Monthly Archives: October 2007

Developer Summit Midday break: Education

Here at the Developer Summit, different specs are organzed roughly into tracks. Today we will look at the Education track, covered not only Edubuntu but also the Intel Classmate PC. Rich Weidman, project leader of education, says: “The education sessions at UDS Boston are going well as everyone is keen to build further on the […]

Developer Summit Day 2 Report

Day 2 of the Developer Summit was sunny and beautiful, as many took advantage of the rooftop garden near the conference rooms. Starting the sessions today were roundtables about many topics including the community, desktop, server, and others. After these followed the usual sessions, as per today’s schedule. Community Roundtable The community roundtable covered around […]

Developer Summit: Lunchtime Photo Round-up

The Developer Summit is rolling along on it’s second day and much fun has been had. Here are some pictures of the enjoyment: Kristian Lyngstol, Robert Carr and Vincent Untz in the hallway at UDS Boston. Matthew Paul Thomas tests the usability of Launchpad with Andreas Nilsson in his portable lab. TV with the monday’s […]

Developer Summit Day 1 finishes

The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) for 8.04 (Hardy Heron), currently underway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has just finished the first day. Like previous summits, this UDS starts the first day with an intro talk and then breaks into seperate sessions, usually in tracks such as Server, Mobile, Edubuntu, etc. For a look at what was discussed […]

Mythbuntu 7.10 hits 20,000 downloads in one week

The Ubuntu based MythTV distribution, Mythubuntu 7.10, released on Monday 22nd October 2007, and in less then a week tracked hit it’s 20,000th download. What is Mythbuntu? Mythbuntu is an Ubuntu derivative focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV system similar to Knoppmyth or Mythdora. You can install it either as a stand alone Frontend, […]