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Do you have any ideas for the newletter? Got some news for us? Drop it all here = UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter - IDEAS =
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Dell Vostro 1000, now fully supported with the latest updates for Hardy Heron! Let us know what is going on in the Ubuntu world. '''Please do not use this as a place to get hits on your website, as we do not pimp for google ads. Sorry.'''
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Until recently I had to use the windows driver to get the wireless working. With the latest updates to 8.0.4 I have been able to drop the windows drivers and use the drivers presented at boot time. The driver only has support for WPA personal at this point, but that is enough to get my wireless working reliably. If you need a more secure protocol you may need to wait. Thank you for taking time to add content to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter the current newsletter in progress is - '''Issue 192 May 2nd - 8th, 2010''' - and it will be published on Sunday, May 9, 2010. After this issue is published we will review the ideas page clear all content that either has been included or is Overcome by Events.
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The Vostro 1000 is a good buy at a reasonable price and works very well with Ubuntu on it. Good sound for a laptop, DVD burner, 80 gig drive. It is beefy enough for me to load the windows cd that came with the laptop into a virtual window using Virtual Box ose. All in all I would recommend the 1000 and ubuntu. The only caveat is that you have to install the operating sysem in Video safe mode until you can install the ATI drivers. After updating that and getting all the latest updates, everything works ! We wish we could include all content submitted, but that is not always possible. If your submission is not included, please know this is not a personal - it is a matter of time and content and what is relevant for each issue.
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Ezra1964 Again, thank you in advance for your submissions! -- [[LaunchpadHome:akgraner]] <<DateTime(2010-05-06T21:15:59-0500)>>
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@``SIG@ == How To Contribute ==
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= News Items = '''We want you to add your ideas but it would help the UWN Editors if you could include items listed below with your suggested articles.'''
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Let us know what is going on in the Ubuntu world. Please do not use this as a place to get hits on your website, as we do not pimp for google ads. Sorry. -- sign your name (put @``SIG@ It will be expanded when you save the changes, so don't worry when you don't see the timestamp and username in the preview)  Below is a description of what each of the content sections of the newsletter contain. Please take a moment to reveiw and see where your submission bets fits. Please include the following information for each suggestion:
 1. Title of Article
 2. Full URL to Article
 3. A summary for the article if you feel comfortable doing so
 4. please sign each submission with @SIG @ (don't worry if you don't see the expansion of your signature at the preview. It will expand when you save)
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 * UbuntuSpanishTranslators now have an IRC channel, #ubuntu-l10n-es on Freenode. -- [[LaunchpadHome:evanrmurphy]] <<DateTime(2009-06-22T15:04:54-0600)>>
 * Great review of Ubuntu 8.10 vs. Vista: http://www.crn.com/software/212701668
 * Pretty much everybody who didn't upgrade to 8.04 soon after it was released have later been annoyed with [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/249340 bug #249340]. Read about it if you haven't - your Ubuntu-friends are likely to suffer from it if they would now update from 7.10 to 8.04. The main symptom is that the upgrade hangs at "en_AU.UTF-8...". It is easy to fix by booting the computer using the older kernel and the running "dpkg --configure -a". This is probably the most common Ubuntu bug today: it has 22 duplicates and many blogs and news services write about it. Check out Google with search words "Generating locales en_AU.UTF-8".
 * [[http://onlineathens.com/stories/080908/news_2008080900419.shtml|Georgia nonprofit teams up with school district to provide laptops with Ubuntu to students]] -- [[bpitts]] <<DateTime(2008-08-11T14:56:06-0500)>>
 * http://ubuntubash.org - A Bash.org clone, dedicated to Ubuntu and derivatives channels. -- gouki <<DateTime(2008-07-02T05:16:16Z)>>
 * [[http://wiki.ubuntu-id.org/Ritech2007|Indonesia LoCo invited to Ritech 2007 expo, provided with 2 free booths]] -- HarrySufehmi2 <<DateTime(2007-08-02T16:47:35Z)>>
 * new interview with [[http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/BenCollins/|Ben Collins]] -- KennyDuffus <<DateTime(2006-12-13T16:22:06Z)>>
 * Ubuntu-Women had their first IRC meeting [[http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20070111|Notes and log from meeting here]] -- Pleia2 <<DateTime(2007-01-12T15:10:18Z)>>
 * Ubuntu-be.org spreads Ubuntu love at VLOD education conference. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/VLOD_2007/Report -- FrancoisCauwe <<DateTime(2007-03-11T15:17:18Z)>>
 * UbuntuHQ.com --- New Ubuntu fan site
 * ninin: Ubuntu "Hardy Heron" [[http://www.ubuntu-berlin.de/hardy-heron-releaseparty_26.4.2008_c-base_en|release party]] is taking place on April 26th in Berlin
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metalink|Metalinks]] (mirror & checksums files for download apps) are now provided for 8.04 ISOs. These are used in every Wubi download. -- Ant23 <<DateTime(2008-05-08T21:23:20Z)>>
 * New Ubuntu Sources.List Generator at [[http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/|link]]. Check it out and submit new repositories so this list can grow. --Xan Fantasy
 * Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is now available. A compact yet comprehensive guide to Ubuntu, it's [[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1440478295/beginningubun-20|available at Amazon.com]] for just $9.94, and also as a free-of-charge PDF edition from the book's website: [[http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com]]. In the 48 hours (at the time of writing) since the website went live, the book has been downloaded by over 100,000 people. This makes it the most widely read Ubuntu book of all time :) If anybody has any questions or wants to know more, drop me a line: keir (dot) thomas (at) gmail (dot) com. Cheers. Keir Thomas
 * A russian-speaking team started to translate [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/|Ubuntu Desktop Course]]. The group consists of 14 translators for the moment. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/Russian|Details]] (Russian language)
 * A team has started up to translate Ubuntu into the Shavian alphabet, an alternative and more efficient and regular alphabet for English. [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ShavianTeam]] [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-en-shaw]]
 * Ubuntu Electronics Remix released [[http://www.ubuntuelectronicsremix.net/turn-it-on-andsee-what-happens/]]
* Ubuntu Forensic is the use of Ubuntu for digital forensic purposes. As it provides a wide range of forensic tools as well as anti-forensic and cracking tools, so it is reliable to investigate a computer crime and analyse digital evidence on it. [[http://forensiccop.blogspot.com/2009/12/forensic-cop-journal-21-ubuntu-forensic.html]]
 * Lo``Co News
News about Ubuntu Lo``Co Teams
 * The Planet
Post from the Planet that don't fit into Blogosphere, Lo``Co or other areas
 * In The Press
Other Ubuntu Related news sites
 * In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu Articles from Blogs not news sources
 * In Other News
Typically Corporate information - while may not be Ubuntu is related - i.e - Canonical, Za``Reason, System76, Dell, IBM etc Press Release that relate or tied to Ubuntu but has that Corporate tone to it.
 * Ubuntu Pod Casts
Are there Ubuntu Podcast we aren't currently covering that needs to be included here?
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
Add upcoming UBUNTU related events and meetings only if they are not included on the Fridge Calendar
 * UWN Translations
If you have suggestions on how we can better help facilitate the translation efforts please let us know. For more information on we are currently handling these efforts please go to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations
 * General News Ideas
Ideas for Topics or new areas not yet implemented in UWN
 * Feature of the Week Ideas
See guidelines below
 * Major proposals
Add suggestions that would require major structural changes to the way UWN operates or looks
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= In the Blogosphere =
 * Some positive financial news for during the credit crisis: http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html
 * Ubuntu and LTSP for irrigation of sprouts: http://blog.shahar-or.co.il/2009/12/growing-sprouts-with-ubuntu-and-ltsp.html .
== LoCo News ==
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= Out of Date News items =
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 * MartinPitt: An IRC seminar about [[http://netz.smurf.noris.de/logs/freenode/2006/07/25/%23ubuntu-motu-school.log|"How to patch source packages"]] has been held in the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School|MOTU school]]. This has been turned into a nice wiki page (PatchingSources) for future reference.
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 * ColinWatson: The venerable infrastructure used for setting up the keyboard and fonts on text consoles has been supplemented in Edgy with the brand new console-setup, by Anton Zinoviev. This allows the text console keyboard maps to be generated from X keymaps, which should produce much better results for people whose keyboards have not been well-supported at the console up to now (particularly those which are very different from "standard" US keyboards). You can configure it using the file `/etc/default/console-setup`. Please report teething problems in Launchpad (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bugs). == The Planet ==
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 * CraigKempson: FON were featured on the BBC Click programme recently - http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickonline.asp?pageid=666&co_pageid=3 - in which they discuss their approach to business and being part of an open-source community. They only use Linux and open source software; and during the clip, they show François Legendre logging into Ubuntu on his laptop. We all belong to a community and it's good to see broadcasters making mention of this, and to see other 3rd parties with Ubuntu involved.
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= Ideas =
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 * MartinPitt: [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-December/023042.html|mount local file systems with Gnome]] has been implemented in Feisty.
 * MartinPitt: [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-December/023052.html|zeroconf networking]] has been implemented in Feisty.
 * Chris_c2: as well as bug stats, stats on number of users, by architecture also most and least popular packages, this info is available somewhere but I can never remember where its buried and could stand including in the stats section of the newsletter
== In The Press ==
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== General Ideas ==
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 * Add a Team of the Week section
 * Tip of the Week
 * NickEllery: Do interviews similar to the Ubuntu Forums Interviews, but with Developers and other various contributers instead.
 * Add a section giving a metric of the grow of Ubuntu. E.g., number of forum threads, number of downloads, google trends.

