[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - frontpage at ubuntuforums.org
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good news everyone! The UWN has made it to the frontpage of ubuntuforums.org, and is staying there. We've discussed this with Martin, and would like to try out the following scheme: A subforum for the UWN, where each UWN is posted in a new sticky thread (and unstickied when a new one is released)... and all forum users can post their comments in that thread. This way, the MT mailing list won't be spammed with tiny comments, and yet, the editors will have fairly easy access to the feedback of the masses. Hopefully, it will also bring more contributors to the UWN team. - -- ++ ¦ Jenda Vančura _ Join the ASCII Ribbon Campaign ¦ ¦ GnuPG: 519D056A( ) http://www.asciiribbon.org ¦ ¦ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X Against HTML e-mail ¦ ¦ Email/Paypal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Against proprietary attachments ¦ ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHdPOkfxlW1GdBWoRAm08AKCYTAzwnvtKw9ZdQxrsTzzRswApRACcDOp8 N48rFQRSo9zpfuYUSgrK6jM= =jQTA -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA!
On 4/11/07, Ronnie Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here it is folks! fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA! http://files.fullcirclemagazine.org/uploads/issue0_b5.pdf Nicely done. One bit of advice - put all URLs in full printed form, not just as PDF links. Use footnotes if you have to - it's kind of hard to click a link on a piece of paper, remember. Brian ubuntu-ca.org -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Tux500
On Wednesday 11 April 2007, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: [snip] | This is wrong in so many ways I am shocked it even made it here. Well it did, and just so happens they are trying to market Linux at the worlds largest 1 day venue. | The amount of money is already quite ridiculous, without mentioning | the kind of event / industry it would go to. Actually 350k sounds low to me truthfully considering the cars themselves cost upwards of a million dollars not including running and testing them. Sponsorship doesn't come easy. | Gas. Noise. Speed. Pollution. Money spending. *COOL ?* Is that how we | want Linux promoted ? Gas, they will be running greener now with an environmental friendly ethanol mixture. Pollution see Gas. Noise, you hear it everyday, get used to it, many people go to Indy every year just for the noise and the excitement, and the next topic. Speed, if you have an issue with it, go back to 9800 baud modem then :) Didn't think so ;p | I don't think so. Well it will be interesting. I remember Firefox either trying the same or doing the same. My only problem with this is what happens if they don't raise all of the money? Who gets that entire amount? Oh, and I just read, $350k doesn't even guarantee the amount of sponsorship they are displaying either. So, if they get lucky and find some poor sap who can't drive worth a damn (AJ Foyt Jr.), well I can already hear the "well Linux crashes and burns in turn 3." They are going about it all wrong I think. So they have 1 month to come up with 350k...OK, I keep reading and they are answering my questions...so I will stop with that. I don't trust it, especially since there were fielded cars last year w/o a main sponsor. And what happened to them? Oh they either crashed or their car was built like an old Ford and didn't start. :) -- Rich Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key: 0x2E2C0124 pgpiDMRqsULqB.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA!
Knew there was something I forgot to mention! The two items with the asterisk beside them were unknowns at the moment; the KDE version in Kubuntu and the Xfce in Xubuntu... On Thursday 12 April 2007 02:18, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Wednesday 11 April 2007 21:06, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > > Anything you good folks can see wrong with it before it gets > > released??... > > One thing I notice on a quick skim through it is the KDE is 3.5.6, not > 3.5.5. > > Scott K -- Cheerio! Ronnie e : [EMAIL PROTECTED] w : www.RonnieTucker.co.uk -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA!
On Wednesday 11 April 2007 21:06, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Anything you good folks can see wrong with it before it gets released??... > One thing I notice on a quick skim through it is the KDE is 3.5.6, not 3.5.5. Scott K -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA!
On Wednesday 11 April 2007 21:06, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Anything you good folks can see wrong with it before it gets released??... > One thing I notice on a quick skim through it is the KDE is 3.5.6, not 3.5.5. Scott K -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[ubuntu-marketing] fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA!
