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=== Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase II ===

Jono Bacon has announced the Second Free Culture Showcase, your opportunity to show off your creativity in Jaunty Jackalope. The winning entries will be available in the Examples/ folder in the home directory of shipped CDs and download images of the Ubuntu 9.04 release. Entering the showcase is simple:

    * Your submission must be one of the following:
          o Audio Entries - no larger than 1MB in size - made available in Ogg Vorbis format.
          o Video Entries - no larger than 2.5MB in size - made available in Ogg Theora format.
          o Photo/Graphic Entries - no larger than 0.5MB in size - made available in PNG or JPG formats.
    * All entries must be licensed and distributable under the Creative Commons Attribution Share``Alike license.
    * Upload your submission somewhere online (there are lots of free hosting solutions available such as archive.org). Do not email any of the organizers or judges with your submissions.
    * Add your entry to one of the submission tables at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase.
    * When the deadline for submissions closes, our panel of judges will pick a shortlist, and the Community Council will then pick the final winners from the shortlist.

The deadline is February 6, 2009. http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1427

=== Archive of Interviews ===

Daniel Holbach has started an archive of Developer Interviews[1] in order to showcase all the exciting things that people in the community have been, or are involved in. At this point, it is a "work in progress" but he woul like to have more interviews of Ubuntu Members added to it. Daniel is thinking of adding a box with the latest interviews to the Hall of Fame.[2] Drop by either link to learn more about some of the great people in our community.

 [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Interviews

 [2] http://hall-of-fame.ubuntu.com/

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=282

=== New MOTU: Onkar Shinde ===

We're very pleased to announce that Onkar Shinde (slytherin) joined the MOTU team. His outstanding work in the area of Java packaging and maintenance made our choice easy.
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## 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.
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    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
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    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
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    * All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week
 * Open (48498)+42 over last week
 * Critical (18)-1 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (19578)-97 over last week
 * Unassigned (40346)+47 over last week
 * All bugs ever reported (234122)+1884 over last week
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=== Infamous Bugs ===

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 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
 * Spanish (18543)-364 over last week
 * French (61913)-21 over last week
 * Swedish (75422)-1110 over last week
 * English (UK) (81459) +/-0 over last week
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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)
==== Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days ====

   * crimsun (747)
   * chrisccoulson (81)
   * alessandro-ghersi (55)
   * hew (45)
   * jibel (41)

==== Top 5 teams for the past 7 days ====

   * dcteam (749)
   * ubuntu-cl (135)
   * ubuntu-berlin (54)
   * ubuntu-de-locoteam (52)
   * ubuntu-au (45)
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== New in Intrepid Ibex ==

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=== Ubuntu Tamil Team ===

Tiruppur, Nov 22. The Textile Town of Tamil``Nadu, India - Tiruppur[1]
witnessed Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex release by its IT Association -
TITA[2]. Members of Tiruppur IT Association demonstrated Ubuntu
Intrepid Ibex and its various features starting from Tamil Language
support, Multimedia Capabilities, Office Suites, Package Management
techniques, Wine etc.,

Ubuntu Tamil Team put forth the idea, that a one day Monthly Training
program be organized for people who purchase computers through the
Association Members, on Ubuntu by the Association itself. This will
motivate people to switch over to Free Software with confidence.

Sri Ramadoss and Siva from Ubuntu Tamil Team conducted the event. The
second day event explored the Ubuntu Server capabilities for the TITA
members. More demand were made on the Server segment.

It was a memorable event and Special Thanks for Tiruppur IT
Association for providing us this opportunity. Our heart felt
gratitude to Mr. Ravichadran, President of IT association, Mr. Babu,
Mr. Thiyagu, Mr. Senthil and others for backing and helping us in
conducting this event.

Photos soon at: http://amachu.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/tiruppur-intrepid-lauch/

 [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirupur

 [2] http://tita.in

=== Tunisia Team ===

The Tunisian Team held an install party and conferences on November 15 at Multimedia and Computer Science Institut of Sfax, Tunisia, in conjunction with the local cell of the Tunisian Association Young and Sciences. They started their day with a booth of about 10 laptops powered by Ubuntu, Ubuntu``Studio and Ubuntu Muslim Edition. There, they distributed about 40 CDs, as well as burning iso images and USB installations. They also made 2 presentations, one to introduce FOSS and Ubuntu and the other to talk about Ubuntu``Studio. http://rafiiik.blogspot.com/2008/11/ubuntu-install-party-et-confrences.html

=== Ubuntu-NL release party ===

http://dev.osso.nl/herman/blog/2008/11/27/report-ubuntu-releaseparty-groningen/ (Dutch language version here: http://prikbord.ubuntu-nl.org/blog/2008/11/27/verslag-releaseparty-groningen-door-laacque/)
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=== Launchpad 2.1.11 and Open ID support ===

Launchpad 2.1.11 has just been released, and includes two major features. First, Open``ID, that lets you access many different websites, such as Source``Forge, Blogger, Live``Journal and thousands of others,just got better. Second is the ability to contact other Launchpad users when their email address is hidden. By using the new "Contact this user/team" link you can email up to three users/teams per day. For more information on this, go to the Launchpad "Contacting People" page. https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople

http://news.launchpad.net/releases/launchpad-2111-openid-support-and-now-easier-to-contact-other-people
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## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.
=== RSS Feeds for Ubuntuforums ===

bapoumba has a solution for those looking for RSS feeds of the Ubuntuforums. The dedicated page for the feeds was lost in the last big upgrade of the Ubuntuforums software. It may come back, but in the meantime here is a work-around. By clicking on a sub-forum thread in the Ubuntuforums front page and looking at the address bar, you will see a number at the very end. This is the forumid number. So, for example, the URL for Absolute Beginner's Talk (ABT) would be http://ubuntuforums.org/external.php?forumids=326. The one for the complete forums RSS would be http://ubuntuforums.org/external.php.

 http://bapoumba.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/rss-feeds-for-ubuntuforums/
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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, 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.
 * Local hero: Stefan Lesicnik on Linux and Ubuntu - South Africa’s Stefan Lesicnik was this week confirmed as an Ubuntu contributing developer. South African web site Tectonic interviewed Stefan on various aspects of how he got involved with Linux and Ubuntu. Stefan points out that Ubuntu contributing developers are contributors to Ubuntu that do so on a more technical level. Ubuntu contributors typically handle more complicated tasks such as merging new packages from Debian that have local Ubuntu changes, debug software or package software from scratch. Stefan has been working with the security team, and part of his responsibilities will be to merge security fixes from vendors or the community into supported versions of Ubuntu. Congratulations Stefan! http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3692

