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Charles Profitt: Oneiric and FrozenBundle don’t play
I bought and played the latest FrozenBundle from the Humble Indie Bundle folks and had a blast playing the games on my Ubuntu 11.04 installation. However the games do not install on Ubuntu 11.10. For...
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Amber Graner: Public Apology: If doing the right thing was easy everyone...
Throughout the last few days (since my blog post on the CC meeting), I’ve taken the opportunity to reflect upon my motivation for posting that particular blog post–I was frustrated. Being frustrated...
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Marc Deslauriers: How to disable the guest account in Oneiric
Ubuntu 11.10 now ships with the guest account available at the LightDM login screen.This new feature isn't really a security issue, since by default using it requires physical access, and it is...
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Daniel Holbach: Getting involved with Ubuntu Development at Ubuntu Open Week
It’s time for another fantastic Ubuntu Open Week! From 17th October to 21st October there will be one-hour long sessions on IRC about a huge variety of sessions. Myself I’ll be part of the fun, I’ll...
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Soren Hansen: All the things wrong with monitoring today – Part 2
I took much longer to post this than intended. Not that I expect anyone to have been sitting on the edge of their chair waiting for it, but still… It’s been more than month since my last post, and not...
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Jorge Castro: Open Week Starts today!
Join us in #ubuntu-classroom IRC! Here’s the schedule
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Charles Profitt: Ubuntu Community and Being Appreciative
This morning via IRC I caught a conversation about the Ubuntu Community and being appreciative. It was a very insightful conversation in which people were concerned that the longer a person has been...
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David Tomaschik: A Hard Lesson Learned
For a few months now, I've been working on a side project for a local girl's volleyball club. While the people I'm working with are very nice, this whole project has been a lesson in how bad of a...
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Charles Profitt: Ubuntu Open Week – A Fantastic Opportunity
Ubuntu Open Week starts today and it is a fantastic opportunity for people to learn more about Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Community. Open Week is described as: Ubuntu Open Week is a week of IRC tuition and...
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Raphaël Hertzog: GNOME 3 transition happening in Debian unstable
The few articles I wrote that explained how to install GNOME 3 from Debian experimental have been very popular. So I figured out that a small update would be welcome. The Debian GNOME team started...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Mini Leadership Summit at the Ubuntu Developer Summit
In the recent feedback I have been gathering from our community, one source of contention was a feeling that leaders in the community are lacking motivation and a feeling of influence on the project....
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Ara Pulido: The first week of Ubuntu Friendly Beta
Last week, on the same day Ubuntu 11.10 got released, we launched the Beta of Ubuntu Friendly website. This is a huge milestone for us, as we will be able to collect a lot of data coming from Ubuntu...
View ArticleRandall Ross: My Ubuntu Open Week Session
This morning I presented "Contributing to Ubuntu at a Local Level: A Roadmap" as part of the ever-popular and inspiring Ubuntu Open Week. This session was for anyone who wants to make a difference and...
View ArticleDougie Richardson: Best Linux comment ever
Extract from an article over at “The Art of Manliness” that gives instructions on editing hosts to block time wasting sites: Linux If you’re using Linux, you’re probably a geek and don’t need some guy...
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Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Tat
Benjamin Kerensa from the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team has got something rather familiar inked on his arm: Badass has a new name. Wow. Is now the time to tell him we are changing the logo? Just kidding....
View ArticlePasi Lallinaho: Give me the endash!
For some reason, I had some keyboard problems again* with my clean Oneiric installation. For some reason AltGr+- did not produce endash**, like it did in Natty. There is a fix to this, and this time...
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The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 237
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #237 for the week October 10 -16, 2011, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released!!...
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Richard Johnson: Homemade Cyclocross Barriers
OK, I know, this is hitting a planet or two, or three, where some of you just looked up from your basement and said, “HUH?!” As many of you know, I am somewhat into cycling and recently got a...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Documenting Great Ubuntu Community Best Practice
Our community has a wealth of experience. Different skills, capabilities, life experiences, and perspectives all contribute to a boiling pot of knowledge that when shared can help us all to do great...
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Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Ubuntu Cloud deployment with Orchestra and Juju
I’ve been hearing lots of questions on IRC, mailing lists and elsewhere about the “new” Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure product (which replaces the older UEC). The new product is based on OpenStack and...
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