Daniel Silverstone: Spotify Notify…
I have been working on some vala code recently which supports the extant spotify client—adding media keys and notification support. Unfortunately the default notification service on Ubuntu 11.04 seems...
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Charles Profitt: Packed for UDS
I spent today packing for UDS and excited to be headed to Florida for a week of rewarding work. This is my second UDS and I feel much more prepared for the flow of the event. I plan on blogging about...
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Julien Lavergne: UDS -2
UDS is approaching, only 2 days before the start. It’s usually the period when community members arrive from all over the world (Canonical folks are usually here 1 week before). It’s also my case,...
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Martin Pitt: Apport: debug symbol retrieval now in GUI
On a rather calm ten-hour flight to Orlando I once again did some pygobject, udisks, and Apport hacking (It’s scary how productive one can be when not constantly being interrupted by IRC, email, etc)....
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Robbie Williamson: Ubuntu is the OS for the Cloud, and here’s why…
Over the last few days, I felt the compelling need to explain why I think Ubuntu is the best operating system for the cloud. In my mind, it comes down to three key differentiators that I think benefit...
View ArticleRandall Ross: Orlando and UDS-P, Here I Come!
This blog post is the fourth in a series of many that I will be posting about UDS, the Ubuntu Developer Summit. It is inspired by "Is This The World We Created" by Queen. --- A short hop from Vancouver...
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Seif Lotfy: Gedit – Dash
So over the weekend “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” Hylke Bons and I joined forces (just like during the GAJ days) to work more on the design of the Dash… The gedit team gave some very good...
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David Planella: App developer sessions at the 12.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit
UDS is here again. Tomorrow another week packed with content that will define the plans for a new Ubuntu LTS release will start, and this time around application development will be a prominent topic....
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David Planella: Translations sessions at the 12.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit
So now it’s the turn for the translations post! For all of you interested in helping and being part of the effort of making Ubuntu available in any language, here’s a quick list with an overview of...
View ArticleRalph Janke: I am soo Tired of the Endless Desktop Flame Wars - Can we Please...
Since the inception of Gnome, there seems to have been a never ending flame war about desktops in the FLOSS community. I am really getting tired of it, because it not only is boring, but also...
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Matthew Helmke: I cut my hair for cancer
Until yesterday, my hair was very long. It had grown down well below my shoulders. I cut it so that my hair can be made into a wig for cancer patients who have lost their hair as a result of treatment....
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Nigel Babu: Please nitpick
When working with Open Source, some of the best learnings come from code reviews. When I first started coding on projects with strict code reviews (Launchpad), I was uncomfortable getting nitpicked. I...
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David Tomaschik: (Virtually) Setting Up A Test Lab (Part 1)
I've spent a little bit of time today doing something that was long overdue. I've transitioned most of my day-to-day data to my laptop, so I decided it was time to put my desktop to use as a "virtual...
View ArticleNathan Haines: Ubuntu Hour Lake Forest, November 3rd
I'm looking forward to Ubuntu Hour this week! I have Ubuntu 11.10 CDs to share, so if your friends aren't eager to load up a burned CD with Sharpie writing on it, your best Ubuntu pitch is about to get...
View ArticleLaura Czajkowski: Taking part in UDS remotely
This week the Ubuntu Developer Summit – UDS is taking place in Orlando Florida. It is a great opportunity to listen in to the sessions as they are streamed in audio and some such as the keynote are...
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Raphaël Hertzog: The promising OpenMediaVault failed its debut as free...
Volker Theile is well known for his work on FreeNAS. But at one point, he decided to give up on it and to restart from scratch but this time based on Debian (instead of FreeBSD). OpenMediaVault is the...
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Randall Ross: UDS Begins Today
This blog post is the fifth in a series of many that I will be posting about UDS, the Ubuntu Developer Summit. --- Orlando! I'm at UDS-P, in a few minutes Mark Shuttleworth will be delivering his much...
View ArticleMark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu on phones, tablets, TV’s and smart screens everywhere
By 14.04 LTS Ubuntu will power tablets, phones, TVs and smart screens from the car to the office kitchen, and it will connect those devices cleanly and seamlessly to the desktop, the server and the...
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Harald Sitter: UDS App for MeeGo and Symbian
Are you attending the Ubuntu Developer Summit? Maybe you want to try the UDS app then Some time ago I started writing a mobile UDS app to manage UDS affairs on my mobile phone. Being a Qt fanboy and...
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Charles Profitt: UDS: Keynote
Fitting for an LTS keynote there was a focus on making Precise Pangolin ‘pixel perfect’. I was impressed with the focus on making it easy to install two desktops or 20,000 desktops, or 2 servers or...
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