Just mentioned it in the comments of my previous post, but it’s worth a more public reminder…
That’s what I would describe as “the hopes and dreams of a generation” (of Software Freedom lovers), and is the result of fantastic product definition, branding, genuine user excitement, years of incredible — and largely unsung — work of thousands of Debian developers […]
If you have quite a few Debian or Ubuntu machines and you want an easy way to share and speed up package downloads — or reduce your bandwidth consumption — then approx is for you! It’s incredibly easy to set up, but there are a few tricks I’ve learned which can make it especially good for Ubuntu lovers.
I suppose […]
During a thread about daylight savings confusion here in Sydney, Martin Barry asked the SLUG list why updates to Ubuntu packages go into a separate “updates” repository. John Ferlito suggested that I blog my answer…
I’ve never understood the ${ubuntu_release}-updates thing.
A separate repositry for security I understand due to the need to bypass mirror lag.
But anything […]
Over on Planet Debian, Christian Perrier looked back at the number of Debian bugs submitted over the years.
The variation is not quite large enough to make any serious judgements about the impact of Ubuntu, but the spike in 2004 has a certain whiff of intrigue about it. Perhaps that’s just me.
Of course, I […]
