(photo by Kenneth Wimer Creative Commons License 2.0) I had the opportunity to attend the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels, Belgium May 10th-14th. UDS is where Ubuntu developers and contributors meet to plan the next release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 10.10 codenamed Maverick Meerkat was plan...
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In this People, Personalities, and Planners interview series I am catching up with Southeast Linux Fest 2010 (SELF10) speaker coordinator, Jeremy Sands. Jeremy is the master negotiator and sets out to get the best price as well as return on investment for the event. Jeremy has the ability to...
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Ubuntu Open Week – Lucid Lynx, kicked off this week in the syncopated rhythm of the 6 month cadence that Ubuntu Users have come to march and tap their keyboards too. Ubuntu Open Week serves to drum up enthusiasm, encouragement, and education resources for users, contributors and developers alike. Today's band of merry music makers consisted of the Jorge Casto, David Planella, Daniel Holbach, Stuart Langridge, Dustin Kirkland and Mike Basinger. However, the melody of instruction and informatio...
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Just announced on the ubuntu-announce mailing list -- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS released Below is the announcement in full: The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support). This release incorporates the Desktop Edition and the Server Edition. The Server Edition can be used on physical servers, on Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), and on Amazon's EC2 public cloud. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greate...
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Excitement builds as the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is just days away. However Ubuntu 10.04 is not the only thing being released, Edubuntu 10.04 will be released as well. Edubuntu, an officially supported Ubuntu derivative, is an educational operating system that is a part of the Ubuntu family. It aims to make Ubuntu a great choice for the computing needs of children, students, parents, teachers, and schools. ~http://edubuntu.org/Edubuntu Team Members and developers Jonathan Carter and Stéph...
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In this People, Personalities, and Planners interview I talk to Dave Yates--board member,Southeast Linux Fest. if you are attending SELF '10 please take a moment to locate Dave and say "hi". Whether you are a seasoned Linux user or just curious as to what Linux and Open Source is a...
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Steve Langasek, Ubuntu Release Manager announced Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS via the ubuntu-announce mailing list. Below is the full announcement: The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions and...
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Earlier today, I had the opportunity to speak with Billy Cina, Director of Training for Canonical. In this phone interview I gleaned a preview of significant changes being made to -- The Ubuntu Certified Professional certification (UCP) course -- expect to see this announced on Thursday, Apr...
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Earlier this April, Matt Zimmerman, Canonical CTO, had the opportunity to speak at the Free Software and Linux Days event in Istanbul, Turkey where he gave a keynote on Ubuntu Inside Out. While there, Matt was interviewed by the Ubuntu Turkey LoCo Team and the interview appeared on April 17t...
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1st Annual Ubuntu Women World Play Day Competition Announced!If you or someone you know has a daughter between 2 and 12 years of age AND they use Ubuntu (or a derivative ie Kubuntu, Qimo etc) then this competition is for you!Below is the original announcement that was sent to the Ubuntu Women Mailing List by Melissa Draper on Tue Apr 13 16:58:21 BST 2010....
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