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December 22, 2008 by graham
Why Ubuntu matters
Jono Bacon posted a challenge of sorts to members of the Ubuntu community recently, which was this: If you have a blog or use Twitter or identi.ca, I would like to ask you to take five minutes to write down why Ubuntu is important to you, and what aspect of our ethos attracts you and [...]Archive
December 17, 2008 by graham
Hello, Planet Ubuntu UK
This is just a quick hello to the readers of Planet Ubuntu UK, to which I’ve been added after joining the UK LoCo Team. Whether me being added to the planet is a good idea or not remains to be seen. I’m in the process of getting back to work on Launchpad after spending last [...]Archive
December 13, 2008 by graham
Slightly Camp Jesus
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days, day 346 Jono Bacon demonstrates that he is the messiah, and a slightly camp one at that. (The light is from one of the wall lights in the room that held Ubuntu AllStars; it was too good to miss, placement-wise). Strobist info: Camera-mounted SB-600 in [...]Archive
July 24, 2008 by graham
Launchpad to be open sourced
Mark Shuttleworth, spaceman, ideas man, Ubuntu founder and fearless leader at Canonical Towers announced yesterday that Launchpad will be open sourced within the next 12 months. This is pretty cool news. With Launchpad, we make a big deal of supporting free and open-source software. Our aim is to provide a central platform through which people [...]Archive
May 20, 2008 by graham
Creating a cult
I have had various reactions to my wearing the above at UDS today: From Bacon himself: "Oh. My. God." From Julian Edwards: "Wh?" From Dave Murphy: "I hope you’re not joining the Cult of Bacon. From one apparently insane UDS delegate: "Sexy" From two UDS delegates (including the aforementioned insane one): "Can I get one [...]Archive
May 19, 2008 by graham
First UDS photos (of mine) online
I've started uploading photos of UDS Intrepid in Prague. Let joy be unconfined. You can find the photos here and everyone's photos here. I'll actually write a blog post about this tomorrow.Archive
May 13, 2008 by graham
Urgent Ubuntu security notice
This will only apply to Ubuntu users (server or desktop). Anyone who's not one can probably look away now. An urgent Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-612-1, has just been put out. The full notice is here. An extract of the salient details: A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on [...]Archive
May 7, 2008 by graham
Second Edition Hardy T-Shirts are now available for preorder
Due to enormous demand the Canonical shop is now offering a second printing of the Hardy Heron T-Shirt, this time on sand-coloured cotton. From the shop: Due to unprecedented demand, we are producing a second edition Hardy Heron t-shirt. This edition is very similar to the limited edition t-shirt in design, but rather than including [...]Archive
April 24, 2008 by graham