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Charles Profitt: Ubuntu: My first code contribution
In 2007 I started the process of migrating my computer use and programming to Linux, Ubuntu and FOSS tools. My original intent was to contribute some code to the community after I learned the ropes of...
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Brandon Perry: My NHibernate Configuration for Mono and PostgreSQL
I love C#. It is by far my favorite language. I have been using mono to write C# application on linux for a few years now. Ruby is growing on me, but only because of Metasploit. I wouldn't even bother...
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Charles Profitt: CISCO: “unmitigated gall”
I was pointed to an article about CISCO that made my blood boil. I could not believe a company would do this, but I guess CISCO is just another corporate bully. …Adekeye was being perp-walked through...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: Kernel Team Meeting Minutes – November 22, 2011
Meeting Minutes IRC Log of the meeting. Meeting minutes. Agenda 20111122 Meeting Agenda ARM Status Precise/omap4: first kernel upload done (3.0.0-1401.2) – still based on Oneiric source code but the...
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Jorge Castro: Our first Charm School!
We’re holding a Charm School on IRC. juju Charm School is a virtual event where a juju expert is available to answer questions about writing your own juju charms. The intended audience are people who...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Light Out Of Darkness
Tonight Erica and I went to a candlelight vigil in nearby Danville. The vigil was honouring the life of a Danville-born marine who was killed recently in Afghanistan. We joined Erica’s family there to...
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Hajime MIZUNO: Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
Ubuntu Japanese Team attended Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall in Japan. Participants are Mitsuya Shibata(cosmos-door), Fumihito Yoshida(hito), Nobuto Murata(nobuto), Kentaro Kazuhama(kazken3 /...
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Jono Bacon: Ubuntu 12.04 Accessibility Plans
Accessibility is a core value for Ubuntu and we have a wonderful Ubuntu Accessibility Team who are passionate about making Ubuntu a truly accessible platform for everyone. Recently the team have been...
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The Fridge: Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
Development Update Isn’t a new development release always exciting? We are six weeks into the cycle and things are ticking on quite nicely. Today we will reach Feature Definition Freeze, so all the...
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Marcin Juszkiewicz: Square board with five edges
Some time ago I got yet another developer board from Linaro — this time it was i.mx53 Quickstart also known as mx53 LOCO. At that time I only found time to power it on and check does it work at...
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Amber Graner: Happy Thanksgiving 2011
I mentioned on Facebook yesterday, that Thanksgiving is more than a meal, “it is sitting down with family (and friends) and being part of something bigger than ourselves.” I thought about what that...
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Launchpad News: Customisable bug listings in beta!
The information displayed with bug listings is often not what you want to see – you might not be interested in bug heat and want to see bug age, but it’s not there. Looking at this problem, we’ve come...
View ArticleMartin Pitt: Apport 1.90: Client-side duplicate checking
Apport and the retracer bot in the Canonical data center have provided server-side automatic closing of duplicate crash report bugs for quite a long time. As we have only kept Apport crash detection...
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Victor Tuson Palau: The Future Of Personal Computing
I have previously complained about the about the amount of gadgets that seem to be piling by my bedside table charging quietly every night.. Laptops, Tablets, phones, kindle (yes the plural is not a...
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Randall Ross: This Noise From California Gets Louder Unless *YOU* Stop It
We of course all know the story of the Haemorrhaging Horse. My horses is bleeding! So, here's a great recipe for slaughtering horses: 1. Start with a sensational headline: "Ubuntu savaged by rivals...
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Andreas Moog: "option nis-domain larger than buffer" while flashing a DBoxII...
Recently, I needed to update the image on my (already Linuxed) Dbox-II. Now, there are many good guides out there, like http://www.lug-kr.de/wiki/DBoxLinux (german), but after booting with the ppc...
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Andreas Moog: Debian Games Team meeting #6
The Debian Games Team is organizing another meeting, if you're into developing and/or packaging of games, or just generally curious about games in Debian/Ubuntu, you should join!It will be held next...
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Charlene Tessier: Lovin’ Lubuntu?
My last upgrade to 11.04 – has brought my acer netbook to a grinding halt. Literally, waiting minutes for it to load or process – painful! A fellow UVLC member heard of my pain and said why don’t you...
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Costales: Why not use the new (and amazing) Dynamic Views in Blogger?
Because, by this configuration option : I can't set the footer to: :(
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Dave Walker: Has it really been 20 years since Freddie Mercury died?
Has it really been 20 years since Freddie Mercury died?Most people probably knew him from the fame of the rock band 'Queen'.He was probably one of the most entertaining and inspirational singers of our...
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