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| = Ubuntu Open Week = '''Taking place from Mon 27th Nov - Sat 2nd Dec on IRC.''' |
<<Include(UbuntuOpenWeek/Header)>> '''Takes place from Mon 3 November - Fri 7 November on IRC in #ubuntu-classroom.''' |
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| [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu] is a freely available, simple to use Linux desktop and server. The Ubuntu project has developed a strong reputation for technical excellence and a commitment to the free software community, and we are always keen to grow and extend our community where possible. Ubuntu does not distinguish between different Enterprise and Open versions - we have one single version of Ubuntu, and this version is and will always be entirely free. Ubuntu is used by over 8 million people and has a wordwide community of volunteers who contribute in many different areas such as packaging, documentation, art, translations, testing, marketing and more. | [[http://www.ubuntu.com|Ubuntu]] is a freely available, simple to use Linux desktop and server. The Ubuntu project has developed a strong reputation for technical excellence and a commitment to the free software community, and we are always keen to grow and extend our community where possible. Ubuntu does not distinguish between different Enterprise and Open versions - we have one single version of Ubuntu, and this version is and will always be entirely free. Ubuntu is used by over 8 million people and has a worldwide community of volunteers who contribute in many different areas such as packaging, documentation, art, translations, testing, marketing and more. |
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| '''Find out more about the Ubuntu [http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop deskop] or [http://www.ubuntu.com/server server] and [http://www.ubuntu.com/download download] it.''' | '''Find out more about the Ubuntu [[http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop|desktop]] or [[http://www.ubuntu.com/server|server]] and [[http://www.ubuntu.com/download|download]] them.''' |
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| In just two years, Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution in the world with millions of users and a spot regularly at the top of Distrowatch. Ever wondered what all the fuss is about? How we've achieved such a great feat in such a short space of time? Here's where you can find out. | In just four years, Ubuntu has become one the most popular Linux distributions in the world with millions of users and a thriving community. Ever wondered what all the fuss is about? How have we achieved such a great feat in such a short space of time? Here's where you can find out. |
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| Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is holding a series of online workshops where you can: | Ubuntu Open Week was a series of online workshops where you could: |
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| We have organised a week long menu of events that touch many different areas of the Ubuntu community. If you are interested in being a part of the project, there is sure to be a session for you. | We organised a week long menu of events that touch many different areas of the Ubuntu community. If you are interested in being a part of the project, there is sure to be a session for you. |
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| The following events are scheduled, and all times are in UTC time. | '''Notice: The schedule has been finalized, please do not edit without contacting JorgeCastro or JonoBacon''' |
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| || || '''Mon 27th Nov''' || '''Tue 28th Nov''' || '''Wed 29th Nov''' || '''Thu 30th Nov''' || '''Fri 1st Dec''' || '''Sat 2nd Dec''' || || '''3pm''' || ''Ubuntu Desktop Team - Sebastien Bacher'' || ''Becoming an Ubuntu Member - Jono Bacon'' || ''MOTU - Daniel Holbach'' || ''LoCo Teams - Melissa Draper'' || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || ''LoCo Teams - Melissa Draper'' || || '''4pm''' || || ''Using Launchpad - Christian Reis'' || ''Edubuntu - Oliver Grawert'' || ''The Ubuntu Bug Squad - Simon Law'' || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || ''MOTU - Daniel Holbach'' || || '''5pm''' || ''Packaging 101 - Brandon Holtsclaw'' || ''Ask Mark - Mark Shuttleworth'' || ''The Ubuntu Community - Jono Bacon'' || || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || ''Kubuntu - Brandon Holtsclaw'' || || '''6pm''' || ''The Ubuntu Community - Jono Bacon'' || || || || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || ''Ubuntu Documentation Project - Matthew East'' || || '''7pm''' || ''Translations with Rosetta - Jordi Mallach'' || || ''Translations with Rosetta - Jordi Mallach'' || ''Ubuntu Desktop Team - Sebastien Bacher'' || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || || || '''8pm''' || ''Kubuntu - Brandon Holtsclaw'' || ''The Ubuntu Bug Squad - Simon Law'' || ''Ubuntu Documentation Project - Matthew East'' || || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || || || '''9pm''' || || || || ''Using Launchpad - Christian Reis'' || ''FRESHERS DAY'' || || |
