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Ubuntu Planet, Ubuntu, Conférences, GNU/Linux

What’s your « wow » Ubuntu feature ? or video ?

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I’ll be at Linux World Expo 2008 next week in San Francisco with Canonical, and as such I am putting the final touches to several demos including one about what is different / new / « better » in Ubuntu 8.04 (specifically) on the desktop. I am talking about technical features, so I thought I’d ask around in case we missed the usual suspects. Here are some that made it into my short list for now, but I’d love to hear other ideas:

  1. Easy and fast to try, install, use and upgrade: Wubi, LiveCD
  2. Free and commercial options for desktop virtualization
  3. Recovery options (at boot time in Grub, using bulletproof X…)
  4. Launchpad integration in apps (translation, bug reporting…)
  5. Desktop effects

I am also looking for any videos or screencasts of interesting uses of desktop effects. Who knows, your video may end up showing off Ubuntu at our booth 🙂 I started putting together a list of video resources on the wiki, feel free to add individual links to any you find interesting right there – or simply post a comment here.

 
Ubuntu Planet, Ubuntu, GNU/Linux

Canonical hiring

Canonical is hiring and the positions list is growing by the day. If you’d like to join a place where IRC is a requirement, colleagues are in almost every timezone, and hacking your home electronics is rather common, check the list and also how to apply.

Contact me if you have any questions.

July 2008 postings

  • GNOME Developer, Online Services

    • Job Location: At home with broadband, in an American/European time zone. This job involves international travel three to four times a year, usually for one week.

  • QA Engineer, Online Services

    • Job Location: Home based with broadband. This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week.

  • Engineering Manager, Linux Desktop Experience Team

    • Job Location: Millbank Tower, London; UK preferably

  • Web Developer, Business Information Systems

    • Job Location: At home with broadband. This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for periods of one or two weeks.

  • Web Developer, Online Services

    • Job Location: Home based with broadband. This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week

  • ISV Relationship Manager

    • Job Location: The role will involve significant travel, most of which will be in the US and Europe. Boston, London or San Francisco are the preferred locations

  • Security Engineer

    • Job Location: Your home, as long as you have broadband. Some international travel will be required.

  • Engineering Manager

    • Job Location: Your home (given appropriate facilities including broadband Internet) in an American or European time zone.

June 2008 postings

May 2008 postings

April 2008 postings

March 2008 postings

February 2008 postings

 
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet, GNU/Linux

Have you noticed ?… A friendly reminder.

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I can’t help but notice some posts in Planet Ubuntu are clearly out of line with our Code of Conduct.

I hardly take offense to anything I see on the Internet anymore, however this is Planet Ubuntu, not « the Internet ». If you’re posting on your blog and you are syndicated here, it means you are an Ubuntu Member and as such you have agreed to read and go along the lines of what our Code of Conduct says. Digitally signing it and actually going to the technical steps required to make your blog part of Planet are voluntary actions taken as an Ubuntu Member, so please remember that when you post.

I don’t expect anyone to change their « WTF » and « STFU » attitude, just leave it outside this project. Setting up a category to carry only Planet Ubuntu posts may help. If this means you have to take a break from Ubuntu for a while, please do. Between « great contributor with « STFU » attitude » and « No contributor », I’d rather have « No contributor ». Surely we can work out something in the middle 🙂

 
Trucs & astuces, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet, GNU/Linux

Dear Lazy Web: are Sony Memory Stick (MS) and Memory Stick Pro (MSP) Ubuntu-friendly ?

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I’ve just filed Bug #237369,JMicron card reader (152d:2339) in HP Pavilion 2035la doesn’t support Memory Stick Pro (MSP) for a friend in the -co channel that has an HP Pavilion DV 2035la (or DV 2000 series as they call it). I was a bit surprised that Sony Memory Stick (MS) and Memory Stick Pro (MSP) cards would not be supported yet and I am seeing contradictory reports on this.

Apparently MS* support is card-reader specific, and this one’s USB id (152d:2339) doesn’t seem very common.

If anyone knows what the status of MS* support is in Linux (and Ubuntu specifically), I’ll gladly stop writing keyword intensive posts like this one 🙂