Benjamin Kerensa: Pebble Watchface: MoFox
If you are as big of an Firefox Fan as I am then surely you want to show off your love for the fox wherever you go and what better way to do that on your wrist? I created a Firefox Watchface called...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Pebble Watchface: UbuPebb
Ubuntu Pebble WatchfaceIf you are as big of an Ubuntu Fan as I am then surely you want to show off your love for the Ubuntu wherever you go and what better way to do that on your wrist? I created a...
View ArticleSebastian Heinlein: Announce mutt2todotxt
To improve my task management workflow with the todo.txt command line tool I wrote a small helper called mutt2todotxt. It converts a mail from mutt into a todo.txt item and adds it to the list of open...
View ArticleSebastian Heinlein: Announce todo.txt open action
The script adds a new action to todo.sh, the todo.txt command line client, which allows to open documents referenced in a todo item. If more than one document is available a small menu will be shown....
View ArticleJonathan Carter: Happy 2014!
So, it’s 2014 and I still haven’t migrated away from WordPress to using something fancy written in Python. But who cares? Life is great and I’ve made good progress in lots of other areas :)I’m getting...
View ArticleJohn Baer: AX Ubuntu Theme Available
I am pleased to announce the AX Ubuntu Theme for Saucy Salamander is available for download. AX is a modification of the Ambiance Theme with tweaks and polish added for an improved user experience....
View ArticleSam Hewitt: Moka 2.0 & Faba
After nearly 3 months of work, Moka 2.0 is finally released, along with its sister icon set Faba.What’s new in Moka?This new Moka is more standards-compliant on the Linux desktop. It’s now solely a set...
View ArticleCanonical Design Team: New year links
Happy new year!Here are a couple of links that have been flying around the London office since we returned. The Verge did a recap of their most influential people of 2013. And there’s a report from JWT...
View ArticleJulian Andres Klode: python-apt now native Python 3 code
Today I made an important change to the python-apt code: It is now native Python 3 code (but also works under Python 2). The previous versions all run 2to3 during the build process to create a Python 3...
View ArticleMichael Rooney: Freelancing: 2 Years of Learning and Evolution
Last year was my second year as a freelance programmer, and I’d like to continue my habit of retrospectives, so here’s another. My primary work philosophy has been to figure out how much I need to earn...
View ArticleMatthew Helmke: American Nations
I don’t review everything I read. Not by a long shot. I generally have 3 or 4 books being read at the same time stashed in different places in my house. Today’s book is one that I bought and that I...
View ArticleRaphaël Hertzog: My Free Software Activities in December 2013
This is my monthly summary of my free software related activities. If you’re among the people who made a donation to support my work (147.56 €, thanks everybody!), then you can learn how I spent your...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Ubuntu Loco Team App Dev Schools – Volunteers Needed!
2014 is going to be a great year for Ubuntu App Developers. We laid down some fantastic foundations in 2013, but this year we want to extend and grow our community in multiple directions…building a...
View ArticleJonathan Riddell: FOSDEM 2014
KDE Project: DCOPI'm going to FOSDEM for 2014, are you? FOSDEM is a massive free software meeting with more projects than you knew existed. We need help on the KDE stall. We also need visitors in the...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 349
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #349 for the weeks December 23, 2013 – January 5, 2014, and the full version is available here.In this issue we cover:Announcing the new Technical...
View ArticleSebastian Heinlein: mutt-eds-query
There is a nice tool which allows you to autocomplete email addresses in mutt by making use of the contacts stored in the evolution data server of the GNOME desktop. The small helper programme was...
View ArticleJonathan Riddell: Frameworks 5 Tech Preview is here!
KDE Project: DCOPFrameworks 5 Tech Preview has arrived.KDE Frameworks it a port of kdelibs to Qt 5 and turned into modules so you can install only the bits you need. People are often reluctant to add...
View ArticleNigel Babu: Quick Tip: Ansible Debugging
Today I learned something about Ansible debugging from benno on #ansible. Occasionally, commands can get stuck, especially if it’s waiting for input. You can’t fix this until you recognize what’s going...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: Kernel Team Meeting Minutes – January 07, 2014
Meeting MinutesIRC Log of the meeting.Meeting minutes.Agenda20140107 Meeting AgendaARM Status Nothing new to report this weekRelease Metrics and Incoming Bugs Release metrics and incoming bug data can...
View ArticleTony Whitmore: A message for fans of Sherlock (spoilers!)
For fans of Sherlock, I’d just like to make it clear that although I am a wedding photographer, I’m not a psycho murderer dude. And I almost never use flash during the daytime. I just do stuff like...
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