Author Archives: boredandblogging

Mark Shuttleworth Interviewed on TV

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-09

More4 News, a Channel4 associate, interviewed Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth recently. The video of the interview is available at the online news story. Mark talks about philanthropy and technology in the interview, and we get to know that he loves the geek culture 🙂 When you’ve made £400m before your 30th birthday -you’d probably want […]

New ForumWiki team

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-09

Many Ubuntu users have found out that the wealth of knowledge available on the Ubuntu Forums is almost endless, as it seems there is an answer for almost every question. There are also a lot of forum users who contribute amazing guides to the howto section of the forum. Until now most of this information […]

MOTU School is back in Session

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-09

This Friday (11 Aug.) at 01:00 UTC, Jordan Mantha (aka LaserJock) will be leading a MOTU School session on Ubuntu packaging in #ubuntu-motu-school on Freenode. If you have ever wondered how those .debs are made, this session will be a great opportunity get started. He will introduce concepts noted in the Ubuntu Packaging Guide and […]

Ubuntu Community Manager appointed

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-08

The community surrounding Ubuntu is one of the things we’re most proud of. Helpful to newcomers, brimming over with creativity and featuring some of free software’s most talented people. As a largely volunteer community, it’s important that we’re able to make the most of what people can offer. Long-time free software advocate, LugRadio presenter and […]

Ubuntu where it counts

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-08

One Ubuntu, two Ubuntu, three Ubuntu, four! Visit the unofficial Ubuntu Counter project and you can register details of how many machines you have running Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu and just about any other kind of Buntu. In return, you get your own Ubuntu Counter user-number to proudly display on your home page. At the […]