Issue41

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #41 for the week May 13th - May 19th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-May/000292.html

  • The CC agenda will be frozen one day before meetings for general items and just before the meetings for locoteams and member candidates

  • The UbuntuMediaCenterTeam has been blessed with official recognition

New Members

New submission email address, also add to feedback section and template.

LoCo News

  • The US DC, Catalan and Argentina teams are welcomed as official LoCoTeams

This Week's Quiz

Thanks to the UbuntuTrivia Team, we had another exciting quiz this week.

Quizmaster

Champion

Sponsor

Prize

Upcoming for next week:

Sponsor

Prize

More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTrivia

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.

For more info on prizes, donating, quizzes and giving quizzes see the above link.

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

In The Press

Alison Hunt, at Motley Fool, says that for most people who just use their computers for email, surfing the web, and photo management, a fast machine with Windows Vista is not necessary. There are free alternatives to Windows like Ubuntu and installing it is painless. Since Ubuntu comes with Evolution, Firefox, Open Office, F-Spot, and Rhythmbox, the user is ready to go. Alison likes that Ubuntu promises to remain free and will not charge for upgrades. Read the full article: http://www.fool.co.uk/news/money-saving-tips/household-bills/2007/05/15/kit-out-a-pc-for-free!.aspx

James Bannan, at APC Magazine, provides a tutorial on how to install Ubuntu anddual boot with Windows XP. James provides screenshots as he walks through loading the Live CD and running the installer to set the default language, time zone, keyboard layout, and user account. He continues with partitioning the disk and modifying GRUB to change the default operating system and boot menu timeout. James calls GRUB "an excellent and highly flexible bootloader." Read the full article at: http://apcmag.com/6101/dualboot_windows_xp_and_ubuntu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk92zMa84aU which is the show on http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=18&FeatureID=201

In The Blogosphere

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=406

http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1053

http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/05/ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-lamp-server.html

http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/linux/review_ubuntu_studio_704

Meetings and Events

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Xubuntu Developers Meeting

Georgia US LoCo meeting

Catalan LoCo meeting

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Technical Board Meeting

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Edubuntu Meeting

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Ubuntu Development Team Meeting

  • Start: 20:00
  • End: 22:00
  • Location: #ubuntu-meeting

Community Spotlight

Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, and 7.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

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/HelpingWithBugs

Check out the bug statistics: 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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