Issue117
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #117 for the week November 9th - November 15th, 2008. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
New Theme for help.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2008-November/012127.html
Dell Mini 9 update testing
In a posting to the Ubuntu-qa mailing list, Chris Gregan, the QA Manager of OEM Services, Canonical USA, asked for owners of the Dell Mini 9 to help out with a new project. The OEM Services group is setting up a repo to handle updates for the Mini 9 and other netbook devices, and is looking for testers to help out. In response to questions concerning who can help, Steve Beattie responded[1] with an outline of how testing is done, and the type of people needed, as well as a reference to the Open Week presentation he gave[2] which further outlines the process.
[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-qa/2008-November/000336.html
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekintrepid/VerifySRU
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-qa/2008-November/000334.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 Intrepid
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/
5-a-day bug stats
Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days
- crimsun (392)
- maco.m (60)
- chrisccoulson (47)
- hew (35)
- angusthefuzz (29)
Top 5 teams for the past 7 days
- dcteam (452)
- ubuntu-au (35)
- ubuntu-us-ohio (29)
- ubuntu-pl (15)
- ubuntu-cl (12)
5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
LoCo News
Tamil Team
Ubuntu Tamil Team had its Intrepid Release Event on Nov 09 at Erode. Erode IT Association had made complete arrangements for the event. Myself and Padmanathan from Ubuntu Tamil Team took part and conducted event.
It was a day long event with the participants introduced hands on to Ubuntu, starting from Ubuntu Installation, Setting Tamil Features, Listening to Songs, Playing Videos, Repository and package Management, GNU/ Linux File Structure etc.,
Participants took part with great interest. We made use of Cutomised Tamil Version of Ubuntu for the event which received great response from the participants. Special Thanks to members of Erode IT Association - Raja, Balu, Srinivasan, Manohar, Mutharasu for organising this event in such a short span of time, immediately after we called for hosting such an event outside Chennai, the Capital of TamilNadu.
Erode IT association has announced a Ubuntu Competition for participants to keep the momemtum going! This has paved way for more events, the details of which will be furnished soon
Heart felt thanks for Erode IT Association for Organising this event. Blog with few snaps taken at event: http://amachu.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/intrepid-release-event-erode/
Peru
http://xander21c.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/unmsm-migrating-to-ubuntu/
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_ati_mesa&num=1
In Other News
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Americas Membership Meeting
- Start: 02:00 UTC
- End: 03:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
Community Council Meeting
- Start: 11:00 UTC
- End: 13:00 UTC
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Server Team Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Kernel Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
QA Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Platform Team Meeting
- Start: 22:00 UTC
- End: 23:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
- Start: 12:00 UTC
- End: 13:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Desktop Team Meeting
- Start: 13:00 UTC
- End: 14:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Java Meeting
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Friday, November 21, 2008
Tunisian LoCo Team IRC Meeting
- Start: 20:00 UTC
- End: 22:00 UTC
- Location: #ubuntu-tn in IRC
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
UWN #: A sneak peek
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