Author Archives: boredandblogging

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase II

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-11-25

DIGG!! Jono Bacon has announced the second Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase, this time for the Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope release! The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is an opportunity to bring the best of two great worlds together by showing off high quality Free Culture content in Ubuntu. At the heart of Ubuntu’s ethos is a […]

New and Growing LoCos

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-11-24

With Ubuntu 8.10 out the door, LoCos all over the world have been celebrating the release. We catch up with the relatively new Zimbabwean team and the fast growing Iranian team, who both hosted release parties earlier this month. Ubuntu Zimbabwe On 1 November, the Zimbabwean Team held its first ever release party. People came […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #118

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-11-23

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #118 for the week of November 16th- November 22nd, 2008 is now available. In This Issue: *Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 1 released *The Ubuntu Hall of Fame *Ubuntu for the Holidays *New Community Developers *Ubuntu-Iranian Team Release Party *Ubuntu-Colombia to Host First UbuCon *Ubuntu-Zimbabwe host 1st release party *Ubuntu Presentation: Ubuntu […]

Ubuntu Hall of Fame

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-11-20

Jono Bacon has announced the creation of the Ubuntu Hall of Fame. It is an effort to recognize contributors that make the Ubuntu community a success. With such a large community working on 5-A-Days, LoCos, translations, upstream bug triage, the sponsorship queue, Launchpad, forums, and many other projects, some contributors can be recognized by specific […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #117

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-11-16

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #117 for the week of November 9th- November 15th, 2008 is now available. In this Issue: * New Theme for help.ubuntu.com * Dell Mini 9 update testing * Ubuntu Community Interview: Nathan Grubb * Jaunty Alpha 1 freeze ahead * Ubuntu Stats * Tamil Team Release Party * Ubuntu Peru […]