Nekhelesh Ramananthan: Friendly face of the Ubuntu Community
A few months back (and to some extent even now) there was a lot of turmoil and heated debates of about which init system Debian would be going with. It is an important low level plumbing layer that...
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Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3 Beta Available for Vivid
Packages for the release of KDE's desktop suite Plasma 5.3 beta are available for Kubuntu Vivid. You can get it from the Kubuntu Beta PPA. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on...
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The Fridge: Interview with YokoZar of the Ubuntu Community Council
The Ubuntu Community Council is the primary community (i.e., non-technical) governance body for the Ubuntu project. In this series of 7 interviews, we go behind the scenes with the community members...
View ArticleAdam Stokes: Extending Juju, Plugin basics in Go
This is a quick introduction on extending Juju with plugins. What we’ll cover:Setting up your Go environmentGetting the Juju source codeWriting a basic plugin named juju-lyaplugin short for...
View ArticleUbuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E07 – The Starfighters - Ubuntu Podcast
It’s Episode Seven of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.In this week’s show:We look at what’s been...
View ArticleBen Howard: Snappy images for Vagrant
I am pleased to announce initial Vagrant images [1, 2]. These images are bit-for-bit the same as the KVM images, but have a Cloud-init configuration that allows Snappy to work within the Vagrant...
View ArticleBen Howard: Using Snappy OVA Images when you don't have a Cloud Fabric
The Snappy OVA images are nothing more than the Ubuntu Snappy Cloud images that have been wrapped up in an OVA container. Snappy Cloud Images expect to be running within a Cloud environment where a...
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Xubuntu: Xubuntu 15.04 released!
Xubuntu 15.04 Vivid VervetThe Xubuntu team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 15.04!The release is available for download by torrents and direct downloads from...
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Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu 15.04 – the most beautiful desktop alive
We’ve released Kubuntu 15.04, thanks to all who helped.And thanks to Lucas from the VDG we have a pretty video to introduce the world to the new desktop – Plasma 5.by
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) released
Codenamed "Vivid Vervet", 15.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been...
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Kubuntu Wire: And, it is official
Softpedia was one of the first to break the news, with the headline, “Kubuntu 15.04 Officially Released, Based on Beautiful Plasma 5 Desktop”. They write:Kubuntu developers don’t usually integrate a...
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Dustin Kirkland: 1stBuild Hackathon -- GE Smart Appliances and Snappy Ubuntu
A prototype is worth a thousand meetings -- Words to live by!A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the 1stBuild Hackathon -- Hack the Home -- sponsored by GE, Canonical, and a host of...
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Costales: Apollo ultrabook 13" with Ubuntu [Unity|MATE] 15.04 pre-installed
An amazing Entroware ultrabook for just 499£Apollo ultrabookCPU i3 | 4GB RAM | 500GB HD | 13,3" | Ubuntu preinstalled > Buy here.Via Martin.
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Costales: Ubuntu MATE 15.04! Welcome on board MATE!
The first 'official' release of Ubuntu MATE is here! :)Ubuntu MATE 15.04Ifyou missthe old GNOME 2 or you want a fast, easy and nice desktop, this could be your flavor!For a retrospective...
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Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet is here
As expected, the next version of Lubuntu is here. It's known as a bug release, as we're preparing the next generation Qt based desktop. Lots of bugs have been fixed, and there're many improvements....
View ArticleUbuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 15.04 Vivid Vervet released!
Another short term release is out. Not much is new, but some of the most obvious changes are: new meta package: ubuntustudio-audio-core (includes all the core stuff for an audio oriented installation)...
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Sean Davis: What’s New in Xubuntu 15.04
Another 6 months of development has come and gone and we have a new Xubuntu release! This release includes the hotly anticipated Xfce 4.12, released on February 28, as well as all of the typical...
View ArticleUbuntu GNOME: Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 is released
The Ubuntu GNOME Team is glad to announce the release of Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 (Vivid Vervet).Ubuntu GNOME is an official flavour of Ubuntu, featuring the GNOME desktop environment. Ubuntu GNOME is a...
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