Wiki Weekend – your chance to contribute to Ubuntu documentation

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-01-18

This weekend 20-21 January 2007 has been officially declared a WikiWeekend. This is an initiative similar to the legendary Ubuntu Bug Day, except for documentation!

It was started by K.Mandla of the Forums to encourage contributions to the Community Documentation wiki. Now it’s going global, and we need your help!

All you need to do is dedicate some of your time this weekend, however small, to improve the documentation. It’s one of the easiest ways to give something back to the Ubuntu Community.

To find out how to get involved, visit the WikiWeekend page and the forum thread.

Screencast Team

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-01-13

Matthew East has announced the creation of a Screencast Team, and they need your help!

Screencasts are videos which show users how to achieve a specific task in Ubuntu. They can be seriously useful when walking users through a new task and are intended to complement Ubuntu’s other support resources, such as documentation, forums, mailing lists and irc.

The project is led by Alan Pope, who has already done some great work on screencasts. But now the project is expanding, and you can help out! Simply head over to the team wiki page and soak up the material there. You’ll then be ready to contribute to the team by requesting or even making new videos!

Contact the Documentation Team with any questions or simply to get involved!

Feisty Fawn Herd 2 Image Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-01-12

The latest development milestone release (Herd 2) for the Ubuntu project's next release, Feisty Fawn, has been released. This release will become Ubuntu 7.04 in April 2007.

There have been many improvements along the lines of bug fixes, feature implementations, and the latest versions of the most popular Open Source software currently available. We don't recommend it for use as a stable environment, but it is great for testing Ubuntu and contributing to the next release by filing bugs!

You can download Herd 2 here:

You can also read the the complete release announcement.

Ubuntu Weekly News: Issue #27

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-01-09

The Ubuntu Weekly News issue #27, the first issue of the new year, has been published and brings you the latest news in the Ubuntu community for the period between January 1st and 7th, 2007. You can read about:

  • Kubuntu Developer Meeting
  • Google sponsors Edubuntu notebooks for Fijian schools
  • New CD/DVD Image Testing Forum
  • Use the Ubuntu IRC Channels Securely
  • Ubuntu turns “Pro”
  • Upcoming meetings and events
  • Bug stats
  • Security notices & Updates for Ubuntu 6.10 and 6.06
  • Feisty Fawn Changes
  • Ubuntu Trivia Quiz Update
  • German LocoTeam Forum’s Post Count: Half a million
  • LoCo Team Meetings

As always, you can read more at Issue 27 on the wiki.

Do you have a story idea for the Weekly News? Submit it via email or on the wiki!

The Weekly News is brought to you by the Marketing Team, who are always seeking new people to help with their many projects. Go help them out!

Linux.conf.au 2007

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-01-09

With less than a week away linux.conf.au 2007 is shaping up to be better than ever. The conference will run from the 15th through the 20th of January. linux.conf.au, a purely volunteer effort hosted in a different Australian city each year, is one of the world's best Open Source and Free Software developer community conferences. This year the conference will be held at the Kensington campus of the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

Included in the events are talks from some of our very own:

There is a free Open Day on Thursday, January 18th, from 3pm until 8pm. During this time the Australia Local Community Team will be doing their best to spread Ubuntu by handing out swag bags and do flashing cool demos for the attendees. The team will also hold an unofficial, casual, late dinner at a nearby pub after the Open Day. Details of the dinner can be found at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2007-January/001106.html.

More information about linux.conf.au can be found at http://lca2007.linux.org.au/. A breakdown of the entire event can be viewed at http://lca2007.linux.org.au/Programme.