I can finally stop hitting reload. Dell’s new Inspiron Mini 9 is now available for pre-order in the US.

Last week I wrote about Ubucon San Salvador coming up this Saturday well guess what!!! I’ll be stopping for a few days in Guatemala on my way back to Canada and I dropped an email to some ubunteros in Guatemala - it looks like we’re going to have a nice gathering there too! I’ll be presenting [...]

The Direct2Dell blog is a great way to find out about new Ubuntu development and products at Dell from a reliable source one can actually quote publically From my seat on the support side of things, I used to worry about such exposure - how can you give tech support to so many new [...]

As per FACIL’s press release: Massive proprietary software purchases without any invitations to tender FACIL contests government practices in the Superior Court Montreal, August 28th 2008 - FACIL, a non-profit association, which promotes the collective appropriation of Free Software, contests the Quebec government purchasing methods for software used within public administrations. FACIL has filed a motion before the [...]

I am thrilled to announce El Salvador Ubuntu LoCo Team will be hosting an Ubucon El Salvador next Saturday September 6th! I’ll be spending next week in San Salvador and I thought it would be nice to meet some Ubunteros there. I wrote to their mailing list, one thing led to another and *boom* ! [...]

If you’re all bored this weekend (or not) and want to contribute to Intrepid, you need to see this post on the Ubuntu Forums! Thanks to Peng for pointing this out in the Ubuntu Weblogs which is another *huge* source of interesting Ubuntu bits & pieces!

Today I went to Bureau en Gros, which is the same as Staples stores in the USA. Think of it as the office supplies and electronics / computing store. Although I knew netbooks were coming “sometime soon” I didn’t expect to see them here in Montreal, particularly at a “mainstream” store like BeG! I took some [...]

I had the greatest time 2 weeks ago at Linux World Expo 2008 in San Francisco, USA. Although I had the best intentions and wanted to blog just about everything, I just couldn’t get 5 minutes near a keyboard! I’ll be posting some of it over the next few days. Today while reading Planet Ubuntu and [...]

I just wanted to extended a huge “thank you!” to all of the Ubuntu community Today Ubuntu won the “Best Desktop Solution” Product Excellence Award at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2008 in San Francisco, California for a second consecutive year. From the site: “Judged by a group of respected industry experts managed by LinuxWorld.com, the LinuxWorld [...]

I still can’t get around the fact my post about being respectful on Planet Ubuntu got so much attention and was hi-jacked for so many different purposes. The next Community Council is on Aug. 5, however I doubt I’ll make it to present my specific complaint as I’ll be at Linux World Expo at [...]

I’ll be at Linux World Expo 2008 next week in San Francisco with Canonical, and as such I am putting the final touches to several demos including one about what is different / new / “better” in Ubuntu 8.04 (specifically) on the desktop. I am talking about technical features, so I thought I’d ask around [...]

Canonical is hiring and the positions list is growing by the day. If you’d like to join a place where IRC is a requirement, colleagues are in almost every timezone, and hacking your home electronics is rather common, check the list and also how to apply. Contact me if you have any questions. July 2008 postings GNOME [...]

La semaine passée après 3 semaines d’attente pour un remplacement en garantie du moteur-roue arrière BionX, j’ai envoyé ce courriel (aussi publié sur Facebook) à Bionx , ABC Sport et Quilicot: Last year I bought my BionX (including bike) at Quilicot (http://bicyclesquilicot.com) in Montreal QC, thinking this was a reputable place with people that knew their [...]

I can’t help but notice some posts in Planet Ubuntu are clearly out of line with our Code of Conduct. I hardly take offense to anything I see on the Internet anymore, however this is Planet Ubuntu, not “the Internet”. If you’re posting on your blog and you are syndicated here, it means you are an [...]

That’s what the sign says in this picture: Apparently Ubuntu-co rocked at Campus Party Colombia. If that picture is any indication, I think there’s more to come Well done to all that were there!

I’ve just filed Bug #237369,JMicron card reader (152d:2339) in HP Pavilion 2035la doesn’t support Memory Stick Pro (MSP) for a friend in the #ubuntu-co channel that has an HP Pavilion DV 2035la (or DV 2000 series as they call it). I was a bit surprised that Sony Memory Stick (MS) and Memory Stick Pro (MSP) [...]

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If you’re using Ubuntu with a Dell computer (from factory or else), there is a handy command to get your service tag number. This is handy in support situations (if you’re getting support or providing it) when the service tag number can’t be read because it’s inaccessible, too small, or simply gone - some older [...]