 * Ubuntu vs. Open``Solaris vs. FreeBSD Benchmarks - Over the past few weeks Phoronix has been providing several in-depth articles looking at the performance of Ubuntu Linux. They first compared Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 benchmarks, then Mac OS X 10.5 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 benchmarks, and in this article they compared the 64-bit performance of Ubuntu 8.10 against the latest test releases of Open``Solaris 2008.11 and FreeBSD 7.1. The tests included LAME MP3 encoding, 7-Zip Compression, Gzip compression, GnuPG, BYTE Unix Benchmark, Tandem XML, Bork File Encryption, Java Sci``Mark, Bonnie++, OpenSSL, and Sunflow Rendering System. The Phoronix Test Suite, which is Phoronix's advanced GPLv3 testing software that is compatible with Linux, BSD, Open``Solaris, and Mac OS X platforms, powered all of these tests. In the end if simply counting which operating system was in first place most frequently, it would be Ubuntu. Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64 was in first place eight times, Open``Solaris 2008.11 RC2 was in first place seven times, and FreeBSD 7.1 Beta 2 AMD64 was in first just three tests. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=os_threeway_2008&num=8

 * Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 Benchmarks - With Fedora 10 finally entering the world earlier this week, Phoronix has performed benchmarks comparing the performance of Ubuntu 8.10 and Fedora 10. In their testing they used both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds of each distribution and then ran a series of automated tests through the Phoronix Test Suite. After testing both the x86 and x86_64 editions had performed nearly identical. In fact, the results are so close that it's hard to call a winner in any of the benchmarks. There's a few slight deviations in tests like the timed Gzip compression and BYTE Unix Benchmark, but nothing conclusive, at least with the hardware configuration Phoronix had used and the real-world tests conducted. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_810_vs_fedora_10&num=6

 * First Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04) alpha hops into view - Ubuntu developers have announced the availability of Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 1, the first prerelease for this version. Ubuntu 9.04 is codenamed Jaunty Jackalope and is scheduled for official release in April. In addition to the ongoing long-term usability enhancement efforts, Canonical and the Ubuntu development community are focusing on several specific technical goals for 9.04, including improving performance and boot time and integrating web services more tightly with the desktop. Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 1 is available for download from the Ubuntu web site, although only the server CD image and the text-based "alternate" CD image were built for the release. If you want an installable Live CD, you can get the latest daily image. The next major alpha release is scheduled for December 18, shortly after the developer summit. The final Debian package import freeze for 9.04 will be on Christmas day. Additional prereleases will follow until the final release arrives on April 23. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-first-jaunty-jackalope-ubuntu-9-04-alpha-hops-into-view.html
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## 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.
 * When Ubuntu Breaks, Who’s to Blame? - Blogger Christopher Tozzi tells us that as a regular participant in support threads on ubuntuforums.org, he's exposed frequently to people who might be fairly characterized as ‘dissatisfied customers’ of the Ubuntu experience. Something doesn’t work as well as it’s supposed to—no out-of-the-box wireless or dual-monitor support are two of the most popular complaints—and these new users condemn Ubuntu and Linux in their entirety as a result. But are these charges justified, and how should Ubuntu respond? Canonical has to assume responsibility for shortcomings in software beyond its control. Microsoft and Apple may not have to answer for the problems of third-party applications, but if Ubuntu really aspires to become a Linux for the masses, its developers and community members need to understand the point-of-view of ordinary users and stop placing blame elsewhere, even when it does rightly lie elsewhere. Accepting blame for someone else’s faults is neither pleasant nor fair. But it’s a reality that Ubuntu has to accept if it truly aspires to bring desktop Linux to the masses. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/11/22/when-ubuntu-breaks-whos-to-blame/

 * More Ubuntu Kung Fu - Keir Thomas, author of the new book Ubuntu Kung Fu, who stopped by lifehacker to share some more of the best material from the book, in a follow-up to his post, Some Productive Ubuntu Kung Fu. Tips in this article include how to optimize startup for faster boot times by reducing the boot menu delay, running boot-time scripts in parallel, building a readahead profile personalized to your computer, and trimming the gnome startup programs. He also shows you how to ensure Ubuntu always knows the time with the network time protocol, get more data onto CD-R discs through overburning, installing all the multimedia playback codecs you’ll ever need, getting better dvd movie playback, creating zip files using maximum compression, how to get a high-quality (and free) command-line word processor with Microsoft word, adding drop shadows to screenshots, stopping the cursor from blinking, how to play MP3/OGG files at the command line, and adding RAR file compression support to Ubuntu. http://lifehacker.com/5098369/more-ubuntu-kung-fu

 * Xavier School Deploys 600 Ubuntu Linux Desktops - Joe Panettieri of Works``With``U reports that Xavier School in San Juan, Phillipines has deployed more than 600 Ubuntu desktops. The switch from Windows was brought about due to a budget issue based on Microsoft's base licenses and subscription licenses. Ubuntu was chosen because of its ease of use as a desktop, and because of the availability of Edubuntu. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/11/25/xavier-school-deploys-600-ubuntu-linux-desktops/
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Josh Chase and Nick Ali from the Georgia US LoCo released episode #13. Some topics covered: Josh Chase and Nick Ali from the Georgia US Lo``Co released episode #13. Some topics covered:
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=== Full Circle Magazine: Issue #19 ===

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community
are proud to announce the release of our nineteenth issue.

This month:

 * Command and Conquer - Lost and Found.
 * How-To : Program in C - Part 3, Make a Wi``Fi Access Point,
      Using GIMP - Part 8 and Create Mobile Multimedia.
 * My Story - Ubuntu John
 * Book Review - Beginning Ubuntu Linux 3rd Ed.
 * MOTU Interview - Emilio Monfort
 * Top 5 - Virtualization Tools
 * NEW FEATURE! Ubuntu Games - Open Arena

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-19/

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2008-November/003462.html

=== Community Interview of Nicolas Scerpella ===

Matthew Helmke interviewed Nicolas Valcárcel Scerpella for the Ubuntu Community Interviews. From an early start with computers at the age of 4, Nicolas has gone on to become a Security Engineer in the OEM Solutions Group for Canonical. A part of the Peruvian Lo``Co team council and MOTU, he is focusing on bringing more people into packaging. He would like to see more hardware manufacturers writing drivers for Linux and more proprietary software migrating to Linux. http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/11/26/an-interview-with-nicolas-valcarcel/

=== Hardening the Linux Desktop ===

Jeffrey Orloff has developed a 2 hour tutorial posted on the developerWorks section of IBM.com. The tutorial covers: protection from malware attacks, firewall configuration, system backup, updates, and password protecting the bootloader. Registration is required to access this information. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/edu/l-dw-linux-harden-desktop-i.html

=== Coming soon: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference ===

Due to be released in mid-January, the Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a succinct, yet comprehensive guide allowing readers to understand core competencies without wading through volumes. Available from Amazon or a free PDF version will be also be available. http://www.ubuntukungfu.org/blog/2008/11/coming-soon-ubuntu-pocket-guide-and-reference/

