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== Changes In Fiesty == == Changes In Feisty == 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ...

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Scribes Team forming

Jeremy Austin-Bardo (Ausimage) and Chris Oattes (Seeker`) are forming the Ubuntu Scribes Team. This team will work to improve the process of publishing timely and effective summaries of Ubuntu-related meetings. They are planning a meeting for February 5th, 2007 at 8 pm UTC in #ubuntu-meeting. Anyone interested in sharing their ideas or helping should drop by.

Ubuntu Support Team

The Support Team focuses on providing free support to the Ubuntu users. Ubuntu is getting more users every day, and all those users will probably need help at some point. Another goal of ours is organizing the support, so that users can get quality help fast. We will work with the different teams to identify the common usability problems in Ubuntu.

To get involved, join our team on Launchpad at http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-helpteam and our mailing list at http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-helpteam

Ubuntu IRC Channels Statistics

UbuntuStats is a project lead by Tiago Faria (gouki) and aims to create IRC channels statistics parsed from IRSSI logs. The project is headquarted at http://www.UbuntuStats.HomeLinux.org and is currently monitoring 17 Ubuntu, and derivative, channels.

Ubuntu Wiki Weekend

First initiated by K.Mandla on Ubuntuforums (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=319989), another special Wiki Weekend was held on January 20-21 2007 to keep the documentation up to date with Ubuntu moving so fast (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiTeam/WikiWeekend).

Keep up with what has been going on here : http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341385

The Documentation Team still needs your help on a day-to-day basis. To contribute, please read the WikiGuide, and contact the Documentation Team on IRC at #ubuntu-doc on irc.freenode.net or on their mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc.

LoCo News

This Week's Quiz

Thanks to the UbuntuTrivia Team, headed by Alexandre Vassalotti, we had another exciting quiz this week.

Quizmaster

Alexandre Vassalotti

Champion

Travis Watkins

Sponsor

Jason Ribeiro

Prize

Ubuntu Stickers (Substitute Prize)

Upcoming for next week:

Sponsor

Ubuntu Germany (Julius Bloch)

Prize

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) DVD Edition.

To participate in the quiz, join #ubuntu-trivia on irc.freenode.net on Friday and/or Saturday UTC-nights - the topic will usually tell you when the next quiz is scheduled.

To give a quiz, contact Alexandre Vassalotti (theCore) - we will probably find you a spot.

To donate a prize, please contact Jenda Vančura (jenda) - your generosity is appreciated. The generic prize is an Ubuntu Poster ($5 value).

The quiz usually has a theme, and the quizmaster will sometimes tell you what the theme of the quiz will be. If not, you can always bribe him/her. By winning the quiz and foregoing the prize, you donate it for the next quiz. This is especially appreciated if you are a frequent winner.

Changes In Feisty

linpopup 1.2.0-8.1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: net on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:15:47 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> 
        linpopup   - X Window System port of Winpopup, running over Samba
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


thunar 0.5.0svn+r24382-0ubuntu1
 Component: main Section: x11 on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:49:28 +0100 by Gauvain Pocentek <gauvainpocentek@ubuntu.com> 
        libthunar-vfs-1-2 - VFS abstraction used in thunar
        libthunar-vfs-1-dev - Development files for libthunar-vfs
        thunar     - File Manager for Xfce
 LINKS:
        http://thunar.xfce.org
        http://packages.ubuntu.com

lybniz 1.3-1
 Component: universe Section: math on Fri,  12 Jan 2007 11:05:05 +0000 by Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee@gmail.com> 
        lybniz     - mathematical function graph plotter
 LINKS:
        http://lybniz2.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


bibletime 1.6.2.dfsg-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: kde on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:57:29 +0100 by Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com> 
        bibletime  - A bible study tool for KDE
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


dovecot 1.0.rc17-1ubuntu1
 Component: main Section: mail on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:32:43 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        dovecot-common - secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes
        dovecot-imapd - secure IMAP server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes
        dovecot-pop3d - secure POP3 server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


