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General Community News

Xfce 4.6-beta is now available for Intrepid users

Ubuntu new Xubuntu developer, Michael Casadevall, has been working to package Xfce 4.6-beta (4.5.80) for Intrepid. He feels it has reached the point where its worth announcing an open beta test for Xfce 4.6-beta, both to find Xubuntu bugs, and any Xfce release issues. It has been a fairly massive rewrite of some major sections of Xfce, so it is now a good time for a shakedown cruise to find any issues with this release, and work towards filing the bugs upstream. In addition, the team has used this opportunity to port some of the Xubuntu specifc patches such as the unified logout screen.

It should be stressed that these packages are still extremely experimental, and are not recommended for day-to-day use yet, or by non-developers. If you are running Intrepid, you can install Xfce 4.6-beta by adding the following line to your sources.list: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/ubuntu intrepid main You can learn more about how to help on this new project by visiting the link. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2008-August/006494.html

Second Ubuntu Developer Week!

The second Ubuntu Developer Week will be held from Sep 1st to Sep 5th in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. There are Wiki docs, MOTU Videos, MOTU Interviews, and the developers are seeing more and more contributors each day. This is all great, but there’s nothing like talking to real people, and asking real questions in a real-time environment. The Ubuntu Developer Week is designed to give you an overview of what’s going on in the Ubuntu Developer world. Speak to the developers, learn, ask questions and finally realise: “It’s true, I can make a difference by helping out here."

A partial listing of some of the fantastic sessions are: Packaging 101, Upstream bug linkages, Introduction to MOTU, How do I fix and Ubuntu bug, Using Launchpad web service API, Updating a package properly, Introduction to PPAs, Ask Matt Zimmerman, and many, many more!

• Ubuntu Developer Week Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek

• How to join in on the fun: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/JoiningIn

• Ubuntu Developer Guidelines: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/Rules

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1629

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-August/000474.html

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-August/000165.html

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-August/000167.html

Ubuntu Stats

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 Hardy

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 strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/

LoCo News

http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/08/27/ubucon-san-salvador-on-saturday-sept-6th-save-the-date/

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

• Learn more at Ubuntu Developer Week - Starting Monday, September 1, and running through Friday, September 5, there will be a second Ubuntu Developer Week. You are invited to join #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. A timetable is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek, along with further instructions. How to join in can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/JoiningIn including how to ask questions. http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2872

• Dell's new low-end strategy for emerging markets includes Linux - Jacqueline Emigh of BetaNews reports that emerging markets are about to get some help. Dell has come up with 2 new desktops and 2 new laptops, loaded with Ubuntu, to meet the needs of governmental and educational organizations, and small businesses. These products will be available world-wide. According to Kirk Schell of Dell's commercial products division, Dell's new Vostros for emerging markets have been specifically designed in accordance with customer requests for affordability and easy operability. http://www.betanews.com/article/Dells_new_lowend_strategy_for_emerging_markets_includes_Linux/1219962684

• Really free Linux takes hold - Bill Snyder, of InfoWorld, describes how a German television and radio station have switched to a community driven Linux distribution, rather than a commercially supported one for it's servers. Cutting costs was one factor, but a rise in internal expertise was just as important. From the other side, distributions like Ubuntu are gaining ground on the desktop and could edge into the server market, too. Snyder feels that this could be the beginning of a move toward community supported distributions. http://weblog.infoworld.com/tech-bottom-line/archives/2008/08/really_free_lin.html

• Ubuntu gets major security fix - A security vulnerability was discovered which primarily affects computers that can be directly accessed, such as through SSH. A kernel patch has been issued by Ubuntu for releases 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04 of Ubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. This patch also addresses other, less critical security issues. Ubuntu users are urged to update their systems. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2224707/ubuntu-gets-major-security-fix

In The Blogosphere

http://jameswestby.net/weblog/ubuntu/02-making-intrepid-solid.html

http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/new-low-cost-ubuntu-linux-equipped-dell-pcs-and-laptops-arriving/

http://syntux.net/blog/2008/08/28/boosting-the-translation-process/

http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/27/calling-all-ubuntu-linux-users-and-administrators/

http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/25/5-factors-making-ubuntu-server-business-ready/#more-222

In Other News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-August/000172.html

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05053

While there are many sites devoted to news about Gnome and KDE, there's almost no way to get news about Xfce short of subscribing to the mailing list. The Xubuntu Blog hasn't posted a new article in a month. The Xfce Dev Blog hasn't posted in five months. And there's no Planet Xfce like there is a Planet Gnome or Planet KDE. At least, there wasn't. Now, however, there's an Xfce Reddit devoted to all news Xfce/Xubuntu. Of course, aggregators like Xfce Reddit only work if users submit news to them. So start submitting! http://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/

Meeting Summaries

http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/server-team-20080826-meeting-minutes/

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

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