by Jono Bacon | Feb 23, 2010 | Ubuntu
Two awesome new features that the Ubuntu Software Center recently got in Lucid: * **Featured Category** – there is a special top-level category for highly recommended applications that we don’t have room for on the disc. This includes the GIMP and Abiword...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 15, 2010 | Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
A few awesome opportunistic developer updates: * Firstly, I have been adding some parties every day during [Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpportunisticDeveloperWeek). These include a couple of hacking parties in which you should...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 11, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Ubuntu
Earlier this week I announced the plan to put together [Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpportunisticDeveloperWeek): a week of IRC tuition sessions aimed at helping opportunistic developers scratch their itches and write fun and...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 10, 2010 | Desktop, Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
Recently I announced [Project Awesome Opportunity](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpportunisticDeveloperWorkflow); an ambitious goal to build awesome collaboration facilities into Ubuntu that makes working together on projects as simple as possible. *Project Awesome...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 9, 2010 | Desktop, Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook have become an increasingly common medium in which people are communicating. While Google Wave vies to be the next generation of communication (as we waxed lyrical about [on the recent Shot Of...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 9, 2010 | Ubuntu
Look at this lovely bag of swag: *Image courtesy of Melissa Draper.* Want to own all this goodness, including Ubuntu Backpacks, women’s t-shirts, key chains, 1 year digital subscription to Linux Pro Magazine or a 1 year print subscription Ubuntu User, and a copy...
