While I wouldn’t say that direct user support is one of my more substantial contributions to the Ubuntu community, I do contribute some in #xubuntu, #ubuntu-beginners and various not-strictly-support channels like some LoCo channels and #ubuntu-women. Doing user support on IRC is one of those things that makes me feel more connected with the community […]
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Xubuntu Artwork
July 20th, 2010 by pleia2
Some love Gnome, others love KDE, for me it’s XFCE all the way. When I jumped on the Ubuntu bandwagon several years ago it was only natural that I’d use Xubuntu. Isn’t it lovely? Now, I am completely useless when it comes to artwork[0], so I will once again stand on the shoulders of artistic […]
New Ubuntu Women Logo
July 9th, 2010 by pleia2
One of our Maverick goals was to redesign our team logo to work with the new Ubuntu Brand. We enlisted the talents of Troy Sobotka (who came up with our great former logo) to come up with a simple, clean idea which we can use on the upcoming redesign of ubuntu-women.org and as our logo […]
Do you Ubuntu… with Penn and Teller?
July 8th, 2010 by pleia2
This past weekend I was in Las Vegas with my boyfriend for our 1 year anniversary (hooray!), and as a crazy huge fan of the duo, while I was there I had to see a Penn & Teller show! After the show they stood in the lobby for signing and photos, so I was able […]
Ubuntu Women Project Status – Mid 2010
June 28th, 2010 by pleia2
I got involved in the Ubuntu Women Project back in 2006, and since 2007 I’ve made yearly posts discussing project status: Ubuntu Women Project Status (2007) Ubuntu Women Project Status – Mid 2008 Ubuntu Women Project Status – Early 2009 But I have to say that this update is the one I’m most excited about. […]
Geeknic and SF Ubuntu Hour
June 23rd, 2010 by pleia2
On Saturday MJ and I packed up our picnic goodies and headed down to Los Gatos (no, I didn’t bring my cats or my NetFlix DVDs) to Vasona Lake County Park for the second Bay Area Geeknic. This was a smaller geeknic than the first, but we had the essential ingredients for a great day. […]
Painting, Partimus and Open Computing Showcase
June 13th, 2010 by pleia2
I’ve been on call this weekend, which was one of the busier ones I’ve had, but I still had time for other things. Saturday was spent finishing the major painting work of the storage units, I’m so glad that’s almost done, we just need to do some touch up later this week. From there it’s […]
Instructors Confirmed for Ubuntu User Day on July 10th
June 12th, 2010 by pleia2
Last week we decided to postpone User Days until Saturday, July 10th so we could get more presenters and let more people know about it. Over this past week Nigel Babu, Chris Johnston and I worked hard to contact prospective instructors and get the schedule pinned down, which we finished yesterday afternoon. The schedule for […]
Ubuntu Lynx Stuffed Animal
June 5th, 2010 by pleia2
On May 26th OMG! Ubuntu! published an article: Buy A Limited Edition Lynx Toy From Ubuntu & Help Save Real Lynx’s, Too! Neat! From the store page: Canonical will contribute a portion of each sale to the ‘SOS Lynx Foundation‘ as part of the Ubuntu One Music Store initiative up to a joint total of […]
New monitor and LinuxChix meetups
June 4th, 2010 by pleia2
I’ve been wandering up and down the peninsula quite a bit this week. First was Wednesday night when I finally met Terri Oda! We met at Shiva’s Indian Restaurant in Mountain View with John Hawley and BJ Wishinsky, both of whom are also locals but I hadn’t met yet. It was a really delightful dinner, […]