Jonathan Jesse: Updating Kubuntu Chapter for Ubuntu 11.04
For a long time I have been writing the Kubuntu chapter for the Official Ubuntu Book, The (5th Edition) and it is once again time to update my chapter. Over the years the chapter has evolved a bit...
View ArticleArthur Schiwon: 27C3 Day 1
In Berlin's winter the 27th Chaos Communication Congress started again at the bcc, next to Alexanderplatz. Hence the available amount of tickets was a lot higher than demand i am happy that i got a...
View ArticleJorge Castro: Shotwell .8 is out.
The Yorba folks have released a new version of Shotwell. You can snag it here. New features include: Video support for Ogg, AVI, MP4, Quicktime, and WMV files Upload videos to major Web services,...
View ArticleFabien Tassin: Here I am
It’s a bit early for a New Year resolution but I’ve been wanting to do this for years. So, I finally took the time to start the blog some people kept asking me to create. Initially, I wanted a blog...
View ArticleArthur Schiwon: 27C3 Day 2
So, today I reexperienced that picking out talks that are more or less above my skill level in combination with a lack of sleep is not an ideal situation here. Nevertheless i am sure i can draw a...
View ArticleSeif Lotfy: Skype Zeitgeist logger under development
Hey guys this is just a teaser of what I am working on, it needs code cleanup and testing… For now enjoy the Quicklist in Docky and Fredrik Nnaji’s big smile A Skype indicator is on the way too P.S:...
View ArticleRick Spencer: This is Photobomb
The last couple of days I made some good solid progress on Photobomb:Refactored items on the goocanvas into PhotobombItems to make changes easier, and code easier to maintain.Fixed the Gwibber tab to...
View ArticleMartin Owens: What Fonts are you Using?
So you’ve just downloaded an awesome poster from Spread Ubuntu and now you’re trying to edit the svg so you can provide a localised version or mash it up for your own needs. But there’s a problem… svg...
View ArticleSlovenian translation team: Year 2010 in review for slovenian translation team
New year is great time to look in the past, reflect upon the work done, see what's been done, congratulate oneself for that, make plans and bravely start a new year.We are sharing this with all of you...
View ArticleJamie Strandboge: A bite out of the Apple
Being the “computer guy” for friends and family is both demanding and rewarding. On the one hand, I get to install Ubuntu on lots of computers. On the other hand, I end up having to deal with various...
View ArticleArthur Schiwon: 27C3 Day 3
So this has been the third day of 27C3 and as such three fourth of the conference have passed. Absolutely a pity on the one side, on the other i am looking forward to catch up with my sleep demand. At...
View ArticleCollin Pruitt: Blogging: Why having more blogs is (sometimes) good
Although it may seem like overkill, I have four “blogs”, per-se. There’s this blog, my Posterous blog, my Tumblr blog, and my Blogger blog (overuse of “blog” much?). There’s a very good reason for...
View ArticleAndrew Pollock: [debian] "A fine example of shit code in any language"
I just discovered that I'd been hit by #409864 since upgrading to Lenny. A very unfortunate bug that one. I'm surprised it hasn't been fixed in a point release.
View ArticleAlan Pope: HP ProLiant MicroServer Fun with Ubuntu
I recently took delivery of a new HP ProLiant MicroServer which I wanted to use for various small/home office server type tasks. It’s a cracking little server, ideal for small offices and home users...
View ArticleBenjamin Drung: Debian Developer
Yesterday I became Debian Developer. I already used my new @debian.org mail address for uploading a vlc security fix to unstable and audacious & audacious-plugins 2.4.2-1 to experimental.
View ArticleAhmed Kamal: Cloud Instance with Cloud-Init on KVM
I wanted to run an Ubuntu server cloud instance locally on KVM hypervisor. I also wanted to run cloud-init on the local setup in order to experiment a bit with it. So that means, downloading a UEC...
View ArticleSøren Bredlund Caspersen: Running a Diaspora pod on Ubuntu 10.10
During the holidays I have had some time to look into Diaspora. Diaspora is a distributed social network, with a focus on privacy, security and ownership of ones own content. Everyone is free to run...
View ArticleScott James Remnant: The Importance of Being Tested
In addition to the regular posts documenting features of 0.6 and giving hints and tips about it’s usage, release announcements and so-forth; I’ll also be posting insights and anecdotes about Upstart’s...
View ArticleCollin Pruitt: What we should really be working on
I was inspired to write this by a post on DoctorMO‘s blog about a experience of his with the failure of Ubuntu on hardware. His blog post, compounded upon my personal experience, reinforce my feeling...
View ArticleAlan Pope: Backup Email with OfflineIMAP
I previously blogged about my HP ProLiant MicroServer which I’m playing with for doing backups of remote data and other “small/home office” tasks. I’ve decided to backup my GMail-based email using...
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