The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 239
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #239 for the week October 24 – 30, 2011, and the full version is available here. In this Issue we cover: Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS-P) Ubuntu...
View ArticleChris Johnston: Awesome Summit work during the UDS-O Cycle
Are you at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando? Are you participating remotely? If so, you have probably had the pleasure of using Summit. Most people know that in the past Summit has not been the...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Ubuntu Smartphones And Tablets In The Near Future
Could a Ubuntu Tablet look like this? I was pleasantly surprised to read Mark Shuttleworth’s optimistic visions for 14.04 including his belief that Ubuntu will power Tablets and Smartphones by Ubuntu’s...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Ubuntu UDS-P: Mark Shuttleworth Keynote [Video]
Here is the UDS-P Keynote speech by Mark Shuttleworth:
View ArticleNathan Haines: Ubucon SCaLE10X Needs You!
I'm proud to announce Ubucon at SCaLE10X on Friday, January 20th, 2012. An Ubucon is an organized event for Ubuntu users that's halfway between an unconference and a convention. The main focus is for...
View ArticleDarcy Casselman: Ubuntu LoCo Teams and the 200 Million
During Jono’s video Q&A a couple weeks ago, Jono was asked what ordinary users and enthusiasts could do to help Ubuntu reach its goal of getting 200 million users in 4 years. This was his response:...
View ArticleCharles Profitt: UDS: Harvest
Today I was at a session about Making Harvest Rock and was impressed with the possibilities of the tool. What is Harvest? Harvest makes it easy to find low-hanging opportunities in Ubuntu. It...
View ArticleSeif Lotfy: Gedit – Dash (Almost there)
So now after three days of hacking around we are almost done with the gedit “plugins”. I say plugins (plural) because I divided the Dash plugin in 2. One for the “notebook” part, to handle the tabs...
View ArticleLaura Czajkowski: UDS-P Day 1
Right as rain and day 1 begins literally lashing out of the heavens with rain. Early start 4am and wide awake so the day kicks off with a blog post to Ubuntu IE and UK and post about remote...
View ArticleJulien Lavergne: UDS Day 1
1st day to the UDS, and as usual, it began with an introduction by Jono Bacon. It’s a quick introduction on how the UDS is working, some advices, and how to use the schedule and the blueprints. It’s...
View ArticleChris Cheney
“There is a bit of a myth that power users don’t like and aren’t interested in usability and ease-of use,” Shuttleworth said. “I think that’s nonsense.” Obviously it’s true most power users like...
View ArticleElizabeth Krumbach: UDS-P in Orlando: Day 1
I actually arrived in Orlando several days ago with MJ so we could go to some Disney parks (which I’ll blog about later!) before he flew home and I went into Ubuntu Developer Summit mode. Sunday...
View ArticlePhilip Ballew: Ubuntu Developer Summit Remote Participation Day One
Today marks day one of UDS -P. It was a great day, starting off with Jono giving his presentation and welcome speech before handing it off to Mark. If you did not see Mark’s speech, it was really...
View ArticleScott James Remnant: Halloween is over!
Not just the festival, but my project to write a short story or part thereof every day of October and publish them on the website. See my blog post from a couple of weeks ago for more information All...
View ArticleRaphaël Hertzog: My Debian activities in October 2011
This is my monthly summary of my Debian related activities. If you’re among the people who made a donation to support my work (130.30 €, thanks everybody!), then you can learn how I spent your money....
View ArticleScott Lavender: UDS-P - Day 1
Wow! I'm sitting here waiting for my next session trying to find words to describe the first day of my very first day of UDS and cannot seem to complete that task.Some words, themes, and descriptions...
View ArticlePhilipp Kern: Useful Firefox extensions
Many people around me switched to Chrome or Chromium. I also used it for a bit, but I was a bit disappointed about the extensions available. To show why, here's a list of the extensions I've currently...
View ArticleDaniel Holbach: Survey Summary: Getting involved with Ubuntu development
Some weeks ago, I asked for feedback in a survey about Ubuntu development. Particularly, how well we reach out and how Ubuntu development is generally perceived were focus points of the survey. The...
View ArticleCharles Profitt: UDS: Community Round Table
Today’s community round table session had many interesting topics, but one that hit home for me was about bureaucracy and red tape. Many in the room made the assumption that this was only referring to...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Leadership @ UDS
Today we start our Ubuntu Leadership Mini Summit here at the Ubuntu Developer Summit. Be sure to add your leadership topics to the ideas wiki page and join us. If you are not here in Orlando, you can...
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