Author Archives: boredandblogging

Weekly News #20: Edgy coverage and a request to mirror admins

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-03

The latest issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has now arrived, covering 2005 October 22nd – 28th. The main topic for this 20th issue has been the arrival of the latest Ubuntu 6.10 release, (“Edgy Eft”). Of course, there has been plenty more happening than just the news of the release, with a full of […]

Behind Ubuntu: Raphaël Pinson

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-02

Raphaël Pinson looks to the next release Behind Ubuntu has published an interview with Raphaël Pinson. Raphaël is known for his work on Kubuntu, and more recently on Ichthux, a Linux distribution based on Kubuntu and aimed at Christian users and communities. In his interview, we learn how Raphaël’s Christianity has influenced his involvement in […]

Mark Shuttleworth 在 北京 in China 今天 !

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-02

Join Mark Shuttleworth in Beijing to celebrate Edgy! Amy Jiang of Ubuntu-China has let us know that Mark Shuttleworth will be in Beijing for the Ubuntu 6.10 (codenamed Edgy Eft) release party. The key date is 2006-11-02, starting at 19:00. The party, with a chance to meet and hear the SABDFL speak, is being held […]

Retiring Hoary: Ubuntu 5.04 reaches end-of-life for security support

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-10-31

Last week Canonical announced the official date for Hoary Hedgehog’s retirement: October 31st 2006. Ubuntu 5.04, as Hoary is officially known, was released more than 18 months ago on April 8th 2005 and was the highly successful upgrade to the first ever Ubuntu release Warty Warthog (4.10). On October 31st, after 18 months of hard […]

Living on the lighter Edge: Announcing Xubuntu 6.10

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-10-31

The Xubuntu community is happy to announce the release of Xubuntu 6.10, codenamed “Edgy Eft”. Xubuntu is lighter on system requirements than its better known cousins Ubuntu and Kubuntu since it uses the Xfce Desktop environment, which makes it ideal for old or low-end machines, thin-client networks, or for those who would like to get […]