Archive for August, 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 in the Venezuelan National Assembly

August 4, 2006

On August 3, 2006, Ubuntu took by storm the Venezuelan National Assembly and with the help of 8 of the brightest SoLVe’s free software activists and developers, 17 laptop computers were freed. But they were not the computers of Venezuela’s average persons. They were the computers of Members of [...]

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS popular, capable, well supported Linux distro

August 4, 2006

According to IT Reviews, Ubuntu is the Linux distro of choice.
A much more business-like implementation of Linux, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS retains many of the features that have made it so popular, with sensible enhancements in terms of installation, hardware support and usability. Still a very complete solution and equally suitable for both enthusiast and production [...]

OSCON recap. Part I

August 3, 2006

I decided to write three posts about my experience in OSCON 2006. The first post (this one), will focus on the first day I attended: Wednesday July 26, 2006. The second one, will focus on our session: Sofware Libre: FOSS in Venezuela. The last one, will cover [...]