Author Archives: boredandblogging

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #150

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-07-12

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #150 for the week July 5th – July 11th, 2009 is available. In this issue we cover: * Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop Edition reaches end-of-life * Community Council: Nominations * MOTU Council * Ubuntu Stats * Call for testing: KVM in Jaunty proposed * Ubuntu LoCo Systems admin […]

Community Council: Nominations

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-07-09

In order to get the Community Council from four to eight members again, we are going to have an election in a few weeks. All Ubuntu members are eligible to vote. I will announce the details of the election soon. What we want from you now is nominations. If you know somebody in the Ubuntu […]

What happened to my rules file?

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-07-08

If you’re anything like me, you might have read something about the plans for debhelper 7 when they were still in the works. The idea of having a debian/rules file as simple as the following sounded pretty darn cool. #!/usr/bin/make -f %: dh $@ Then Debian Sid was unfrozen and Ubuntu Karmic opened for development, […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #149

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-07-05

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #149 for the week June 28th – July 4th, 2009 is available. In this issue we cover: * Canonical Delves Deeper into the Cloud – Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services * Kubuntu Tutorials Day Spreads the Knowledge * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu Forums Tutorial of the Week * […]

Kubuntu Tutorials Day Spreads the Knowledge

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-06-30

The recent Kubuntu Tutorials Day featured five of free software’s finest speakers spreading their knowledge to a large audience. There were talks on Kubuntu, artwork, packaging, as well as an introduction to Ruby. There was also a special guest speaker from Amarok who gave a well received tutorial on scripting Amarok with QtScript. Full and […]