Daniel Holbach: Hanging out
I’ve been using Google+ Hangouts for a while and some of you might have seen that Jono posted some evidence of these. Mostly I just used them for team calls with a fixed agenda or to keep in touch with...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Why Open Source Mentoring Matters in Academia
Ubuntu Global Jam attendees discussing packagingI have been busy for the past few weeks working with Asst. Professor Becka Morgan and her students at Western Oregon University where they are doing a...
View ArticleLubuntu Blog: Linux Mint 12 LXDE
According to its website, "this is the first release of Linux Mint using Hybrid ISO images.Traditionally, tools such as 'Startup Disk Creator' or 'UNetbootin' were needed to install Linux Mint via USB....
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: [Precise] linux kernel 3.2.0-18.29 uploaded
We have uploaded a new Precise linux kernel. The most notable changes are as follows: * Add Apple gmux device driver * Security fix for CVE-2012-1097 * Add id for Atom Cedar Trail HDMI codec *...
View ArticleBrian Murray: Confirming a bug task in Launchpad
In the Ubuntu Bug Squad we frequently talk about how to perform tasks on IRC but for some people it is a lot easier to learn something by seeing it done. Subsequently, I’ve created a video of how to...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Membership changes to Community and LoCo Councils
Amber Graner has submitted her resignation to the Community Council due to other obligations. We will truly miss her presence on the Community Council would like to thank her for her work on the...
View ArticleSridhar Dhanapalan: OLPC Australia Education Newsletter, Edition 9
Edition 9 of the OLPC Australia Education Newsletter is now available. In this edition, we provide a few classroom ideas for mathematics, profile the Jigsaw activity, de-mystify the Home views in Sugar...
View ArticleJim Kielman: Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu +1 update for March 9/2012
Time for another update from the Forums U+1 testing and discussion sub-forum. We are still plagued by video corruption between the login screen and the desktop:...
View ArticleEric Hammond: CloudCamp
There are a number of CloudCamp events coming up in cities around the world. These are free events, organized around the various concepts, technologies, and services that fall under the “cloud” term....
View ArticleTed Gould: Releasing an Indicator
In order to reduce the bus factor a bit, I'm documenting how I do releases for the indicators. This is not a complex process, but not obvious either. This post will involve lots of Bazaar, Launchpad...
View ArticleNick Ali: The Better Bacon Book
The Bacon Book The Better Bacon Book 20 HD videos, 150 high-resolution photos, and 31 original recipes from some of USA and Canada’s top chefs All about bacon. How perfect is that?
View ArticleMartin Owens: Ubuntu Multi Monitor
I wanted to post this wonderful artwork by deviantArtist iNOE: It depicts Ubuntu with Unity using multi-monitors. Hopefully a feature that will be polished and ready to go by April. Keep up the good...
View ArticleStuart Langridge: Monkey Island 2, for about the fifth time
My dining table has four legs. Now, you, you sad, hidebound slave to convention, might not think of that as particularly unusual, and to be honest I don't either, but for a brief moment last week it...
View ArticleJonathan Raphael Joachim Kolberg: Ubiquity mockup in Qt Quick
I spent the last tree days in doing a Ubiquity (the Kde fontend) mockup written in Qt Quick. I have to say it was a nice experience so far. (I didn’t really know Qt Quick before)First a picture of what...
View ArticleNick Ali: The JSON License
From the JSON license: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. Seriously?
View ArticleRonnie Tucker: Virtualisation Series Special Edition
Full Circle Magazine – Virtualization Series Special Edition The single-topic Special Editions continue with Lucas Westerman’s complete series of articles parts 1 through 6. Go get it from:...
View ArticleMilo Casagrande: Eclipse Tools
This is more a brain-dump kind of post for me, so I do not forget, every time I need to re-install Eclipse for whatever reasons, to install the plugins I need the most (and where to find them) or to...
View ArticleRandall Ross: A Couple More Precise Jams
The "web crawling" for photos of the Ubuntu Global Jam (Precise) continues. Here are two more contenders: Rochester: "Someone is really annoying Charles. Who?" Bandar Baru Bangi: "Shaking hands and...
View ArticleAndrew SB: Automation with Google Apps Script
I maintain a GCal of the Ubuntu release schedule, and I just updated it to contain the proposed schedule for the Q-series. As you can imagine, adding all those events by hand can be annoying. Luckily...
View ArticleUbuntu Classroom: IRC Operator Training Class
The Ubuntu Classroom is welcoming the first in a series of training classes on Being an IRC Operator which will take place at 20:00 UTC on 12th March. The class will be presented by Myrtti in the...
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