smart 0.50~rc1-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: admin on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:20:42 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        smartpm    - An alternative package manager that works with dpkg/rpm
        smartpm-core - An alternative package manager that works with dpkg/rpm
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


sonata 0.9-1
 Component: universe Section: sound on Fri,  12 Jan 2007 10:42:18 +0000 by William Grant <william.grant@ubuntu.org.au> 
        sonata     - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon
 LINKS:
        http://sonata.berlios.de/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


scanerrlog 2.01-4ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: admin on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:17:35 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        scanerrlog - Generate summaries from Apache error logs
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


telepathy-gabble 0.5.0-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: net on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:53:54 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> 
        telepathy-gabble - Jabber/XMPP connection manager
 LINKS:
        http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


pyneighborhood 0.4-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: net on Mon,  8 Jan 2007 01:48:14 -0400 by Cody A.W. Somerville <cody-somerville@ubuntu.com> 
        pyneighborhood - An SMB network browser for Linux and X11 written in Python
 LINKS:
        http://pyneighborhood.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


pure-ftpd 1.0.21-6ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: net on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:21:33 +0100 by Lionel Porcheron <lionel@alveonet.org> 
        pure-ftpd  - Pure-FTPd FTP server
        pure-ftpd-common - Pure-FTPd FTP server (Common Files)
        pure-ftpd-ldap - Pure-FTPd FTP server with LDAP user authentication
        pure-ftpd-mysql - Pure-FTPd FTP server with MySQL user authentication
        pure-ftpd-postgresql - Pure-FTPd FTP server with PostgreSQL user authentication
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


opensync 0.19-1.2ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: libs on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:48:11 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        libopensync0 - Synchronisation framework for email/pdas/and more
        libopensync0-dbg - Debug symbols for libopensync0
        libopensync0-dev - Headers and static libraries for libopensync
        opensyncutils - Command line utilities for libopensync
        python-opensync - Python bindings to the opensync synchronisation engine
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


fetchmail 6.3.6-1ubuntu1
 Component: main Section: mail on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:24:22 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        fetchmail  - SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
        fetchmailconf - fetchmail configurator
 LINKS:
        http://www.fetchmail.info
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


doodle 0.6.6-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: utils on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:13:22 +0100 by Adrien Cunin <adri2000@gmail.com> 
        doodle     - Desktop Search Engine (client)
        doodled    - Desktop Search Engine (daemon)
        libdoodle-dev - Desktop Search Engine (development)
        libdoodle1 - Desktop Search Engine (library)
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


plplot 5.6.1-10ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: math on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:38:13 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        libcsiro0  - Scientific plotting library
        libplplot-c++9c2 - Scientific plotting library
        libplplot-dev - Scientific plotting library (development files)
        libplplot-fortran9 - Scientific plotting library
        libplplot9 - Scientific plotting library
        octave-plplot - Octave support for PLplot, a plotting library
        plplot-bin - Scientific plotting library (utilities)
        plplot-doc - Documentation for PLplot, a plotting library
        plplot-tcl - Tcl/Tk support for PLplot, a plotting library
        plplot-tcl-dev - Tcl/Tk development support for PLplot, a plotting library
        plplot9-driver-gd - Scientific plotting library (GD driver)
        plplot9-driver-gnome2 - Scientific plotting library (Gnome Canvas Widget driver)
        plplot9-driver-psttf - Scientific plotting library (PostScript with Unicode support)
        plplot9-driver-wxwidgets - Scientific plotting library (wxWidgets driver)
        plplot9-driver-xwin - Scientific plotting library (X11 driver)
        python-plplot - Python support for PLplot, a plotting library
 LINKS:
        http://www.plplot.org
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


gwhois 20070112ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: net on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:32:30 +0100 by Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com> 
        gwhois     - generic Whois Client / Server
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


