Category Archives: Planet

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) End of Life reached on May 9, 2013

By akgraner | Published: 2013-05-10

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to confirm that as of today (May 9, 2013), Ubuntu 8.04 is no longer supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 8.04, and it will be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks. The original End of Life warning follows, […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 315

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2013-05-06

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #315 for the week April 29 – May 5, 2013, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats CFT – 13.05 vUDS – Cloud & Server Track Jorge Castro: 13 Reasons to Deploy With Ubuntu […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 314

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2013-04-29

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #314 for the week April 22 – 28, 213, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Released The Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Scorpionfish. Not. Pablo Rubianes and Marcos Costales appointed to the Loco Council Welcome New Members and Developers Community […]

New members of the Ubuntu LoCo Council Announced

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2013-04-27

On the behalf of the Community Council I would like to welcome our newly appointed members to the LoCo Council: Pablo Rubianes: https://launchpad.net/~pablorubianes-uy / https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PabloRubianes Marcos Costales: https://launchpad.net/~costales / https://wiki.ubuntu.com/costales Thank you to all who their names forward, we always have great applicants, and the decision is never easy and we hope you all consider […]

The Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Scorpionfish. Not.

By akgraner | Published: 2013-04-25

Congratulations and thanks to the entire extended Ubuntu community for today’s release of Ubuntu 13.04, the Raring Ringtail. Feedback over the past few months on raring has been fantastic – pretty much universal recognition of the performance and quality initiatives Rick’s team have lead and which have been embraced across the platform and the community. […]