Jokosher updates

Jokosher updates

Lots of Jokosher news to report. Once again, I am going into bullet time to keep this short and sharp: * We are building towards the 0.9 release. If you are running on Feisty you will have all dependencies apart from an updated Gnonlin which you can [download...
Microsoft in FUD shocker

Microsoft in FUD shocker

It seems Microsoft are at it again. More software patent threats. Yadda yadda yadda. I have an odd relationship with Microsoft – on one side I know, respect and get on well with a number of people who work there, and I have been invited to their Redmond and...
UDS Community Wotsits

UDS Community Wotsits

The UDS mob. [Original photo](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kwwii/496835232/) by Ken. Well, its over. A trip to beautiful Seville which encompassed the Ubuntu Education Summit, the Ubucon Seville and the Ubuntu Developer Summit. It was an intense week and a half, and...
Microsoft in FUD shocker

User Groups are cool, YA RLY

This is a photo of the excellent [ubuntu-br](https://www.ubuntu-br.org/) team and I. I found it while flicking through [their FISL 8.0 photo collection](https://fotos.ubuntu-br.org/v/fisl8/). I think that this collection of photos and the apparent enthusiasm and...
Simple Mechanisms, Sane Processes

Simple Mechanisms, Sane Processes

In recent years, becoming a free software contributor has become much easier. Take for example *documentation*. Many moons ago (well about five years ago), writing docs was hailed as *the thing non-coders could do to contribute to free software*. The reality of docs...
Brazil kicks ass

Brazil kicks ass

Got back from my trip to FISL 8.0 in Brazil and I had an insanely good time. After my rather [tortuous](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=940) [trip](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=941), I checked into the hotel, and headed straight to FISL where I met with...