=== 50 amazing Ubuntu time-saving tips ===

techradar.com brings us 50 hints on how to speed up your Ubuntu 8.10 installation. With 50 tips most everyone should be able to find something to improve their installation. Click the link and have a look to see how you can improve your installation! http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/50-amazing-ubuntu-time-saving-tips-482714

=== 50 of the Best Looking Linux Gnome/Ubuntu Themes ===

Some people never change their theme or wallpaper, while others are constantly tinkering with the look of their desktops. The folks at Techie``Souls.com have put together what they believe are the 50 best looking Gnome/Ubuntu themes. It's like a one stop shop for making your desktop eye appealing. http://www.techiesouls.com/2008/11/27/collection-of-50-best-looking-linux-gnomeubuntu-themes-to-download/
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## Any news from any Ubuntu Team listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2008 be sure to udate to current month. === Community Council ===

 * CC Meeting 08-11-18:
  * Quick update on Ubuntero being inappropriate for female contributors: the decision is to get rid of the term Ubuntero and generalise the CoC. https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/272826
  * The Asia Oceania board asked for an expansion of their team of 2-4 members. They will send nominations to the CC and a poll will be set up.
  * Quick update on the TB situation: Mark is waiting for more nominations to have a run-off election.
  * Quick update on the IRC Council situation: nominations have reached the TB. Daniel will chase missing voters of the CC.

=== Documentation Team ===

 * help website updated to include 8.10 documentation https://help.ubuntu.com
 * New theme introduced throughout help website and help wiki. https://help.ubuntu.com & https://help.ubuntu.com/community
 * Presentation given during the Open``Week by Dougie Richardson
 * Improvements made to help wiki guide. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide
 * Discussion of reworking the mentoring program. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2008-November/012209.html

=== MOTU Council ===

 * Andrew Starr-Bochicchio became a contributing developer
 * Michael Casadevall became a MOTU
 * MC Meeting 2008-11-12
  * Open Applications:
   * UUC: Charlie Smotherman, Stefan Lesicnik
   * MOTU: Stéphane Graber, David Futcher, Stefan Ebner, Nathan Handler
   * Core-Dev: Dustin Kirkland
  * Discussion of possible procedure for per-package upload request administration
   No conclusion was sought or obtained.
  * Discussion of techniques to better trigger MC members to start voting when an application is complete.
   The proposal under review is to ask that endorsements for a given applicant be included on wiki pages prior to the application being sent to the MOTU Council mailing list.
  * Discussion on MOTU Council meeting format
   Consensus is to remain with the current structure for the time being.
 * Charlie Smotherman became a contributing developer
 * Stefan Lesicnik became a contributing developer
 * MC Meeting 2008-11-19:
  * Open Applications
   * MOTU: slytherin, nhandler, sebner, bobbo, stgraber
   * core-dev: kirkland
  * Discussion of improvements of the application processes. Expect RFC soon.
 * MC Meeting 2008-11-26:
  * Open Applications: MOTU: iulian, koon, slytherin, nhandler, bobbo, sebner, stgraber
  * Application process discussion.
 * Onkar Shinde became a MOTU.

=== Mythbuntu ===

 * Discuss focus points for 9.04
 * Ported entire live disk build process to be livecd-rootfs friendly
 * Canceled alternate disk builds

=== Training Team ===

 * Our primary project is updating the Ubutnu Desktop Course materials from 7.10 to the 8.04 LTS version. Many contributors have reviewed the existing material and suggested edits. To see the status of our progress, see the Getting Involved section of the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/GettingInvolved
 * The Training Team is now holding weekly mentoring sessions. These sessions cover using the tools (Docbook editing via OO.org v. 3, Bzr and Launchpad)to help update the Ubuntu Desktop Course. Sessions are held every Wednesday in #ubuntu-training at 20:00 UTC. Starting next year we hope to add North America evening times as there have been several requests for this.
 * Emmajane and Popey have created several screencasts and updated the Knowledge Base to help new users contribute. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/KnowledgeBase

=== LoCo Council ===

 * Meeting 10-11-18:
  * South Africa Team reviewed and reapproved.
  * Discussed encouraging Lo``Cos to do their Team Reports. Decided that the Lo``Co Council will not make an official push, but will see if the News Teams publicity of the Team Reports has any impact.
  * The idea of Lo``Cos having their IRC meetings in #ubuntu-meeting was discussed. The reasoning involved making Lo``Co members feel part of the greater Ubuntu community, not just their Lo``Co. It was deemed unnecessary since it would cause major scheduling headaches and require Lo``Co members to join a separate channel just for a meeting.

=== Austrian Team ===

New Austrian Team launched their new forum here. http://www.ubuntu-at.org/
They also started to get into the "Lo``Co Community Process" and as a result are posting here.

Plans for the future:
 * Setting up a Wiki for better structure of information around our Lo``Co activities.
 * Planning a come together each month
 * Planning workshops
 * After tools like the forum and wiki are ok, they will focus on getting as much members as possible in their new community


=== Danish Team ===

Yet another nice month for the danish team, and a range of great projects has been planned for the next couple of months.

General:
 * The 8.10 Release Party was the biggest event for the danish team yet. Feedback has been great, and they feel it was a success. Planning has started for the next one or two release parties.
 * Appeared in National TV (DR1) equivalent to English BBC in a 20 min. long show about Ubuntu and Open Source.
 * Increased the average daily visitor number on the Lo``Co site by a stunning 71% in 2 months due to heavy marketing campaign. A similar increase in the registered forum user number has been counted.
 * A good general increase in the number of active members and participants in the Lo``Co team.

Projects:
 * A new project has been started to redesign/plan out website, from the bottom up. A LP group has been created to the project.
 * A danish Ubuntu Podcast is being planned.
 * More focus has been put on marketing for Ubuntu in Denmark, both for private and governmental institutions. Discussions about distribution Ubuntu CDs from public libraries and the likes, together with home-made flyers has been taken, and the flyers are being worked out.


