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UDS Sponsorship is open!
If there is one thing that is so amazing about the Ubuntu Developers Summit is their sponsorship program. For UDS-Q in Oakland, CA USA the sponsorship request is now open. Head on over and fill it out. They love to … Continue reading
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Tagged California, canonical, community, developers, kubuntu, sponsorship, ubuntu, uds
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The Ignored Group of Ubuntu
This morning in the Community Roundtable, Jono talked about the culture of Ubuntu and how it is changing and morphing. This caused me to think about another group of people who have popped up in the Ubuntu (And open source … Continue reading
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Tagged canonical, community, culture, global, help, leadership, linux, open, open source, source, ubuntu, uds, users
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Kubuntu Documentation – Translations!
Wow, it’s happened once again. The Kubuntu Documentation Team has pulled through another cycle. I want to give special thanks to Jonathan Jesse, Valorie Zimmerman and Nitesh Mistry for all of their hard work in getting this done. Now we give … Continue reading
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Tagged 11.10, documentation, kubuntu, oneiric, translation, ubuntu
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Ubuntu Leadership Team
A couple of months ago I wrote about Leadership in Ubuntu Community. The take I got from it in IRC was very well received. Then life hit and I didn’t do anything about it. I was hoping that from the … Continue reading
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Tagged community, development, kubuntu, leadership, linux, mentors, ubuntu
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Ubuntu Global Jam – San Diego
Welcome to Sunny San Diego, CA USA! We are please to host a Testing and Upgrading Global Jam in San Diego, CA. Located downtown in the Hillcrest district, the Cafe Libertalia is a great place. Please review the … Continue reading
Problem Solvers vs. Problem Spotters
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 … Continue reading
Face Authentication
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged authentication, authorization, face, kubuntu, pam, ubuntu, web cam, webcam
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Building a Better Community
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
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.
Muon – KDE Package Manager and Software Center
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 … Continue reading