Im Orbit des Saturn

Salomon Wantchoucou klagt gegen den Landkreis Wittenberg für sein Recht auf Sicherung des Lebensunterhalts

2012-02-03T13:34:40+00:00

Start: 02/24/2012 - 00:00

End: 02/24/2012 - 12:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+2

Gerichtsverfahren in Dessau-Roßlau: Salomon Wantchoucou vs. Kreis Wittenberg

english: http://thecaravan.org/node/3148

After the paywall, newspapers now plan the worldwide expansion

2012-02-03T11:29:39+00:00

The empire is back! The new trend among news organisations: expansion. Britain’s Daily Mail, since last week the biggest online newspaper in the world when it surpassed the New York Times by 500,000 unique visitors, is a good example. After its editor-in-chief Martin Clarke took the US by storm with two offices in New York and Los Angeles, they now tackle the next English speaking realm, India, with a MailOnline India frontpage. So does the Wall Street Journal with an Indian edition and its Hindi blog, and the New York Times with India Ink.

Meanwhile, my lovely former employer The Guardian has launched an Arabic section of its site with articles on politics and current events in the Middle East as well as a series on football. The project to convert the large Guardian reading US audience into a more sustainable relationship is also making progress – last year my former MediaGuardian boss Steve Busfield packed his things to sport-blog from New York, from where the editor-in-chief of GuardianUS, Janine Gibson, subtly steers the digital US dinghy off to pastures new with a team of 10 editors. Which is a good thing: if journalism expands from foreign correspondent to flagship stores, the quality of journalism gains indeed as you always learn more on the ground.

The Huffington Post, on the other hand, goes the other way round with launching a British and now a French edition. Only it wouldn’t be the Huffington Post if they were not taking things even further, would it. Yesterday they announced a new thing: they will bring you Internet-TV with the Huffington Post Streaming Network. Sending live 12h daily from summer on, they plan to try something like “social media breaking news”, i.e. their journalists will pick up what is discussed on social media, and one third of the screen will display comments of Twitter and Facebook. That they take this project bloody serious tell the numbers: 100 journalists will be devoted to this.

Picture via TV Exchanger

Expansion is the new strategy but really, this seems a bit odd. Remember that last year we spend under the banner of the paywall? And anyhow, can expanding be an international trend? After all, it is tied to the English language, isn’t it? Indeed, in Germany, Spiegel Online just launched its own app for Spiegel Online International but it is doubtful that other media outlets follow that example. Smaller newspapers have to figure out their own way. Still, there are ways to grow, for example when expanding into new topics or – as the Huffington Post – new media. Thank you, internet, looks like 2012 will be an interesting year.

- The Guardian in America
- The Guardian in Arabic
- Daily Mail US
- Daily Mail India
- NYTimes India Ink
- WSJ India Frontpage & Blog India Realtime
- Spiegel Online International

Gerichtsverfahren in Dessau-Roßlau: Salomon Wantchoucou vs. Kreis Wittenberg

2012-02-03T09:36:10+00:00

Gerichtsverfahren in Dessau-Roßlau: Salomon Wantchoucou vs. Kreis Wittenberg

Quelle: http://thevoiceforum.org/node/2419

Court hearing in Dessau Rosslau: Salomon Wantchoucou Vs Local government of Wittenberg

2012-02-03T09:33:17+00:00

Court hearing in Dessau Rosslau: Salomon Wantchoucou Vs Local government of Wittenberg

Quelle: http://thevoiceforum.org/node/2419

Wrong Superhero

2012-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released!

2012-02-02T20:50:40+00:00

Welcome to Precise Pangolin Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 12.04.

Pre-releases of Precise Pangolin are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the Precise development cycle.

This is the first Ubuntu milestone release to include images for the armhf architecture, for the ARM CPUs using the hard-float ABI.

