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LugRadio
Presentation
Hosted byFinal:Jono Bacon,Stuart Langridge,Chris Procter, Adam Sweet
Previous: Stephen Parkes, Matthew Revell,Ade Bradshaw
Guests: Lee "Ranulph" Jordan, Ben Thorp, Ted Haeger,Scott James Remnant,Andrew Lewis, Christian Schaller, Chris Jones, Matt Lee, Barbie
GenreTalk show(Linux,Free and open source software)
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesFortnightly
Production
Audio formatOgg Vorbis, MP3
Publication
Original release26 February 2004 –
20 July 2008
Related
Websitehttp:// lugradio.orgEdit this on Wikidata

LugRadiowas a Britishpodcaston the topic ofLinuxand events in thefree and open source softwarecommunities,[1]as well as coverage of technology, digital rights and politics.

The show was launched in 2004 as a result of discussions between several members of the Wolverhampton Linux User Group. After five seasons, on 30 June 2008, LugRadio announced that they would end the show at their convention, LugRadio Live UK 2008.

The show was presented byJono Bacon,Stuart Langridge,Chris Procter and Adam Sweet. Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge are the only two presenters who were with the show throughout, with Jono Bacon being the only presenter to appear on every show. Previous regular presenters were Matthew Revell (Seasons 1 – 4), Adrian Bradshaw (Seasons 2 – 4) and Stephen Parkes (Season 1, and the first few shows of Season 2). The show has also featured a number of guest presenters.

Guests have included Ximian co-founderNat Friedman,Google Open Source program managerChris DiBona,Sun Head of Open Source StrategySimon PhippsandEric Raymondamong others.[2]

History

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LugRadiowas conceived byJono BaconandMatthew Revellin 2003. The pair met at Wolverhampton Linux User Group and it was agreed thatStuart Langridgeand Stephen Parkes would complete the line-up. The first show, called The Phantom Message, was released on 26 February 2004.[citation needed]

Most releases of the show were licensed under theCreative CommonsAttribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives licence,[3]but shows released after December 2007 are under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence. An effort was made to relicense earlier content under the same license where possible.[4]

Media coverage and awards

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LugRadioreceived coverage inLinux Formatmagazine,Linux User and Developermagazine andLinux Magazineas well as online coverage by sites such asSlashdot.[5]

An episode ofLugRadiowas included on the cover CD of Linux User and Developer magazine.[6]

In 2006,LugRadiowon the award for Best Marketing Campaign at theUK Linux and Open Source Awardsin London[7]and won the award for Best Linux Podcast in the Christmas 2007 edition of Linux Format magazine.[8]

LugRadio Live

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LugRadio Live 2007

LugRadio Live was an annual event organised by the LugRadio team and held inWolverhampton.It was a Linux, Free Software and Open Source event intended to be fun, without the corporate agenda held by other commercial events.[9]It was first held in 2005 with 250 attendees, 14 speakers — includingMark Shuttleworth,who arrived by helicopter[10]— and 18 exhibitors includingUbuntu,Debian,KDEandO'Reilly.[11]

In 2006 LugRadio Live saw around 400 attendees, over 30 speakers includingMichael Meeksand 27 exhibitors including Ubuntu,OpenSolaris,KDE,MythTV,Debian,FedoraandGNOME.[12]

LugRadio Live 2007 took place on 7–8 July 2007 at theLight House Media Centre,Wolverhampton attracting hundreds of attendees from around the world. Speakers includedChris DiBona(Google), Gervase Markham (Mozilla) and a representative from theDepartment for Communities and Local Government.[13]

LugRadio Live USA 2008 took place on 12–13 April 2008 atThe MetreoninSan Francisco.[14]The wide selection of speakers included many celebrities includingMiguel de Icaza,Robert Love,[15]Ian Murdock,andJeremy Allison.The show attracted about five hundred Linux enthusiasts from many countries around the world with several travelling from as far as Europe and Australia.

LugRadio Live UK 2008 took place on the weekend of 19 July 2008 at the Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton.[16]

LugRadio Live 2009 took place on 24 October 2009 at the Newhampton Arts Centre in Wolverhampton.[17]

References

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  1. ^Bacon, Jono (May 2005)."The rise of the radio"(PDF).Linux Format#66.p. 7. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 1, 2006.
  2. ^"LugRadio previous shows".RetrievedMay 5,2007.
  3. ^Bacon, Jono (December 2005). "The birth of LUGRadio".Linux User and Developer#57.
  4. ^"The LugRadio licence".lugradio.org.The LugRadio Team. February 2008.RetrievedMarch 29,2008.
  5. ^"LUGRadio Live This Summer".Slashdot. 15 May 2005.RetrievedJanuary 3,2007.
  6. ^"n/a".Linux User and Developer#57.December 2005.
  7. ^"UK Linux and Open Source Awards 2006 Judged Winners".RetrievedJanuary 3,2007.
  8. ^Hudson, Andy (Christmas 2007). "Linux Podcasts".Linux Format#100.
  9. ^Sherriff, Lucy (May 9, 2006)."LugRadio Live returns".Reg Developer.The Register.RetrievedMarch 30,2008.
  10. ^"Jon Masters' blog — Lugradio Live".RetrievedOctober 19,2007.
  11. ^"LUGRadio Live 2005 retrospective".RetrievedMay 5,2007.
  12. ^Goodwin, Katherine (October 2006). "LugRadio Live 2006".Linux User and Developer#66.
  13. ^Wellsted, Ron (July 13, 2007)."Talking about a revolution".BBC Black Country.BBC.RetrievedMarch 30,2008.
  14. ^"LugRadio Live USA 2008".LugRadio. October 1, 2008.RetrievedOctober 2,2010.
  15. ^Hawthorn, Leslie (March 25, 2008)."LugRadio Live Comes to the U.S.A."Google Open Source Blog.Google.RetrievedMarch 30,2008.
  16. ^"LugRadio Live UK 2008".LugRadio. October 1, 2008.RetrievedOctober 2,2010.
  17. ^"LugRadio Live 2009".LugRadio. October 1, 2009.RetrievedOctober 2,2009.
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