Posted in Collaboration, Desktop Linux, Documentation, Xubuntu on May 16th, 2007
Tonight I went to a couple of Linux-related events after work, and I’m glad I made it out. I first went to an initial set-up meeting for a Chicago Gnome user group. We had some informal discussions about Gnome, and what a Gnome user group might be and do in the city.
Kevin is [...]
Posted in Xubuntu on May 10th, 2007
what’s going on in jim’s world:
- i worked tons of extra hours at work last week, and fighting off laziness this week. some weeks this fight is more difficult than others . . . i guess it’s nice to have a lull, though.
- i’ve started reading an o’reilly python book. i’m excited by this, and [...]
I’ve been so busy lately, haven’t had much time for all things linux-related. I guess I’m taking a breather since all of the 7.04 *ubuntus are out now. From what I can tell, the release has been a good one - no big “gotchas” have come up since release. Even though I [...]
Posted in Collaboration, Desktop Linux, Xubuntu on Mar 21st, 2007
I went to the organizational meeting for Free Geek Chicago last Wednesday night, and got pretty inspired about what the group doing.
Free Geek Chicago is kind of like Habitat for Humanity, but for computers. Basically, people can work at the facility for 20 hours (over several weeks), and then earn a free computer. People can [...]
There’s been a lot of changes going on with x/k/ed/ubuntu ISO testing lately, and a lot of the action is being coordinated in the forums. Check it out if you’re interested.
There’s also a relatively new irc channel for ISO testing discussions, #ubuntu-iso on irc.freenode.net. If you see someone in there with the nick “j1mc,” be [...]
Ubuntu Illinois / Chicago member Freddy Martinez had given me some brief pointers on filing bugs during one of our more recent Ubuntu-Chicago loco meetings, but my involvement with the ISO testing has really started to give me a taste for what bug reporting and triaging involves. Now that Xubuntu ISO testing is at [...]
After Herd 5’s release, I’ve been playing catch up with other parts of my life. One bit of good news is that my new HP AMD64 computer arrived, and so I’ve been de-commissioning my old computer, and preparing the new machine. Part of getting rid of the old computer has also involved attempts [...]
Posted in Xubuntu on Mar 1st, 2007
it’s been a heck of a past two weeks. Just two weeks ago i knew pretty much nothing about how to edit wiki pages, and then i found myself setting them up so that we’d have an organized platform for testing xubuntu. It turns out that what i set up wasn’t perfect, but at least [...]
I’ve modified the Xubuntu Testing wiki pages to provide better instructions on testing Xubuntu, and hopefully we’ll get a good group of testers fired up. Unfortunately, there weren’t enough tests done on Xubuntu Herds 1, 3, or 4, so no Herd was officially released.
You can take a look at the testing pages [...]
<j1mc> somerville32, i had a great install experience with the nightlies leading up to herd4.
<somerville32> j1mc: Did you report that?
<j1mc> no <somerville32> hehe
<somerville32> See, we need that
<somerville32> We need to get an official testing team together maybe
<j1mc> i’m mostly on xubuntu-user mailing list.
<somerville32> j1mc: Would you like to head up an Xubuntu testing [...]
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