New packages showing up for the first time include:

Linux Kernel 3.2.2 (3.2.0-12.21)
Upstart 1.4
Unity 5.0
LibreOffice 3.5 beta 2

You can download Alpha 2 images here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)

Additional images are also available at:

http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Cloud Server)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Core)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/precise/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Edubuntu DVD)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Lubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Mythbuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/precise/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu)

Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider testing. This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a more detailed description of the changes in the Alpha 2 release and the known bugs (which can save you the effort of reporting a duplicate bug, or help you find proven workarounds), please see:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/

If you’re interested in following the changes as we further develop 12.04, we suggest that you subscribe initially to the ubuntu-devel-announce list. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events.

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Originally sent to the ubuntu-release mailing list by Kate Stewart on Thu Feb 2 20:27:28 UTC 2012

GEMA vs. autonome Szene

2012-02-02T18:29:00+00:00

Da die GEMA mit ihren Forderungen und ihrer Praxis unkommerzielle Kultureinrichtungen nachhaltig bedroht und schädigt, haben die Autonomen Zentren Alhambra, KTS und Raum2 Ende letzten Jahres den Verband zur Förderung und zum Schutz unkommerzieller Kunst und Kultur gegründet. Ziel des Verbandes ist, einen für unkommerzielle Kultureinrichtungen akzeptablen Gesamtvertrag mit der GEMA auszuhandeln.

Ubuntu 12.04 Development update

2012-02-02T13:47:59+00:00

Development Update

It is the week of Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 which is to be released in just a few hours. Everybody has been getting their good work into Ubuntu, so it is a great opportunity for everyone to go check it out and test it. If you are excited by 12.04, just check out our testing pages and report back your results. The earlier we get them, the better!

Currently there is also a test rebuild of the whole archive going on, which will hopefully identify all the build errors early enough. In two weeks time Feature Freeze will be reached, at which point we stop introducing new features, packages, and APIs, and concentrate on fixing bugs in the development release.

Jeremy Bicha, a great contributor to the Desktop team, wrote up a nice explanation of how the components of the Ubuntu Desktop were chosen this cycle. It shows how much consideration goes into putting the release together and how coordination between Ubuntu and its upstreams is important.

Events

It is Ubuntu Developer Week, the event for getting involved, learning more, peeking behind the scences, and learning more from experience developers. Day 1 and Day 2 have already passed, but if you couldn’t make it to the sessions, read the following summaries to find out what happened. They contain links to the logs of the sessions.

Ubuntu Developer Week will only still be today, Thursday 2nd February 2012.

Things which need to get done

If you want to get involved in packaging and bug fixing, there’s still a lot of bugs that need to get fixed:

There’s Merges that need to be done (main, restricted, universe, multiverse).
Also is the Ubuntu Mozilla team looking for help, so if you’re excited about Mozilla and what’s happening there, join IRC, talk to the guys on #ubuntu-mozillateam on irc.freenode.net.
And then there’s Security bugs you can take a look at, the team is a friendly bunch and they’re incredibly helpful in getting your patch reviewed.
There are bitesize bugs.

First timers!

We had two new contributors to Ubuntu who got their first upload in: Jean-Michel Vourgere and Sébastien Ramage. Great work! Both helped keeping Debian and Ubuntu in sync and good fixes into Ubuntu.

New contributor: Simon Steinbeiß

Benjamin Kerensa talked to Simon Steinbeiß, here’s what he has to say:

How did you get involved?
I got involved in Ubuntu by starting to use Xubuntu and then hanging out in its IRC channels. I engaged in discussions about Xubuntu’s artwork and default application set. After a while I started bringing in proposals and my own ideas. The developer team was really helpful and that’s how I got involved in the Xubuntu artwork team.

What was your experience like?
Well generally positive. Obviously there are always compromises to be made. When doing a gtk-theme for yourself or a panel-layout you apply different criteria then when doing it for an unkown amount of anonymous users. But I’d say it’s a rewarding job and the reviews of Xubuntu’s artwork have been pretty good since I’ve been involved (*brag* )

What did you like most about it?
The fact that there was a good community and everyone wanted to make Xubuntu better. I have “converted” quite a few friends of mine who formerly used Windows, so I got personally interested in making Xubuntu better. It seemed easier to improve things in Xubuntu itself than going around after each release and fixing things for my all my friends I also liked the fact that my artwork could be seen and used by so many people, it’s always great for an artist to have such a wide audience.

