Kevin Cole has concocted a nice transcript of December’s MOTU School session, “Packaging without debhelper and/or CDBS”. Paul Sladen added his own notes and files for those who want the short, short version of the tutorial.
Stephan Hermann is also looking for more volunteers to speak about special topics for anyone who is interested.
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Here’s a great interview with Fabio Massimo Di Nitto, leader of the Ubuntu Server team. When Fabio’s not cooking up a hearty spaghetti bolognese – with sauce in the shape of the Ubuntu logo! – he’s ploughing fixes and love into Ubuntu, and making it rock for server administrators world-wide. (Please note that the interview was conducted in Italian and translated to English.)
After the first release of the Ubuntu Server CD with breezy, we had a strong demand for extending the scope of the project and we decided to concentrate on the quality of the server-specific packages and on adding features that we think can be more useful for an administrator.
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Following the success of the desktop team’s newsletter, the Documentation Team has begun running their own newsletter, bringing you the latest docs from the land of the wiki. Work has already begun on the Desktop and Server Guides for the next release.
Also be sure to check out the “New Hotness” section, which highlights just some of the awesome work going into user documentation. The MultimediaApplications is particularly good! Archives of the newsletter will be kept here.
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We hope everyone had a safe and prosperous holidays. Now that we’re all done stuffing ourselves from our real fridges, it’s time to catch up on what’s been going on in Ubuntu land.
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This past fall Jeff Waugh toured around North American and Europe in a grueling Badger Badger Badger Tour, bringing the spirit of Ubuntu to any LUG and LocoTeam willing to listen. The sabdfl has just announced his intent to expand the Ubuntu touring concept by visiting Asia and the surrounding area with the Asia Business Tour. Mark plans to lead a team of Ubuntu advocates spanning (so far) 17 major cities across 12 countries.
In each location listed below we plan to host a business breakfast/lunch with local companies, and then hold in-depth meetings with selected companies, as time allows. We would like to reach out to our local community in each location to help us build relationships with various entities, including government, technology companies, universities, and anyone who you can think would benefit from Ubuntu and what it has to offer.
The tour will take place during January and February of 2006, so heads up to all Ubunteros in Asia.
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