Membership Board Member Interviews: Chris Wayne

By lyz | Published: 2015-06-12

The Ubuntu Membership Board is responsible for approving new Ubuntu members. I interviewed our board members in order for the Community to get to know them better and get over the fear of applying to Membership.

The first interview is with Chirs Wayne:

I work for Canonical, in the Phone Delivery Team.

What was your first computing experience?

My father got me a desktop as soon as I learned how to read

How long have you been involved with Ubuntu?

Since around 2009, when I joined Canonical

Since you are all fairly new to the Board, why did you join?

As cliche as it sounds, I just wanted to be more involved in the community

What are some of the projects you’ve worked on in Ubuntu over the years?

Preinstalled Ubuntu on Dell machines, Ubuntu for Android, Ubuntu phone (tech lead for the scopes on the phone)

What is your focus in Ubuntu today?

Scopes!

Do you contribute to other free/open source projects? Which ones?

Contributed several apps/scopes to Ubuntu, contributed to Galileo (syncing Fitbits on linux), libfitbit, Xpresser (GUI automation tool)

If you were to give a newcomer some advice about getting involved with Ubuntu, what would it be?

Don’t be afraid to ask questions, everybody has to start somewhere 🙂

Originally posted here by Svetlana Belkin on June 11, 2015

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 420

By lyz | Published: 2015-06-08

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #420 for the week June 1 – 7, 2015, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Vishnu Narayanan
  • Aaron Honeycutt
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 419

By lyz | Published: 2015-06-01

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #419 for the week May 25 – 31, 2015, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Aaron Honeycutt
  • Jose Antonio Rey
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Community Council Statement: Jonathan Riddell

By ubuntu-news-team | Published: 2015-05-29

This post has been removed by the Fridge Editors on behalf of the Community Council.

UbuConLA 2015: Attendee Registration Now Open

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2015-05-28

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Attendee registration for UbuConLA 2015 has just opened. UbuConLA is the biggest Ubuntu conference in Latin America, and will take place at University of Lima in Lima, Peru on the 7th and 8th August. You can find more information about the conference here.

Attendee registration is now open. You can fill out this form in order to register for the conference. Registration will only be open for the first 200 attendees, since the auditorium capacity is limited.

We have a partnership with Hotel & Spa Golf Los Incas. For more information about room rates and hotel services, please go to the hotel page on our website.

If you want to present a talk at the conference, please fill out the Call for Papers form.

The schedule for the conference will be available on summit.ubuntu.com. It will be updated with the final talk slots once the Call for Papers has closed and the speakers have been defined. You will be able to access a livestream of the conference sessions in the same website.

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please send an email to jose@ubuntu.com. See you in Lima!

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El registro de asistentes para la UbuConLA 2015 acaba de abrir. La UbuConLA es la conferencia de Ubuntu más grande de Latinoamérica, y se llevará a cabo en la Universidad de Lima, en Lima, Peru el 7 y 8 de agosto. Puedes encontrar más información sobre la conferencia aquí.

El registro de asistentes ya se encuentra abierto. Puedes rellenar este formulario para registrarte en la conferencia. El registro se encuentra limitado a los primeros 200 asistentes, ya que la capacidad del auditorio es limitada.

Tenemos una asociación con el Hotel & Spa Golf Los Incas. Para más información sobre tarifas y servicios del hotel, por favor ingresa a la página del hotel en nuestro sitio web.

Si deseas presentar una charla en la conferencia, por favor rellena el formulario del Llamado a Charlas.

El cronograma de la conferencia estará disponible en summit.ubuntu.com. Será actualizado con los slots de charlas finales una vez que el Llamado a Charlas cierre y los ponentes sean definidos. En el mismo sitio podrá accederse a un livestream de las sesiones de la conferencia.

Si tienes alguna pregunta sobre la conferencia, por favor envía un email a jose@ubuntu.com. ¡Nos vemos en Lima!