|
Dustin Kirkland: Introduces manpg.es -- a URL shortener for Ubuntu manpages
Dustin Kirkland, Core Developer, Ubuntu Server at Canonical, announces today manpg.es -- a URL shortener for Ubuntu manpages.
Three years ago today, Kirkland kicked off the Ubuntu Manpage Repository project with an RFC to the Ubuntu-Doc mailing list. "Millions of roff-to-html renderings and page views later, I'm really, really proud of the Ubuntu Manpage Repository," said Kirkland in his blog post. "It's such a convenient way to read traditional UNIX manual documentation, which may or may not be present on your local system."
Today though, Kirkland introduces manpg.es -- a URL shortener for Ubuntu manpages, for use in IRC, mail, wikis, microblogging, etc. Kirkland says manpg.es was inspired by Martin Pool's "excellent" pad.lv shortener for Launchpad.
More information about manpg.es can be found on Kirkland's blog—From The Canyon Edge.
Related content
- Ubuntu Open Week - Reviewing Day 1 Sessions
-
Ubuntu Font Now Available on Google Font Directory
Released today the new Ubuntu Font Family is now available to the world via the Google Font Directory.
-
Integrating network storage through the file manager
Web hosting providers usually give you FTP access when you need to upload data to their online storage. On Linux, a file manager is all you need to access network storage.
-
Canonical Changes Ubuntu Naming Conventions
"One of the benefits of the direction that’s been taken with the next release of Ubuntu is that there is no longer a need for a separate netbook edition, says Gerry Carr of Canonical. "The introduction of the new shell for Ubuntu means that we have a user interface that works equally well whatever the form factor of the PC."
-
Cobbler Accepted Into Ubuntu Archive
"Cobbler now in the ubuntu archive...and it actually works!," said Robbie Williamson, Ubuntu Server Team Manager at Canonical.
|