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Duncan McGreggor: PyCon 2012: To Be Continued
PyCon was just fabulous this year. It's been a couple years since I was able to go, and I was quite surprised by how much I had been missing it. The Python community is not only one of the most...
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Canonical Design Team: Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to ‘The...
Introduction to task switching A key part of any operating system user interface is how it enables the user to switch between multiple tasks. In most desktop operating systems tasks are encapsulated...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: [Precise] linux kernel 3.2.0-19.30 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 upstream stable v3.2.11 * Drop non-smp PowerPC flavor, generate powerpc-smp...
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Launchpad News: Meet Laura Czajkowski
Dan: What’s your role on the Launchpad team? Laura: I’m the Launchpad Support specialist, so my job is pretty varied each day. Launchpad is rather larger than I first ever thought or had experience in...
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Alan Bell: Unity Window Quicklists
The Unity desktop that the recent releases of Ubuntu uses is kind of nice overall, but there are some specific things that are really hard to do, one of which is finding and focussing on one window of...
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Jono Bacon: Bytemark Rock Again
I want to show you something rather beautiful: He is the most interesting terminal in the world. Behind this simple exterior beats the heart of a beast; the new Ubuntu Accomplishments server that...
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Duncan McGreggor: Python for iOS
I do a lot of traveling, and I don't always like to lug my laptop around with me. Even when I do, I'd rather leave it in the bag unless I absolutely need to get it out (or if I'm setting up my mobile...
View ArticleJussi Schultink: Templates and Defaults
So today I am in a writing mood. (for some strange reason – these don’t come often). This is a bit of a grumble post, but also a call for help. I’ve used Libre office and before that Open office in...
View ArticleAlexander Sack: I am sure I don't get mercurial's (hg) branches and heads...
I am sure I am moronic, but … hg clone http://dev.mutt.org/hg/muttdestination directory: muttrequesting all changesadding changesetsadding manifestsadding file changesadded 6202 changesets with 17611...
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Charles Profitt: Full House Today at Linux Workshop
Had a full house today at the monthly Linux Workshop. Helped a SUSE user repair his install and regain networking. Also, assisted a user get an Ubuntu server setup as a firewall and proxy server using...
View ArticleMatt Rudge: Recovering Bad Superblock on ext4
Shortly after my last post, my aging Dell Studio laptop learned the hard way that gravity can sometimes be a cruel and heartless mistress. I learned a couple of lessons too. Notably that 1) Dell Studio...
View ArticleJim Kielman: Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu +1 update for March 17/2012
I’ve been having a problem accessing my blog for the last couple of days, so I’m a day late. There has been a good discussion about guitara’s (Nick) thread on reorganizing Q&A, Nick, Effenberg0x0...
View ArticleJorge Castro: Redeploying OMG!Ubuntu onto the cloud with juju
On St. Patrick’s day Marco Ceppi and I were chatting about SPDY. I was wondering if we could make an option on the WordPress charm to try the experimental SPDY support in either Apache or some other...
View ArticleBryan Quigley: Hiccups?
Search deep with in yourself and say, “I an not a fish!”. This actually worked for me. I am aware that appears to make no logical sense. At least we are getting a better idea of where hiccups come...
View ArticleDougie Richardson: A quick thank you
I needed wxMaxima but the version in the repositories is a little older (one major revision). Compiling from source is straightforward but a recent discussion I had with students showed they shied away...
View ArticleMythbuntu: Mythbuntu changing to LTS only releases
The Mythbuntu team would like to announce starting with the 12.04 release we will be moving to LTS only releases. Mythbuntu ISOs will only be released for LTS releases. MythTV packages will still be...
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Dustin Kirkland: Patchwork of Open Source Memories
One of the biggest differences in my new job is that I have to commute into the office every day. And with that, comes the second biggest difference -- that I can't wear a t-shirt and pajama pants as...
View ArticleStephen Michael Kellat: Getting started
This appears to be the point at which a new BlazeBlogger blog is fired up.
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Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 63
This week's episode includes an exhortation to apply for Ubuntu membership as well as discussion of release parties for Precise Pangolin possibly happening at one or more of Ohio's state parks....
View ArticleUbuntu Cloud Portal: Ubuntu Cloud Day in India – April 4th, Bangalore
Ubuntu Cloud Day is Canonical’s first Cloud event in Bangalore. With keynote speeches from various members of the Canonical team and a more focussed technical delivery, the event is aimed at engineers...
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