Here it is folks! fullcircle #0 - FINAL BETA! http://files.fullcirclemagazine.org/uploads/issue0_b5.pdf added: Feisty Fawn Features article (thanks to Phil Bull for the screenshots) still to do: add KDE and Xfce versions for Feisty RELEASE IT! Anything you good folks can see wrong with it before it gets released??... -- Cheerio! Ronnie e : [EMAIL PROTECTED] w : www.RonnieTucker.co.uk -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Tux500
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Richard Houston wrote: > Not sure if you all caught this post on lxer.com but it might be of > interest. > > This would be a cool initiative for all us Linux users to drop a few > bucks to. As it is promoting Linux in general Ubuntu and all other > distros stand to gain exposure to quite a lot of average users. > > http://www.tux500.com > > I made my donation already. This is wrong in so many ways I am shocked it even made it here. The amount of money is already quite ridiculous, without mentioning the kind of event / industry it would go to. Gas. Noise. Speed. Pollution. Money spending. *COOL ?* Is that how we want Linux promoted ? I don't think so. Cheers, Fabian Rodriguez http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FabianRodriguez Montreal, QC, Canada -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHUwYfUcTXFrypNURAwvGAKCjge6EpACAsJJ/SSHm0Sx6r8MobQCg338L cvwB9AdojQ2L59za/DKJAkc= =WVbE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[ubuntu-marketing] Tux500
Not sure if you all caught this post on lxer.com but it might be of interest. This would be a cool initiative for all us Linux users to drop a few bucks to. As it is promoting Linux in general Ubuntu and all other distros stand to gain exposure to quite a lot of average users. http://www.tux500.com I made my donation already. Excerpt from Lxer.com post: "Lobby4Linux announced an ambitious project to raise $350,000 or more to sponsor "Team Linux" with a big logo on the side of an Indy 500 race car. The Tux 500 project combines the efforts of volunteers at Lobby4Linux, Bob Moore, a visible GNU/Linux administrator, and Acceleration Marketing to sponsor the race car. If the group raises the money in 40 days to become a primary sponsor, the Linux name stands to reach millions of households. The Team Linux effort is not about marketing Red Hat or Novell to IT professionals; it is about making GNU/Linux a household name. Contributors will be eligible for prizes, such as a trip for 2 to the race, pit passes, ipods and computers, depending on the contribution. Additionally, the project will be selling bumper stickers, t-shirts and coffee mugs to aid the fundraising effort. The project has a fall-back plan that involves lower-levels of sponsorship, but still significant recognition. For instance, a logo could grace the hood of a car, or smaller logos might be placed elsewhere on the car. If the project raises more than necessary, they will use the excess funds to make a bigger splash. Additionally, the project is being audited by members of the GNU/Linux media." Full post at: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/85530/index.html ++ Best regards, -Richard Houston -R.L.H. Consulting -E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -WWW http://www.rlhc.net -Bloghttp://www.rlhc.net/blog/ -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Template emails for contacting journalists?
> > The beta announcement is available on the wiki at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyBetaAnnouncement. Please feel free to > start contacting journalists talking about the release, and these key > messages. Looks like great so far. I think it could be of value to add a part about the LTSP 5 packages and how a single server can facilitate the "recycling" many older and often to be discarded systems. I say this as the environment is in the minds of may people these day as as Ubuntu with LTSP can help prevent technology waist and pollution, it may be of value to mention. > > FYI. Canonical has just recruited a PR agency (Baker Communications, > based in the US), who are extremely knowledgeable about open source and > Linux, and are very highly regarded among journalists and analysts. They > are about to contact tech journalists to announce the 7.04 Beta. This is truly great new. Thanks Rich -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Feisty RC page...
Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Hi guys, > > is the text on the FeistyFawn/RC page finalised? I see it's missing a lot of > screens but i'm sure I can grab those from Phil's page... > > Just eager to get this final article into the magazine... > Working on it, just need to do section on Sparc and OEM installer. The older screen caps are all crap though so cant use those. Downloading the DVD right now so will be done by tonight. - Eldo -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[ubuntu-marketing] Feisty RC page...
Hi guys, is the text on the FeistyFawn/RC page finalised? I see it's missing a lot of screens but i'm sure I can grab those from Phil's page... Just eager to get this final article into the magazine... -- Cheerio! Ronnie e : [EMAIL PROTECTED] w : www.RonnieTucker.co.uk -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Weekly News: Issue #35
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Albisetti wrote: > Matt: > > I'm not sure news will be that relevant after 2 weeks, but of course, > I'm more then open to other views. > > Corey? Jenda? Freddy? > > > > Martin Although I haven't really been helping much lately, I firmly believe we should try sticking to the Weekly schedule. We are looking for ways to make the UWN as accessible as possible, and I trust that we might have an influx of contributors once the UWN gets coverage on the forums, which now seems very likely (just wait a few days! :)), so maybe, maaaybe... I think we'll manage. - -- ++ ¦ Jenda Vančura _ Join the ASCII Ribbon Campaign ¦ ¦ GnuPG: 519D056A( ) http://www.asciiribbon.org ¦ ¦ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X Against HTML e-mail ¦ ¦ Email/Paypal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Against proprietary attachments ¦ ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHLXzkfxlW1GdBWoRAglJAJ9Hl/IHDgaXXuZYBPOnvLzkzQeO9QCg0Jvt t/0XegwQZ0uA/0K3ZMelQhk= =v6li -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Weekly News: Issue #35
> I need to be more aggressive about editing. I know that text is mine, > but the headline I am not so certain about. Regardless, I will try and > catch these errors. I edited the headline, I thought it didn't reflect what the mailing list said. Sorry about that. Martin -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] user support email coming through to this list
Done. I hope that's what's encouraging users to user this mailing list for support questions. Martin On 4/6/07, Corey Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have noticed a small amount of user support email coming through to > this list. I suspect it is because of the footer on the UWN and the > various release notes. > Shall we change this to say: For user support, please see > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Corey > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Template emails for contacting journalists?
n a wrote: > Is there some kind of email template that we could follow if we wanted > to contact a journalist? > > Assuming the journalist covers technology and maybe understands the > concepts behind open source, how do we present Ubuntu and Linux? > > It just seems like it would be a great time to get in touch with > reporters right before Feisty goes out the door. > > nick Nick, The beta announcement is available on the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyBetaAnnouncement. Please feel free to start contacting journalists talking about the release, and these key messages. FYI. Canonical has just recruited a PR agency (Baker Communications, based in the US), who are extremely knowledgeable about open source and Linux, and are very highly regarded among journalists and analysts. They are about to contact tech journalists to announce the 7.04 Beta. Best Regards Christina -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] fullcircle #0 - beta3
Let me know when you want to do stuff on Ubuntu as a server. I can contribute stuff on Ubuntu as a mail server. Scott K -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Feisty Fawn - New Features List x 4 ?