roundup 1.2.1-5ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: web on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:14:39 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        roundup    - an issue-tracking system
 LINKS:
        http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


gnomescan 0.4.0.2-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: gnome on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:31:33 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> 
        flegita    - Gnome scan utility
        flegita-gimp - Gnome Gimp scan plugin.
        gnomescan  - Gnome Scan Infrastructure
        libgnomescan-common - Gnome scan widgets library
        libgnomescan-dev - Gnome scan access library
        libgnomescan-doc - Gnome scan access library
        libgnomescan0 - Gnome scan access library
        libgnomescanui-common - Gnome scan widgets library
        libgnomescanui-dev - Gnome Scan Infrastructure
        libgnomescanui-doc - Gnome scan widgets library
        libgnomescanui0 - Gnome scan widgets library
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com



capisuite 0.4.5-6ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: comm on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:40:28 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        capisuite  - easy fax and voice box solution for ISDN/CAPI capable devices
 LINKS:
        http://www.capisuite.de/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


pathological 1.1.3-8ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: games on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:39:06 -0500 by Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> 
        pathological - puzzle game involving paths and marbles
 LINKS:
        http://pathological.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


duplicity 0.4.2-10.1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: utils on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:19:41 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        duplicity  - encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


releaseforge 1.1-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: devel on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:25:48 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        releaseforge - alternative to SourceForge's File Release System (FRS)
 LINKS:
        http://releaseforge.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


mysql-query-browser 1.2.5beta-3ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: misc on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:36:52 +0100 by Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com> 
        mysql-query-browser - Official GUI tool to query MySQL database
        mysql-query-browser-common - Architecture independent files for MySQL Query Browser
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


acct 6.4~pre1-3ubuntu1
 Component: main Section: admin on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:29:51 +0000 by ville palo <vi64pa@gmail.com> 
        acct       - The GNU Accounting utilities for process and login accounting
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


phpsysinfo 2.5.2-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: web on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:00:58 +0100 by Adrien Cunin <adri2000@gmail.com> 
        phpsysinfo - PHP based host information
 LINKS:
        http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


cdbs 0.4.48ubuntu1
 Component: main Section: devel on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:04:23 +0100 by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> 
        cdbs       - common build system for Debian packages
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


gfaim 0.30-0ubuntu1
 Component: multiverse Section: misc on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:46:23 +0100 by Albin Tonnerre <lut1n.tne@gmail.com> 
        gfaim      - A small utility that allows you to find quickly a lot of recipes
        gfaim-data - A utility that allows you to find lots of recipes written in Fren
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


lighttpd 1.4.13-9ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: web on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:38:05 +0100 by Adrien Cunin <adri2000@gmail.com> 
        lighttpd   - A fast webserver with minimal memory footprint
        lighttpd-doc - Documentation for lighttpd
        lighttpd-mod-cml - Cache meta language module for lighttpd
        lighttpd-mod-magnet - Control the request handling module for lighttpd
        lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost - MySQL-based virtual host configuration for lighttpd
        lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl - Anti-deep-linking module for lighttpd
        lighttpd-mod-webdav - WebDAV module for lighttpd
 LINKS:
        http://www.lighttpd.net
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


gaphor 0.8.1-5ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: devel on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:43:16 -0500 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com> 
        gaphor     - UML modeling tool
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com

gnuradio 3.0.2-2
 Component: universe Section: comm on Fri,  12 Jan 2007 13:37:07 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> 
        gnuradio   - Software Defined Radio
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com

soundkonverter 0.3-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: kde on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:07:49 +0100 by Luka Renko <lure@ubuntu.com> 
        soundkonverter - KDE frontend to various audio converters
 LINKS:
        http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29024
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


marble 0.2-2
 Component: universe Section: misc on Fri,  12 Jan 2007 12:49:58 +0000 by Jordan Mantha <jordan@laserjock.us> 
        marble     - generic geographical map widget
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


