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
