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Just a headsup of two excellent events happening this weekend (we’re fortunate to be a sponsor of both):

1. If you happen to be in Memphis, check out Startup Weekend Memphis. These weekends are whirlwind rides where you meet a ton of people from your industry, break into functional teams and deliver working projects by the end of the weekend essentially condensing the first year of a startup into a single weekend. We sponsored the Portland event last weekend and it sounds like they had a blast and created some interesting stuff. We’ll be watching their blog and be interested to see what the Memphis folks come up with.
2. The other one we’re sponsoring this weekend is Desert Code Camp in Phoenix, AZ. If you’re anywhere in Phoenix Metro tomorrow and you write code, you’d be silly to miss this free event. It’s an all-day affair packed with multiple tracks of informative sessions on programming languages, language=agnostic phenomena and general tactics that make life better for people that write software. I’ll be facilitating a round table on (of course) tactics for using virtualization as a developer and specifically using virtual appliances to setup instant open source dev infrastructure.

Having attended both events in the past I can vouch that they’re worth the time for the social component of connecting with people in your industry. Plus you’ll walk away with a ton of actionable things you can apply the next day to improve your skillset. We’re proud to be affiliated with both of these and have a small role in helping make them possible.

Hello,

We’re happy to announce the production release of the JumpBox for Moodle and to celebrate, we’re offering 10%off JumpBox Open Subscriptions. That’s 21 JumpBoxes, all for a single price, and the value just keeps growing as we release new applications.

To take advantage of this offer use the following coupon during checkout.

Coupon code: MOODLE-LAUNCH-PROMO

This offer ends at midnight PST on May 16. That’s only a few days away.

Moodle is a very popular course management system used by educators around the world to create learning communities for their students. This JumpBox was a popular request so we’re thrilled to add it as the newest member of the JumpBox Open Collection.

Now on with our regularly scheduled summary of update activity in the Open Collection.

News

• The JumpBox Platform 1.1 beta is moving along nicely. With the most recent updates we’ve moved the underlying operating system to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. This will be the version of Ubuntu that all 1.1 Platform based JumpBoxes will ship with. We’re expecting the initial production release of 1.1 based JumpBoxes within a few weeks. If you haven’t tried out the new platform now is a great time to visit the Proving Grounds and kick the tires a little. The new platform is a big improvement and you can learn more about what’s new in this blog post.

New Production JumpBox

• JumpBox for Moodle 1.0 (Download)This is the first production release of the JumpBox for the Moodle course management system. This JumpBox contains Moodle 1.9. Existing JumpBox Open Subscribers should have already received keys for this JumpBox.

Updated Production JumpBoxes

• JumpBox for DokuWiki new version 1.0.4 (Download)Updated to DokuWiki 2008.05.05
• JumpBox for Bugzilla new version 1.0.3 (Download)Updated to Bugzilla 3.0.4
• JumpBox for phpBB new version 1.0.1 (Download)Updated to phpBB 3.0.1

Updated Beta JumpBoxes in the Proving Grounds

• JumpBox for Nagios 0.9.3 (Download)Updated with latest JumpBox Platform 1.1 beta and fixes for a bug related to backup restoration.
• JumpBox for MySQL 0.9.1 (Download)Updated with latest JumpBox Platform 1.1 beta.
• JumpBox for SugarCRM 5 0.9.1 (Download)Updated with latest JumpBox Platform 1.1 beta and SugarCRM version 5.0.0d.
• JumpBox for MovableType 0.9.2 (Download)Updated with latest JumpBox Platform 1.1 beta.

That’s all for this week. Thanks for supporting JumpBox and as always, feel free to send us feedback.

Kimbro Staken

Hello,

This is a summary of recent activity in the JumpBox Open Collection.

News

• JumpBox updates this time around include a number of application revisions. Most of these are minor, but pretty much all of them address security issues so it’s definitely recommended that you get the latest version for any JumpBoxes you may be using.
• We recently sent out a survey to learn more about your interest in hosting solutions for JumpBoxes. If you already filled out the survey we really appreciate it, and if not we’d still love to hear from you. One thing I’d like to clarify is that we’re looking at hosting solutions as an additional option for deploying JumpBoxes. There was some concern that the downloadable option would go away which isn’t the case. In fact, a big goal for us is to enable easy migration from a local install to a hosted install so that you can use the JumpBox to build your site locally and then easily push it onto a hosted service for public deployment.Click Here to take the survey
• A final reminder, we have a number of new JumpBoxes undergoing beta testing in the Proving Grounds. Many of which are based on the 1.1 JumpBox platform. There will be a new 1.1 beta coming within the next week or so and we can definitely use some more feedback to help accelerate the

Have questions, comments or suggestions, please let us know how we can help. And remember, you can also getJumpBox updates on Twitter.

Updated Production JumpBoxes

• JumpBox for Wordpress new version 1.0.9 (Download)Updated to Wordpress 2.5.1 - Minor update but some important security and stability fixes.
• JumpBox for Joomla! 1.5 new version 1.0.3 (Download)Updated to Joomla! 1.5.3 - Minor bugfix and security release.
• JumpBox for SugarCRM new version 1.0.7 (Download)Updated to SugarCRM 4.5.1i - Minor bugfix release.
• JumpBox for TikiWiki new version 1.0.2 (Download)Updated to TikiWiki 1.9.11 - Minor bugfix release.
• JumpBox for Moin Moin new version 1.0.2 (Download)Updated to Moin Moin 1.6.3 - Minor bugfix release.

That’s all for this time around. Thanks for supporting JumpBox.

Kimbro