RT @fsfe: #fsfe 's @kirschner commented the work of the German Parliament working group on #freesoftware on @heise http://t.co/9d9yID3G

#fsfe 's @kirschner commented the work of the German Parliament working group on #freesoftware on @heise http://t.co/9d9yID3G

Hadoop will be in most advanced analytics products by 2015, Gartner says http://t.co/23NT2zTz #opendata #bigdata #freesoftware #opensource

Ubuntu Developer Week kicked off yesterday. If you couldn’t make it, don’t despair: here are the logs and a quick run-through:

1. Introduction to Ubuntu development — dholbach: This session has become an institution at Ubuntu Developer Weeks and is always packed with people who want to get started. Check out the log for an overview over Ubuntu Development and lots and lots of answered questions.
2. Getting set up for Ubuntu development — dholbach: Similar to the session before, this one is a regular at our events. This time Daniel chose to only show the most important things to get set up and also walk everybody through a very simple bug fix to give an idea of how things work.
3. Introduction to patch systems — coolbhavi: Patch systems regularly confuse people. How do I “patch a package” and why are there multiple ways to do it. Go through Bhavani’s session log and find out how and why to get the most out of patch systems.
4. Working with upstreams — tumbleweed: Stefano Rivera has long been working in both the Debian and Ubuntu camp, so it’s no surprise this topic is important to him. It was great to see that many asked their questions in the session. The foundations of more healthy relations between Upstreams and Downstreams have hopefully been laid in the session.
5. Introduction to One Hundred Paper Cuts — notgary: The One Hundred Paper Cuts team has been fixing small, annoying UI bugs for quite a while and everybody’s happy that Chris Wilson brought some new energy back to the team. Watch this video to find out how you can get involved and how the project works. If you care about UI stuff, this is a great first step.
6. Ubuntu App Developer tools — mhall119: Building apps for Ubuntu has never been easier and Michael Hall knows how you can most easily get started. Read the log, it’s good fun and start working on your first app today.

Yesterday sounds like it was a great day, but wait for what we’ve lined up for today:

• 15:00 UTC: How to write apps for Ubuntu — dpm
• 16:00 UTC: Ubuntu App review process explained — coolbhavi
• 17:00 UTC: Finding memory leaks — achiang (Hangout!)
• 18:00 UTC: Testing with autopilot — balloons
• 19:00 UTC: Unity integration — mhall119

It’s very simple. Join in. Enjoy Ubuntu Developer Week!

RT @kirschner: "!Freesoftware advocates must return to their ultimate goal of freeing people, not software." by @mako http://t.co/ABULwLAK

Export PDFs in a range of different formats with PDFMate PDF Converter http://t.co/iX8Z9q3a #Article #FreeSoftware #PDF

Last two days to vote on http://t.co/LJoVLcV2 2013 People's Choice Awards http://t.co/AurNTjaC #opensource #freesoftware #opendata #opengov

RT @kirschner: Interested in #freesoftware in #education? Talk to #fsfe 's education team at #FOSDEM http://t.co/bl6MyYFj @guido

RT ‏@tdforg #LibreOffice 3.6.5 released, next major release 4.0 at the doorsteps: http://t.co/jw4c6Aw1 #freesoftware

Get better security and stability with Opera 12.13 FINAL http://t.co/2FF1nJ2i #Article #Browsers #FreeSoftware #KnowYourPC

RT @kirschner: "!Freesoftware advocates must return to their ultimate goal of freeing people, not software." by @mako http://t.co/ABULwLAK

#story back in 2002 article de lemonde.fr "Les Hakers italiens..." http://t.co/cKkQzivq #freeSoftware #stallman

Some time passed since last Chromebook post so I want to give small update on Ubuntu status.

Dylan Reid from Chromium team fixed ALSA driver so frying speakers is now past. This change will go into next stable Chromium update probably. I got it merged into Ubuntu kernel and released as “3.4.0-4″ version in PPA.

In meantime Vladimir Smirnov took a look at “release-R25″ branch of kernel and got it booted. He shared configuration so I went with it, synced with Ubuntu one and got it running on my Chromebook. So expect new kernel release after FOSDEM.

There are Mali OpenGLES drivers available for download. I was unable to use them with R23 kernel (current Ubuntu one) but they do work with R25 branch so another thing to take care. This time I have to make new packaging as I need to add click thought license support. After that we can drop Chromium OS from our devices ;)

VBoot utilities are also in PPA. So signing of kernels and manipulating partition tables do not need files from Chromium anymore.

But there is one thing. Or rather lack of it… I do not have time to check do my packages work under older versions of Ubuntu (12.04, 12.10). Due to that I will not release any new updates for them — will support only ‘raring’ (13.04). Everything will be available in PPA so anyone can test.

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"!Freesoftware advocates must return to their ultimate goal of freeing people, not software." by @mako http://t.co/ABULwLAK

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RT @jgbarah: A year with the master on #freesoftware http://t.co/h2mtgHSn Another blog by one of our #MSWL students

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RT @kirschner: Interested in #freesoftware in #education? Talk to #fsfe 's education team at #FOSDEM http://t.co/bl6MyYFj @guido