Tag Archives: Events

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #206

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-17

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #206 for the week August 8th – August 14th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Global Jam: We Need Your Events! Feature Freeze in place for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Making Ubuntu More Accessible Talking about Ubuntu Studio with Scott Lavender, […]

Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-16

Canonical is pleased to announce the release of uTouch 1.0, Ubuntu’s multi-touch and gesture stack. With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will have an end-to-end touch-screen framework — from the kernel all the way through to applications. Our multi-touch team has worked closely with the Linux kernel and X.org communities to improve […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #205

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-09

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #205 for the week August 1st – August 7th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Maverick Alpha-3 Released Desktop Testing Team Request For Candidates: Application Review Board Making room in the sound indicator Interview with Isabell Long Mark Shuttleworth apologises for alleged […]

Interview with Isabell Long

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-06

Penelope Stowe: Tell us a bit about yourself Isabell Long: My name is Isabell Long, I’m 16, and I now live in England – after spending four years living in France. I have an extensive interest in technology and open-source software. I am a community coordinator for the freenode IRC network and a proud official […]

Maverick Alpha-3 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-05

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing […]