Development refers to the development of the Ubuntu source code through the implementation of new features and the fixing of bugs.
Questions tagged [development]
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How do I make a Theme from scratch for Unity?
I'd like to make a theme from scratch for Unity.
What knowledge and information/skills are needed? Are there any tools or templates out there for something like this already? I don't have any Python experience so tools biased towards beginners are…
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What is the difference between upstream and downstream when referring to who to go to as a developer?
What is the difference between upstream and downstream when referring to who (or where) to go to as a developer or packager?
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Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?
I've used Windows for many years, using Dreamweaver as my editor as it had a file tree which is based on a project (via Local, FTP or SFTP).
I need a web development IDE with the following functionality:
syntax highlighting for PHP, HTML, CSS,…
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What are the packages/libraries I should install before compiling Python from source?
Once in a while I need to install a new Ubuntu (I used it both for desktop and servers) and I always forget a couple of libraries I should have installed before compiling, meaning I have to recompile, and it's getting annoying.
So now I want to make…
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What UML (Unified Modelling Language) tools are available?
I just can't find a decent (and free) one. What can I use?
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What is Ubuntu 16.05, 16.06, etc
What is the Ubuntu 16.03, 16.05, 15.11, etc? I was typing Ubuntu 16.04 and accidentally typed 16.03. I saw things like Ubuntu 16.03, 16.05, 16.01 on launchpad. They were milestones relating to the next Ubuntu release. What is this about?
Here is a…
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How do I develop .NET apps on Ubuntu?
at college we use Microsoft .NET for developing applications. I recently switched to Ubuntu and would like to know similar tools for making apps on/for ubuntu.
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What are the biggest barriers to walking the MOTU/developer path?
For those who are not MOTU (people who maintain the Universe and Multiverse software repositories) and do not have plans of the "I will apply to MOTU by $date" variety:
What keeps you and others like you from trying to become MOTU? What makes you…
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How do I legally make an open-source version of a closed-source game?
Is it legal to make an open-source version of a closed-source game (and expansion pack) to distribute to other users? I want to do that for an old game called Age of Empires 2.
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Documentation for gnome shell extension development?
I have been wanting to develop some Gnome Shell extensions since they are just in javascript, however I have been looking and there is practically zero documentation, everywhere I look people just say to use the basic Gnome documentation, but this…
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How to program a status icon that will display in Ubuntu as well as in other distributions?
The application in question does some action (here connecting audio to network streams) and runs minimized if these actions were successful. Therefore a status icon is needed to display the state of the connection (e.g. CONNECTED/DISCONNECTED). Only…
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Who is Mark Shuttleworth, and how is he related to Ubuntu?
I am going to introduce Ubuntu to some new users (students in this case). Usually, I talk about the history of Ubuntu, how Ubuntu started, who has built Ubuntu in the past, and who decides the road Ubuntu takes.
Of course, you can't talk about the…
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Are there Karma thresholds on Launchpad for gaining access to certain features
I'm currently reviewing bus on Launchpad and the option to Triage them is greyed out for me. Is this because my Karma is not high enough (599 at time of writing) or is it because I'm not a part of the correct team (I'm working on papercuts).
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Error, even with sudo: "dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sda1’: Permission denied" (dd input piped from gzip)
My command which doesn't work:
sudo gzip -dc sda1.image.gz | dd of=/dev/sda1
returns the following error even before I've had a chance to enter my password:
dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sda1’: Permission denied
[sudo] password for ken:
I've also tried…
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