I'd like to announce that our tutorial series will commence this week. The first tutorial will tackle on how to translate packages using Launchpad. We will hold 2 sessions, so those who couldn't attend the first session, will have a chance to participate in the second.

Requirements:
- an account in Launchpad[1]

Session 1: February 12, 2010 at 8PM (UTC +8)

Session 2: February 13, 2010 at 8PM (UTC +8)

Thanks

[1] https://launchpad.net/

I know many of us have wondered how Ubuntu development works and some of us are itching to join in the development itself! Wonder no more because Ubuntu Developer Week is here and it's target are guys like you!

The latest Ubuntu Developer Week which started on Jan 25th 2010 and ended Jan 29th 2010, showcased a series of online workshops that will help you get started in Ubuntu development, fixing bugs, kernel patching, Internationalization, Bazaar and packaging, and many more!

If you missed the latest Ubuntu Developer Week and want to take a few courses or just curious on what goes on under the hood, the session logs and session details can be found here.

On January 23, 2010 the first ever Ubuntu User Days Session was launched!

What is Ubuntu User Days you ask? User Days was born out of a discussion at the Ubuntu Developers Summit in November 2009, It 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.

The first ever session focused on the most basic questions a beginning or intermediate Ubuntu user would normally ask like; how to use the command line, how to use launchpad, setting up a gpg or ssh key, how to get rockin' with the community, how to manage packages, etc.

For those who missed the session or want to take the course, the course outline and logs can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays

I'd like to announce that our First General Meeting for 2010 will take place on January 29, 2010 at 8:00PM (UTC +8). The venue would be at #ubuntu-ph on Freenode[1].

The agenda will be as follows:

1) Activities and Events for 2010
a. Online tutorial on package translations
b. Webinars for new Ubuntu users
c. Other seminars and offline events
d. Tools (conference packs) and Resources (presentations) for offline events
2) Translation of Packages for Lucid Lynx
3) Locales due for libc
4) Preparation for the LoCo Team Re-approval
5) Regional contact persons
6) CD Request Process
7) Other matters

Thanks

[1] For those who prefer webchat, the URL will be at https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-ph

Minutes now available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PhilippineTeam/MeetingLogs/20100129#Minutes

Six days from now, Ubuntu will release its next version... the Karmic Koala. A week after, the Philippine Team will join teams all over the world in celebration of this event. And everyone is invited. Bring your family and friends, and get to meet local Ubuntu users.

Date: November 6, Friday
Time: 6pm onwards (9pm?)
Venue: Unit 502 Orient Square Building
Discussion thread at the Philippine Team Forums

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I am pleased to announce that our website, http://ubuntu-ph.org/ , is finally up! It took us almost a year before we got it up and running - but we did it!

I've spent 2 evenings slaving over getting the 5.x data migrated to Drupal 6.13, but we got it intact and working - including user credentials and content, albeit a few broken links. So please treat this site as a work in progress while we iron out the few known bugs.

Added Features:

1) OpenID Access
I'm a huge fan of OpenID so we've enabled this module. There's no longer a need to register on the site itself, use your Launchpad login instead. Users wanting an account should sign in using your Launchpad identity. And those with existing user account is encouraged to link your Launchpad (or any OpenID) identity to your account.

2) Ubuntu LoCo Theme
We've adopted the official LoCo theme for Drupal 6.x and branched it for our use. I plan on heavily modifying it to suit our local needs. Administrators in our Launchpad team would've received notice regarding this matter.

Known Bugs:

1) Ubuntu-PH.org Domain fixed
At the moment, Canonical's working on the ticket I sent to point the domain to the current host. As a workaround, you can access the site by appending the following line on your /etc/hosts.
195.242.99.184 ubuntu-ph.org

2) Temporary Hosting fixed
The domain and the site itself is owned by the Ubuntu-PH community, but the host it's on isn't. This is a temporary measure while looking for a more permanent host. This way, we can freely give away full ftp/vps access to site administrators.
Note: I'm giving the account to the community.

3) Missing 2007-2009 Events and Articles
Since our website was down from 2007, there are no recorded articles available. I'll backtrack our activities and post them during my free time.

4) Theme Rendering Problem on Opera
I'll be spending a good part of my free time double-checking the CSS. Please bear with us while we work on it.

5) Broken Links on a couple of Articles
While I managed to backup the MySQL data, I failed to backup the file directory. Any links to any files saved on the said directory is currently broken. I'll either remove said links or recreate them if I can find them.

6) Missing Avatars
Avatars are saved on the file directory, since we've lost them, the current workaround is for individuals to re-upload them back.

On May 26, 2009, at 7:27PM, Loell Anthony Erecre was officially accepted as an Ubuntu Member by the Asia-Oceania Membership Board. Membership is a recognition of an Ubuntero's significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the community.

Loell has posted a couple of Howtos and provided substantial and timely user-support in the Ubuntu Forums since October 2005, earning him a position as Moderator in the LoCo sub-forum on October 6, 2007.

But his contributions aren't limited to the forums. He developed a third-party tool for searching Personal Package Archives (PPA) Repositories called PPA-Search and has maintained a PPA repository for Gyachi, a Yahoo!Messenger client that has webcam and video-chat support.

Loell hails from Davao City, Philippines whose day job is a Marine Cargo Surveyor and Developer for Syeport Marine Services.

Two days after Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04) was released, the Philippine Team joined hundreds of Local Communities (LoCo) worldwide in celebration of this momentous occasion.

This event was attended by Ubuntu users located in and around the Greater Manila Area. The planned activity didn't push through since everyone was absorbed by the discussion that took place that ranged from the groups' future activities to personal projects. We were also covered by the media reporter/tech aficionado Chin Wong and the celebration was published in the Manila Standard Today a few days after.

The release party was hosted by Johann Tagle of Sagada Solutions. He was also kind enough to feed the hungry participants. Thanks Johann, we had a blast!

Arne Goetje was kind enough to assign the following languages to our team. Projects are now available for translation on the said languages.

• Hiligaynon
• Cebuano
• Pangasinan
• Pampanga
• Iloko
• Bikol
• Filipino