Is there anything that should have been easier? What do you recommend to other contributors who think about starting to get involved?
That is difficult to tell. I have the feeling that with many open-source or community-driven projects it’s about building relationships to people initially and that depends on the structure of the team you want to be a part of. If it’s a good team with good leadership it obviously might be easier to get involved. But it also depends on other factors like your personal motivation – no-one should be trusted with important tasks right from the start, so hanging in there for a bit is a necessary step to build trust.

What do you do in your other spare time?
I’m currently doing a PhD in the humanities. I finished my MAs in Philosophy and Religious Studies (no, not Theology!) and I’m currently conducting research projects in both fields at my university.

Get Involved

Read the Introduction to Ubuntu Development. It’s a short article which will help you understand how Ubuntu is put together, how the infrastructure is used and how we interact with other projects.
Follow the instructions in the Getting Set Up article. A few simple commands, a registration at Launchpad and you should have all the tools you need, and you’re ready to go.
Check out our instructions for how to fix a bug in Ubuntu, they come with small examples that make it easier to visualise what exactly you need to do.

Find something to work on

Pick a bitesize bug. These are the bugs we think should be easy to fix. Another option is to help out in one of our initiatives.

Help out with fixing packages that don’t build anymore.
Help out with security bugs.

In addition to that there are loads more opportunities over at Harvest.

Getting in touch

There are many different ways to contact Ubuntu developers and get your questions answered.

Be interactive and reach us most immediately: talk to us in #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net.
Follow mailing lists and get involved in the discussions: ubuntu-devel-announce (announce only, low traffic), ubuntu-devel (high-level discussions), ubuntu-devel-discuss (fairly general developer discussions).
Stay up to date and follow the ubuntudev account on Facebook, Google+, Identi.ca or Twitter.

Auch Sitzblockaden stehen unter dem Schutz der Versammlungsfreiheit

2012-02-02T12:27:20+00:00

“Auch Sitzblockaden stehen unter dem Schutz der Versammlungsfreiheit” – zentraler Satz im heute vormittag vorgestellten Bericht der Untersuchungskommission 19-2. Denn: Der Freistaat Sachsen sieht das anders und nimmt daher die Stzblockaden zum Vorwand, den wohl unbestritten dringend nötigen Protest gegen Nazi-Aufmärsche jedes Jahr im Februar in Dresden in Grund und Boden zu kriminalisieren. Heute vormittag [...]

Der 50. Radiotatort – Der WDR tauscht zum Jubiläum die Ermittler aus

2012-02-02T09:02:56+00:00

Der WDR hat mit seinen Radiotatorten – zumindest mich – nicht überzeugen können. Zum 50. Jubiläum gibt es den den neuten WDR-Radiotatort nun mit einer geänderten Besetzung. Dabei greift man zwar den bewährten Rahmen auf – schiebt aber Nadir Taraki aufs Abstellgleis und Lenz ins Strafexil – nach Hamm. Hamm? Da war doch was? Einer [...]

Transmediale 2K+12 in/compatible

2012-02-02T00:27:19+00:00

Wie sagte Jakob Applebaum heute so schön: If you’re in Berlin this weekend, I highly suggest you attend #Transmediale: http://www.transmediale.de Ich war gestern schon da und habe einen Blick in die Ausstellung geworfen: (VNS Matrix kennt, wer bei unserem Netzfeministinnen-Panel bei der letzten re:publica war) Es gibt viel Computer-Spielkram, vor allem aber Kunst und Medien. [...]

Aufgeführt

2012-02-02T00:27:19+00:00

Um den Verfassungsschutz und rechts und links geht es gerade viel. Letzte Woche beschäftigte sich das Medienmagazin Zapp mit Kristina Schröder, der Beitrag war auch hier. Heute gab es dazu folgenden kleinen Medienkrimi: Mittags hörte ich, dass das eingebettete YouTube-Video nicht mehr da sei. Der ganze Beitrag war von der Zapp-Seite verschwunden, genauso aus der [...]

