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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #104 for the week August 10th - August 16th, 2008. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

Global Bug Jam: Retrospective

"WOW! We had people in twelve nations and in 20+ locations meeting for this event and I’m proud of each and everyone who organised and participated in this. That’s amazing." And this is just the beginning of an article that outlines the thoughts and feelings of people new to the work of fixing bugs, and the way that one can begin to help. But, of course, the big news is that 853 bugs were jammed. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=167

MOTU School sessions for Ubuntu Developer Week wanted

In preparing for another Ubuntu Developer Week, James Westby is asking for volunteers to present MOTU School sessions. A list of possible sessions exists [1], and he suggests a couple that either he will do or he would like to see done. Those interested in presenting on one of the topics should add their name to the list [2], or contact dholbach or James to discuss it.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School/Requests

[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/Prep

http://jameswestby.net/weblog/ubuntu/00-developer-week-school.html

MOTU News

Nicolas Valcárcel (also known as nxvl) has joined the MOTU team. He has done great work in the Server team, is the star of a Spanish packaging video and is involved in various places in the MOTU team.

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (#) +/- # over last week
  • Critical (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Infamous Bugs

Translation Stats Hardy

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
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Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/

LoCo News

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

Joey Stanford has reported that changes have been made to the Launchpad Legal page [1].

  1. The Launchpad Logo, previously unlicensed, is now licensed as “Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales”. “No Derivative” was chosen to preserve our branding integrity.

  2. The Launchpad Help wiki documentation and the Launchpad News blog, previously unlicensed, are now licensed as “Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales”.

This was done to assist users and commercial entities to be able to use/remix/display the logo and material. Please see the legal page for more information.

[1] https://help.launchpad.net/Legal

http://news.launchpad.net/general/legal-page-updates

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

  • Ubuntu netbook - Chin Wong took an Acer Aspire One netbook and turned it into a full featured laptop that happened to be small. By replacing the existing operating system with Ubuntu 8.04, the Aspire One was capable of running office applications, editing digital photos, surfing the Web and watching videos. That's not to say that it was easy, as he explains in the article. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_aug12_2008

  • Why Ubuntu just might succeed - Matt Asay reassesses a previous article he'd written, and explains why Ubuntu may succeed at making Linux more relevant to a wider audience than just the desktop. His analysis focuses on the tools that Canonical uses: community fervor, marketing and the array of partners and enterprise traction. In brief, it's getting the word out to the right people at the right time that makes the difference. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10013233-16.html?part=rss&subj=TheOpenRoad

  • Mark Shuttleworth's evolving Ubuntu desktop war - Matt Asay had a chance to talk to Mark Shuttleworth about the direction in which Ubuntu is going. What he found out is that "cloud computing" is more than just desktop or servers. It's the combination of them, and what can be done with them. So, where Shuttleworth wants the desktop to be more appealing to users than Mac, he also wants to infiltrate the server side with exceptional network services. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10017426-16.html

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

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http://crashsystems.net/2008/08/comcast-wont-support-linux/

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

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