## page was renamed from UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue33/German ||<>|| ## This document contains numerous comments to help make getting ## involved with the UWN easy and to help set some guidelines/standards. ## By contributing, you understand that your contribution may be appended to, ## modified, deleted, moved, copied, and redistributed without further ## consultation. Please feel free to add comments to help explain changes ## and/or additions to the UWN to other editors. ## Final revision will be approved and mailed by Corey Burger (Burgundavia) ## or Cody A.W. Somerville (somerville32). ## For more information, please contact ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com or ## visit #ubuntu-marketing on irc.freenode.net ## Good Luck from Cody Somerville, Corey Burger, Melissa Dapper and Martin Albisetti. {{{ WORK IN PROGRESS }}} ## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list ## of the top articles in this release. Wilkommen zur Ausgabe 33 des Ubuntu Weekly Newsletters, für die Woche vom MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In dieser Ausgabe berichten wir... == In dieser Ausgabe == ## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets. ## Format: * ## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share == Allgemeine Community News == ## Make each article a subsection, via === ## These are big articles that don't fit within another section === Neu aufgenommene Ubuntu Mitglieder === * Gabor Suveg Gabor ist der Leiter des Ungarischen Übersetzungsteams und hat sich an der Organisation von vielen OSS Konferenzen beteiligt wo er auch selber Vorträge gehalten hat. So zum Beispiel an der ungarischen Ubuntu Konferenz 2006. Er organisiert die Feisty Presseausgabe in Budapest. https://launchpad.net/~gsuveg * Eric Lake Eric ist der Mitbegründer und Leiter von Kentucky LoCo und ein aktives Forummitglied. Er beabsichtigt ein Wohltätigkeitsprojekt ins Leben zu rufen, mit dem Ziel finanziell benachteiligten Menschen PC's zur Verfügung zu stellen. https://launchpad.net/~ericlake * Tiago Faria Tiago ist der Gründer und Verfasser des UbuntuWeblogs. Tiago ist Mitglied des portugiesischen Übersetzungsteams, unterstützt die Ubuntu-PT mailing list und übersetzt Dapper Drake. Er hält ebenso die portugiesische Übersetzung des UWN aktuell. https://launchpad.net/~gouki * Martin Albisetti Martin ist der Verfasser der UbuntuWeeklyNews sowie an weiteren Bemühungen des MarketingTeams beteiligt. Er gründete das Argentinische LoCo das er zur Zeit auch leitet und ist offizieller Spanischübersetzer. https://launchpad.net/~beuno * David Farning David started the MozillaTeam and DerivativeTeam. https://launchpad.net/~dfarning * Dave Murphy Dave is co-authoring the second edition of The Official Ubuntu Book. He has represented the UK Loco Team at the recent Linux World Expo in London. Dave is a member of Ubuntu English (United Kingdom) translation team and has contributed translations to Dapper and Feisty. https://launchpad.net/ * Morgan Collett Morgan was previously a launchpad developer and is currently working on making the SouthAfricanTeam more active. He is also hosting an Ubuntu Birds of a Feather discussion at the Digital Freedom Exposition in April. https://launchpad.net/~morgan * Cory Kontros Corey manages the UbuntuStudio project and is an active member of the forums. https://launchpad.net/~coryisatm/ TODO: add launchpad profiles and maybe a short summary of what they've done. === 7.04 Beta Released === Betas for Edubuntu, Kubuntu and Ubuntu are out https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FeistyFawn/Beta/Kubuntu https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FeistyFawn/Beta === kubuntu-de.org KDE 4 Interview === [[http://kubuntu-de.org|kubuntu-de.org]] hat Jonathan Riddell über die Auswirkungen von KDE 4 auf Kubuntu befragt. Zum Artikel:http://www.kubuntu-de.org/nachrichten/software/kde/kde4-und-kubuntu Zur englischen Version:http://www.kubuntu-de.org/interview-mit-riddell-zu-kde4-englisch == Ubuntu specific Google SoC News == ## Make each article a subsection, via === ## These are big articles that don't fit within another section == Student application deadline == The student application deadline is approaching; applications must be received by 5:00 PM Pacific time (12:00 AM UTC March 27, 2007). Further informations can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2007/Students == LoCo News == ## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name === ## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc. == Team News == === Albin Tonnerre join MOTU === https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-March/023438.html == Development News == === Matt Zimmerman summarises two months after the split of the development mailing list === https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-March/023335.html === New Bug tags, including Bite Size === Daniel Holbach has announced some new bug tags in Malone, including the "bitesize" one for very small tasks. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-March/000263.html === Feedback requested on nfs work === https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-March/023433.html === Testing requested on the new desktop-effects and restricted-manager === https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-March/023429.html === New Kernel Team bug trage policies == Ben Collins, lead of the Kernel Team, has announced new bug triage guidelines for the kernel https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-March/000265.html === Bug traceback for the masses === https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-March/023440.html == New in Feisty Fawn == ## This list is pulled by Corey Burger and dumped here in raw form for parsing. ## Choose a something you wish to write about a write a short piece about what ## has changed since the last version in Ubuntu. This might mean several upstream ## releases. To find this data, use the changelog in the package and look on the web. ## If you cannot find a usable changelog, simply drop that package. Try and group packages ## together logically, such as X, the kernel or GNOME. ## After all the package sections are written, organize them logically, based ## on desktop or server, GNOME, KDE, or Xfce4, etc. ## Sometimes bigger changes, such as a new development policy or a major new ## thing will be mentioned under a seperate heading === Developing using Bazaar (bzr) === Matt Zimmerman sought feedback on the use of Bazaar, the distributed revision control system, for packaging, specifically regarding specific tools such as bzr-builddeb. XXX https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-March/023399.html === Longstanding bug reporting bug fixed === A longstanding bug in Ubuntu, https://beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/7839, was fixed this week with the removal of reportbug, a tool inherited from Debian and the finishing of Apport, a new bug reporting tool in Ubuntu. XXX == Launchpad