GNOME ED Update – April/May
It’s time for another update on what the GNOME Foundation has been up to, this time in April and May. Events We’ve been to a number of events in the last couple of months....
Category: Debian
Software Freedom Law Center and Conservancy
Before I start, I would like to make it clear that the below is entirely my personal view, and not necessarily that of the GNOME Foundation, the Debian Project, or anyone else. There’s been...
On ZFS in Debian
I’m currently over at FOSDEM, and have been asked by a couple of people about the state of ZFS and Debian. So, I thought I’d give a quick post to explain what Debian’s current...
Taking office
Yesterday, my first term started as the Debian Project Leader. There’s been a large number of emails congratulating me, and thanks to everyone who sent those. I’d also like to thank Mehdi Dogguy and Gergely Nagy...
Barbie the Debian Developer
Some people may have seen recently that the Barbie series has a rather sexist book out about Barbie the Computer Engineer. Fortunately, there’s a way to improve this by making your own version. Thus,...
Entering the fray – 2014 DPL election
After a number of years in Debian, in various roles, I decided to put my name forward for election to Debian Project Leader. My platform has now been published, and campaigning is now under...
Valve reveal Portal 2 Linux beta, sponsor DebConf14, public issue tracking, oh my!
Valve have announced the availability of Portal 2 beta for Linux! It’s exciting to see such a fantastic game coming to the platform. Luckily, some developers can get it for free :) Interestingly, there’s...
+++ BREAKING Debian 9.0 codename
A source close to the Debian Project has informed me that the project will break from it’s long running tradition of Pixar codenames for their releases. Going further than this, in what is surely...
Kerning in LibreOffice
Are you a fan of kerning? Are all your letters running together? Do you want your documents in LibreOffice to look normal again? Try turning off hardware acceleration: Tools -> Options -> View ->...
Let’s get physical
Two recent announcements have been made about how it’s viewed that people should interact with each other. Both, in my opinion, are misguided. Firstly, Yahoo’s chief executive, Marissa Mayer has announced that she’s banning staff from remote...