Developer Summit – you can contribute!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-05

The Ubuntu Developer Summit has just kicked off in Mountain View, and the discussions about Feisty are rolling on. The entire core Ubuntu team are there, and a number of upstream projects and developers such as Telepathy, GStreamer, Pulseaudio, KDE, GNOME, OLPC, Maemo, Compiz/Beryl and more are in attendance.

If you are not physically at the conference, you can get involved by perusing the specifications and taking part with VoIP and Gobby. To participate, head over to the Ubuntu Developer Summit Mountain View to see how to get involved, and head to #udsmtv on irc.freenode.net.

Launchpad in October: Bazaar and Mirror additions

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-05

Christian Robottom Reis, who heads up the Launchpad team has been busy over the weekend and prepared the Launchpad report for the start of October.

Launchpad is the central focal point for many K/Ubuntu activities, providing the bug tracking system known as Malone, a complete specification management system and the Rosetta web-based translation interface. Many developers spend several hours per day working with the bugtracker and when the Developer Summit: Mountain View begins this weekend in Californa, the specification system will receive an equal workout.

Inside this latest Launchpad report, you will find an excellent introduction and detailed description of that specification management system.

If you’re a fan of Bazaar version control you will get the low-down on the new way to work with Bazaar branches using Launchpad. There’s further coverage of the Bazaar/Launchpad integration work from James Henstridge’s.

As previously covered in the Ubuntu Weekly News, Launchpad has gained mirror management interface. This improved system is for Ubuntu mirror administrators to manage and announce their FTP servers to the Ubuntu community. There’s no overall mirror page but you can access the individual pages for CD, archive mirrors, or add a new one.

Launchpad also gained many enhancements to the bug tracking system, particularly in the handling for coping with bug report duplicates, where the same, or similar issue has been reported multiple times.

The full report for the first two weeks of October, including a detailed changlog and much extra information on all Launchpad improvements or changes is available in the mailing list archives. Head over and grab the complete Launchpad News from the Launchpad Users’ mailing list.

Weekly News #20: Edgy coverage and a request to mirror admins

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-03

The latest issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has now arrived, covering 2005 October 22nd – 28th.
The main topic for this 20th issue has been the arrival of the latest Ubuntu 6.10 release, (“Edgy Eft”).

Of course, there has been plenty more happening than just the news of the release, with a full of set other topics included in the newsletter:

  • Ubuntu 6.10 released
  • Firefox 2.0 released, 6.10 first to ship with it
  • Topics chosen for Mountain View
  • Last Edgy changes
  • Launchpad news
  • In the press
  • Security updates
  • Bug stats

One of the things that makes it possible to keep Ubuntu download-speeds high, are the global networks of “mirrors”, each one providing a quick, local way of getting the programs that make up Ubuntu. Thanks to the number of mirrors, frequently the person downloading and their nearest mirror end up being in the same country.

If you’re one of those tireless mirror administrators donating bandwidth to keep speeds high, then there is a piece just for you. The Launchpad section in this weeks issue includes a special request to Ubuntu mirror administrators to check their details in the CD and archive mirror listings. Please ensure that they are listed (and if you’re not listed, register now!).

You can head over now and catch the full Ubuntu Weekly News #20 in one easy page.

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Behind Ubuntu: Raphaël Pinson

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-02

Raphaël Pinson looks to the next release

Behind Ubuntu has published an interview with Raphaël Pinson.

Raphaël is known for his work on Kubuntu, and more recently on Ichthux, a Linux distribution based on Kubuntu and aimed at Christian users and communities.

In his interview, we learn how Raphaël’s Christianity has influenced his involvement in the open source community, how he feels non-English speakers fare and what he gets up to in his spare time.

This interview, and many others, are available on the Behind Ubuntu web site. Pop over to read the whole sequence now!

Mark Shuttleworth 在 北京 in China 今天 !

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-11-02

Join Mark Shuttleworth in Beijing to celebrate Edgy!

Amy Jiang of Ubuntu-China has let us know that Mark Shuttleworth will be in Beijing for the Ubuntu 6.10 (codenamed Edgy Eft) release party. The key date is 2006-11-02, starting at 19:00.

The party, with a chance to meet and hear the SABDFL speak, is being held at the Automation Research lab. If you’re wondering how to get there, excellent directions and a map are available for everyone.

The Ubuntu China team have arranged the whole Beijing release event, even deciding to get Ubuntu 6.10 CDs produced locally based on their own cover-art. Accompanying the CD-ROMs are a pair of exclusive T-shirts and sweaters/hoodies specific to the release. Following the codename of Ubuntu 6.10, the designs feature a large eft, or newt, on the back. Balancing up the front is a smaller motif with the familiar Linux for Human Beings slogan.

Here at Fridge Central we’re jealously awaiting getting our hands on one of those limited edition garments. If you’re are one of those lucky Ubunteros who manage to make your way to the Beijing release party, please send us back a t-shirt! We’re certainly looking forward to the photographs afterwards.