Announcing Ubuntu 5.10RC (Release Candidate)

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-06

Matt Zimmerman has announced the release of the Ubuntu 5.10 Release Candidate. This will be the final milestone before the release of 5.10 on October 13th.

MOTU Report, Issue 8

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-06

Daniel Holbach of the MOTU team has posted the latest report on MOTU Issues:

This is the eighth issue of the MOTU report, bringing you up to scratch on all the news of MOTU land. The last few weeks have been quite hectic, since we were all trying to present you with the nicest and cleanest Universe for the Breezy Badger release. The TOFIX lists have been shrinking from day to day, but there are still some bugs to tackle and some packages to get building again.

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The sabdfl FAQ

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-04

The sabdfl updated his wiki home page to include a lengthy FAQ about his intentions with Ubuntu and some of the controversial or interesting issues about the project. Notable topics include why he’s doing this in the first place, Ubuntu’s relationship with Debian, whether there will ever be a “for-pay only” version produced by Canonical, and why Ubuntu is brown. All the important questions covered! The FAQ has already received positive coverage and responses on Slashdot and other news sites.

Interview with Jeff Waugh

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-10-01

In an interview for the Linux Australia Update podcast, Jeff Waugh talks to James Purser about how he got into Free Software, GNOME release management, Mark Shuttleworth’s clear vision and fierce focus, Ubuntu’s relationship with Debian, the structure of the project, the awesome MOTU team, and Ubuntu’s unique recipe for taking software freedom to the world.

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Edubuntu Meeting Report

By boredandblogging | Published: 2005-09-29

Here are the meeting notes from this week’s Edubuntu meeting held on September 28th:

  • Mauricio Hernandez has volunteered to get a design for Edubuntu 5.10 CDs sorted out. Idea is to use children in a ring image and logo etc. We need a CD label and a CD sleeve/cover. Note that as we have no LiveCD we will just have a single installer CD. Only Intel x86 CDs will be created for now.
  • Oliver Grawert is working on the high priority xscreensaver changes for Mark Shuttleworth, these should be completed by the end of the week.
  • Oliver Grawert will work on the remaining n3 Edubuntu issues after XSS, to be completed before October 13 for the release.
  • Jonathan Carter is working on the html pages, will have first draft ready by the end of this week.
  • Jerome Gotangco has worked on docs: About Edubuntu and Release Notes