Ubuntu Open Week for Raring: Almost Here!

In just nine years, Ubuntu has become one of 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 is a week of IRC tuition and Q+A sessions all about getting involved in the rock-and-roll world that is the Ubuntu community. We organise this week for the beginning of a new release cycle to help new contributors get involved.

Ubuntu Open Week takes place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions), on May 20th-21st, from 13 to 18 UTC each day. We will be having people from different teams in, such as the Quality team, the Development team, the News team, and more! We are also going to have an “Ask Mark!” session with Mark Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu Community founder!

During the “Ask Mark!” session, community members are invited to ask Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) questions about the Ubuntu project. You will ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat with the prefix QUESTION: and philipballew will be selecting specific questions to pass along to Mark in the main #ubuntu-classroom channel.

To check out the full schedule and learn more about the event, visit the Ubuntu Open Week page on the Ubuntu wiki (we’re finishing to nail the schedule!)

We hope to see you there! But if not, as always, logs will be available after each session, and linked to the schedule at the end of each day.

Ubuntu Open Week for Raring: Call for Instructors

The Ubuntu Open Week is one of the big Classroom events we have each cycle. This time, it will be taking place the 21st and the 22nd of May, and sessions will last from 13 to 18 UTC. For those of you who do not know what this is all about, it is a community-oriented and community-driven event where people from different teams explain what work they do in the community, so you can choose the areas you like the most, and help us grow as a strong community. You can find more information about it in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek.

Now, we are looking for people who have been involved with a team for a long time, and would like to explain clearly how things work on it. That way, people around the world would be encouraged to join in what they like the most. During this cycle we will only be hosting sessions during two days, and they will only be on IRC.

If you want to take a slot just grab it, but make sure to let me (JoseeAntonioR on #ubuntu-classroom-backstage on freenode, joseeantonior at ubuntu dot com) know, by pinging me on IRC or sending me an email. Also, make sure to pass on this announcement to anyone who can be interested on being part of this event. Thanks for your interest!

Ubuntu Quantal OpenWeek and Ask Mark!: October 24th-26th

In just eight years, Ubuntu has become one of 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 is a week of IRC and On Air! tuition and Q+A sessions all about getting involved in the rock-and-roll world that is the Ubuntu community. We organise this week for the beginning of a new release cycle to help new contributors get involved.

Ubuntu Open Week takes place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions) for IRC, and www.ubuntuonair.com for On Air!.

This cycle it will start on October 24th, and finish October 26th each day with sessions from 13 to 18 UTC, having a special Ask Mark! session on Thursday, at 10 UTC. All sessions on Wednesday and Thursday will run as usual, on IRC (links above), and on Friday, we’ll close up with some Ubuntu on Air! sessions, so you can actually see the instructors.

During the “Ask Mark” session, community members are invited to ask Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) questions about the Ubuntu project. You will ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat with the prefix QUESTION: and JoseeAntonioR or philipballew will be selecting specific questions to pass along to Mark in the main #ubuntu-classroom channel.

Then, from October 24-26th from 13:00 through 18:00 UTC, we will be hosting several sessions from different teams, including the Development, News, Flavors (including Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Ubuntu Studio), Translations, QA, LoCo, Women, Accomplishments, IRC, App Development, Desktop, Manual and MOTU teams.

To check out the full schedule and learn more about the event, visit the Ubuntu Open Week page on the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

We hope to see you there! But if not, as always, logs will be available after each session, and linked to the schedule at the end of each day.

Ubuntu Open Week for Quantal: Call for Instructors

The Ubuntu Open Week is one of the big Classroom events we have each cycle. This time, it will be taking place from the 24th to the 26th of October, and sessions will last from 13 to 18 UTC. For those of you who do not know what this is all about, it is a community-oriented and community-driven event where people from different teams explain what work they do in the community, so you can choose the areas you like the most, and help us grow as a strong community. You can find more information about it in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek.

Now, we are looking for instructors. But before explaining anything, let me remind you that for this cycle, as accorded during UDS, we will be having 2 days of lovely-IRC sessions (Wednesday and Thursday), and we’ll be wrapping up with a day full of On Air! sessions (Friday). So, based on that, we are looking for people who have been involved with a team for a long time, and would like to explain clearly how things work on it. That way, people around the world would be encouraged to join in what they like the most.

If you want to take a slot, just grab it, but make sure to let me (JoseeAntonioR on #ubuntu-classroom-backstage on freenode, joseeantonior at ubuntu dot com) or Philip Ballew (philballew on #ubuntu-classroom-backstage on freenode, philipballew at ubuntu dot com) know, by pinging us on IRC, or sending us an email. Please make sure to pass on this announcement to anyone who can be interested on being part of this event. Thanks for your interest!

Ubuntu Open Week Day 3

On Friday, May 4th, we hosted our third (and final!) day of Ubuntu Open Week sessions where we had the following sessions (click topic for link to full sessions logs):

• How to use Ask Ubuntu by jrgifford amithkk and jokerdino
• How to contribute translating Ubuntu by dpm
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Users by jbicha
• Ubuntu Women Project by pleia2

Big thanks to all our organizers, instructors and participants for a great week!

