- Surrey LUG Bring-A-Box 2nd June 2012(Bring-A-Box Meeting)(16 days)
- Surrey LUG BBQ 14th July 2012(Bring-A-Box Meeting)(58 days)
- Surrey LUG Bring-A-Box 11th August 2012(Bring-A-Box Meeting)(86 days)
Surrey LUG Planet
The following are the blogs added by our members. If you have a blog that would be of interest to other Surrey LUG members, please add it below.
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47 min 57 sec ago
I’m in a session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit about the Ubuntu Manual http://ubuntu-manual.org/ which you may remember was started some time ago with the goal of producing a high quality pdf (and printed) manual for Ubuntu desktop.
They are looking for new blood to help author and edit the manual for 12.04 to be released around the time of 12.04.1 (July 19th). However we’re trying to figure out why we don’t have more contributors and what may be holding people back.
So my question to you is:-
“If you have considered contributing to Ubuntu Manual, but haven’t, what’s stopped you?”
Some reasons might include:-
- Lack of time
- Lack of motivation
- Lack...
Czajkowski: Ramblings, Ravings and Rantings: Time flies when you’re busy having fun working and organising
It’s been two months since I joined Canonical on the Launchpad team and it’s been amazing! Each week is so different and I’m still learning. Fortunately the team are very patient and helpful which is great as Launchpad is a lot bigger than just bug control.
I work from my home and go into the office one day a week as I’m close by which is good as it’s nice to make contact with the world. I work from 9-6 each day and love having a daily stand up/catch up with my team as it helps to make you feel part of their day and you can update them with what you’re doing or if you need a helping hand which they are great at offering. I’m very strict with myself up and at the desk ready for work before 9, but not so great at taking my lunch break...
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5 hours 47 min ago
As a Debian user, you may choose to adopt the distro-managed rebuild of the world's greatest web browser. But, by doing so, you may not be able to use G+. Don't worry, the answer is at hand.
Visit the Firefox add-on page for User Agent Switcher:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/
Install the add-on and restart your browser.
Now, go to Tools > User Agent Switcher > User Agent Switcher > Options...
Add a new User Agent, call it Firefox 11.
Add the following text in the fields:
Visit the Firefox add-on page for User Agent Switcher:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/
Install the add-on and restart your browser.
Now, go to Tools > User Agent Switcher > User Agent Switcher > Options...
Add a new User Agent, call it Firefox 11.
Add the following text in the fields:
- Description: Firefox 11
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11...
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5 hours 47 min ago
Minimalism & Debian Less is more, as the saying goes.
While I love using Fedora in my daily work, sometimes when I want to relax I find using an alternative distribution is good therapy. Fedora is fabulous with its GNOME Shell finery, but occasionally I hanker for something simpler and more lightweight. It's also good to see how the other half lives :-)
So, I decided to put Debian on my netbook. With no GUI. Everything I do on it must be by the command line, including web research. Compared to...
While I love using Fedora in my daily work, sometimes when I want to relax I find using an alternative distribution is good therapy. Fedora is fabulous with its GNOME Shell finery, but occasionally I hanker for something simpler and more lightweight. It's also good to see how the other half lives :-)
So, I decided to put Debian on my netbook. With no GUI. Everything I do on it must be by the command line, including web research. Compared to...
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47 min 57 sec ago
We’re close to releasing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and one crucial part of the desktop is Unity. We’re keen on getting some final Unity testing from the community over this weekend so the developers can work on polishing things up for a rock solid release. I just wanted to draw attention to a blog post from Nicholas Skaggs – QA Community Coordinator at Canonical.
In Unity 5.10 – What’s new and a call for testing Nicholas (balloons on IRC [don't ask]) details some of the changes in the latest...
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47 min 55 sec ago
Last night I joined the Hursley cycle club for their regular Wednesday evening rides. We set off into the low sun towards Ampfield woods and from there I had completely no idea where we were or where we were going.
The ride was fantastic. A nicely chosen route gave some good downhill bits, including one rather interesting downhill stretch of Clarendon way which really made good use of my suspension (forks only, rear would have been nice) and was rather interesting to go down. I am very glad it was down and not up, as that path would have been very hard work.
You can see the route on the map – It really was quite an interesting collection of...
