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=== Call for testing: Major update of Ubuntu Brainstorm === A major evolution of Ubuntu Brainstorm is on the way, and includes: * An UI redesign, for better navigation through projects and categories. * Idea rationale & solution separation, with the ability to add your solution to an existing idea rationale. That will help have a better visibility by gathering ideas tackling the same problem. * Approval required for newly submitted ideas. That will help make Ubuntu Brainstorm content consistent by filtering the non-ideas, duplicates and poorly described ideas. * Custom permissions for project administrators. Upstream and Ubuntu developers could, if they want, ask to add their project and manage ideas related to their project. * And much more... A lot of changes have occurred , and we'd like to test it thoroughly before going live (which we don't expect for at least a month). So you are welcome to post test content, vote, and report any error you find on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ideatorrent/+filebug. Discussion and suggestion about the new UI can take place in this ubuntuforums.org thread. (Note: This is a test setup, meaning that all your interactions will be removed at next code update) http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/24 === Announcing Michael Casadevall as an Xubuntu Developer === The Xubuntu Team would like everyone to give a warm welcome to Michael Casadevall (https://launchpad.net/~sonicmctails https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MichaelCasadevall) who is joining the Xubuntu Team as a Xubuntu Developer. Michael is an exceptionally dedicated individual with a strong, diversified pool of talent and skill who is eagerly working towards becoming a MOTU. Michael will be assisting the team with general packaging and development tasks for the most part, but we're sure his ability with FTBFS; experience with ports, debian, and gnome; and his ability to identify and refine infrastructure will be a huge asset to the Xubuntu team. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-August/000159.html === MOTU News === ==== Nicolas Valcárcel(nxvl) Interview ==== Nicolas has been using Linux for 4 or 5 years, and Ubuntu since Warty Warthog. He became involved with the MOTU team about a year ago, and is now focused on the server team. He is also part of the Peruvian Lo``Co Council, is an intern at Price``Waterhouse``Coopers, and is finishing up at the university. See the full interview at http://behindmotu.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/nicolas-valcarcel-nxvl/ === IRC Council Nominations === https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2008-August/000534.html |
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=== Software Freedom Day: Ubuntu-MD === Ubuntu-MD Lo``Co will be celebrating Software Freedom Day on September 20, 2008. It will be held at the Miller Branch of the Howard County Library: * 9421 Frederick Rd * Ellicott City, MD 21042 The Team is looking for people to speak. Please look at the wiki [1] or drop them an email [2] [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarylandTeam/Events/SoftwareFreedomDay2008 [2] sfd08@ubuntu-maryland.org http://www.chuckfrain.net/2008/08/17/software-freedom-day-in-the-free-state === NJ Ubuntu LoCo Summer 2008 Barbecue and LAN Party === The New Jersey Ubuntu Local is hosting a Community’s Summer 2008 Barbecue and LAN Party on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Locations are Cherry Hill in Southern NJ, and Butler in Northern NJ. The party starts at 2:00 PM, the barbecue at 5:00 PM, and the whole thing ends at 2:00 AM Sunday morning. Cost is $5, which gets you Burgers, 'Dogs and other essentials. Bring your own drinks, sides and desserts. See http://nj.ubuntu-us.org/LAN for further information. http://www.lemasney.com/blog/?p=647 === Atlanta Linux Fest 2008 === The Ubuntu Georgia US Team will be holding the Atlanta Linux Fest 2008 on Saturday, September 20, 2008, 11am - 6pm. They will be hosting many distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Mandriva. There will be demos of the distributions and installation help, and there will be other demonstrations of IBM software, dual-booting and much more. Registration is free, but a $5 donation to the event is requested for pizza. The Linux Fest will be held at * IBM Hillside Conference Center] * 4111 Northside Pkwy Atlanta, GA. 30327 Registration (required for free wifi) is at http://atlantalinuxfest.org/ http://boredandblogging.com/2008/08/21/atlanta-linux-fest-2008/ === Ubuntu Arabic Team === http://syntux.net/blog/2008/08/21/ubuntu-arabic-team/ |
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| === Launchpad 2.1.8 === http://news.launchpad.net/releases/launchpad-218-bugzilla-and-trac-plugins-now-available-plus-karma-for-commits === Launchpad Terms of Use Update === http://news.launchpad.net/notifications/terms-of-use-update |
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| ## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent. ## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest. ## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting ## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu ## release reviews are also common items in this section. |
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3766771/Is+Ubuntu+Really+the+Most+User+Friendly+Distribution?.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/personaltech/21askk-002.html?_r=1&ref=personaltech&oref=slogin |
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| ## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth. ## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here. ## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so. |
* Why It’s Okay for Oracle, SAP to Skip Ubuntu (for Now) – Joe Panettieri of the blog workswithu.com points out that the concern for SAP and Oracle’s lack of endorsement of Canonical and Ubuntu is unfounded. Joe comments that Dell is Oracles’ biggest reseller and that currently most of Dell’s Oracle server sales involve either Red Hat or Windows Server. Based on the fact that Dell has no imminent plan to move to Ubuntu server it makes sense that Oracle will follow Dell’s lead. In addition, Linux is a currently a niche market for SAP. As demand for Ubuntu in the server market increases then “Oracle and SAP will be compelled to join the Canonical part”. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/14/why-its-okay-for-oracle-sap-to-skip-ubuntu-for-now/ * 5 Reasons Why a Newbie Should Try Ubuntu – A decade ago Linux was typically for geeks…Ubuntu is starting to change that perception. Praval of the blog Brajeshwar.com outlines five reasons that Ubuntu is the Linux distribution for the rest of us. Cited are Ubuntu’s ability to test drive before you commit to reconfiguring your hard drive through the use of LiveCD, easy installation and setup, wide range of supported devices, the ability to upgrade with the click of a mouse, and phenomenal community support. Due to these reasons, many who would have never considered trying Linux have installed Ubuntu and based on the initial experience, many of us are remain avid Ubuntu users. http://brajeshwar.com/2008/newbie-should-try-ubuntu/ http://everdeath.livejournal.com/62540.html http://marksitblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/dellubuntu-inspiron-1525-review.html |
