Author Archives: boredandblogging

Announcing this week's Bug Day target – Bugs without a package – Thursday, July 8th, 2010!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-06

This week’s Bug Day target is *drum roll please* Bugs without a package! The task is to assign to the right package and triage those as well: 100 New bugs without a package need a hug 100 Confirmed bugs without a package need a review Bookmark it, add it to your calendars, turn over those […]

Ubuntu Translations Interviews: Aron Xu (Simplified Chinese Team)

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-06

Ubuntu is brought to users in their own language by a large community of volunteer translators, who tirelessly work on localizing every part of the operating system on every release. In this series of interviews we’ll get to know who they are, about their language and how they work. This week we’re introducing you to […]

Kubuntu developer wins KDE Akademy 2010 Award

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-05

Top Kubuntu developer Aurélien Gâteau (agateau) has been honoured with an Akademy Award for 2010. The Akademy Awards are given out each year at the annual KDE Akademy conference; the jury being formed of previous prize-winners. Aurélien won the award for his work on Gwenview, the image viewing application which ships with Kubuntu. He was […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #200

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-05

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #200 for the week June 27th – July 3rd and is available here. In this issue we cover: Welcome to the 200th Issue of UWN History Retrospect Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Editors and Staff – Past and Present 200th Issue Interviews Joining the UWN staff Maverick Alpha […]

Maverick Alpha 2 released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-01

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2, 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 […]