The dates for the upcoming Ubuntu User Days has been announced! Mark your calendars for July 10-11, 2010. What is Ubuntu User Days?The Ubuntu User Days wiki page describes Ubuntu User Days as:User Days was created to be a set of courses offered during a one day period to teach the begi...
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The next Ubuntu Developer Week will take place from Monday, July 12, 2010 to Friday, July 16, 2010 from 1600 UTC to 2100 UTC each day.What is Ubuntu Developer Week? Ubuntu Developer Week is a series of online workshops where you can:
learn about different packaging techniques
find out more about different development teams
check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community
participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers
much more...
What sessions are taught dur...
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FOSSCON is this weekend in Rochester, NY. Speaking at this event will be Ubuntu's own, Jorge Castro.Jorge works on the Ubuntu Community Team, with Daniel Holbach, David Planella, and Jono Bacon. Jorge has boundless energy and a sense of humor to match. Here's what Jorge had to say on his Launchpad page:"If you're an upstream developer I want to work with you! Need daily builds? Help with Launchpad? Have bug and patch workflow problems? Need someone to show you around how Ubuntu wor...
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This week's Bug Day target is *drum roll please* USB Creator! * 48 New bugs need a hug. * 42 Incomplete bugs need a status check. * 62 Confirmed bugs need a review. * 3 Bugs with patches need a review. Bookmark it, add it to your calendars, turn over those egg-timers! * Thursday 17th Ju...
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Below is the Maverick Meerkat, Ubuntu 10.10 Release Schedule. Now you can mark your calendars and know when and where the milestones in the development cycle are. This should also allow Ubuntu users to keep an eye and ear open for all the wonderful and exciting things being developed. If you want to get involved in testing, or maybe you just want to download the Release Candidate prior to the final release. Now you can know what to expect and when. Should the schedule change I'll correct here...
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Colin Watson,Technical Lead, Ubuntu Foundations Team, announced early today, that Maverick Meerkat, Ubuntu 10.10, Alpha 1 has been released. Below is the announcement in full.
"When he was a young warthog
He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the savannah after every meal
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Hakuna! It means no worries
For the rest of your days
It's our problem-free philosophy" -- Timon the Meerkat, "Hakuna Matata", "The Lion King", DisneyWelcome to Mav...
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You're Invited to participate! This week's Bug Day target is *drum roll please* Epiphany Browser! * 66 New bugs need a hug * 16 Incompletes bugs * 19 Confirmed bugs need a review * 6 Bugs Need to be forwarded upstreamBookmark it, add it to your calendars, turn over those egg-timers! *...
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(photo by Kenneth Wimer Creative Commons License 2.0) I had the opportunity to attend the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels, Belgium May 10th-14th. UDS is where Ubuntu developers and contributors meet to plan the next release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 10.10 codenamed Maverick Meerkat was plan...
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In this People, Personalities, and Planners interview series I am catching up with Southeast Linux Fest 2010 (SELF10) speaker coordinator, Jeremy Sands. Jeremy is the master negotiator and sets out to get the best price as well as return on investment for the event. Jeremy has the ability to...
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Ubuntu Open Week – Lucid Lynx, kicked off this week in the syncopated rhythm of the 6 month cadence that Ubuntu Users have come to march and tap their keyboards too. Ubuntu Open Week serves to drum up enthusiasm, encouragement, and education resources for users, contributors and developers alike. Today's band of merry music makers consisted of the Jorge Casto, David Planella, Daniel Holbach, Stuart Langridge, Dustin Kirkland and Mike Basinger. However, the melody of instruction and informatio...
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