Martin Pitt: software-center now installs language support automatically
Suppose you install Ubuntu and select a language other than English (it’s known to happen!). This will install the general and the GNOME language packs, translated LibreOffice help, and so on. Now,...
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Canonical Design Team: Some guidelines for warm grey text on the web
Warm grey is one of the neutral colours from Ubuntu and Canonical’s colour palette. It has been added to the palette for balance, being a bridge between the vibrant orange and aubergine. The brand...
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Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Featured Ubuntu Software Centre apps for January 2012
We’re back with a new edition of the featured apps in the Ubuntu Software Centre. The theme this month is going to be gaming, and for this we’ve carefully hand-picked and brought you 3 of the coolest,...
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Launchpad News: Social private teams
The title may sound like a contradiction, but I assure you that it is not. You can now use private teams in social contexts in Launchpad. Private teams can collaborate with public projects and other...
View ArticleJonathan Riddell: Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8 on Kubuntu
Kubuntu has packages for 4.8 bringing updates to Plasma workspaces and a load of KDE Applications. To quote a nice user posting on kde-devel "I upgraded to Ubuntu's Precise Alpha 1 a few days ago....
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Sergio Meneses: Ya cumplido un año como Ubuntu Member!…
En estos dias precisamente me llego un email anunciando la proximidad de mi finalización como Ubuntu Member… y antes de renovar me puse a pensar si era lo que queria, ya que en ese momento me asaltaron...
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Tiago Hillebrandt: Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team Blog
Ubuntu-BR-SC Local Community Team is proud to announce the release of your most recent project, the Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team Blog. The project, that was created by Tiago Hillebrandt (the LoCo Team...
View ArticleBodhi.Zazen: Linux GMA500 (Poulsbo) driver moved out of staging
Good news for people with an Intel GMA500 (Poulsbo) graphics card, support is now in the mainline Linux kernel. In the Linux 3.3-rc1 (mainline) kernel the driver has moved out of staging and re-named....
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Raphaël Hertzog: People Behind Debian: Josselin Mouette, founder of the...
Josselin Mouette is one the leaders of the pkg-gnome team, he takes sound technical decisions and doesn’t fear writing code to work-around upstream issues. He deserves kudos for the work he has put...
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Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu Brand Guidelines get their own site
If you’ve ever had to create Ubuntu or Canonical related design materials, chances are you had a look at the Brand Guidelines, which, until now, have only existed in the form of bulky PDFs. Those days...
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Aurélien Gâteau: What’s new in Gwenview from KDE 4.8
Now that KDE 4.8 has been released, it’s time to recap all changes you will find in Gwenview. The main change is the addition of animations when viewing images: crossfading between images and...
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The Fridge: Featured Ubuntu Software Centre apps for January 2012
We’re back with a new edition of the featured apps in the Ubuntu Software Centre. The theme this month is going to be gaming, and for this we’ve carefully hand-picked and brought you 3 of the coolest,...
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Thierry Carrez: OpenStack developers meeting at FOSDEM
Next week, the European free and open source software developers will converge to Brussels for FOSDEM. We took this opportunity to apply for an OpenStack developers gathering in the Virtualization and...
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The Fridge: juju events for 2012
The juju team has locked down the local events they’re attending in 2012, if you deploy Ubuntu in the cloud then they’d love to see you at the following events: https://juju.ubuntu.com/Events More...
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Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open
The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 12.10...
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The Fridge: Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open
The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 12.10...
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Ronnie Tucker: Full Circle Magazine #57 – out now!
FCM#57 Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-seventh issue. This month: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Try...
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Jono Bacon: Quick Team Update
I just wanted to provide a quick update on how the team is doing on our set of commitments in the 12.04 cycle. Feel free to ask questions in the comments. In terms of general team progress, this is how...
View ArticleJim Kielman: Update from the Ubuntu forums Ubuntu +1 sub-forum January 27/2012
There have been several interesting conversations this past week. The two main topics of discussion were the possibility of compizconfig-settings-manager being dropped from the repositories:...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: [Precise] linux kernel 3.2.0-12.20 uploaded (ABI Bump)
We have uploaded a new Precise linux kernel. Please note the ABI bump. The most notable changes are as follows: * Rebase to v3.3.2 * Revert seccomp_filter patches * Switch CONFIG_GPIO_TWL4030=y back on...
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