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| * Ubuntu wins Golden Penguin * Ubuntu at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco * Security updates * Ubuntu 6.06 LTS updates * Edgy new and updated apps * Summer of Code update * Weekly Developer meeting notes * Launchpad news and updates * Bug Stats * In the Press * Feature of the Week: GNOME Deskbar applet |
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=== Ubuntu wins the Golden Penguin Award === As reported in the Fridge, Ubuntu won the Golden Penguin Award at LinuxWorld Expo 2006, playing against the Novell OpenAudio team. The Ubuntu team, consisting of volunteers Jorge Castro, Corey Burger and Canonical's Malcolm Yates, led the scoring from the very beginning and despite the Novell team's strong showing the the 3rd round, Ubuntu finished ahead. Congrats to all the players. See more at the Fridge: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/508 === LinuxWorld Expo a great success === LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco recently finished, and both the Ubuntu community and Canonical had a strong showing. Both booths were very busy, with many people discussing how they used Ubuntu or thanking us for making Ubuntu. The .org pavilion booth, run by the Ubuntu California team, was busy demonstrating Ubuntu 6.06 and all the great Ubuntu books currently out, while the Canonical booth focused on working business-to-business relationships. At the GNOME booth, Ubuntu and GNOME community members Jorge Castro and Corey Burger helped the GNOME Foundation spread the message about how great GNOME was, which included showcasing the many great features coming both in GNOME 2.16 (due in Edgy) and beyond. Anecdotal evidence suggests an overwhelming number of visitors to the GNOME booth ran Ubuntu. |
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| USN-337-1 imagemagick vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-337-1 USN 336-1 binutils vulnerablity http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1 USN 335-1 heartbeat vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1 USN 334-1 krb5 vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1 More information and a full listing can be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/security |
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| Glade 3 - details to follow | Glade 3 was uploaded this week. A description from the GNOME Journal "The GUI designer tool that has been building your GTK+ applications for years is back with a completely new generation of homegrown Free software. Supporting all the widgets in the GTK+ 2.8 family, gnomeui widgets, the GNOME canvas widget, and a whole new feature set; this new tool is sure to raise a few eyebrows." |
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| Don't forget quick installation notes, enable extra repository, package name, use g-a-i where possible, etc... | Other notable packages included: * sun java 1.5.0-08 - small upgrade to the Sun Java package * openoffice.org-starter-guide 1.0.0 -- a new package of a OpenOffice.org guide * xubuntu-at-speech 0.1 - new package, speech part of the accessiblity support for Xubuntu * xubuntu-at-mag 0.1 - new package, screen magnifier part of the accessiblity support for Xubuntu * agave 0.4 - colour schemer for GNOME * gshare 0.92 - a new package included easy user-level file sharing == Ubuntu Summer of Code update == This week we profile Peter Moberg, who is currently working on two tools for Ubuntu as part of SoC. His first tool, called Panel Switcher, is designed to make switching panel layouts, even quite complicated ones, very easy. Implemented in Python and pyGTK, you can find more information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PanelSwitcher . Session Backup, his other tool, allows a user to save and restore multiple GNOME sessions. As it stores the data in a zipped file, it also allows users to migrate that information to other computers. Also implemented in Python and pyGTK, you can find more information about Session Backup at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionBackup . |
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| Held on Aug. 17th at 23.00 UTC in {{{#ubuntu-meeting}}}. The developers coordinated the list of topics that will be discussed at next weeks Development Sprint in Wiesbaden, Germany. Some further features like the speakup kernel module, boot-message-logging and kubuntu-accessibility were reported as implemented and the Firefox 2.0 beta merge is complete. The desktop team is keeping very busy with bug triaging and fixing (and could use your help!). | In the most recent developer meeting - 17 August at 23:00 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting - the developers planned the list of topics to be discussed at next week's Development Sprint in Wiesbaden, Germany. |
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| == Ubuntu == | A number of features were reported as implemented or complete, including: |
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| == Kubuntu == | * the speakup kernel module * boot-message-logging * kubuntu-accessibility * Firefox 2.0 beta merge. |
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The desktop team is keeping very busy with bug triaging and fixing - and could use your help! |
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| /!\ I don't know what I'm doing. This might not be the right way to add news items here. This might not be welcome news. Please feel free to cut out, edit, mangle, etc. And please contact me if you want to discuss the subject; I'd be happy to contribute to the newsletter; I just don't know how! -- kiko@async.com.br | This week's full Launchpad news is at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2006-August/000536.html |
