Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #121

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #121 for the week March 8, march 14, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Twenty First Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-March 17, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday March 21, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

* Announcements: he new Ubuntu Branding – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand . Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1 freeze now in effect – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule . Alan Pope: Why (I think) Ubuntu is Better Than Windows – http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/11/why-ubuntu-is-better-than-windows/ . The Linux Desktop Will Have Its Day: Q&A With Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth – http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/69444.html . Redesigning Ubuntu – behind the scenes on 10.04 – http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/redesigning-ubuntu-behind-the-scenes-on-10-04/ . Ubuntu, The Ultimate Linux Distribution – http://www.daniweb.com/news/story265826.html# . Ubuntu goin’ gray, like the Mac OS way? – http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/ubuntu-goin-gray-like-mac-os-way.html . There will be an Installfest this coming Sat. the 20th at the Tempe Escalante Center. (http://tinyurl.com/yzdv42e) Like the installfests at UAT, this one will be from 10 – 4. So the schedule for installfests will be as follows for the next few months:
* Feb 27th – UAT
* Mar 20 – Escalante
* Mar 27 – UAT
* April 10 Escalante
* April 24 – UAT,
* April 24 – Licid Release Party – Boulders
* May 8 – Escalante
* May 22 – UAT
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585
http://www.azloco.com/node/128

* There will be a 10.04 Lucid Lynx release party at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe (http://www.bouldersonbroadway.net/) on the 24th of April. http://azloco.com/node/120

* PLUG and class announcements: Both Valley Stammtische this week: Tempe on Tue – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/422 , Avondale/Goodyear on Wed – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/590 . New Installfest@Escallante this Saturday – http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585 and http://www.azloco.com/node/128 . Next PLUG planning IRC meeting is one week from tonight. It’s the hour before the LoCo meeting and in #PLUGaz – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2276 . PLUG west side meeting a week from Wednesday. Topic: Dave Walker will do a basic demo on the history of Asterisk, demo install of FreePBX and setup a couple of extensions. http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/345 . Installfest@UAT a week from Saturday – http://plug.phoenix.az.us/node/169

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10March17

Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #120

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #120 for the week March 1, march 7, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Twentieth Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-March 10, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday March 14, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

* Announcements: Lucid Alpha 3 Released – http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu), Can you hear the music? – Ubuntu One Store FAQ: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/MusicStore , New Ubuntu Members: Americas Board Meeting – https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-February/000872.html , Ubuntu Brainstorm – http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ , Dustin Kirkland: Attention Encrypted Home Users – http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/02/attention-encrypted-home-users.html , Laura Czajkowski: Ubuntu Women has a new IRC Channel – http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/02/25/ubuntu-women-new-channel/ , A preview of Ubuntu 10.04 – http://thepcreport.net/2010/02/preview-of-ubuntu-10-04/ , An Update On The Boot & Power Performance In Ubuntu 10.04 – http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_boot2&num=1 , Ubuntu goin’ gray, like the Mac OS way? – http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/ubuntu-goin-gray-like-mac-os-way.html , Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 Released – What’s new? – http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntu-1004-alpha-3-released-later.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 , The schedule for installfests will be as follows for the next few months:
* Feb 27th – UAT
* Mar 20 – Escalante
* Mar 27 – UAT
* April 10 Escalante
* April 24 – UAT,
* April 24 – Licid Release Party – Boulders
* May 8 – Escalante
* May 22 – UAT
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585
http://www.azloco.com/node/128

* There will be a 10.04 Lucid Lynx release party at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe (http://www.bouldersonbroadway.net/) on the 24th of April – http://azloco.com/node/120

* PLUG and class announcements: PLUG security hackfest Tue – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2136 , PLUG East Side meeting Thur – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/168 , Both Valley Stammtische next week: Tempe on Tue – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/422 – Avondale/Goodyear on Wed – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/590 , Next PLUG planning IRC meeting is two weeks from tonight. It’s the hour before the LoCo meeting and in #PLUGaz – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2276 , Free Software Stammtisch in Prescott Tue – http://www.lugy.net/

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10March10