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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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

Last Saturday, 15th of September 2007, the Philippines joined 90 countries around the world in celebrating Software Freedom Day 2007. The celebration was held in two places in the country, Manila and Davao. The Manila event was held in the Advanced Science and Technology Institute, where we were able to have live video feeds of simultaneous SFD events in Davao and Vietnam.

But what is Software Freedom Day? "Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere!" softwarefreedomday.org. So it's really more of an advocacy event, although there were talks in the afternoon that were more technical, to show the practical applications of FOSS in development.

Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation has followed the footsteps of Royal Roads University, Durham Academy, and Handsworth Grammar School by using Free and Open Source Software in their classroom. But this time, the school's administrators decided to take it one step further: eliminate all proprietary software from their computers and their courses and use FOSS exclusively. This move was seen as the most cost-effective solution for the Foundation while at the same time providing quality education that the students need.