I would like to encourage you to
Register an event early!
Sure, we’re still months away, but the sooner we get planning, the bigger and better this Jam will be.
The Ubuntu Global Jam is scheduled to occur on these dates:
- Friday September 13, 2013
- Saturday September 14, 2013
- Sunday September 15, 2013
This part is important! Please add your event to the Ubuntu Team Portal http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2315/ so others can find your event and so the world can start seeing all the amazing things that you’re doing for Ubuntu.
Good documentation about how to create a successful Global Jam event is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
A short video explaining the most basic steps is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITk8PGBkMXQ
Thanks in advance for participating in this upcoming cycle’s Global Jam event. If you have any questions, please feel free to
get in touch!
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Thanks jliau for the spiffy new Jam logo. Good jam on that globe!
Tiago Hillebrandt: Ubuntu Global Jam Brazil 2013
Last saturday we have performed the Ubuntu Global Jam on Brazil. All the event was virtual, following the same format of the Ubuntu on air, where we had a hangout that was being transmited via YouTube and people talked to us via IRC.
We had an audience of about five hundred people on YouTube and about one hundred on #ubuntu-br IRC channel during this Global Jam. The event was great and I like to thank each person that was present to help and make the Brazilian jam perfect. And in special I like to thank the guys that without them our event would not have been so good: Ivan Brasil Fuzzer, Tiago Salem Herrmann, and Zandre Bran 🙂
Dedicated page for Ubuntu Global Jam Brazil 2013 on Ubuntu Brazilian Community website
You wasn’t able to watch the Global Jam on last saturday? No worries, you can watch the conference on the video published at the end of this text
To finish I like to thank Randall Ross for send some emails asking and supporting the Ubuntu Global Jam on Brazil 
Tracks
- [conselhobrasil] Introduction to Ubuntu Global Jam Brazil 2013
- [ivanbrasil] How to use IRC?
- [tiagohillebrandt] Launchpad and the Code of Conduct
- [zandrebran] How to contribute: Brazilian documentation team
- [tiagohillebrandt] Intend to leave Ubuntu Brazilian Community
- [tiagohillebrandt | tiagosh] Ubuntu Touch demonstration
- [tiagosh] Introduction to QML
- [tiagosh] Introduction to Ubuntu SDK
- #ubuntu-touch on irc.freenode.net
- [tiagohillebrandt] How to contribute: Brazilian translation team
- [tiagohillebrandt] Brazilian Community Skunkworks
Click here to read IRC conversation log from the day of the Global Jam.
YouTube Video
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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Planet Ubuntu
Maia Grotepass: Jam Jam Jam – Raring
We have two events planned for Global Jam week. One
If you want to print or re-mix these banners you can find them at spreadubuntu.org Cape Town here and Centurion here.
For those ubuntu-za people who aren’t near a Jam location, you can hang out with us on #ubuntu-za on irc while you help make ubuntu better. Some ideas for people who aren’t in the mood to fix bugs: Why not help to translate your favourite application? Maybe answer or improve an answer on askubuntu.com or see if your hardware is ubuntu friendly. Have a little bit more time, you could help test such as doing an iso test.
Chris Wilson: Not got a Global Jam event to attend? Come jam on IRC
The Ubuntu Global Jam is am amazing opportunity to meet other Ubuntu supporters in your local area and sit down together and hack away on one of the many areas of Ubuntu development. However, not everyone is able to attend such an event in person, either because they live too far away from any organised events, will be on the road during the weekend, or because some disorganised cretin didn’t bother thinking of organising one until the last minute. That cretin isn’t me at all. Nope. I’m on the road that weekend, on business or something.
While the spirit of the Global Jam is to meet and work in person, it does’t have to be that way. Over the weekend of the Jam, I’ll be hanging out on Freenode IRC, specifically #ubuntu-bugs and #ubuntu-desktop, to work on the tasks that would have been done in person had I, um, that other person, the cretin, been a little more organised.
Bug triage
| Package | New Bugs | Confirmed Bugs | Incomplete Bugs |
| Rhythmbox | 234 | 225 | 44 |
| Nautilus | 285 | 216 | 60 |
| Empathy | 8 | 78 | 34 |
| Firefox | 1054 | 812 | 36 |
| Gedit | 62 | 41 | 4 |
| LibreOffice | 230 | 143 | 75 |
| Totem | 5 | 86 | 97 |
But bug triaging doesn’t start and end with what’s shipped on the CD. There are a ton of great apps in the Software Centre that need some love just as much as the core ones do. A few of my personal favourites are:
| Package | New Bugs | Confirmed Bugs | Incomplete Bugs |
| Miro | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Chromium | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| VLC | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Calibre | 47 | 19 | 0 |
These are just a few of my favourite apps. If you have your own favourite, then by all means hack away on the bug backlog for it. If you need help finding the Launchpad page for it, come into #ubuntu-bugs on Freenode and ask. There are lots of lovely people in there who’ll be happy to help you out.
What should you do with these bugs?
- If a bug is marked as ‘New’, that means no-one has gotten round to looking at it yet. Why don’t you have a go. New bugs need to be moved to either Invalid, Incomplete or Confirmed. Check out this article for more information on what each of these mean.
- Confirmed bugs need to be moved to Triaged, though if a long time as gone past since it was reported it may have been already fixed elsewhere, in which case it should be moved to Invalid.
- Incomplete need to be moved to either Invalid, Confirmed or Triaged.
Packaging
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Planet Ubuntu
Randall Ross: Ubuntu Global Jam – Call for Events!
The Ubuntu Global Jam (Raring Ringtail edition) is coming! This event is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together to improve Ubuntu.
Everyone is able to contribute to the Jam, and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. Are you curious about how to make a real difference to Ubuntu? This is a great chance to make that difference.
I would like to encourage you to register an event for your team for the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam occurring on these dates:
- Friday March 1, 2013
- Saturday March 2, 2013
- Sunday March 3, 2013
This part is important! Please add your event to the LoCo Team Portal http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2221/detail/ so the world can start seeing all the amazing things that you’re doing for Ubuntu.
Good documentation about how to create a successful Global Jam event is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
A short video explaining the most basic steps is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITk8PGBkMXQ
Gathering Ubuntu people together is always fun and I’m sure you are going to have a great time with your team! Thanks in advance for participating in this cycle’s Global Jam event. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch.