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General Community News

Ubuntu 8.10 Beta released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop and Server. Codenamed "Intrepid Ibex", 8.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition delivers the features you need for an increasingly mobile digital life, including 3G wireless support and guest sessions that lets users temporarily share computers without compromising security.

Ubuntu 8.10 Server consolidates its support for virtualization with an integrated Virtual Machine builder, and brings with it a fully-supported Java stack and support for per-user directory encryption.

The Ubuntu 8.10 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status today. Feature of the different variants, and the information about local downloading mirrors can be found at the link.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-October/000114.html

Intrepid Countdown Banner - Help spread the news!

Adding the Ubuntu countdown timer to your website is easy! Just copy and paste the following lines into your webpage and each day the image will update showing the days remaining before the release. There are two options this time around, one dark and one light, so one or the other should fit nicely with your website theme. Thanks to Thorsten Wilms(thorwil), the Ubuntu community member who created these beautiful banners, and to the Ubuntu Web Presence team for all their hard work in bringing this project to life. Get the scripts at the link.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/countdown

Intrepid CDs for Approved LoCo's

Approved LoCo teams can now submit their request for their bulk shipment of assorted Ubuntu CDs. By placing you order before October 27th, you can insure delivery of your shippment within two weeks after the Intrepid release date.

The prepackaged shipment contains:

• Ubuntu: PC: 230
• Kubuntu: PC: 50
• Server PC: PC: 50
• Server 64bit: PC: 20

One of the perks of being an "Approved Ubuntu LoCo is the ability to receive bulk shippments of assorted Ubuntu variants. Officially approved LoCo teams can find the ordering information at the link.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds

Monday October 6th: Ubuntu Testing Day!

Ubuntu Testing day is a special day where the Ubuntu Community comes together with a shared goal of testing an specific set of ISO images (Alpha, Beta, RC, Gold or Point releases). Taking the idea from the Ubuntu Bug Day, the idea is to apply the same concepts to ISO testing.

• Who can join in: Everyone, you don't need to be a developer, or know how to code.
• Where to join in: Come to #ubuntu-testing on freenode IRC. They will be there day and night resolving your testing questions you might have.
• Which release will they be testing: Apart from testing the beta ISOs, they will be focusing on testing distribution upgrades. If you want to upgrade your Hardy system (*buntu 8.04) to Intrepid (*buntu 8.10) this is a great way to help get you on your way.

Marc Tardiff(cr3) will be giving a session in #ubuntu-classroom IRC channel (15:00 UTC), about the testing infrastructure, giving an overview on the tools available to make Ubuntu testing easier and funnier. Please, join in next Monday and help to make Ubuntu even better!

http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/monday-6th-october-a-new-ubuntu-testing-day/

Kernel Hug Day - Tues Oct. 7th

The next Ubuntu Hug Day target will be . . . The Kernel! With the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta just being released it's important that we be aware of any new bugs introduced as well as any existing ones that get resolved. So please add the date to your calender.

• Where: #ubuntu-bugs (freenode)
• When: Tuesday, October 7th

• Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20081007

• For first timers: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs

You'll find plenty of people in #ubuntu-bugs ready to answer your questions and help you out. It can't stress enough that anyone can help. Whether you choose to blog about it, triage a few bugs, or help answer questions, every little bit helps, and is much appreciated.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-October/000208.html

PackageKit: Call for testing

The APT backend for PackageKit has made a lot of progress recently in the 0.3.x series. It nearly supports all features of PackageKit.

Highlights of the 0.3.x series are:

• Search for codecs and mime type handlers
• Local file installation
• Change log for updates
• Group support
• Repository handling
• Notification of new distro releases
• A lot of bug fixes

Currently in use is a quite outdated 0.2.4 version in Intrepid. So if you are interested in this piece of software, and want to push packagekit forward please, test it on your system and report bugs that you may encounter. Details on how to get this version from the PPA at the link.

http://www.glatzor.de/blog/blog-details/select_category/1/article/packagekit-call-for-testing/?tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=394ae6b1d7

Ubuntu 8.10 Release Party: San Francisco

Jono Bacon will be in San Francisco when Ubuntu 8.10, the glorious Intrepid Ibex is released, and it would be remiss to not organise a bit of a knees up (translation for my American friends: “drinks in a bar“). So, in conjunction with partner in crime Tom Haddon, they are organising the Ubuntu San Francisco Release Party. Yes!

Here are the details:

• WHEN? - Thursday 30th October : 7.30pm
• WHERE? - The lower bar as you walk in on the left, The Thirsty Bear, 661 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94105 : Tel: (415) 974-0905

• HOW TO FIND IT? - Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/3t8ey2

Get ready Frisco!! http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1309

MOTU

We're very pleased to announce that James Westby just became MOTU. Some of you might know him from his work in the bzr project, some for his great work on coordinating MOTU School, some for the fixes he worked on and others might just know him as the helpful guy who gave you the right answer.

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/

***Also mention that some have moved onto translating Ibex instead of concentrating on Hardy***

LoCo News

Ubuntu-IN LoCo has new forum site

The Ubuntu-IN forums (Ubuntu India Forums) are up! The forum is maintained by lut4rp (Pratul Kalia) and the Ubuntu-IN administrators. Ubuntu-IN Wiki: http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/index.php/Documents Forum link: http://forum.ubuntu-in.info/

http://sayakb.blogspot.com/2008/10/ubuntu-indian-loco.html

Ubuntu-ES announces weekly translation sprints

Leandro Gomez has announced that because of the success of the Spanish speaking LoCo Teams Intrepid Translation Sprint, the ubuntu-l10n-es team, (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-es) has decided to hold regular translation sprints every Saturday of the month. The team can be found in #ubuntu-es-locos at irc.freenode.net, and anyone is welcome to stop by and give us a hand (even if you don’t speak Spanish). http://leogg.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/regular-ubuntu-translation-sprints-kicks-off/

Ubuntu-DK at Open Source Days 2008

The Ubuntu Danish team is scheduled to participate at Open Source Days 2008 (http://www.opensourcedays.org/). Open Source Days is the largest open source conference in the nordic area. It's your opportunity to meet, share, experience and learn from professional open source experts. Help make the Danish team's Ubuntu booth a success by stopping by, it will be on the second floor of the event venue.

http://compadre.dk/blog/2008/10/02/open-source-days-i-got-my-ticket/

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

Launchpad Code down-time Monday 6th October 2008

On October 6th Launchpad’s code hosting and browsing will be unavailable for around four hours from 22.00 UTC.

• Going offline: 22.00 UTC 6th October
• Expected back before: 02.00 UTC 7th October

During this down-time, the following services will be unavailable:

• pushing to, pulling and branching from Launchpad-hosted branches
• code browsing
• code review
• mirroring from externally hosted Bazaar branches
• imports from CVS and Subversion repositories.

Mirrors and imports will return to their normal schedule following the down-time. Non-code hosting parts of Launchpad should be unaffected.

http://news.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-code-down-time-monday-6th-october-2008

Launchpod episode #10 - API and bug plugins

Launchpod: the Launchpad team podcast! Hosts: Matthew Revell, Graham Binns and Joey Stanford. Theme: Obscurity by Barry Warsaw.

• 02.32: Leonard Richardson talks about the progress and scope of the Launchpad API.

• 13.45: Graham Binns talks about Launchpad’s plugins for Bugzilla and Trac, which allow bug comment history sharing across bug trackers>/li>

Send your ideas and questions to feedback@launchpad.net!

Download ogg vorbis file: http://www.archive.org/download/LaunchpodEpisode10/launchpod-e10-20081003.ogg

Podcast feed: http://news.launchpad.net/category/podcast/feed

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/ubuntu-810-beta-released/

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3775026

http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/03/gameloft-moves-1000-desktops-to-ubuntu-linux/

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20969/1090/

http://www.workswithu.com/2008/09/30/ubuntu-not-a-small-business-server-replacement-yet/

In The Blogosphere

http://lifehacker.com/5058730/first-look-at-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-beta#c8143006

http://www.workswithu.com/2008/09/30/ubuntu-not-a-small-business-server-replacement-yet/

http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/10/in-ubuntu-less-is-more.html

http://computingtech.blogspot.com/2008/10/obtaining-ubuntu-installer.html

In Other News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-September/000203.html

http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/1/368(new patch from intel for e1000e bug)

Meeting Summaries

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 7.04 will reach the end of its support period on Sunday, October 19, 2008. After that date, no further listing for it will be posted here. You are encouraged to upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10.

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

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