I’ve been doing some documentation work with Mallard and DocBook 5 recently, and have been looking for software that supports them well. The trick is that both Mallard and DocBook 5 are based on RelaxNG schemas, and while there are many XML tools out there, there are few that are open source, and fewer still [...]
Read all »Upcoming FLOSS-related Events in the Midwest
Here’s a quick rundown of some upcoming Free and Open-Source software events in the Chicagoland / greater-midwest area. Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22, 2010: Barcamp Chicago Running all day and night this Saturday and Sunday 215 E. Ohio Street in downtown Chicago Numerous presentations, and a “BarCompany” startup hackathon Sunday, August 29: Ubuntu [...]
Read all »Thanks, Debian!
Today is Debian’s 17th birthday*, and with that comes Debian Appreciation day! Do you want to give them some thanks for the super work that they do? Just head over to thank.debian.net, and leave them a few words to express your gratitude. You can even search for your favorite package, team, or packaging team, and [...]
Read all »Updating the Ubuntu Packaging Guide
We’d like to get your input on where to focus documentation efforts on the Ubuntu Packaging Guide. There are all kinds of topics that need to be written, updated, or improved — so where should we start? What do you need most? Give your input via the this Google Docs Survey. I’ve provided some direction [...]
Read all »Dear Yahoo!
Dear Yahoo! Welcome to Ubuntu! As a regular contributor to the Ubuntu project, I think it’s great that you are partnering with Canonical. Because of the agreement you signed, Canonical will be able to hire more people to work on Free software. Also, your contributions will help Ubuntu continue offering their OS at no cost [...]
Read all »Thunar 1.1.0 – Native support for remote filesystems
Congratulations to Jannis Pohlmann on the release of Thunar 1.1.0! For those who don’t know, Thunar is the Xfce file manager, and this release marks a major milestone for Thunar and for the Xfce project. Why is this release so noteworthy? With this new version of Thunar, users will be able to access networked file [...]
Read all »Xubuntu team meeting – Sunday, January 10 at 20:00 UTC
The Xubuntu team will be holding a meeting this Sunday, January 10th, at 20:00 UTC, and all are welcome to attend. The primary focus of this meeting will be on team governance, as Cody Somerville is transitioning out of his role as primary project leader. With that, we’ll be discussing changes to the Xubuntu Strategy [...]
Read all »Call for Testing – Xubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate
Ara Pulido sent this message out to the Xubuntu-Users mailing list the other day, and I thought it was worth passing along to the greater Ubuntu community. Testing for the Xubuntu 9.10 release candidate is going on now, so please read the email below and help out if you can. Thanks!
Read all »Top 50 technical writers on the web + Xfce and Xubuntu doc updates
This site lists who they’ve identified as the top 50 technical writers on the web, which I stumbled upon via a link from Scott Nesbitt’s blog. While this list will certainly provide me with additional documentation resources, I notice a dearth of open-source documentation names in that list. No Shaun McCance, no Emma Jane Hogbin, [...]
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