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| This has been a busy pair of weeks for the Launchpad team, and this long report has a lot of news for you. I'd like to start off by calling attention to the fact that we have a staging server running, something that some users may already be familiar with. The staging server is accessible via: |
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| https://staging.ubuntu.com/ | * Details of the staging server at https://staging.ubuntu.com/ * An answer to "Can I use Launchpad (Malone) to track bugs for my software project?" (it's "yes", by the way). * Launchpad is now 100% hosted in Bazaar's native format, with over 600 branches registered. * Each distribution or upstream product now has a listing of its top contributors, both general and per-activity. * Edgy translations should be open on Monday. * 30% speed improvement in the package publishing process. * Preparations under way for a move to per-application domains and a secret new page layout. |
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| It runs a copy of the production database on the very latest code integrated into our codebase. This database is discarded and a new version is copied in daily, which makes it safe to experiment with. And your Launchpad account already works there! === Bug tracking === My second important announcement is an answer to the question Can I use Launchpad (Malone) to track bugs for my software project? The answer is yes -- and it always has been! Launchpad does not intend to be a system that just links bug trackers together (though it does allow you to connect your bugs to bugs in remote bug trackers), but a full-fledged bug management system for any open source project. Ubuntu uses it successfully, and a number of other products have taken it up as their main tracker since its first public announcement. You can read more about what makes bug tracking in Launchpad unique at: https://help.launchpad.net/BugTrackingHighlights On the bug-tracking front, we have a few interesting new features. You may have noticed by now that bug descriptions and comments are now rendered in a monospace font. This is an experiment Matthew Thomas and the Launchpad team are running together to see how much it improves rendering of structured comments (which include source code, diffs and ASCII art). The tags listed in the bug page are now links to listings of bugs with that tag set. This should make it easier to actually use the tags for grouping. We've seen an explosion of tags for Ubuntu meanwhile, and we are thinking of how to manage the pool of tags for a project this successful; it's likely that more changes will be discussed on the users mailing list over the next weeks. === Bazaar === Last week I wrote of the transition of source code imports to native Bazaar (bzr) format; this was successfully deployed in this period and we are now 100% bzr-native. In our second month of active hosting of Bazaar branches we already have over 600 branches registered on Launchpad and its code hosting system (dubbed the Supermirror). Two recent blog posts talk more about pushing your bzr branches to Launchpad, and managing shared bzr branches using Launchpad teams: David Allouche's Community Bazaar Hosting on Launchpad http://ddaa.net/blog/launchpad/bzr-hosting James Henstridge's Shared Branches using Bazaar and Launchpad http://blogs.gnome.org/view/jamesh/2006/08/17/1 === Contextual Karma === A Launchpad-wide change that many people should find interesting is the addition of per-context Karma listings. Each distribution or upstream product now has a listing of its top contributors, both general and per-activity. For instance, the top contributors to Ubuntu are listed at: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+topcontributors and, for PIDA and Gnome Baker, two upstream products that use Launchpad for translations and bugs, respectively: https://launchpad.net/products/gnomebaker/+topcontributors https://launchpad.net/products/pida/+topcontributors Note that because we did not use to store the context of your actions, old karma points (allocated before August 1st) do not count towards your scores in distros and upstreams. === Edgy Translations === The Edgy translations opening has surprised us in being a harder task than we expected: our intention is to ensure that Edgy translations included all translations done in Dapper, and that requires configuring translations in the database to also point to Edgy. Unfortunately for us the data volume made this task run into some practical limits: it takes a couple of hours to run, and though our test coverage is good, there have been a few hiccups in the migration. The good news is that the code is written and deployed, and that we are now pending only running the database update script, and doing acceptance testing the results. We are planning on doing the official opening on Monday, barring any problems, and I'll make sure I post any updates to the rosetta-users mailing list. === Other news === Other important changes of note to Launchpad this week include a real improvement to the package publishing process, speeding it up by 30%. Specification workflow changes now record the dates and people involved. We also rolled out changes to the web hosting system, which is required for our next big UI change: the move to per-application domains, and a new page layout (but those are all the hints I can give out right now!) We've improved our Zope form infrastructure in Launchpad, which will allow improvements such as better error display and AJAX based on-the-fly validation. Finally, if you are interested in staying abreast of Launchpad news, feature discussions and bug reports, consider joining the launchpad-users mailing list: |
To stay up to date, join the launchpad-users mailing list: |
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* Open (14220) * Unconfirmed (7608) * Unassigned (9491) * All bugs ever reported (50805) |
