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Entries Tagged ‘Ubuntu’

International Womens Day / How I Discovered Ubuntu

International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. The Ubuntu Women Project celebrated International Womens Day in 2010 by conducting a contest to select favorite stories from [...]

Comparing storage size with 3 different OS’s

If you’ve noticed, lately there’s been a lot of buzz about Snow Leopard showing file sizes “correctly.” There’s a great article on Lifehacker by Gina Trapani which explains this in greater detail. I’ve decided to do a little comparison on the three most used OS platforms with a Sandisk 4GB USB Flash drive. Here are [...]

The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together around the weekend of 2nd – 4th Oct 2009 to work together to improve Ubuntu. Everyone is able to contribute to the Jam, and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. Curious about how to make a real difference [...]