Posts tagged ‘ubuntu women’
2010.11.07 Linkspam migrating south for the winter (8th November, 2010) (2)
It’s official, over 5% of Ubuntu Members are women! Stephen Fry declares the Stephen-Fry-says-women-don’t-enjoy-sex discussion Silliness (pushback at, for example, Ideologically Impure and Pickled Think via tigtog and also Rules for Anchorites). Truthout About Kyriarchy: ...
Full Story »2010.05.18 Ada makes the machines sing (0)
Remember the Ubuntu Women World Play Day Competition that I posted about a while ago? The entries have now closed and voting has opened. If you need some inspiration to vote: If you’re wondering what ...
Full Story »2010.04.18 Quick hit: Win her a Netbook! (0)
The Ubuntu Women team ran a competition a few months ago to gather stories documenting how women adopted the Ubuntu distribution as their computer operating system of choice. Based on the success of that competition, they ...
Full Story »2010.01.09 Linkspamming ’round the clock (9th January, 2010) (8)
Felicia Day is not pleased with Vanity Fair‘s condescending portrayal of herself and other female social media entrepreneurs. Role Models and Stereotypes: discussing the comparative helpfulness in attracting women to a field of both questioning ...
Full Story »2009.11.26 The Mists of Linkspam (26th November, 2009) (2)
Matt Zimmerman asks Who’s afraid of Ubuntu Women? Issue 17 of the GNOME Journal is available, the first with a unified theme: “Women in Open Source”. All articles were contributed by women. (Journal issues don’t ...
Full Story »2009.11.15 “Issues of Women in Open Source†for Ubuntu Open Week, and “Why?†(0)
Elizabeth Krumbach is a long time linux user and contributer who was elected to the Ubuntu Community Council last month. (Congrats Lyz!) These are some of her thoughts on the question, “Why are you involved ...
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