=== German Team(Berlin) ===

 * The team had a fantastic release party. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=269
  * Translation of the officially unofficial party report as posted on the ubuntu-berlin mailing list: The "Ubuntu Berlin" user group successfully accomplished the 6th release party in Berlin on November 1st to celebrate the latest Ubuntu version "Intrepid Ibex". For the fourth time the party took place at the Berlin culture project "c-base e.V." establishing a fine tradition. Once again around 150-200 people took part in the celebration during the night. The agenda consisted of 6 presentations about new features in Ubuntu, the network manager, an initiative for free wireless networks "Freifunk", the semantic Desktop Deep``a``Mehta, tips and tricks for newbies, KDE 4 and of course personal support and demonstrations on the demo computers. To prepare the party the media agency Area42 kindly sponsored 1000 leaflets that were dispersed all over the town, and for the second time the Berlin subway TV "Berliner Fenster" promoted the Ubuntu release and the party to thousands of travellers. Some high profile blogs like netzpolitik.org as well as the popular radiostation "Radio Fritz" made a good point about the event in their news coverage. Amongst the supporting musical program covering a variety of tastes and styles were DJ High``Energy with live electronic music and the rockband "Hankyfour", while booths for Ubuntu brownies, Ubuntu apparel and Ubuntu origami contributed to the rich variety of activities. As before dozens of still warm [k|x]ubuntu CD's were spread amongst the party people... Our special thanks goes out to Area42, Berlin subway TV "Berliner Fenster", ubuntu Deutschland e.V., c-base e.V. and all volunteers taking part in the preparation and wrap-up of the party.
 * Workshop held on 2008-11-20: working with Ubuntu - users show their applications for the daily work (organized as an open talk). There were about 20 people in the audience. More infos in german language at http://www.ubuntu-berlin.de/node/90.

=== Irish Team ===

 * 30th October Intrepid Ibex Release Party. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrishTeam/IntrepidReleaseParty

=== Jordan Team ===

 * Meeting to discuss the teams plans for Ubuntu Week at Jordan University as part of FLOSS week (During December).

=== Romanian Team ===

 * Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu Romanian Team presentation in Targu Mures. http://www.softwareliber.ro/2008/11/04/prezentare-ubuntu-la-targu-mures/
  *Adi Roiban talked about launchpad, the Romanian team role, and what should be done in the future (translations, bug fixing, etc). Jani Monoses gave a talk about Kiwi Linux, and how it was created. http://kiwilinux.org/ Marius Popa talked abou the new features in Ubuntu that included a live demo of the 3g networking, new compiz effects, openoffice 3.0 from ppa, new gnome empathy, nautilus tabs, new 2.7.27 kernel, a movie made with Ubuntu, and a new game made by szaby. http://www.szabster.net/2008/10/17/autumn/ A new local LUG has been created. http://www.lug-mures.org/ The team did an interview for a local radio station. http://www.radiomures.ro/ Full report: http://mapopa.blogspot.com/2008/11/ubuntu-8.html Pictures: http://gallery.razius.org/main.php?g2_itemId=13
 * Romanian Ubuntu web services migrate to a new server
 * thanks to Stas forum.ubuntu.ro and www.ubuntu.ro were updated and note they are more easy to use
 * the first meetings between the local Ubuntu Romanian Team members, and Romanian users in a series of sessions named Ubuntu Romania Open evenings.
The meetings took place on #ubuntu-ro IRC channel. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RomanianTeam/Proiecte/Suport/SerileDeschiseNov2008

=== Tunisian Team ===

 * Participation to the Tunisia SFD'2008 : Presentation in the UWN #115 and an abstract here. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReporting#Ubuntu at The software Freedom Day 2008
 * Ubuntu at The CLLFST Virtualization Day. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReporting#Ubuntu at The CLLFST Virtualization Day
 * Ubuntu's day in Sfax. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReporting#Ubuntu%27s%20day%20in%20Sfax
 * 5th regular IRC meeting. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/Meetings

=== Zimbabwean Team ===

The Zimbabwean Team had an active and fulfilling month:

 * The team held their first ever Ubuntu Release Party in Zimbabwe, and it was a great success. They also incorporated an installfest, but didn't get many takers since the crowd was quite small, being their first release party. A few demonstrations were given on Intrepid Ibex, and they were well received by those present. Full report available at http://www.ubuntu.org.zw/node/12.
 * The teams monthly face-to-face meeting was held on 12-11-08.
 * The local Zimbabwean Web site was launched later in the month. http://www.ubuntu.org.zw
 * Monthly article on Ubuntu in Zimbabwe was submitted on 20-11-08 for inclusion in the Computer Society of Zimbabwe's newsletter.
 * The ICT Director for the Parliament of Zimbabwe, who is also a Team Member, was invited to speak at this year's World e-Parliament Conference in Brussels http://www.ictparliament.org/worldeparliamentconference2008/, and will be giving a presentation on the plans for Ubuntu, and open source in the Zimbabwe Parliament. Since the conference is taking place very late in the month, the team will not be able to give a full report until next month.

=== New Mexico Team ===

11/25/2008

 * New developments in the teams EPC project. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Endorphin_Power_Company_Ubuntu_Install_and_Support

 * Discussions about a wiring plan, cost, and execution. The team will be upgrading the lab to LTS on December 20th and 21st. Eric purchased some mesh routers and the team will use those to test a wireless solution for the dorm rooms.

11/12/2008

 * Pictures of the Intrepid Ibex Release Party are on the wiki check them out. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewMexicoTeam/IntrepidIbexParty

11/8/2008

 * Intrepid Ibex Release Party News, and pictures coming soon. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewMexicoTeam/IntrepidIbexParty

11/3/2008

 * New Mexico Linux``Fest web site started. http://www.newmexicolinuxfest.org/
 * New Mexico Ubuntu News Archive. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/New_Mexico_Ubuntu_News_Archive

=== Italian Team ===

 * The Italian Gruppo sviluppo, the Italian counterpart of the development team, is organizing a Bug``Day in Bologna for the second Saturday of December. It will not be a feature-complete Bug``Day, it's a test to understand what needs to be done, and what are the necessities for organizing for future Bug``Day. The plan is to hold one in June, always in Bologna. For more information, visit the Italian wiki at: http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/GruppoSviluppo/BugDay
 * The Italian Gruppo web, the team responsible for Ubuntu Italian web site, worked on a restructuring of the home page that now has a new section for rapid access to the contents.

=== PuertoRican Team ===

 * Organizing FreeCD Activity for December 4th.
 * Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Launch Party (Pendent)
 * Distribution Ubuntu CDs, and focus on provide Ubunto CDs/DVDs on University of Puerto Rico bookstores.

=== SouthDakota Team ===

 * Ownership of the team transfered to MTecknology.
 * Complete redesign of our wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SouthDakotaTeam
 * First Meeting - Set road maps and goals.
 * Joined forces with 1/2 of state LUGs.
 * Hopefully we can achieve much more.

