On Friday March 9th, the MOTU will hold an Ubuntu Universe Hug Day. The goals for that day are:
To get you started, please visit the Wiki. You can also get help in #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net the whole Friday
(Mar, 9th), all timezones.
The first Launchpad Users Meeting is on Wednesday 7th March at 17:00 UTC in #launchpad.
Come and join us for your chance to ask Launchpad developers questions or to put forward your ideas for Launchpad.
Add your questions to the meeting agenda, or just come along and join in on the day.
The latest development milestone release (Herd 4) for the Ubuntu project’s next release, Feisty Fawn, has been released. This release will become Ubuntu 7.04 on April 19th 2007.
Pre-releases of Feisty 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 members of the community who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.
The primary focus during the time betweeen Herd 3 and Herd 4 has been a mix of feature development and bug fixing. More details about recent changes can found on the Ubuntu and Kubuntu Herd 4 pages.
You can read the complete release announcement which also contains links to the mirrors where you can get Herd 4.
Jonathan Roberts is preparing the next episode of his podcast, and his guest will be Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind Ubuntu and Canonical. But Jonathan needs your questions. Please visit his web site for more details on how to submit questions to ask Mark during his interview. The recording will be on February 26th, so you will need to send in your questions before then.
On February 16 the brand-new Google offices in New York will host UbuCon New York, a 1-day conference for Ubuntu users and developers. This event will be part conference, part installfest, and part user group meeting. And there's an added bonus: you will be served lunch on-site, hopefully from the famous Google cafeteria.
For more details on the conference and instructions on how to register please visit the UbuCon page on the Ubuntu Wiki, or the UbuCon blog. And you can also visit the IRC channel #ubucon on irc.freenode.net if you have any questions.