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| IT Wire's Hamish Taylor downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR) and installed it on his Asus Eee PC 901. The entire install process took about 30 minutes and then he rebooted into the new system. UNR booted very quickly and was quite responsive. Considering the system requirements for Windows 7, Taylor was interested to find out what the disk and RAM usage of UNR was. The results are rather interesting. /home (where user related files are) used 153 MB, while / (root – where the system files are) used 2.34 GB. | IT Wire's Hamish Taylor downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR) and installed it on his Asus Eee PC 901. The entire install process took about 30 minutes and then he rebooted into the new system. UNR booted very quickly and was quite responsive. Considering the system requirements for Windows 7, Taylor was interested to find out what the disk and RAM usage of UNR was. The results are rather interesting. /home (where user related files are) used 153 MB, while / (root – where the system files are) used 2.34 GB. |
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| ==== Attendees ==== * Matt Zimmerman * Colin Watson * Scott James Remnant (chair) ==== Topics covered in the Minutes ==== * Codecs in ffmpeg * ubuntu-drivers * Archive Reorganisation * Debian Maintainer Field * Security Support * Package set creation process |
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==== Topics covered in the Minutes ==== * High Availability Team * Features for karmic * a webmail in main * Merges * evolution mapi plugin * Agree on next meeting date and time * Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 * Time: 15:00 UTC * Locaation: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting |
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week May 3rd - May 9th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
Personal Package Archives(PPAs) session
Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) led a session on Personal Package Archives (PPAs) on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 06:00 UTC in IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom. This session was about how to share the packages that you create with other users. http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/personal-package-archives-ppas/
Monthly BugSquad Meeting: May 12th
The BugSquad will hold it's first monthly meeting this Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at 16:00 UTC in IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting. The proposed agenda for the meeting can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Meeting . Everyone is invited to discuss how to improve the Team and actions. Topics that you feel important can be added to the agenda. Due to time factors, some topics may not be addressed at this meeting. It is also possible that, if the meeting runs over, it may be moved to #ubuntu-bugs. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000541.html
MOTU Council News
- After some great work on the Ibus input method packages (among other things), Li Daobing joined the Contributing Developers.
- The MOTU Council unanimously decided to recommend James Westby for Core Developer membership.
Jo Shields' work in Ubuntu's and Debian's Mono world paid off: Jo joined 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 Jaunty
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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- Language (#) +/- # over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/
# NEEDS UPDATING. # #=== 5-a-day bug stats === # #==== Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days ==== # # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # #==== Top 5 teams for the past 7 days ==== # # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # #5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
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Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
LoCo News
Chișinău Jaunty Release Party
http://stas.nerd.ro/index.php/read/490
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Release Party Photos
http://ubuntupennsylvania.org/?p=41
Ubuntu-ZA LoCo discs have arrived
http://jonathancarter.co.za/2009/05/07/ubuntu-za-loco-discs-have-arrived/
The way to a new party for Jaunty Jackalope
http://kalon33.blogspot.com/2009/05/way-to-new-ubuntu-party-for-jaunty.html
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
What's a build score then?
Matthew Revell has posted the definition as well as links to further information. His definition is that the build score is the priority that Launchpad assigns to a particular build job. A further explanation can be seen at https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/BuildScores , and supporting links are to be found in his posting. http://blog.launchpad.net/ppa/whats-a-build-score-then
Ubuntu Forums News
The Planet
Michael Rooney: Counting the number of Ubuntu users
http://mrooney.blogspot.com/2009/05/counting-number-of-ubuntu-users.html
Dustin Kirkland: byobu 2.0 released
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/05/byobu-20-released-project-formerly.html
In The Press
The 14 best Linux Distros
Neil Bothwick of TechRadar reviews the fourteen best Linux distributions. Bothwick lists Ubuntu as "The most popular distro of all time... So far", and he says what appeals about Ubuntu so much is that it 'just works'. "You click the installer icon, answer a couple of questions and it takes care of the rest for you." He further notes that hardware detection is good, and it handled everything on the test laptop including the webcam that googling had indicated didn't work with Linux. Bothwick's list of reasons to use Ubuntu includes Ubunutu's simple, straightforward interface, Ubuntu's frequent and easy updates, and Ubuntu's strong developer and user community. http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/the-14-best-linux-distros-465771?artc_pg=3
ARM11 MIDs run Ubuntu
Chinese portable media player vendor SmartDevices is selling an ARM11-based mobile Internet device and larger 7-inch screen tablet device. Both the SmartQ 5 ($150) and SmartQ 7 ($190) devices run Ubuntu Linux, and offer WiFi and Bluetooth according to Chinese retailer EWorld. SmartDevices has formally announced the SmartQ 5 on its website, but has yet to tip the similar, but larger 7-inch SmartQ 7, which is being sold along with the 5-inch version at EWorld. Like the recently announced Routon P730 and P760 mobile internet devices from Chinese manufacturer Routon Electronic Co., the SmartQ devices are built around an ARM11-based Samsung S3C6410 system-on-chip clocked to 677MHz. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7369824937.html?kc=rss
