Lets start Intrepid right…

The release cycle for Hardy was awesome, and I definitely put more time and effort into it than any other.  But, I want to continue this momentum and increase my effort for Intrepid.  Luckily for me, next week is Ubuntu OpenWeek.

Seriously, I’m not just talking about the OpenWeek because Jorge talked about it last night at our release party.  I have recently triaged a fair number of bugs to a point where I know what needs to be changed and I could probably do it myself.  Simple string fixes are a good examples, or setting correct defaults, adding a dependency, etc.  But, to do this I should learn more about packaging.

One way to do that is to go to a Packaging Jam like what Rick put on for the Michigan LoCo.  I unfortunately was unable to make it (3 year anniversary is a good reason right?).  But, with the OpenWeek I should be able to get some basics out of the way before we do another Packaging Jam.

Also, if you’re interested in just learning how to report bugs, not even think about fixing them, there are events for you too at the OpenWeek (see schedule).  Be sure to remember that the times are in UTC, so that means subtract 4 hours for the eastern time zone (rest of you Americans can do the math from there).

I hope some of the people who attended our Hardy Release Party in Michigan last night can show up.  There was a lot of interest in helping with Ubuntu development in various ways from many people and this is the perfect place to start!

See you there!

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My 5 today: #223230 (gnome-panel), #214695 (gnome-system-monitor), #223239 (hugin), #223262 (kdebase), #223263 (update-manager)
Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day

Change of venue

So, we need to change plans for the release party.  Ann Arbor Brewing
Co. has no available room as the University of Michigan has graduation
this weekend.  I tried to get a reservation today, but, no avail.

Instead, we do the next best thing: Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti
http://neotech.net/ABC/?site=cornerbrewery

Sorry for the late notice.

Get the word out to those who might not get this.

The Release of Hardy and 100 members

Today, as we all know, is the release of the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron.

However, what you may not know is that today is also the day that the Michigan LoCo team hit 100 members!  Yep, thats right, two momentous occasions on the same day.

For proof, see screenshot.

On behalf of the entire team I would like to welcome Tony to the Michigan LoCo!

Tony, if you are reading this, if you come to the Hardy Release Party on Saturday, you get an Ubuntu Hat for being the 100th member of the team!  Really, no joke.

Hardy Party In Michigan

If you are any where near the South East Corner of Michigan on Satuday, you should come to our Hardy Party.

Details:
Saturday the 26th
Ann Arbor Brewing Co. [0]
7pm - ?
I’ll have stickers (both case badges and those bigger white ones)
Bring your friends.

See you there!

[0] Address:
114 E Washington St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
googlemap
There is a parking ramp across the street from the pub.

Shells Shells Everywhere Shells!

I wasn’t going to post in response to the meme, that is, until I saw my history.

$history|awk ‘{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’ |sort -rn|head
87 add-5-a-day
54 screen
52 sudo
52 cd
46 ls
22 dpkg
21 cat
20 irssi
13 bzr
10 tail

Can you tell I am a part of the 5-a-day team on Launchpad?

And, again, why isn’t Ohio on the stats page?

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My 5 today: #213251 (pulseaudio), #215005 (jockey), #212709 (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24), #213585 (flashplugin-nonfree), #213852 (poppler)
Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day

Who’s number 1?

I’m just taking a break from writing papers to show you something interesting that proves the fact that Michigan is probably one of the best LoCos out there:

5-a-day Stats

Go past all of the individuals and look at the bottom where the teams are listed. See which team is #1? GO MICHIGAN!

I couldn’t help but notice that Ohio isn’t on the list…..

edit: yes yes, we aren’t number 1 for today, but, we are more of a long term focused group anyways.

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My 5 today: #205715 (linux), #91498 (gnome-screensaver), #205742 (language-pack-sv), #193617 (gnome-power-manager), #205681 (ubuntu)
Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day

Social Meet ‘n Greet for the Ubuntu people in the US

What are you doing tonight at 8pm MST (7 PST, 9 CST, 10 EST)? Wanna hang out with some great Ubuntu people? Good deal, just join the #ubuntu-us channel on irc.freenode.net, there’ll be a lot of us. And it is sure to be a good time (the last one was!).

New to IRC? Check out this guide on the Michigan team’s wiki page (shamelessly copied/modified from other guides).

See you there!

w00t!

Yesterday was a very busy, stressful and long day.

But, no day is ever completely worthless. I had some good things happen yesterday. Got to talk to Rachel for a while, won some money for the video a group of us made for a contest, and….

I became an Official Ubuntu Member! w00t!

Thanks for all the cheers everyone!

Also, if all goes well, this should be my first post on planet.ubuntu. Hello all you Ubunteros!

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My 5 today: #190731 (gnome-settings-daemon), #190777 (poppler), #194086 (ubuntu), #184449 (ubuntu), #189318 (ubuntu)
Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day

I’ve done my five…

have you?

After a false start with the 5-a-day reporting program, I have now set it up and submitted my “5-a-day” since I joined the 5-a-day team.

Where are yours?

PS: Anyone smell a Michigan-Ohio competition starting from this? I do.

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My 5 today: Bug 161961 (firefox), Bug 158874 (ubuntu), Bug 162031 (wine), Bug 162424 (gnome-utils), Bug 173271 (thunderbird)
Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day

Updates Updates

New to this blogging thing, so I usually forget I even have one, or when I remember and think of a good topic, I don’t write it down and never write it.

Well… Here is a run down of some updates.

1) Ubuntu Michigan LoCo Team is APPROVED! Check out the announcement: We’re Approved! The members of the team are awesome and made this possible.

2) Top story in the NYTimes morning email: Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency
Good right? Well, yeah, in theory. But guess what the goal is…. an average of 35 mpg by… 2020! Wow, way to be innovative there guys! Way to set a high bar. Way to quit being lazy and actually doing something…. oh wait, no. That is a lame goal and you guys ARE just a bunch of lazy bastards. Got it.

3) Kheir was elected as MSA representative! As legal counsel to the candidate all I have to say is, well done.

4) And the craziness of the end of the semester begins… and I thought grad school was going to be easy.