Tag Archives: Release

Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.10

By Ubuntu News Contributor | Published: 2010-10-01

Releases are big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big they are. I mean, you may think it’s a long haul to release a single Linux package or application, but that’s just peanuts to a Linux distribution release. Because of this, we must work our way up to it, incrementally…bit by bit…milestone by […]

Interview with Leann Ogasawara

By Ubuntu News Contributor | Published: 2010-09-28

My name is Leann Ogasawara and I’ve been working for Canonical for the past 3 years. Since joining the Ubuntu Kernel Team, I’ve been involved with QA and triaging, stable maintenance, and am now this cycle’s Ubuntu 10.10 kernel release manager. Penelope Stowe: How did you end up working with Canonical and Ubuntu? Leann Ogasawara: […]

Ubuntu 9.04 reaches end-of-life on October 23, 2010

By Ubuntu News Contributor | Published: 2010-09-24

Ubuntu announced its 9.04 release almost 18 months ago, on April 23, 2009. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 9.04 will reach end of life on Friday, October 23, 2010. At that […]

Behind the Circle: Gerfried Fuchs (Rhonda)

By Ubuntu News Contributor | Published: 2010-09-22

Avatar Desktop Age: 37 Location: Austria (no Kanagaroos) IRC Nick: Rhonda How long have you been using Linux, and which distributions have you used? My first contact with Linux was on the computer of my older brother 1994, but not really intensive. When I started to study Computer Science I had more intensive contact with […]

Canonical: Take 60 seconds with Henrik Omma

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-09-01

This Month we have profiled a member of the Canonical family, who has been with us almost from the start *Henrik Omma* Read on to see his recollection of what Canonical was like in the early days and why he enjoys working here. *Take 60 seconds with Henrik Omma* Henrik works as the Enterprise Applications […]