Git 1.7.1 was released on Saturday, 24 Apr 2010. It’s available in my Ubuntu repository for Ubuntu Jaunty and Ubuntu Karmic.
To add the repository follow these instructions.
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A new version of my WordPress plugin, AVH Extended Categories, has been released today. A few enhancements have been added and some bugs have been fixed.
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As requested by many readers of my blog and because of one major problem I ran into when I compiled the Ubuntu Lucid kernel for Ubuntu Karmic here are some pointers for configuring the Lucid kernel.
Not all configuration changes will have an impact on the kernel, some of them reduce the amount of source that has to be compiled.
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Just as a learning experience for myself I decided to see if I could compile and run the Ubuntu Lucid kernel on my Ubuntu Karmic laptop and with a few bumps along the way I’m currently running the Lucid kernel version 2.6.32-21. I have made some configuration changes to fit the need I have for my laptop (Core2 processor, 4GB memory) but also because I run the proprietary nVidia driver. As Ubuntu Lucid has not yet been released the instructions given here could changes in the final version. This article will probably also work for compiling the Lucid kernel on a Lucid machine but I will write up a how to compile a Lucid kernel for Lucid when Lucid has been released and I have upgraded my laptop.
Lets get started building our own custom Ubuntu Lucid kernel for Ubuntu Karmic from scratch.
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