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After talking to a few people in #kubuntu on IRC (server: chat.freenode.net / port: 8001), it seems that the Kubuntu Forums are somewhat of a little known secret even though they are frequented by so many.

Strictly a Kubuntu support forum, it is rare that any question goes unanswered as most are answered very quickly. There seems to be a lot of highly skilled Kubuntu enthusiasts waiting to field your question. So, if you can’t make it onto IRC to join the Kubuntu support channel, the Kubuntu Forums as well as the Kubuntu users mailing list are the next best thing for a speedy response. Unlike other forums, threads will not be locked to move quality tutorials and information to a 3rd party source, but all information eventually find its way upstream.

So if you are not a member over at the Kubuntu Forums I highly suggest you head on over there, create an account, and get familiar with the setup. They have some pretty neat things for you to read over. Also if you haven’t signed up to the Kubuntu users mailing list I would suggest you sign up as well. You may not have a question for the mailing list, but reading through everyone else’s problems might help you out in the future, and who knows, maybe you can offer support and contribute to the greatest OS there is. KUBUNTU!

Well, for this one I had to go about imitating the great Jeff Waugh. I promise to do this once and only once, unless of course I run across something this great ever again!

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  “Crazy Chinese, don’t talk about 3 minutes, DJ JDub the Ubuntu for Humans Beatbox, and more“

Sorry Jeff, but I had to post this one. Ubuntu and YouTube are a dangerous concoction.

Well after Matthew East decided he would freshen up his blog a few weeks back, I decided I would do the same. I started with the Freshy template by Jide. I didn’t need the buttons so I removed all of that, changed up the sidebar to my liking, and of course added a beautiful panoramic picture of the Chicago skyline thanks to Mert Dikmen (BasinStreet). With the permission from Mert to not only use his image, but also do a little modification to it, take a look at a few buildings in from the left. Check out the lights in that building, anyone see what it is? I need to do some silly CSS hacks to satisfy those who stumble across the blog with a subpar browser such as Internet Explorer, I don’t have to listen to them whine about it not looking correct 100%.

So thanks to Matthew East for the motivation, Jide for a killer Wordpress template, and Mert Dikmen with the best panoramic images of the Chicago skyline. Mert has another skyline image with the Shed Aquarium that is out of this world. I may switch to it some day, or setup the header to automatically switch the image each time.