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| === Infamous Bugs === | As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs === Infamous Bugs - Bug #56125 === {{attachment:ubuntubug.png}} More: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125 === Osnews covers Bug #1 === OSnews recently covered Bug #1, the "Microsoft has a majority marketshare" one. You can read more information at http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=15554 |
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| ''"Students in Indiana are using new Linux desktops under a state grant program to roll out low-cost workstations to schools.More than 22,000 kids have been Linuxed up under the programme which is being run by the Indiana Department of Education. Mike Huffman, special assistant for technology told CRN that Linux workstations were rolled out for 22,000 students over the last year under the Affordable Classroom Computers for Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) programme. The plan is to expand that even further with Novell SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu installations.Currently, 24 high schools are using Linux and the plan is to increase that to 80."'' | ''"Students in Indiana are using new Linux desktops under a state grant program to roll out low-cost workstations to schools. More than 22,000 kids have been Linuxed up under the programme which is being run by the Indiana Department of Education. Mike Huffman, special assistant for technology told CRN that Linux workstations were rolled out for 22,000 students over the last year under the Affordable Classroom Computers for Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) programme. The plan is to expand that even further with Novell SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu installations. Currently, 24 high schools are using Linux and the plan is to increase that to 80."'' |
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| == Feature Of The Week - ??? == | == Feature Of The Week - GNOME Deskbar == Deskbar allows you to embed an incredibly powerful search interface in a GNOME panel. Search across multiple search engines, enter an email address to send email, jump straight to a web page by entering the URL, or open files and folders by entering the path. There really are too many features to list. To see them all, and what's in store for future versions, visit Raphael Slinckx's blog at: http://raphael.slinckx.net/deskbar/ To add the Deskbar applet to your desktop just right click on an existing GNOME panel, select '''Add to Panel''', and select it from the applets listed in the '''Accessories''' section. {{attachment:deskbarjl.png}} |
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| This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Team. Please feel free to contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email to ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com or by using any of the other methods on the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Contact Ubuntu Documentation Team Contact Information Page]. | This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Marketing Team. Please feel free to contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email to ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com or by using any of the other methods on the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam|Ubuntu Marketing Team Contact Information Page]]. |
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue 10
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue 10 for the week of August, 13 - 19 2006
You can always find this and other Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter
In This Issue
- Ubuntu wins Golden Penguin
Ubuntu at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco
- Security updates
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS updates
- Edgy new and updated apps
- Summer of Code update
- Weekly Developer meeting notes
- Launchpad news and updates
- Bug Stats
- In the Press
- Feature of the Week: GNOME Deskbar applet
General Community News
Ubuntu wins the Golden Penguin Award
As reported in the Fridge, Ubuntu won the Golden Penguin Award at LinuxWorld Expo 2006, playing against the Novell OpenAudio team. The Ubuntu team, consisting of volunteers Jorge Castro, Corey Burger and Canonical's Malcolm Yates, led the scoring from the very beginning and despite the Novell team's strong showing the the 3rd round, Ubuntu finished ahead. Congrats to all the players. See more at the Fridge: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/508
LinuxWorld Expo a great success
LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco recently finished, and both the Ubuntu community and Canonical had a strong showing. Both booths were very busy, with many people discussing how they used Ubuntu or thanking us for making Ubuntu. The .org pavilion booth, run by the Ubuntu California team, was busy demonstrating Ubuntu 6.06 and all the great Ubuntu books currently out, while the Canonical booth focused on working business-to-business relationships.
At the GNOME booth, Ubuntu and GNOME community members Jorge Castro and Corey Burger helped the GNOME Foundation spread the message about how great GNOME was, which included showcasing the many great features coming both in GNOME 2.16 (due in Edgy) and beyond. Anecdotal evidence suggests an overwhelming number of visitors to the GNOME booth ran Ubuntu.
Security Updates
USN-337-1 imagemagick vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-337-1 USN 336-1 binutils vulnerablity http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1 USN 335-1 heartbeat vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1 USN 334-1 krb5 vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1
More information and a full listing can be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/security
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
There were no updates to 6.06 this week.
