Archive for November, 2007
Ubuntu Server on slashdot!
Posted by Lionel Porcheron in Uncategorized on November 29, 2007
Yesterday I was talking about Ubuntu advertisings on youtube, today, there is an Ubuntu Server advertising on slashdot :
Canonical is pushing hard Ubuntu Server those days (a lot of cool specs have been written for hardy), and that’s a very good thing for the server platform!
Ubuntu Server Advertisings
Posted by Lionel Porcheron in Uncategorized on November 28, 2007
Gerry Carr (Canonical marketing manager) just announced on the Ubuntu marketing mailing list two advertisings for the Ubuntu Server edition. Some US business and IT-related websites show the videos. Here are the videos on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkMlCeDu-0c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6L51uZjaZU&feature=related
See the complete announce.
Ubuntu Server Team
Posted by Lionel Porcheron in Uncategorized on November 2, 2007
One of the thing I should have done on the 18th of october, is blogging about the new Ubuntu release : 7.10, codename Gutsy Gibbon. No need to make another list of new (great) features included in the release, I would like to talk about the server team.
During gutsy cycle, Canonical have hired a bunch of people for taking care of the server platform. The team has been growing (thanks to the community), and we are now 78 members. This team is working hard to make Ubuntu Server rocks (well, it’s already rocks, but rocks more). First results have reached gutsy, there will be more for hardy, the next Ubuntu release (due in April) which will be a LTS (Long Term Support, which for the server team means 5 years).
Lot of people have been asking “Why I should use Ubuntu as a server, Ubuntu is a desktop distro?”. I remember Adam Conrad saying about differences between Debian and Ubuntu as a server : “Release schedule, LTS releases, commercial support from Canonical, and a different logo”. From my experience, I think it is an excellent summary of the advantages of Ubuntu.
If you’re looking into contributing or if you want to help us, reporting bug is a good starting point!
blog revival
Posted by Lionel Porcheron in Uncategorized on November 2, 2007
Yes, I know I should have blog more frequently during the past months. I have been really busy at work (do to company growing and growing). Well, I have migrated to the latest and greatest Wordpress release, updated my theme (the old one was broken during the upgrade), and better configured my blog : it is now host on the root of my website, permalinks are more understandable (thanks JB for his help).