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In an ideal world…
… every Free Software project should not only have developers, but also
graphical artists
usability experts
user support specialists
documentation writers/translators
software translators
bug triagers
marketing ninjas
community managers
release managers
website and wiki maintainers
unlimited funds…
Amarok is very lucky to have most of those. No, not the unlimited funds, …
Posted in Amarok, Free Software, KDE
Tagged Amarok, bugsquad, community, documentation, Free Software, KDE, translation
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Kubuntu 9.10 is out!
Long awaited, finally here: the brand new Kubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic Koala is out and ready for download. It comes with KDE 4.3.2 and, of course, a brand new Amarok 2.2 
Check out the release notes and …
Travelling to Buğday?
The KDE bugsquad will organize a bugday for Phonon on November 8th. To make sure not to forget that day, I duly entered it into my Google calendar. But I must say that the mail I got today from …
Amarok,KDE and Kubuntu at OpenExpo in Winterthur, Switzerland
Another edition of Openexpo in Winterthur is over and I owe you a (not so) short report:
Eckhart, Andi and Adriaan held a booth for KDE, Mark and Sven were manning the Amarok one and I tried to be at …
Posted in Amarok, booth, Free Software, KDE, Kubuntu
Tagged Amarok, booth, KDE, Kubuntu, Swiss Team, Switzerland
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Compiling Amarok from git locally – full summary updated
/* */ Last update: March 20, 2012
As we have more and more questions for support on how to install Amarok 2.x from GIT, I thought I might make another synopsis on how to install a local build. Apparently linking …
Posted in Amarok, Free Software, Freedom, FSFE, Git, KDE, Kubuntu
Tagged Add new tag, Amarok, Git, KDE
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Preparing for another conference: OpenExpo in Winterthur next week!
It’s this time of the year again where I prepare for attending OpenExpo in Winterthur. This important Free Software even is held on September 23 & 24 in Winterthur, Switzerland.
This year I helped organizing more than one booth: Amarok, …
Posted in Amarok, booth, FSFE, KDE, Kubuntu, Switzerland, Ubuntu
Tagged Amarok, booth, KDE, Kubuntu, Swiss Team, Switzerland
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How to install 2.2-git in your home (an update)
Since Amarok switched to Gitorious, those of you running a local SVN build with markey’s instructions will have to do some changes to stay up-to-date::
First, you need to install git, which is in the package repositories of your …
The smallest unit of freedom: a fellow
When the FSFE launched their fellowship back in 2005, I joined to be a fellow almost immediately. I have always been a strong supporter of Free Software and the FSFE is doing a great job in Europe with far …
Free alternatives to proprietary PDF readers now easy to find
I suppose we all have come across that “red button” on websites asking you to download Acrobat Reader to read a PDF document. Even free for download, it still is a proprietary solution and in no way a Free …
Mom-compatible KDE 4
Since Mark of Amarok fame is living here, people in the house are in awe about the man sitting in front of his desk all day long, “programming computers”. Of course, we have been asked a few times to …