A Big Blue Button
We had a really amazing turn out to the Kubuntu Packaging Party, and we had lots of Fun ! We quickly realised that the number of people, had blown past the limits of some of the channels set up for folks to join the party. Despite a valiant effort by…
Kubuntu Packaging Party
That’s right friends, we’re going to have a Kubuntu Packaging Party.. and everyone is invited. Friday 11th March at 20:00 UTC. Kubuntu members, the Kubuntu Podcast team and members of the Kubuntu community are coming together to party online. The theme is packaging, but that is only the beginning of…
Kubuntu has a new member: Clive Johnston
Today at 9:35PM UTC the Kubuntu Council approved Clive Johnston’s application for becoming a Kubuntu Member. Clive has been around for a while now, helping Scarlett and Philip with the packaging and continuous integration, and his efforts have already made a huge difference. Here’s a snippet of his interview: <ovidiu-florin>…
Plasma 5.5.3 and Frameworks 5.18.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.10
Packages for the release of KDE’s desktop suite Plasma 5.5.3 and KDE’s Frameworks 5.18.0 are available for Kubuntu 15.10. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To update, use the Software…
Plasma 5.4.3 and Applications 15.08.3 for Kubuntu 15.10
Hello world. In the last months after the 15.10 release, developers have been very busy updating and improving our workflows and documentation which left little time for packaging. But we’re getting back on track, so here’s the missing announcement for Plasma 5.4.3 and KDE Applications 15.08.3. Many of you have…
Kubuntu Podcast #7 – Bug Triage Intro
Show Hosts Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan blog: http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com Rick Timmis G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RickTimmis Blog: http://sickrimmit.blogspot.co.uk/ Aaron Honeycutt blog: http://usefoss.com/ Show Schedule Intro What have we (the hosts) been doing ? Rick Plasmoids http://sickrimmit.blogspot.com/2015/11/getting-grip-on-your-plasmoids.html Stepped up as Maintainer of “Muon package manager” https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=muon.git Working on Bug triage, and launchpad, bugs.kde Ovidiu http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com/en/2015/12/03/free-software-contributions-in-november-2015/ https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma5/QML2/GettingStarted Feedback…
Kubuntu Podcast #6 – Unleashing the Werewolf
Show Hosts Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan blog: http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com Rick Timmis G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RickTimmis Blog: http://sickrimmit.blogspot.co.uk/ Aaron Honeycutt blog: http://usefoss.com/ Show Schedule Intro What have we (the hosts) been doing ? Aaron Release Party results Rick ??? Ovidiu KDE Sprint in Berlin Many new translations integrated Kubuntu News (5-15 minutes) Our Kubuntu contributor Scarlett…
Jonathan Riddell Stands Down as Release Manager of Kubuntu
With 15.10 successfully released we’re sorry to announce that Jonathan Riddell, the founder of Kubuntu, has decided to step down as release manager. “Making Kubuntu over the last 10 years has been a fantastic journey. Even since I first heard about a spaceman making a Linux distro using Debian but…
Kubuntu 15.10
Kubuntu 15.10 is available for upgrade or install. Getting Kubuntu 15.10 Upgrading from 15.04 Download a Disk Image To upgrade to Kubuntu 15.10 run Muon Update Manager and update your current system, then click on Upgrade. Full instructions to upgrade from 15.04. Download a bootable image and put it onto…
Kubuntu Podcast #5 – Debunking myths
Show Hosts Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan blog: http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com Rick Timmis G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RickTimmis Blog: http://sickrimmit.blogspot.co.uk/ Aaron Honeycutt blog: http://usefoss.com/ Show Schedule Intro What have we (the hosts) been doing ? Aaron Organizing Ubuntu LoCo events in my State/Country Working on Kubuntu release artwork for Release Party Rick Busy testing Kubuntu Beta 2 Ovidiu…