Author Archives: boredandblogging

Ubuntu, la distribution facile à installer

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-20

Lionel Dricot writes in: We all know that Ubuntu is the OS my mother would use if… oh well, my mother already uses it! And my father too! But one last piece was missing : a real book for the beginner. A complete “hitchhiker's guide” to Ubuntu, from the installation to Synaptic, with Firefox, Evolution, […]

Flight 4 Takes Off

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-20

The fourth test release of the upcoming “Dapper Drake” has been announced. This is the debut of the new graphical installer, dubbed Espresso, which adds an icon to the desktop that allows users to permanently install Ubuntu right from the Live CD. A nicer tour of the new features is available on the wiki. You […]

Desktop News, Issue #2

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-10

Vincent Untz is back with the second issue of the popular Ubuntu Desktop News, which summarizes all the work done on the desktop these past few months. This update is huge, and includes some real goodies: Gstreamer .10 for multimedia support, the inclusions of avahi for full zeroconf suppport, the addition of ekiga and xchat-gnome, […]

Test Plans and Hug Day

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-09

Got a spare computer and some free time? Daniel Holbach is looking for volunteers for the new testing program. It's a short list of things you can check off while installing a test release. There is also a longer, more thorough test is available for those that want to really put the installation process through […]

Breezy at 2Gbit/s

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-08

Ever wondered what it takes to host an Ubuntu mirror? Well, here’s an update from our Swedish friends at UMU’s Academic Computer Club. They operate one of our biggest mirrors, and have the numbers and pretty graphs to show for it: The 42TB total network traffic over the week around the Breezy release shown in […]