Andres Rodriguez: TestDrive: Testing an Ubuntu ISO in real Hardware??
So, last month I was reading the “Unity Desktop and maverick backport” thread at the ubuntu-devel list. The discussion at some point became about How to Test Natty (Unity Compiz specifically) in real...
View ArticleRaphaël Hertzog: Librement: a new way to help people who want to contribut to...
I have this project in my head, I want to work on it but I always lack the time. In order to go forward, I thought I could write about it, at least it would let me clarify my ideas and the core goals....
View ArticleThierry Carrez: Bleeding edge OpenStack Nova on Maverick
Want to test the latest cloud goodness ? Thanks to the new Nova trunk PPA, it’s really easy to run the freshest code from OpenStack Compute (Nova) on Ubuntu 10.10. Here is how. We will install...
View ArticleJamie Bennett: Linaro 11.05 Alpha-1 Released
Hi, The Linaro team is pleased to announce the availability of the 11.05 Alpha-1 images. These very early developer images build on the great work done during the 10.11 cycle and can be downloaded from...
View ArticleSridhar Dhanapalan: OLPC Australia documentary on the teevee
OLPC Australia has a documentary airing on Channel 7 this Sunday, 5 December at 11.00am (AEST), entitled “Ideas for Good – the One Laptop per Child initiative”. The documentary showcases our reach into...
View ArticleAhmed Kamal: Ubuntu Cloud Forums a great place
The Ubuntu Cloud Forum is a great place to be in. We launched the forum about 3 months ago, thinking it may not see much activity. However surprisingly (in a positive sense) we're getting tens of...
View ArticleDavid Planella: After the first translations videocast
So, after having done the first translations videocast on the Ubuntu Translations channel yesterday, I can just say it was great fun, and from the feedback I got after the show it seems people liked it...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu Translations Interviews: Timo Jyrinki (Finnish Translation...
Ubuntu is brought to users in their own language by a large community of dedicated volunteer translators, who tirelessly work on localizing every part of the Operating System release after release.In...
View ArticleDavid Planella: Ubuntu Natty open for translation
After the new Natty Narwhal Alpha 1 pre-release, I am pleased to announce that Natty is now open for translation: Translation caveats. Remember that according to the release schedule translatable...
View ArticlePaul Tagliamonte: Myth Busted #3: Unity is "Lock-in"
The Myth Now, most of you know by now that I really don’t like Unity. At all. I think that it’s very buggy, and really kludged in. My views, however, are not what this is about. Unity has been called...
View ArticleKubuntu: KDE Platform 4.6 Beta 1 Available
Packages for the release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.6 Beta 1 are available for Kubuntu 10.10 and Natty. These are beta packages for beta software, expect bugs. Bugs in packaging should be...
View ArticleAhmed Kamal: Announcing Ubuntu Cloud Portal
Another rocking day for the Ubuntu Cloud community! The Ubuntu Cloud Portal has just been launched hurray. The portal helps new-comers to the Ubuntu cloud community quickly find interesting information...
View ArticleDuane Hinnen: Help add screenshots to the Software Center
alsamixergui missing a screenshot I am always looking for ways that Ubuntu users, who do not know Python, C, or some other programming language, can contribute to Ubuntu. As Ubuntu grows in popularity...
View ArticleHarald Sitter: Kubuntu 11.04 Sneak Peek [UDS Cookie]
At every Ubuntu Developer Summit, the Ubuntu project comes together and tries to find new and exiting ways of breaking their own systems. So it also happened about a month ago in Orlando, FL. But let...
View ArticleJorge Castro: Getting Started working on Unity
Now that Alpha 1 is out the door the different bits are starting to come together. We’ve got the compiz-based Unity in people’s hands, now it’s time to start the feature work and testing. The Desktop...
View ArticleKenneth Wimer: Dream Job
Carrera Slot Racing - Testing and Design(It's not just for the Christmas holidays any more)
View ArticleJonathan Thomas: “Muon” is now the Muon Package Management Suite
Starting with version 1.1, “Muon” is now the “Muon Package Management Suite”. (Don’t worry, I won’t try everybody try to say that for the sake of branding ) The Muon suite is made up of the following...
View ArticleSeif Lotfy: Revisiting: GNOME Shell + Zeitgeist = ?
I took more time today to play with GNOME Shell… Now this is just a dirty dirty dirty hack, I will look into cleaning up by the next week (I have some other things I need to take care of) So the...
View ArticleZach Kriesse: An interview with xaphir
Just the other day I had the great pleasure of conducting an interview with Hal Davis, the project lead and inspiration behind an up and coming project, MilSpecLinux. He’s a really cool guy who I’ve...
View ArticleBrian Burger: “… rhetoric from reality…”
“Since 2007 we have been deliberately placing some of our servers in jurisdictions that we suspected suffered a free speech deficit in order to separate rhetoric from reality. Amazon was one of these...
View Article