Category Archives: HardyHeron
my package of the day – htop as an alternative top
“top” is one of those programs, that are used quite often but actually nobody talks about. It just does its job: showing statistics about memory, cache and cpu consumption, listing processes and so on. Actually top provides you some more … Continue reading
my (not yet) package of the day – circular application menu
(Not yet a package, but still interesting enough to tell and hey: bleeding edge.) Circular Application Menu for Gnome is a Google Code hosted project providing a different access method to your Gnome menu. Actually all it does, is displaying … Continue reading
First BBJ – Berlin Bug Jam – with MOTU Daniel Holbach on Monday, 16th of June at c-base Berlin
Ubuntu Berlin ist proud to present you the first BBJ: A “Berlin Bug Jam” with Ubuntu MOTU Daniel Holbach, who will rock the place, for sure. Don’t know what a “Bug Jam” is? Well, imagine it as a gettogether for … Continue reading
my package of the day: less (yes, less)
Let me tell you something about “less”: You are probably underrating it for no reason. Of course you know “less” is always there and it does it’s job – showing files while being able to scroll backward – and some … Continue reading
Ubuntu landed on Berlin metro system
The guys from “Berliner Fenster”, a company responsible for the content of the television system installed inside underground vehicles (more than 3.700 displays) were so kind (thank you!) providing us with a spot for our release party this Saturday for … Continue reading
Daniel Holbach going to rock the turntables at Ubuntu Hardy Heron release party
I already told you about our shiny Ubuntu Hardy Heron release party on the 26th of April at the sunken starship c-base right here in Berlin, haven’t I? While the schedule is already a must-come: seven talks/presentations, not only from … Continue reading
Why I won’t install Ubuntu on my OLPC XO (for now)
As you might have noticed, a couple of days ago I finally received my OLPC XO. Of course installing an Ubuntu flavor was one of my major tasks for the first time, but… … after booting the XO for the … Continue reading
EEE updated to hardy
Well, it got “boring”: After Gutsy worked smoothly for weeks on my Asus EEE Pc with desktop effects, some tweaks for hotkeys, overclocking and stuff I tried to run an update to the latest Hardy Heron Ubuntu version. After having … Continue reading
Invitation to Ubuntu Hardy Heron Release Party in Berlin on 26th of April 2008
Here it comes: Though the release party of the “Ubuntu Berlin” user group will be mainly in German we also invite all non native German speaking visitors to attend us. Here is the official English invitation (thanks to ninin for … Continue reading
Having a Hardy day – Ten steps helping you not to have a hard time upgrading
So just before the first beta I finally updated my production machine to Hardy after feeling bad about not giving enough effort in testing for the last weeks. In one short sentence: It worked! In a longer sentence: It worked … Continue reading