News == ## This section is provided by the infrequent Launchpad updates Christian Reis ## sends out via email. Copy that email into here and refactor as needed == In The Press == ## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good too, to an extent. ## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest. ## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting ## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu ## release reviews are also common items in this section. OS News has a glowing review of Feisty. The article states Ubuntu has a found a good middle ground between hard core Linux users and new users coming from Windows and OS X. Read the full article: http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17505/Ubuntu-Feisty-Fawn-Desktop-Linux-Matured/ India PRWire has an article about how open-source software like Ubuntu and Open Office support many bigger Indian language groups like Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugues. The article states that adding support for languages is not difficult and can be done with language packs. Read the full article: http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20070321/21597.htm [[http://www.laverdad.com|La Verdad]], the most popular newspaper in Maracaibo, talks twice in less than two weeks about the use of Ubuntu on the dekstop and went as far as showing how to install it. [[http://www.laverdad.com|La verdad]] sources this information from the Spanish newspaper "EL PAIS." During the FMp3 show, The Radio Station la megaestación, possibly the largest radio station in Venezuela, discusses how Ubuntu is a real alternative in the OS world. [[http://flickr.com/photos/87048530@N00/430421616/|How to install linux]](flickr) [[http://flickr.com/photos/87048530@N00/430421611/|How to install linux 2]](flickr) [[http://flickr.com/photos/87048530@N00/430421607/|The Ubuntu Desktop]](flickr) [[http://www.ubuntu-ve.org/?q=system/files/lamega.mp3|Fmp3 AUDIO]] (all Spanish) The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation covers Ubuntu and how "adopting Linux can be painless, free". The article talks about how the average user can do e-mail, web surfing, picture editing, listening to music, making spreadsheets and basic word processing easily with Ubuntu. Resurrecting old machines and the usage of Live CDs are discussed. Read the full article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/linux.html eWEEK ranks Mark Shuttleworth 33rd in its 2007 list of Top 100 Most Influential People in IT. The four pronged criteria consists of (1) the person's tangible track record of information technology success; (2) the scope of influence the person has beyond his or her own organization; (3) the ability of the individual to effect change; (4) the level of engagement the person has in developing today's emerging technologies. Read Mark's blurb: http://www.eweek.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=26744&a=203626&po=19,00.asp?p=y == In The Blogoshpere == ## In this section we want to highlight well written posts about Ubuntu. ## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here. ## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so. PROPOSED LINKS: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/josh/archives/2007/03/my_ubuntu_feisty_fawn_herd_5_r.html http://questionsplease.org/new/node/12 (interview with Mark) http://blog.blanco.net.ve/2007/03/ubuntu-takes-advantage.html (deploying 850 Ubuntu/Kubuntu deskop machines for Venezuelan government) http://niath.blogspot.com/2007/03/command-not-found.html (talks about the scanning the repositories for apps if a command is not found) http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/03/upgrade-ubuntu-610-edgy-eft-to-ubuntu.html (screenshots of upgrading from edgy to feisty) http://openswitch.org/2007/03/20/a-feisty-fawn-indeed/ (review up feisty eye-candy) http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/03/ubuntu-704-beta-out-and-about.html (review of Disk Usage Analyzer) == Meetings and Events == https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-bugsquad/2007-March/000490.html ## Data pulled from mailing lists and http://fridge.ubuntu.com ## Either use bullets or sub-headings to organize content. ## Format: ## ## === Friday, March 16, 2007 === ## ## ==== MOTU Council Meeting ==== ## * Start: 10:00 ## * End: 12:00 ## * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting ## * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Council/Meetings == Community Spotlight == ## Specification Spotlight ## This section highlights an approved specification that is going to be implemented ## in Feisty. See the list at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/feisty ## In general, choose user visible features, as the audience are mostly end users. ## Also try and group specs together that belong together, such as network or X. ## Feature of the week ## Pick a feature, piece of software, or package that you'd like to feature. ## Give a brief description, whats so special about it, who works on it, ## where to find it/install it, etc. ## Team of the week ## Pick a team (a ubuntu team) that you'd like to feature. ## Give a brief description of the team, what they work on, what they've ## accomplished, who is involved, how to get involved/join, etc. == Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10 == === Security Updates === ## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn ## List all security advisories since last UWN. ## Format: * USN-###-#: vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-# ## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1 === Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates === ## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * - ## Ex: * lvm2 2.02.02-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2006-November/012305.html === Ubuntu 6.10 Updates === ## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes ## List all uploads since last UWN. ## Format: * - ## Ex: * lvm2 2.02.06-2ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2006-November/008083.html == Bug Stats == ## Bug stats only take a second to do. ## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs ## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week. ## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late). * 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 [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs Check out the bug statistics: [WWW] http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/ === Infamous Bugs === ## Delete if no infamous/funny bugs for this week. == UWN #: A sneak peek == ## Articles that should have made it into this release but have been deferred should be listed here. ## Delete if unnecessary. == Archives and RSS Feed == You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed == Additional Ubuntu News == As always you can find more news and announcements at: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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