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Kubuntu DocBook/XML 101
Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:37 | by nixternalSo, you keep hearing me talk about contributing to Kubuntu documentation, and you see that I say it would be nice for you to have some DocBook/XML experience. Many people want to help, but they don’t have that experience. In most cases, the people interested at least understand HTML or some other markup language a little bit. If you can understand that, then you can easily understand DocBook/XML the way we use it for Kubuntu documentation. DocBook/XML has a lot of tags that one can use, however we only use a very small subset of those tags with our documentation.
Kubuntu Documentation Needs Help
Sun, 11/22/2009 - 22:42 | by nixternalHere is the email I sent to the Ubuntu Documenation Project’s mailing list today:
Global Jam Olyminated
Mon, 10/05/2009 - 16:32 | by nixternalThat’s right, just like Chicago and their Olympic bid, the Global Jam has been olyminated! We spent the better part of 6 plus hours teaching quite a few new faces how to get involved in the Ubuntu Community. We covered everything from filing a bug to triaging that sucker, and even covered the packaging as well. We went over, in pretty good detail what all is involved with packaging as well as breaking down the files that are required and important for Debian and Ubuntu packaging.
Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Beta Released: Everyone Needed!
Thu, 10/01/2009 - 20:28 | by nixternalYes, I know I stole the idea of the title from Jono Bacon, however, unlike Ubuntu who supposedly only needs testers right now, Kubuntu needs all of you! Of course, quite a bit of the work left to do is testing and fixing, we can use many of you to show your support in #kubuntu, helping those who need it. Right now, all of the 9.10 support is in #ubuntu+1, so if you have any questions, or feel like helping others, head on over and check it out.
Chicago be jammin
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 19:03 | by nixternalWhere will you be this Sunday, October 4th? If your answer is in or around Chicago, then come join us at the Ubuntu Global Jam.
Who?
Ubuntu Chicago Local Community (LoCo) Team
What?
Ubuntu Global Jam – world wide uniting and collaboration between the various LoCo Teams.
Ubuntu Global Jam – Chicago Style
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 00:04 | by nixternalIt is finally official, this Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 12:00pm until 8:45pm, members of the Ubuntu community will be meeting at the Schaumburg Library, which is of course located at the southwest corner of Roselle and Schaumburg roads in Schaumburg, IL.
Myth of the blue-headed step children
Sat, 09/26/2009 - 12:28 | by nixternalI have been reading quite a few blog post comments these days just to get a feel for what people think about Kubuntu, KDE, and the other KDE distros. The comment I see the most is something along the lines of “Kubuntu’s KDE is garbage while distro x’s KDE rocks!” And then there is my favorite comment, which I made as a joke one day and was forever placed in the grasps of hell for it, “Kubuntu is the blue-headed step child of Ubuntu.” Today, while reading the comments and the post of Fabio A.
Getting Things Done
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 23:09 | by nixternalThese days I seem to be getting busier and busier, however where I am getting busier and busier is not all in the same spot. I have the various projects I work in (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, KDE), consulting type stuff, my new cycling life, and various others. For the past few months I have been trying to get things done, and it just doesn’t seem to work for me. I have tried tool after tool, and none of them are my cup of tea at this point. The ones I have tried are:
Free Memes
Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:30 | by nixternalI did this a long time ago when I first learned of the vrms package, which stands for Virtual Richard M. Stallman. What it does is it looks through the install packages on your system and tests to see if they are in fact free software or not. If they aren’t, well Richard lets you know and lists them out for you. I ran it just a few minutes ago, and like the others I have seen thus far, I had a bunch of garbage for ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards, of which neither I use. So I promptly removed those as well as unrar and linux-restricted-modules.
