Ubuntu | Dylan McCall

Ubuntu installer slideshow customization, with pictures!

September 5, 2012

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I have escaped the perilous grasp of Perl, and I bring news: If you make a localized Ubuntu ISO like the Italian CD, you can customize the installer slideshow, with translated screenshots and more! How? Follow me! First, you need to be running Ubuntu 12.10 with the latest version of the Ubuntu defaults builder — 0.35. I assume … [More]
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Adventure and excitement at UDS-Q!

May 16, 2012

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I’m home from UDS-Q in lovely Oakland, California! Okay, I actually got home about four days ago, but I’m slow with these things. It was an interesting week with lots of interesting people. I’ll try to cram it into this post… The Ubuntu Ecosystem (with a bonus secret session) I attended a strange session on … [More]
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Why isn’t Ubuntu Forums in the installer slideshow?

March 11, 2012

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Observe as Dylan ernestly makes a mountain out of a molehill, then desperately backpedals in an effort to not sound like a pretentious bozo. There is a prominent feature request / bug report for Ubuntu’s installer slideshow. It’s titled “Precise Pangolin – Please include ubuntuforums.org in the slideshow.” Right now there are 84 people who agree … [More]
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I have a craving for keywords

February 22, 2011

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Something interesting is going on with Gnome Shell and Unity: it is becoming very normal to search for applications. But search is more than just typing something’s name in a box: With the web, search has become synonymous with asking questions and getting answers. With really good searching, people can find what they need by … [More]
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Using ubiquity-slideshow for loco websites

November 16, 2010

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David P let me know that some loco teams are interested in using Ubuntu’s installer slideshow on their websites. It could serve as a quick tour of Ubuntu in their language. Lots of people do lots of work to localise this stuff, so using that work in other places sounds fun. I would like to … [More]
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Home from UDS-N

October 31, 2010

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I’m back home from UDS-N in Orlando! It was an intense week; I don’t think an hour went by without something excellent happening. Of course, the most excellent thing for me was that Canonical sponsored me to attend. That was incredibly kind. To everyone who organized UDS, thank you for putting all of this together! … [More]
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