Author Archives: boredandblogging

Learn PPA and Ubuntu packaging basics

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-09-11

Personal Package Archives is Launchpad’s new beta feature that builds and hosts Ubuntu .deb packages in your very own apt repository. At 15.00 UTC on Thursday 13th September, the Launchpad and Ubuntu MOTU teams are jointly hosting PPA and Packaging 101. This IRC session in #launchpad will introduce you to: the basics of packaging for […]

Weekly News #56

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-09-10

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #56 for the week September 2nd – September 8th, 2007 is now available. In this issue we cover new Ubuntu and MOTU members, the Tribe 6 milestone, an Ubuntu get-together, the one year anniversary of French UWN translations, and, as always, much much more! Welcome New Ubuntu Members Tribe 6 […]

Weekly News #55

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-09-02

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #55 for the week August 26th – September 1st, 2007 is now available. In this issue we cover the announcement of the next Ubuntu release “Hardy Heron 8.04”, Full Circle’s latest issue, the Month of Ubuntu Screen Casts, Gutsy Gibbon’s release parties, and, as always, much much more! Introducing Hardy […]

Issue #4 of Full Circle released!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-31

Full Circle – the Ubuntu Community Magazine has released issue #4, with great how-tos, interviews and articles. This issue comes with: Edubuntu – What's in it for the kids? How-To: Hosting Code on Launchpad, Learning Scribus part 4, and Keep your kids safe in Ubuntu Preview of Miro 0.9.8 Interview with Ubuntu Developer Colin Watson […]

Month Of Screencasts 2007

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-29

Ubuntu Month of Screencasts is a mad plan concocted by the Screencast Team to produce one full length screencast per day for the whole of one month. That month is September 2007. The goal is that each video will go into one subject in some depth, to help educate new users about Ubuntu. A wide […]