Author Archives: boredandblogging

Jaunty Jackalope and UDS Sponsorships

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-09-09

With the release of Ubuntu 8.10 approaching rapidly, Mark Shuttleworth has announced plans for Ubuntu 9.04, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope. The overarching goal is to provide a better user experience, one that not only matches existing consumer platforms, but sets a new standard. Keeping that in mind, a goal of Jaunty Jackalope is to decrease boot […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #107

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-09-08

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #107 for the week of August 31st – September 7th, 2008 is now available. In this Issue: * Intrepid Alpha 5 released * KDE Community Stabilizes Desktop with KDE 4.1.1 * KDE 4.1.1 available for Kubuntu 8.04 * Wanted: Moderators for Ubuntu Brainstorm * Ubuntu Developer Week Summary * PackageKit: […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #106

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-09-01

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #106 for the week of August 24th – August 30th, 2008 is now available. In this Issue: * Second Ubuntu Developers Week! * Intrepid feature freeze – Alpha 5 freeze ahead * Call for testing of 2.6.27 kernel(Intrepid) * Xfce 4.6-beta now available for Intrepid users * Asia Oceania board […]

Second Ubuntu Developer Week!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-08-27

The second Ubuntu Developer Week will be held from Sep 1st to Sep 5th in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. Digg It! ‘There are Wiki docs, MOTU Videos, MOTU Interviews and we’re seeing more and more contributors each day. This is all good and well, but there’s nothing like talking to real people, asking real questions in […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #105

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-08-24

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #105 for the week of August 17th – August 23rd, 2008 is now available. In this Issue: * Major update of Ubuntu Brainstorm: Call for testing * Ubuntu Arabic Team * New Xubuntu Developer: Michael Casadevall * MOTU News * Ubuntu Stats * Software Freedom Day:Ubuntu Maryland * Ubuntu New […]