Martin Owens: Audacious CSS Desktop Programming
Take a look at this video, here I show an awesome new technology for using Clutter/Gtk with Cascading Style Sheets. Audacious Video You can test this out for yourself with Ubuntu 12.04 (Beta) using the...
View ArticleStuart Langridge: Potton in 2012, a video drivearound
About six months ago I saw a YouTube video of Bedford, the nearest big town to where I grew up, in the mid-eighties. (It probably wasn't this one but that's fairly close.) It was fascinating; we used...
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Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle 66
This week we talk about how The Burning Circle now has its own Launchpad project to encourage story/news/blurb submissions. Also mentioned was a major call for feedback on the mailing list about...
View ArticleJorge Castro: Ubuntu OpenWeek call for instructors
The IRC workshop extravaganza known as Ubuntu OpenWeek is ready to go. For those of you not in the know, this is a weeklong (sort of) IRC event where we have instructors and classes on various topics...
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Michael Hall: Creation as Contribution
This was originally part of my post Distribution is Contribution, but it wasn’t the primary point I wanted to make there, and I realized there was far more I wanted to say about this subject....
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Ubuntu Classroom: OpenWeek ready to go, 2 May – Friday 4 May, call for...
The IRC workshop extravaganza known as Ubuntu OpenWeek is ready to go. For those of you not in the know, this is a weeklong (sort of) IRC event where we have instructors and classes on various topics...
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Eric Hammond: Uploading Known ssh Host Key in EC2 user-data Script
The ssh protocol uses two different keys to keep you secure: The user ssh key is the one we normally think of. This authenticates us to the remote host, proving that we are who we say we are and...
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Greg Grossmeier: My little pup
Yesterday the decision was made that Rowan’s nickname will be a variation of “pup,” (eg: little pup, my puppy, etc) but only when I refer to him. Carrie will use another nickname. Potentially even the...
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Tony Whitmore: Sign your life away
One of the websites I’ve found useful for my wedding photography business is SignNow. It’s a free service for signing contracts, unaffected by the delays of the postal service and saves paper too. At...
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Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments Localized Documentation Update
On Saturday I blogged with a call for help in providing localized documentation for the different opportunities available in the Ubuntu Accomplishments project. Since then there has been many wonderful...
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Michael Hall: Bonjour, Hola, and Hallo Unity!
Hello Unity is now open for translations! Please help me make this technology showcase is available to application developers in your native language. Translations are done through Launchpad, and will...
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Matt Rudge: It’s coming…
I’ve been using Beta 2 for about ten days now, and it’s been polished and robust. So, leaving distribution politics aside for a moment, here’s my favourite six-monthly graphic:
View ArticleMythbuntu: MythTV 0.25 has been released!
Version 0.25 of MythTV has been released! The Mythbuntu team would like to thank the MythTV team (and you should too) for their hard work in getting this release out the door.Key New FeaturesMythTV...
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Daniel Holbach: If only I had known what needs to be done…
I just went over the soon-to-be-released report of the Developer Advisory Team, where we sum up feedback from first-time contributors to Ubuntu Development and many noted that they found developer...
View ArticleLubuntu Blog: Snowlinux 2
Lars Torben Kremer has presented the new version of another Debian based LXDE distro, Snowlinux 2 "Ice" LXDE. This release features its own artwork (called Snowlinux-Metal), an improved installer,...
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Nick Ali: Instagram: $1 Billion Built on Open Source and Cloud
And this isn’t even about Red Hat. Tools and technologies that Instagram uses: Ubuntu 11.04 nginx Amazon’s Route53 for DNS. 25+ Django app servers on high CPU Xtra-Large EC2 instances. Gunicorn as...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) end-of-life reached on April 10,...
This note is just to confirm that the support period for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) formally ends on April 10, 2012 and Ubuntu Security Notices no longer includes information or updated packages...
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The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 260
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #260 for the week April 2 – 8, 2012, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Introducing Metal as a Service: provisioning...
View ArticleKubuntu: Kubuntu to be Sponsored by Blue Systems
Kubuntu will have a new sponsor in Blue Systems from the 12.10 cycle starting in May. Kubuntu is a community led project to create a KDE flavour as part of Ubuntu. Our sponsor since it started has been...
View ArticleUbuntu Cloud Portal: juju Charm Contest winners!
The community submitted over 10 charms as part of the juju charm contest. The judges have deliberated and have picked the following winners: The Grand Prize ($300 Amazon Gift Card) goes to Jimmi...
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