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Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
    1. Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 1 released
    2. The Ubuntu Hall of Fame
    3. Ubuntu for the Holidays
    4. New Community Developers
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Infamous Bugs
    3. Translation Stats Intrepid
    4. 5-a-day bug stats
  5. Kubuntu News
  6. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu-IR release party
    2. Ubuntu-CO to host it's 1st UbuCon
    3. Ubuntu-ZW host 1st release party
    4. Ubuntu Presentation: Ubuntu Peruvian LoCo
    5. Ubuntu Irish Team release party
  7. New in Intrepid Ibex
  8. Launchpad News
    1. Launchpad offline November 24th
    2. Meet Barry Warsaw
    3. OpenID from your Launchpad profile
    4. Launchpad t-shirts
  9. Ubuntu Forums News
  10. In The Press
  11. In The Blogosphere
  12. In Other News
    1. Ubuntu Podcast #12
    2. Linux Identity Magazine: Ubuntu Family
    3. On Distributions, Kubuntu, and KDE
  13. Meeting Summaries
    1. Mobile Team
    2. Japanese Team
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Tuesday, November 25, 2008
      1. Server Team Meeting
      2. Kernel Team Meeting
    2. Wednesday, November 26, 2008
      1. QA Team Meeting
      2. Platform Team Meeting
    3. Thursday, November 27, 2008
      1. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      2. Desktop Team Meeting
  15. Community Spotlight
  16. Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
  17. UWN #: A sneak peek
  18. Archives and RSS Feed
  19. Additional Ubuntu News
  20. Conclusion
  21. Credits
  22. Glossary of Terms
  23. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #118 for the week November 16th - November 22nd, 2008. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 1 released

Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 1 has been released. As with any pre-release, it is *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. This first in a series of milestone CD images can be obtained from:

Further links to mirrors, change lists, interesting events, and bug reports can be reached at the link: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-November/000513.html

The Ubuntu Hall of Fame

Jono Bacon has announced the formation of the Ubuntu Hall of Fame[1]. His intention is for it to be a showcase in which the wider community is proud to be featured. This is still a work in progress, and Jono (and those that have helped him start this) would like input and ideas about additional features and which areas of the community they should be showcasing. More detailed information is on Jono's blog.

Ubuntu for the Holidays

Those in the United States now have the availability of a more local Ubuntu store, and just in time for the holidays. Faster and less expensive than ordering from Europe, the US shop carries a wide range of Ubuntu-branded items, and will soon include Kubuntu merchandise. The U.S. and international shops can both be found at shop.ubuntu.com. http://www.ubuntu.com/news/us-based-shop

New Community Developers

Charlie Smotherman (porthose) has been working with Ubuntu since Dapper, maintains a couple Ubuntu-originated packages in Debian, and has been doing great things in the MOTU Mentoring Reception Team. Please welcome him as a recognised Contributing Developer.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-November/000282.html

Stefan Lesicnik (stefanlsd) has been helping out with universe security, developer documentation, and general package work for several months. Please join me in welcoming him as a Contributing Developer.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-November/000283.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 Intrepid

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/

5-a-day bug stats

Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days

  • crimsun (392)
  • maco.m (60)
  • chrisccoulson (47)
  • hew (35)
  • angusthefuzz (29)

Top 5 teams for the past 7 days

  • dcteam (452)
  • ubuntu-au (35)
  • ubuntu-us-ohio (29)
  • ubuntu-pl (15)
  • ubuntu-cl (12)

5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/

Kubuntu News

The Kubuntu team had a meeting

Richard "Arby" Birnie (ISO Tester, system-config-printer-kde hacker) and Ralph "txwikinger" Janke (5-a-day hero) were grilled and given membership.

We also discussed specs for UDS, KDE 4.2 Beta packaging, bug status and the kubuntu-users mailing list.

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Meetings/Minutes/2008-11-18

LoCo News

Ubuntu-IR release party

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-November/000284.html

Ubuntu-CO to host it's 1st UbuCon

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-November/000286.html

Ubuntu-ZW host 1st release party

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-November/000287.html

Ubuntu Presentation: Ubuntu Peruvian LoCo

http://roaksoax.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/ubuntu-presentation/

Ubuntu Irish Team release party

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrishTeam/IntrepidReleaseParty

New in Intrepid Ibex

Launchpad News

Launchpad offline November 24th

http://news.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-offline-0300-utc-24th-november

Meet Barry Warsaw

http://news.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-barry-warsaw

OpenID from your Launchpad profile

http://news.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/openid-from-your-launchpad-profile

Launchpad t-shirts

http://news.launchpad.net/general/threaded-development-launchpad-t-shirts

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7729978.stm

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_904_features&num=1

http://www.rpath.com/corp/component/content/article/14-2008-news/293-11192008

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3664

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/6040.html

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Ubuntu Podcast #12

http://boredandblogging.com/2008/11/17/ubuntu-podcast-12/

Linux Identity Magazine: Ubuntu Family

http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/index.php

On Distributions, Kubuntu, and KDE

http://weblog.obso1337.org/2008/on-distributions-kubuntu-and-kde/

Meeting Summaries

Mobile Team

  • Brutally hack contacts to build a -hildon package Wink ;) . Requires review.

  • On pursuing an acpid cleanup quest we found a module-init-tools bug: modprobe --all foobar would exit 0, but not with --quiet in the flags; the conclusion from this is that initramfs-tools was leaking a lot of environment vars, including MODPROBE_OPTIONS.
  • Tested new python ubuntu-vm-builder and discovered a bunch of small regressions; provided bzr branches for some features and fixed most issues; thanks to Nick for fixing lpia mirror detection!
  • Experimented with use of xdm as a display manager for -MID. Initial results were positive. This will become a spec for Jaunty.
  • Initial filtering of packages to be removed from the archive as part of Moblin 1.0 EOL and general cleanup from gutsy/hardy Mobile efforts.
  • Tried unsuccessfully to find good ways to identify packages that have lpia-specific compilation. Suggestions would be welcome
  • bootstrapped an initial build system based on mojo and built an initial kernel based on the linux-omap tree - rolled the image and published it for intrested developers to help getting ARM ready in the archive.

Japanese Team

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Server Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

QA Team Meeting

Platform Team Meeting

  • Start: 22:00 UTC
  • End: 23:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

  • Start: 12:00 UTC
  • End: 13:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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Credits

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  • Nick Ali
  • John Crawford
  • Craig A. Eddy

  • Kenny McHenry

  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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