Author Archives: boredandblogging

MOTU Report – Issue 9

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-14

Daniel Holbach of the MOTU team has posted the latest report on MOTU Issues: October was very exciting. We released Breezy Badger's Universe and Multiverse with less bugs and more thrilling software. Thank you everybody who helped to make this possible. read more

Taking Linux On The Road

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-11

Tom’s Hardware takes a look at the Ubuntu H2 Micro USB Drive. This small thumbdrive is a self contained unit that plugs into any USB port and boots into Ubuntu 4.10. Setting up the H2 is simple: We picked an ordinary computer system in our office, plugged the H2 device into an empty USB 2.0 […]

Breezy Backports now open for business

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-10

John Dong has announced that backports for Ubuntu 5.10 (aka Breezy Badger) are now ready. A “backport” is when a software package is built from the development version of Ubuntu and made available for users of the stable version. This allows for users to use newer desktop applications without the risk of using the development […]

Community Council Summary

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-08

The Community Council, the primary community governance body for the project, had a meeting yesterday discussing a variety of topics and inducting new Ubuntu Members. Dennis Kaarsemaker has posted a summary of the meeting, which includes the introduction of a new local team in Japan.

DB2 Certification Complete

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-08

Sivan Green reports that IBM has certified their popular DB2 Universal Database for use on Ubuntu. Sivan reported on working with the IBM team in Toronto, Canada. It’s really great that IBM has been behind us with this certification, and shows the foresight that the DB2 team has. Canonical has published a press release and […]