Friday was my first full day in Ghana. We had breakfast at the hotel and then met up with Daniel so we could begin our meetings for the day. We also learned that there were some customs troubles that were delaying the release of the computers, a situation we later learned is exceptionally common here. […]
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Arrived in Ghana
October 11th, 2012 by pleia2
On Wednesday the 10th MJ dropped me off at San Francisco airport’s International terminal where I grabbed some lunch before boarding my 2:55PM Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. Aside from being long (around 11 hours), the flight was uneventful, I made significant use of their on-flight entertainment system and even managed to get a couple hours […]
Proofreading begins for “Getting Started with 12.10”
October 9th, 2012 by pleia2
Tomorrow I leave for Ghana and one of the things I’ve packed is my old print copy of Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 (for a variety of reasons, the non-profit organizing this shipped them with with Edubuntu 10.04). I’ll be leaving this copy there in Ghana with one of our contacts. We’ve also loaded up […]
My recent Xubuntu work
October 9th, 2012 by pleia2
I’ve been event more involved with the Xubuntu project this cycle. For the first time the team had a full marketing blueprint, as well as one for the website. I’ve also been more involved with testing, from the Global Jam to just standard testing. I was able to happily cheer along with everyone else when […]
Ghana travel details coming together
September 30th, 2012 by pleia2
On September 24th I got my Visa for Ghana, and was able to breathe a huge sigh of relief! Having already booked my tickets, bought a number of items for my trip and made solid plans with the team I’m traveling with it would have been troublesome if I didn’t manage to get my Visa, […]
I’m going to Ghana to deploy Edubuntu!
September 11th, 2012 by pleia2
On August 17th I received an email from Beth Lynn Eicher sharing that she would be going to Ghana to deploy Edubuntu desktops in schools under the umbrella of Computer Reach, a non-profit based out of Pittsburgh, PA. She asked if one of the other Partimus board members would be interested in going. Not yet […]
San Francisco Ubuntu Global Jam Wrap-up
September 10th, 2012 by pleia2
On Saturday the 8th I hosted an Ubuntu Global Jam focused on ISO testing over at the Wikimedia Foundation office in downtown San Francisco. Upon arrival I met Andrew White, our Wikimedia host, and he outlined a few options for setup. Given power requirements we ended up in a conference room and I was able […]
Local LoCo Team Portal Install
September 7th, 2012 by pleia2
At the last UDS there were some discussions about some of the things people wanted to see in the LoCo Team Portal. Unfortunately it quickly became apparent that while there were plenty of ideas, there is only one active developer, with just a couple others who pitch in with fixes. In short, we need more […]
ISO Testing Jam Materials
September 5th, 2012 by pleia2
On Saturday, September 8th, I’m hosting an Ubuntu Global Jam in downtown San Francisco focused on ISO testing, details about and signup for that event here: Ubuntu California San Francisco QA Jam As promised, here are the videos and documents I’ll be using during our jam: Videos: ISO Testing on Ubuntu using TestDrive Overview of […]
September 8th Ubuntu Global Jam at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco
August 30th, 2012 by pleia2
Last year, prior to the Natty release, I headed up to BerkeleyLUG to host an Ubuntu Global Jam event focused on testing, I wrote about it here: Berkeley Natty Global Jam. It was a lot of fun and at the time I was really just helping people go through some basic Xubuntu testing documents and […]