tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715064224039616072024-03-13T05:38:24.719-07:00KubuntuJonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-15054762494601325072012-09-21T06:31:00.003-07:002012-09-21T06:33:23.616-07:00Kubuntu got Donations, KDE needs Donations<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jriddell/8002726157/" title="DSCF7055 by Jonathan Riddell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/8002726157_14ed280f59.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF7055"></a>
There we were starting discussions for the <a href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu Developer Summit</a> 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 amount 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.
<p>Now KDE needs your donation for the annual Randa Sprint of kde-core developers. It's nearly at the target so let's see if we can push it over the line today!
<a href='http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/18045'><img alt='Click here to lend your support to: KDE Randa Meetings and make a donation at www.pledgie.com !' src='http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/18045.png?skin_name=chrome' border='0' /></a>
<!--break-->Jonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-540749534533661312012-09-03T07:41:00.003-07:002012-09-03T07:41:56.553-07:00Why have you stuck with Kubuntu?<img src="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuArtwork?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=kubuntu-logo-lucid.png" width="400" height="75" />
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A <a href="http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?59611-Why-have-you-stuck-with-Kubuntu">fun thread</a> on independent website <a href="http://www.kubuntuforums.net">kubuntuforums.net</a> asking why use Kubuntu rather than the multitude of competition.
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Some answers:
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(1) I prefer the KDE look
(2) The friendly community
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I just like KDE and Kubuntu seams to give the best KDE I have tried
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<i>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.</i>
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<i> the community rocks</i>
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<i>I use Kubuntu because it's Ubuntu, but with the awesomeness of KDE. So the familiar technology, coupled with the superior DE means I have never been happier with Linux on my desktop.</i>
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<i>I love its pure, unmitigated, raw POWER! It allows me to do more with fewer keystrokes or mouse clicks than ANY other OS available. Dolphin is just an example. </i>
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<i>Kubuntu offers a compassionate community, the excellence of KDE and the breadth of the Ubuntu ecosystem. </i>
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<i>Kubuntu has a good and familiar look (for those of us coming from Windows), a good base in Ubuntu, and the ease in which to add software and repositories. I also find it cool that both KDE and (K)Ubuntu have 6-month release cycles, meaning a new version of Kubuntu means a new KDE (though a couple months off). </i>
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Lovely.
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Originally posted at <a href="http://blogs.kde.org/2012/09/03/why-have-you-stuck-kubuntu">http://blogs.kde.org/2012/09/03/why-have-you-stuck-kubuntu</a>
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Jonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-73671450397902982222012-08-22T07:58:00.001-07:002012-08-22T07:58:02.417-07:00 Help out Kubuntu<img src="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuArtwork?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=kubuntu-logo-lucid.png" width="400" height="75" />
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It's never too late to help out Kubuntu in the cycle
<a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal?searchtext=kubuntu">Here's our work items for this cycle</a>.
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Some of the easier ones:
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<li>track down and update install docs everywhere for having a USB/DVD image but no CD image
<li>review kubuntu active for app selection and good experience
<li>Kubuntu Quantal Docs - carry on where top contributor LittleGirl had to leave off
<li>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)
<li>ensure OwnCloud juju charm works (we like owncloud here at Kubuntu)
<li>deal with Kubuntu unique strings now we aren't using Launchpad (should be translated separately either in KDE or in Launchpad).
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and many more
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Join us in #kubuntu-devel on IRC to help out
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Jonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-9100966360393328302012-08-20T04:08:00.003-07:002012-08-20T04:08:28.136-07:00Kubuntu BannerPosted today to the kubuntu-devel mailing list, this handy image for your website
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mZnyDz74x4c/S_2eIQmej6I/AAAAAAAAATQ/Epr5iDGO6Pk/S220/Kubuntu+website+banner.gif" width="220" height="76" />
Jonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-33871124215252224572012-08-16T09:01:00.002-07:002012-08-16T09:02:01.986-07:00Rekonq 1! Akademy Videos<p>[re-posting to a temporary blog site as Planet Ubuntu has stopped publishing my blogs.kde.org one, sigh]</p>
<p><img src="http://starsky.19inch.net/~jr/rekonq.png" width="128" height="128" /></p>
Rekonq, the web browser shipped with Kubuntu, has <a href="http://adjamblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/rekonq-1-0/">reached 1.0</a> congratulations Adjam and friends. It's pleasingly stable and thanks to WebKit it supports almost all the modern fancy stuff in websites. Just a pain websites like BBC iPlayer deliberately fail on it, bad BBC.
Rekonq 1.0 is available in Quantal for latest Ubuntu users and precise-backports for those wanting to try it out.
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<img src="http://dot.kde.org/sites/dot.kde.org/files/AkademyLogo225px.png" width="225" height="170" />
<a href="http://akademy2012.kde.org/program">Akademy talk videos</a> are up. Even if you're not into domain specific debugging tools for Qt it's well worth looking at the Keynotes of <a href="http://dot.kde.org/2012/04/22/akademy-keynote-dr-mathias-klang-freedom-expression">Mathias Klang, Freedom of Expression</a> and <a href="http://dot.kde.org/2012/04/11/akademy-keynote-dr-will-schroeder-kitware-ceo">Will Schroeder: It has a heart, a brain and it's dangerous</a>. Be selfish and share!Jonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-3275323780939867012012-08-16T09:00:00.001-07:002012-08-16T09:00:33.223-07:00Planet Qt<a href="http://planet.qt-project.org/"><img src="http://planet.qt-project.org/images/content-meteor.png" width="287" height="233" /></a>
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Danimo started a <a href="http://planet.qt-project.org/">Planet Qt</a> as a sign of the project's increased open development model. It uses the same Rawdog setup I made for Planet KDE.
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<a href="http://identi.ca/notice/95908687">Favourite Microblog of the day</a> "Kubuntu, nice addition to being more independent, now works better than ever"
:)
Jonathan Riddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859737184799558540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871506422403961607.post-610129543551167422012-08-16T07:11:00.001-07:002012-08-16T07:11:02.116-07:00 Calligra's Second Release<img src="http://starsky.19inch.net/~jr/tmp/B9Q92.png" width="500" height="154" />
Calligra has made a second release. <a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/news/calligra-2.5">Packages are aviailabe for Kubuntu</a>. With this release I'm confident Calligra is ready for bigger exporure and we're evaluating it for Kubuntu 12.10.
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