First Community Appreciation Day
Today, the Ubuntu community is observing the first Community Appreciation Day, for good reason. I have never worked with a stronger community. Ever since Ubuntu was born in 2004, I have argued so much...
View Article15 years of GNOME
I can’t believe it’s been five years since I wrote my “10 years of GNOME” post, but it seems to be true! Actually, the anniversary was yesterday already, but I didn’t get the chance to write about it...
View Articletales from the offtopic #35: premium content
#ubuntu-offtopic is often quite funny, but we’re really all just accidental and often oblivious comedians. This is why levo decided to bite the bullet and simply ask if anyone might be aware of...
View ArticleWhen you’re done
From the recent minor Ubuntu “crisis”, I have managed to distill some good bits too. Here’s one from Mark: “If you’ve done what you want for Ubuntu, then move on.”[1] I think this is great advice. Why...
View Articletales from the offtopic #36: the sad saga
The only thing worse than being defeated in a game is being refused a game. Except maybe when someone else is not interested in the game. Or something. We will let Nitto, SonikkuAmerica and topyli try...
View ArticleGoogle Non-Liberation
The other day I got interested in ownCloud. Long story short, it is quite wonderful. Files, calendars, contacts synchronized. Standard open protocols so that you can sync pretty much any device that...
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