Simply put, some of the things from both sides suck, communication is not working properly and everyone seems to be in a big frazzle.

In anycase, regardless of any disappointments I have, this is MY community, (and OUR community) and I am still part of it. Canonical has some very cool things happening, but the community has some very valid issues. Thing is, we can sort it out, and even if I decide to use a different distro/DE or even some different OS, the people here are still people I consider friends, and I always hold out hope that things can be sorted.

For all those that have left, its sad to see you go, but please, if you know me, I still want to hear from you.

I can’t wait to see how Ubuntu Touch works out, can’t wait to see the community bonding again and hope we can take on the world together. (I also hope lots of upstream work gets done by canonical on Qt5

Keep Smiling!

Jussi

First a Kernel guru is required, can work from home, location: anywhere in the EU.

Second I have more info:

Anyway, long story short, I asked in #kontact on freenode and one kind person there (krop) helped me through creating an archive button, complete with a shortcut key.

Its pretty well hidden how to do it, but once done, its easy to use!

Simply, follow these instructions:

1. go to Kmail (inside or outside of Kontact, doesnt matter).
2. go to Settings -> Configure Filters
3. Click the new filter button on the left, give your filter a name (this will appear on the shortcut also, I simply used "Archive")
4. Under filter criteria, choose "match all messages"
5. Under filter actions, choose "move into folder" and select the folder you want to archive to.
6. Under the advanced tab, uncheck the "apply this filter to incoming messages"
7. Then check the "Apply this filter on manual filtering", "add this filter to the apply menu" and "additionally add this filter to the toolbar".
8. Set the shortcut using the button provided (I used "q" because it didnt conflict with anything else)
9. Choose an Icon for the shortcut menu
10. Click apply/OK and you are Done!

Happy Kmailing and I hope this was helpful to at least someone… (and a big thankyou to krop on #kontact for this info!)

This is a bit of a grumble post, but also a call for help. I’ve used Libre office and before that Open office in Kubuntu for a long time, including a fair amount of work for my job (I run Kubuntu at work).

There’s a lot of things that make me grumble about it, including hard to find options, bad formatting of MS office docs etc, but the one thing where I find a massive problem with that could so easily be fixed – especially with Ubuntu/Canonicals current focus on design is the situation with templates and defaults within the Office (and other creativity) programs shipped.

Have you ever tried creating a document in open office using the default styles (headings etc)? What about the default styles for drawing (horrible light blue boxes anyone?) And the default included templates? not much there… (a few OSS geared ones and some that look like they were made sometime last century – no disrespect meant to any of the creators).

So this is a call for all those who have a sense of style – make a template this week, and either email it to templates at jussi01.com or grab our BZR branch (bzr branch lp:ubuntutemplates) and  create a merge request. Templates should be licensed Creative Commons with no restrictions.

Also, if someone has the expertise to make the defaults better ore any constructive thoughts how to fix the default styles within our office and other applications (including colour palates for drawing apps etc) please feel free to grab me (jussi) or AlanBell on freenode or drop us an email to the above address.

As many of you know, there is a little Jussi fork coming soon – I’m really excited about it, but under no delusions of the time it will take. As well as that, I have received a slightly different role at work which will somewhat increase my responsibilities.

So, with all this in mind, I will be resigning from my post on the Ubuntu IRC Council on the same date as 3 other members of the team’s terms expire. (21/12/2011) – The Ubuntu Community Council should hopefully get an announcement about the election out soon.

I also will be around in an operator capacity a lot less than I had been prior to the IRCC appointment, but hopefully will still have time to jump online sometimes. (perhaps in the middle of the night while burping the baby? )

I’d like to say thanks to all those who supported, helped and gave time to the Ubuntu IRC effort while I have been around – its been a blast.

Jussi

One of these rare blog posts again

So, I noticed m4v has filed a stack load bugs for things he needs to do for stormyfacts – the replacement for the encyclopedia plugin for ubottu. (that the factoid plugin that gives you answers when you call !test or so, for those of you who aren’t aware).

You can see the bug list here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-bots/+bugs

I’d love to see a few more contributors willing to help out on this..

So how do I contribute I hear you say?

First get your supybot setup and running – make it join a private channel, please don’t let it join our channels without asking. (its in the repos, sudo apt-get install supybot).

Then install the custom ubottu plugins from: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bots/ubuntu-bots/devel – you can find some help on this from: http://ubottu.com/devel/wiki/Main_Page

Finally, look at the bugs, and come join us in #ubuntu-bots-devel for questions and discussions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Enter Tomahawk.

I recently came across Leo Franchi’s blog post and discovered a brilliant new music player. Its not yet packaged for Ubuntu, as some of the libraries still need packaging – hopefully we can have it sorted in time for Oneiric.

I’m not going to repeat his blog post – you can go read it yourself or take a look at the tomahawk website. However, in the short time I have had to play with this, its impressed me immensely. It allows sharing of music and playlists with friends through twitter and jabber, as well as music discovery through the same means. You can scrobble to last.fm, and loads more – I’m still finding the features out

In anycase, its cross platform, available for Linux, Windows and Mac and a Android player is “being worked on” (So Ive been told).

If you want to help out with development or just have a question, feel free to join us on IRC – #tomahawk on freenode

See you there!

Oh, almost forgot – the obligatory screenshot – stolen from Leos blog :=)

I don’t write often, but this time I wanted to give a little shout out to someone who is doing a great job in the background that nobody is seeing yet, but will make a lot of things easier for using and improving the bots in #k/x/ubuntu-* channels.

That person is Elián Hanisch, otherwise known as “m4v” on IRC. He has been working on the new encyclopedia plugin for ubottu, as the old one was in desperate need of improvement. I’ve been seeing a steady stream of commits coming in (mostly through the CIA bot in #ubuntu-bots-devel) and I’m really pleased with the progress thats going on! The new plugin uses Storm to improve the back end for encyclopedia, which will lead to a faster bot and less strain on the system.

If you see m4v about, say a big thank you for working on this

Cheers

Jussi.

We plan to put up a Planet site, similar to planet ubuntu, however with businesses who use/contribute to Ubuntu. This may be huge businesses like Dell, or tiny startups. (or anything in between).

The content will be information about what those companies do with Ubuntu. We want to avoid pricelists and offers, and focus more on progression of ubuntu and how it would be used.

The entry barrier could be quite low to begin with, adjustable if need be.

Im interested to hear what you all think, so comment away!

It’s for home use only, so are there any good 3G router/modems? How about signal boosters? Is there anything else I should know?

If you have experience in these areas I’d love to hear from you.

(and no, no chance of wired internet, sadly).