Running Ubuntu 9.04 With Older Hardware
Michael Larabel of Phoronix tells us that Phoronix has tested out Ubuntu 9.04 quite extensively with a variety of different hardware and have delivered numerous benchmarks, but they had not looked closely at running the Jaunty Jackalope with older hardware. For testing they used a VIA Nehemiah processor clocked at 1GHz, a VIA VT8605-based motherboard, 512MB of system memory was installed, a 30GB Fujitsu MHT2030A IDE HDD was in use, and an integrated S3 86C380 ProSavageDDR K4M266 graphics adapter. Ubuntu 9.04 had booted significantly faster than Ubuntu 8.10, but when it came to the desktop performance with this VIA Nehemiah system with 512MB of system memory, the performance was close between the two most recent Ubuntu releases. In several tests Ubuntu 8.10 was faster than Ubuntu 9.04, but the leads were very small and would likely go unnoticed by the desktop user. The Ubuntu 9.04 desktop does remain usable when using this antiquated hardware. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_904_old&num=1
Review: ASUS EeePC 1000 HE
Jordan Spencer Cunningham of OS News decided it was time to get a new netbook, and he chose the Asus EeePC 1000 HE. One of the things he wanted to try out was the latest and greatest Ubuntu distribution in comparison with his last Ubuntu netbook experience. He was happy to find that the problems that he had on his old Acer Aspire One with 8.10 were completely nonexistent. The system was speedy with little wait, even with full graphics enabled and using OpenOffice.org and Firefox. The system worked flawlessly, and he was very pleased with the apparent improvements over 8.10. Jordan says, "If the desktop version works this well on the 1000 HE, then I can't wait to use the netbook remix." http://www.osnews.com/story/21433/Review_Asus_EeePC_1000_HE
The Ubuntu and ATI Blues
Computerworld resident cyber cynic Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols tells us that he likes Ubuntu 9.04 a lot, but ATI graphic drivers don't work and play well with it. This is especially annoying since, for a while there, ATI was working hand-in-glove with Linux and even ATI's proprietary drivers worked well with Linux. ATI has stopped keeping up with Linux though and the result is mediocre graphics performance. Canonical has been made aware of the problem, and hopefully they'll come up with a fix. Vaughan-Nichols says he's not holding his breath though. AMD/ATI is shrinking after years of losing money, and he doubts very much that Canonical, or all the Linux vendors together, will convince them that they need to support older chips and fix up their drivers. In Vaughan-Nichols' opinion, the moral of the story is that all drivers should be open-sourced. http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_ubuntu_and_ati_blues
There's Way More to Linux than Ubuntu: 8 Distros Compared
Maximum PC's Will Kraft tells us that yes, there is more to Linux than Ubuntu. There are many different types of Linux to choose from, and he has written a guide to shed more light on some of the more common distributions in use today. Kraft includes Ubuntu in his guide, and he notes that when most people think of Linux, Ubuntu comes to mind first and foremost. Ubuntu Linux has been specifically designed for beginners and advanced Linux users alike, and it has always been easy to install thanks to the “Ubiquity” installation tool. Ubuntu offers a very comprehensive library of software for a wide variety of purposes, and the level of support and assistance for Ubuntu is excellent. The bottom line is Ubuntu is an excellent distro and definitely deserves its good reputation. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/theres_way_more_linux_ubuntu_8_distros_compared?page=0,4
Ubuntu 9.04 UNR on Asus Eee PC 901: good and fast
IT Wire's Hamish Taylor downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR) and installed it on his Asus Eee PC 901. The entire install process took about 30 minutes and then he rebooted into the new system. UNR booted very quickly and was quite responsive. Considering the system requirements for Windows 7, Taylor was interested to find out what the disk and RAM usage of UNR was. The results are rather interesting. /home (where user related files are) used 153 MB, while / (root – where the system files are) used 2.34 GB. Positively miserly when compared to Windows 7 minimum requirements for a 16 GB disk! Hamish then checked memory stats and then started a number of programs before he gave up. "When you have 10 applications open at the same time and you're still using less than 50% of the available RAM, you know something is going well." The final result is a fast booting, good looking Netbook. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24861/1162/
In The Blogosphere
Five Must Try Linux Distros
http://www.blogpirate.org/2009/05/04/5-must-try-linux-distros/ (NOTE: concentrate on Ubuntu only)
Is Ubuntu elitist?
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/06/is-ubuntu-elitist/
Ubuntu 9.04 on an 8510P Compaq Laptop
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/tonyhughes/6476
10 Reasons Ubuntu is a big failure in India
http://agnipulse.com/2009/05/10-reasons-why-ubuntu-is-a-big-failure-in-india/
Why Ubuntu should embrace Wine
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/07/why-ubuntu-should-embrace-wine/
In Other News
Ubuntu Podcast #27
Portable Ubuntu, Windows live together in Perfect Harmony
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/67016.html
Meeting Summaries
Technical Board Meeting: May 5th
Attendees
- Matt Zimmerman
- Colin Watson
- Scott James Remnant (chair)
Topics covered in the Minutes
- Codecs in ffmpeg
- ubuntu-drivers
- Archive Reorganisation
- Debian Maintainer Field
- Security Support
- Package set creation process
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000536.html
Ubuntu Server Team Meeting: May 5th
Topics covered in the Minutes
- High Availability Team
- Features for karmic
- a webmail in main
- Merges
- evolution mapi plugin
- Agree on next meeting date and time
- Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
- Time: 15:00 UTC
- Locaation: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/server-team-20090505-meeting-minutes/
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
UWN #: A sneak peek
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