Ubuntu 9.10 Release Parties in Romania
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Free Software, Planet Ubuntu
This a post about Ubuntu Karmic Release Parties in Romania.
The wonderful people from ROSEDU have organized just before the release the third edition of their, by now well known, Ubuntu Install Fest. More info and pictures on the event page. Below is just a sneak peak.
Thanks to ArLug, just in time for release, we [...]
Internet without borders… an utopic goal?
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Free Software, Planet Ubuntu
I’m starting to feel we are heading toward an Internet where an e-passport will be required for accessing websites outside our country.
Not being a big user of entertainment websites, it was only recently that I found out that countries borders are starting to take shape over Internet. First was the southpark.de website only available in [...]
Now that Karmic is released…
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Free Software, Planet Ubuntu
This is just a short update for my latest activities:
Ubuntu 9.10 Romanian Remix, the Ubuntu Live CD that comes with full support for Romanian language, was release on time. This is a showcase of Romanian localization of free software and we are looking forward for strengthening the team and to attract more contributors, as the team [...]
Ubuntu Translation Templates Priority
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Free Software, Planet Ubuntu
The Ubuntu Translators team is trying to improve the ordering of translations templates with the following goals:
highlight Ubuntu specific translations, ones not available in upstream projects
highlight translations with a big impact to non-English speaking users
create a minimum set of templates that will assure a usable system, helping new team by providing a fast track
reduce the [...]
0.3% non-free software on my computer
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Free Software, Planet Ubuntu
Reading Marius’s blog I have found vrms (”virtual Richard M. Stallman” for Debian GNU/Linux.)
Running vrms on my computer (the one I use for development and all day usage ) it shows I’m using 0.3% non-free software.
I have an Ati Radeon x300 video adapter, and i”m running the open source driver, since Ati no longer support [...]
Ubuntu Translations Project
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Planet Ubuntu
During the last Ubuntu Translations Team IRC meeting was discussed how are we going to use the Ubuntu Translations (ubuntu-translations) umbrella project from Launchpad for handling translations errors and issues. You can check the full log here.
I will try to introduce you to the Ubuntu Translations project’s goals and purpose.
Handling localization and internationalization issues
The main [...]
Ubuntu Romanian Remix
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Planet Ubuntu
I am happy to announce the release of Ubuntu Romanian Remix (Ubuntu pentru România, in Romanian language). It is based on the Ubuntu 9.04 LiveCD, but it comes with Romanian as the default language.
For many people, the Ubuntu Live CD, is the first contact with the Ubuntu operating system, and the Ubuntu Romanian team tries [...]
