Monthly Archives: April 2010

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #189

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-18

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #189 for the week April 4th – April 17th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: * Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS * Ubuntu Open Week * New Loco Council Members Announced * New operators appointed on #ubuntu, #ubuntu-offtopic and […]

Announcing Open Week

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-16

Every cycle we have a week’s worth of IRC sessions for users of Ubuntu and/or people who want to get more involved in Ubuntu. Think of it as “kicking the tires” on the community, see if you like it, and then finding something you’re interested in and going and doing it. We’ve just posted the […]

Announcing the New LoCo Council Members

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-16

It’s with great pleasure I announce on the behalf of the Community Council the newly appointed members of the LoCo Council: Alan Pope (returning incumbent) of Ubuntu UK – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanPope Paul Tagliamonte of Ubuntu US Ohio – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Paultag Leandro Gomez of Ubuntu Nicaragua – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Leocharrua/LCE2010 Thanks to Alan to his continued dedication and work on […]

New operators appointed on #ubuntu, #ubuntu-offtopic and #kubuntu

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-16

The IRC Council has chosen a number of new operators for the #ubuntu, #ubuntu-offtopic and #kubuntu channels. This is the result of our first round of the new operator recruitment process based on Launchpad teams. We are pleased to find that the process works smoothly. Great candidates showed up, and the Council were technically well […]

Ubuntu Women World Play Day Competition!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-04-13

Following the success of our International Women’s Day competition we have a new competition! Firstly, some introductory reading for those who are not familiar with World Play Day: http://www.itla-toylibraries.org/wpdv.htm which is an initiative of http://www.itla-toylibraries.org A pivotal issue within computing cultures of today is the overemphasis on boys and men as the primary consumers of […]