12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Alpha 2 Released!

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-06-28

Welcome to the Quantal Quetzal Alpha 2 image set, which will in time become the 12.10 release.

Pre-releases of Quantal Quetzal are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs as we work towards getting this release ready.

Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the Quantal development cycle, in addition to our daily development images. The Alpha images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Quantal. You can download them here:

Additional images are also available at:

Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider testing. This is an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a more detailed description of the changes in the Alpha 2 release and the known bugs (which can save you the effort of reporting a duplicate bug, or help you find proven workarounds), please see:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/

If you’re interested in following the changes as we further develop Quantal, we suggest that you subscribe initially to the ubuntu-devel-announce list. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events.

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Originally sent to the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list by Kate Stewart on Thu Jun 28 18:58:22 UTC 2012

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 271

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-06-25

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #271 for the week June 18 – 24, 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 Bencic
  • mikewhatever
  • 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

New IRC Council Member: Jussi Kekkonen (Tm_T)

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-06-22

Back in May Alan Bell of the IRC Council put out a call for nominations to fill the fifth seat seat on the IRC Council.

Nominees were collected and on June 7th a poll was sent out to members of the Ubuntu IRC community to vote on the nominees.

The poll closed yesterday, results are available here: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/cgi-perl/civs/results.pl?id=E_3c772b115e9d9e43

Community Council is happy to confirm the appointment of Jussi Kekkonen (Tm_T) to the IRC Council!

Thanks to the other nominees for putting their names forward for consideration, everyone who helped get the poll out to the IRC community and took time to vote, and the IRC Council for handling their workload and improvements to the wider team with just a four person council.

Originally posted on the ubuntu-irc mailing list by Elizabeth Krumbach on Fri Jun 22 22:06:46 UTC 2012

More tasks to sink your teeth in

By dholbach | Published: 2012-06-19

Two weeks ago we launched our first bug fixing initiative for the quantal release cycle and we are happy to report that at least four new contributors helped out: Sebastian Carneiro, Siddhanathan S., Guruprasad and Bruno Ribeiro. Thanks a lot everyone!

In the last MOTU meeting we agreed on a new list of tasks, so please join us, get involved, learn about development and fix some issues with us. You can review the entire list with instructions on the Ubuntu Wiki.

We have tasks for new contributors and more experienced developers alike, and are happy to help you out if you should get stuck. Let’s make quantal really rock!

 

Get Involved
Getting involved is easy, all you have to do is read our Development Guide, particularly these chapters will help you a lot: Introduction to Ubuntu Development, Getting Set Up and How to fix a bug in Ubuntu. Next…

Find something to work on
We run regular bug fixing initiatives, where you can get started on hand-selected bugs and point out other ways to find bugs to get started with.

Get in touch
There are many different ways to contact Ubuntu developers and get your questions answered. Don’t be shy and get to know us.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 270

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-06-18

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #270 for the week June 11 – 17, 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
  • Benjamin Kerensa
  • Nathan Dyer
  • mikewhatever
  • John Kim
  • 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