The Ubuntu documentation team has recently migrated all flavors of *Ubuntu documentation from Subversion over to Bazaar. There are now separate branch repositories for each of the flavors, and instructions on how to download the repositories (and how to submit your changes) are up on the Ubuntu wiki. Thanks to Matthew East and a few [...]
Read all »Xubuntu testing, a need to share the load
I have been coordinating the ISO testing for Xubuntu since February of this year, and while it has really helped me to learn more about the release cycle, I am going to be changing jobs soon, and will not have as much free time. I’m also trying to contribute more to Xubuntu documentation, and that [...]
Read all »Updates to my website
After thinking things through for a while, I finally got around to making a few updates to j1m.net. Previously I had everything over on j1m.net/chi-ubuntu, but I’m moving my posting activities over to the root page of my site. I’m still working on Xubuntu (quite a bit), and I’m still a member of the Ubuntu-Chicago [...]
Read all »What’s going on?
Things have been pretty hectic lately. It seems like there’s always too much to do in Chicago in the summertime. I’m excited about what is in store, though. Freddy Martinez and I have been working on Xubuntu documentation, basing it largely off of Ubuntu’s Feisty documentation, and we have to submit our first set of [...]
Read all »Installation pains – Free Geek Chicago
I volunteered at Free Geek Chicago again on Sunday, and spent much of my day trying to get Xubuntu Feisty Fawn to install on some rather unique hardware. It didn’t go so well. The machine in question was a PII with 256mb of RAM, and two SCSI hard drives – one 8gb and one 4gb [...]
Read all »“Xubuntu Feisty Fawn is the bomb”
Tonight I went to a couple of Linux-related events after work, and I’m glad I made it out. I first went to an initial set-up meeting for a Chicago Gnome user group. We had some informal discussions about Gnome, and what a Gnome user group might be and do in the city. Kevin is leading [...]
Read all »More of an update than you really wanted.
what’s going on in jim’s world: – i worked tons of extra hours at work last week, and fighting off laziness this week. some weeks this fight is more difficult than others . . . i guess it’s nice to have a lull, though. – i’ve started reading an o’reilly python book. i’m excited by [...]
Read all »Been so busy + Xubuntu Plans
I’ve been so busy lately, haven’t had much time for all things linux-related. I guess I’m taking a breather since all of the 7.04 *ubuntus are out now. From what I can tell, the release has been a good one – no big “gotchas” have come up since release. Even though I do hear about [...]
Read all »Free Geek Chicago, putting Xubuntu to work
I went to the organizational meeting for Free Geek Chicago last Wednesday night, and got pretty inspired about what the group doing. Free Geek Chicago is kind of like Habitat for Humanity, but for computers. Basically, people can work at the facility for 20 hours (over several weeks), and then earn a free computer. People [...]
Read all »Updates on Xubuntu testing
There’s been a lot of changes going on with x/k/ed/ubuntu ISO testing lately, and a lot of the action is being coordinated in the forums. Check it out if you’re interested. There’s also a relatively new irc channel for ISO testing discussions, #ubuntu-iso on irc.freenode.net. If you see someone in there with the nick “j1mc,” [...]
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- j1mc: Today is 90210. I'm going to check out the Flaming Lips at the Peach Pit. http://is.gd/eRuE4 #flaminglips
- j1mc: Duck, Duck, Gnu. Configure #Mallard and #DocBook 5 support in Emacs. http://is.gd/eKzg1
- j1mc: @borja Congratulations on completing your Ph.D! http://is.gd/eGJ8m
- j1mc: @borja Last week I needed 10 notes, each w/2 CPUs & 4GB of memory, to heat up some pizza from 2pm to 4pm. Your work made it all possible. :)
- j1mc: @segphault I heard the latest Firefox 4 beta still does not have the new "tabs on top" appearance. Is that so?