Ubuntu Kernel Team: Kernel Team Meeting Minutes – April 10, 2012
Meeting Minutes IRC Log of the meeting. Meeting minutes. Agenda 20120410 Meeting Agenda ARM Status nothing new to report this week Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs Release metrics and incoming bug...
View ArticleUbuntu Cloud Portal: Announcing the Ubuntu Cloud Summit, 8 May, Oakland,...
Canonical in collaboration with Redmonk will be hosting “The Ubuntu Cloud Summit” – a one day event for both technology and business attendees interested in how open-source cloud computing can help...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: [Precise] linux kernel 3.2.0-23.36 uploaded to...
We have uploaded a new Precise linux kernel to the precise-proposed pocket for staging. It will then be pocket copied to the release pocket. Please note the ABI bump. The most notable changes are as...
View ArticleJonathan Riddell: Kubuntu to be Sponsored by Blue Systems
A while ago I had to announce that Canonical weren't going to sponsor Kubuntu any more. 'Fair enough' I thought, Canonical needs to make money and after dropping support for Gnome support for KDE...
View ArticleJorge Castro: XBMC Eden in Debian and Ubuntu
The hero of today for me is Andres Mejia, who has put XBMC Eden into Debian and it’s been synced into Ubuntu for 12.04. Thanks to everyone involved who made that happen, Eden has been really great for...
View ArticleJorge Castro: MAASing and Jujuing with HP Proliant Micro servers
I’ve heard nothing but good things about HP Proliant N40L Microservers. Those of you who have ever spent more than 5 minutes with popey know he’s all about them. They seem like great little boxes;...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Ubuntu Cloud Summit in Oakland, California in May 2012
Folks, I just wanted to let you know about an exciting new event that will be happening the same week as the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Oakland, California. Canonical in collaboration with Redmonk...
View ArticleCharlene Tessier: It’s Here! Gingerbread-y Goodness with Extra Ginger!
What do you get when you mix: 1 Nook Tablet + 1 Android Gingerbread + 1 Cyanogen(mod) 7 = 1 Happy FrenchFortuneCookie Girl!! Just as I enjoy the freedom of Ubuntu on my laptop, I desired the same...
View ArticlePhilip Ballew: Help run a Ubuntu Open Week Session!!!
I am looking for people who would be willing to give a session lasting one hour during Ubuntu Open Week. What is Ubuntu Open Week you ask? It is is a weeklong (sort of) IRC event where we have...
View ArticleStephan Adig: It's time to make some noise
It's April and I didn't touch this weblog for more than 4 months now.What happend? Why is "SAdig" so silent?'Cause I'm busy, that's why.So what happened during the last months? A lot I have to...
View ArticleKubuntu: Calligra Released
Calligra has been released, KDE's document suite of applications. It has applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing and much more. Take the tour to discover the many apps...
View ArticleAmber Graner: Indiana LinuxFest: April 13-15 2012 – Ian Murdock and Amber...
I am so excited to be the opening Keynote at the 2nd Annual Indiana LinuxFest this weekend, April 13-15. 2012 at the Wyndam Indianapolis West Hotel. I love these community events. Heck, who am I...
View ArticleUbuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E04 – Cube Root of Conquest
Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen return again with the fourth episode of season five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! Note: We’re no longer providing ‘low-fi’ Ogg and...
View ArticleJames Westby: The value of primary sources
I recently finished reading "All Art is Propaganda" by George Orwell, a collection of some of his critical essays. It was a fascinating read, and would recommended it. Each of the essays is...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: What do Instagram and OpenPhoto have in common? Ubuntu!
Do you use OpenPhoto?Sean Kerner at InternetNews recently revealed the fact that Instagram which was recently acquired by Facebook uses Ubuntu Server 11.04 to power their cloud. OpenPhoto which was a...
View ArticleAurélien Gâteau: Into the blue
Hot on the heels of Jonathan, let me announce I am leaving Canonical at the end of the month, joining Blue Systems to work on KDE and Kubuntu. I am quite excited by this new adventure, and looking...
View ArticleJonathan Riddell: Calligra Released
Calligra has been released, KDE's document suite of applications. It has applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing and much more. Congratulations Calligra team. Install...
View ArticlePaul Tagliamonte: GeoParse update
I’ve thrown a bit of work at the wall, and some of it stuck. I’ve been working (slowly) on GeoParse, which is a (hopefully pythonic) library to clean, pamper, separate and really dig into fairly...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Further Ubuntu Accomplishments Progress
Another quick update of Ubuntu Accomplishments. Recently I split out the two different pieces of the project (the back-end daemon and the GUI client) into two different branches. With the two branches...
View ArticleAmber Graner: Identify and avoid falling into an interrupt-driven time...
It seems like the last week to 10 days has been like trying to walk up hill in molasses in the winter time. Ever have days like that? It’s felt like the most unproductive 10 days in the world. And...
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