Monthly Archives: August 2010

Request For Candidates: Application Review Board

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-06

In Belgium at the last Ubuntu Developer Summit, we had a fantastic set of discussions about how we could create a process that empowers application developers to bring their applications into the Ubuntu Software Center much easier. Today our developer and packaging processes are more designed for a contributor who wishes to contribute to the […]

Free Books For Approved LoCo Teams

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-06

Once again we have some wonderful free books to give away from Prentice Hall, the rather spanky-awesome publishers of The Official Ubuntu Book by Mako, Matthew Helmke and Corey Burger, and the brand new Official Ubuntu Server Book by our friend and yours, Kyle Rankin and Mako. These books were commissioned by Debra Williams-Cauley who […]

Maverick Alpha-3 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-05

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #204

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-02

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #204 for the week July 25th – July 31st, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: The Open Source Community Responds to Dave Neary’s GNOME Census Work Presentation at GUADEC Ubuntu Global Jam: Start Your Engines! Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha-3 coming next week 10.04.1 […]