I was in Philadelphia for the actual release day of Ubuntu 11.10 so I went to the Pennsylvania team’s release party (congrats again on your reapproval!). In San Francisco I ended up postponing the regular monthly Ubuntu Hour a week and we held an Ubuntu Hour and then an 11.10 release dinner on Wednesday the […]
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Ubuntu 11.10 in Philadelphia
October 14th, 2011 by pleia2
My fiancé is a network engineer who frequently has to travel for conferences, and this month I tagged along for a week to visit my old home of Philadelphia. I decided I would attend a meeting of the Philadelphia area Linux Users Group (PLUG) North chapter on Tuesday evening. When I noticed they didn’t have […]
Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot!
October 13th, 2011 by pleia2
The release of Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot just went live! Ocelot at the Phoenix Zoo, September 2011 I had the honor of posting the release announcement for Xubuntu.org just moments ago. I became a formal member of the Xubuntu team this cycle (on July 26th) so this release is a special one for me :) […]
Applying for Ubuntu Community Council?
September 26th, 2011 by pleia2
On September 15th I sent out the call for nominations to the Community Council. Since then I’ve received questions from several folks in the community about the requirements, duties, responsibilities and time commitment of members of the Community Council. I figured it would be worthwhile to share some of these questions. What is the Community […]
User Days tomorrow!
September 23rd, 2011 by pleia2
I’ve been prepping for several weeks with Nigel Babu and this week we wrapped up the last loose ends for Ubuntu User Days tomorrow, Saturday 24th (and a couple hours into Sunday the 25th UTC)! User Days is a chat-based series of classes in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions). Classes will cover everything from […]
Sysadmin logs and Ubuntu talks at ITT Tech
September 21st, 2011 by pleia2
As mentioned in my last post I kicked off the Ubuntu Women Career Days in Ubuntu Classroom bright and early (for me!) on Saturday the 17th. Logs from that session and an outline of key points that I covered are now up on the Ubuntu Women wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/CareerDays/LinuxSystemsAdministrator It was a really fun experience and […]
Ubuntu Women Career Days: Systems Administrator
September 15th, 2011 by pleia2
On Saturday, September 17th at 16:00 UTC (that’s 9AM my time) I’ll be kicking off Ubuntu Women Career Days by running an IRC-based session in Ubuntu Classroom about my job as a Linux Systems Administrator specializing in Debian and Ubuntu. Date and Time: Saturday, September 17 at 16:00 UTC Location: #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for […]
Ubuntu California at Solano Stroll 2011
September 14th, 2011 by pleia2
It has become a an annual tradition, BerkeleyLUG teams up with Ubuntu California and the local non-profit Partimus to staff a booth at the Solano Stroll in Berkeley, California. From the Stroll website: Since 1974, The merchants, restaurants, and professionals, as well as the twin cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted the Solano […]
Ubuntu California at Picn*x 20 and Android cookies
August 28th, 2011 by pleia2
This past week I worked with Jack Deslippe to get everything together for the 20th Linux Anniversary Linux Picn*x in Sunnyvale, California. Saturday morning we were ready for the picnic! We arrived around 11AM and got the table set up: It was the inaugural use of the Approved Team Gifts from Canonical (Ubuntu banner and […]
News is hard, but we’re making it easier
August 14th, 2011 by pleia2
At the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Budapest in May there were several discussions about the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, the community-run newsletter for Ubuntu. As many people noticed, the newsletter went through a releaseless period from February through May due to changing obligations and life circumstances of the volunteers. By the time UDS came around […]