Author Archives: pleia2

End of support for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook and ARM – 2011/10/29

By pleia2 | Published: 2011-10-29

Ubuntu announced the 10.04 Netbook Edition and Ubuntu for ARM products 18 months ago, on April 29, 2010. At that time, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months for these specific products. This support period is now ending, and on October 29, 2011 the 10.04 Netbook Edition and […]

Stefano Rivera is now part of the DMB

By pleia2 | Published: 2011-10-24

Over the last few months, the Developer Membership Board has been unable to get in touch with one of their member, Emmet Hikory (persia). In an effort to ensure quorum at the DMB meetings, the Technical Board accepted the suggestion of the DMB to get a new member to fill in until Emmet can be […]

Technical Board 2011

By pleia2 | Published: 2011-10-05

After the recent poll of Ubuntu developers I’m delighted to introduce the Technical Board 2011-2013. I think it’s worth noting that three of the members of this generation of technical leaders are not Canonical employees, though admittedly they are all former members of that team. I think there’s cause for celebration on both fronts: broader […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 235

By pleia2 | Published: 2011-10-03

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #235 for the week September 26 – October 2, 2011, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Announcing the Ubuntu App Developer site Nominations for Xubuntu Project Lead 2011 Vacant Developer Membership Board seat filled Ubuntu Font Family 0.80 released – […]

Vacant Developer Membership Board seat filled

By pleia2 | Published: 2011-09-27

This vote was closed some time ago. My apologies for being slow in announcing the result. The results of the poll are Micah Gersten (micahg) Stefano Rivera (tumbleweed) Dave Walker (Daviey) Charlie Smotherman (porthose) Therefore, the new member of the Developer Membership Board is Micah Gersten (micahg) whose appointment was confirmed at the meeting on […]