|| Time* || '''Mon 3 Nov''' || '''Tue 4 Nov''' || '''Wed 5 Nov''' || '''Thu 6 Nov''' || '''Fri 7 Nov''' || || '''15.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Intro|Introduction]] - Jono Bacon || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Edubuntu|Edubuntu]] -- Jordan Mantha || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/PackagePolish|Polishing a package]] -- Emmet Hikory || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/AskMark|sabdfl Q+A]] - Mark Shuttleworth || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BugFixing|Fixing a bug in Ubuntu - it's easier than you think]] -- Daniel Holbach || || '''16.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BehindScenes|Ubuntu behind the Scenes]] - [[Nxvl|Nicolas Valcarcel]] || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Packaging|Packaging 101]] -- Daniel Holbach || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/NetbookRemix|Ubuntu Netbook Remix Overview]] -- Pete Godall, Bill Filler, Neil Patel || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/AskMark|sabdfl Q+A]] - Mark Shuttleworth || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Xubuntu|Xubuntu]] -- Cody Somerville || || '''17.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/KernelBugs|Reporting and Fixing Kernel Bugs]] - [[LeannOgasawara|Leann Ogasawara]] || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/DebianUbuntu|Debian and Ubuntu]] - James Westby || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Community_QA|Community Q+A]] - Jono Bacon || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Wine|Wine]] - Scott Ritchie || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/REVUQA|REVU Q+A]] -- Siegfried Gevatter || || '''18.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/UMPC|Ubuntu on UMPC]] - Oliver Grawert || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/IntrepidServer|An Intrepid journey in Ubuntu Server land]] - MathiasGug || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/ReinventQA|Kubuntu - reinventing Q+A the resource-limited way]] -- JontheEchidna || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/VerifySRU|Verifying Stable Update (SRU) bugfixes]] - SteveBeattie || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/LPTranslateInternational|Translations and Internationalization with Launchpad]] - MikeRooney || || '''19.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BugReporting|Reporting Bugs about Ubuntu]] - BrianMurray || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BugTriaging|Bug Squashing!(How To Triage bugs in Ubuntu)]] - Pedro Villavicencio || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/UpstreamBugs|Upstreaming Bugs]] - Jorge Castro || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/UsbCreator|usb-creator]] - Evan Dandrea || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/LPPythonAPI|Writing Python programs using the Launchpad API]] - [[https://launchpad.net/~barry|Barry Warsaw]] <<BR>>''[[https://help.launchpad.net/API|About Launchpad API]]'' || || '''20.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BazaarVC|Version Control with Bazaar]] -- EmmaJane Hogbin || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/MediaProduction|Media Production on Ubuntu]] - Tony Whitmore || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BrainstormQA|Ubuntu Brainstorm Q+A, becoming moderator]] -- Nicolas Deschildre || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/CruftDescribed|Cruft. What is it and why it sucks]] - Michael Casadevall || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/KernelUpcoming|Kernel: From Intrepid to Jaunty]] - Ben Collins || || '''21.00 UTC''' || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/BazaarBeyondBasics|Bazaar: Beyond The Basics]] -- DavidFutcher || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/PrivateDirectories|Private Directories]] - Dustin Kirkland || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Virtualisation|Virtualisation]] - Soren Hansen || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/CruftRemoval|Cruft Removal 101 Workshop]] - Michael Casadevall || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/ContributeDocs|Contributing to Ubuntu Documentation]] - MatthewEast || || '''22.00 UTC''' || || || [[MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/Training|Training]] - Billy Cina and Belinda Lopez || || || |
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| '''About the FRESHERS DAY''' - On Friday 1st Dec in #ubuntu-freshers on irc.freenode.net we will have a number of Ubuntu community members who are there to answer your questions. Any and every question about getting involved in the Ubuntu community is welcome, so come along and get involved! | The schedule is available in [[attachment:OpenWeek.ics | iCalendar (ics) format]]. You can also [[http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=93e91ijaim4djgctgcndl9vseo%40group.calendar.google.com|subscribe]] to the calendar using [[http://www.google.com/calendar|Google Calendar]]. The ICS file can be subscribed to as a Web Calendar via Evolution and other calendar tools. Feel free to upload changes to the wiki attachments as they happen. Please send feedback about Open Week to [[http://launchpad.net/~jorge|JorgeCastro]]. |
