Can an Ubucon be put together in 2 weeks? The intrepid Nathan Haines thought so and has succeeded in bringing together 6 speakers from across the Ubuntu community, plus himself for a Q&A session, to participate. Ubucon at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) will be taking place this Friday, February 25th. I’ll be doing […]
Archive for the ‘tech’ Category
Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) Released!
February 5th, 2011 by pleia2
Today Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) was released! Congratulations Debian! EDIT: Release announcement here
“Nothing but the web”? The Cr-48.
February 3rd, 2011 by pleia2
Today I went downstairs to pick up an Amazon package which had arrived, and to my surprise there were two packages waiting for me. The second package, to my shock and delight, turned out to be a Cr-48 from the Cr-48 Pilot Program for Google’s ChromeOS. Now before you ask, no, I’m not installing Ubuntu […]
Linux devices
January 23rd, 2011 by pleia2
Linux Journal has a “New Products” section of their magazine which frequently features (among other things like books and software) new devices that are running the Linux kernel. It’d be interesting to know if their job has gotten easier over the past couple years regarding devices. In addition to my traditional PCs running Linux, the […]
CLS West 2011
January 22nd, 2011 by pleia2
If someone had told me 5 years that I’d be attending a “Community Leadership Summit” I probably would have laughed. As far as community leaders go I was a pretty reluctant one, I’m shy and an introvert, certainly not the poster child for charisma. I make my living as a Linux Sysadmin, not strictly a […]
Linux kernel on my TV and Nook, earthquake, Caligula and Ubuntu-Debian meetup
January 18th, 2011 by pleia2
It’s hard to believe January is over half over already, it feels like just yesterday that MJ and I were walking home from the NYE fireworks! Work has been busy, but I’ve learned a lot in the past couple weeks about debugging problems with multihoming in Linux and how the packets move around with IPSec. […]
Looking for a quick way to help Ubuntu Weekly News?
January 3rd, 2011 by pleia2
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has been in a state of flux since the Editor in Chief had to step down. I worked with Nathan Handler over the weekend to get Issue 218 out the door today covering much of December and it gave me a taste of how challenging and time-consuming the task was (and […]
Ubuntu Hour, Ubuntu upgrades at CACS with Partimus
January 1st, 2011 by pleia2
On Thursday I wrapped up work and MJ and I headed down to Palo Alto for an Ubuntu Hour at Antonio’s Nut House. It ended up being a great venue for the meeting, we got a booth right near the door, it was relatively quiet, the food was good and we had plenty of space […]
Ubuntu-California.org Launched!
December 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working with James Tatum to launch a website for Ubuntu California at ubuntu-california.org. This is a project which has been discussed several times over the years: Does the team need a site? What would it contain? Where would it be hosted? Who would be responsible for it? In […]
Review: ZaReason Strata Pro 15 Laptop
December 19th, 2010 by pleia2
With the exception of my netbook, I have never owned a new laptop. In the recent past I’ve tinkered with the beloved old Pentium 2 Inspiron 7000 series laptops, of which I ended up with 3 of in varying states of disrepair, and my current laptop is a Pentium 3 Compaq Presario, which primarily runs […]