Sourcetrunk (Episode 015)
This episode will let you switch from one operating system to another ... without even thinking about it. Embrace Synergy. (and enjoy various media information while doing this with the lovely Media Player Classic)
I. System Tools : Synergy
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all. Learn more about how it works.
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http://synergy2.sourceforge.net |
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II. The Little Extra : Media Player Classic
Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact free software media player for Microsoft Windows. The application has a similar look and feel to the old light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4. Underneath, however, it is a completely different application which has all the options and features one might expect from a modern media player.
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sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli |
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music from Chance on music.podshow.com
theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com
beer on this episode : Affligem Double 
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the Proprietary OS show
Wow you really went on a Mac/Win lovefest on this show. I think I heard you talking OSX and Windows for pretty much all the show and just mentioned linux and unix a couple of times.
I feel weird out when they just go on talking about ways to use OSX/Win. Just a comment.
Open Source software on Closed Source OS's
Hi,
I try to find the right balance in supported platforms. Sometimes the software is supported on all platforms ( proprietary and open source ), sometimes only on linux, or on OSX, or solely written for the Microsoft Windows platform.
And I do this with a reason, I love discovering open source software for the linux platform and talk about it (heck, linux and BSD is what I personally use and love the most), but it's even more rewarding to show users of proprietary platforms (especially Microsoft Windows users) that there is another, better way of doing things, namely with open source software.
And if you can win someone over with open source software ON a proprietary platform, your chances of making him/her turning over to an open source platform is much higher.
If i look at the stats of the downloads of the show, nearly 35% of my audience uses iTunes on MS windows and it's those people that want to know more about it and have to be convinced. Most of the linux geeks -hi guys :) - listen to the show because they discover new software in a comfortable way via the podcast, not because they have to be convinced about it's power
Thanks for the feedback about this matter (got some of the same feedback in the mail), please reply if you disagree or agree.
(and if someone else has an opinion and is reading this : hit the reply button and chime in, I want to hear more about this because it's very interesting)
regards,
Dimi