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| === Joining a session === Use your IRC client (such as xchat, irssi or mIRC) to connect to the Freenode IRC network at irc.freenode.net. You can do this manually by typing: |
* Note: For help on time equivalents around the world, visit [[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/|Time and Date World Clock]], and specifically for the equivalent of 15:00 UTC see [[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=3&month=11&year=2008&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=0&sort=1|15:00 UTC around the world]]. |
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| {{{ /server irc.freenode.net }}} | == Descriptions of Sessions == |
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| Then join #ubuntu-classroom for the time and date of the session you want to attend. You can manually join the channel by typing: | '''Monday''' |
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| {{{ /join #ubuntu-classroom }}} | * ''Introduction and Welcome'' - Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu Community manager, will kick off the week with a short welcome and give you a quick tour of what to expect during OpenWeek. * ''Ubuntu behind the Scenes'' - You have some ideas and want to see them included in Ubuntu but don't know how or just wondered how the ubuntu developers make this awesome distro, this is the right place to know what happens under the hood. * ''Reporting and Fixing Kernel Bugs'' - Leann Ogasawara will touch on kernel bug reporting best practices and getting fixes incorporated into the Ubuntu kernel. * ''Ubuntu on Ultra Mobile PCs'' - Oliver Grawert will explain the ins and outs of getting Ubuntu on UMPCs * ''Report bugs about Ubuntu'' - Brian Murray will show you ways to file a more complete bug report. The more complete your bug report is the more likely it is to get fixed! * ''Version Control with Bazaar'' - The very basics of using Bazaar. Learn how to take "snapshots" of your most important code and files..and how to roll back time to undo those changes. * ''Bazaar: Beyond The Basics'' - Following on from Emma Jane Hogbin's Bzr basics, DavidFutcher guides you through some of the more "advanced" Bzr topics. |
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| Most sessions last for around an hour. Contact jono on IRC if you have any problems. | '''Tuesday''' * ''Edubuntu'' - Overview of the Edubuntu project, its purpose, and how you can get involved with this small, but vital community. "Do it for the kids" * ''Packaging 101'' - Daniel Holbach, who is very interested in the growth of the Ubuntu Development Community, will talk you through the bare bone essentials of Ubuntu's source packages. * ''Debian and Ubuntu'' - What is Debian? What is the importance of Debian to Ubuntu? How you can contribute to Debian? * ''An Intrepid journey in Ubuntu Server land'' - a retrospective of the features that the Ubuntu Server team worked on during the last release cycle and an outlook on what will follow. * ''Media Prodution on Ubuntu'' - A look at how Ubuntu can be used for all sorts of media, including photo processing and management, video capture and editing and audio recording and processing. This session will include a Q&A. |
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| == Our Sessions == | '''Wednesday''' * ''Polishing a Package'' - Lots of packages in Ubuntu have outstanding bugs, and outstanding available patches. Emmet Hikory will demonstrate the process of ensuring that a package is the best it can be, including a review of available resources for package improvements. * ''Ubuntu Netbook Remix Overview'' - Learn about Ubuntu's offering for netbooks, with UNR Product Manager Pete Goodall and Engineers Bill Filler and Neil Patel. * ''Upstreaming Bugs'' - Ubuntu is a collection of software from a multitude of upstream projects (Like GNOME, KDE, Linux, Xorg) that is put together and released every 6 months. In this talk I will talk about how you can help be a bridge between Ubuntu and these projects by ensuring that bugs, patches, and feedback gets from Ubuntu to them. * ''Ubuntu Brainstorm Q+A, becoming moderator'' - You have some question about Ubuntu Brainstorm? You want to become moderator? This will be the right time to ask! * ''Ubuntu Training'' - The Community Training Team is an exciting and growing effort aimed at creating and updating learning materials for all Ubuntu Users. We're looking for new people to help us update the Ubuntu Desktop Course based on the 7.10 release to the 8.04 (LTS) version. Contributors need no technical background so come to the session to find out exactly which tasks are available and what deadlines we need to meet. For more info, please see the wiki at: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training |
