Issue123
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #123 for the week December 21st - January 3rd, 2008. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
Notifications, indicators, and alerts
Mark Shuttleworth goes into a more in-depth look at notifications, including a brief video example of their use. There are 2 key proposals that they are addressing:
- There should be no actions on notifications.
- Notifications should not be displayed synchronously, but may be queued. Our implementation of the notification display daemon will display only one notification at a time, others may do it differently.
With that as the basic premise, he explains in general how they are going about it, and why. He also mentions that this is being done in conjunction with dialog with representatives of GNOME and KDE and the interest of OEM partners, and is based on the freedesktop.org method of notification. Not only is the article interesting and informative, but the long list of feedback comments display constructive thought concerning this proposal. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/253
Making LoCo Teams Rock
Jono Bacon has a few things he'd like to see done, to help new teams achieve approved status and help existing teams to be more productive.
Database the list of LoCo teams - This would improve data mining, help keep a current persepctive on the LoCo community and make it easier for new members to find the nearest team to join.
- Education - His suggestion is to hold an Open Week style event to improve how great teams can better educate new teams by passing on best practices and great experience.
Contacts and messaging - The ability to share stories, experiences and tips through blogs, articles, YouTube and anywhere else one can attract eyeballs.
Read more at: http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/12/30/making-loco-teams-rock/
Planet Ubuntu and Corporate Blogs
A proposal is being raised to include Corporate blogs on Planet Ubuntu. Of course there would be guidelines, such as no advertising, Community Council oversight, and an employee with Ubuntu membership as the responsible person for the blog entry. Other guidelines also exist. See them all at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PlanetUbuntu/CorporateBlogs
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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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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/
LoCo News
http://milocasagrande.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/ubuntu-live-on-tv-uds-and/, video of the interview at http://www.ubuntu-it.org/media/romauno.avi
http://www.screenage.de/blog/2008/12/17/ubuntu-berlin-review-of-2008/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReporting#ENIS (the Dec. 2008 events only please)
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
12 Days of Launchpad
Day one: announcements - http://news.launchpad.net/12-days-of-launchpad/twelve-days-of-launchpad-announcements
Day two: sprints & meetings - http://news.launchpad.net/12-days-of-launchpad/day-two-sprints-and-meetings
Day three: marking bugs as fixed from within Bazaar - http://news.launchpad.net/12-days-of-launchpad/day-three-marking-bugs-as-fixed-from-within-bazaar
Day four: mentoring - http://news.launchpad.net/12-days-of-launchpad/day-four-mentoring
Day five: the bug commenters - http://news.launchpad.net/12-days-of-launchpad/day-five-the-bug-commenters-header
Look for more of the 12 days of Launchpad here: http://news.launchpad.net/
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-9-04-Alpha-2-Screenshot-Tour-100524.shtml
http://www.e-linux.it/news_detail.php?id=7366
In The Blogosphere
http://www.workswithu.com/2008/12/22/ubuntu-enrolls-at-cornell-college/
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/The-Win-Fail-and-Meh-of-Open-Source-in-2008--/features/112305 (concentrate on the paragraph about Ubuntu only please)
http://jbunbury.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/the-beauty-of-ubuntu-or-the-adaptability-of-kids/
http://www.omninerd.com/comments/21356
In Other News
Full Circle Magazine: Issue 20
- Command and Conquer - The Daunting Terminal.
How-To : Program in C - Part 4, Web Development - Part 1, Backup & Sync Your Music.
- My Story - Making Money With FOSS
- Book Review - Ubuntu Kung Fu
- My Opinion - Italy Speaks OSS
- MOTU Interview - Andrea Colangelo
- Top 5 - Backup Solutions
Don’t forget to take the FCM reader survey at: http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/e78bdf
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-20/
"I'm Linux" ad competition
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12/22/i-am-linux-ad-competition-launched/1
First Look: Linux Kernel 2.6.28 released
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
UWN #: A sneak peek
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