New Apps In Edgy
Glade 3 was uploaded this week. A description from the GNOME Journal "The GUI designer tool that has been building your GTK+ applications for years is back with a completely new generation of homegrown Free software. Supporting all the widgets in the GTK+ 2.8 family, gnomeui widgets, the GNOME canvas widget, and a whole new feature set; this new tool is sure to raise a few eyebrows."
Other notable packages included:
- sun java 1.5.0-08 - small upgrade to the Sun Java package
openoffice.org-starter-guide 1.0.0 -- a new package of a OpenOffice.org guide
- xubuntu-at-speech 0.1 - new package, speech part of the accessiblity support for Xubuntu
- xubuntu-at-mag 0.1 - new package, screen magnifier part of the accessiblity support for Xubuntu
- agave 0.4 - colour schemer for GNOME
- gshare 0.92 - a new package included easy user-level file sharing
Ubuntu Summer of Code update
This week we profile Peter Moberg, who is currently working on two tools for Ubuntu as part of SoC.
His first tool, called Panel Switcher, is designed to make switching panel layouts, even quite complicated ones, very easy. Implemented in Python and pyGTK, you can find more information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PanelSwitcher .
Session Backup, his other tool, allows a user to save and restore multiple GNOME sessions. As it stores the data in a zipped file, it also allows users to migrate that information to other computers. Also implemented in Python and pyGTK, you can find more information about Session Backup at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionBackup .
Weekly developer meeting
In the most recent developer meeting - 17 August at 23:00 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting - the developers planned the list of topics to be discussed at next week's Development Sprint in Wiesbaden, Germany.
A number of features were reported as implemented or complete, including:
- the speakup kernel module
- boot-message-logging
- kubuntu-accessibility
- Firefox 2.0 beta merge.
The desktop team is keeping very busy with bug triaging and fixing - and could use your help!
Launchpad News
This week's full Launchpad news is at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2006-August/000536.html
Highlights include:
Details of the staging server at https://staging.ubuntu.com/
- An answer to "Can I use Launchpad (Malone) to track bugs for my software project?" (it's "yes", by the way).
- Launchpad is now 100% hosted in Bazaar's native format, with over 600 branches registered.
- Each distribution or upstream product now has a listing of its top contributors, both general and per-activity.
- Edgy translations should be open on Monday.
- 30% speed improvement in the package publishing process.
- Preparations under way for a move to per-application domains and a secret new page layout.
To stay up to date, join the launchpad-users mailing list:
We'd be honored to have you with us.
Bug Stats
- Open (14220)
- Unconfirmed (7608)
- Unassigned (9491)
- All bugs ever reported (50805)
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs
Infamous Bugs - Bug #56125
More: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125
Osnews covers Bug #1
OSnews recently covered Bug #1, the "Microsoft has a majority marketshare" one. You can read more information at http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=15554
In The Press
Ubuntu and Other Distros Rolled Out to American Students
"Students in Indiana are using new Linux desktops under a state grant program to roll out low-cost workstations to schools. More than 22,000 kids have been Linuxed up under the programme which is being run by the Indiana Department of Education. Mike Huffman, special assistant for technology told CRN that Linux workstations were rolled out for 22,000 students over the last year under the Affordable Classroom Computers for Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) programme. The plan is to expand that even further with Novell SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu installations. Currently, 24 high schools are using Linux and the plan is to increase that to 80."
Read more at http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33756
Feature Of The Week - GNOME Deskbar
Deskbar allows you to embed an incredibly powerful search interface in a GNOME panel. Search across multiple search engines, enter an email address to send email, jump straight to a web page by entering the URL, or open files and folders by entering the path. There really are too many features to list. To see them all, and what's in store for future versions, visit Raphael Slinckx's blog at: http://raphael.slinckx.net/deskbar/
To add the Deskbar applet to your desktop just right click on an existing GNOME panel, select Add to Panel, and select it from the applets listed in the Accessories section.
Additional News Resources
As always you can find more news and announcements at:
and
Conclusion
Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. See you next week!
Credits
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Matthew Revell
- John Little
- Christian Reis
- Henrik Omma
- Corey Burger
- Melissa Draper
- anyone else that contributes
- And many others
Feedback
This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Marketing Team. Please feel free to contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email to ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com or by using any of the other methods on the Ubuntu Marketing Team Contact Information Page.
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