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 * We had an awful spam event this week. Some spammers posted malicious code in answers to new threads in the Absolute Beginners area. This code could lead to wiping the whole system out. Staff and members worked hard together to warn new users and remove all the offending posts. We are currently discussing Damage Control Mechanisms we can set up in light of this even.  * We had an awful spam event this week. Some spammers posted malicious code in answers to new threads in the Absolute Beginners area. This code could lead to wiping the whole system out. Staff and members worked hard together to warn new users and remove all the offending posts. We are currently discussing Damage Control Mechanisms we can set up in light of this event. 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #66 for the week November 4th - November 10th, 2007. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

MOTU

LoCo News

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forum News

Two interviews for this week's issue:

  • Taumosaur, a coder active in the Programming Talk area, is also a student and a musician. Read more here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/an-interview-with-tomosaur/

  • compiledkernel, Linux system administrator and developer in the day, UF moderator, Ubuntu Gamers Arena and Ubuntu Document Storage Facility driving force at night (or may be the other way aroud? W00t CK!!). The full interview is there: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/an-interview-with-compiledkernel/

  • We had an awful spam event this week. Some spammers posted malicious code in answers to new threads in the Absolute Beginners area. This code could lead to wiping the whole system out. Staff and members worked hard together to warn new users and remove all the offending posts. We are currently discussing Damage Control Mechanisms we can set up in light of this event.

In The Press

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3710641

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4230945.html

In The Blogosphere

http://www.softwarebattle.com/2007/11/12/10-reasons-why-you-need-to-download-ubuntu-right-now/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4230945.html

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8172133608.html

In Other News

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/2235200 maybe instead just mention the glowing reviews at http://www.walmart.com/catalog/allReviews.do?product_id=7754614

Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, and 7.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 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/BugSquad

Infamous Bugs

Translation Stats

  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 string to translate in Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

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Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Nick Ali
  • Isabelle Duchatelle
  • Your Name Here
  • And many others

RSS

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Feedback

If you would like to submit an idea or story you think is worth appearing on the UWN, please send them to ubuntu-marketing-submissions@lists.ubuntu.com. This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Marketing Team. Please feel free to contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email to ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com or by using any of the other methods on the Ubuntu Marketing Team Contact Information Page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam). If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send then ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com.

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