Author Archives: boredandblogging

You're fired! Mark S in The Apprentice?

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-07

Ever wondered how the business-world looks at Ubuntu? Our pals at Canonical, including Mark Shuttleworth and Jane Silber, have been speaking to Forbes, the American business magazine. You probably won't learn anything all that new about the distro, but there are some interesting snippets, such as: Shuttleworth tried out in early 2005 for the Donald […]

Launchpad news – Edgy translations now open in Rosetta

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-06

It’s been a busy three weeks for Launchpad! The latest Launchpad news is available at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2006-September/000606.html Highlights include: Bug tracking: new features include three new filtering options. Translations: Edgy translations have now opened in Rosetta, based on a billion uploaded templates and translations! Translations: Rosetta now records the name of the most recent person to […]

Ohio LinuxFest 2006 Around the Corner

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-05

Great Lakesters (yes, I made that up) and those of you within a stone's throw of Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, you are just a few hours away from an upcoming LinuxFest. On Saturday, September 30th, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio LinuxFest will kick off. Jeff Waugh (aka “jdub“) and […]

Free Ubuntu stickers now international

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-04

Laptop-style Ubuntu sticker In an earlier story we had details of Powered by Ubuntu stickers being available to those inside the United States. Today, we’ve been given the news that System76’s free stickers are now available in Canada, Brazil, Australia and The Netherlands, as well as the USA. This is fantastic news—kudos to the company […]

Move over 'sysvinit', 'upstart' is the new kid in town

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-02

On a Unix system, ‘init’ is in control. She is your mother, your grandmother and your great-grandmother. Only once in a generation is a new one born; and seeing that happen is history in the making. The GNU/Linux combination at the heart of Kubuntu and Ubuntu has a design heritage stretching back nearly 30 years. […]