=== Full Circle Magazine ===

 * Issue 18 released and doing well, almost 20,000 downloads between 1st Nov and 24th Nov.
 * Issue 16 Italian and 17 Hungarian now available for download.
 * No Starch Press (via FCM) are sending a book, for review in a future issue, to a member of the Ubuntu Women team.
 * FCM has had enquiries from Brazilian and Turkish translators. Let's hope they take up the challenge...
 * Brett Alton will begin writing a Web Dev series from FCM#20 onwards.
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## Either use bullets or sub-headings to organize content.
## Format:
##
## === Friday, March 16, 2007 ===
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## ==== MOTU Meeting ====
## * Start: 10:00
## * End: 12:00
## * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
## * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings
=== Tuesday, December 2, 2008 ===

==== Server Team Meeting ====

 * Start: 16:00 UTC
 * End: 17:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

==== Kernel Team Meeting ====

 * Start: 17:00 UTC
 * End: 18:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: Not listed as of publication

==== Community Council Meeting ====

 * Start: 21:00 UTC
 * End: 23:00 UTC
 * Location: #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda

==== Forum Council Meeting ====

 * Start: 23:00 UTC
 * End: 00:00 UTC (Wednesday, December 3, 2008)
 * Location: #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: Not listed as of publication

=== Wednesday, December 3, 2008 ===

==== Ubuntu Classroom Meeting ====

 * Start: 01:00 UTC
 * End: 02:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom/MeetingAgenda2008Dec3

==== Ubuntu-us-pa LoCo team Meeting ====

 * Start: 12:30 UTC
 * End: 13:30 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-pa
 * Agenda: None as of publication

==== Foundation Team Meeting ====

 * Start: 16:00 UTC
 * End: 17:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== QA Team Meeting ====

 * Start: 17:00 UTC
 * End: 18:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/

=== Thursday, December 4, 2008 ===

==== Maryland LoCo IRC Meeting ====

 * Start: 00:00 UTC
 * End: 01:00 UTC
 * Location: #ubuntu-us-md
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== 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
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting

==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====

 * Start: 14:00 UTC
 * End: 15:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
## List all security advisories since last UWN.
## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-#
## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1
 * USN-674-2: HPLIP vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2
 * USN-675-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
 * USN-675-2: Gaim vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-2
 * USN-676-1: Web``Kit vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-676-1
 * USN-677-1: Open``Office.org vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
 * USN-668-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-668-1
 * USN-678-1: Gnu``TLS vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-678-1
 * USN-680-1: Samba vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-680-1
 * USN-679-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html
 * None Reported
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes
## List all u
ploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename>
- <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * tzdata
2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-October/009951.html
 * compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-November/010325.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-May/009951.html
 * hal-info 20081124-0ubuntu1~hardy - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012125.html
 * compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.7.4-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012126.html
 * bacula 2.2.8-5ubuntu7.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012127.html
 * compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.7.4-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012128.html
 * php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012129.html
 * cupsys 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012130.html
 * linux 2.6.24-23.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012131.html
 * console-setup 1.21ubuntu9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-November/012132.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
 * hal-info 20081124-0ubuntu1~intrepid - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009511.html
 * linux-restricted-modules 2.6.27-10.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009512.html
 * linux-backports-modules-2.6.27 2.6.27-10.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009513.html
 * debian-installer 20080522ubuntu24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009514.html
 * compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.7.8-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009515.html
 * libgnomecanvas 2.20.1.1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009516.html
 * kde4-style-qtcurve 0.59.3-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009517.html
 * linux-meta 2.6.27.10.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009518.html
 * debian-installer 20080522ubuntu25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009519.html
 * opencryptoki 2.2.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009520.html
 * gedit 2.24.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009521.html
 * gnome-settings-daemon 2.24.0-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009522.html
 * evolution-exchange 2.24.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009524.html
 * evolution-data-server 2.24.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009523.html
 * evolution 2.24.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009525.html
 * open-vm-tools 2008.08.08-109361-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009526.html
 * alsa-utils 1.0.17-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009527.html
 * cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009528.html
 * splix 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009529.html
 * libv4l 0.5.6-1~intrepid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009530.html
 * console-setup 1.25ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009531.html
 * tracker 0.6.6-1ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009532.html
 * network-manager 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009533.html
 * knetworkmanager 1:0.7svn864988-0ubuntu1.8.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-November/009534.html
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 * Your Name Here
 * Craig A. Eddy
 * Arlan Vennefron
 * Kenny Mc``Hen
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* Dave Bush

Contents

Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase II
    2. Archive of Interviews
    3. New MOTU: Onkar Shinde
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Intrepid
    3. 5-a-day bug stats
      1. Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days
      2. Top 5 teams for the past 7 days
  5. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Tamil Team
    2. Tunisia Team
    3. Ubuntu-NL release party
  6. Launchpad News
    1. Launchpad 2.1.11 and Open ID support
  7. Ubuntu Forums News
    1. RSS Feeds for Ubuntuforums
  8. In The Press
  9. In The Blogosphere
  10. In Other News
    1. Ubuntu Podcast #13
    2. Full Circle Magazine: Issue #19
    3. Community Interview of Nicolas Scerpella
    4. Hardening the Linux Desktop
    5. Coming soon: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference
    6. 50 amazing Ubuntu time-saving tips
    7. 50 of the Best Looking Linux Gnome/Ubuntu Themes
  11. Meeting Summaries
    1. Community Council
    2. Documentation Team
    3. MOTU Council
    4. Mythbuntu
    5. Training Team
    6. LoCo Council
    7. Austrian Team
    8. Danish Team
    9. German Team(Berlin)
    10. Irish Team
    11. Jordan Team
    12. Romanian Team
    13. Tunisian Team
    14. Zimbabwean Team
    15. New Mexico Team
    16. Italian Team
    17. PuertoRican Team
    18. SouthDakota Team
    19. Full Circle Magazine
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Tuesday, December 2, 2008
      1. Server Team Meeting
      2. Kernel Team Meeting
      3. Community Council Meeting
      4. Forum Council Meeting
    2. Wednesday, December 3, 2008
      1. Ubuntu Classroom Meeting
      2. Ubuntu-us-pa LoCo team Meeting
      3. Foundation Team Meeting
      4. QA Team Meeting
    3. Thursday, December 4, 2008
      1. Maryland LoCo IRC Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      3. Desktop Team Meeting
      4. Ubuntu Java Meeting
  13. Community Spotlight
  14. Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
  15. UWN #: A sneak peek
  16. Archives and RSS Feed
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase II

Jono Bacon has announced the Second Free Culture Showcase, your opportunity to show off your creativity in Jaunty Jackalope. The winning entries will be available in the Examples/ folder in the home directory of shipped CDs and download images of the Ubuntu 9.04 release. Entering the showcase is simple:

  • Your submission must be one of the following:
    • o Audio Entries - no larger than 1MB in size - made available in Ogg Vorbis format. o Video Entries - no larger than 2.5MB in size - made available in Ogg Theora format. o Photo/Graphic Entries - no larger than 0.5MB in size - made available in PNG or JPG formats.
  • All entries must be licensed and distributable under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.

  • Upload your submission somewhere online (there are lots of free hosting solutions available such as archive.org). Do not email any of the organizers or judges with your submissions.
  • Add your entry to one of the submission tables at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase.

  • When the deadline for submissions closes, our panel of judges will pick a shortlist, and the Community Council will then pick the final winners from the shortlist.