Unity 5.2: What’s new, and a call for testing

2012-02-01T14:00:11+00:00

It’s been a few weeks since the last drop of unity, and now the unity team has readied the new version of unity 5.2. Let’s walk through how to preview the new features unity 5.2 is bringing, and help test those features using checkbox! Checkbox allows you to get your feedback straight into the hands of the unity developers and report any problems your system may have with the new version of unity. First let’s talk a little bit about what’s new. Note that these features only exist for right now in Unity 3D.

Multi-monitor support

You will now see launchers on each of your monitor, and when you scroll across a monitor, you should feel some resistance in order to allow for you to use the launcher on that screen.

New screen edge detection

To invoke the launcher, you now need to push (or “scroll into”) against the left of the screen, rather than hover for X seconds. No more hitting the back button in firefox and having the launcher pop up in your way!

Feedback is appreciated on these features especially. Utilize #ubuntu-unity on freenode and checkbox feedback form to let the developers know how they work for you.

Installing

Prerequisites: Make sure you are running the latest version of
precise, and all your packages are up to date. Unfortunately this cannot
be installed on oneiric or any previous ubuntu release.

Also, unity 5.2 did not ship with “the HUD” sadly. So if you have been testing the HUD you will need to use ppa-purge to remove and downgrade your packages. See this post for information on using ppa-purge if you need help doing so.

1) Add the unity ppa (https://launchpad.net/~unity-team/+archive/ppa). You can do this by issuing the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-team/ppa

2) Update apt and run a dist upgrade — this should prompt you to upgrade unity and some indicators as well as install checkbox-unity.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

3) Restart your unity session by logging out and logging back in again.

Ok, hopefully the upgrade went smooth for you, but if not, head over to freenode #ubuntu-unity channel and let folks know what went wrong.

Testing

So, now that your up and running you can run the through the manual tests the unity team has prepared. Open the dash and type ‘unity testing’. The Checkbox Unity Tests should launch. Checkbox will gather some information on your system and then ask you which tests you wish to run. Once complete you will see a link containing your system report and an option to publish it to launchpad. Use the text box below the link to enter your launchpad email address and then hit submit. This will ensure your results and feedback go to the unity developers.

Please ensure you have finished and submitted your testing results ASAP. The testing window will be closed this Thursday at
8am UTC, in order to give the unity developers time to finish fixing the bugs found. Then unity 5.2 will be pushed to precise and coding on Unity 5.4 will begin.

Filing Bugs

Please file bugs against unity package in launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+filebug). When filing, please make sure to tag your bug ’5.2-rc1′ and mention your running Unity 5.2-rc1 in your description.

Final Thoughts

Don’t hesitate to reach out to the unity team on IRC #ubuntu-unity on freenode at any time or to follow the latest in unity development. Thanks for helping test ubuntu and unity!

Originally posted here by Nicholas Skaggs on Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

Liebig 14 - Never rest in peace !

2012-02-01T09:03:00+00:00

Baby Names

2012-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 250

2012-02-01T00:59:49+00:00

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #250 for the week January 23 – 29, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this Issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

Elizabeth Krumbach
Chris Druif
Liraz Siri
And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Flüchtlingslager Jürgenstorf schließen!

2012-01-31T19:10:24+00:00

Start: 02/02/2012 - 12:30

End: 02/02/2012 - 18:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+2

Am Donnerstag, dem 2.2.2012 um 14.30 Uhr, wird vor dem Landtag Mecklenburg Vorpommerns eine Kundgebung der Kampagne „Stop it! Rassismus bekämpfen. Alle Lager abschaffen“ stattfinden.
Bei der Landtagssitzung vom 1.-3. Februar wird der Migrationspolitische Sprecher der Linken, Dr. Hikmat Al Sabty, einen Antrag auf Schließung des Lagers Jürgenstorf bei Stavenhagen stellen. Dies werden wir unterstützen und zum Anlass nehmen, weiterhin lautstark Kritik am Lagersystem zu üben sowie den Protest an der repressiven und auf Abschreckung ausgerichteten Asylpolitik in die Öffentlichkeit zu tragen.

