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| == The 6.06 point release == Colin Watson and the rest of the Ubuntu Development Team have prepared and released for the upcoming Ubuntu 6.06.1 point release. This is a first of what is likely to be several security and updates rollups that are going to be released during the 6.06 support lifecycle. If you are already running 6.06, there is no need to download this and install it, as your machine should already have all the security and updates already installed. This is a good time to make certain you are getting security updates... == Welcoming Jono Bacon, the new Ubuntu community manager == With the exit of Jeff Waugh comes the entrance of Jono Bacon, recently hired by Canonical to be the Ubuntu Community Manager. (community manager, prononuced koo-moon-ity man-ager, it is Swahili for "herder of felines"). While we here at UWN are not quite sure what he is going to be doing, we are pleased to have him aboard. He has impeccable credientals, working on such high-brow shows as Lugradio and such software as Jokosher, which has been in use for literally ages. == Educating Ubuntu users and developers == === Upcoming MOTU School Session === Have you always wanted to learn about development in Ubuntu? Now you can enter the world of packaging and development in Ubuntu with this IRC lecture on "Ubuntu packaging basics" presented by raging Ubuntu-aholic MOTU [https://launchpad.net/people/mantha/ JordanMantha (LaserJock)], to be held at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2006&month=8&day=11&hour=01&min=0&sec=0 August 11 01:00 UTC] in #ubuntu-motu-school on irc.freenode.net. More information is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School |
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USN-333-1 libwmf vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-333-1 |
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| Don't forget quick installation notes, enable extra repository, package name, use g-a-i where possible, etc... | The ever busy Sebastian Bacher and Daniel Holbach, the former described by the GNOME hackers as sebuild (a play on their jhbuild, which is used to build bleeding edge GNOME) have finished uploading '''GNOME 2.15.91''', otherwise known as Beta 2. GNOME 2.16, of which these are the betas, is scheduled to be release on September 6th. Chuck Short has been busy packaging '''Xen''' for Ubuntu and has recently uploaded support for amd64. Don't forget quick installation notes, instructions for enabling extra repositories, using g-a-i when possible, etc... |
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| == Ubuntu == | Aside from the 6.06.1 point release, there were no updates to 6.06 this week. |
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| == Kubuntu == | == Summer of Code Updates == |
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| Ubuntu was awarded 22 projects as part of Google's Summer of Code. We covered two last week, but here is the lastest information about how two more projects are doing: | |
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| == Edubuntu == | '''Consiel''', a GNOME Launchpad front-end by Ploum: This application has been hit 0.1 and can read bugs. More information can be found on his blog at http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?116-conseil-01-grand-canal |
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| == Xubuntu == | '''py-education/amenity''' - A testing/quizzing system for Edubuntu by Ryan Rousseau: Formerly pyq, this has expanded to be py-education, a set of educational applications for the GNOME desktop, much as KDE-edu is for KDE. There are currently two applications being worked on, Amenity, an activity management system and Quizzical, a quiz management system. Both of these have had several releases. More information can be found at the py-education homepage: http://py-education.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page == Ubuntu specific news == == Kubuntu specific news == == Edubuntu specific news == == Xubuntu specific news == |
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== Upcoming meetings == Various groups and teams in the Ubuntu community hold meetings on a regular basis. These meetings are held in ''#ubuntu-meeting'' on ''irc.freenode.org'' and are open all. A complete schedule can also be found in that channel or on the [http://fridge.ubuntu.com Fridge calendar] The Ubuntu Development team has a meeting scheduled for The Kubuntu Development team has a meeting scheduled for The Edubuntu team has a meeting scheduled for |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue #9
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue #9 for the week of August 6 - 12, 2006.
You can always find this and other Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter
In This Issue
General Community News
The 6.06 point release
Colin Watson and the rest of the Ubuntu Development Team have prepared and released for the upcoming Ubuntu 6.06.1 point release. This is a first of what is likely to be several security and updates rollups that are going to be released during the 6.06 support lifecycle. If you are already running 6.06, there is no need to download this and install it, as your machine should already have all the security and updates already installed. This is a good time to make certain you are getting security updates...
Welcoming Jono Bacon, the new Ubuntu community manager
With the exit of Jeff Waugh comes the entrance of Jono Bacon, recently hired by Canonical to be the Ubuntu Community Manager. (community manager, prononuced koo-moon-ity man-ager, it is Swahili for "herder of felines"). While we here at UWN are not quite sure what he is going to be doing, we are pleased to have him aboard. He has impeccable credientals, working on such high-brow shows as Lugradio and such software as Jokosher, which has been in use for literally ages.
Educating Ubuntu users and developers
Upcoming MOTU School Session
Have you always wanted to learn about development in Ubuntu?
Now you can enter the world of packaging and development in Ubuntu with this IRC lecture on "Ubuntu packaging basics" presented by raging Ubuntu-aholic MOTU [https://launchpad.net/people/mantha/ JordanMantha (LaserJock)], to be held at [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2006&month=8&day=11&hour=01&min=0&sec=0 August 11 01:00 UTC] in #ubuntu-motu-school on irc.freenode.net.
More information is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School
Security Updates
USN-333-1 libwmf vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-333-1
New Apps in Edgy
The ever busy Sebastian Bacher and Daniel Holbach, the former described by the GNOME hackers as sebuild (a play on their jhbuild, which is used to build bleeding edge GNOME) have finished uploading GNOME 2.15.91, otherwise known as Beta 2. GNOME 2.16, of which these are the betas, is scheduled to be release on September 6th.
Chuck Short has been busy packaging Xen for Ubuntu and has recently uploaded support for amd64.
Don't forget quick installation notes, instructions for enabling extra repositories, using g-a-i when possible, etc...
Updates to 6.06 LTS
Aside from the 6.06.1 point release, there were no updates to 6.06 this week.
Summer of Code Updates
Ubuntu was awarded 22 projects as part of Google's Summer of Code. We covered two last week, but here is the lastest information about how two more projects are doing:
Consiel, a GNOME Launchpad front-end by Ploum: This application has been hit 0.1 and can read bugs. More information can be found on his blog at http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?116-conseil-01-grand-canal
py-education/amenity - A testing/quizzing system for Edubuntu by Ryan Rousseau: Formerly pyq, this has expanded to be py-education, a set of educational applications for the GNOME desktop, much as KDE-edu is for KDE. There are currently two applications being worked on, Amenity, an activity management system and Quizzical, a quiz management system. Both of these have had several releases. More information can be found at the py-education homepage: http://py-education.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Ubuntu specific news
Kubuntu specific news
Edubuntu specific news
Xubuntu specific news
Bug Stats
New Bugs: # BR Closed Bugs: #
Upcoming meetings
Various groups and teams in the Ubuntu community hold meetings on a regular basis. These meetings are held in #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.org and are open all. A complete schedule can also be found in that channel or on the [http://fridge.ubuntu.com Fridge calendar]
The Ubuntu Development team has a meeting scheduled for
The Kubuntu Development team has a meeting scheduled for
The Edubuntu team has a meeting scheduled for
In The Press
Feature Of The Week - ???
Additional News Resources
As always you can find more news and announcements at:
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Conclusion
Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. See you next week!
Credits
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Corey Burger
- Matt Galvin
- Jerome Gotangco
- Jonathan Riddell
- And many others of the Ubuntu Documentation and Marketing teams
Feedback
This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Team. Please feel free to contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email to ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com or by using any of the other methods on the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Contact Ubuntu Documentation Team Contact Information Page].
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