Monthly Archives: October 2009

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #165

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #165 for the week October 18th – October 24th, 2009 is available. In this issue we cover: * Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 now available * October 21st America’s Membership Board Meeting * Ubuntu IRC Council Elections * Keeping Ubuntu CD’s Available * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu Zimbabwe […]

Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for UEC and EC2, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. We consider this […]

Ubuntu IRC Council Elections

Soon several members of the IRC Council (Joseph Price, Marek Spruell and Melissa Draper) will finish their terms of 2 years. The purpose of this email is to begin the process of electing new/re-electing members to the council. Currently, the wiki states the following regarding IRC Council members: # Be appointed by the Ubuntu Community […]

Keeping Ubuntu CDs Available

One of the ways in which many people have been able to experience Ubuntu is via Canonical’s ShipIt program, which has shipped millions of CDs to new users. This has provided a valuable opportunity for new users to try Ubuntu and for our community teams to obtain CDs as part of their advocacy efforts. Due […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #164

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #164 for the week October 11th – October 17th, 2009 is available. In this issue we cover: * Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 9.10 * Unseeded Universe/Multiverse Final Freeze Schedule * Ubuntu Open Week: November 2-6, 2009 * Ubuntu Stats * Karmic release party Dublin * Ubuntu-ie: […]