Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 268

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-06-04

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #268 for the week May 28 – June 3, 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
  • Feyisayo Akinboboye
  • 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

Quantal is waiting for you – start hacking on Ubuntu

By dholbach | Published: 2012-05-31

Regular Bug Fixing Initiatives

Perhaps you, like many others, got interested in Ubuntu Development, but didn’t know what to start working on? Perfect, because we have something for you. From now on we will put together regular bug fixing initiatives, so all you need to do is head over to our bug fixing initiative page, read the instructions and get involved.

We encourage you to take some time to read the docs, join us on IRC and ask all the questions you might have. We don’t bite but want to help you have a great experience learning more and making Ubuntu better.

 

Get Involved

  1. Read the Introduction to Ubuntu Development, a short article which explainshow Ubuntu is put together, how the infrastructure works and how we interact with other projects.
  2. Follow the instructions in the Getting Set Up article. A few simple commands, a registration at Launchpad and you’re ready to go.
  3. Check out our instructions for how to fix a bug in Ubuntu, they come with small examples that make it easier to visualise what exactly you need to do.

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.

New Membership Board Members

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-30

Last month we put out a call to the community to restaff the Ubuntu Membership Boards and announced a change from region-based applications to time-based boards, see: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-April/001548.html

Thanks to all the great candidates we had for the restaffing! It’s never easy to select from great lists and candidates, but we do have limited spots on the board, so congratulations and welcome to the following:

12:00 Membership Board

22:00 Membership Board

All of these individuals will be added to the new consolidated ~ubuntu-membership-board team and we’ll be working to update the documentation to reflect time-based rather than region-based boards.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-news-team mailing list by Elizabeth Krumbach on Wed May 30 16:24:51 UTC 2012

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 267

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-29

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #267 for the week May 21 – 27, 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
  • mikewhatever
  • Jasna Benčić
  • 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 Weekly Newsletter Issue 266

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-21

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #266 for the week May 14 – 20, 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
  • Nathan Dyer
  • Mathias Hellsten
  • Feyisayo Akinboboye
  • John Kim
  • 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