No Official pre-press Ubuntu 13.04 CD/DVD will be distributed by Canonical

Previously as an effort to promote Ubuntu and Free Software, Canonical has made pre-pressed CD/DVD available for LoCo team to be distributed during release party or promo events.

But starting from Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail), pre-pressed Ubuntu CD/DVD will only be made available only for LTS release (the next one will be 14.04 LTS ) from this point forward. This is in-line with Canonical policy to only concentrate on supporting Ubuntu LTS.

In the mean time, Canonical will continue to provide pre-pressed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS CD/DVD to Ubuntu LoCo until 14.04 LTS release in 2014.

source: Ubuntu Loco Council

Early look on Ubuntu Friendly – Ensure the hardware you buy would supports Ubuntu!

Ubuntu Friendly is an initiative by Ubuntu community to ensure that desktops, laptops, netbooks are compatible with Ubuntu, hence “Ubuntu-friendly”. Ubuntu-Friendly depends on community participation to verify whether the hardware fully or partially supports Ubuntu, and rate its usability based on the core components tested.

When will it be available?
Ubuntu-Friendly will be available and integrated right into Ubuntu 11.10. Early adopters and testers can have access to it by Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Beta 2 due to be released in mid-September.

The tool used for hardware testing is “Checkbox” which is accessible from the Live CD, under System Testing menu.

p/s: Visit Ubuntu Friendly page on Ubuntu Wiki, for more information.

Kudos to the Ubuntu community for coming up with this project, it’ll make life more easier in finding computers that fully support Ubuntu hardware!

Malaysian Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Release Party

Great news! Ubuntu-my Loco team is organizing the Lucid Lynx release party in Petaling Jaya! Details as follows:

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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Release Party details:

  • Date: 22nd May 2010
  • Time: 8pm – 10pm
  • Venue: Fly Bar, B.G 20 8 Avenue, Jln Sg Jernih 8/1, Seksyen 8, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
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Questions and Contributions
Any party who would like to contribute towards this community meeting may contact:

Khairul Aizat KAmarudzzaman
Position in Ubuntu-my : Ubuntu-my Team Leader
E-mail : fenris@ubuntu.com or mohdfenris@gmail.com