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Elizabeth Krumbach: OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2010
Back in April I went to a Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) meeting where Sameer Verma was doing a presentation titled One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project: Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation...
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Vincent Untz: My love for jhbuild
It's apparently cool to talk about jhbuild again, so let me tell you the truth: I'm a heavy user of jhbuild. And as such, I probably got used to various issues with this tool and don't see them...
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Ubuntu Classroom: Packaging Training: UDD intro + Q&A
On September 23, at 0800 UTC, james_w will be taking a class about UDD and taking questions about that process. The session will take place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. We have embraced...
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Launchpad News: Code hosting/browsing unavailable 14.00 UTC 23rd September 2010
Launchpad’s code hosting and browsing will be offline for 15 minutes today for emergency hardware maintenance. Going offline: 14.00 UTC 23rd September 2010 Expected back: 14.15 UTC 23rd September 2010...
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Mark Shuttleworth: A kind invitation
Delighted to receive this today, and to proxy it through to Planets U and G: Dear Ubuntu Community Council members, on behalf of the openSUSE Board, I would like to extend this invitation to you and...
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Canonical Design Team: Intial Hebrew trials
The Ubuntu project is going full speed. We have started intial work on the Hebrew and would like to share a few thoughts with you. Please go to...
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Brandon Perry: The neat command I learned today
On Windows XP and up, you get a neat utility called msinfo32 that you can run to get system and software information. Going to look into getting this working with winexe and the autoassess script.The...
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Thorsten Wilms: soundsoftware.ac.uk
Soundsoftware is an initiative to further the sustainable development and (re)use of software and data in the audio and music research community. I was hired to create the logo and in the process I...
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Greg Grossmeier: Other Launchpad intalls in use?
I’ve been wondering about this for a while: Are there any other installations of (the wonderuflly AGPL’d) Launchpad in use by a project (or group of projects)? And, if so, are they doing any fancy...
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Charlie Smotherman: Dear Ubuntu One Hackers Team
If you cannot lease a constructive comment on my blog please stay off it. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind the Ubuntu One Hackers Team to please reread the Ubuntu Code Of Conduct...
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Jono Bacon: Taking a Step Back With Fresh Eyes
Scale is an interesting thing. It affects all kinds of things. Companies grow and don’t seem quite the same as they used to. Bands make it big and then they disappear up their own arses. Restaurants...
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Danny Piccirillo: Know of a cool app that deserves more attention? Nominate...
A year ago i saw a lack of easy to understand yet comprehensive getting started guides for new users, so i decided to make one. I spent hours reviewing software, taking screenshots, and other exciting...
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Jono Bacon: Severed Fifth’s ‘Nightmares By Design’ Release Date Set
As some of you will know, I have a Free Culture metal band called Severed Fifth, and recently I have been working hard recording the new album, titled Nightmares By Design. Well, I am pleased to...
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Martin Owens: Two Days Left for Alternative UDS Accommodation
Just a reminder for the community that if you’re interested in the Alternative Accommodation for UDS Narwhal, please do get in touch soon as we will be booking all required rooms soon. That is all.
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Vincent Untz: Join the openSUSE Conference 2010!
In less than one month, people from all around the world will gather for the openSUSE Conference 2010! It will be in Nuremberg (Germany), from October 20th to 23rd, and the program is full of...
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Thierry Carrez: The real problem with Java in Linux distros
Java is not a first-class citizen in Linux distributions. We generally have decent coverage for Java libraries, but lots of Java software is not packaged at all, or packaged in alternate repositories....
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Ronnie Tucker: Full Circle Podcast #11: A Painful Washing Experience
Full Circle Podcast #11: A Painful Washing Experience In this episode, testing the Meerkat; also Android 2.2, Nexus One and Spotify. Our opinion on neck-beards and imitation as a form of flattery. On...
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Brandon Perry: x86/x86_64 winexe binaries available
I have uploaded the x86 winexe binary, so now both the x86_64 and x86 binaries are available for download. I will look into making debs for them, but for now, binaries are just copied from the whole...
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Ara Pulido: My experience upgrading UNE 10.04 to Maverick (and yours!)
As you might know, Ubuntu version for netbooks, UNE, is having a major re-engineering work for Maverick Meerkat, soon to be Ubuntu 10.10. The old interface, which included packages like...
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Martin Albisetti: No, we are not infringing any licenses
We spend a lot of time making sure we’re not violating any licenses, and usually work with upstream early on. Charlie Smotherman got confused about how we had implemented music streaming and filed a...
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