AskUbuntu reaches 7000 questions - 15000 answers - 9800 users - 70000 votes
Less than 4 months after the successful launch as permanent Q&A site in our new Ubuntu design, we have reached the 7000 question threshold. Those 7000 questions have been asked and answered to 90%...
View ArticlePetition against Metered Internet in Canada has Reached almost 250,000...
Open Media has started an online petition against the CRTC's decision to allow Bell Canada to meter Internet services sold through resellers with additional fees. The CRTC approval of this form of...
View ArticleUpdate Regarding Usage Based Billing of the Internet in Canada - Government...
The star reports that the Government will reverse the "Metered Internet" / "Usage Based Billing" decision by the CRTC if the CRTC will no do so itself.It seems that in the current political climate...
View ArticleAskUbuntu has Gone through the 10,000 Users Threshold
A couple of minutes ago, AskUbuntu has been visited by the 10,000th user. It took less than 4 month since the official launch to mark this milestone.The 10,000 users have asked more than 7,300...
View ArticleInaugural Open Data Waterloo Region CodeFest! on Saturday, March 12, 2011
On Saturday, March 12 at Kwartzlab in Kitchener, the inaugural open data code fest for the Region of Waterloo will commence, from 11am to whenever. Bring a laptop and your enthusiasm to do interesting...
View ArticleDrupal Q&A site at stackexchange.com
Drupal has now its own Q&A site at Stackexchange. Currently, the site has just reached its public beta stage.
View ArticlePirate Party wins debate in Kitchener Waterloo
Apparently the Pirate Party in Canada is on its way to achieve similar popularity, especially among young voters as it has become normal in Europe. In a debate for the federal election in Canada's...
View ArticleUbuntu Natty Release Party in Kitchener-Waterloo on Saturday, 30 April 2011
It is almost the time again. Less than on week left for the newest Ubuntu release. As every year, lots of work has been put into the release. Not only directly by the Ubuntu community, but also by the...
View ArticleUbuntu-ca LoCo Project for Global Jam in September 2011
After having run several Ubuntu global jams in the last couple of years, I would like to try something new this year.Global Jams so far have been a lot around bug triage and educating new members on...
View ArticleI am soo Tired of the Endless Desktop Flame Wars - Can we Please all Stop This?
Since the inception of Gnome, there seems to have been a never ending flame war about desktops in the FLOSS community. I am really getting tired of it, because it not only is boring, but also...
View ArticleNo Upgrades from Precise Pangolin to Quantal Quetzal?
Interestingly, the last Ubuntu upgrade had an interesting side effect. Even while always upgrading with sudo do-release-upgrade for each consecutive release, the upgrade to Precise Pangolin has set the...
View ArticleThe Problem of Sunsetting Ubuntu Brainstorm
Yesterday, it has been suggested to sunset Ubuntu brainstorm. While the arguments on the surface make a lot of sense, a bigger problem seem to be not as much in the focus of the discussion as it maybe...
View ArticleUpdate about Brainstorm
As can be read from Jono's blog, Brainstorm has basically effectively been discontinued. It strikes odd, that this decision was made seemingly so rapidly, and it seems without a lot of community input,...
View ArticleWhy is there this never ending discussion of what an Ubuntu team is?
For several years, Randall Ross has been now on the war path about the structure of Ubuntu LoCo teams.However, everything that is raised in his post seems nothing more than a storm in the teapot.
View ArticleRespect is a Bi-Directional Proposition
Jono has written a very good post on his blog about respect in the community. I agree with the importance of respect in a community. It was also important to clarify that having different opinions or...
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