Canonical Design Team: So, you want to provide an API for the world to use?
I conducted 5 qualitative interviews with developers and here are some findings. You have two problems. The first problem is to design the API. The second is to help people learn to use it. Great API...
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Nizar Kerkeni: Mark Shuttleworth en Tunisie
Mark Shuttleworth (Source Wikipedia). L’information fait le grand buzz dans les réseaux sociaux de la communauté du Libre en Tunisie et dans les web-magazines. En effet, et a l’occasion de la 6ème...
View ArticleJim Campbell: The blurry line between the web and the desktop
I implement an HRIS web-app for my dayjob, and one of my clients was having trouble with our application today. She said that she had uploaded some graphics to the site, and that now they were gone....
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Brandon Perry: Lost ticket revenue in Arlington, TX
The Court here in Arlington offers a (5671 page) PDF with all the arrest warrants in the city for unpaid tickets. It turns out our city is currently missing $56,594,788.04 in revenue for tickets not...
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Shane Fagan: Tu parle..?
Ok at the moment we use Python for application development in Ubuntu. It does a lot of what we need but could we do better with a different language or to create our own one? Oh and this is all about...
View ArticleSteve Conklin: Buffer Bloat and network performance
This post is really well written and should probably be required reading for network geeks. I think it might explain some of the problems I was seeing before I dropped my DSL provider and moved to...
View ArticleKubuntu: Amarok 2.4 Beta 1
Packages for the release of Amarok 2.4 Beta 1 are available for Kubuntu 10.10 and Natty. These packages are alongside KDE SC 4.6 Beta 1, so be prepared for lots of beta software if installing. Bugs in...
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Jorge Castro: Unity Bitesize Bug Report for 7 December
As I mentioned last week we’ve started a campaign for helping people get started on fixing bitesize bugs in Unity. Jono blogged about this as well. As it turns up, we’ve got our first bitesize...
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Thorsten Wilms: Backtestground
Backtestground is a project collecting a few tools to aid in designing wallpapers. GIMP XCF and Inkscape SVG templates GIMP XCF background template Inkscape SVG background template Both have a 2560 x...
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Jono Bacon: Unity Bitesize Bug Report for 7 December
This is a guest post from Jorge Castro. As I mentioned last week we’ve started a campaign for helping people get started on fixing bitesize bugs in Unity. Jono blogged about this as well. As it turns...
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Mark Van den Borre: U.S. to Host World Pres Freedom Day 2011
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/12/152465.htm
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Jono Bacon: Unity: An Ancient African Word Meaning ‘Rocking’
I just wanted to share something with you. This is my desktop today, running on my Natty USB keyring (remember you can play with Natty too from the safety of your keyring by reading this): This is...
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Steve Stalcup: yee haaa!
It’s my birthday! I would have tried some clever code to let you know, but I’m not that smart. Thanks mom for having me
View ArticleJono Bacon: Video Of Current Unity
Today I recorded a short screencast that showcases some of the excellent work going into Unity and that is available in the Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal developer version of Ubuntu. Check it out: Can’t...
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Joe Barker: Gaming For Good Causes
Casual gaming is becoming a big thing, I’m sure we can all agree that Zynga creators of the annoyingly popular FarmVille (just a personal opinion), and it’s growing array of *ville games, has proven...
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Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu development screencast: tune in!
dholbach TV Thursday, 9th December at 16:00 UTC* I’ll be online with another installment of “Ubuntu Development with Daniel Holbach”. If you haven’t seen the last session yet, I’d encourage you to do...
View ArticleCanonical Design Team: Looking at Ubuntu Brainstorm: Idea #25801
The Ubuntu Technical Board is currently conducting a review of the top ten Brainstorm issues users have raised about Ubuntu, and Matt asked me to investigate Idea #25801: Help the user understand when...
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Raphaël Hertzog: What’s annoying with Flattr buttons on Planet Debian?
Dear Planet Debian readers, a significant number of people have expressed concerns over the presence of Flattr buttons on Planet Debian. The concerns were expressed in a thread on the debian-project...
View ArticleLaura Czajkowski: pgdayeu in Stuttgart
Well PGDay EU is almost over and it’s been a fun and interesting few days. This is the my first trip to a conference for work as one of my colleagues is presenting a talk and giving two training...
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Launchpad News: Launchpad status info survey results
TL;DR This is a pretty long post. Here’s the important bit, if you don’t want to read the rest. ”’For all Launchpad status updates/notices:”’ use our launchpadstatus identi.ca account (RSS feed,...
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