Monthly Archives: April 2012

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 263

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #263 for the week April 23 – 29, 2012, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) released! Quality has a new name Ubuntu OpenWeek, 2-4 May on Freenode Membership Boards: Restaffing and Reorganization Welcome New Members Community […]

Interview with Coffeecat

Coffeecat is someone I know from the Ubuntu Forums, where he sits with me on the Forum Council.  He has kindly taken some time out to answer the dreaded 9 simple questions… 1. Tell as much as you’re willing about your “real life” like name, age, gender, location, family, religion, profession, education, hobbies, etc. I […]

Ubuntu 12.04 Development update

Last Development Update of 12.04 Today we saw the release of Ubuntu 12.04. It is the fourth release with long-term support and the 16th Ubuntu release. Lots of hard work went into this release, so if you see Ubuntu contributors around, give them a hug! Kate Stewart, the Release Manager sent out an email with […]

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) released!

The Ubuntu team is very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Membership Boards: Restaffing and Reorganization

On May 5th we will have a large number of Regional Membership Board members with terms expiring. The Community Council decided to take this opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of these regional membership boards and how it make sense to go about restaffing them. After several discussions, including those with sitting board members, we have […]