Author Archives: boredandblogging

Canonical, Upgrading GNOME Bugzilla, and Commercial Sponsorship

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-05

Authored by: Sumana Harihareswara You may have noticed the spiffy new GNOME Bugzilla. Sumana Harihareswara presents the story of how and why it came to be. GNOME is asking for donations to hire a sysadmin. That’s because GNOME’s technological infrastructure—like source control, bug tracking, web and mail servers—make the rest of GNOME possible. Recently, Canonical […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #187

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-04

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #187 for the week March 28th – April 3rd, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: * Mark Shuttleworth: Shooting for the Perfect 10.10 with Maverick Meerkat * Ubuntu 10.04 beta 2 freeze now in effect * Ubuntu 8.10 reaches End-Of-Life April, 30, […]

Shooting for the Perfect 10.10 with Maverick Meerkat

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-03

It’s time to put our heads together to envision “the perfect 10″. This is a time of great innovation and change in the Linux world, with major new initiatives from powerful groups bringing lots of new ideas, new energy and new code. Thanks to the combined efforts of Google, Intel, IBM, Canonical, Red Hat, Oracle, […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #186

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-28

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #186 for the week March 21st – March 27th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: * Mark Shuttleworth: Less is more. But still less * Ubuntu Server Survey 2010 released * Ubuntu One Music Store now in public beta * Ubuntu One […]

Interview with Amber Graner

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-28

Penelope Stowe: Please tell us a little about yourself. Amber Graner: First, thanks for asking me to do the interview. I have to say I am usually the one on the other side asking the questions so this is fun twist. I am an Ubuntu user advocate, active Ubuntu community member, Ubuntu User Magazine Blogger […]