The deadline is February 6, 2009. http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1427

Archive of Interviews

Daniel Holbach has started an archive of Developer Interviews[1] in order to showcase all the exciting things that people in the community have been, or are involved in. At this point, it is a "work in progress" but he woul like to have more interviews of Ubuntu Members added to it. Daniel is thinking of adding a box with the latest interviews to the Hall of Fame.[2] Drop by either link to learn more about some of the great people in our community.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=282

New MOTU: Onkar Shinde

We're very pleased to announce that Onkar Shinde (slytherin) joined the MOTU team. His outstanding work in the area of Java packaging and maintenance made our choice easy.

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (48498)+42 over last week
  • Critical (18)-1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (19578)-97 over last week
  • Unassigned (40346)+47 over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (234122)+1884 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translation Stats Intrepid

  • Spanish (18543)-364 over last week
  • French (61913)-21 over last week
  • Swedish (75422)-1110 over last week
  • English (UK) (81459) +/-0 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (81715)-792 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 (747)
  • chrisccoulson (81)
  • alessandro-ghersi (55)
  • hew (45)
  • jibel (41)

Top 5 teams for the past 7 days

  • dcteam (749)
  • ubuntu-cl (135)
  • ubuntu-berlin (54)
  • ubuntu-de-locoteam (52)
  • ubuntu-au (45)

5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/

LoCo News

Ubuntu Tamil Team

Tiruppur, Nov 22. The Textile Town of TamilNadu, India - Tiruppur[1] witnessed Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex release by its IT Association - TITA[2]. Members of Tiruppur IT Association demonstrated Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex and its various features starting from Tamil Language support, Multimedia Capabilities, Office Suites, Package Management techniques, Wine etc.,

Ubuntu Tamil Team put forth the idea, that a one day Monthly Training program be organized for people who purchase computers through the Association Members, on Ubuntu by the Association itself. This will motivate people to switch over to Free Software with confidence.

Sri Ramadoss and Siva from Ubuntu Tamil Team conducted the event. The second day event explored the Ubuntu Server capabilities for the TITA members. More demand were made on the Server segment.

It was a memorable event and Special Thanks for Tiruppur IT Association for providing us this opportunity. Our heart felt gratitude to Mr. Ravichadran, President of IT association, Mr. Babu, Mr. Thiyagu, Mr. Senthil and others for backing and helping us in conducting this event.

Photos soon at: http://amachu.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/tiruppur-intrepid-lauch/

Tunisia Team

The Tunisian Team held an install party and conferences on November 15 at Multimedia and Computer Science Institut of Sfax, Tunisia, in conjunction with the local cell of the Tunisian Association Young and Sciences. They started their day with a booth of about 10 laptops powered by Ubuntu, UbuntuStudio and Ubuntu Muslim Edition. There, they distributed about 40 CDs, as well as burning iso images and USB installations. They also made 2 presentations, one to introduce FOSS and Ubuntu and the other to talk about UbuntuStudio. http://rafiiik.blogspot.com/2008/11/ubuntu-install-party-et-confrences.html

Ubuntu-NL release party

http://dev.osso.nl/herman/blog/2008/11/27/report-ubuntu-releaseparty-groningen/ (Dutch language version here: http://prikbord.ubuntu-nl.org/blog/2008/11/27/verslag-releaseparty-groningen-door-laacque/)

Launchpad News

Launchpad 2.1.11 and Open ID support

Launchpad 2.1.11 has just been released, and includes two major features. First, OpenID, that lets you access many different websites, such as SourceForge, Blogger, LiveJournal and thousands of others,just got better. Second is the ability to contact other Launchpad users when their email address is hidden. By using the new "Contact this user/team" link you can email up to three users/teams per day. For more information on this, go to the Launchpad "Contacting People" page. https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople

http://news.launchpad.net/releases/launchpad-2111-openid-support-and-now-easier-to-contact-other-people

Ubuntu Forums News

RSS Feeds for Ubuntuforums

bapoumba has a solution for those looking for RSS feeds of the Ubuntuforums. The dedicated page for the feeds was lost in the last big upgrade of the Ubuntuforums software. It may come back, but in the meantime here is a work-around. By clicking on a sub-forum thread in the Ubuntuforums front page and looking at the address bar, you will see a number at the very end. This is the forumid number. So, for example, the URL for Absolute Beginner's Talk (ABT) would be http://ubuntuforums.org/external.php?forumids=326. The one for the complete forums RSS would be http://ubuntuforums.org/external.php.

In The Press

  • Local hero: Stefan Lesicnik on Linux and Ubuntu - South Africa’s Stefan Lesicnik was this week confirmed as an Ubuntu contributing developer. South African web site Tectonic interviewed Stefan on various aspects of how he got involved with Linux and Ubuntu. Stefan points out that Ubuntu contributing developers are contributors to Ubuntu that do so on a more technical level. Ubuntu contributors typically handle more complicated tasks such as merging new packages from Debian that have local Ubuntu changes, debug software or package software from scratch. Stefan has been working with the security team, and part of his responsibilities will be to merge security fixes from vendors or the community into supported versions of Ubuntu. Congratulations Stefan! http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3692

  • Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris vs. FreeBSD Benchmarks - Over the past few weeks Phoronix has been providing several in-depth articles looking at the performance of Ubuntu Linux. They first compared Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 benchmarks, then Mac OS X 10.5 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 benchmarks, and in this article they compared the 64-bit performance of Ubuntu 8.10 against the latest test releases of OpenSolaris 2008.11 and FreeBSD 7.1. The tests included LAME MP3 encoding, 7-Zip Compression, Gzip compression, GnuPG, BYTE Unix Benchmark, Tandem XML, Bork File Encryption, Java SciMark, Bonnie++, OpenSSL, and Sunflow Rendering System. The Phoronix Test Suite, which is Phoronix's advanced GPLv3 testing software that is compatible with Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, and Mac OS X platforms, powered all of these tests. In the end if simply counting which operating system was in first place most frequently, it would be Ubuntu. Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64 was in first place eight times, OpenSolaris 2008.11 RC2 was in first place seven times, and FreeBSD 7.1 Beta 2 AMD64 was in first just three tests. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=os_threeway_2008&num=8

  • Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 Benchmarks - With Fedora 10 finally entering the world earlier this week, Phoronix has performed benchmarks comparing the performance of Ubuntu 8.10 and Fedora 10. In their testing they used both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds of each distribution and then ran a series of automated tests through the Phoronix Test Suite. After testing both the x86 and x86_64 editions had performed nearly identical. In fact, the results are so close that it's hard to call a winner in any of the benchmarks. There's a few slight deviations in tests like the timed Gzip compression and BYTE Unix Benchmark, but nothing conclusive, at least with the hardware configuration Phoronix had used and the real-world tests conducted. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_810_vs_fedora_10&num=6

