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There we were starting discussions for the Ubuntu Developer Summit at the end of October in Copenhagen and wondering who we could afford to send when I got a nice e-mail asking what it would cost to send everyone who wanted to go. I replied with a rough budget of what the flights and hotel would be and next thing I know that had appeared in my Paypal account. Now I like to think Kubuntu is a friendly and trusting community but this is generosity beyond my expectations. I'm constantly amazed with how much people like Kubuntu and how they show it. Read More

The history The first tries to join forces with GNOME to build up one common accessibility stack for our beloved desktops pre-date back to 10 years ago. A year later the solution became more concrete and finally made it as the QAccessible framework into Qt 4.0 in ~2004. Read More

The history The first tries to join forces with GNOME to build up one common accessibility stack for our beloved desktops pre-date back to 10 years ago. A year later the solution became more concrete and finally made it as the QAccessible framework into Qt 4.0 in ~2004. Read More

Evening conversation with my 7 y.o.: me: Michael, tell me what's the next number after -1. 0 me: OK... what's the next number after π? 4 Close enough as he answered after ~1 second, never even hearing about π ... unless he's secretly reading Wikipedia articles instead of playing games... Read More

A fun thread on independent website kubuntuforums.net asking why use Kubuntu rather than the multitude of competition. Some answers: (1) I prefer the KDE look (2) The friendly community I just like KDE and Kubuntu seams to give the best KDE I have tried I use it because I like Ubuntu, but but want customization options. Ive tried a lot of other DEs but none is easier to use and more customizable than KDE. Read More

The past part So many interesting things have happened since my last blog post that the list below is probably missing a lot of stuff. Switzerland and Germany Thanks to the KDE e.V., I took part in the Platform 11 Randa sprint last year (better late than never to talk about that!). It was my first trip abroad and my first flight ever. I was pleased to finally meet other fellow KDE hackers in person: Mario Fux and his family are awesome people, and so are David Faure, Alexander Neundorf, my fellow KDE-FreeBSD friend Alberto Villa, Sebastian Kügler, Aaron Seigo, Frederik Gladhorn and everyone else who was there for all those sprints which were happening at the same time. Read More

So, on my Fedora Rawhide box, somehow it refused to allow logins via ssh, somehow SELinux in permissive mode was spewing failures left and right. Aug 28 13:35:27 panic kernel: [ 67.224233] type=1400 audit(1346175322.774:78): avc: denied { read } for pid=618 comm="fedora-storage-" name="ld.so.cache" dev=dm-0 ino=1271 scontext=system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file Aug 28 13:35:27 panic kernel: [ 67.226381] type=1400 audit(1346175322.778:79): avc: denied { open } for pid=618 comm="fedora-storage-" name="ld.so.cache" dev=dm-0 ino=1271 scontext=system_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file Read More

Oh my. Microsoft has been using the "Metro" name to describe their new UX without prior careful checking for trademark infringement. PR blunder: Teutonic retailer Metro AG had to threaten them with legal action just two months before Win 8 release, when I bet some folders advertising Metro were already printed out. Read More

It's never too late to help out Kubuntu in the cycle Here's our work items for this cycle. Some of the easier ones: track down and update install docs everywhere for having a USB/DVD image but no CD image review kubuntu active for app selection and good experience Kubuntu Quantal Docs - carry on where top contributor LittleGirl had to leave off Update ubiquity to match GTK frontend (the GTK frontend is getting a load of features which will mean the alternate images can go away like LVM partitioning) ensure OwnCloud juju charm works (we like owncloud here at Kubuntu) deal with Kubuntu unique strings now we aren't using Launchpad (should be translated separately either in KDE or in Launchpad). Read More

It is sad to report, but I have been laid off at RIM/BlackBerry today. I wish them all the best with Qt. I now look for a new adventure, a new opportunity to help the Open Source community grow. Read More