Re: [Fwd: Ask Fedora : Linux package management]

Chris Tyler wrote:
> Hi Rahul,
>
> Yes -- I wrote an answer for last week but was late posting it. I put it
> on the wiki this morning (probably too verbose and should be shrunk, and
> the links are in the old format).

Ping...

Rahul

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Re: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference -- now available

Keir,

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Keir Thomas
<ubuntukungfu@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I thought I'd provide a quick update on the book.
>
> Since the website went live about 48 hours ago, the PDF Edition has
> been downloaded over 100,000 times. This makes it the world's most
> widely-read Ubuntu book (at least according to Nielsen book-sale
> figures), and possibly the most widely read Linux book of all time :)

Congratulations on the book, its success and well done for making it
available as a PDF.

I'd really like to see if you could go one step further, and make the
book available under a free culture licence (such as cc-by-sa).

The Official Ubuntu Book has showed that this is possible
(http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/20070706-00) from both a practical and
economic point of view.

I think there are several powerful reasons to follow suit. First, it
would mean that where relevant, information from the book could be
incorporated into the Ubuntu onboard documentation (with accreditation
given to you). This would improve the Ubuntu user experience. Secondly
I think it would send a great message of thanks to the Ubuntu
community, whose guiding philosophy is that software and content
should be free. Ubuntu wouldn't exist without that philosophy.
Thirdly, I think it would set a great example for future books, which
can therefore build on your work in the same way that Ubuntu as a
product builds on the work of other software producers who choose this
philosophy.

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heise online news 08/02/2009

heise online news 08/02/2009 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Survey: Increase in "mission critical" Ubuntu Server use A survey of the Ubuntu community shows that Ubuntu is being used for "mission critical" server applications such as web serving and databases › Read article     advertisement QCon London, UK (March 11-13) is an enterprise software dev conference featuring speakers such as Martin Fowler, Tony Hoare, Joe Armstrong, Rod Johnson and others. BBC, guardian.co.uk and Linked-In architectures will be presented. Tracks include Emerging Languages, Real World SOA, Agile Organizational Patterns, DDD,.NET, Java.Next... Register before February 22nd and save £130! H minus 10 Changes are on the way for heise online UK, and over the next ten days, we'll be previewing those changes › Read article     This newsletter is sent to in a multipart format. If you want to read it as plain text, you will have to change the display mode of your e-mail program. You are receiving heise online news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter heise open source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from heise online, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter heise Security: IT security news and alerts to keep your systems secure, with features giving an in-depth look at the world of IT security. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/security Newsletter heise networks features: In-depth articles, tools and techniques for networking and communications. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/networks Legal notice Publishers: Christian Heise, Ansgar Heise, Christian Persson Editor-in-chief: Dj Walker-Morgan All rights reserved. Any copies or dissemination on any medium, either in part of whole, requires the written consent of the publisher. Copyright (c) 2008 Heise Media UK Ltd.

Re: Next BugDay - February the 12th, 2009

Martin Mai wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I talked with John Crawford about the announcement of the BugDays and I
> agreed that the BugDay is always announced very late. This prevents it
> from being mentioned in the UWN which is bad since potential triagers
> might stay away because they don't read the mailing lists.
>
> Therefore the Bugsquad will now always inform you about the next BugDay
> till around Saturday evening before the UWN is released, which gives you
> the chance to include the information about it.
>
> So here we go:
>
> Date: 12.02.2009
> Target: New bugs without a package
> Page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20090212
> IRC: #ubuntu-bugs
> Infos: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs/
>
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>
Thanks Martin!! I have included a short summary in the next issue coming
out Sunday.

John

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Next BugDay - February the 12th, 2009

Hey folks,

I talked with John Crawford about the announcement of the BugDays and I
agreed that the BugDay is always announced very late. This prevents it
from being mentioned in the UWN which is bad since potential triagers
might stay away because they don't read the mailing lists.

Therefore the Bugsquad will now always inform you about the next BugDay
till around Saturday evening before the UWN is released, which gives you
the chance to include the information about it.

So here we go:

Date: 12.02.2009
Target: New bugs without a package
Page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20090212
IRC: #ubuntu-bugs
Infos: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs/

Regards

Martin

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