Stephan Adig: Tales of the Python Knights
I would like to share this tale with youIf you are a Python Knight, just answer the battle call by sending a message to Kieran Scully ( k.scully a.t. vertex-solutions.co.uk )I’d like to tell you a...
View ArticleDylan McCall: GNOME Break Timer: Week 10
Earlier, when I mentioned that I was going to work on polish, I was thinking of a rather unfortunate line in my original roadmap that honestly just said “polish.” I started this chunk of my GSoC...
View ArticleCostales: Viber for Linux is coming!
A great alternative to WhatsApp and Skype. Welcome on board Viber!Beta versionRemember, it's a beta yet ;)+info & download:English: wep upd8Spanish: GenBetaImage CC from Wikimedia.
View ArticleNicholas Skaggs: Call for Testing: Mir with multi-monitor
As mentioned in my last post, Mir is one of the biggest changes coming in 13.10. With feature freeze now happening this week, it's time to amp up our testing engines once more to test the final...
View ArticleAdnane Belmadiaf: Thank you, Ubuntu!
My experience with Ubuntu started in 2007 when i was doing the internship of my second year in Computer Engineering, the first week was really boring, the second week and while i was trying to fix the...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 331
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #331 for the week August 19 – 25, 2013, and the full version is available here.In this issue we cover:Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive has missed...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Ubuntu Developer Summit This Week!
This week from Tues 27th – Thurs 29th August 2013 from 2pm – 8pm UTC we will be running our online Ubuntu Developer Summit. This is an event we run every three months to discuss, debate, and plan the...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Ubuntu In a Nutshell: Unity and Convergence
This article is part of a series of blog posts covering the many different areas of work going on in Ubuntu right now. See the introduction post here that links to all the articles.Unity is the...
View ArticleRobert Collins: Using vanilla novaclient with Rackspace cloud
The Rackspace docs describe how to use rackspace’s custom extensions, but not how to use plain ol’ nova. Using plain nova is important if you want cloud portability in your scripts.So – for future...
View ArticleCyril Lavier: Imapsync
Hello.A quick article about imapsync, a great tool when we need to move emails from server to another.This tool has switched license and it costs 50€ now. The developer asked the Debian project to...
View ArticleDavid Henningsson: Ubuntu Touch audio stack for 13.10 release
Up until now, we’ve been using Android’s AudioFlinger for playing back and recording audio. Starting with tomorrow’s image, that is no longer true. Instead we’re talking directly from PulseAudio to...
View ArticleStephan Adig: How do we do installation tests after package uploads
So, yesterday we received a new version of MongoDB packages in Saucy, and voila, not correctly installable anymore. The bug report is here: mongodb 1:2.4.6 has init script in wrong package and the...
View ArticleAlexander Sack: Ubuntu Touch audio for saucy arrived...
Ubuntu Touch audio for saucy arrived...: Great news for Ubuntu touch audio lovers posted on the ubuntu-phone mailing list by David Henningsson today:Up until now, we’ve been using Android’s...
View ArticleHoward Chan: Google, please let me join vUDS. Ubuntu, please change to...
Today, I first did a test hangout with Nicholas Skaggs (balloons) to test if my internal microphone and camera work. It does.Then when I joined the Hangout, it says:“This account is not supported”.What...
View ArticleTony Whitmore: Malawi Mountain Madness
A few weeks ago I wrote about my Malawi Mission. I will be climbing up the highest mountain in southern Africa in aid of the AMECA Trust. They are a small charity set up in memory of Alex Markus, an...
View ArticleJames Hunt: procenv 0.26 released
Version 0.26 of the procenv utility is now available. Changes:Check to determine if running on a console now works for FreeBSD/kFreeBSD too.Added ability to show all arguments (-A/--arguments)(useful...
View ArticleMatt Zimmerman: Scaling Human Systems: From implicit to explicit
This is part 2 in a series on organizational design and growth.What it meansCarefully communicating about what’s going on, and making fewer assumptions about what others know or think.Why it’s...
View ArticleMatt Zimmerman: Scaling Human Systems: From individual achievement to teamwork
This is part 4 in a series on organizational design and growth.What it meansGetting things done together, as a team, achieving more than the sum of our individual efforts.Why it’s importantOnce a...
View ArticleMattia Migliorini: Melany WordPress Theme 0.5.17
A new update of Melany WordPress Theme is now available. You should have received the notification already.This patch (version number 0.5.17) introduces a number of small fixes:Dropdowns’ width is now...
View ArticleDustin Kirkland: Ubuntu Fun with $PS1
tl;dr? From within byobu, just run: byobu-enable-promptStill reading?I've helped bring a touch of aubergine to the Ubuntu server before. Along those lines, it has long bothered me that Ubuntu's bash...
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