Back on March 9th I posted a wiki.ubuntu.com Upgrade Update which outlined a tentative timeline for the upgrade of wiki.ubuntu.com. Today the Community Council received another update from Charlie Schluting of Canonical: We have openid (with teams) working in the latest moin. A test upgrade (of another wiki) that we started working on this week […]
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SDForum Tech Women: Women and Open Source Panel
April 7th, 2011 by pleia2
About a month ago I was contacted by Sonja London, Chair of SDForum Tech Women, and asked if I was interested in being in a panel to introduce and discuss Open Source involvement with the Tech Women group. I was delighted at the opportunity! The panel came together and ended up featuring Cat Allman of […]
Berkeley Natty Global Jam
April 4th, 2011 by pleia2
On Sunday I met up with 4 other members of the Linux community in the area as Ubuntu California Team teamed up with BerkeleyLUG for an Ubuntu Global Jam. I arrived just before noon, Jack Deslippe had already arrived and ordered a pepperoni and jalepeno pizza! I unpacked the goodies I had brought for the […]
Ubuntu Global Jam in Berkeley on April 3rd
March 28th, 2011 by pleia2
On Sunday, April 3rd, several of us from the Ubuntu California Team have teamed up with BerkeleyLUG and will be heading over to Bobby G’s Pizzeria in Berkeley for an Ubuntu Global Jam! Location: Bobby G’s Pizzeria, 2072 University Ave, Berkeley, CA Date: Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 Time: noon – 3PM RSVP: LoCo Directory or […]
Touchy UIs and Xfce4
March 21st, 2011 by pleia2
It was interesting to see the Unity talks by Ted Gould at SCaLE9x last month, but I have to admit I’ve never really put much practical thought into UI design for touchscreen devices. I am not even a huge fan of the mouse, a touchscreen beyond that of my phone is that much worse! However, […]
CR-48, Ubuntu+Debian night, fluffy Android, Zoo, SDForum panel
March 13th, 2011 by pleia2
I was asked the other day if I’m still using the Cr-48 that I’ve now had for over a month. I sure am, it’s been interesting seeing where it’s landing in my mobile computing environment. Since it’s just a web browser + basic shell for ssh I’ve been primarily using it for writing blog entries […]
Stuffed animal K, L, M, N, O…
March 12th, 2011 by pleia2
Last week Mark Shuttleworth announced the next release name, Oneiric Ocelot. My first thought? How do you pronounce “oneiric”? My second thought? Thank goodness it’s an ocelot, I can find a stuffed animal ocelot! It’s on order now. I’ve been supplementing Ubuntu booth displays with the release animals since Karmic when I discovered that I […]
SCaLE9x
March 9th, 2011 by pleia2
On the evening of Thursday February 24th, suitcases in hand, MJ and I headed down to the San Francisco airport for a quick flight down to Los Angeles for the Southern California Linux Expo. We arrived at LAX just after midnight and were checked into our hotel room by 1AM. I went right to sleep […]
wiki.ubuntu.com Upgrade Update
March 9th, 2011 by pleia2
Dozens of teams use wiki.ubuntu.com daily for their projects, and if you’re one of those projects you’ve no doubt encountered slowness and errors when saving pages with increasing frequency these past few months. Well, there is good news! There is a team working on it and they are making progress. Charlie Schluting of Canonical has […]
Thinking About Ubuntu Developer Summit Attendance and Sponsorship?
February 23rd, 2011 by pleia2
I have to admit, when I attended my first UDS (for Lucid in November 2009) I wasn’t sure what to expect session and format-wise. How would sessions be organized? What sessions should I expect to attend? Would there be talks or are there strictly work sessions? I had a keen interest in Debian and Ubuntu […]