Tag Archive for 'ubuntu'

Wubi Installer and the Ubiquitous Ubuntu

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Wubi, the famous Windows Ubuntu installer, is probably one of the reasons why Ubuntu is the most popular Linux desktop distro, at least among Windows users. Agostino Russo - original author and ‘inventor’ of Wubi - told me more about how everything was started from a blueprint. Continue reading ‘Wubi Installer and the Ubiquitous Ubuntu’

Open Source Communities: Canonical, Ubuntu and Jono Bacon

Recently MuleSource partnered with Canonical to improve Tomcat packaging for Ubuntu and Debian. The Tomcat’s expert Jason Britain, newly hired at MuleSource,  made clear what are MuleSource’s contributions to Tomcat and I asked to Matt Asay more about what Canonical brings to this partnership, and to Jono Bacon more about Ubuntu’s community.

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Open Source Webinars: Nuxeo, OpenLogic, System76

Making It Your Own: Enforcing Your Enterprise Policies with Nuxeo Studio - Nuxeo is doing well, and is about to deliver a webinar about Nuxeo Studio, a web-based customization service for Nuxeo Enterprise Platform available only to Nuxeo Connect – Developer subscribers.
Live Demo with Q&A - April 27, 2010, 11 am ET.

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Open Source Podcasts 5-04-2009: Mifos Microfinance Platform, MuleSource, Mark Shuttleworth

Mifos on FLOSS Weekly Open Source Podcast - George Conard and Adam Monsen of the Mifos Initiative interviewed on FLOSS Weekly provide a look into the Mifos Initative.The initiative is aimed at creating and fostering an open platform for the microfinance industry. Mifos is launching is Mifos OnDemand in the Philippines.

Mulecast: A conversation with the creator of The Science Service Bus (SSB)
- Edwin Tellman, creator of The Science Service Bus talks about the SSB and who can benefits from it.

Ubuntu Podcast Interviews Mark Shuttleworth - Mark Shuttleworth discusses the upcoming 9.04 release, Ubuntu history, Linux on the desktop, and other stuff.

OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 Portable, OpenOffice.org 3 on Ubuntu 8.10, Linguist Extension: OpenOffice.org links, 22-02-2009

OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0.1 Released - PortableApps.com announced the release of OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0.1 in Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish.

How to install OpenOffice.org 3 on Ubuntu 8.10 - Ubuntu’s default is OpenOffice 2.4, learn how to upgrade to version 3.

Linguist - A Python extension aimed at providing an easy way for users to create a list of new candidate words to the existing spellcheck dictionary for their language.


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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.