MVP Terri Stratton introduces some of the Microsoft PowerToys available for Tablet PC.

Columnist Walter Glenn explains how to install and configure Windows Defender to protect your computer from spyware.

Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Matt Revell, Ade Bradshaw, and special studio guest Scott James “Three Shot” Remnant talk about Linux and open source and a variety of other stuff, including:

• Ah, Distro! Which distro are you? Which are the team? Either a measured and logical comparison of Linux distributions or an excuse for petty namecalling on the part of the presenters; you be the judge! (2.01)
• The previous segment includes a special bonus kicking for Ade about opening up his private wiki full of useful information, too, and the usefulness generally of taking your knowledge and publishing it on the web (10.50)
• Pia Waugh talks about Software Freedom Day (19.24)
• Make Time or Fuck Off! Is it reasonable to demand that people using free software should make time to contribute to the community? Could people find more time than they do? Do open source projects give the impression that you should? (29.33)
• Scott James Remnant talks about upstart, a subsystem for starting, stopping, and managing processes, and what it means for distributions that will use it (57.00)
• Many, many emails (68.27)

Columnist Rob Tidrow discusses how to get started with Windows Live services, set up your own Windows Live Space, and participate in the Windows Live Beta experience.

Jono Bacon, Stuart Langridge, Matt Revell, and Ade Bradshaw talk about Linux and open source and a variety of other stuff, including:

• Linspire: the controversy about them allegedly tampering with DistroWatch rankings, contrasted with the Linspire team releasing the Click-n-Run client as open source and removing the annual fee. What do we think? (3.13)
• Sava Tatic from Campware talks about free software and free media (13.20)
• Matt and Jono are now part of the Ubuntu team, Matt in the Marketing Team and Jono a Canonical employee as Ubuntu Community Manager. Thoughts on how it’s been so far, and the nature of community projects (26.37)
• Stephen “SheepEatingTaz” Garton from Hull LUG talks about their new community outreach “Hull FLOSS” initiative (44.21)
• A (completely fictional) LugRadio Summer of Code: which projects would we anoint? Write in and tell us which projects you think got overlooked! (50.21)
• Your letters from over the summer! Send in your thoughts on the show, things you’d like to see us talk about, and comments on the wonderful world of free software. If you’ve got a silly name that’s an extra bonus. (71.28)

This show is dedicated to Banger, Jono and Sooz’s dog, who sadly died on September 8th, 2006. If you listen carefully you can hear him barking at a couple of points during this episode. Goodbye, Banger.

Columnist Joli Ballew explains how to prepare for a clean installation of a new operating system by backing up your software, media, and personal data.