Screenshot OMG! Ubuntu! October 2011
Screenshot OMG! Ubuntu! June 2010
OMG! Ubuntu! seems to be a community within a community! It has a life of its own and people often refer to it as only “OMG!”. With its popularity growing and its reputation as being the site for all things Ubuntu, I wanted to know more about the two guys behind this incred...
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Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manager at Canonical announces the availability of Ubuntu 11.10. Below is the release announcement in full from the Ubuntu-announce mailing list. "There is nothing like a dream to create the future." - Victor Hugo
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10, code-named
"Oneiric Ocelot". 11.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribu...
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In this continuing series on Ubuntu One, Amber Graner talks to Roberto Alsina, Manager for the Ubuntu One Desktop Engineering Team in Online Services at Canonical. Alsina discusses what his as well as his team’s role is in reference to Ubuntu One; what he is personally looking forward to in the Ubuntu 11.10 release and shares improvements scheduled for the 12.04 LTS release. Alsina gives links to the documentation on t...
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John Lenton: Photo by mbp
In this continuing Ubuntu One interview series, Amber Graner talks to John Lenton, Senior Engineering Manager for Ubuntu One. Lenton give a little about his history with FOSS and how he found his way to Canonical. He addresses reader comments about the Ubuntu One proxy issue and gives users and developers links and information on how to participate in the Ubuntu One project and more.Amber Gra...
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In this interview Daniel Bray (Lupine) of the Ubuntu Florida LoCo Team explains how he was able to use Ubuntu instead of Microsoft to complete his college degree. In an era when almost all schools in the United States require that its students use either Microsoft or Mac based technical solutions, Bray finds a way to exercise his freedom of choice and use Free and Open Source software to complete his degree.Question: C...
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In this interview with Strategic Architect for Ubuntu One, Stuart Langridge, I kick off the first of a series of articles about Ubuntu One. Today, we'll learn a little more about Langridge and his involvement with Ubuntu One and a brief overview along with future plans for this personal cloud service.Naturally we can't cover all the ends and out...
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Ubuntu App Developer Week
Ubuntu App Developer WeekAre you interested in learning more about using the Ubuntu Platform for app development. Do you need or want to learn more about the various tools and processes used by the Ubuntu app developers? Then Ubuntu App Developer Week is for you!Ubuntu App Developer Week is a week of online tutorials focused on Ubuntu application development using Ubuntu as the platform. This...
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Ubuntu users want to know more about the Ubuntu release process and with the Ubuntu 11.10 Feature Freeze milestone accomplished, Amber Graner catches up with Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manger at Canonical, to talk about the ends and outs of the release process and more.Thanks Kate! Let's get started.Amber Graner: Could you please introduce yourself and tell me a little about what you do at Canonical and for the Ubuntu Project?...
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The Ubuntu Developer Summit for the Oneiric Ocelot development cycle (UDS-O) will take place on May 9-13, 2011 at the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal, Budapest Hungary. While there are many contributors and developers who attend and participate in person the number of contributors who attend via Remote Participation continues to grow.Don't worry if you aren't going to be there in person, as there is no need to miss any dis...
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Victor Palau, Platform Services Manager at Canonical, announces a new open hardware validation program being developed at the upcoming UDS-O in Budapest called "Ubuntu Friendly"."We are planning substantial change to our Self-testing hardware validation programme at UDS-O. Mainly, we are discontinuing the commercial Ubuntu Ready programme and replacing it with a community programme that has the working title “Ubuntu Friendly”," writes Palau.According to the blueprint, Ubun...
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