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Full Moon OggCamp

“It is the duty, and ought to be the pleasure, of age and experience
to warn and instruct youth and to come to the aid of inexperience.”
— William Cobbett, ~1829

This weekend (13th / 14th August) we (Linux Outlaws and Ubuntu UK Podcast) are holding Oggcamp 11 at Farnham Maltings in Surrey, UK.

OggCamp …

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Finding live music with Songkick

I made a recent resolution to myself that I should listen to more music, and go and see more live gigs. The last gig I went to was probably over 10 years ago – I don’t count the folk music at the Farnham Beer Festival as a proper gig :D

So I was very interested …

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New Release…

…of tickets for OggCamp!

We’ve released a hundred more tickets after the last two hundred went in under a week!

Our third OggCamp will be held on the 13th & 14th August at Farnham Maltings in Surrey, UK. We’re really looking forward to this! It’s a great venue, and we’re eager to get people …

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Ubuntu Wiki Relicensing – Request For Comments

Apologies if you’ve seen this before. I’m re-posting this to ensure that anyone who wants to comment can do before the change is made. Contact details are below under ‘Feedback’.

The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki has always been publically listed as copyright Canonical Ltd. Working with the Ubuntu Community Council, Canonical …

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Thirty Years On

On Christmas day 1981 I awoke with the usual excitement of any 9 year old boy. I clearly remember going downstairs and being told not to go into the lounge because my Dad was busy setting up my main Christmas present. In those days we’d get a main present and some other smaller presents. …

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