Monthly Archives: October 2005

OSDL Desktop Linux Survey

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-12

The sabdfl calls! Ubuntu users far and wide, please participate in the OSDL Linux Desktop Survey: This survey will help us understand what features are most important for the next release. We are just starting to set the feature list for Dapper (6.04) and would appreciate your knowledge and ideas. In addition, if you have […]

Mass Ubuntu deployment in Macedonia

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-10

Арангел Ангов has written up a preliminary report of 5,000 new Ubuntu desktops in the Macedonian school system. After a few meetings and some research Ubuntu just came up as first on the list. The main factor that influenced our choice was the interoperability of Ubuntu with other operating systems.

LinuxWorld Award for best open source distribution

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-07

On October 5th at the LinuxWorld Award ceremomy in London, Ubuntu received the user-nominated award for best open source distribution. Some of the other winners during the evening included Alan Cox for a lifetime achievement award for his work with the Linux Kernel, SpreadFirefox for best marketing campaign, Joomla for best open source project, and […]

Release Party Time!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-06

It’s that time again! After an arduous six months the Breezy release process is finally nearing completion. Traditionally, Ubunteros from around the world gather around local pubs and establishments to celebrate the release of our favorite distribution, where they can eat, drink, be merry, and share tall tales of the development cycle. You can find […]

Announcing Ubuntu 5.10RC (Release Candidate)

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-06

Matt Zimmerman has announced the release of the Ubuntu 5.10 Release Candidate. This will be the final milestone before the release of 5.10 on October 13th.