The following articles below were published during the month of October 2012 (times are based on UTC):
Many people use G-mail as their main email service and G-mail is loaded with features. Some features more obvious than others, and recently I have explored around ?ilters? Basically a filter allows you to filter mail, based on certain criteria that you set, some examples might be certain keywords, a specific address, or even attachment types. While many of us may not need to take advantage of filters in those ways, I came up with a way to filter out most...Read More
A couple of years(?) ago, Songbird discontinued support for Linux, and became one of the least popular Linux players pretty much overnight. Of course, with the number of Linux Media Players available, hardly anyone missed it... or did they? Anyway, letting bygones be bygones, time to turn our attention to the Linux successor to Songbird, Nightingale, which despite the lack of news concerning it, is still under very active development. Today, I recalled Nightingale and decided to install it. Only problem, I couldn't seem to find fresh builds on their website. So, I went digging, and found a PPA with Nightingale builds from git (including addons from git!) Without much further a ramble: ppa:trebelnik-stefina/nightingale-git+addons This repository is run by Launchpad ...
So, it's been a while! In my last post I said I would get back to blogging around last week. Well, clearly that didn't happen, but that's actually because something good happened. I got a "new" laptop :D! It has meant that I've had to spend a lot of time setting up this system so I can get back to daily duties. I've also seen an increase in my on-again-off-again workload. However, as of this week (today in fact), I can resume regular blogging :D! Look out for awesomeness!
After the Ubuntu 12.10 release here comes the question: Who are the guys behind the release? Are they all Canonical employees? Answer: No. Ubuntu Open Week is the place where you can find out. Ubuntu Open Week is three days of IRC + On air tuition and Q+A sessions all about getting involved in the rock-and-roll world that is the Ubuntu community. The Ubuntu Open Week organizers organize this week for the beginning of a new release cycle to help new contributors get involved. Ubuntu Open Week is a series of online workshops where you can: learn about the Ubuntu landscape talk to some of the key developers from the Ubuntu project find out about the Community and its relationship ...
Earlier today, after much speculation and innumerable predictions, Mark Shuttleworth posted his normal blog post announcing the name for the next release of Ubuntu, 13.04. The name? Raring Ringtail. This roaring release aims to be ratified with riotous improvements to Ubuntu's performance in the mobile arena, and Mark even seems to have hinted at a possible Ubuntu Tablet Edition*. What remains to be realized, is if the Ringtail referred to is a Ringtailed Cat, a Ringtailed Lemur, a Ringtailed Roach, Rabbit, Rhinoceros, or God knows... a Rojosaurus? (A fictional dinosaur from Roland's novel). Really, we're on the edge of our seats. *This is inferred, of course.
So, for the past week or two, I've been rather rare on here, with good reason :) I've been a busy man, between work, "play", 3D modelling all day, and other things. However, I've not forgotten 2buntu, just not been able to pump out news like I wanted to. In the coming weeks, I will try to get some outstanding things sorted. One which I'm especially looking to get done is a (very long) overdue review of Zhackers. It's been months since I hung out with David Jordan, the author, and read the copy he sent over to me. I've not been able to keep up with the updates afforded to those of you who purchased it through the software ...
The Six horsemen of the Canonical Community Team will be holding a 24-hr marathon starting tomorrow at 10:00 UTC. Join them in http://marathon.ubuntuonair.com/ and in #ubuntu-on-air. They are to raise funds for 6 different charities. Donate to the charities or support them tomorrow!