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[12 Feb 2010 | 6 Comments | 460 views]

Hopefully by now you have heard of the Ubuntu Global Jam coming up in March. The dates for the Global Jam this cycle are the 26th through the 28th of March 2010. We are hoping to make this Global Jam extremely successful, and we need your help in doing it. We are wanting to have events in as many places as possible not only to help to improve Ubuntu, but also to help promote Ubuntu.
What is the Global Jam?
The Ubuntu Global Jam is an online and in person event that …

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[8 Feb 2010 | 3 Comments | 433 views]

As you may or may not know, Ubuntu has a “membership” available to anyone who has shown significant contributions to Ubuntu. This can be in many ways, not just developing. Being an Ubuntu Member has a few perks that come with it. One of these is that you get an @ubuntu.com email address. This address forwards to your email address which you define on in your Launchpad account. I recently received the honor of being accepted as an Ubuntu Member, and as such, now have an @ubuntu.com email address. (chrisjohnston …

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[31 Jan 2010 | 4 Comments | 1,457 views]

I have been using Irssi for about 2 years now. Irssi is an extremely flexible text based IRC client. You can find out more about Irssi at www.irssi.org. During my two years with Irssi I have been introduced to many good add-on scripts. I am going to list my favorite scripts.

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[26 Jan 2010 | 4 Comments | 426 views]

Today it was announced by Rick Spencer of Canonical that there are changes coming to the default search engine in Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx. The first change is that the default search engine will no longer be Google. Canonical and Yahoo made a deal in which Canonical will generate revenue from the switch. This will help to support further development of Ubuntu by helping to pay for Canonical staff and other resources needed.

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[22 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 56 views]

Depending on where you are, the day we (ok maybe just me) have been waiting for. The first Ubuntu User Day starts in just over 8 hours. Join us for an exciting day of classes geared towards new and newer Ubuntu users. You can find out more information by visiting the Ubuntu User Days wiki page at: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays. There you will find more information about the day, and a complete class schedule. See you in a few hours!