== In The Blogosphere ==



== In Other News ==



== Upcoming Meetings and Events ==



== UWN Translations ==


== General News Ideas ==
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 1. Try to use applications that are available via Applications -> Add/Remove... (GAI) or secondly Synaptic. These are easier for users to find.
 1. We would like to try to stay away from features that require users to use the command line or edit sensitive configuration files. This is not a strict rule, but more friendly GUI apps are easier for newer users to try. There is a greater chance of someone following your directions and making use of the app if it is easy to install.
 1. We like to focus on good apps/features that are simply lesser known. We like to give these lesser known gems there time in the lime light too.
 1. Try to provide links to the app main web site where readers can find additional information about the app.
 1. Tell the readers why the feature is so useful, maybe how it has helped you. This helps readers understand the reason the app is so great and will increase the likely hood of the reader giving it a try for themselves.
 1. Try to use simple language. This is a newsletter, not a technical API reference ;) .
 1. Try to use applications that are available via Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center or secondly, System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. These are easier for users to find.
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 * The OEM installation mode (new in 5.10)
 * Translating menu entries using Rosetta and language packs (new in 6.06)
 * Booting from USB devices (new in 6.06)
 2. We would like to try to stay away from features that require users to use the command line or edit sensitive configuration files. This is not a strict rule, but more friendly GUI apps are easier for newer users to try. There is a greater chance of someone following your directions and making use of the app if it is easy to install.
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= Major proposals =  3. We like to focus on good apps/features that are simply lesser known. We like to give these lesser known gems their time in the lime light too.
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Add things that require major structural changes to the way UWN operates or looks  4. Try to provide links to the app main web site where readers can find additional information about the app.
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 * Several users are not able or don't want to use gobby (due to port restrictions, the package for Dapper is missing, dependencies from gnome libs). Therefore, I propose to leave the UWN at the wiki. If the marketing-team wants to stick with gobby due to its advantages though, we should enable an alternative way to submit articles (on the marketing-list?), make regular copies of the gobby version on a website for translation teams and give more information on the uwn-wikipages on how to submit articles.
 
 * '''Upgrading to 9.10 : Another nightmare''' - I'm running ubuntu on an eeepc 701/4G. I had to make a new fresh install with 8.04 (Completly unable to restore a wired connection), a new fresh install with 8.10 (Same reason). Upgrading to 9.04 was a little miracle : everything worked well, including my internet connection. And now, a new nightmare when upgrading to 9.10. My connection is broken. If I enter networkmanager, I'm prompted for my password, which I give. I'm then told I have not the rights to modify anything. And I can't get out of that. Being unable to connect to the net, I came back to 9.04. Shall I have to make another new fresh install? Would'nt it be more simple to keep what's running well when upgrading to new versions ? Jean-Pierre Chevillot (France)
 5. Tell the readers why the feature is so useful, maybe how it has helped you. This helps readers understand the reason the app is so great and will increase the likely hood of the reader giving it a try for themselves.
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= Events =
 * [[http://www.socallinuxexpo.org|SCaLE 7x]], the 7th Annual Southern California Linux Expo, will be held on February 20-22, 2009 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
 6. Try to use simple language. This is a newsletter, not a technical API reference .
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= Implemented Stuff =
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 * Feature of the Week
 * RSS feed: see http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed
  * This feed is very late.
 * Use this graphs for bugs statistics: http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/
== Major proposals ==

