Marc Deslauriers: Ubuntu Touch and User Privacy
Application ConfinementWhen we started thinking about how to design the security infrastructure in Ubuntu Touch, one of the important criterias was user privacy. For Ubuntu Touch, and the converged...
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Jorge Castro: It is holiday hat time on Ask Ubuntu
The following is a guest post from Lucio Martinez:Yesterday the community of Ask Ubuntu has joined to all the Stack Exchange network celebrating the holidays in the the coolest way, by wearing...
View ArticleNicholas Skaggs: Trusty Cycle Updates
First things first, we have our burndown up for the trusty cycle! If your name appears on the list next to a work item, congratulations! Let's work through the items and make it happen ;-) If your name...
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Eric Hammond: New c3.* Instance Types on Amazon EC2 - Nice!
Worth switching.Amazon shared that the new c3.* instance types have been in high demand on EC2 since they were released.I finally had a minute to take a look at the specs for the c3.* instances which...
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Kubuntu Wire: Free and Open Source Software In Taiwan’s Schools
Ezgo is a pre-configured set of software designed to bring FOSS to Taiwan’s schools. The latest release, Ezgo 11 uses KDE as its desktop and Kubuntu as its base distribution, and has had great success...
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Ubuntu GNOME: 2013 Achievements
Although Ubuntu GNOME Project is new, it has proved to be a successful one and moving forward with solid steps. During the year of 2013, our team and project have achieved a lot and we are very proud...
View ArticleMichael Terry: Tech Board Nomination
So I’ve been nominated for the Ubuntu Technical Board. Modesty and a touch of impostor syndrome prevent me from strongly endorsing myself. Though if voted in, I would certainly work hard at it. Here’s...
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Harald Sitter: To KDE With Love
At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest we had some great discussions outside scheduled sessions. Amongst the topics was also how Kubuntu works with the upstream KDE community.For quite some years...
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Harald Sitter: Kubuntu 11.10 Mobile Devices Sneak Peak
As mentioned in the general sneak peak, Kubuntu 11.10 will have a strong focus on mobile devices. Since I did not go into details yet, let me make up for this by presenting all the more interesting...
View ArticleUbuntu Server blog: 2013-12-17 Ubuntu Server Team Meeting
Meeting information#ubuntu-meeting: ubuntu-server-team, 17 Dec at 16:09 — 16:20 UTCFull logs at http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-12-17-16.09.log.html Meeting...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu Technical Board Election
The Ubuntu Technical Board election has begun and ballots sent out to Ubuntu Developers by Ubuntu Community Council member Scott Ritchie. Voting closes at end of day UTC on Dec 31st.Adam Conrad...
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José Antonio Rey: On Graduating
NOTE: Sorry for this post not being in English, I just think I couldn’t express my feelings that well if it wasn’t in Spanish.Así que, llegó el día. Hoy en la noche dejo de ser escolar para pasar a la...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: Kernel Team Meeting Minutes – December 17, 2013
Meeting MinutesIRC Log of the meeting.Meeting minutes.Agenda20131217 Meeting AgendaARM Status nothing new to report this week.Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs Release metrics and incoming bug data can...
View ArticleTony Whitmore: The most wonderful time of the year
As the year draws to a close, so does this sixth season of the Ubuntu Podcast. We always take a break over Christmas and New Year to spend time with our families and recharge our batteries. It really...
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Victor Tuson Palau: [Ubuntu QML] Importing Google Contacts
I have a lot of contacts in my phone… I am sure you will have more, but syncing over 500 contacts to Ubuntu phone using the command line for Syncevolution gets tedious.So I wrote a little QML app to do...
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Benjamin Kerensa: Build Strong User Advocacy in Ubuntu
I’m proposing that Ubuntu form a User Advocacy Team compromised of Ubuntu Community Contributors and at least an employee or two from Canonical. The idea behind this proposal is that an Ubuntu User...
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Colin King: Infinite Snowflake
So it's close to the Christmas Holiday season, so I thought I would spend some time writing something seasonal. My son, who is rather mathematically minded, was asking me about finding reoccurring...
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Sam Hewitt: Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is my recipe for classic chocolate chip cookies, but I’ve thrown in a couple methods of mine that make more successful than most. One of the first mistakes a lot of people make is not chilling...
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Sridhar Dhanapalan: Creating an Education Programme
OLPC Australia had a strong presence at linux.conf.au 2012 in Ballarat, two weeks ago.I gave a talk in the main keynote room about our educational programme, in which I explained our mission and how we...
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Jackson Doak: The Ubuntu PC Case Mod Pt.10 The CPU + Kubuntu stickers
Hello everyone,The CPU (an AMD FX-8320) finally arrived this week, and i’ve put the LEDs on since i shouldn’t be doing any more cutting any time soon. On top of this, I received a sponsorship from...
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