All articles by Benjamin Humphrey

Interface Designer, OMG! Ubuntu! tech journalist and co-founder, Google and Ubuntu fanboy, part time musician, private pilot, geek. @humphreybc on Twitter.

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OMG! Interviews: Alex Chiang, Canonical OEM team member

Alex Chiang is an American software developer who works for Canonical's OEM department - satisfying the needs of customers all around the world and helping bring Ubuntu into the mainstream! I had the opportunity to meet Alex at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels, and it was the first UDS for both of us. Alex worked for HP for a number of years before joining Canonical earlier this year and joining the large OEM team where he develops drivers, works on packages and the kernel for various OEMs.

2 July 2010
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Maverick Papercut Hunting Season Opens

In an article I wrote a few weeks ago, I talked about how the little things count when it comes to product quality. Unfortunately, not all developers have enough time or knowledge to add that extra […]

27 June 2010
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Some fun stats from The Ubuntu Manual project

No, The Ubuntu Manual Project is indeed not dead. We’ve just been quieter than usual recently due to a number of things, mainly because our core contributors have been tied up with University exams taking […]

26 June 2010
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Sezen contextualized file manager shown off [Video]

Seif Lotfy from Zeitgeist and Elementary fame has been working on a new file searcher/browser called “Sezen” that provides contextualized results based on time and file type. Sezen makes use of Tracker and Zeitgeist to give […]

20 June 2010
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OMG! Ubuntu! Reader Desktops

There are some awesome screenshots of desktops in the OMG! Ubuntu! Facebook group so I thought it would be cool to post ten of the coolest ones here for you guys to admire, ask questions about […]

12 June 2010
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Cardapio menu applet gets web search and preferences

Our favourite alternative to the main Ubuntu menu applet has received an update today which makes it easier to configure settings and also includes a new plugin to perform Google searches right from your desktop! The new […]

12 June 2010
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Many hands make the light work; few make it shine

Ubuntu lives in a special place between Windows and Mac OS X reserved only for Linux: more shine than Windows, less than OS X, resulting in a steaming pile of mediocrity. Since I’ve been involved in the Ubuntu […]

7 June 2010
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Quirky Wallpaper: Live Earth wallpaper

This could be you! I love space, and, more specifically I love space wallpapers as my wallpaper. During exam time (like now) I usually set some motivational wallpaper like “Get the hell off Facebook and […]

6 June 2010
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Y’know what would be cool? A Google panel applet

A GNOME panel applet to search the internet and local files, that sits in your panel like the one in Unity would be awesome, but I can’t find one for the life of me. I’ve […]

6 June 2010
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What do you love/hate about Ubuntu?

I’m interested to see what you guys think the biggest selling points, and the biggest issues are in Ubuntu right now. I use Ubuntu because it’s fast, reliable, secure, pretty and safe. It lets me […]

4 June 2010
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Boxee – Kickass streaming media right on your TV

Boxee was demoed at UDS with the hopes of getting it into the main Ubuntu repositories, and I say rock on! It’s an amazingly polished home media center running Linux that allows you to stream media […]

28 May 2010
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Lend a helping hand to a Zeitgeist developer in need

Seif Lotfy is a fun-loving Zeitgeist and Elementary hacker at large who is a bit low on funds, like most people. Unfortunately he’s *so* poor that he can’t even afford a laptop to work on […]

26 May 2010
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Brussels, beer, Ubuntu and boys taking a leak

Between the 10th and the 14th May, 2010, I hit up the lovely country of Belgium to attend the Ubuntu Developers Summit for the Maverick Meerkat release. I was one of 60 lucky people from […]

25 May 2010
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Show us ya bugs – win a printed copy of the Ubuntu Manual

In an effort to produce a 100% error-free manual for Lucid 2nd edition and beyond, we want to run a bug-squashing competition called “Show us ya bugs!” It’s really simple and goes a little something […]

23 May 2010
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What it’s like at UDS, video

What’s it like at an Ubuntu Developer Summit? Luckily I got a hold of a high definition Canonical video camera thanks to Amber Graner and the folks doing the video stuff for UDS. Let me […]

19 May 2010
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Manual Fever!

Heads up everyone, those obsolete, dusty things you never look at are coming back into fashion in the Ubuntu world!  Manual fever is gripping Ubuntu community teams all over the world as everyone starts to […]

14 May 2010
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Jorge Castro acts like a dork; demos U1MS beer

There are no words to describe this. Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

14 May 2010
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UDS-M: Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition default applications: No significant change from Lucid

The Default Application Selection for Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition was today discussed at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium – and threw up a few surprises! Chromium is to become the default browser for Ubuntu […]

13 May 2010