Author Archives: boredandblogging

Maia Kozheva (sikon / LucidFox)

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-23

Age: 23 Location: Novosibirsk, Russia IRC Nick: LucidFox Maia Kozheva Desktop Desk How long have you used Linux and what was your first distro? My first attempt to use Linux was back in 2001 or 2002, called something like WinLinux 2000 – it was a version of Linux that ran from under Windows, with very […]

An Interview With Silver Fox

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-22

So, it is without further ado that I introduce my next victim guest. Silver Fox is generally a quiet member of the Ubuntu Beginners Team, but does good work within said team which goes – largely – unnoticed. I thought it would be appropriate to try and bring these to light for others to see. […]

Call for nominations: Developer Membership Board vacancy

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-19

Richard Johnson has tendered his resignation from the Developer Membership Board, and so we are soliciting nominations to fill this vacancy. The DMB is responsible for reviewing and approving new Ubuntu developers, meeting for about an hour once a fortnight. Candidates should be Ubuntu developers themselves, and should be well qualified to evaluate prospective Ubuntu […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #202

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-19

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #202 for the week July 11th – July 17th and is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu Operation Cleansweep: We Need You! Ubuntu Accessibility Team Personas Survey ISO testers for the […]

Ubuntu Accessibility Team Personas Survey

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-07-16

One of the goals identified for the Ubuntu Accessibility Team for this cycle is to create personas that can be used by designers and developers to get them thinking about accessibility. Personas are fictional people created to give designers and developers a face and personality to consider when working. Personas just make it a little […]