Q and A with Jamie Strandboge, Ubuntu Security Team Manager

On Friday, June 10, 2011 at 16:30 UTC, we will be having our next question and answer classroom session. This time, Jamie Strandboge, the Ubuntu Security Team Manager, will be answering any questions you might have in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. You can find more information about these Q and A sessions on the wiki. Finally, if you ever miss a session, you can find logs on irclogs.ubuntu.com.

Ubuntu App Developer Week Summaries

Ubuntu App Developer Week took place last week. Many people participated in our 29 sessions designed to showcase tools and applications that our developers have created and inspire other people to create their own applications. In case you missed any sessions, logs are available on the wiki.

David Planella has also prepared daily summaries of the sessions.

Day 1 Summary
Day 2 Summary
Day 3 Summary
Day 4 Summary
EDIT: Summary now available: Day 5 Summary

Thank you to everyone who participated in this event and helped to make it a success.

Packaging Training: Head Start into Ubuntu Development

On Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 15:30 UTC, Bhavani Shankar will be leading a Packaging Training Session about starting up with Ubuntu Development. If you are interested in starting up with Ubuntu Development, you will not want to miss this session.

Like all of our sessions, this one will take place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. Logs for this session will be posted afterwards.

Announcing the next Ubuntu User Days Event

We are pleased to announce that the next Ubuntu User Days event is scheduled to take place from Saturday January 29th 2011, 09:45 UTC until Sunday January 30th 2011, 03:00 UTC. To quote the wiki page, “User Days was created to be a set of courses offered during a one day period to teach the beginning or intermediate Ubuntu user the basics to get them started with Ubuntu”. Logs from the last Ubuntu User Days event are also available for anyone who might be interested.

In order for this event to be a success, we need lots of help leading sessions. To volunteer to lead a session, you can contact a member of the Ubuntu User Days Team by sending an email to the ubuntu-classroom at lists.ubuntu.com mailing list or on IRC by stopping by #ubuntu-classroom-backstage on irc.freenode.net. If you are unsure of a topic for your session, you can use the Course Suggestions wiki page as a reference. Please be sure to pass this email along to any of your friends who might be interested in either participating or leading a session.

Packaging Training: Tutorial on Debian/Ubuntu Packaging

Have you ever wanted to package an application so that you can easily distribute it to your Ubuntu or Debian friends? On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 14:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net, Bilal Akhtar will teach you all you need to know to do just that. As always, logs will be available following the session.

Shortly after this session, you can then proceed to learn how to get your newly packaged application into the Ubuntu repositories through Debian in Paul Tagliamonte’s Packaging Training Session.

Packaging Training: Packaging Alley-oop — Getting your package into Ubuntu through Debian

NOTE 2: Third time is the charm. We are sorry for all of the confusion, but we have a guarantee from Paul that the session will take place onWednesday, November 24, 2010 at 00:00:00 UTC.

NOTE: Due to some date confusion, this session did not happen. It has been rescheduled for Monday, November 22, 2010 at 00:00:00 UTC

Although he might not be an official Ubuntu Developer, Paul Tagliamonte has plenty of experience working with packages. He has recently gone through the process of getting a new package added to the Ubuntu repositories via Debian, and he is here today to share this knowledge with us. The session will take place on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 00:00:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. Logs will be available following the session.

If you enjoy these types of sessions, I would encourage you to check out Daniel Holbach’s recent blog post, which is trying to gather suggestions on ways to improve these types of events. Additional information on Packaging Training Sessions is available on the wiki.

Packaging Training: Tips and Tricks for New Developers

On October 15, at 01:00 UTC, Nathan Handler will be leading a Packaging Training Session about tips and tricks for people getting into Ubuntu development. The session will take place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. These tips will mainly be geared towards new developers. The session will be followed by a period for asking questions. In case you are unable to attend, logs will be available after the session.

Announcing the First LoCo Day Event

Hello everyone,

It is my great honor to be able to announce a new Ubuntu Classroom event that will be taking place: LoCo Days! To quote the wiki, “Most Classroom sessions done in the Ubuntu community are done in English. However, we have a large LoCo community as well. LoCo Days were designed to encourage LoCo Teams to start doing more Classroom sessions in their native languages.” The first set of LoCo Days will take place from Friday, November 5th, 2010 – Sunday, November 7th, 2010. Sessions, to be given in the LoCo’s native language, will focus will be on different LoCo-related HowTos. Some possible topics might include: How to host an Ubuntu Hour, How to start a Loco team, or How to organize a release party. Sessions will be lead by groups from different LoCos; there will be very few (if any) individuals hosting sessions.

In order for this event to work, we need as many different LoCo teams to volunteer to lead sessions as possible. Sessions can take place any time during Friday, November 5th, 2010 – Sunday, November 7th, 2010, so LoCo teams should have no issue finding a convenient time. If you are interested in leading a session, please let either myself or another member of the Classroom Management Team know so that we can add you to the schedule. Please be sure to pass this announcement on to the other members of your LoCo team.

Packaging Training: Packaging Without Compilation

Two, weeks ago, Stefano Rivera gave a great session about some of the sponsoring tools in ubuntu-dev-tools. Now, in a few hours, at 04:00 UTC on September 16, Emmet Hikory will be leading our next Packaging Training Session about Packaging Without Compilation. The session will take place in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. This is sure to be a great session that you will not want to miss. However, in case you are unable to attend, logs will be available after the session.

Also, please do not forget to check out the logs from some of our other Packaging Training Sessions. They are great references for both the new and veteran packager.

Packaging Training: The sponsoring tools in ubuntu-dev-tools

Sponsoring packages can be a very time-consuming task. On 2nd September, 15:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net, Stefano Rivera will be leading a Packaging Training session about how you can utilize the sponsoring tools in ubuntu-dev-tools to make this task faster and easier. Logs will be available following the session. I hope to see you all there!