  • First Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04) alpha hops into view - Ubuntu developers have announced the availability of Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 1, the first prerelease for this version. Ubuntu 9.04 is codenamed Jaunty Jackalope and is scheduled for official release in April. In addition to the ongoing long-term usability enhancement efforts, Canonical and the Ubuntu development community are focusing on several specific technical goals for 9.04, including improving performance and boot time and integrating web services more tightly with the desktop. Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 1 is available for download from the Ubuntu web site, although only the server CD image and the text-based "alternate" CD image were built for the release. If you want an installable Live CD, you can get the latest daily image. The next major alpha release is scheduled for December 18, shortly after the developer summit. The final Debian package import freeze for 9.04 will be on Christmas day. Additional prereleases will follow until the final release arrives on April 23. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-first-jaunty-jackalope-ubuntu-9-04-alpha-hops-into-view.html

In The Blogosphere

  • When Ubuntu Breaks, Who’s to Blame? - Blogger Christopher Tozzi tells us that as a regular participant in support threads on ubuntuforums.org, he's exposed frequently to people who might be fairly characterized as ‘dissatisfied customers’ of the Ubuntu experience. Something doesn’t work as well as it’s supposed to—no out-of-the-box wireless or dual-monitor support are two of the most popular complaints—and these new users condemn Ubuntu and Linux in their entirety as a result. But are these charges justified, and how should Ubuntu respond? Canonical has to assume responsibility for shortcomings in software beyond its control. Microsoft and Apple may not have to answer for the problems of third-party applications, but if Ubuntu really aspires to become a Linux for the masses, its developers and community members need to understand the point-of-view of ordinary users and stop placing blame elsewhere, even when it does rightly lie elsewhere. Accepting blame for someone else’s faults is neither pleasant nor fair. But it’s a reality that Ubuntu has to accept if it truly aspires to bring desktop Linux to the masses. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/11/22/when-ubuntu-breaks-whos-to-blame/

  • More Ubuntu Kung Fu - Keir Thomas, author of the new book Ubuntu Kung Fu, who stopped by lifehacker to share some more of the best material from the book, in a follow-up to his post, Some Productive Ubuntu Kung Fu. Tips in this article include how to optimize startup for faster boot times by reducing the boot menu delay, running boot-time scripts in parallel, building a readahead profile personalized to your computer, and trimming the gnome startup programs. He also shows you how to ensure Ubuntu always knows the time with the network time protocol, get more data onto CD-R discs through overburning, installing all the multimedia playback codecs you’ll ever need, getting better dvd movie playback, creating zip files using maximum compression, how to get a high-quality (and free) command-line word processor with Microsoft word, adding drop shadows to screenshots, stopping the cursor from blinking, how to play MP3/OGG files at the command line, and adding RAR file compression support to Ubuntu. http://lifehacker.com/5098369/more-ubuntu-kung-fu

  • Xavier School Deploys 600 Ubuntu Linux Desktops - Joe Panettieri of WorksWithU reports that Xavier School in San Juan, Phillipines has deployed more than 600 Ubuntu desktops. The switch from Windows was brought about due to a budget issue based on Microsoft's base licenses and subscription licenses. Ubuntu was chosen because of its ease of use as a desktop, and because of the availability of Edubuntu. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/11/25/xavier-school-deploys-600-ubuntu-linux-desktops/

In Other News

Ubuntu Podcast #13

Josh Chase and Nick Ali from the Georgia US LoCo released episode #13. Some topics covered:

  • Release of Jaunty Alpha 1
  • Ubuntu US shop is open for business
  • Ubuntu Hall of Fame
  • New theme on help.ubuntu.com
  • Lots of LoCos had 8.10 release parties

  • Linux Identity magazine covering Ubuntu 8.10
  • Ubuntu onto the ARM architecture
  • Aaron Seigo, a KDE developer, has a podcast on UStream

    http://ubuntupodcast.net/2008/11/25/ubuntu-podcast-episode-13/

Full Circle Magazine: Issue #19

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our nineteenth issue.

This month:

  • Command and Conquer - Lost and Found.
  • How-To : Program in C - Part 3, Make a WiFi Access Point,

    • Using GIMP - Part 8 and Create Mobile Multimedia.
  • My Story - Ubuntu John
  • Book Review - Beginning Ubuntu Linux 3rd Ed.
  • MOTU Interview - Emilio Monfort
  • Top 5 - Virtualization Tools
  • NEW FEATURE! Ubuntu Games - Open Arena

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-19/

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2008-November/003462.html

Community Interview of Nicolas Scerpella

Matthew Helmke interviewed Nicolas Valcárcel Scerpella for the Ubuntu Community Interviews. From an early start with computers at the age of 4, Nicolas has gone on to become a Security Engineer in the OEM Solutions Group for Canonical. A part of the Peruvian LoCo team council and MOTU, he is focusing on bringing more people into packaging. He would like to see more hardware manufacturers writing drivers for Linux and more proprietary software migrating to Linux. http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/11/26/an-interview-with-nicolas-valcarcel/

Hardening the Linux Desktop

Jeffrey Orloff has developed a 2 hour tutorial posted on the developerWorks section of IBM.com. The tutorial covers: protection from malware attacks, firewall configuration, system backup, updates, and password protecting the bootloader. Registration is required to access this information. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/edu/l-dw-linux-harden-desktop-i.html

Coming soon: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference

Due to be released in mid-January, the Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a succinct, yet comprehensive guide allowing readers to understand core competencies without wading through volumes. Available from Amazon or a free PDF version will be also be available. http://www.ubuntukungfu.org/blog/2008/11/coming-soon-ubuntu-pocket-guide-and-reference/

50 amazing Ubuntu time-saving tips

techradar.com brings us 50 hints on how to speed up your Ubuntu 8.10 installation. With 50 tips most everyone should be able to find something to improve their installation. Click the link and have a look to see how you can improve your installation! http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/50-amazing-ubuntu-time-saving-tips-482714

50 of the Best Looking Linux Gnome/Ubuntu Themes

Some people never change their theme or wallpaper, while others are constantly tinkering with the look of their desktops. The folks at TechieSouls.com have put together what they believe are the 50 best looking Gnome/Ubuntu themes. It's like a one stop shop for making your desktop eye appealing. http://www.techiesouls.com/2008/11/27/collection-of-50-best-looking-linux-gnomeubuntu-themes-to-download/

Meeting Summaries

Community Council

  • CC Meeting 08-11-18:
    • Quick update on Ubuntero being inappropriate for female contributors: the decision is to get rid of the term Ubuntero and generalise the CoC. https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/272826

    • The Asia Oceania board asked for an expansion of their team of 2-4 members. They will send nominations to the CC and a poll will be set up.
    • Quick update on the TB situation: Mark is waiting for more nominations to have a run-off election.
    • Quick update on the IRC Council situation: nominations have reached the TB. Daniel will chase missing voters of the CC.

