http://www.siltala.net Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:03:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes it's good to give your friends some time to work on their ideas. mc44 totally appreciates wobblywu's hard work. This is how communities work at best. http://www.siltala.net/2008/06/05/tales-from-the-offtopic-23-worth-it/ Today, the Finnish Linux User Group[1] announced their yearly Linux Contributor Award. The Winner: Ubuntu Suomi! Translating from the press release (Finnish PDF). The volunteer community has taken care of translations, arranged events around the country, promoted Linux and Free Software to legislators and, above all, provided user support through its ... http://www.siltala.net/2008/05/08/ubuntu-fi-is-finlands-linux-contributor-of-2008/ This morning, I found an email from Karol in my inbox, telling me about a promotional Ubuntu website he designed. It is slick! The site is a place for Ubuntu users to share their story. Why do you use Ubuntu? Tell your story about security, stability, desktop sexiness and all the ... http://www.siltala.net/2008/05/03/share-your-ubuntu-story/ We all know why GNOME is the most popular desktop in the enterprise. It does so much for users -- they don't have to do a thing while the GNOME daemons get things done. topyli and mc44 were trying to convince aubade of the benefits today. I think it was a ... http://www.siltala.net/2008/04/11/tales-from-the-offtopic-22-user-friendly-breakage/ OpenOffice.org has released version 2.4 with many improvements. Congratulations to both developers and users of OO.o! I personally am in no capacity to evaluate it. I'm pretty sure it has about as many buttons and check boxes and sliders as the previous one. I still like Abiword. The new OpenOffice.org website ... http://www.siltala.net/2008/04/01/design-for-topylies/