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Month: February, 2008

Ubuntu Brainstorm, Day 1

29 February, 2008 (08:40) | Ubuntu | 6 comments

Whooaaah! OMG! Whoah!
Ok, here are the stats at T+20 hours:

1000 ideas, with almost 1000 votes for the top ones !!
3200 new users, with currently 50 new users every 13 mn!!
1 slashdottage
1 front page diggage
1 front page wired article
And on the overall, a pretty good content quality!

Honestly, I’ll tell ya: We met a bet before launching […]

brainstorm.ubuntu.com opens its doors!

28 February, 2008 (14:29) | Ubuntu | 6 comments

Hey, Ubuntu brainstorm has been launched!
Ubuntu users can now submit their ideas and suggestions for Ubuntu, and vote for them. This will greatly boost Ubuntu’s ability to assess the user base expectations, and act accordingly. Two months before the next Ubuntu Developer Conference, I think this is a great time to start gathering […]

Gnome Foundation sponsors accessibility!

27 February, 2008 (20:02) | Ubuntu | 1 comment

I’m forwarding a great piece of news today: the Gnome Foundation, with the sponsorship of Mozilla, Google, Novell and Canonical, will fund 50000$ of bounties to enhance Gnome accessibility.
More specifically, there will be a list of tasks held at the program’s home, and tasks will be divided into small 2-weeks tasks and long 6-months tasks. […]

4L Trophy

25 February, 2008 (22:17) | travel | 2 comments

Today, they should all have come back to France. One thousand mighty Renault 4L that started from France, headed down to Spain and went through hell in the rocky tracks of the south of Morocco. That’s called the 4L Trophy, and it’s a big student event in France. In fact, only students are allowed!
I think […]

Adobe AIR on Linux: Pre-Beta Testers Needed

23 February, 2008 (18:12) | Misc | 3 comments

I’m forwarding a blog entry in which Adobe ask for Linux beta testers for their AIR technology. If I have correctly understood, it is a Internet rich client technology using Flash and Flex. It’s currently available on Mac and Windows, and it is being ported to Linux.
I’m a bit curious about this technology. A lot […]