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by Chris Jones
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Double posts

I've just chucked in a new wordpress plugin to syndicate my Launchpad project announcements (so Lifesaver and Terminator) as regular posts here so I don't need to keep writing release announcements in two places. This does mean that all the old Terminator announcements are doubled up here. I'm not sure …

by Chris Jones
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Thinkpad kernel module in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

The Ubuntu Kernel Team has decided to remove the tp_smapi module from our kernel for 9.10 (Karmic Koala) because the author chooses to remain anonymous and it is therefore impossible to be sure that the code is not based on incorrectly obtained information. Slightly annoying perhaps, but ultimately a …

by Chris Jones
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Brewing Lifesaver 1.1

If you're using the Livesaver PPA I mentioned in my previous post you should shortly get offered a package of 1.1 which I'm almost ready to release. I want to push it into the PPA first to get a little testing before officially tagging the release. Please file bugs …

by Chris Jones
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New project released - Lifesaver

For a few days now I've been hacking away on a new project: Lifesaver. The idea is really simple - it's a screensaver for GNOME that displays recent posts about Ubuntu from Twitter and Identi.ca. That's it! The code and bugs and downloads live on Launchpad, and packages for Ubuntu …

by Chris Jones
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Lifesaver 1.0 released!

This is mainly a release to get some wider testing, so I expect to make a new release soon fixing any problems. Give it a try!

by Chris Jones
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Terminator 0.13 released!

After a wait of really far too long, we're proud to present Terminator 0.13 with a bunch of bug fixes, some minor new features and various optimisations. Downloads in the usual place!