Add suggestions that would require major structural changes to the way UWN operates or looks


== Implemented Stuff ==

Suggestions and Ideas that have been implimented during the -M, Ubuntu 10.10 cycle

UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter - IDEAS

Let us know what is going on in the Ubuntu world. Please do not use this as a place to get hits on your website, as we do not pimp for google ads. Sorry.

Thank you for taking time to add content to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter the current newsletter in progress is - Issue 192 May 2nd - 8th, 2010 - and it will be published on Sunday, May 9, 2010. After this issue is published we will review the ideas page clear all content that either has been included or is Overcome by Events.

We wish we could include all content submitted, but that is not always possible. If your submission is not included, please know this is not a personal - it is a matter of time and content and what is relevant for each issue.

Again, thank you in advance for your submissions! -- akgraner 2010-05-07 02:15:59

How To Contribute

We want you to add your ideas but it would help the UWN Editors if you could include items listed below with your suggested articles.

  • Below is a description of what each of the content sections of the newsletter contain. Please take a moment to reveiw and see where your submission bets fits. Please include the following information for each suggestion:
  • Title of Article
  • Full URL to Article
  • A summary for the article if you feel comfortable doing so
  • please sign each submission with @SIG @ (don't worry if you don't see the expansion of your signature at the preview. It will expand when you save)
  • LoCo News

News about Ubuntu LoCo Teams

  • The Planet

Post from the Planet that don't fit into Blogosphere, LoCo or other areas

  • In The Press

Other Ubuntu Related news sites

  • In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Articles from Blogs not news sources

  • In Other News

Typically Corporate information - while may not be Ubuntu is related - i.e - Canonical, ZaReason, System76, Dell, IBM etc Press Release that relate or tied to Ubuntu but has that Corporate tone to it.

  • Ubuntu Pod Casts

Are there Ubuntu Podcast we aren't currently covering that needs to be included here?

  • Upcoming Meetings and Events

Add upcoming UBUNTU related events and meetings only if they are not included on the Fridge Calendar

  • UWN Translations

If you have suggestions on how we can better help facilitate the translation efforts please let us know. For more information on we are currently handling these efforts please go to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

  • General News Ideas

Ideas for Topics or new areas not yet implemented in UWN

  • Feature of the Week Ideas

See guidelines below

  • Major proposals

Add suggestions that would require major structural changes to the way UWN operates or looks

LoCo News

The Planet

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Upcoming Meetings and Events

UWN Translations

General News Ideas

Feature of the Week Ideas

In an effort to have the feature of the week be useful and relevant to the widest possible audience here are some guide lines to follow when writing your proposal.

  1. Try to use applications that are available via Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center or secondly, System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. These are easier for users to find.

  2. We would like to try to stay away from features that require users to use the command line or edit sensitive configuration files. This is not a strict rule, but more friendly GUI apps are easier for newer users to try. There is a greater chance of someone following your directions and making use of the app if it is easy to install.
  3. We like to focus on good apps/features that are simply lesser known. We like to give these lesser known gems their time in the lime light too.
  4. Try to provide links to the app main web site where readers can find additional information about the app.
  5. Tell the readers why the feature is so useful, maybe how it has helped you. This helps readers understand the reason the app is so great and will increase the likely hood of the reader giving it a try for themselves.
  6. Try to use simple language. This is a newsletter, not a technical API reference .

Major proposals

Add suggestions that would require major structural changes to the way UWN operates or looks

Implemented Stuff

Suggestions and Ideas that have been implimented during the -M, Ubuntu 10.10 cycle

UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas (last edited 2019-04-09 01:49:36 by bashing-om)