Monthly Archives: September 2009

Daily Digest for September 30th

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Daily Digest for September 30th

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MagicFab posted 6 items.
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12:40pm via fabianrodriguez.com

Ubuntu Global Jam in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

If you’re in Montreal or nearby this weekend… you must know:

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And I won’t be the only one :)

All details can be found on the Quebec Team Ubuntu Global Jam page.

Where:

École de technologie supérieure (http://www.etsmtl.ca/)
1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest
Salles/Rooms A-1300 & A-1238

When:

Friday Oct 2- Sunday Oct. 4 (check the Quebec Team Ubuntu Global Jam page for full schedule info)

See you there!

Daily Digest for September 29th

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MagicFab posted 3 items.

Daily Digest for September 28th

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MagicFab posted 2 items.

Daily Digest for September 23rd

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MagicFab posted 2 items.
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MagicFab shared 2 links.
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(Almost) risk-free Karmic testing

Every time there’s a new Ubuntu version coming up it’s interesting to test it using the Desktop edition live CD. This however requires burning a CD, rebooting from it, but doesn’t include the “full” test experience – your personal files and customization are not there.

Putting a full working Ubuntu install on a USB key and linking to an existing home directory may be the closest to an actual full-upgrade: it doesn’t touch your hard disk (so no need to reverse any changes). Well, mostly. For example if you use Firefox, a new version will upgrade extensions, etc.

One of my colleagues, Shang Wu, has put together a little script to automate this setup, and a basic document on how to install Ubuntu on a stick to test Karmic as I described, see: Testing Ubuntu Beta Releases off a USB stick. Please do read the code before executing it in one of your systems :)

If anyone has comments or suggestions for this script or if you have better recipes to let existing Ubuntu users test/try future releases, I’d like to hear about it.

Daily Digest for September 22nd

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MagicFab posted 2 items.

Daily Digest for September 17th

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