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| We have a number of sessions next week for all tastes and interests. Feel free to come to as few or as many sessions as you like. All of them are free and open to anyone: | '''Thursday''' |
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| * '''Ask Mark''' (''Mark Shuttleworth'') - In this session, you can ask Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth your questions about Ubuntu. * '''Becoming an Ubuntu Member''' (''Jono Bacon'') - In this session, Jono Bacon explains the process involved in becoming a recognised member of the Ubuntu project. * '''Edubuntu''' (''Oliver Grawert'') - Edubuntu lead technical architect Oliver Grawert gets you involved in the education focused Edubuntu project. * '''FRESHERS DAY''' - On Friday 1st Dec in #ubuntu-freshers on irc.freenode.net we will have a number of Ubuntu community members who are there to answer your questions. Any and every question about getting involved in the Ubuntu community is welcome, so come along and get involved! * '''Kubuntu''' (''Brandon Holtsclaw'') - Brandon Holtsclaw provides an introductory session to show you how to get involved with the KDE driven Kubuntu project. * '''LoCo Teams''' (''Melissa Draper'') - In these sessions Melissa Draper shows you how to get involved with LoCo teams; geographically local teams that help push, support, translate and promote Ubuntu. If you are interested in joining or running a team, these sessions are for you. * '''MOTU''' (''Daniel Holbach)'') - Here Daniel Holbach guides you through some of the steps to show you how to get involved in packaging software that is available in Ubuntu's Universe repository. * '''Packaging 101''' (''Brandon Holtsclaw'') - Our friend and yours Brandon Holtsclaw provides a beginners guide to making packages for the Ubuntu project. * '''The Ubuntu Community''' (''Jono Bacon'') - In these sessions, Jono Bacon discusses the Ubuntu Community, its structures and how to get involved in the many different areas. * '''Translating with Rosetta''' (''Jordi Mallach'') - Jordi Mallach provides a solid introduction showing you how to translate applications in Ubuntu using the powerful Rosetta component in Launchpad. * '''Ubuntu Desktop Team''' (''Sebastien Bacher'') - Here Sebastien Bacher guides you how to be a part of the team that ensures the desktop in Ubuntu is rock solid, featureful and stable. * '''Ubuntu Documentation Project''' (''Matthew East'') - In these sessions, Matthew East shows how contributors can provide essential help in producing high quality documentation for Ubuntu. * '''Using Launchpad''' (''Christian Reis'') - Christian Reis provides a solid introduction to Launchpad, a centralised system for managing software projects, bugs, translations and more. |
* ''sabdfl Question and Answer'' - Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu will take questions from attendees in this two hour block. * ''Wine'' -- How to help with Wine, converting Windows applications into packages, Integrating Wine into the desktop. * ''Verifying Stable Update (SRU) bugfixes'' -- Walking through the process of verifying an update for released versions of packages. * ''Cruft. What is it and why it sucks'' - An overview of cruft, how its made, how it is handled, what NBS is, how to do a removal * ''Cruft Removal 101 Workshop'' - A crash course in removing cruft with actual packages staged in a PPA. Learn how to do from the pros. |
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| === Our Hosts === | |
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| Each of the many sessions this week is being delivered by a team of & '''Sebastien Bacher''' - Sebastien works on the Ubuntu Desktop Team and works to ensure the desktop in Ubuntu is reliable, feature packaged and fully integrated. * '''Jono Bacon''' - Jono works at Canonical as the Ubuntu Community Manager and works to help optimise, scale and grow the worldwide Ubuntu community. * '''Melissa Draper''' - Melissa runs the Australian LoCo team, and is one of a number of people who help develop and run the local community (LoCo) teams project. * '''Matthew East''' - Matthew is the leader of the Ubuntu documentation team, and with the rest of the team works to produce high quality documentation on all aspects of Ubuntu. * '''Daniel Holbach''' - Daniel works at Canonical as part of the distro team and works on GNOME support in Ubuntu as well as being the leader of the MOTU team. Daniel is hugely committed to Ubuntu and the community and has played a strong role in Ubuntu's success. * '''Brandon Holtsclaw''' - Brandon is an active member of the Kubuntu project, and is also involved in the MOTU team. Brandon has a strong technical ability and a friendly and social approach to his work. * '''Oliver Grawert''' - Oliver is the lead technical architect of the Edubuntu project; an Ubuntu derivative specifically aimed at education. * '''Simon Law''' - Simon Law runs the Ubuntu Bug Squad and works to manage the hundreds of bugs that come in from users and developers. He is here to help make Ubuntu as rock solid as possible. * '''Jordi Mallach''' - Jordi works for