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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 73 for the week January 6th - January 12th, 2008. In this issue:

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Hardy Alpha 3 released

Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Hardy development cycle. Alpha 3 includes several new features that are ready for large-scale testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/alpha3 for information on changes in Ubuntu and https://wiki.kubuntu.org/HardyHeron/Alpha3/Kubuntu for changes in Kubuntu. See: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-January/000367.html

Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course - IT's HERE!!

OK folks the long awaited Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course is ready, waiting and all yours for the taking! Thanks to all the community members who slogged over writing, reviewing, editing, proof reading and fixing the layout. This is just the beginning of the project which we hope will live and evolve with each new Ubuntu release. Yours to develop, enhance and branch off to your heart's content! There are 10 lessons in total with the last lesson covering Partitioning and Booting optional. The course is modular - 2 days if all lessons are covered however, topics and lessons can be selected as required. There are 2 versions of the course: an Instructor Guide, and a student guide. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-training-support/2007-December/000077.html

Be Free with KDE 4.0

The KDE 4 series has begun with the release of 4.0. It is the start of something amazing. Packages are available for 7.10 (Gutsy) and our development Hardy version. They install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be installed alongside your existing KDE 3. If you want to test KDE 4 without installing packages: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/gutsy/kde4/. Follow the link below for the instructions on how to install the latest and greatest KDE 4.0 http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php

New Member

  • Jussi Schultink is a contributor of packages for ubuntu universe, Launchpad Beta Tester, Launchpad Beta Testers, and Ubuntu IRC operator team. He is also active in the Ubuntu Studio Project, and Cinelerra, a audio/video authoring tool. https://edge.launchpad.net/~jussi01

New MOTU

  • After rocking work in the MOTU team, with a particular preference for GNOME- and gstreamer-related packages, [https://launchpad.net/~pochu Emilio Pozuelo Monfort] was deemed a great addition to the MOTU team. Warm welcome to the team!

  • We have another Italian MOTU to announce. [https://launchpad.net/~micheleangrisano Michele Angrisano] put a lot of work into merges and Universe fixes and just joined the team!

  • [http://launchpad.net/~shermann Stephan Hermann] put a lot of work into his MOTU comeback. After lots of Security work and other Universe uploads he is back in the team.

MOTU Council Election

In yesterday's Community Council meeting the new process for the election of Team Council members was agreed on. It's documented on the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil/Delegation page. Andrew Mitchell and Daniel T. Chen both have left the MOTU Council, both had been on the council from the very beginning and their work and experience shaped the MOTU Council of today. The Council is looking for two new members. If you are a MOTU and you think you have what it takes to:

  • approve new MOTU members
  • resolve conflict in the team
  • help to shape new and better ways of working together
  • help to keep a friendly and productive atmosphere in the team

mail a member of the Moto Council at https://launchpad.net/~motu-council/+members and let them know. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-January/024927.html

Hug Day - 16 January 2008

The second hug day of the new year, on Wednesday, January 16th, will be targeting on Open Office. There are currently about 300 New bug reports regarding Open Office and we will be focusing on reducing that number. We'll do this by following up with reporters, documenting test cases, confirming bug reports and tagging bugs based on their sub-component. The event will be held in #ubuntu-bugs on Freenode. The list of targeted bugs and tasks is posted at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20080116 Our goal is to deal with all of the bugs on that list. So on 16 January 2008, in all timezones, we'll be meeting in #ubuntu-bugs on irc.freenode.net for another Ubuntu Hug Day.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-January/134271.html

LoCo News

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2008-January/002957.html (maybe move up)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2008-January/002971.html

Ubuntu Forum News

Ubuntu Forums Interview

popch is a Swiss government IT department head with more than 30 years of programming and computer experience. Being a volunteer for a local housing cooperative, is also a valuable, helpful and knowledgeable community member. Read more here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/an-interview-with-popch/

Tutorial of the Week

The tutorial of the week for Jan. 7, 2008 is PmDematagoda's explanation of the Magic SysRq keys -- and how to use them to recover your system, if it becomes unresponsive. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=617349

Learn about the key sequences, and how to safely use them, in the tutorial.

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

http://koplowicz.com/?p=462

http://blog.nethazard.net/2008/01/11/kde4-with-ubuntu-gutsy-first-impressions/

http://www.venturecake.com/why-ubuntu-804-needs-better-marketing/

In Other News

  • Driver-Free Car Runs Ubuntu Linux - At CES, Michael Larabel has spotted a very interesting car: the driver-less Carnegie Mellon vehicle. And it runs Ubuntu!! Sponsors include Google, NetApp, and Intel, and this car won this year's DARPA challenge. "This automated vehicle uses a dozen Intel Core 2 processors, but at the bottom of the software stack is Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake" Linux. Ubuntu 6.06 was chosen for being an LTS (Long Term Support) release. Perhaps next year's vehicle will be running Ubuntu 8.04?" http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjI3NA

Meetings and Events

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Edubuntu meeting

  • Start: 12:00 UTC
  • End: 14:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Desktop Team Development Meeting

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

  • Agenda: Beyond the normal reporting by each team member, additional agenda items will be listed on the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting Meeting wikipage].

Friday, January 18, 2008

MOTU Meeting

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Chicago Ubuntu LoCo Meeting

  • Start: 13:00 US/Central
  • End: 15:00 US/Central

  • Location: 2nd floor, Institute of Design, 125 N, LaSalle St. Chicago, Illinois

  • Agenda: The meeting is in conjunction with the Chicago GNU/Linux Users Group.

Community Spotlight

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Bug Stats

  • Open (38966) +190 # over last week
  • Critical (18) -1 # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (19902) +82 # over last week
  • Unassigned (29386) +267 # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (144859) +1410 # 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. Spanish (12476) -113 # over last week
  2. French (37728) +/-0 # over last week
  3. Swedish (49184) +/-0 # over last week
  4. English-UK (26764) -783 # over last week
  5. German (66656) +/-0 # over last week

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

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Conclusion

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See you next week!

Credits

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Glossary of Terms

  • CES - Consumer Electronics Show

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