Author Archives: boredandblogging

Launchpad Read Only Notification

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-12-10

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only for one hour from 22.00 UTC on Wednesday the 16th December 2009 for the release of Launchpad 3.1.12. During that time, other services, including PPAs, code hosting and the email interface, will be offline. Starts: 22.00 UTC 16th December Expected back: 23.00 UTC 16th December This is the final […]

Edubuntu Council Elections

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-12-10

Recently, the current Edubuntu Council announced the Edubuntu Council nominations and elections. The nomination round has been completed and even though later than originally anticipated, the voting will soon commence. 6 polls have been set up on Launchpad. Each poll has two choices, “yes” and “no”. The poll starts at 01:00:00 UTC (around 12 hours […]

Call for nominations: Ubuntu Developer Membership Board

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-12-09

Earlier this year, the Technical Board agreed to establish a Developer Membership Board (DMB) with responsibility for approving new Ubuntu developers and granting them the appropriate privileges in Launchpad. Previously, this had been the responsibility of the Technical Board itself. For various reasons, it was prudent to separate this function into its own governance board, […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #171

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-12-06

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #171 for the week November 29th – December 5th, 2009 is available. In this issue we cover: * Renewed call for nominees – IRC Council * 2009 Ubuntu Server Edition user survey * UDS Lucid – Kernel Summary * An interview with Daniel Holbach * Jono Bacon: Lernid […]

An Interview With dholbach

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-12-05

1. Tell as much as you’re willing about your “real life” like name, age, gender, location, family, religion, profession, education, hobbies, etc. My name is Daniel Holbach, I’m 30 years old, male, still enjoy living in Berlin, Germany. Live together with Murphy, my dog, work for Canonical in Jono Bacon’s community team. I like wandering […]