Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Winners Announced!
6 Oct 2008 4:37pm GMT DIGG THIS STORY!! I am absolutely tickled pink to announce the winners of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase! For those of you living under a rock for the last few months, the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase was an initiative that we ran to showcase free culture artists in each version of Ubuntu. Each time we release a [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Release Party: San Francisco
2 Oct 2008 7:53pm GMT Fortunately, I will be in San Francisco when Ubuntu 8.10, the glorious Intrepid Ibex is released and as such, it would be remiss to not organise a bit of a knees up (translation for my American friends: “drinks in a bar“). So, in conjunction with partner in crime Tom Haddon, we are organising the Ubuntu [...]
The Validity Of 5-A-Day
27 Sep 2008 12:16am GMT Yesterday my buddies over at the excellent Ubuntu UK Podcast did a segment on 5-A-Day where they were debating the merits of the initiative. I just wanted to weigh in with some comments. The debate spawned into a few areas which I want to address separately. Firstly, in terms of the success of 5-A-Day, it has been [...]
Call For Intrepid Release Parties and Ubuntu’s 4th Birthday!
25 Sep 2008 6:34pm GMT Ladies and Gentleman who love and adore the world most lovable and adorable Operating System, Ubuntu, we plan on releasing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on October 30th. Now, this release is a pretty special release because not only do we kick out another kick-ass Ubuntu, but October 20th is Ubuntu’s 4th birthday! As such, it is [...]
Improving Ubuntu/Upstream Bug Workflow
24 Sep 2008 7:19pm GMT Today we launched the beta of our Ubuntu Upstream Report. Jorge has more details on how upstreams and Ubuntu contributors can make use of the report, but I wanted to spend a few moments telling the story behind the report. Quite some time ago, we set ourselves up with the job of improving how we work [...]