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

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #119 for the week February 22, February 28, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Eighteenth Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-March 3, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday March 7, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

Announcements:

* The next event is the Tempe install fest on March 20 and we will need help. Our big concern is having flyers out in the city.

PLUG and class announcements:

* PLUG Devel meeting this Thur – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/552 . PLUG Planning IRC meeting next Sunday, an hour before the AZLoCo mtg – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2275 . PLUG security hackfest a week from Tue – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2136 . PLUG East Side meeting a week from Thur – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/168 . Free Software Stammtisch in Prescott a week from Tue – http://www.lugy.net/

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10March3

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Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #118 for the week February 15, February 21, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Eighteenth Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-February 24, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday February 28, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

toddc began with some announcements:

* I will be sitting in for scott_ev and posting his meeting notes since many of our members (including scott_ev) are cruising back from California down I-10 at 90mph err 75 mph and might drop their Internet connection or laptop battery’s run out.

* New member, dbman63, introduced himself and was welcomed to the Team:
“Hi I’m Dana. I’m a Database Administrator @ Intel, and have tinkered a little bit with Linux since Red Hat 7.1, but still consider myself a Newbie.”

* There will be no Human Theme In Ubuntu 10.04 – http://anotherubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-human-theme-in-ubuntu-1004.html . Mark Shuttleworth: Meta-cycles: 2-3 year major cycles for free software – http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/288 . Interview With Jono by Joe Barker – http://blog.joeb454.com/2010/02/an-interview-with-jono/ . Interview with Dustin Kirkland, Ubuntu Core Developer about encryption in Ubuntu – https://slo-tech.com/clanki/10008en/# . Upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam and your Loco Team – https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams , https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Stories and http://chrisjohnston.org/2010/ubuntu-global-jam-march-2010 . Dell dropping its Ubuntu offerings? – http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/dell-dropping-its-ubuntu-offerings-243 . Univ. of Arizona student builds Ubuntu-Atom powered spider-bot – http://www.neoseeker.com/news/13107-u-of-arizona-student-builds-ubuntu-atom-powered-spider-bot/ . Canonical’s Latest Ubuntu Developer Pitch – http://tinyurl.com/yh8s4l6 .

* Schedule for installfests:
* 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

We have posted some flyers already and will be posting more this week – http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585 and 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:

* West Side meeting this Wednesday – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/346 . PLUG and AZLoCo Installfest at UAT this Saturday – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/160 . PLUG Devel meeting a week from Thursday – http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/552 . Next PLUG IRC meeting is in two weeks as next Sunday is still in Feb

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10February24