config-manager 0.3-3ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: devel on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:42:59 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        config-manager - manage directories with Arch, CVS, HTTP, FTP and/or Subversion
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


driconf 0.9.0-2ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: x11 on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:41:26 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        driconf    - DRI configuration applet
 LINKS:
        http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


clamtk 2.27-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: utils on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:54:38 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> 
        clamtk     - graphical front-end for ClamAV
 LINKS:
        http://clamtk.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com



catfish 0.1-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: utils on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:54:55 -0400 by Cody A.W. Somerville <cody-somerville@ubuntu.com> 
        catfish    - A file search tool that support several different engines
 LINKS:
        http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=catfish
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


hubackup 0.0.7
 Component: universe Section: admin on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:44:47 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        hubackup   - Concise and easy to use backup application for the desktop user
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


sqlite3 3.3.10-0ubuntu1
 Component: main Section: misc on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:28:46 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        lemon      - The Lemon Parser Generator
        libsqlite3-0 - SQLite 3 shared library
        libsqlite3-dev - SQLite 3 development files
        libsqlite3-tcl - SQLite 3 TCL bindings
        sqlite3    - A command line interface for SQLite 3
        sqlite3-doc - SQLite 3 documentation
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


kvm 11-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: misc on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:44:27 -0500 by Kyle McMartin <kyle@ubuntu.com> 
        kvm        - Full virtualization on x86 hardware
        kvm-source - Source for the kvm driver
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


refit 0.7-3ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: admin on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:47:50 +0000 by Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> 
        gptsync-udeb - MBR/GPT synchronization tool
        refit      - graphical bootloader for EFI-based ia32 systems
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


synopsis 0.9-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: devel on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:41:10 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        libsynopsis8 - The runtime library for Synopsis
        libsynopsis8-dev - The runtime library for Synopsis (development files)
        synopsis   - A Source-code Introspection Tool
        synopsis-doc - Documentation for synopsis
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


kftpgrabber 0.8.0-0ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: kde on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:19:58 +0100 by Anthony Mercatante <tonio@ubuntu.com> 
        kftpgrabber - KDE FTP client
 LINKS:
        http://kftpgrabber.sourceforge.net/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


icewm 1.2.30-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: x11 on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:09:23 +0100 by Lionel Porcheron <lionel@alveonet.org> 
        icewm      - wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
        icewm-common - wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
        icewm-experimental - wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
        icewm-gnome-support - GNOME support files for IceWM
        icewm-lite - wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window manager
 LINKS:
        http://packages.ubuntu.com


pastescript 1.0-1ubuntu1
 Component: universe Section: python on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:18:02 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> 
        python-pastescript - serving web applications, creating file layouts for python packag
 LINKS:
        http://www.pythonpaste.org/script/
        http://packages.ubuntu.com

In The Press

Meetings and Events

Technical Board 2007-01-16

This meeting of the Technical Board Meeting could not be held due to a lack of quorum, primarily as a result of linux.conf.au. An additional meeting may be scheduled during the week of 2007-01-22/26 (watch ubuntu-devel-announce), otherwise it will resume as scheduled on 2007-01-30.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Fiesty Developer Sprint
  • End: 23:59
  • Start: 2007-01-22 09:00
  • End: 2007-01-26 23:59
  • Location: Oslo, Norway

Friday, January 26, 2007

Fiesty Developer Sprint
  • End: 23:59
  • Start: 2007-01-22 09:00
  • End: 2007-01-26 23:59
  • Location: Oslo, Norway

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Technical Board Meeting

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Edubuntu Meeting

Xubuntu Meeting

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Ubuntu Development Team Meeting
  • Start: 21:00
  • End: 23:00
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

Community Spotlight

Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Bug Stats

  • Open (21098) +/- # over last week
  • Critical (22) +/- # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (10607) +/- # over last week
  • Unassigned (15949) +/- # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (72617) +/- # over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs

Check out the bug statistics: [WWW] http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/

Infamous Bugs

UWN #: A sneak peek

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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