September 4, 2010
- On Saturday September 11th the Kernel Team will take the first in what I hope to be a series of steps toward educating ourselves and our community in the triage of the thousands of bugs that pass our way daily.My goal for this event is to begin the process of training those interested in helping with kernel bugs in the way we process our bug tickets. This first event is meant to help us both educate and document. The information on the first ever Triage Summit is located on the...
- Are you just a Windows 7 user and and you need to use Ubuntu Linux programs? Well, maybe a software can help you…named VMware Player, a free software which lets you evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines. ...
- The Ubuntu Linux distribution makes Linux easy, and Ubuntu for Non-Geeks makes it even easier. Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, this pain-free guide is perfect for those interested in—but nervous about—switching to the Linux ...
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- Nautilus Elementary has a PPA, but the Maverick package in the PPA is old and can only be installed by forcing the version for now, so if you want the latest Nautilus Elementaty in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, you'll have to do it ...
- So, no more duplicate effort writing introduction text we already have on ubuntu.com. That approach is going to help keep things simple, which is something the project needs (because it is simple and it should convey that simplicity at ...
- It's almost that time everyone. The tenth month of the year can only mean one thing with respect to Linux - the next Ubuntu release. In this case that release.
- I just downloaded and installed ubuntu linux latest edition. My problem is that the screen remains black after it prompts me to choose for extra.
- The Ubuntu Software Center now handles the installation of .deb files. The first paid application has also been added to it.
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Busyhot is a small Gnome panel applet which displays CPU load and temperatures in real time – direct on your panel.
The applet has support for up to 8 cores with a simply click on the applet revealing per-CPU percentages.
...The first application to be purchasable in the Ubuntu 10.10 Software Centre has arrived – and as we speculated a few months back it’s Fluendo’s DVD playback application. The tool had been for sale in the Canonical store previously.
Owners of Sony Ericsson handsets (non-android, natch) who want to bring a little Ubuntu style to their mobile experience will -love- the following Ambiance theme designed specifically for that purpose.
Called ‘Ubuse’ (forgive the name, the author isn’t English) the theme was made by a reader of Polish Ubuntu site ‘...
I use that word a lot, so you’d think I would have a proper, precise definition at the ready, for times like this.
To be honest though, I don’t. I don’t think I can adequately define bloat, although I am completely confident I can show what it is. Here’s an example:
kmandla@cc99p01:~$ sudo aptitude install firefox Reading package lists... Done Building...
Lubuntu will not become an official Ubuntu ‘spin’ this cycle, Julien Lavergne has confirmed on the Lubuntu mailing list.
Lubuntu had hoped to gain official status during the Lucid cycle before shifting its goal to Maverick.
So why hasn’t it gained the official stamp of Ubuntu? Lubuntu developer Julien states that the following reasons...
September 3, 2010
It seems like an eternity since we last mentioned Elementary & design demi-god Dan Rabbit’s ‘Dash’ file browser idea.
At the time Dash was both an exciting concept and a project that, unlike so many other great ideas, actually moved from pixels on a .png into usable actuality!
Sadly the progress was relatively short lived and work soon dried up on Dash due, no...
Martin ‘DoctorMo’ Owens posted this very neat demonstration of a generative wallpaper, as proposed/wanted/sought out for Ubuntu 11.04 +.
In the video he shows how he set a .SVG image as his desktop background coupled with a small python script running in the background to manipulate and continually change aspects of the wallpaper.
The result is something visually pleasing to look at...
Installing an application from a .deb file in Ubuntu 10.10 has changed.
Sorta.
In previous editions of Ubuntu a dedicated tool for installation .deb files – called Gdebi – would open up after double-clicking on a .deb file. This window allowed you to read a provided description, see files included with the package and, most importantly, offer you an easy ‘one-click’ installation button to instigate the grunt.
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- In previous editions of Ubuntu a dedicated tool for installation .deb files – called Gdebi – would open up after double-clicking on a .deb file. This window allowed you to read a provided description, see files included with the package ...
- We are looking forward to the release of the next version of Ubuntu, version 10.10 the Maverick Meerkat. In the UK we have a tradition of release day parties and there are several in the planning stages already. ...