Call for IRC Operators

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-11-03

With the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Copenhagen drawing to a close the Raring Ringtail development cycle kicks off in earnest, and our core IRC channels now support users of Ubuntu 12.10 the Quantal Quetzal. Our IRC channels provide excellent live, peer reviewed, technical support and information and are a great communication tool for the wider Ubuntu project. As well as people providing technical support we have a team of helpers who moderate the channels, maintaining a sense of order and decorum in line with the principals of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct by being catalysts and if all else fails using technical measures to exclude spammers and other sources of disruption. We like to kick off each cycle by inviting people to apply to join this team, following the application process for the channel they are most involved in from this list (links are to the relevant launchpad teams to apply to)

If you’re active on our IRC channels and you are available, and if you’ve been aching to help, you should consider applying! You might get your chance if:

  • You are great at resolving conflicts
  • You are very patient. Superhuman nerve control is a basic IRC operator feature
  • You can take criticism
  • You are happy when helping and advising others

In addition to the Code of Conduct and our IRC Guidelines, you are happy to also adhere to the Leadership Code of Conduct and the Operator Guidelines.
 
In general, please do not consider becoming an operator because it could be “fun”. It is not, it’s hard work. However, it is often quite rewarding, and you get to operate with a great team of people. You don’t need to be an IRC guru, but you do need to know enough to be able to learn more.
 
Please be aware that some applicants will not become operators for various reasons. This will not necessarily be because we think you would make a bad operator. Only a limited number of operators are ever needed, some timezones are better covered already than others, and so on. We are particularly interested in applications from people who are frequently online during the 00:00 UTC to 08:00 UTC timeframe. There are quite a few people who have already applied to a team, you don’t need to re-apply we will process all the pending applications.
 
IMPORTANT: Please follow the application process and additionally note your available times on your wiki page. Having your wiki page listed on your LP page is also useful to aid us in finding your information.
We look forward to your applications!

Originally posted here by Alan Bell on Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

Code of Conduct review during Community Roundtable on Wednesday morning

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-10-30

The Community Council has continued to work merging the Code of Conduct and the Leadership Code of Conduct. This was discussed at UDS last cycle and there was a call for feedback to the community last month.

The current revision is available here for review: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~sabdfl/ubuntu-codeofconduct/v2-draft/view/head:/CodeOfConduct.txt

We will be doing a review in person at the Community Roundtable first thing on Wednesday morning if you wish to join us. You’re also welcome to contact me directly (lyz@ubuntu.com) if you aren’t able to attend but have feedback to share and I’ll collect it for the session.

Originally posted to the uds-announce mailing list on Tue Oct 30 08:53:02 UTC 2012 by Elizabeth Krumbach

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 289

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-10-29

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #289 for the week October 22 – 28, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Jasna Benčić
  • Vibhav Pant
  • Nathan Dyer
  • Emma Marshall
  • Matt Rudge
  • 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 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) end-of-life reached on October 28, 2012

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-10-28

This note is just to confirm that the support period for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) formally ends on October 28, 2012 and Ubuntu Security Notices no longer includes information or updated packages for Ubuntu 11.04.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 11.04 is via Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades. Note that upgrades to version 11.10 and beyond are only supported in multiple steps, via an upgrade first to 11.10, then to 12.04. Both Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 continue to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes. All announcements of official security updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list, information about which may be found at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce.

Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to customize or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-annouce mailing list on Sun Oct 28 16:24:47 UTC 2012 by Kate Stewart

Ubuntu Quantal OpenWeek and Ask Mark!: October 24th-26th

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-10-23

In just eight years, Ubuntu has become one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world with millions of users and a thriving community. Ever wondered what all the fuss is about? How have we achieved such a great feat in such a short space of time? Here’s where you can find out. Ubuntu Open Week is a week of IRC and On Air! tuition and Q+A sessions all about getting involved in the rock-and-roll world that is the Ubuntu community. We organise this week for the beginning of a new release cycle to help new contributors get involved.

Ubuntu Open Week takes place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions) for IRC, and www.ubuntuonair.com for On Air!.

This cycle it will start on October 24th, and finish October 26th each day with sessions from 13 to 18 UTC, having a special Ask Mark! session on Thursday, at 10 UTC. All sessions on Wednesday and Thursday will run as usual, on IRC (links above), and on Friday, we’ll close up with some Ubuntu on Air! sessions, so you can actually see the instructors.

During the “Ask Mark” session, community members are invited to ask Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) questions about the Ubuntu project. You will ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat with the prefix QUESTION: and JoseeAntonioR or philipballew will be selecting specific questions to pass along to Mark in the main #ubuntu-classroom channel.

Then, from October 24-26th from 13:00 through 18:00 UTC, we will be hosting several sessions from different teams, including the Development, News, Flavors (including Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Ubuntu Studio), Translations, QA, LoCo, Women, Accomplishments, IRC, App Development, Desktop, Manual and MOTU teams.

To check out the full schedule and learn more about the event, visit the Ubuntu Open Week page on the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

We hope to see you there! But if not, as always, logs will be available after each session, and linked to the schedule at the end of each day.

Originally posted here by José Antonio Rey on Monday, October 22nd, 2012