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| ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. | http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2008/08/17/canonical-joins-the-linux-foundation/ http://yourblog.direct2dell.com/2008/07/18/dell-upgrades-consumer-linux-pcs-to-ubuntu-804/ http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/22/ubuntu-linux-bloggers-wanted/ |
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| ## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn ## List all security advisories since last UWN. ## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-# ## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1 === Ubuntu 6.06 Updates === ## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> ## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html |
* [USN-636-1] Postfix vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-August/000740.html * [USN-635-1] xine-lib vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-August/000741.html === Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates === * postfix_2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-August/012742.html |
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| ## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> ## Ex: * lvm2 2.02.06-2ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-March/008083.html |
* postfix_2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-August/008990.html |
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| ## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> ## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-October/009951.html |
* postfix_2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-August/010295.html |
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| ## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/ ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message> ## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-May/009951.html |
* db2exc 9.5.0-2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011956.html * db2exc 9.5.0-2-1hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011957.html * db2exc-amd64 9.5.0-2-1hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011958.html * icedtea-gcjwebplugin 1.0-0ubuntu8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011959.html * mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1+hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011960.html * postfix_2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011961.html * linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.14-21.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011962.html * kio-umountwrapper 0.2-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011963.html * eject 2.1.5-6ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011964.html * pciutils 1:2.2.4-1.1ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011965.html * linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-21.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011966.html * thunderbird-locales 1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu1~8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011967.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-21.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011968.html * chmsee 1.0.0-1ubuntu1.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011969.html * pymsn 0.3.1-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011970.html |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #105 for the week August 17th - August 23rd, 2008. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
Call for testing: Major update of Ubuntu Brainstorm
A major evolution of Ubuntu Brainstorm is on the way, and includes:
- An UI redesign, for better navigation through projects and categories.
Idea rationale & solution separation, with the ability to add your solution to an existing idea rationale. That will help have a better visibility by gathering ideas tackling the same problem.
- Approval required for newly submitted ideas. That will help make Ubuntu Brainstorm content consistent by filtering the non-ideas, duplicates and poorly described ideas.
- Custom permissions for project administrators. Upstream and Ubuntu developers could, if they want, ask to add their project and manage ideas related to their project.
- And much more...
A lot of changes have occurred , and we'd like to test it thoroughly before going live (which we don't expect for at least a month). So you are welcome to post test content, vote, and report any error you find on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ideatorrent/+filebug. Discussion and suggestion about the new UI can take place in this ubuntuforums.org thread. (Note: This is a test setup, meaning that all your interactions will be removed at next code update)
http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/24
Announcing Michael Casadevall as an Xubuntu Developer
The Xubuntu Team would like everyone to give a warm welcome to Michael Casadevall (https://launchpad.net/~sonicmctails https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MichaelCasadevall) who is joining the Xubuntu Team as a Xubuntu Developer. Michael is an exceptionally dedicated individual with a strong, diversified pool of talent and skill who is eagerly working towards becoming a MOTU. Michael will be assisting the team with general packaging and development tasks for the most part, but we're sure his ability with FTBFS; experience with ports, debian, and gnome; and his ability to identify and refine infrastructure will be a huge asset to the Xubuntu team. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-August/000159.html
MOTU News
Nicolas Valcárcel(nxvl) Interview
Nicolas has been using Linux for 4 or 5 years, and Ubuntu since Warty Warthog. He became involved with the MOTU team about a year ago, and is now focused on the server team. He is also part of the Peruvian LoCo Council, is an intern at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and is finishing up at the university. See the full interview at http://behindmotu.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/nicolas-valcarcel-nxvl/
IRC Council Nominations
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2008-August/000534.html
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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/
LoCo News
Software Freedom Day: Ubuntu-MD
Ubuntu-MD LoCo will be celebrating Software Freedom Day on September 20, 2008. It will be held at the Miller Branch of the Howard County Library:
- 9421 Frederick Rd
- Ellicott City, MD 21042
The Team is looking for people to speak. Please look at the wiki [1] or drop them an email [2]
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarylandTeam/Events/SoftwareFreedomDay2008 [2] sfd08@ubuntu-maryland.org
http://www.chuckfrain.net/2008/08/17/software-freedom-day-in-the-free-state
NJ Ubuntu LoCo Summer 2008 Barbecue and LAN Party
The New Jersey Ubuntu Local is hosting a Community’s Summer 2008 Barbecue and LAN Party on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Locations are Cherry Hill in Southern NJ, and Butler in Northern NJ. The party starts at 2:00 PM, the barbecue at 5:00 PM, and the whole thing ends at 2:00 AM Sunday morning. Cost is $5, which gets you Burgers, 'Dogs and other essentials. Bring your own drinks, sides and desserts. See http://nj.ubuntu-us.org/LAN for further information.
