Author Archives: boredandblogging

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #183

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-07

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #183 for the week February 28th – March 6th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: * Mark Shuttleworth: “Light” the new look of Ubuntu * Announcing the 10.10 Ubuntu Developer Summit * UI Freeze in place for Lucid * Developer Membership Board […]

Refreshing the Ubuntu Brand

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-03

Ubuntu has seen a tremendous amount of growth and change since it was conceived in 2004. Back then it was a small project with strong ambitions and a handful of developers passionate about delivering a world class Linux Operating System that can compete on every level with Microsoft and Apple. We adopted a style based […]

International Women's Day Vote

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-03

Back in January some of the Ubuntu Women members launched a competition to gather stories about women and girls discovering Ubuntu. The aim of the competition was to counteract the invisibility of women and girls in the community and demonstrate that their path is really no different than any other. Entries for this competition closed […]

Announcing The 10.10 Ubuntu Developer Summit

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-02

I am tickled pink to announce the details of the next Ubuntu Developer Summit taking place at Dolce La Hulpe Hotel and Resort in Brussels, Belgium from the 10 – 14 May 2010. The Ubuntu Developer Summit one of the most important events in the Ubuntu calendar and at it we discuss, debate and design […]

Interview With Melissa

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-03-02

Melissa Draper: I am Australian. I have lived my entire life in NSW, but I was born in Victoria. Once upon a time I wanted to be an environmental scientist, but during one of the projects for a related course, I ended up with the task to create a website. I learned HTML one weekend, […]