Ubuntu is brought to users in their own language by a large community of volunteer translators, who tirelessly work on localizing every part of the operating system on every release. In this series of interviews we’ll get to know who they are, about their language and how they work. This week we’re introducing you to [...]
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Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.10
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
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: [...]
Asia-Oceania RMB Positions Available.
The Asia-Oceania RMB is undergoing restaffing. We are expanding to run two meetings to better accomodate our wide range of timezones. We require nominations for one position available for meetings at 9:00 UTC +-1hr and nominations for three positions available for meetings run at 1400 UTC +-1hr. We have the following requirements for nominees: be [...]
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #212
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #212 for the week September 19 – September 25, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 9.04 reaches end of life Announcing the Ubuntu Application Review Process Taking a Step Back With Fresh Eyes Behind the Circle: Gerfried Fuchs (Rhonda) Ubuntu Stats [...]
