Ubuntu Online Summit: Session Roundup

Fri Nov 6 15:20:05 UTC 2015

Hello everybody,

with so many sessions happening at Ubuntu Online Summit (more than 70
this time around and quite a big turnout), I thought I'd write a quick
summary of what happened in Snappy Ubuntu Core land. Be sure to check
out the full schedule at http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/ to find out
about all the other cool things which happened.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22623/testing-snappy/
Testing Snappy: In this Show & Tell session Leo Arias showcased a lot of
the QA work which has been done on Ubuntu Core along with many useful
techniques to run tests and easily bring up Snappy in a number of
different scenario.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22596/core-1511-new-snappy-frameworks/
Creating more Snappy frameworks: Frameworks are an effective way to
bring functionality to Ubuntu Core which can then be shared by apps. The
session attracted quite a few users of Snappy who wanted to know if
their use-case could be addressed by a framework. We discussed some more
technical difficulties, possible solutions and learned that bluetooth
and connectivity (based on network-manager) frameworks are in the works.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22594/snappy-clinic-bringing-ros-apps-to-snappy-ubuntu-core/
Snappy Clinic: bringing ROS apps to Snappy Ubuntu Core: Ted Gould showed
off the great work which has been put into the catkin plugin of
Snapcraft. Taking a simple ROS app and bringing it to Ubuntu Core is
very easy. The interest from members of the ROS community was great to
see and their feedback will help us improve the support even further.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22639/snap-packages-for-phone-and-desktop-apps/
Snap packages for phone and desktop apps: Alejandro Cura and Kyle
Fazzari brought up their analysis of snappy on the phone/desktop and
discussed a plan on what would need to land to make snappy apps on the
Ubuntu desktop and phone a reality.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22593/core-1511-snappy-onboarding-feedback/
Your feedback counts: the Snappy onboarding experience: This session
brought together a number of different users of Snappy who shared their
experience and what they would like to do. The feedback was great and
will be factored into our upcoming documentation plans.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22592/core-1511-snappy-developer-community-resources/
Snappy Developer Community Resources: In this session Thibaut Rouffineau
and I had a chat about our online support options and community
resources. We gathered a number of ideas and will look into creating
workshop and presentation materials this cycle as well.

http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22591/core-1511-porting-raspberry-pi-apps-to-snappy/
Porting popular apps/software to Snappy: Many interesting apps and
appliances exist for a variety of boards, most notably the Raspberry Pi.
We put together a plan on how we could start a community initiative for
bringing them over to Snappy Ubuntu Core.

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped to make this such a great
UOS!

Have a great day,
 Daniel

On 30.10.2015 18:05, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> with Ubuntu Online Summit happening 3-5 November, it is really just
> around the corner. Time to check out the schedule and see what's planned.
> 
> UOS is our online planning and show-and-tell event. We use a mix of
> Hangouts-on-Air, IRC and Etherpad to organise ourselves and it's a great
> opportunity to get to know people, have your say and find out what's
> planned.
> 
> Register for the event at
> 
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/
> 
> This is also where you find the schedule for all the individual tracks
> and if you click on the sessions themselves, you can register your
> attendance as well, that will make it easy for you to see "your
> schedule" on the site and help you plan your days.
> 
> Here is a quick roundup of the sessions coming straight from the world
> of Snappy Ubuntu Core:
> 
> 2015-11-03 15:00 UTC Testing Snappy
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22623/testing-snappy/
> 	Leo and Frederico will cover both automated and manual
> 	approaches to testing snappy, and the work that goes into
> 	making sure each new version of snappy is ready to release.
> 	They will also offer advice on how you can help make snappy
> 	better!
> 
> 2015-11-03 16:00 UTC Creating more Snappy frameworks
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22596/core-1511-new-snappy-frameworks/
> 	Frameworks extend the functionality of Snappy Ubuntu Core
> 	systems in a vary practical way. Let's discuss how we can bring
> 	more services to Snappy Ubuntu Core.
> 
> 2015-11-03 18:00 UTC Snappy Clinic: bringing ROS apps to Snappy
>                      Ubuntu Core
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22594/snappy-clinic-bringing-ros-apps-to-snappy-ubuntu-core/
> 	Snapcraft integrates building and packaging software and is
> 	what we recommend to bring software to Snappy Ubuntu Core.
> 	Snapcraft has recently seen the addition of a catkin plugin.
> 	This will make it very easy to bring ROS applications to Snappy
> 	Ubuntu Core. Check out this demo by Sergio and Ted and you'll
> 	see just how easy it is.
> 
> 2015-11-05 14:00 UTC Your feedback counts: the Snappy onboarding
>                      experience
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22593/core-1511-snappy-onboarding-feedback/
> 	In this session we want your feedback on your Snappy and
> 	Snapcraft onboarding experience:
> 	 - How were you welcomed into the world of Snappy? Was the
> 	   documentation sufficient? Were you able to find your way
> 	   around?
> 	 - We are planning some changes to the documentation and would
> 	   like to present them and get feedback.
> 	 - If you are a device builder, we would specifically like to
> 	   get your input as well, so we can improve our device builder
> 	   documentation.
> 
> 2015-11-05 15:00 UTC Snappy Developer Community Resources
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22592/core-1511-snappy-developer-community-resources/
> 	In this session we want to figure out how the Snappy developer
> 	community can interact and get support, particularly:
> 	 - support of askubuntu/stackoverflow
> 	 - which G+ communities/Twitter/etc to use
> 	 - which presentation and workshop materials we want to create
> 	   and share
> 	 - how we can support people who want to represent Snappy
> 	   Ubuntu Core at events/hackathons/workshops
> 
> 2015-11-05 16:00 UTC Porting popular apps/software to Snappy
> 	http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1511/meeting/22591/core-1511-porting-raspberry-pi-apps-to-snappy/
> 	With hardware becoming cheaper (ie Raspberry Pi, etc.) a number
> 	of apps and appliances were built, which are very popular
> 	today. It'd be great if it was easy for app developers to bring
> 	their apps to Snappy Ubuntu Core as well. Let's figure out how
> 	developers can port them over and we can get feedback about
> 	what should be easier.
> 
> Please note: there might be last-minute changes to the schedule, so make
> sure stay up to date. If you have any questions, let me know.
> 
> Have a great weekend,
>  Daniel
> 

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