Offener Brief der Flüchtlinge aus dem Lager Jürgenstorf in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
September 2011
http://thecaravan.org/node/3023

Flyer für 2.2.2012: finden Sie hier.

01/30/12 PHD comic: 'What's it going to be?'

2012-01-31T06:48:40+00:00

Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham		www.phdcomics.com

title: "What's it going to be?" - originally published 1/30/2012 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

EDRi-Broschüre über Überwachung und Sicherheit in der EU

2012-01-30T23:27:19+00:00

Die europäische Bürgerrechtsorganisation EDRi (European Digital Rights) hat in einer Broschüre gegenwärtige Überwachungs- und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen der EU übersichtlich zusammengefasst. Zweck dieser Broschüre ist es, aktuelle EU-Überwachungs- und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu skizzieren, um einen Einblick in ihr Ausmaß und ihre Gesamtwirkung zu ermöglichen. Um nicht gegen die EU-Grundrechte-Charta und die Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention zu verstoßen, wird jede Sicherheitsmaßnahme, [...]

Etymology-Man

2012-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

DIY (Do It Yourself) statt Ficken, Saufen, Oi

2012-01-29T15:37:44+00:00

Der erste Freitag im Februar (03.02) steht bei uns ganz im Zeichen des „Do it yourself“ Gedankens. Und deshalb wird es einen Workshop zum Klamotten selbst gestalten und eine Filmvorführung über die europäische DIY-Punk/Hardcoreszene geben.
Im Workshop könnt ihr eure Kleidungsstücke mit Textilfarben selbst gestalten.T-shirts, Pulli`s, Hosen, Stofftaschen oder was auch immer ihr gestalten wollt, solltet ihr selbst mitbringen. Farben, Pinsel und ein paar Schablonen haben wir da. Ihr könnt natürlich auch eure eigenen Motive für Schablonen mitbringen.
Im Anschluss an den Workshop wird der Film „Noise and Resistance – Voices from the DIY Underground“ von Julia Ostertag und Francesca Araiza Andrade gezeigt.

Noise and Resistance – Voices from the DIY Underground

Es geht auch anders. Kommerz, Kapital und Konsum sind keine unumstößliche Notwendigkeit unserer Gegenwart. Dass man mit dieser Meinung nicht allein sein muss, zeigen Francesca Araiza Andrade und Julia Ostertag in ihrem wütenden und mitreißenden Dokumentarfilm „Noise and Resistance“. Was manchen nur als Lärm und Störung gilt, machen sie als vitale Artikulation des Widerstands deutlich : Punk ist hier weder Modeerscheinung noch verstaubtes Relikt der Vergangenheit, sondern der lebendige Ausdruck eines Lebensgefühls.

Die beiden Regisseurinnen begeben sich mitten hinein in eine höchstlebendige und pulsierende, eine aufbegehrende und selbstbewusste Szene. Ob Hausbesetzer aus Barcelona, Antifaschisten in Moskau, niederländische Gewerkschaftskämpfer, die Aktivisten des englischen CRASS – Kollektivs, queere Wagenplatzbewohner aus Berlin oder Punkgirl-Bands in Schweden – immer ist die Musik eine kollektive Selbstbehauptung, ein vertontes Nein, dessen Losung „Do it yourself!“ zur lautstarken Internationale des 21. Jahrhundert geworden ist.

„Noise and Resistance“ ist eine inspirierende Reise durch Europas Utopia der Gegenwart, an subkulturelle Sehnsuchtsorte, wo aus Unabhängigkeit Gemeinschaft entsteht – und der beste Punk-Sound, den man seit Jahren gehört hat.