On Monday 09 April 2007 21:17, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm on the scrounge for some info to put into the last remaining fullcircle > article... > > Mainly, i'm looking for new features lists for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu > and Xubuntu. I'm also looking for recent screens of the desktops and some > of the new features in action or the settings for the new features... ? > > Corey pointed me to the wiki article for Ubuntu. Any other info you guys > can spare on the other three would be much appreciated. > > Hopefully one more beta of fullcircle then it'll be ready for you guys to > work your magic on... :) > Do you want server oriented stuff or just desktop. Scott K -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Weekly News: Issue #35
James: It would be great if you could help out. Doing so is actually pretty easy and you don't need to have a specific task assigned, just take a peak at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/EditingPolicies And then just go to the latest one in production (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue36 right now), and edit it. You will see many comments on how to add content, I think it's pretty self explanatory. You can also come over to #ubuntu-marketing and we will be more then happy to answer any questions you may have. Martin On 4/9/07, James Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have some a bit of free time every week, and would love to help out > with UWN. So just email me with something you need help with and I'll do > my best to get it done in a timely manner. > > James > > > On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 12:06 -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote: > > Matt: > > > > I'm terribly sorry about that mistake, it seems I misunderstood it. > > Due to the lack of contributors to the UWN, I'm not sure it's going to > > be possible to do anything else then be extra careful. This is a > > weekly effort and it's very hard to find people that can commit to > > such a schedule. > > Maybe someone else has a better idea, but again, I apologize for the > > mistake, I'll make sure I triple check the headlines reflect as > > accurately as possible what really is going on. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > On 4/9/07, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 09:24:07PM -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote: > > > > === Ext4 Support Dropped in Feisty === > > > > > > > > The ext4 file system will not be included in Feisty. While it is not > > > > likely to corrupt files, it is not believed to be stable yet. > > > > Announced at: > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-March/000672.html > > > > > > Ext4 was not dropped from Feisty. It is an experimental filesystem which > > > was never part of Feisty in the first place; its authors recommend against > > > using it for purposes other than development. > > > > > > Something similar happened with the compiz announcement, where in Issue > > > #30 > > > the headline was "No Beryl or Compiz for Feisty" when in fact Feisty > > > brings > > > great improvements in this area: compiz is installed by default and easier > > > than ever to enable. > > > > > > I like the fact that UWN is informal and lightweight in its processes; > > > it's > > > perhaps the only way to keep pace with events in the project and in the > > > community. However, I'm concerned about the effect of misleading > > > headlines, > > > especially when they are reprinted in publications which are read by > > > people > > > who don't follow project events first-hand. > > > > > > What do you think we can do to help avoid further problems like this? > > > > > > -- > > > - mdz > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > > > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > > > > > > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Weekly News: Issue #35
Matt: I'm not sure news will be that relevant after 2 weeks, but of course, I'm more then open to other views. Corey? Jenda? Freddy? Martin On 4/10/07, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If a weekly schedule is too demanding, perhaps we should move to a > fortnightly or even monthly schedule? That would potentially allow time for > a basic peer review session or similar. > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:06:40PM -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote: > > Matt: > > > > I'm terribly sorry about that mistake, it seems I misunderstood it. > > Due to the lack of contributors to the UWN, I'm not sure it's going to > > be possible to do anything else then be extra careful. This is a > > weekly effort and it's very hard to find people that can commit to > > such a schedule. > > Maybe someone else has a better idea, but again, I apologize for the > > mistake, I'll make sure I triple check the headlines reflect as > > accurately as possible what really is going on. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > On 4/9/07, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 09:24:07PM -0300, Martin Albisetti wrote: > > >> === Ext4 Support Dropped in Feisty === > > >> > > >> The ext4 file system will not be included in Feisty. While it is not > > >> likely to corrupt files, it is not believed to be stable yet. > > >> Announced at: > > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-March/000672.html > > > > > >Ext4 was not dropped from Feisty. It is an experimental filesystem which > > >was never part of Feisty in the first place; its authors recommend against > > >using it for purposes other than development. > > > > > >Something similar happened with the compiz announcement, where in Issue #30 > > >the headline was "No Beryl or Compiz for Feisty" when in fact Feisty brings > > >great improvements in this area: compiz is installed by default and easier > > >than ever to enable. > > > > > >I like the fact that UWN is informal and lightweight in its processes; it's > > >perhaps the only way to keep pace with events in the project and in the > > >community. However, I'm concerned about the effect of misleading > > >headlines, > > >especially when they are reprinted in publications which are read by people > > >who don't follow project events first-hand. > > > > > >What do you think we can do to help avoid further problems like this? > > > > > >-- > > > - mdz > > > > > >-- > > >ubuntu-marketing mailing list > > >ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > > >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > > > > -- > - mdz > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
