Weekly Newsletter #87

Posted on April, 21 at 10:12 am

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 87 for the weeks April 13th - April 19th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Release Candidate, Release Candidate Testing, Ubuntu Open Week, Abiword 2.6 needs testers, reviewers, and sponsors, ShipIt 8.04 CD orders, Hardy Heron release parties, FISL (5th International Free Software Forum) in Brazil, Ubuntu Desktop training, Ubuntu ported to ARM, and much, much more! Read the rest of this entry »

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Ubuntu Open Week 28 April - 3 May

Posted on April, 21 at 10:11 am

The always popular Ubuntu Open Week returns this month and we welcome everyone from all walks of life, distros, skills, opinions and curiosities to come along and get involved. The aim of the week is to help grow the Ubuntu community, and we have an awesome set of topics ready for you to attend. If you’ve considered getting involved in Ubuntu and don’t know where to start, thent his is a great opportunity to jump in.

The Ubuntu Open Week will take place from Monday, 28 April to Saturday 3 May on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ubuntu Desktop Training Available

Posted on April, 21 at 10:05 am

The Ubuntu Desktop Training program, aimed at new users, is now available. The training provides simulations, practical exercises and information to make daily tasks easy. While prior experience with Linux is not required, basic computer skills are a pre-requisite.

After completing the course, a user should be able to: Read the rest of this entry »

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Weekly Newsletter #86

Posted on April, 21 at 10:05 am

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 86 for the weeks April 6th - April 12th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS archive freeze, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS LoCo Team CDs, Brainstorm update, Ubuntu UK Podcast #3, Euro-Parliament testing Ubuntu, and much, much more! Read the rest of this entry »

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Hardy Release Party Promotional Flyers

Posted on April, 13 at 10:11 pm

Local community (LoCo) teams work together to advocate and promote Ubuntu. Through the 76er program, System76 aims to help LoCo’s promote events with free professionally printed flyers and ‘Powered by Ubuntu’ stickers. The 76er program is only available to US LoCo teams at this time. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ubuntu Live registration information

Posted on April, 13 at 10:10 pm

Registration is now open for the second Ubuntu Live conference taking place July 21-22 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

Ubuntu Live is a vibrant and important gathering of IT professionals, government and business leaders, educators, community leaders, enterprise and business users. The two day event will allow participants to share their Ubuntu experiences, learn from each other, and catch up with the latest developments from Ubuntu, our partners, and the free software and open source ecosystem. Ubuntu Live is the meeting place for enterprise users and community developers to come together to exchange ideas and discuss Read the rest of this entry »

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