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Bryce Harrington: pingssh
For graphics testing on Ubuntu I typically ssh into one or more test machines, fiddle with them, reboot them, and then re-ssh into them. Since the machine won’t accept ssh connections until it’s pretty far along in boot, I often have to re-ssh multiple times. Instead, I made a script that retries ssh until it succeeds.
#!/bin/bash
# pingssh
if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
echo "Usage: pingssh "
fi
host=$1
while : ; do
count=50
while ! ping -qc1 -W1 $host > /dev/null; do
echo -n "?"
sleep 0.2
count=$(( count - 1 ))
done
echo
ssh ${host}
ret=$?
if [ $ret = 0 ]; then
exit 0
elif [ $ret = 255 ]; then
sleep 0.5
fi
echo -n "!"
done
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Valorie Zimmerman: Why we do this crazy thing we do
Looking through a nice blog by Andreas Schilling, I found this classic linked:
It catches very well why we're here, and perhaps why you are reading this blog.
Also, if you are mentoring in GSoC or Season of KDE this year, remind yourself what motivates you and your students, both. We all want to make the world a better place.
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Scott Kitterman: We have a winner (actually three) – Kubuntu Council 2013 elections
The results are in. The Kubuntu Council is selected from among and by Kubuntu members. There are six council members. Each serves a two year term, so we elect half the council each year. The winners are:
- Philip Muskovac (yofel)
- Rohan Garg (shadeslayer)
- Valorie Zimmerman (valorie)
Congratulations and welcome. All three are first time council members.
The Kubuntu Council is the governing body of Kubuntu. The Kubuntu Council has three primary roles:
- Approve development plans for future Kubuntu releases
- Approve Kubuntu membership applications
- Resolve disputes within the Kubuntu project
Fortunately, we had our own mini vUDS today so we’ve now got a good idea what we want to have the new council approve.
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The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 317
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #317 for the week May 13 – 19, 2013, and the full version is available here.
In this issue we cover:
The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
- Paul White
- John Kim
- Benjamin Kerensa
- David Morfin
- Amber Graner
- The Alpaca Herder
- Jim Connett
- And many others
If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!
 Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License
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Jono Bacon: New Song
Since Jack was born my music has taken something of a back seat. Recently I got the itch to write a new song and here is my first metal tune since he was born. It is an instrumental named after his onesie with chimp feet. I wanted to enjoy writing a song that spins around a little bit without the need to make it radio-length. As such it weighs in at just under 7 1/2 minutes. Anyone want to make a music video for it. 
I wrote and recorded this in my home studio and played the guitars and bass; drums are programmed this time around. Licensed as CC-BY-SA.
Download It Here
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