Shreyas noticed that the The 5th Wave’s June 17, 2007 strip includes a homage to GNOME! Rocking!
Update: Melissa points out that UserFriendly was pretty awesome on the 17th too.
Although the Ubuntu developer branch quiet period was very well timed — considering the many recent Important Engagements for which a predictably-functioning laptop has been necessary — I now have the elbow-room to get back on the upgrade rainbow. What a relief that it’s back!
Unlike the proprietary software upgrade treadmill, the Software Freedom upgrade rainbow is a pleasant and […]
Right before we launched the GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initiative, Intel went public with their sexy Mobile Internet Device prototypes, running Red Flag and Ubuntu. They’re Linux based, and use Nokia’s Hildon interface architecture, developed for the N770 and N800 web tablets… So it’s fantastic to see Canonical and Ubuntu come to the table with […]
“I was ready to walk out, because it sounded like the stupidest thing ever.” — Jeff Waugh on Ubuntu’s origins
It feels utterly silly to be citing myself in QoTD, but this hilariously out of context quote on the cover of Linux Format 87 couldn’t go without mention.
Read the complete interview, including bits not found in the magazine, […]
Some amusing Ubuntu history for you…
A few weeks back, Matt Zimmerman — who must be aiming for a world record in “dude, you so need a blog” demands — reminded me about a bizaare video created early last year as a test for a potential Ubuntu feature, so I thought I’d share one of the stranger historical footnotes in […]
November 10, 2006 – 17:56
“Every company has its blowhards and its various good guys. We have ours.” — Mark Shuttleworth compares and contrasts Canonical and Red Hat
Tomorrow’s news: Canonical blowhard count apparently steady, despite Waugh resignation.
“As we’ve seen with open-source projects before, with market share comes business opportunity.” — Raven Zachary on Open Source business models, in this case, Ubuntu
September 30, 2006 – 06:46
Tomorrow, I’ll be giving the opening keynote at the Ohio LinuxFest! Then I’ll be listening to Jorge’s presentation about Linux and Windows living together in harmony. Sweet!
The organisers have packed a lot of great stuff and fantastic people into one day. Unfortunately, I land in Columbus after 21:00, so it’s unlikely that I’ll make it […]
September 22, 2006 – 21:27
$ apt-cache search powerful | wc -l
486
$ apt-cache search flexible | wc -l
355
$ apt-cache search loving | wc -l
3
Update:
$ apt-cache search christ on a stick | wc -l
1
WTF?!
$ apt-cache search christ on a stick
libmail-audit-perl - Perl library for creating easy mail filters
Ah…
September 13, 2006 – 04:09
Yesterday, the well-traveled and now-infamous Quebecistani Craptop — a temporary replacement for my wonderful Dell X300, stolen in Montreal — was laid to rest. At least until EuroOSCON, at which point it will be returned to Canonical.
Today, I replaced it with a Dell D420.
It’s 100% Intel: Core Duo, 900 series graphics, ipw3945 wifi, MediaBase with DVI socket, 12” widescreen […]