http://www.lemasney.com/blog/?p=647
Atlanta Linux Fest 2008
The Ubuntu Georgia US Team will be holding the Atlanta Linux Fest 2008 on Saturday, September 20, 2008, 11am - 6pm. They will be hosting many distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Mandriva. There will be demos of the distributions and installation help, and there will be other demonstrations of IBM software, dual-booting and much more. Registration is free, but a $5 donation to the event is requested for pizza. The Linux Fest will be held at
- IBM Hillside Conference Center]
- 4111 Northside Pkwy Atlanta, GA. 30327
Registration (required for free wifi) is at http://atlantalinuxfest.org/
http://boredandblogging.com/2008/08/21/atlanta-linux-fest-2008/
Ubuntu Arabic Team
http://syntux.net/blog/2008/08/21/ubuntu-arabic-team/
New in Hardy Heron
Launchpad News
Launchpad 2.1.8
Launchpad Terms of Use Update
http://news.launchpad.net/notifications/terms-of-use-update
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
Why It’s Okay for Oracle, SAP to Skip Ubuntu (for Now) – Joe Panettieri of the blog workswithu.com points out that the concern for SAP and Oracle’s lack of endorsement of Canonical and Ubuntu is unfounded. Joe comments that Dell is Oracles’ biggest reseller and that currently most of Dell’s Oracle server sales involve either Red Hat or Windows Server. Based on the fact that Dell has no imminent plan to move to Ubuntu server it makes sense that Oracle will follow Dell’s lead. In addition, Linux is a currently a niche market for SAP. As demand for Ubuntu in the server market increases then “Oracle and SAP will be compelled to join the Canonical part”. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/14/why-its-okay-for-oracle-sap-to-skip-ubuntu-for-now/
5 Reasons Why a Newbie Should Try Ubuntu – A decade ago Linux was typically for geeks…Ubuntu is starting to change that perception. Praval of the blog Brajeshwar.com outlines five reasons that Ubuntu is the Linux distribution for the rest of us. Cited are Ubuntu’s ability to test drive before you commit to reconfiguring your hard drive through the use of LiveCD, easy installation and setup, wide range of supported devices, the ability to upgrade with the click of a mouse, and phenomenal community support. Due to these reasons, many who would have never considered trying Linux have installed Ubuntu and based on the initial experience, many of us are remain avid Ubuntu users. http://brajeshwar.com/2008/newbie-should-try-ubuntu/
http://everdeath.livejournal.com/62540.html
http://marksitblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/dellubuntu-inspiron-1525-review.html
In Other News
http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2008/08/17/canonical-joins-the-linux-foundation/
http://yourblog.direct2dell.com/2008/07/18/dell-upgrades-consumer-linux-pcs-to-ubuntu-804/
http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/22/ubuntu-linux-bloggers-wanted/
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04
Security Updates
[USN-636-1] Postfix vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-August/000740.html
[USN-635-1] xine-lib vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-August/000741.html
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
postfix_2.2.10-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-August/012742.html
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
postfix_2.3.8-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-August/008990.html
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
postfix_2.4.5-3ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-August/010295.html
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
db2exc 9.5.0-2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011956.html
db2exc 9.5.0-2-1hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011957.html
db2exc-amd64 9.5.0-2-1hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011958.html
icedtea-gcjwebplugin 1.0-0ubuntu8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011959.html
mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1+hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011960.html
postfix_2.5.1-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011961.html
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.14-21.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011962.html
kio-umountwrapper 0.2-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011963.html
eject 2.1.5-6ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011964.html
pciutils 1:2.2.4-1.1ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011965.html
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-21.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011966.html
thunderbird-locales 1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu1~8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011967.html
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-21.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011968.html
chmsee 1.0.0-1ubuntu1.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011969.html
pymsn 0.3.1-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-August/011970.html
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