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May 1, 2008

Christer Edwards
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Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper - Feisty - Gutsy - Hardy
» “Ubuntu on the EeePC” : OpenWeek Presentation Went Well

I wanted to throw out a quick thank-you to all those that attended my OpenWeek Presentation today.  I think things went really well and had some great questions and suggestions from those in attendance.  If you missed the presentation and would like to catch up on the logs you can find them here.

It also appears that we’ve formed a loose new team/group, dedicated to advancement of Ubuntu support on the EeePC.  If you’d like to participate please drop me a note (see my contact page) or drop by the #ubuntu-eeepc irc channel for discussion.  Our goal is to have 100% support out-of-the-box by Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid”.  Think we can do it? :)

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by Christer Edwards at 7:35 PM under 8.10 , eeepc , intrepid , openweek (Comments)
April 29, 2008

Christer Edwards
nonic
Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper - Feisty - Gutsy - Hardy
» Packaging 101 A Success At Ubuntu OpenWeek

I just finished attending the Ubuntu OpenWeek Session: Packaging 101, presented by dholbach, King of the MOTU! ;).  It was a great presentation and I learned quite a bit.  I have studied packaging before and I always ran into issues.  I think his presentation made things very clear and he was great in answering the questions we ran into.

We packaged ed, a standard Unix line editor that nobody (except for one of my co-workers) actually uses, but it was a good practice run.  Even with such a simple package we learned how the basic principle works, which should carry over to more real-world packages.

If you’ve been interested in packaging this is a great time to dive in.  We’ve got a small window before Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid” starts and there will be help needed in merging everything and getting that release ready.  I would *love* to be a part of the actual packaging for that release so you may hear more about my journey toward MOTU during this release cycle.  I invite you to attend the remaining packaging related sessions at Ubuntu OpenWeek and pickup what you can.  Ubuntu’s success is very much based on the strength of the MOTU and the number of quality packages it offers.

If you haven’t yet, go check out OpenWeek.  Drop by #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net and join the fun!

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by Christer Edwards at 6:17 PM under community , motu , openweek , packaging (Comments)
April 27, 2008

Christer Edwards
nonic
Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper - Feisty - Gutsy - Hardy
» Presenting At Ubuntu OpenWeek - Ubuntu on the EeePC

I hope by now you’ve heard some of the noise regarding Ubuntu OpenWeek which begins tomorrow, 15:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom.  We’re going to have some really cool, really interesting presentations this time around!  I’m trying to figure out when I’ll have time for work there are so many presentations that I want to attend!

I also wanted to mention that I’ll be presenting on Thursday, 16:00 UTC.  I’ll be presenting on using Ubuntu on the EeePC.  If you have an EeePC still running Xandros, if you have an EeePC running Ubuntu (or derivative), or if you’re just thinking about getting one I think it’d be a great presentation for you to join.  I’ll be discussing current and future EeePC specs, how to install on Ubuntu and how to customize the Gnome desktop for such a small resolution.

I use my EeePC more than any of my other machines anymore.  I take it on the road with me when I travel, I write code on it, I write blog posts on it.  Nearly anything I would do on my MacBook I do on my EeePC.  Yes, even Compiz!  Its a great little machine!

If you are an EeePC user and have suggestions on items to include in the presentation please leave a comment.  If you are not an EeePC user and have specific questions you’d like me to cover I also invite you to leave a comment.  See everyone on Thursday!

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by Christer Edwards at 8:21 PM under eeepc , openweek (Comments)