Mark Shuttleworth: Caption competition
I’ve donated my face to charity. It’s not a tattoo, but it’s nevertheless a commitment. Really. "It will only take me a minute to fetch the lube." You can contribute to the cause (male health, grin and...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Where’s Chuck 2
One more: From Chris Coulson: Want to make yours? Grab the Chuckout in GIMP format.
View ArticleThe Fridge: 12.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit Proceedings
From 31st Oct 2011 – 4th Nov 2011 the Ubuntu Developer Summit took place in Orlando, Florida, USA. Attracting 800 attendees from 42 different countries, this mix of Canonical employees, volunteers,...
View ArticleJono Bacon: 12.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit Proceedings
I just put together the 12.04 UDS proceedings. Thanks to all the track leads who contributed their content. You can read it here.
View ArticlePaul Tagliamonte: Presenting — Shibuya! This is only a hard-coded test of...
Presenting — Shibuya! This is only a hard-coded test of the ncurses stuff, but it’s a nice show-off of what it can do (at least so far) More to come! :)
View ArticleJoel Leclerc: Project Harmless
I don’t like a lot of violence as a break of coding, and so far, the only FPS I’ve found that isn’t that violent is World of Padman. If you want rapid-fire or a more lightweight FPS, you are stuck with...
View ArticleTimo Jyrinki: On discussing free software mobile phones
Since I think I just summarized a few thoughts of mine well at LWN, I'll copy-paste it here:I can grumble about Android from time to time, but I do not say that it sucks. Extreme views are what are...
View ArticleRaphaël Hertzog: People Behind Debian: Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu’s founder
I probably don’t have to present Mark Shuttleworth… he was already a Debian developer when he became millionaire after having sold Thawte to Verisign in 1999. Then in 2002 he became the first African...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
Ubuntu Development Update We are five weeks into the release cycle towards and 12.04 and the general level of activity is high. Everybody’s super-charged after the Ubuntu Developer Summit and full of...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Welcoming Our New Horseman: Michael Hall
I am delighted to announce that Michael Hall, also known as mhall119 on IRC will be joining the Canonical Community Team and working with our upstreams, with a particular focus on growing participation...
View ArticleThe Fridge: New Ubuntu LoCo Council Announced!
Hi folks, It’s with great pleasure I announce, on the behalf of the Community Council, the newly appointed members of the LoCo Council: * Laura Czajkowski (returning incumbent):...
View ArticleElizabeth Krumbach: Xubuntu Website Sprint on Saturday November 19th at 22:00...
Several months ago I tossed up a devel site on one of my servers so Pasi Lallinaho and I could get to work on the newly planned Xubuntu website. He blogged about it with a teaser here back in August....
View ArticleRick Spencer: 12.04 Quality Initiatives Update
It's been 2 weeks since UDS. We left UDS with a lot of big plans about developing 12.04 in a precise way. So, in 2 weeks, we've gotten a good start. Here's a slapdash update before I leave for the...
View ArticleSergio Meneses: Aniversario de Ubuntu Colombia!
Este año Ubuntu-Co cumple seis años desde su constitución y por tal motivo la comunidad ha decidido celebrarlo por lo todo alto. Por eso se realizo una encuesta a todos sus miembros solicitando ideas...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Chuck Does Portland!
Chuck does Portland Has Chuck become a meme? From Wikipedia: A meme ( /ˈmiːm/[1]) is “an idea, behaviour or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.”[2] A meme acts as a unit for...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: [Precise] linux kernel 3.2.0-1.1 uploaded (ABI Bump)
We have uploaded a new Precise linux kernel. Please note the version change to 3.2. This is the first kernel upload based on the 3.2 kernel. Highlights of this upload include: * rebase to v3.2-rc2 *...
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