Community Council Summary

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-08

The Community Council, the primary community governance body for the project, had a meeting yesterday discussing a variety of topics and inducting new Ubuntu Members. Dennis Kaarsemaker has posted a summary of the meeting, which includes the introduction of a new local team in Japan.

DB2 Certification Complete

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-08

Sivan Green reports that IBM has certified their popular DB2 Universal Database for use on Ubuntu. Sivan reported on working with the IBM team in Toronto, Canada.

It’s really great that IBM has been behind us with this certification, and shows the foresight that the DB2 team has.

Canonical has published a press release and expects to announce more certifications over the following months

UBZ Lightning Talk videos available

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-05

Videos of the lightning talks at the ongoing UBZ Developer Conference are now available (Ogg Theora encoded). A “lightning talk” is a quick presentation (typically under 5 minutes) that outlines one topic and is a good way to get updated on the large variety of work being done during the development process. Brief notes are also available.

Tracking Dapper's progress

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-11-01

While our readers debate as to what exactly a Dapper Drake is, developers from around the world have gathered in Montreal, Canada at the Ubuntu Below Zero conference to begin work on the next release.

Can’t make the trip? Don’t worry, there’s an easy way to track the development progress as it unfolds. This specification page on the Launchpad has the list of topics being discussed at the conference. These specifications will completed as the conference continues, and will eventually be the feature goals that will guide the development of Ubuntu 6.04. You can also follow along on the photo feeds from the event.

Planeta Ubuntu Brasil

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-27

Vinicius Franco do Nascimento has announced the launch of Planet Ubuntu Brazil in Portugese. Many groups of Ubuntu users around the world have websites, forums, and IRC channels, so if you’re looking for people local to you to spread the love, make sure you check out the list of teams around the world.

If there’s no team in your area, you can always make your own, and join the ever growing Ubuntu Local Team community.