Author Archives: boredandblogging

Announcing Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-06-01

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, codenamed “Dapper Drake”. This release includes both installable Desktop CDs and alternate text-mode installation CDs for several architectures, for Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a […]

Supported on UltraSPARC T1

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-05-31

Here on The Fridge, we've covered some of the exciting work going on with the Ubuntu port to Sun's new UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara) architecture, but now the cat is out of the bag — Canonical will be supporting Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on SPARC, with particular focus on the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers. Wow! […]

Party Time. Excellent.

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-05-25

The Ubuntu community has had a long tradition of celebrating the release of a new version. Ubuntu users and Local Teams around the world have already started to plan the worldwide celebration of the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. You can find parties on the Release Party wiki page. If you want to organize your […]

Hug Day!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-05-02

Daniel Holbach wants to motivate more of you to participate in Ubuntu Hug Day. A “Hug Day” is where volunteers join up in IRC, #ubuntu-bugs, and help sort out bug reports from users. You can work in a nice team, make sure the bug reporters' concerns are heard, gather all the information needed so developers […]

Charting the Future of Kubuntu

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-04-25

The sabdfl has announced a special meeting for Kubuntu and KDE developers to help chart the future of Kubuntu: This is an invitation for the Kubuntu and KDE community to join us at LinuxTag on 6 May in Wiesbaden near Frankfurt to chart the future course of Kubuntu. The LinuxTag event is a perfect opportunity […]