Ubuntu 10.04 Countdown banner for facebook

By , Published April 13, 2010

Want to share your excitement for Ubuntu 10.04's release with your Facebook buddies? Then add an ubuntu Countdown banner to your profile with the aptly titled €œUbuntu Countdown FB€ application!

The app code is also available on Launchpad: -

  • bzr branch lp:~sushkov/ubuntu-website/ubuntu-countdown-fb

Edit: Stas, the apps creator, has posted a video of the app in action: -

Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • Radu M.
  • http://twitter.com/anonrock Hasinul Islam Biash

    Just added it to my profile… can’t help it, they’re so cute!

  • http://okubax.co.uk/blog Anonymous

    Nice. But seriously you don’t have a facebook account ?

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      Seriously i do not – i deleted it several months ago.

      • Anonymous

        Was it because you didn’t use it, or because of some of the practices of the company?

        • anon

          D0od is SMART. I got rid of my Facebook acct about 6 months ago. Theres an iphone app that lets you take a photo of someone and then it scans Facebook and tells you who it is. No thanks. Theres also a website that links to Facebook so people can rate you on a 1 to 10 scale. Are you a hard worker? Are you friendly? Are you courteous? Do you use cuss words? Do you waste too much time at work? Do you do charity work, etc, etc. I dont want people rating me and having that info public. I also dont want to be searched or scanned.

          • Anonymous

            You did raise my ears there. But could those apps not as easily work with identi.ca or twitter? Also, it sounds like changing your profile pic can solve that.

            I certainly don’t want my personal information made public, but other peoples opinions of me.. I don’t see what power they have. No-one I respect or rely on would use that as a source. No?

          • anon

            I do have a twitter account, but I keep it as private as possible. I dont use it for posting, just for reading important feeds (like OMG or major league soccer) But I’m sure you are right and those programs can scrape other social networks as well.

            So lets say in the future you go in for a job interview, first thing employers might do is check your public online profile at XYZ website where anyone can post comments about you. It may not matter to your friends, but potential employers? What about local police? This is sort of like a human version of your credit report, but…. public. Eventually, companies, law enforcement, etc can profile you based on your online presence and then what? Predict if you will commit a crime? Predict what kind of crime you might commit? Lock you up before you do something? When will it end? Its easier to stop that sort of madness now, before it gets out of hand. I’m choosing to keep my public identity offline as much as possible, as impossible at it is these days.

            http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/03/unvarnished-a-new-website-that-rates-people-triggers-controversy.html

          • Anonymous

            Interesting. And I really need to digest that before I can have any real thoughts on it. But at the moment, I’m thinking – people talk anyway and that talk makes it’s way to management. Do I really want to work for an organisation that uses those methods? No, I don’t.

            As for the police etc, it’s all still hearsay until they access my actual data and discover that I play Catch the Kitten too much. Big deal. Or maybe I accessed a porn site. I actually still don’t care.

            You definitely have a valid point – but my initial reaction to what I’m reading is that I’m not afraid. Our institutions might be displaying signs of lunacy from time to time, but I just can’t foresee complete delerium that would facilitate this kind of behaviour. And if we ever did reach that, I can’t imagine a conscious or coherent effort to capitalise on the leaked information.

          • http://blog.thomashermine.be Thomas Hermine

            “Theres an iphone app that lets you take a photo of someone and then it scans Facebook and tells you who it is.”

            I’ve just made a small search on google and on the appstore, can’t find this app.
            Seems to be a hoax. Do you know the name of it?

            - Excuse my bad english!

        • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

          I wanted a bit of space from people tbh – with twitter, facebook, im, sms.. it’s like there is almost too much communication between people now and when you get around to physically interacting you have little left to say or find yourself talking about stuff other people have said online.. it was just getting crazy!

          • Anonymous

            I can understand that, very much. Thanks for sharing d0od.

  • najjar

    thank you very much

  • http://stas.nerd.ro Stas

    Thanks a lot!
    :)

  • http://stas.nerd.ro Stas

    Update, here’s a small video.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_X00dw4iBk

  • http://vanea.net Vanea

    Uraaa, it works! Good application, Stas!

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/27K3RKLZDU25XWU7DCEH4B4QBI Ernesto

    Nice little app, go ubuntu :)

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/aleksandref Lex Aleksandre

    Nice! Thank you very much!