It's that time of year again. The next release of Ubuntu, 9.04, is impending. That means it's UDS time again. This year I have decided to increase my participation with the Ubuntu community and join the great developers that make it all happen each year for Ubuntu at UDS.

Not familiar with UDS? UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) is held in preparation for each development cycle of Ubuntu for the developers that normally communicate online have a chance to get together and collaborate to layout the next development cycle.

Recently I accepted a gracious invitation from the Pyowa Group (Iowa Python Users Group) to present on UI Development with Python. I am glad to be able to help others local to myself with their development skills and potentially learn a few tricks myself. If your in the Central Iowa you ar welcome to come join us at the May 4th meeting and get a sneak peak at the Fox Media Systems hardware.

More information on the Pyowa website.

After a long wait we are nearly to the point where we can offer the products we have been working so hard to get out the door. The Systems have preformed quite well and are meeting expectations.

On another note, our inventory system is also nearly complete, when it is complete we have plans for offering some PVR related products from inventory prior the the release of our PVR's. Keep tuned for what is to come.

Some great news for all cable TV users. Have a quick read and jump on over to the Mythbuntu site to get all the details.

From the article:

"Today marks a historic day in Mythbuntu development. Over the last year we have been having discussions with several major cable companies in the United States regarding enabling CableCARD support for all Mythbuntu users. Late last year we reached an agreement with two of those major companies, Time Warner & Comcast. As excited as we were about this agreement..."

Read more over at the Mythbuntu site.

It has been a very long time coming, we have finally come to a point where we are testing a working device. Our ridiculously high stanards for hardware have paid off in producing what, in my opinion, will provide a great final product.

We will be posting details on the products soon. In the mean time continue staying posted on updates as they come.

Thanks again to all of you for your continued intrest in our fourth coming product line.

For everyone out there that has had troubles getting the Antec Fusion v2 Black case working with Lirc and LCDproc I have done a comprehensive write up over at the Wiki. Hope on over and take a look if you need help with it.

Antec Fusion v2 Black

Well its that time again. Mythbuntu 9.04 code named Jaunty Jackalope Aplha 1 has been released. Not many changes have made it into this release from the team. Mostly upstream changes and minor bug fixes. Jump on over to the site for more information and grab a copy to test.

Mythbuntu.org

I would like to add a quick note to thank everyone for their support and interest in Fox Media Systems thus far.

I would also like to let people know that they can always feel free to drop me a line via email or stop by on IRC to say Hi or ask questions about the products.

I can be found on IRC: irc.freenode.com channel: #mythbuntu user: foxbuntu

I gennerally help support the project that is making our main products possible, Mythbuntu via IRC or in the Ubuntu Forums.

As many requests have come in and the site development has moved along, we have come to a point at which we are now offering public sign up to the site.

We are glad to offer this service and are look forward to working with many of you in the future.

We will be sending out periodic newsletters to inform all of you on progress of the pre-built systems and new products as we add them to the store. We will also be sending special deals to those users that sign up.

Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 has been released. With many new bug fixes in place, the release is shaping up to be a big one. Head on over to the Mythbuntu project site and check it out for more information.

All of our video recording devices will be based on the Mythbuntu Distribution and proudly support it and the community.