Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Ubuntu Developer Summits have always been very open and participatory events, but this year we’re going a step further than previous years. On top of the audio streams, gobby documents, separate IRC channels, blueprints and wiki pages we also have many sessions videoed. The guys here are working hard to get the videos …

Day 0 – Sunday

Sunday was a relaxing day before the start of UDS. The primary function of UDS is to formulate plans for the next Ubuntu release. But it’s also a great opportunity to catch up with friends who you only usually speak to online. There’s also plenty of time for corridor conversations, quick …

My friends sometimes ask me what happens at UDS, so I thought I’d write a little summary each day of what’s happened. I’ll try to keep it fairly short, although I appear to have failed so far with this particular post.

Firstly I guess I should explain what UDS is to those who don’t know. …

I’ve seen a few posts complaining about the recent Ubuntu 9.10 release. Some cite specific issues, others are vague hand-wavy “it’s crap” posts with scant detail, making it difficult to find fixes.

Today we had a long time Ubuntu user turn up for support telling us that Ubuntu 9.10 had “so many problems” and “once …