Author Archives: boredandblogging

Maverick Alpha-3 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-05

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #204

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-02

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #204 for the week July 25th – July 31st, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: The Open Source Community Responds to Dave Neary’s GNOME Census Work Presentation at GUADEC Ubuntu Global Jam: Start Your Engines! Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha-3 coming next week 10.04.1 […]

Meet Benji York

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-31

Recently, Benji York joined Canonical’s Launchpad team. I asked him a little about himself and his work. Matthew: What do you do on the Launchpad team? Benji: I work on the Foundations team. Right now I’m concentrating on the web service APIs and improving the OpenID integration. Matthew: Can we see something that you’ve worked […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #203

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-28

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #203 for the week July 18th – July 24th and is available here. In this issue we cover: Last call for Maverick server papercuts Ubuntu Maverick open for translation Native readers: extending the Beta MOTU Interview: Maia Kozheva (sikon / LucidFox) An Interview With Silver Fox […]

Ubuntu Party Weekend…

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-27

… also known as Ubuntu Global Jam is coming up swiftly, so make sure you put 27th-29th August into your calendar and talk your local Ubuntu friends into participating. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam Ok, so it’s Ubuntu Global Jam. What does that mean? What’s going to happen? Simple. It’s going to happen what you make happen. Whatever your […]