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Akademy 2013 Day 3 in Photos - Kubuntu Developer Summit

Tuesday, 16 July 2013
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. Read More

Akademy 2013 Day 2 in Photos

Monday, 15 July 2013
Lydia tells us how to talk to each other An audience waits to see which of them will win an Akademy Award Read More

Akademy 2013 Day 1 in Photos

Sunday, 14 July 2013
Eva Galperin from the EFF talks on surveillance "Help us Free Software you are our only hope" Kubuntu sponsor's poster on stage with good-to-see new sponsor Blackberry Read More

Akademy 2013 Starting

Friday, 12 July 2013
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. Read More

Akademy again

Thursday, 11 July 2013
Last year I skipped Akademy and felt sorry about that. So this year I simply have to go. It will be great to immerse in the talks about and related to KDE. My interest is currently on getting things done, semantic technologies and file formats. It's holiday, so a bit less JavaScript for a week and a bit more of everything else. Read More

How did I fix a bug in Kubuntu installer?

Monday, 8 July 2013
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!

I'm going to Bilbao

Sunday, 7 July 2013
I'm going to Bilbao... well not quite to the whole Akademy but mainly to the QtCS. Looking at my calendar I conclude even getting these two days is a success. That said I'll try to show up @ Akademy too and say hello to you friends and chat a bit :)

I'm going to Akademy (and taking Klyde with me)

Monday, 1 July 2013
Everything's booked: the weekend after next I'll be in Bilbao at KDE's tenth Akademy meeting. Catch my talk about the latest happenings in Klyde, the lightweight presentation of KDE at 14:30 on Saturday in the New Ideas track.

Kubuntu Won't be Switching to Mir or XMir

Thursday, 27 June 2013
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. Read More

4.11 Build Chart and What Else?

Friday, 21 June 2013
SC 4.11 build chart. Lines and lines and lines! < Riddell> "Aurélien renewed their own membership in the Kubuntu Members" yay agateau still loves us! < aurélien> Riddell: of course I do! < aurélie> You know, sometimes people are surprised I am still running Kubuntu now that I left Canonical. I like to answer them "What else?" :)