At the Kubuntu Developer Summit we discussed various topics. The guys on the left are from a 15,000 seat Kubuntu rollout in Munich, we worked out a plan to supply LTS backport packages they need.

Lydia tells us how to talk to each other

An audience waits to see which of them will win an Akademy Award

Eva Galperin from the EFF talks on surveillance "Help us Free Software you are our only hope"

KDE Meeting in Bilbao!

The KDE e.V. AGM, fewer people than normal, only about 50 people (~1/4 of the membership) due to it being held a day early.

New Kubuntu contributor Shrinivasan T's blogs about How did I fix a bug in kubuntu installer?. The post takes you through the process of forking, fixing and merging some code from Bazaar to get it into Kubuntu. Thanks Shrinivasan!

A few months ago Canonical announced their new graphics system for Ubuntu, Mir. It's a shame the Linux desktop market hasn't taken off as we all hoped at the turn of the millennium and they feel the need to follow a more Apple or Android style of approach making an OS which works in isolation rather than as part of a community development method.

SC 4.11 build chart. Lines and lines and lines!

I still get the best e-mails :)

From: Tibor
To: jriddell@ubuntu.com
Subject: Thank you!

Hello Kubuntu/Ubuntu-Team,
i only want to say thank you for the great operating system Kubuntu, you
are the best. I`m very happy with this.

Best regards

Tibor from germany

After many years of working away from my bedroom desk I was invited to a party at the opening of a new hotdesking space. Tech Cube is an attempt to create an entrepreneurial office space in Edinburgh. As I heard it the old Royal Dick (no sniggering at the back) vet school got sold to a nice guy with deep pockets who is turning it into an arts complex but the ugly wee tower block stuck on the side was not very artistic so get turned into this little project.

I get the best e-mails

Subject: Kubuntu love
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:56 +0100

Hello Jonathan

I really wasn't sure who to write to about this, but I got your name from the
Kubuntu site as a contact.