news 28 Posted April 19, 2009 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #138 for the week April 12th - April 18th, 2009. In this issue we cover: Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 RC, Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 RC for ARM, Packaging Training Session Update, Announcing Ubuntu Open Week, New Ubuntu Members, Japanese Team release party, Philippine Ubuntu Release Party, Launchpod #18, Karma: Where did mine go, Ubuntu Forums Interview: Codename, Jorge Castro: Support your LoCo economy, Sayak Banerjee: KDE Brainstorm - 30 Days, 700 ideas, Ubuntu-UK podcast: The Waking Ally, Systerm76: Ubuntu PC Maker's revenue up 61 Percent, Open-source server distro that builds on Ubuntu, Server Meeting Minutes: April 14th, and much, much more! == UWN Translations == * Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations == In This Issue == * Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 RC * Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 RC for ARM * Packaging Training Session Update * Announcing Ubuntu Open Week * New Ubuntu Members * Ubuntu Stats * Japanese Team release party * Philippine Team release party * Launchpod #18: What's new in 2.2.3 * Karma: Where did mine go? * Ubuntu Forums Interview: Codename * Jorge Castro: Support your LoCo economy... * Sayak Banerjee: KDE Brainstorm - 30 days, 700 ideas! * In the Press & Blogosphere * Ubuntu-UK podcast: The Waking Ally * System 76: Ubuntu PC Maker's Revenue up 61 percent * Open-source server distro builds on Ubuntu * Serve Team Meeting Minutes: April 14th * Upcoming Meetings & Events * Updates & Security == General Community News == === Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 Release Candidate === The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop, Server editions and Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Versions are also available for Kubuntu and Xubuntu. The purpose of the Release Candidate is to solicit one last round of testing before the final release. Here are ways that you can help: * Upgrade from Ubuntu or Kubuntu 8.10 to the Release Candidate by following the instructions in the release notes referenced above. * Participate in installation testing using the Release Candidate CD images, by following the testing and reporting instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO More information is available at the link. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-April/000121.html === Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 Release Candidate for ARM === The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition for the ARM architecture. This first, community-supported ARM release of Ubuntu, targets the i.MX51 Babbage development board and is suitable for use by developers wishing to bring the same high-quality Ubuntu desktop to an even wider range of energy-efficient systems. Images for the NSLU2 "slug" (ixp4xx) are also provided. Due to the particulars of the systems in question, the installation process is more complex and differs in several important ways from that of a standard Ubuntu desktop system. Further instructions on installing Ubuntu on Babbage boards can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BabbageJauntyRCInstall https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-April/000562.html === Packaging Training Session Update === There was another great Packaging Training Session this week about How-to update a package. Didier Roche did a terrific job of explaining the process of up[censored] a package using a watch file. With the release of Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, just around the corner, we will soon be faced with the task of up[censored] many of the packages in the Ubuntu repositories to the latest version available upstream. If you are interested in helping out with this task, then you should read through the logs from Didier’s session. The next Packaging Training Session will be about Package testing: piuparts and VMs, and it will be led by Daniel T Chen. It is scheduled for: 23rd April, 00:00 UTC, and it will take place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/packaging-training-session-update/ === Announcing Ubuntu Open Week === Ubuntu Open Week[1] will be held the week after Ubuntu 9.04’s release, from 27 April to 1 May on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode. The sessions take place from 1500UTC to 2100UTC (With a special session on Monday night after-hours). There will be the always popular “sabdfl Q+A” session (Thu 30 Apr ( -at -) 15.00UTC), in which you have two hours to ask Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, all your must know questions. Jono and Jorge will also be providing an Introduction and Community Q+A session (Mon 27 Apr ( -at -) 15.00UTC) in which you can ask your questions about the community, Ubuntu, Canonical. or anything else. 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/announcing-ubuntu-open-week-2/ === New Ubuntu Members === The approval results from last Americas Membership meeting are as follows: * Craig Huffstetler: Craig is active on Launchpad Answers, has helped with the US Teams project revitalization and is currently the head of the US South Carolina LoCo team, which they're working to get Approved this year. Current projects US-SC is working on include work with a local college to get a computer lab converted to Ubuntu. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~xq Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CraigHuffstetler * Michael Terry: Michael is a Canonical employee working on OEM customization projects (like Dell Mini), with a focus on install experience (ubiquity, oem-config), and GNOME. He's also been working on PPAs for backported/bleeding-edge duplicity and deja-dup packages. Moving forward he also intends to get involved with MOTU. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~mterry Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mterry * Tim Sharitt: Tim is an active contributor on ubuntuforums.org, including being recently approved for the Unanswered Posts team, and in the past 6 months has begun getting involved with bug work. He is also a member of the Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team and is working on their Education Focus Group and is planning on helping with the development of Moodle courses for folks new to Ubuntu. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~tsharitt Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tsharitt * Dan Trevino: Dan has been an Ubuntu user since Warty and has been a major contributor to the US Florida LoCo team since 2007. He's been involved with organizing and has attended and participated in many LoCo events, has worked with Canonical on the Ubuntu Certified Professional training and Ubuntu Server training courses and is a Mentor on the US Teams project. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~dantrevino Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DanTrevino * Alex Launi: Alex has been an active member of the US Pennsylvania LoCo team since 2007 and is a developer for GNOME Do. Within the core Ubuntu community his contributions have been primarily to the LoCo as one of Share this post Link to post
