Monthly Archives: August 2010

Feature Freeze in place for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-12

The Feature Freeze is now in effect for Maverick. The focus from here until release is on fixing bugs and polishing. If you believe that a new package, a new upstream version of a package, or a new feature is needed for the release and will not introduce more problems than it fixes, please follow […]

Talking about Ubuntu Studio with Scott Lavender, Project Lead for Ubuntu Studio

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-12

Have you ever wanted to know more about some of the Ubuntu derivative distributions? In this interview we look at Ubuntu Studio with Scott Lavender Ubuntu Member and Project Lead for the Ubuntu Studio Project. Amber Graner: Scott can you tell readers a little about yourself and how long you have been involved with Ubuntu […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #205

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-09

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #205 for the week August 1st – August 7th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Maverick Alpha-3 Released Desktop Testing Team Request For Candidates: Application Review Board Making room in the sound indicator Interview with Isabell Long Mark Shuttleworth apologises for alleged […]

Desktop Testing Team

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-06

Today, one day after reaching the third Maverick milestone, Alpha 3, I am happy to announce the birth of a new testing project and team in Ubuntu: the Desktop Testing Team. Every time we release a new Ubuntu milestone, testers are encouraged to install the new milestone and play around with it, filing bugs as […]

Interview with Isabell Long

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-06

Penelope Stowe: Tell us a bit about yourself Isabell Long: My name is Isabell Long, I’m 16, and I now live in England – after spending four years living in France. I have an extensive interest in technology and open-source software. I am a community coordinator for the freenode IRC network and a proud official […]