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Tuesday - March 9th | | 23:30 | | Google Summer of Code 2010 Call for Ideas
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GNOME's Google Summer of Code Admins are looking for a few good ideas
. In case you missed it, here's the post from Ruben Vermeersch that went out to devel-announce and foundation-announce:
It's that time of the year again: Google's Summer of Code is approaching. We are in the midst of preparing it all
but we need your help by submitting great project ideas. Student proposals will start to roll in on March 29, but we'd like to make sure there are plenty of projects from them to chose from and have mentors ready to volunteer their time.
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Tuesday - February 16th | | 3:00 | | Debian/GNOME Bug Weekend Approaches
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The Debian Project is seeking a few GNOME lovers
to help with a 'massive cleanup in the insane amount of bugs submitted against GNOME packages.' The Debian/GNOME Bug Weekend will be the last weekend of February, on the #debian-gnome channel on OFTC.
From the email to debian-devel-announce:
You don’t need any special skills. Just join #debian-gnome on the OFTC
IRC network, and we’ll provide all the guidance you need.
Ultimately, the goal is to have, at the end of that week-end, all bugs
against GNOME packages in one of those states:
* closed
* forwarded upstream
* having a fix ready to upload
* waiting for more information from the submitter
Again, the Debian/GNOME bug weekend takes place on February 27 and 28. If you have some free time, you can help Debian and GNOME!
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Thursday - February 11th | | 22:30 | | GNOME 2.30 Beta (2.29.90) is Available
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The first beta release (2.29.90) towards GNOME 2.30 has hit the streets. This release is the beginning of the user interface (UI) freeze. Note that this release is not yet ready for production use, but is suitable for developers and testers who are working towards 2.30.
The full schedule is available on GNOME.org
. The next beta is schedule for February 22. The release announcement
has pointers to the tarballs for 2.29.90.
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Saturday - February 6th | | 20:00 | | GNOME Journal 18 Released
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The latest GNOME Journal
has hit the streets. Issue 18, published on February 5, is a special edition focusing on multimedia, and a wrap-up of the GNOME Boston Summit by Jason Clinton. Four articles are by first time GNOME Journal contributors!
The latest GNOME Journal was edited by Sumana Harihareswara, Jim Hodapp, and Stormy Peters.
Want to keep up to date on GNOME Journal? Follow @gnomejournal on Identi.ca
and/or Twitter
. The GNOME Journal team is always looking for contributions
!
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| 16:30 | | Mozilla Sponsors GNOME Accessibility Efforts
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BOSTON, Mass — February 4, 2010 — The GNOME Foundation is happy to announce a substantial donation from the Mozilla Corporation to benefit the GNOME Project's accessibility efforts. The donation will help continue the collaborative efforts between GNOME and Mozilla on Accessibility.
The Mozilla Corporation is granting the GNOME Foundation $10,000 for 2010. The funds will be used in part to send GNOME developers to the 25th Annual International CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. The CSUN Conference is one of the premier technology conferences for people with disabilities, and by holding a GNOME accessibility hackfest at the conference, GNOME can ensure a diverse group of GNOME developers are immersed in the accessibility space with direct hands-on interaction with end users.
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