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Interview with Cheri Francis on UDS

This month, we’re interviewing Ubuntu contributor Cheri Francis about her experience at the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Budapest back in May. Elizabeth Krumbach: When did you get involved with the Ubuntu community, and what areas are you currently involved in? Cheri Francis: I got involved a few years ago, had a few forays into […]

Ubuntu 11.10 Development Update

Ubuntu Development Update This week has been busy. Lots of bits and pieces are coming together in Oneiric and the status overview might give you an idea how each feature is progressing. If you look at the release schedule for Ubuntu 11.10 you can see that Oneiric is still in the development phase, where most […]

Interview with Jessica Ledbetter

Elizabeth Krumbach: Please tell us a little about yourself. Jessica Ledbetter: Hello everyone, I’m Jessica Ledbetter (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/jledbetter). I’ve been a web developer for a Department of Energy lab in Virginia for about 10 years, and I code primarily in Java and ColdFusion, plus freelance in PHP. I was the first in my family to go […]

Interview with Flavia Weisghizzi

Elizabeth Krumbach: Please tell us a little about yourself. Flavia Weisghizzi: I’m Flavia Weisghizzi, I’m 34 years old and I live in that wonderful melting pot called Roma, Italy, where I was born, and from where, maybe, I’ll fly away someday. I’m a writer, I write poems and critical essays about literature. I also work […]

Interview with Valorie Zimmerman

Elizabeth Krumbach: Please tell us a little about yourself. Valorie Zimmerman: I’m a writer, wife, mother and grandmother. Besides Free software and Free culture, social justice is important to me. Right now I’m finishing up the Amarok Handbook, which has been a year-long project. During the recent Google Code-In project, I mentored quite a few […]