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Ubuntu Open Week is a week of talks about how to get involved in the many parts of Ubuntu. I'm doing a talk at 16:00UTC today which is titled "Kubuntu is Awesome". Join us in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on Freenode IRC

The date and time are set, Kubuntu 10.10 is out. Highlights include all the latest KDE Software, an application focused software installer, combined Desktop/Netbook images, new installer layout (MP3 ready during the install!), a new web browser, a shiny new font, a nifty global menu for Netbook, Kubuntu Mobile featuring Plasma Mobile (technology preview), ooh lots more! Read More

It's the nicht afore release day. Announcements need to be tidied up, upgrades need final testing, release notes need completing, web pages readied. I'm in for a long evening. All going well, tomorrow morning you should find the internet successfully choked as everyone downloads 10.10. It's going to be exciting. Join #ubuntu-release-party to get in the mood. Read More

Bug fixes are still coming into the KDEPIM 4.4 branch, so I'm planning to make a 4.4.7 release. Tagging in a week or two -- current estimate is 21 October. Read More

Today it's all hands on board for the final candidate testing. Upgrades need testing too. Join us in #kubuntu-devel to help.

The Ubuntu Font has finally had its licence sorted out and been released to the masses. It has also been uploaded to the archive and set as default in Kubuntu. I'm a big fan of the font, I find it distinctive but undistracting, suitable at large and small sizes, readable on screens and printed. Best of all this is the first time a font has been made with the intention of running it as an open project. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Greek but there's plenty of work to be done to get it supporting e.g. Arabic (which has suffered from a lack of fonts made for computer use). I'm looking forward to monospace too since that's what I spend most of my day staring at. Read More

A couple of weeks ago Thomas McGuire realised his name wasn't very German sounding and came to Edinburgh where it would fit in better. He is spending the next six months taking a bit of a break from maintaining KMail and instead programming robots to play football. The robots will be using Akonadi I'm sure. Read More

Kexi moves towards the new 2.3 release within the KOffice family. The list of current wishes for Kexi. Add yours! There is no easier way to contribute! Kexi Scripting Example for JavaScript - reading external data. 2.3 Beta 1 released, featuring movable tabs, completely new project navigator compliant with the KDE 4 style, improved look of the CSV Export dialog, reintroduction of Widgets Tree pane of the Forms Designer, and more. List of changes changes available on koffice.org. Notes on further uncluttering style in Kexi. Small but pleasant improvements. All planned features and improvements delivered. Ready for 2.3 release.

I just got the stuff we will need for our booth at the “Kieler Open Source und Linuxtage”. The “Kieler Open Source and Linux Tage” will take place on the 1st and 2nd of October at the “Kitz” in Kiel. Read More

Candidate CDs for our RC need testing see the ISO tracker for what needs testing, download (or upgrade) and report back. Ask on #kubuntu-devel or #ubuntu-testing if you have questions. The community team at Canonical have come up with another week of IRC talks, this one is Ubuntu App Developer Week. If you missed it yesterday you can catch the logs of Harald talking about Qt and its unicorn sparkles (from 18:00). Coming up tomorrow (Thursday) is "Widgetcraft" with Harald and "Using Grantlee to create application themes" - Stephen Kelly. Join us on #ubuntu-classroom on freenode IRC for the talks. Read More