Archive for August, 2008
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Massively purchase proprietary software without any invitations to tender: get sued by your local free software association
As per FACIL’s press release:
Massive proprietary software purchases without any invitations to tender
FACIL contests government practices in the Superior Court
Montreal, August 28th 2008 - FACIL, a non-profit association, which promotes the collective appropriation of Free Software, contests the Quebec government purchasing methods for software used within public administrations. FACIL has filed a motion before the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Advocacy, Affaires, English, Government, Libre, Linux, Quebec, Society, Tech, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet, ubuntu-qc by magicfab
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Ubucon San Salvador on Saturday Sept. 6th! Save the date!
I am thrilled to announce El Salvador Ubuntu LoCo Team will be hosting an Ubucon El Salvador next Saturday September 6th!
I’ll be spending next week in San Salvador and I thought it would be nice to meet some Ubunteros there. I wrote to their mailing list, one thing led to another and *boom* ! Having [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Advocacy, Conferences, Development, El Salvador, English, Français, Free Stuff, Libre, Linux, News, Save The Planet, Support, Tech, Ubucon, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet by magicfab
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Weekend ? Contribute to Ubuntu Intrepid
If you’re all bored this weekend (or not) and want to contribute to Intrepid, you need to see this post on the Ubuntu Forums!
Thanks to Peng for pointing this out in the Ubuntu Weblogs which is another *huge* source of interesting Ubuntu bits & pieces!
1 Comment » - Posted in Advocacy, Development, English, Libre, Linux, Tech, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet by magicfab
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Acer, HP and MSI netbooks seen at Bureau en Gros in Montreal
Today I went to Bureau en Gros, which is the same as Staples stores in the USA. Think of it as the office supplies and electronics / computing store. Although I knew netbooks were coming “sometime soon” I didn’t expect to see them here in Montreal, particularly at a “mainstream” store like BeG!
I took some [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Advocacy, English, Français, Government, Hewlett-Packard, Libre, Linux, Press, Save The Planet, Tech, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet, Venezuela by magicfab
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Linux Developer Network (Beta) Launched
I had the greatest time 2 weeks ago at Linux World Expo 2008 in San Francisco, USA. Although I had the best intentions and wanted to blog just about everything, I just couldn’t get 5 minutes near a keyboard! I’ll be posting some of it over the next few days.
Today while reading Planet Ubuntu and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Advocacy, Conferences, Development, Libre, Linux, Tech, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet by magicfab
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Ubuntu wins “Best Desktop Solution” at Linux World Expo 2008
I just wanted to extended a huge “thank you!” to all of the Ubuntu community Today Ubuntu won the “Best Desktop Solution” Product Excellence Award at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2008 in San Francisco, California for a second consecutive year.
From the site:
“Judged by a group of respected industry experts managed by LinuxWorld.com, the LinuxWorld [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in Advocacy, Affaires, Canonical, Conferences, English, Libre, Linux, Tech, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Planet by magicfab
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Following up with my last friendly reminder
I still can’t get around the fact my post about being respectful on Planet Ubuntu got so much attention and was hi-jacked for so many different purposes.
The next Community Council is on Aug. 5, however I doubt I’ll make it to present my specific complaint as I’ll be at Linux World Expo at that [...]
