Monthly Archives: February 2010

Ubuntu Manual – “48 Hours”

In about an hour, the Ubuntu Manual Team are holding a 48 hour learning event using Lernid and IRC. Appropriately titled “48 Hours of Ubuntu Manual Learning” this event is designed to not only attract more contributors and interest in the project, but also to teach their current contributors about parts of the project …

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Zattoo Linux Client is Back

Some time ago I blogged about Zattoo – an application for watching TV. They removed their Linux client for some reason, but now it’s back.

Not sure there’s much of a place for fat clients now we have things like SeeSaw, 4oD and BBC iPlayer, but choice is usually a good thing :)

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U1 Music Store – Store Music in U1?

After the post I made about the Ubuntu One Music Store, I’ve noticed a couple of things which might indicate what’s coming.

Firstly as we know Rhythmbox is the music player of choice in Ubuntu and we can already see the placeholder for the music store in the app.

I noticed something new today though, …

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Ubuntu One Music Store Sneak Peek

Update: It looks like the 3-download limit will be less of an issue. See my more recent post called U1 Music Store – Store Music in U1? for some speculation.

It looks like 7digital are providing the back-end for the Ubuntu One Music Store which is due to land in Ubuntu Lucid at Alpha 3 …

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Educating Mum

Continuing my Mumbuntu saga …

Wed 17th Feb

Today my Mum went to the local library to ask about computer training. I had a brief chat with her and she seemed to enjoy it. Apparently the woman in the library showed her Google for searching and Google Maps so she could see a picture of her …

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