Monthly Archives: September 2006

Edgy Beta for Ubuntu 6.10 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-29

With a new version of Ubuntu just one month away, the Beta release for Ubuntu 6.10 (still codenamed Edgy Eft) is now available! The following are a highlight of significant new features for the release: The Ubuntu desktop now features the latest GNOME 2.16, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4rc2 and Xorg 7.1. The Ubuntu Server edition now contains […]

OpenOffice.org Design Competition

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-29

Openoffice.org wants your templates The OpenOffice.org documentation project has announced a Template & Clipart Contest. The total prize money is to the tune of $5000 sponsored by WorldLabel, which has long been a strong champion of OpenOffice.org. The goal is to increase the trove of templates and clipart. The current collection of template samples leaves […]

Scott James Remnant special – UWN 15

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-25

Corey Burger is back with another bundle of the latest from the Ubuntu community in issue 15 of Ubuntu Weekly News! This week, Scott James Remnant – the man behind the fabulous Upstart – is the star of the newsletter but there’s more to it than that! Scott James Remnant as guest presenter on LugRadio. […]

Taking Kubuntu to the Akademy at Dublin University

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-20

Join the KDE Akademy Konference Over at Dot.KDE the KDE developers have been getting excited and prepared for their annual Akademy Konference (yes, in Germany ‘Konference’ really is spelt with a ‘K’!). The final schedule is now up and if you’re wondering how to get there, it’s in Dublin at Trinity College. Dublin is of […]

Soyuz, think you're a road warrior like sabdfl?

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-16

Over at Linux World there’s a piece from Mark Shuttleworth about how he stays connected whilst traveling. We learn how he manages to work on Ubuntu … almost anywhere. Mark Shuttleworth: Laptop warrior It’s revealed that Mark Shuttleworth uses Mozilla Thunderbird as his normal email client and for answering email off-line. Thunderbird is an email […]