Ubuntu Developer Week

By dholbach | Published: 2012-08-22

Welcome to another Ubuntu Developer Week!

From 28th August to 30th August the Ubuntu Developer Community will bring you a variety of sessions all around Ubuntu Development. If you were ever interested in learning more about how Ubuntu is put together or how to get involved and contribute, this is a perfect time!

No matter if you are interested in package maintenance or integrating software into the Desktop, or learn more about the infrastructure we use, everything is covered in Ubuntu Developer Week. Join us from 28th-30th August 2012 in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net and find out more.

Not only information will be shared, but we will also have live demonstrations, which will make it easier to understand how it all works. Also is this a great opportunity to get to know Ubuntu’s developers and make friends in the Ubuntu community.

Among the topics are: Getting Started with Ubuntu Development, ARM hacking, Writing Apps with Quickly, Python3, Fixing bugs in Ubuntu, Desktop integration, Using Juju to deploy services, Ubuntu’s QA infrastructure, Ubuntu WebApps, Ubuntu One DB, and many other bits and pieces.

Check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek to find out more. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 279

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-08-20

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #279 for the week August 13 – 19, 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
  • John Kim
  • Jasna Benčić
  • Nathan Dyer
  • Benjamin Kerensa
  • Leon Marincowitz
  • Cheri Francis
  • Jose Antonio Rey
  • Jim Connett
  • 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

UDS-R Registration Now Open

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-08-19

Registration for the Ubuntu Developer Summit for the R cycle is now open. The Ubuntu Developer Summit is the event at which we plan for the forthcoming version of Ubuntu. It brings together Canonical engineers, community members, partners, upstream representatives and cloud specialists, in an environment of active debate. This UDS is a four-day event, that will be taking place at Bella Center in Copenhaguen, Denmark. You can find more information about the event here, and register here. We hope to see you there!

UDS-Q photo cc by-sa 2012 Sean Sosik-Hamor

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 278

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-08-13

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #278 for the week August 6 – 12, 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
  • Howard Chan
  • John Kim
  • Leon Marincowitz
  • Matt Rudge
  • Jim Connett
  • 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 Manual: Call for Authors

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-08-13

The Ubuntu Manual Project is preparing for the 12.10 series.

If you haven’t heard about our project, it focuses in creating a comprehensive beginners manual for the Ubuntu operating system. The manual is written under an open source license and branded as “Getting Started with Ubuntu”.

The Ubuntu Manual is accessible via:

We have a firm base of contributors (authors, editors, translators) and we want more people to work with us, to make the 12.10 manual awesome.

The sections and chapters that are available for authors to write are:

  • Ubuntu Desktop
  • Working with Ubuntu
    • Viewing and editing photos
    • Reading and compositing mail
    • Browsing the web
    • Getting online
  • Learning More

People who are interested should check the openings page, and drop us a mail if there are any question: http://ubuntu-manual.org/jobs

For those who want to ask questions, get involved, or are just curious, I strongly recommend them to subscribe to our mailing list and send their mails there: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual

“Getting started with Ubuntu 12.10” is scheduled to be released late October, i.e together with the Ubuntu 12.10 release.

Thank you for your time !

Originally posted to the ubuntu-news-team mailing list by John Xygonakis on Sun Aug 12 18:26:08 UTC 2012.