Ubuntu Open Week Day 2

On Thursday, May 3rd, we hosted our second day of Ubuntu Open Week sessions where we had the following sessions (click topic for link to full sessions logs):

• Submitting your apps to the Ubuntu Software Centre by dpm
• Ubuntu Development – how it all works by dholbach
• Ubuntu Development – fixing bugs by dholbach
• Starting, Maintaining & Expanding Ubuntu Hours by iheartubuntu
• Ubuntu Brainstorm – great ideas to improve Ubuntu by cheesehead

Ubuntu Open Week continues Friday, May 4th, at 13:00 UTC with: How to use Ask Ubuntu, How to contribute translating Ubuntu, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Users and Ubuntu Women Project.

Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Day 1

On Tuesday, May 1st, the Ubuntu Classroom hosted our bi-annual “Ask Mark” session.

Logs are available here.

A few articles have popped up covering the session, including:

• What’s Coming Next for Ubuntu Linux? by Katherine Noyes, PCWorld
• Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 12.10 Plans, Netflix & What He Thinks of Windows 8 by Joey Sneddon, OMG! Ubuntu!
• Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu’s Bug #1 Is Fixed by Swapnil Bhartiya, Muktware

On Wednesday, May 2nd, we kicked off Ubuntu Open Week where we had the following sessions (click topic for link to full sessions logs):

• Configuring your network using NetworkManager by cyphermox
• Scaling wordpress with juju, the OMG!Ubuntu! story by marcoceppi and imbrandon
• Gaming on Ubuntu by iheartubuntu
• How to help with IRC issues when you’re not an operator by topyli

Ubuntu Open Week continues Thursday, May 3rd, at 13:00 UTC with: Submitting your apps to the Ubuntu Software Centre, Ubuntu Development – how it all works, Ubuntu Development – fixing bugs, Starting, Maintaining & Expanding Ubuntu Hours and Ubuntu Brainstorm – great ideas to improve Ubuntu

Ask Mark on May 1st & Ubuntu Open Week from May 2-4

In just seven years, Ubuntu has become one of 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 is a week of IRC tuition and Q+A sessions all about getting involved in the rock-and-roll world that is the Ubuntu community. We organise this week for the beginning of a new release cycle to help new contributors get involved.

Ubuntu Open Week takes place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net (#ubuntu-classroom-chat for questions).

This cycle we’ve condensed it to 3 days, from May 2nd through 4th and have a special “Ask Mark” session on May 1st at 21:00 UTC.

During the “Ask Mark” session, community members are invited to ask Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) questions about the Ubuntu project. You will ask your questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat with the prefix QUESTION: and DJones will be selecting specific questions to pass along to Mark in the main #ubuntu-classroom channel.

Then, from May 2-4 from 13:00 through 18:00 UTC, we will be hosting several sessions including:

• Scaling wordpress with juju, the OMG!Ubuntu! story
• Gaming on Ubuntu
• Submitting your apps to the Ubuntu Software Centre
• Ubuntu Development – how it all works
• Starting, Maintaining & Expanding Ubuntu Hours
• How to contribute translating Ubuntu
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Users

And much more! To check out the full schedule and learn more about the event, visit the Ubuntu Open Week page on the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

We hope to see you there! But if not, as always, logs will be available after each session.

OpenWeek ready to go, 2 May – Friday 4 May, call for instructors

The IRC workshop extravaganza known as Ubuntu OpenWeek is ready to go. For those of you not in the know, this is a weeklong (sort of) IRC event where we have instructors and classes on various topics in Ubuntu. The wiki page is now ready to go:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek

I am looking for instructors (especially those of you who have never given a workshop before) to give classes on Ubuntu. This can range from “How do I use Unity?” to “How do I contribute to Ubuntu development. So if you’re interested in participating, grab a slot or ping me offlist.

Of note, we’ve shortened the “week” to Wednesday through Friday, but the amount of sessions are the same, the days are just a bit longer so we can cover more time zones.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-devel mailing list by Jorge Castro on Mon Apr 9 15:58:12 UTC 2012

OpenWeek Summary for Thursday

It’s been an exciting Ubuntu Open Week so far with sessions yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011 which included:

• How to become a bug guru?
• Ubuntu Orchestra — Servers, Live and in Concert!
• Xubuntu: What is that?
• Canonical and the Community

The final day of Ubuntu (11.10) Open Week sessions start today, Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1400 UTC.

Day 5 Sessions include:

• How to use Ask Ubuntu effectively
• Accessibility in Ubuntu
• Using Unity like a Boss, tips and tricks
• Best ways to find technical support help in Ubuntu

Session Logs:

For those of you who may have missed sessions this weeks the logs are linked to each session listed on the schedule.

Participation:

Please see the Ubuntu Open Week participation wiki page for more information.

Originally posted here by Amber Graner on Friday, October 21, 2011