Chuck Frain: New(ish) Opensource Maryland Group
As many of you know, I run the Ubuntu Maryland Loco Team. We have a regular meeting that occurs the third Thursday of the month at the Howard County Library from 7-9pm. Over the last year the attendees...
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Scott Moser: Migrating to pv-grub kernels for kernel upgrades
After the release of the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS images that use the pv-grub kernel, there were some questions on what to do if you're running from an older AMI and want to take advantage of what pv-grub...
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Mark Shuttleworth: Private cloud “in a box” from Dell
It just got a lot easier, and faster, to get a cloud in the house. Simply buy a starting cloud from Dell, and add to it as you need it to grow. You’ll get a reference architecture of Ubuntu Enterprise...
View ArticleNick Barcet: UDD: Developing applications for the cloud
Last week I was invited to present a talk on "Developing applications for the cloud" in Bengalore, India for Canonical's first ever Ubuntu Developer Day. First time in India, first time presenting that...
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Mahyuddin Susanto: Mahyuddin Susanto: Request for review
Hello all, i need your comments or suggest at my package. this package is very usefull in my Ubuntu-ID Loco, if you have enough time i would be happy if you reviewing it. or sponsoring it to Ubuntu...
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Rick Spencer: Python Sound Menu Integration or GDBUS Can't Come Soon Enough
So I'm still digging Pithos. Having native access to my Pandora channel on my desktop is a blast. I thought a great enhancement would be Sound Menu integration. So I figured I would spend an hour or...
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Hollman Enciso: Let us Help Hollman to Attend the JRRL v2
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Hollman Enciso, a 25-year-old systems engineer, member of the BogotaMesh community, which works to build a free (as in "free speech") wireless community network in...
View ArticleDuane Hinnen: Ubuntu Forums Packaging and Compiling Programs
The Ubuntu Community Forums has many things going on under all kinds of topics. I want to start raising awareness of some of the things going on that you might not know about. One of the best means of...
View ArticleDaniel Holbach: Ubuntu Packaging Guide
If you ever were interested in Ubuntu Development, I’m sure you came across the Ubuntu Packaging Guide. It served us well, but it became harder and harder to maintain. Because some parts are used in...
View ArticlePaul Tagliamonte: Why 64 bit computing is really dumb ( right now )
I’m fed up with people flaunting how great their machine is because it’s 64 bit. I’ve had 64 bit machines since 2004, when I got a Athlon 64. It’s not new, and it certainly does not mark some “great”...
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Fabien Tassin: Chromium 9 in Ubuntu
Chromium 9.0.597.84 just landed in Ubuntu a few hours ago. Compared to the previous stable release, it brings among other things the (opt-in) Instant search in the Omnibox (the URL bar), the Apps store...
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Silver Fox: An Interview with System76 co-founder Carl Richell
I imagine quite a few of you have heard of System76. System76 is a company that provides and supports Ubuntu pre-installed laptops, desktops, and servers. What I expect is not so well known is the...
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Valorie Zimmerman: Finding missing packages - three methods
Sometimes, when compiling applications, rather than installing them from packages, one comes up against a problem like this one recently posed in #kubuntu (IRC channel on Freenode):Hi, I have an error...
View ArticleBenjamin Mako Hill: Antifeatures at the Free Technology Academy
In addition to lecturing for two courses at MIT this term, I recently had the pleasure of giving a lecture on antifeatures at the Free Technology Academy -- a program which offers Masters courses over...
View ArticleJustin Dugger: 64-bit really does matter
In a stunning display of confidence, Paul Tagliamonte stops just short of calling for dropping 64bit Ubuntu desktops. Because PAE will save the day, naturally. By day, I am a Java developer. This means...
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Thorsten Wilms: Unity Bitesize Bugs
Bitesize bugs are tagged by triagers as small and easy-to-fix bugs for Unity. They offer a good way to start getting familiar with the code and to gain insight on how to work with the DX team. Jorge...
View ArticleMartin Owens: GroundControl Videos
I have finally managed to get the fabled groundcontrol instructional videos uploaded and linked into the website. For all those who are curious as to exactly what the point of groundcontrol is or...
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Valorie Zimmerman: Linux conferences 2011
Started filling out the calendar with all the events I'd like to attend this year, if I get sponsorship, and can arrange care for Rhys during the weekdays I'm gone. It looks REALLY busy and...
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Elizabeth Krumbach: Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) Released!
Today Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) was released! Congratulations Debian! EDIT: Release announcement here
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Kubuntu: Debian Releases Debian 6.0 "Squeeze"
Congratulations to Debian on their most recent release, Debian 6.0 ("squeeze"). Debian 6.0 has been in development for two years and is the product of almost a thousand volunteer developers from...
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