Problem Solvers vs. Problem Spotters

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Darkwing

Over my past few years involved in the Ubuntu Community, I have noticed an interesting trend. We are really good at spotting and vocalising problems. This in itself is not a bad thing. In fact it is good to spot problems. It is how we can make our contributions to the Open Source world better. We find the problems.
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PSN is Back

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Darkwing

Ever since Sony turned off the Playstation Network due to hacker activity back on April 20, 2011 we gamers have been waiting for it to come back.
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Face Authentication

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Darkwing

PAM Face Authentication

Ever sense I got my ThinkPad I have been meaning to play around with biometrics in authorization. This has let me two directions. I have a build in fingerprint scanner and i wanted to use my webcam to play with ideas as well. Continue reading →

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Kubuntu Council

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Darkwing

The Kubuntu Council is starting the election process for half of it’s six members.
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Building a Better Community

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Darkwing

Yesterday I wrote about leadership and in the comments someone asked about what problems I was trying to solve. It’s not about solving a current problem per se, but preventing a problem from happening.
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Leadership in the Ubuntu Community

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Darkwing

During one of the talks yesterday (Day before? This all night remote thing is driving my internal clock insane.) at UDS, we had a community roundtable where leadership and leadership training came up.
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Muon – KDE Package Manager and Software Center

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Darkwing

Welcome to Muon!

During the UDS sessions yesterday about Kubuntu Defaults there was an interesting demo regarding a package manager and software center called Muon.

Software Center

Muon comes with two options. One is a GUI Software Center that uses the same rating system from Ubuntu Software Center.
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Ubuntu Beginners Team

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Darkwing

Ubuntu Beginners Team

Being in San Diego, CA I have been attending UDS (Ubuntu Developers Summit) remotely online. During the first day we has a session to talk about Ubuntu Beginners Team (UBT) and it’s future.
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Moved

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Darkwing

Hey all, I have moved from my former website of darkwingduck.org

I figured since I am working on setting some new standards this year in my blogging I would start with a better site for myself.

Cheers!

Dave

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