Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #134

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-03-22

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #134 for the week of March 15th- March 21st, 2009 is now available.

In this Issue:

* Ubuntu 9.04 Beta Freeze in effect
* LoCo Team information request
* Ubuntu Server: KVM call for testing
* MOTU Release Charter
* QA Team next testing day
* Ubuntu Drupal 6.3.0 released
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu India re-launches User Forums
* Ubuntu Honduras begins to work
* FossConf 2009, Madurai and Ubuntu Tamil Team
* Announcing Eucalyptus
* Ubuntu Forums nuts and bolts
* Daniel Holbach: Time to Party
* Soren Hansen: gtk-vnc and virt-viewer mozilla plug-in
* Thierry Carrez: What I want Ubuntu Server to be
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* What is Qimo?
* Ubuntu Podcast #22
* Team Meeting Summaries
* Behind MOTU Interview: Roderick Greening
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security

And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

* John Crawford
* Craig A. Eddy
* Jeff Martin
* Dave Bush
* Kenny McHenry
* Liraz Siri
* Scott Gwin
* Isabelle Duchatelle
* And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly News, 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

Interviews with Jono Bacon

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-03-20

Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu community manager, was recently interviewed by OStatic and LinuxQuestions.

The OStatic interview discusses Jono’s approach to handling and directing the growth of the community. Jono talks about the need for appropriate change as a community gains more members and how the Code of Conduct is a symbol of respect and responsible collaboration.

In the LinuxQuestions interview, Jono explains his previous experience that gave him the skills to be a community manager. Governance is discussed along with Ubuntu’s relationship to Debian and the Linux ecosystem as a whole.

Read the interviews at OStatic and LinuxQuestions.

Ubuntu Drupal 6.3.0 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-03-18

The Ubuntu Drupal team has officially released their 6.3.0 package.

What we’ve done for this release:
* This package contains fixes for every reported issue
* The theme has been completely cleaned and organized
* Significantly improved OpenID modules
* Alpha release of the Planet module
* Fully working IE6/7 patches (yes… i know)
* I wanted to put a cherry on top of this release

For those of you already using this package, the directory structure has changed. After changing the structure, you need to run update.php.

You can grab the latest package at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-drupal-releases/6.x.

Ubuntu-India Re-Launches User Forums

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-03-18

The Ubuntu Indian team was founded in February 2006 and celebrated its 3rd anniversary last month. Since the very beginning, it has been growing gradually and now has over 1000 members (and counting). The community is managed by a team of enthusiastic individuals, Ubuntu Members and MOTUs. They are responsible for maintaining the mailing list, IRC channel and the community documentation.

Among the countless achievements, the prominent team activities include:

  • Participating in the Global Bug Jam – I
  • Being a part of FOSS.in 2007; Debian/Ubuntu Project day
  • Promoting Ubuntu and distribution of Ubuntu CDs/DVDs at gatherings
  • Representing Ubuntu-India at FOSS conferences, schools and colleges

Back in 2006, the LoCo team started their forums running on SMF 1.1.7. Due to some serious hosting issues, the forum had to be discontinued and it stayed down for about 4 months. Yesterday, a brand new forum was set-up and it is now open for registrations. You can find it at forum.ubuntu-in.info. The board runs on bbPress, a surprisingly light, fast and highly customizable forum software from the creators of WordPress.

So don't wait any longer! Come be a part of the shining new forum and the Ubuntu-India community.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #133

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-03-15

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #133 for the week of March 8th- March 14th, 2009 is now available.

In this Issue:

* Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 6 released
* Ubuntu Testing Day: Notify-OSD
* MOTU Council News
* Hug Day: March 19th
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu Florida Rocks Florida Linux Show
* gmail filters for bug email
* Inside Launchpad AJAX sprint
* Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team
* Ubuntu Forums Interview: Connor Imes
* Canonical QA Desktop Automation Sprint
* Ubuntu Women project status
* Ubuntu Drupal 6.2.0 released
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Ubuntu Podcast #21
* Server Team Meeting
* US Teams Meeting
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security

And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

* John Crawford
* Craig A. Eddy
* Dave Bush
* Kenny McHenry
* Jeff Martin
* Liraz Siri
* Isabelle Duchatelle
* And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly News, 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