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Ubuntu Podcast
Presentation
Hosted by	Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Martin Wimpress
Genre	Talk show (Linux, Free and open source software)
Language	English
Updates	Weekly (Thursday)
Production
Audio format	Ogg Vorbis, MP3
Publication
Original release	March 2008

Ubuntu Podcast is an Ubuntu Linux news and technology podcast produced by the Ubuntu UK Local Community Team and hosted by Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress. The show is based in England, UK, has a Telegram community group and multiple social network accounts dedicated to fostering inter-communication among fans.

Presenters

Alan Pope

Alan is a Community Manager at Canonical primarily working on Ubuntu for devices. Alan has been using Ubuntu since 4.10 (Warty Warthog). Previously Alan spent 13 years working as a system admin on German proprietary software while contributing to Ubuntu and Linux in his spare time. He first encountered Linux in the mid-1990s, and ran Red Hat then Debian on the desktop and server until Ubuntu Warty came out. Alan became an Ubuntu member in 2006 and has in the past been the contact person for the UK LoCo team, a member of the LoCo Council and a member of the EMEA Membership board and the Community Council.

Mark Johnson

Mark develops mainly on the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment. He has used Ubuntu since Warty Warthog. His interest is focused on gaming on Ubuntu.

Martin Wimpress

Martin has been a Linux user since 1995 and first used Ubuntu with Warty Warthog. He became an Ubuntu member in 2016. In recent years Martin has worked with large scale Linux infrastructure and the transmission and analytics of “black box” flight data. Martin is a member of the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical and works on desktop and devices. In addition, he is one of lead developers of Ubuntu MATE.

Format

Episodes are packaged into seasons. Each season consists of about 40 episodes. An episode lasts for about 30 minutes. The presenters usually speak about their own work in the past week, discuss community news and upcoming events, talk about command-line tools and respond to listeners' feedback.

History

The first episode of the Ubuntu Podcast went live on March 11, 2008.

Production

Ubuntu Podcast is recorded simultaneously by the presenters in their respective homes and published in both the Ogg Vorbis and MP3 formats. The process involves recordings made by each presenter on their local machine in flac format using the software Audio Recorder. Recordings are usually made on Tuesday and published on Thursday.

List of episodes

Episodes can be found on the primary Ubuntu Podcast page, or the old Archives for episodes prior to season 8, episode 1.

Their current season 10 launched with its first episode on February 23, 2017.

External links

• Ubuntu Podcast home page
• YouTube channel