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22 April 2010

CHI paper: What would other programmers do: suggesting solutions to error messages

Ubuntu Research

Abstract Interpreting compiler errors and exception messages is challenging for novice programmers. Presenting examples of how other programmers have corrected similar errors may help novices understand and correct such errors. This paper introduces HelpMeOut, a social recommender system that aids the debugging of error messages by sugges ...


Matthew Paul Thomas
21 April 2010

Farewell to the notification area

Ubuntu Notes

Ubuntu is phasing out the traditional Gnome notification area, because of its ineffectiveness at notifying people of things, and its inconsistent behavior. Many programs that previously used the notification area should use other notification mechanisms instead. Some notification area items will be replaced by various system status menus ...


Canonical
21 April 2010

Ubuntu wallpapers

Ubuntu Design

In case anyone is missing their favourite wallpapers from Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) in 10.4 (Lucid Lynx) there is good news!The ubuntu-wallpapers-extra package is installable from the universe repository. In order to install it from the Soft ...


Canonical
21 April 2010

Canonical and Dell deliver Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition

Desktop News

Canonical, Dell and Intel Team up to deliver Moblin Ubuntu Remix Developer Edition on Inspiron Mini 10v Canonical and Dell have collaborated to bring the latest developer edition of the Moblin™ v2 user experience to the developer market. Called ‘Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition’ and optimized for the Intel® Atom™ processor-based Dell ...


Canonical
21 April 2010

What makes a good design critic?

Ubuntu Design

While at CHI earlier this week, I went along to a session with the same title as this blog post. I was looking for some inspiration, something to take to a UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) session perhaps, something to turn into a blog post, food for thought.The session at CHI included a food critic, a ...


Canonical
15 April 2010

Reasons to celebrate 15th April 2010

Ubuntu Design

Karmic saw the first community wallpaper competition and delivered us a beautiful set of photographs for our desktops.Last cycle’s winners were this cycles judges and everyone has delivered.Ladies and gentlemen I give you the results of the wallpaper competition!Congratulations to the winners and huge thanks to the judges. I know, from my ...


Canonical
14 April 2010

My image of the day

Ubuntu Notes

An example of Gemma Correll’s work. ...


Canonical
7 April 2010

The process of certainty. And mojitos.

Ubuntu Design

You know that feeling when you know someone very well and you buy them a present? You know they will love it and you are excited at the very thought of their delight? Part of you is a little scared though. A few butterflies in the stomach. What if I have misread? What if they ...


Canonical
3 April 2010

The Digital Economy Bill: Bananas!

Ubuntu Design

Over at Confused of Calcutta, JP Rangaswami has written a crystal clear article on why we should be concerned about the content and treatment of the Digital Economy Bill.Wherever you live, whatever your interests I urge you to read it.If you live in the UK, whatever your position I urge you to write to your ...


Canonical
24 March 2010

Reasons to celebrate: 24th March 2010

Ubuntu Design

Today is Ada Lovelace day.Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was born on 10th December 1815, the only child of Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella. Born Augusta Ada Byron, but now known simply as Ada Lovelace, she wrote the world’s first computer programmes for the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose machine that Charles Babbage had ...


admin
24 March 2010

Dell announces support for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud

Ubuntu Services

On Wednesday Dell announced a comprehensive overview of its enterprise strategy. Significant in its announcement, was the addition of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) as an infrastructure solution, joining the proprietary offerings from VMWare and Microsoft. This is the first major offering of a true open source Cloud solution backed by a ma ...