Author Archives: boredandblogging

Three-way Freespire and OpenSuse comparision: the winner is…

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-24

If you guessed that Ubuntu came top in a comparision of three of the leading Desktop distributions, then you'd be spot on. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth gave us a tip about the following shoot-out. Freespire and OpenSuse are pitted against our own Ubuntu and we thought that you'd like to hear the results as well. […]

Ubucon, USA: Ubunteros take over Google HQ

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-21

Photo Credit: Andrey Kuznetsov With San Francisco LinuxWorld Expo barely having finished, the Ubuntu camp have picked up their bags and headed across town for the world-famous Ubucon. Thanks to the brilliant directions (courtesy of SVLUG, the Silicon Valley Linux Users’ Group) everyone made it safely to their destination: The Googleplex HQ in the heart […]

Weekly News #10: Roundup of Linux World and apt-get Super Cow powers

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-20

In Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue #10 for the week of 2006 August 13th – 19th, you’ll find: Ubuntu wins Golden Penguin Ubuntu at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco Security updates Ubuntu 6.06 LTS updates Edgy new and updated apps Summer of Code update Weekly Developer meeting notes Launchpad news and updates Bug Stats In the […]

Carrying away the Golden Penguin Bowl

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-19

The previous time the Geeks and Nerds challenged each other at dawn, it was MySQL vs. Oracle. This time at the Penguin Bowl there ensured an all-out battle of the Desktops as the sci-fi and tech questions rained in: Novell’s Open Audio team vs. the Ubuntu takedown squad. Once again, Samba founder Jeremy Allison was […]

Poll Time! Make Launchpad more readable

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-19

The Magazine poll to produce a name has now finished; a third of you loved “Ubuntu World”, 21% liked the plain name “Ubuntu Magazine” and almost one-in-six appreciated “Ubuntu Full Circle”. The magazine team are thankful for your vote and who knows, your name may come out on top. For our new poll, kiko from […]