I usually don’t participate in this kind of project, as I find it hard to validate the numbers or statistics provided. However I still think it’s important as users we are counted somehow.
So if you haven’t done so yet, I invite you to register to the Ubuntu Counter. While you’re at it, consider also registering at the Linux Counter. If you know of any other sources for Linux user-base stats and info, I’d be glad to hear about them.
In the spirit of the recent Dell poll, I would like to invite anyone interested in getting RIM‘s attention to sign the RIM BlackBerry Linux USB Driver Support Petition. Although I consider RIM to primarily be a service provider, additionally to being a hardware provider, it may also help to let them know about the recently launched FSF’s appeal to hardware vendors
With all the talk about Windows Vista, DRM, hardware crippling, etc. I thought I’d undust this little essential for any advocates of tech freedom: Trusted Computing is as short movie thats says it all. Oh, did I mention you may need some additional codecs to view it ? Ah, the irony.
My daily tasks at Canonical as a support analyst include watching for new Ubuntu Marketplace registration requests from all over the world, processing them and providing any needed assistance. Since I speak spanish, I often get assigned requests from Latin America and Spain, and lately we have been getting a steady increase of people doing business with Ubuntu in a number of creative ways. Here are some of them:
Hello Ubuntu Planet, it seems it was yesterday I joined Canonical’s Global Support Services team in Montreal, Canada. Two months already! Continuer la lecture de Hello World – How can we help you today @ Canonical Support ?