Because of the distributed nature of Ubuntu development, it is sometimes a little difficult for me to keep track of the "special" URLs for various actions or reports that I'm regularly interested in.
Therefore I started gathering them in my personal wiki (I use the excellent "zim" desktop wiki), and …
I sometimes read "building packages X is much easier than building .debs".
While it is probably true that building a debian package is a little more involved than other systems, the debian packaging system adds a lot of value for end users, and properly packaged applications is what makes the …
How to set up a full Ubuntu mirror on Trusty.
In this first article about debian/ubuntu packaging, we will learn to rebuild any existing ubuntu package locally, to get more familiar with the various tools used to build debian pacakges.