Martin Owens: 5Pi-Con – Ubuntu MA+CT
This weekend we were attending PiCon once again, a wonderfully smaller SciFi and geeky event in the middle of CT near the MA border. I’d like to thank Jonathan Prigot and Penelopy (Pendulum) for...
View ArticleMichael Lustfield: Nginx Book Review
Most anyone reading this already knows me. My name is Michael Lustfield. I'm running the servers of a starting web development company called Kalliki Software. We've been in business for a little...
View ArticleJorge Castro: Who are your mentors?
Allison Randall has blogged about her new role in Ubuntu; working at Canonical as the Technical Architect for Ubuntu. One thing which I think is awesome is how she mentions people who encouraged her:...
View ArticleLaura Czajkowski: LoCo Directory – Useful if kept up to date
We now have this fantastic all in one place information on teams, global and local events. It makes finding information for everyone a lot easier. It’s come on a long way and looks rather pretty...
View ArticleNizar Kerkeni: Tunisian LoCo meeting
After few months of inactivity (end of school year and exams, summer vacation, etc. …) our community is slowly resuming it’s activities with a meeting to be held in our IRC channel #ubuntu-tn Friday...
View ArticleHarald Sitter: KCModule Flower Power!
KCModules are special widgets that are used throughout the KDE platform to provide configuration functionallity. For example every module in System Settings is actually a KCM. You can also access all...
View ArticleSeif Lotfy: Help with Mono for Zeitgeist
At Zeitgeist we are finishing up some nice Tomboy and Banshee Addins. Currently we are facing an issue with Mono DBus and we reached a new level of desperateness. You need to have Zeitgeist running...
View ArticlePablo Rubianes: Global Jam for all the Spanish speakers!!!
I am happy to report that on next Sunday, 29 August at 15:45, the Spanish Speaking Community is going to have an International Global Jam via IRC, at #ubuntu-charlas and #ubuntu-charlas-chat.This...
View ArticleSeif Lotfy: Hot/Not (IconViews)
Michal Hruby is working on Sezen and one thing I noticed is that the IconView compared to Nautilus are JUST PLAIN UGLY… Look Here: You can see the highlighted items look different in terms of...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Help Colin Get His Kids Back
I don’t tend to blog about appeals, but I came across this terribly sad story and I really want to encourage you all too also pledge and support him. Here is what happened, written by a friend of...
View ArticleDiego Turcios: Interviewing Gunnar Wolf
Gunnar Wolf the blue guy Some days ago the debconf 2010 finish. And well last year I met Gunnar Wolf a Debian Developer so I decide it to make him an interview. So here it goes. 1.Tell as much as...
View ArticleElizabeth Krumbach: Ubuntu California at Picn*x 19
On Saturday I got up bright and early to catch a 9AM ride with Grant Bowman to the annual Linux Picnic (Picn*x19) as they celebrated the 19th anniversary of the Linux kernel. We arrived on site to...
View ArticleMohamad Faizul Zulkifli: Windows 7 Theme For Ubuntu Linux
Transform your Ubuntu to Windows 7 familiar look now. The right way to make you child or wife feel happy when using your Ubuntu desktop/laptop. Sounds funny, take a look here.read the installation...
View ArticleLaura Czajkowski: Limerick Hackerspace
Just found this out today, there is a meeting tonight to discuss the plans to set up a Limerick Hackerspace. If you can make it, come along to the Absolute Hotel at 7:30pm or you can join up to the...
View ArticleStephan Hermann: The real "eiPOTT"
Just found that on heise.de,The company "Koziol" named this "Egg Breaker" "eiPOTT" (pronounced: iPOD).The court from the City of Hamburg followed Apple and forbid this naming. Well, the fun part,...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #207
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #207 for the week August 15th - August 21st, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: N-imal? Join the fun at the Ubuntu Global Jam...
View ArticleIngeniero Forigua: Ubuntu Global Jam 27 - 29 de Agosto
Ubuntu Global Jam 27 - 29 de Agosto El Ubuntu Global Jam es un evento tradicional de la comunidad ubuntera, esta edición la comunidad hispanada planea hacerlo masivamente con una serie de charlas +...
View ArticleYou In Ubuntu: Keeping the Community Connected - Gwibber! Interview with Ken...
In this Interview Amber Graner talks to Ken Vandine, Ubuntu Desktop Integration Engineer, about Gwibber and her awkward first conversation with him about Gwibber.
View ArticleJono Bacon: Revisiting Ethos
When I first heard about Free Software in 1998 I was mesmerized by it’s potential. Sure, back then the software was complex and some would argue ugly, but underneath the rough edges was a thing of...
View ArticleMartin Owens: Ethos of FOSS
The affable Jono Bacon has Asked us to note why we got involved in Free Software. I think for me Free Software embodies the common sense of working for each other in a way where we are honestly aware...
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