Ein Jahr danach: Arabischer Frühling – Montag in Berlin

2012-01-29T00:27:23+00:00

Ich bin, wie beschrieben, gerade in Dresden bei einem Kongress, der Zivilen Ungehorsam als Thema hat. Heute abend gab es dort die Veranstaltung Arab Revolt: Opportunities and Limits of Civil Disobedience, die mich beeindruckt hat. Auf dem Podium saßen neben dem Moderator der Syrer Aktham Abazzid und die Ägypterin Ola Shahba, die sehr viel sehr [...]

Der Kongress .. ist ungehorsam

2012-01-28T00:27:19+00:00

Ich bin Samstag und Sonntag bei einem sehr hübschen Kongress in Dresden. Falls Ihr zufällig in der Nähe sein solltet und zufällig noch nichts davon gehört hattet, würde ich Euch den gern ans Herz legen. Idee ist, sich mit Zivilem Ungehorsam in verschiedenen Ländern zu beschäftigen. Auf dem Kongress in der TU Dresden wollen wir [...]

Call to end "Residenzpflicht" - Germany's apartheid law to restrict refugees freedom of movement

2012-01-27T23:48:32+00:00

“I won’t pay a cent for my freedom of movement“
Miloud L. Cherif in refugee camp of Zella-Mehlis

Aufruf zur Abschaffung der Residenzpflicht

2012-01-27T23:30:18+00:00

„Ich werde keinen Cent für meine Bewegungsfreiheit zahlen!“
Miloud L. Cherif

Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open

2012-01-27T20:33:07+00:00

The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 12.10 release.

The next UDS takes place at The Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California, USA from the 7th – 11th May 2012. You can find out more about why UDS is interesting from the perspective of a member of the community, an upstream contributor, and a vendor. We also welcome everyone to participate remotely if you can’t attend the event in person. More more details on how to get there, see this page.

At the heart of a great UDS is a diverse group of attendees who can bring their experience and expertise to the discussions. You don’t have to be technical, or be a programmer or packager to attend – UDS is open to everyone (including non-Ubuntu folks) and free to attend. We encourage everyone with an interest in Ubuntu to attend.

Sponsorship

For every UDS Canonical sponsors the hotel and accommodation of a set of community members to ensure they are free to contribute and bring value to the discussions. We have a limited budget so we can’t sponsor everyone, but we are always keen to have a capable and diverse group to sponsor:

We strive to support community members who are actively involved in Ubuntu and who are providing significant and sustained contributions to the Ubuntu project.
We always welcome Upstream contributors who are bring value to Ubuntu indirectly via active participation in their upstream project, but who are keen to see quality support for that upstream in Ubuntu.
Contributors are willing to actively participate not only throughout the full Ubuntu Developer Summit week, but also following with active contributions throughout the release cycle.
We are always keen to welcome members of the community who have never been to UDS before and are keen to participate and experience the event.
You don’t have to provide technical contributions to apply – if you have participated in the areas of advocacy, documentation, testing, art, design etc, you are encouraged to apply.
UDS is an event that encourages diversity – we welcome everyone to apply for sponsorship, irrespective of gender, race, impairment, technical expertise, or other factors.

If you are participating in the Ubuntu community, we would love you to apply for sponsorship. This is how it works:

You can apply for sponsorship by following these instructions. Apologies for the different forms you need to fill in – we are going to consolidate these forms at the next UDS. The deadline for submissions is Wed 22nd February 2012 so be sure to get yours in!
When the deadline is reached we will assess the applications and finalize who we will be able to sponsor.
You will then receive an email outlining whether we can sponsor you or not.

Simple! I look forward to seeing your applications, and seeing many of you in Oakland!

Originally posted here by Jono Bacon on Friday, January 27, 2012.

juju events for 2012

2012-01-27T19:52:59+00:00

The juju team has locked down the local events they’re attending in 2012, if you deploy Ubuntu in the cloud then they’d love to see you at the following events:

https://juju.ubuntu.com/Events

More details about planning juju talks and events available here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/juju/2012-January/001223.html

Originally posted to the ubuntu-news-team mailing list by Jorge Castro on Fri Jan 27 17:29:27 UTC 2012