For years people have complained about Ubuntu’s default color: brown. While I liked it, and while the last few releases have been more orange than brown, it was time for a new look. Jono Bacon has made an exciting announcement on his blog, with pictures, of the upcoming new look. I like it.
Have you heard about the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase?
The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is an opportunity to show off high quality free culture content in Ubuntu. At the heart of Ubuntu’s ethos is a belief in showcasing free software and free culture, and with each development cycle we open the opportunity for any Free Culture artist to put their work in front of millions of Ubuntu users around the world. Although the space restrictions are tight, and we are limited to how much content we can include, this is an excellent opportunity for artists everywhere.
You are invited to participate! The deadline for submissions is February 28th, 2010. If you are into Free Culture and want to participate, please check out the link and add your shiny, free content and you may find something you created included in Ubuntu.
An article today on the ITWorld website discusses the myriad reasons to expect Ubuntu to continue its growth, not only on the desktop, but in the server market. They interviewed my friend and coauthor, Ryan Troy, who is quoted heavily in the article.
Some of the reasons include licensing, ease of use, low cost, and regular updates.
The Linux Blog posted a nice review of Ubuntu Unleashed 2010, which I helped write. Thanks!
What a milestone! It has been a privilege to be a part of the Ubuntu Forums since April 2005, first as a member of the general population (user number 17635), later as a part of the staff, and most recently as a part of the Forum Council and Admin team. It has been a wonderful ride so far and I look forward to welcoming the next million.
Many thanks to fellow Ubuntu Forums staff member Joe Barker for catching the event with a screenshot.
The people at IT World asked and were given permission to quote a very-slightly-edited version of one of the tech tips from Ubuntu Unleashed. Thanks to them. You may view it here.
I just received my copy of Ubuntu Unleashed 2010 Edition and I am thrilled. Since I am one of the authors, consider this more of an announcement than a review as well as an invitation to take a look and see if the book interests you. This book is intended for intermediate to advanced users, as opposed to my work on The Official Ubuntu Book, which is aimed at being an introduction of Ubuntu to people new to Linux.
The Ubuntu Forums will be down for hardware maintenance on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 14:00:00 UTC. We estimate 1 hour downtime for this work to be carried out.
On the Ubuntu Forums: Most users ever online was 37,719, 2 Hours Ago at 08:46 AM.
We had a bit of a problem that took us offline for a while, so there was some pent up demand once we came back online. Thanks to Chris on the IS team for helping sort things out.
My friends at Ubuntu UK Podcast posted the most recent episode of season two on their site today. I was privileged to be interviewed by Alan Pope about my travels, writing books, and the Ubuntu Forums. Several friends get a mention including Benjamin “Mako” Hill and Ryan Troy. I did make one error in the interview. The Ubuntu Forums do not have about 850,000 users, we have more than 973,000 forum members!
The interview appears in this podcast episode starting at about 36:45 and ends near 55:41.
