Monthly Archives: March 2013

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server, 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop and 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) reaching End of Life on May 9 2013

On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, Adam Conrad announces the formal EOL dates of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server, 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop and 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) desktop and server. 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server Ubuntu announced its 8.04 (Hardy Heron) release almost 5 years ago, on April 24, 2008. As with the earlier LTS […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 309

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #309 for the week March 18 – March 24, 2013, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Changes in Ubuntu releases decided by the Ubuntu Technical Board Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations Canonical and Chinese standards body announce Ubuntu collaboration […]

First Community Leadership Meeting Summary

This week we had our first Ubuntu Leadership Meeting. The goal of the meeting is to bring together representatives from the different governance boards to provide an open field to discuss challenges and opportunities in the community. In this week’s call there was Elizabeth Krumbach (Community Council), Laura Czajkowski (LoCo/Community Councils), Sergio Meneses (LoCo Council), […]

Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations

Ubuntu Membership is a recognition of significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. To this end, the Community Council recruits members of our current membership community for the valuable role of reviewing and evaluating the contributions of potential members to bring them on board or assist with having them achieve this goal. […]

Catch up with the Community Council

Following on from the last few weeks of discussions many of the Community Council have been approached to discuss various topics. While we regularly meet with many of the other boards and councils on a regularly scheduled basis, it’s not limited to just those representatives. We’d like to invite anyone who has any issues or […]