I used to be a huge fan of Slackware and SuSE Linux. I loved slackware for being so heavily oversimplified. And I enjoyed SuSE for all it’s bloat and YaST and all the things that came with it. I used to use SuSE on all my bigger machines, and Slackware on the older, slower machines.
When […]
Yesterday I attented the launch of the first tuXlab installed in a prison. This tuXlab has been installed in the womens section at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. The second prison tuXlab is due for installation shortly in Malmesbury Prison, which is a medium security prison. The problem with many criminals are that they are […]
The past week, I’ve been in Johannesburg to attend the LinuxWorld / Futurex / Equip Expo. Just about all the Linux/OSS exibitioners who were there, were there last year too, although there were much less companies than last year. Many of the smaller local Linux companies said that it was simply too expensive to exhibit, […]
Yesterday was Freedom Day, a national public holiday in South Africa. It’s an anual tribute to our first democratic elections that happened in 1994. It’s also a good time in the year to start thinking about another freedom day that’s creeping ever closer, and that’s Software Freedom Day. This year it’s taking place on 16 […]
Happy Easter!
Time for some easter egg hunting. If you’ve been using Ubuntu for a while, you’ll probably be familiar with these Eggs. Whether you are or not, there’s sure to be many more that haven’t been found.
1. Supercow powers!
Anyone who has used a Debian based system is probably aware of APT’s supercow powers. If you […]
Volunteerism has been a hot topic the last few years, especially if you work for a non-profit company as I do. I’ve always believed in the concept of volunteerism, and the past few years of working in the tuXlabs project have re-affirmed what a change volunteerism can make. I’ve seen change in […]
Russell pointed me to some really cool Ubuntu stickers . I immediately wanted one. It was a strong demanding urge. Luckily, Russell has already ordered some and I’m going to buy over a bunch from him. Yay!
Pity it says Linux and not “GNU/Linux”, but I suppose that’s an Ubuntu thing :/
Jane Weideman, who baked the first Ubuntu distro cake, has now also pioneered the first Ubuntu soup:
Achieving this only a single day after Jeff Waugh posted the soup question on the Ubuntu Fridge. Sources have revealed leaked information about a top-secret Ubuntu layered cocktail that is under development. Another Ubuntero, which looked suspiciously under the […]
Edubuntu was the first Ubuntu distro to have a cake (thanks to Jane Weideman) in October 2005:
Recently, the other Ubuntu distributions followed suite:
Ubuntu cake:
An attempt from the Germans (aka the Cookiegate scandal):
Kubuntu cake:
The Edubuntu cake is the biggest so far, while the Kubuntu cake is at least 40% more blue than the other cakes. The […]
I love being part of the Ubuntu community. It’s so incredibly vibrant, and full of energy. Right at this moment, I’m in a meeting on the #ubuntu-meeting IRC channel, where 329 people have already joined for the discussions about the delay in the next release of Ubuntu.
I think it’s amazing that the Ubuntu Technical Board […]
Recently, I discovered that Mark Shuttleworth created a Nexenta team on Launchpad. I didn’t immediately think anything about it, then this morning I discovered Nexenta on the Launchpad distributons page. Nexenta is a GNU distribution with the OpenSolaris kernel, currently based on the Debian system. Are they (Nexenta) planning to move over to Ubuntu for […]
You know that real irritating Suggababes song, “Push the button”?
Well, here’s the bzr version:
http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/blog/2006/02/20?seemore=y#2006-02-20-debbugs-bzr