Canonical on the Rosetta component of Launchpad. Rosetta has developed into a powerful framework for easily translating applications, and Jordi is an excellent teacher for translating more and more free software with Rosetta. * '''Christian Reis''' - Christian is the co-lead of the Launchpad project with Steve Alexander. * '''Mark Shuttleworth''' - Mark is the founder of the Ubuntu project and has worked to grow a strong development team in and around the project and legitimize Ubuntu as a world-class leading desktop and server. == Glossary == When moving to a new distribution it can sometimes be quite confusing to get your head around the jargon and terms that are part of that project. Here is a quick glossary of many of the terms that are being used this week: * ''Canonical'' - The primary sponsor of the Ubuntu project, funding over 70 employees to work on the project and related technologies. * ''Edubuntu'' - An education targeted derivative of Ubuntu. * ''IRC'' - Internet Relay Chat. A means of talking to others online, and the medium used for the sessions this week. * ''Launchpad'' - A central website for managing bugs, translations, new features, packages and much more. Pretty much all parts of the Ubuntu project use Launchpad. * ''Kubuntu'' - A derivative of Ubuntu with the KDE desktop instead of GNOME. * ''LoCo Teams'' - Geographically located teams that work to grow the Ubuntu community and advocate, translate and otherwise help Ubuntu. * ''Malone'' - The bug tracking component inside Launchpad. * ''MOTU'' - In addition to the main Ubuntu package archive, we support the Universe package archive. This archive contains thousands of additional packages that can be installed on an Ubuntu system. The MOTU team (Masters Of The Universe) look after this archive and ensure that as many packages as possible are ready for use for our users. * ''Rosetta'' - An online tool that is part of Launchpad that allows anyone to help translate software into different languages. * ''Ubuntu'' - A freely available, easy to use Linux desktop and server. |
'''Friday''' * ''Fixing a bug in Ubuntu - it's easier than you think'' - You want to get involved in Ubuntu, you'd like to fix a few bugs? Excellent, Daniel Holbach will show you how push the right buttons, talk to the right people and be part of the team. * ''REVU Q+A'' - Open Q&A about [[http://revu.ubuntuwire.com|REVU]] (the website where new packages are reviewed for inclusion into Ubuntu). * ''Translations and Internationalization with Launchpad - MikeRooney'': A guide from start (an English-only application) to finish (a translated localized application) using Launchpad to coordinate and gather community translations. * ''Kernel: From Intrepid to Jaunty - Ben Collins'': A review of what the kernel team did different during intrepid's development cycle, what we learned and what we plan to change in jaunty. |
Takes place from Mon 3 November - Fri 7 November on IRC in #ubuntu-classroom.
Welcome to the Ubuntu Open Week!
Ubuntu is a freely available, simple to use Linux desktop and server. The Ubuntu project has developed a strong reputation for technical excellence and a commitment to the free software community, and we are always keen to grow and extend our community where possible. Ubuntu does not distinguish between different Enterprise and Open versions - we have one single version of Ubuntu, and this version is and will always be entirely free. Ubuntu is used by over 8 million people and has a worldwide community of volunteers who contribute in many different areas such as packaging, documentation, art, translations, testing, marketing and more.
Find out more about the Ubuntu desktop or server and download them.
Road test our community
In just four years, Ubuntu has become one the most popular Linux distributions in the world with millions of users and a thriving community. Ever wondered what all the fuss is about? How have we achieved such a great feat in such a short space of time? Here's where you can find out.
Ubuntu Open Week was a series of online workshops where you could:
- learn about the Ubuntu landscape
- talk to some of the key developers from the Ubuntu project
- find out about the Community and its relationship with Canonical
participate in an open Q&A with Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu
- much more...
The Timetable
We organised a week long menu of events that touch many different areas of the Ubuntu community. If you are interested in being a part of the project, there is sure to be a session for you.
Notice: The schedule has been finalized, please do not edit without contacting JorgeCastro or JonoBacon
The schedule is available in iCalendar (ics) format. You can also subscribe to the calendar using Google Calendar. The ICS file can be subscribed to as a Web Calendar via Evolution and other calendar tools. Feel free to upload changes to the wiki attachments as they happen. Please send feedback about Open Week to JorgeCastro.
* Note: For help on time equivalents around the world, visit Time and Date World Clock, and specifically for the equivalent of 15:00 UTC see 15:00 UTC around the world.
