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Thierry Carrez: OpenStack Essex: the last mile
At the time I’m writing this, we have final release candidates published for all the components that make up OpenStack 2012.1, codenamed “Essex”: OpenStack Compute (Nova), at RC3 OpenStack Image...
View ArticleBrandon Holtsclaw: Quick Tip
If you are anything like me and spend quite a bit of time on a Unixy CLI like Ubuntu or OS X, the you might find this of some use. I tend to have a lot of programs and scripts I write or compile...
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Mark Shuttleworth: Introducing Metal as a Service: provisioning for the...
As we move from “tens” to “hundreds” to “thousands” of nodes in a typical data centre we need new tools and practices. This hyperscale story – of hyper-dense racks with wimpy nodes – is the big shift...
View ArticleJorge Castro: Getting started with MAAS
MAAS is ready for people to start banging on. If you’ve been struggling with Orchestra deployments then consider this the new version of that, and as you can see from the instructions, it’s already way...
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Mike Basinger: Never miss an opportunity to promote Ubuntu
Recently I got the latest iPad and it is a very nice device (don’t cry RMS). One of my favorite programs for it is AlienBlue, which is a Reddit reader for iOS. A couple of days ago a update for this...
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Jorge Castro: Kicking the tires on MAAS
Ok so we’ve fleshed out the MAAS wiki page a bit today with some instructions on how to get started. If you’ve got a few boxes around (You’ll likely need at least 3 boxes, one for MAAS, and then two...
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Robbie Williamson: Ubuntu Server is No Longer the Best OS for Cloud Computing.
Okay, so now that I got your attention….let me explain. Over this past year and a half (maybe a little longer), I’ve seen Ubuntu Server explode in number and types of deployments, specifically around...
View ArticlePaul Tagliamonte: Processing Geo-location data
I’m in the middle of plotting and designing a library to handle loading, processing and interpreting Geo-location data. I have a fairly substantial corpus of data (latitude data since 2010-ish, on and...
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Nathan Haines: Ubuntu Hour Lake Forest, April 5
Ubuntu Hour is a chance to meet up for an hour and chat with other Ubuntu users. The meeting is open to anyone interested whether they use Ubuntu or not, and everyone's welcome with no commitments or...
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Xubuntu: The Countdown is on
It’s already less than a month before Xubuntu 12.04 is released, and we thought it would be a good thing to finally provide you something to build up the excitement (and hype) with. So here it is…...
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Duncan McGreggor: Recent Stackiness
Meetup Tomorrow is OpenStack Atlanta's second event (the first being a HackIn). Ken Pepple is going to be talking about deploying OpenStack, something he should feel very comfortable doing, given his...
View ArticleUbuntu Cloud Portal: Don’t miss the inaugural Ubuntu Cloud Summit
Kicking off this May, the Ubuntu Cloud Summit is a one day event for both technology and business people interested in what cloud computing can do for their organisations. Hosted by Canonical and...
View ArticleUbuntu LoCo Council: Ordering your 12.04 CDs for LoCo Teams is now available
I’m happy to tell you that it is time to submit requests for pre-orders of the new 12.04 Release! As always, please submit your requests via the online form at https://forms.canonical.com/lococd/ It is...
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Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Brightbox 12.04 daily images now available, discounts...
UK cloud provider Brightbox would like to announce that they now have daily images of Ubuntu 12.04 available for testing. Brightbox has an EC2 compatible metadata service that works with Ubuntu’s...
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Chuck Short: Openstack Essex on 12.04
A couple of minutes ago the “Essex” was released by Thierry Carrez a couple of minutes ago. This is a great step forward because it offers more stability and features for Openstack Users. As a result...
View ArticleLubuntu Blog: Bridge Linux 2012
Okay, this is not an Ubuntu based distro, it's an Arch derivative, but its desktop and behaviour resembles a lot to well known distros like WattOS or NewtOS, with LXDE environment. It's supposed to...
View ArticleUbuntu Kernel Team: [Precise] linux kernel 3.2.0-22.35 uploaded (ABI bump)
Apologies for the delay, I just realized I overlooked sending this announcement for the 3.2.0-22.35 upload. Please note the ABI bump. The most notable changes are as follows: * rebase to upstream...
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Torsten Franz: CeBIT in Hannover last month
Last month I was on CeBIT in Hannover for the Ubuntu Project. It was very nice to be a part of the Open Source Project Lounge. I found an article about our work at the cebit on h-online . It was a nice...
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Benjamin Mako Hill: OH Man!
Since installing a whiteboard in our kitchen, conversations at the Acetarium have been moving in new and interesting directions. For example, Mika and I recently noticed that, when rotated correctly,...
View ArticleMichael Hall: Distribution is Contribution
When the topic of contributions to FOSS come up, it usually happens that people focus entirely on the aspect of creation, specifically code creation, to the exclusion of all others. In the context of...
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