kb5jbv@gmail.com, Russ at k5tux@lhspodcast.info, or both at the same time at info@lhspodcast.info.
• Listen to the live stream every other Tuesday at 8:00pm Central time. Check the LHS web site for dates.
• Leave us a voice mail at 888-455-0305 or 417-200-4811, or record an introduction to the podcast.
• Sign up for the LHS mailing list.
• Thanks to Dave from Gamma Leonis for the theme music and promo.

In a rare promotional episode of Linux in the Ham Shack, we talk to four folks from the upcoming Ohio Linux Fest. Bear, Rob, Moose and Beth Lynn give our listeners the low down on everything that’s going to happen at this year’s event. Make no mistake, this time around it sounds like it’s going to be a lot of fun, even more fun than last year. Linux in the Ham Shack is going to be there, too, with new equipment, new demos and a lot more to make it worth stopping by. So if you’re going to be around Columbus, Ohio on September 10-12 or you have some free time and a little bit of extra cash, make sure to come by the show. It’s going to be KILLA.

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Announcements:

• Richard is at his father’s place due to problems with his Suddenlink connection at home.
• Ohio LinuxFest 2010 is on the horizon. Russ hopes to be a speaker this year. It will be held September 10-12, 2010 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.
• Mid-America GNU/Linux Networkers Conference (MAGNet Con). Russ and Cheryl are organizing this event, which is tentatively scheduled to be held May 6-7, 2011, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott in St. Louis, MO.
  They’re looking for speakers, sponsors, organizers, and attendees. If you’re interested or can help, please visit the web site.

Donations:

• Please consider making a donation to Linux in the Ham Shack to help defray the costs of producing the show, attending shows, file hosting, etc. There’s a convenient Donate link on the web site, and you can use a credit card or PayPal.
• You can also support the show by purchasing LHS merchandise at cafepress.com/lhspodcast or printfection.com/lhs.
• Thank you!

Feature:

• Russ discusses his trip to Southeast Linuxfest June 11-13, 2010.
• Russ gave a talk on Open Source and Amateur Radio. The talk was recorded and will be available at some point.
• Thanks to everyone involved for their efforts in organizing SELF:
  

  Foundation Officers

  • President: David Yates
  • Vice President: David Nalley
  • Treasurer: John Yeary
  • Secretary: Mike Major

  Board Members

  • Speaker Coordinator: Jeremy Sands
  • Community Coordinator: Amber Graner
  • Volunteer Coordinator: Jas Eckard
• Field Day, 2010, was held June 26-27. Russ and Richard discuss the event and how it combines an emergency preparedness exercise and a contest.
• Russ used to attend Field Day in Maine with the Aroostook Amateur Radio Association (K1FS).
  This year, he visited the Nixa Amateur Radio Club (operating as N0A) and the
  Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club sites.
• One suggestion: make your Field Day sites wheelchair accessible!
• Send us your Field Day stories!

Feedback:

• Don, WS4E, sent us a picture of him standing outside the Red Hat Summit in Boston wearing his LHS T-shirt. Thanks, Don!
• Jan, PA9QV, linked to us in his blog, Varying Frequencies. Thanks, Jan!
• Eldon, WA0UWH, also linked to us on his blog. Thanks, Eldon!
• Dave, M0DCM, in the UK writes that he enjoyed Episode 40, and comments about Fldigi, xdx, gpredict, and wsjt.  He uses Xastir, too. He wonders if there is an HD SSTV application for Linux.  His club has asked him to find a good Linux alternative to WinPack. Richard discusses. These could be topics for future shows.(Ed. note: Jean-Paul, F6FBB, has written a packet BBS application for Windows and Linux.)

Contact Info:

• Contact Richard at kb5jbv@gmail.com, Russ at k5tux@lhspodcast.info, or both at the same time at info@lhspodcast.info.
• Leave us a voice mail at 888-455-0305 or 417-200-4811, or record an introduction to the podcast.
• Sign up for the LHS mailing list.
• Send hate mail to Bill at ka9wka@lhspodcast.info.
• Thanks to Dave from Gamma Leonis for the theme music and promo.

Music:

• “Paper King” by Noxious from the album “Revilutia”, courtesy of garageband.com.
• “Enslaved by Pain” by Severed Fifth (Jono Bacon), from the album “Denied by Reign”.

Responses to your comments and questions, more from Ohio Linux Fest, Richard visits the Belton HamExpo, and Russ experiments with digital modes.