Descriptions of Sessions
Monday
Introduction and Welcome - Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu Community manager, will kick off the week with a short welcome and give you a quick tour of what to expect during OpenWeek.
Ubuntu behind the Scenes - You have some ideas and want to see them included in Ubuntu but don't know how or just wondered how the ubuntu developers make this awesome distro, this is the right place to know what happens under the hood.
Reporting and Fixing Kernel Bugs - Leann Ogasawara will touch on kernel bug reporting best practices and getting fixes incorporated into the Ubuntu kernel.
Ubuntu on Ultra Mobile PCs - Oliver Grawert will explain the ins and outs of getting Ubuntu on UMPCs
Report bugs about Ubuntu - Brian Murray will show you ways to file a more complete bug report. The more complete your bug report is the more likely it is to get fixed!
Version Control with Bazaar - The very basics of using Bazaar. Learn how to take "snapshots" of your most important code and files..and how to roll back time to undo those changes.
Bazaar: Beyond The Basics - Following on from Emma Jane Hogbin's Bzr basics, DavidFutcher guides you through some of the more "advanced" Bzr topics.
Tuesday
Edubuntu - Overview of the Edubuntu project, its purpose, and how you can get involved with this small, but vital community. "Do it for the kids"
Packaging 101 - Daniel Holbach, who is very interested in the growth of the Ubuntu Development Community, will talk you through the bare bone essentials of Ubuntu's source packages.
Debian and Ubuntu - What is Debian? What is the importance of Debian to Ubuntu? How you can contribute to Debian?
An Intrepid journey in Ubuntu Server land - a retrospective of the features that the Ubuntu Server team worked on during the last release cycle and an outlook on what will follow.
Media Prodution on Ubuntu - A look at how Ubuntu can be used for all sorts of media, including photo processing and management, video capture and editing and audio recording and processing. This session will include a Q&A.
Wednesday
Polishing a Package - Lots of packages in Ubuntu have outstanding bugs, and outstanding available patches. Emmet Hikory will demonstrate the process of ensuring that a package is the best it can be, including a review of available resources for package improvements.
Ubuntu Netbook Remix Overview - Learn about Ubuntu's offering for netbooks, with UNR Product Manager Pete Goodall and Engineers Bill Filler and Neil Patel.
Upstreaming Bugs - Ubuntu is a collection of software from a multitude of upstream projects (Like GNOME, KDE, Linux, Xorg) that is put together and released every 6 months. In this talk I will talk about how you can help be a bridge between Ubuntu and these projects by ensuring that bugs, patches, and feedback gets from Ubuntu to them.
Ubuntu Brainstorm Q+A, becoming moderator - You have some question about Ubuntu Brainstorm? You want to become moderator? This will be the right time to ask!
Ubuntu Training - The Community Training Team is an exciting and growing effort aimed at creating and updating learning materials for all Ubuntu Users. We're looking for new people to help us update the Ubuntu Desktop Course based on the 7.10 release to the 8.04 (LTS) version. Contributors need no technical background so come to the session to find out exactly which tasks are available and what deadlines we need to meet. For more info, please see the wiki at: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training
Thursday
sabdfl Question and Answer - Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu will take questions from attendees in this two hour block.
Wine -- How to help with Wine, converting Windows applications into packages, Integrating Wine into the desktop.
Verifying Stable Update (SRU) bugfixes -- Walking through the process of verifying an update for released versions of packages.
Cruft. What is it and why it sucks - An overview of cruft, how its made, how it is handled, what NBS is, how to do a removal
Cruft Removal 101 Workshop - A crash course in removing cruft with actual packages staged in a PPA. Learn how to do from the pros.
Friday
Fixing a bug in Ubuntu - it's easier than you think - You want to get involved in Ubuntu, you'd like to fix a few bugs? Excellent, Daniel Holbach will show you how push the right buttons, talk to the right people and be part of the team.
REVU Q+A - Open Q&A about REVU (the website where new packages are reviewed for inclusion into Ubuntu).
Translations and Internationalization with Launchpad - MikeRooney: A guide from start (an English-only application) to finish (a translated localized application) using Launchpad to coordinate and gather community translations.
Kernel: From Intrepid to Jaunty - Ben Collins: A review of what the kernel team did different during intrepid's development cycle, what we learned and what we plan to change in jaunty.
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