Alan Pope: Happy Hour Comes to Farnborough
Tonight I’ll be in the Prince of Wales Pub in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK from about 8pm to celebrate Ubuntu Happy Hour with friends. Everyone is welcome, and you don’t need to bring a computer. It’s...
View ArticleCharles Profitt: Ubuntu 11.10 and .docx, .xlsx, .pptx bug fixed!
A few days ago I posted a work-a-round to the bug in desktop-file-utils that resulted in certain Microsoft file formats opening with File Roller and not LibreOffice. This bug is fixed now and is a...
View ArticleJames Gifford: Week in tech for Thursday, October 20th 2011
Is LinkedIn for old people? “You mean the kind of people who will give you a job?” (Via TechCrunch) <!–more–> Five (5) startup ideas GiftRocket would pay for (Via Giftrocket) FTC Privacy Czar To...
View ArticleJorge Castro: OpenWeek Summary for Wednesday
Here are the logs from yesterday’s OpenWeek sessions: Advanced dualboot (Win/Ubuntu) config sharing a lot of stuff! - Tiago Carrondo How to contribute translating Ubuntu — David Planella Volunteer...
View ArticleDavid Sugar: Populating PPA's
One thing I choose to do this week was clean up the GNU Telephony ppa workspace. A lot of things had been left in there for a long time.I was able to automate populating the ppa in launchpad from our...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Seven Years Old
Seven years ago Ubuntu 4.10, the Warty Warthog, was released. It was the very first Ubuntu release. I remember when it came out, feeling like this was the right step forward for Linux and Free...
View ArticleSergio Meneses: Oneiric Release Party!
El domingo 16 de octubre se realizó la UbuntuReleaseParty por parte de la comunidad de Ubuntu-Colombia. Fue algo sencillo donde abundo la improvisación debido al clima de ese día. Como se había...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Happy Birthday Ubuntu
Flickr: kattniHappy Birthday Ubuntu! Today Ubuntu is 7-Years-Old and I couldn’t be happier at the progress it has made over the years. I feel that Ubuntu brings something to the table that no other...
View ArticleCorey Burger: 20 Oct 2011
7 Years of Ubuntu It doesn't seem like 7 years ago that Ubuntu came into this world (and just over since I started using it), but apparently it is. The world (and Ubuntu) have changed a lot in seven...
View ArticleMartin Owens: Ubuntu’s Adoption Curve, Past and Present
We’re about to embark on a new cycle and with that comes the hopes of many that the Perfect LTS can be a really good break through release. I was reading a comment by the ever ready Jeff Spaleta over...
View ArticleNathan Haines: Ubuntu Hour Lake Forest, October 20th
You're invited to join me today to talk about Ubuntu, share tips and tricks, and ask those burning questions that can sometimes be difficult to find online. Today is the 7th anniversary of Ubuntu 4.10,...
View ArticleJeremy Bicha: GNOME 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10 Update
I am really happy with how Ubuntu 11.10 turned out. I had been looking forward to it all year as GNOME 3 with all of its faults does include quite a few nice features (too many to list here!). Ubuntu...
View ArticleSergio Meneses: Ubuntu-Co has two new Ubuntu members!!!
few moments ago, Jose Guitierrez and Cesar Gomez have been approved as official Ubuntu members. This news brought pride to Ubuntu-co. Many congratulations to the new Ubuntu members, and keep up the...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: +1′s = Ubuntu Membership
Benjamin Kerensa | Benjamin Kerensa dot Combkerensa's Ubuntu TattooToday was the Americas Regional Membership (RMB) Board meeting and initially I had thought I would be to busy planning the Ubuntu...
View ArticleAmber Graner: OpenWeek Summary for Thursday
It’s been an exciting Ubuntu Open Week so far with sessions yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011 which included: How to become a bug guru? Ubuntu Orchestra — Servers, Live and in Concert! Xubuntu:...
View ArticleThe Fridge: OpenWeek Summary for Thursday
It’s been an exciting Ubuntu Open Week so far with sessions yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011 which included: How to become a bug guru? Ubuntu Orchestra — Servers, Live and in Concert! Xubuntu:...
View ArticleUbuntu Classroom: OpenWeek Summary for Wednesday
Day 4 of Ubuntu Open Week starts at 1400 UTC today. Today’s schedule (Thursday, October 20th, 2011) includes a Q&A with Rick Spencer. As Jorge Castro said yesterday, “Rick is the engineering...
View ArticleUbuntu Classroom: OpenWeek Summary for Thursday
It’s been an exciting Ubuntu Open Week so far with sessions yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011 which included: How to become a bug guru? Ubuntu Orchestra — Servers, Live and in Concert! Xubuntu:...
View ArticleAmber Graner: How to get involved with Ubuntu Weeks and more.
Many people know about the various online Ubuntu Weeks/Days, but how are they organized? How can the community help? Ahmed Shams (ashams) asks Amber Graner (akgraner) how and where community can get...
View ArticleScott Kitterman: Notifications in iOS5
I just ran across this review of IOS5 and was struck by this bit: Notifications: iOS 5 includes the new notification center. It works just as well on the iPad as it does on the iPhone. I have found,...
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