The Ubuntu Magazine Project

Welcome to the UbuntuMag page!

An Official Magazine for Ubuntu Linux. We are planning to get our first magazine available on this coming July/Aug. Please show us your support by contributing to/partnering with us.

Our Team

• Sara Vasquez - Current Team Lead

• [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey Stanford]

• [wiki:JendaVancura Jenda Vancura]

• [wiki:MartinPihl Martin Pihl]

• [wiki:nixternal Rich Johnson]
• Your name goes here! See below on how to join!

News

06/18/2006- Meeting update

Main concerns were about the diff between us and the newsletter. We defined out core audience as people that might be

• interested on Linux (but not using it yet)
• Switching distros
• beginers
• normal everyday users

We talked about the method of delivery and most of us agree that we want a website with a pdf magazine available as well as a txt option should be available.

We then had a collaborative draft using Gobby and realized a theme oriented magazine would be best.

This would be the sample table of contents (with comments and ideas added):

Contributors:

• Sara Vasquez (Tikal26)
• Martin Pihl (P|hl)
• Rich Johnson (nixternal)
• Joey Stanford (Rescue)

This would be the sample table of contents:

1) About Ubuntu Magazine

• Editors
• Contributors
• blah blah

2) This TOC!

3) Editor's letter

4) Letters to the Editor

5) Screenshots/Pictures of the Month/Quarther/etc

• explanation with icon theme, karamba gdesklets themes

6) Interview

• SABDFL (aka Mark Shuttleworth)
• Conical team members (Corey, Martin Pool, etc)

7) "Dev Sez"

• Developer Corner - news, comments, etc.

8) SpotLight on the Community

• not to repeat the behind the ubuntu interviews
• introduction of all ubuntu children - K/Edu/U/X and so on
• explain we are all one community
• our main article, should be related to Spotlight on the community, for example the spotlight on the kubuntu team,intro to kubuntu
• spot light each team - their goals, their contributions - interaction with other community teams

• The LoCo Teams

• Regular Ubuntu Teams
  • Doc Team
  • MOTU and their MOTU school
  • Community Council
  • Marketing Team
  • Laptop / Hardware Testing Teams

9) What's New/Headlines

10) Application of the Month

• a) Ubuntu applcation of the month
  • Special to ubuntu or maybe we can call this spotlight on ubuntu
  b) Kubuntu application of the month (Special to Kubuntu) c) Edubuntu app of the month d) Xubuntu App of the month

11) How 2.0 (reviews/writeups/etc)

• quick install howto
• maybe do a comparison between different gnome and kde distro's to show Ubuntu stregnths
• yeah like a tutorial on how to install new sofware diff for ubuntu and kubuntu)
• spotlight synaptic and adept | or apt-get is the same for both
• Using Rosetta
• Using Malone
• Using Launchpad
• Using BZR

12) Upcoming Events

13) Links

• https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs (explain the difference between bugs and support?) or a section with listing on what users can do to help ubuntu, maybe we can get a list of tasks and links to it introduction to the wiki - forums - launchpad - irc | for support - communication - and to help out with Ubuntu

Spread Throughout:

• Ubuntu Hint Boxes | Hints created by the community for the community |

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Magazine issues

First issue- Welcome + About Dapper + How to install ubuntu/ kubuntu ext. diff ways of updating, upgrading

• how to install software | via synaptic, adept, apt-get, and dpkg | syn&adept=beginner - apt-get & dpkg=adv |

• snipets on the variety of sotware available | Office - Graphics - Music - Video - Internet - Email - Chat - Games -Torrent | compare to an microsoft counterpart |

Second issue - The Home office.-WiFi Networking Your Home Office w/ Ubuntu How-to carry on basic word processing, spreadsheets, listening to music

Third issue- The graphical issue- Gimp,Krita, etc how to touch up your pictures, write a family newsletter etc

Fourth Issue - Server Candy. LTS. 15 mins to LAMP.Setting your home server, mail servers

Fifth issue- the security issue- explanation of security. hOw to secure your network server. Firewalls, e-mail security)

Sixth issue- extertainment, Games , DVD, Video, Myth Tv

Older News

19/10/2005 - We have decided to start with the E-zine while waiting for the reply from the publisher. Ubuntu Magazine is now a project under Ubuntu Marketing.

14/8/2005 - We are still waiting for Linux Magazine Publisher to email us. We are still designing our website.

7/8/2005 - UbuntuMagazine.com is now online! Thanks to Daejuan Jacobs for hosting the website. The site is now under construction!

Announcements/Events

06/18/06 Next meeting 06/17/06
16:00 UTC time
18:00 CET
12:00 US Easter Time
10:00 Pacific TIme

How to get involved

Please email to: sara@tikal26.net for more info or you can join us at [http://www.ubuntupeople.com/file/forums/viewforum.php?f=10 our forum].

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