Charlie Russel discusses how to protect files during system restore.

Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, a fully recovered Ade Bradshaw, and Matthew Revell talk about Linux and whatever else comes along, including:

• The Prophet LugRadio: a review of the predictions made in the 2004 Christmas special and just how wrong we were
• BuddyPing: we talk to Justin Davies about buddyPing and social networks, and then argue amongst ourselves about it
• A competition! Novell have donated some stuff to be given away, and you could win! Enter our competition, “Stupid Hat for Corporate Tat”, by sending a picture of yourself in the stupidest hat you can buy, steal, or construct to show@lugradio.org. Bonus points for having the word “LugRadio” on your hat, or anything else that we find funny like wearing an enormous chin prosthesis or something
• Aaron Seigo with a five-minute update on where the KDE desktop is headed, cool stuff they’re working on, and integration with freedesktop.org
• Hype or Shite (it returns!): this week the team talk about eye candy. Is looking pretty important? Does eye candy just mean looking pretty?
• Your letters, and the LugRadio community speaks through the medium of voicemail

A very merry Christmas to all our listeners. We’ll be back in 2006!

Galan Bridgman explains how to find and use an RSS reader to subscribe to and read RSS syndications.

Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, a rather ill Ade Bradshaw, and Matthew Revell talk about Linux and whatever else comes along, including:

• Bill Hilf from Microsoft talks about MS’s attitudes to open source (1.30)
• Hype or Shite: MythTV. Is the homebrew PVR project good or not so good? Also, write in to tell us whether this segment is Hype or Shite! Do you want us to continue? (28.45)
• Philip Copeman from TurboCash, accounting software for Windows, about why he made the move from proprietary software to open source, the possibility of a Linux port, and what it’s like to pick Quickbooks and Sage as an enemy (41.30)
• Do open source projects need money, how should they get it, and is it reasonable to demand money from your community in order that the project can survive? (51.00)
• Your letters, with included joke.popey.com. No voicemails, though: call 0870 931 1730 to leave us a voice message! (60.04)
• LugRadio Live 2006 — more news on the UK’s best Linux event, on 22nd and 23rd July 2006 (72.05)