Documentation Team

MOTU Council

  • Andrew Starr-Bochicchio became a contributing developer
  • Michael Casadevall became a MOTU
  • MC Meeting 2008-11-12
    • Open Applications:
      • UUC: Charlie Smotherman, Stefan Lesicnik
      • MOTU: Stéphane Graber, David Futcher, Stefan Ebner, Nathan Handler
      • Core-Dev: Dustin Kirkland
    • Discussion of possible procedure for per-package upload request administration
      • No conclusion was sought or obtained.
    • Discussion of techniques to better trigger MC members to start voting when an application is complete.
      • The proposal under review is to ask that endorsements for a given applicant be included on wiki pages prior to the application being sent to the MOTU Council mailing list.
    • Discussion on MOTU Council meeting format
      • Consensus is to remain with the current structure for the time being.
  • Charlie Smotherman became a contributing developer
  • Stefan Lesicnik became a contributing developer
  • MC Meeting 2008-11-19:
    • Open Applications
      • MOTU: slytherin, nhandler, sebner, bobbo, stgraber
      • core-dev: kirkland
    • Discussion of improvements of the application processes. Expect RFC soon.
  • MC Meeting 2008-11-26:
    • Open Applications: MOTU: iulian, koon, slytherin, nhandler, bobbo, sebner, stgraber
    • Application process discussion.
  • Onkar Shinde became a MOTU.

Mythbuntu

  • Discuss focus points for 9.04
  • Ported entire live disk build process to be livecd-rootfs friendly
  • Canceled alternate disk builds

Training Team

  • Our primary project is updating the Ubutnu Desktop Course materials from 7.10 to the 8.04 LTS version. Many contributors have reviewed the existing material and suggested edits. To see the status of our progress, see the Getting Involved section of the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/GettingInvolved

  • The Training Team is now holding weekly mentoring sessions. These sessions cover using the tools (Docbook editing via OO.org v. 3, Bzr and Launchpad)to help update the Ubuntu Desktop Course. Sessions are held every Wednesday in #ubuntu-training at 20:00 UTC. Starting next year we hope to add North America evening times as there have been several requests for this.
  • Emmajane and Popey have created several screencasts and updated the Knowledge Base to help new users contribute. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training/KnowledgeBase

LoCo Council

  • Meeting 10-11-18:
    • South Africa Team reviewed and reapproved.
    • Discussed encouraging LoCos to do their Team Reports. Decided that the LoCo Council will not make an official push, but will see if the News Teams publicity of the Team Reports has any impact.

    • The idea of LoCos having their IRC meetings in #ubuntu-meeting was discussed. The reasoning involved making LoCo members feel part of the greater Ubuntu community, not just their LoCo. It was deemed unnecessary since it would cause major scheduling headaches and require LoCo members to join a separate channel just for a meeting.

Austrian Team

New Austrian Team launched their new forum here. http://www.ubuntu-at.org/ They also started to get into the "LoCo Community Process" and as a result are posting here.

Plans for the future:

  • Setting up a Wiki for better structure of information around our LoCo activities.

  • Planning a come together each month
  • Planning workshops
  • After tools like the forum and wiki are ok, they will focus on getting as much members as possible in their new community

Danish Team

Yet another nice month for the danish team, and a range of great projects has been planned for the next couple of months.

General:

  • The 8.10 Release Party was the biggest event for the danish team yet. Feedback has been great, and they feel it was a success. Planning has started for the next one or two release parties.
  • Appeared in National TV (DR1) equivalent to English BBC in a 20 min. long show about Ubuntu and Open Source.
  • Increased the average daily visitor number on the LoCo site by a stunning 71% in 2 months due to heavy marketing campaign. A similar increase in the registered forum user number has been counted.

  • A good general increase in the number of active members and participants in the LoCo team.

Projects:

  • A new project has been started to redesign/plan out website, from the bottom up. A LP group has been created to the project.
  • A danish Ubuntu Podcast is being planned.
  • More focus has been put on marketing for Ubuntu in Denmark, both for private and governmental institutions. Discussions about distribution Ubuntu CDs from public libraries and the likes, together with home-made flyers has been taken, and the flyers are being worked out.

German Team(Berlin)

  • The team had a fantastic release party. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=269

    • Translation of the officially unofficial party report as posted on the ubuntu-berlin mailing list: The "Ubuntu Berlin" user group successfully accomplished the 6th release party in Berlin on November 1st to celebrate the latest Ubuntu version "Intrepid Ibex". For the fourth time the party took place at the Berlin culture project "c-base e.V." establishing a fine tradition. Once again around 150-200 people took part in the celebration during the night. The agenda consisted of 6 presentations about new features in Ubuntu, the network manager, an initiative for free wireless networks "Freifunk", the semantic Desktop DeepaMehta, tips and tricks for newbies, KDE 4 and of course personal support and demonstrations on the demo computers. To prepare the party the media agency Area42 kindly sponsored 1000 leaflets that were dispersed all over the town, and for the second time the Berlin subway TV "Berliner Fenster" promoted the Ubuntu release and the party to thousands of travellers. Some high profile blogs like netzpolitik.org as well as the popular radiostation "Radio Fritz" made a good point about the event in their news coverage. Amongst the supporting musical program covering a variety of tastes and styles were DJ HighEnergy with live electronic music and the rockband "Hankyfour", while booths for Ubuntu brownies, Ubuntu apparel and Ubuntu origami contributed to the rich variety of activities. As before dozens of still warm [k|x]ubuntu CD's were spread amongst the party people... Our special thanks goes out to Area42, Berlin subway TV "Berliner Fenster", ubuntu Deutschland e.V., c-base e.V. and all volunteers taking part in the preparation and wrap-up of the party.

  • Workshop held on 2008-11-20: working with Ubuntu - users show their applications for the daily work (organized as an open talk). There were about 20 people in the audience. More infos in german language at http://www.ubuntu-berlin.de/node/90.

Irish Team

Jordan Team

  • Meeting to discuss the teams plans for Ubuntu Week at Jordan University as part of FLOSS week (During December).

Romanian Team

The meetings took place on #ubuntu-ro IRC channel. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RomanianTeam/Proiecte/Suport/SerileDeschiseNov2008

Tunisian Team

Zimbabwean Team

The Zimbabwean Team had an active and fulfilling month:

  • The team held their first ever Ubuntu Release Party in Zimbabwe, and it was a great success. They also incorporated an installfest, but didn't get many takers since the crowd was quite small, being their first release party. A few demonstrations were given on Intrepid Ibex, and they were well received by those present. Full report available at http://www.ubuntu.org.zw/node/12.

  • The teams monthly face-to-face meeting was held on 12-11-08.
  • The local Zimbabwean Web site was launched later in the month. http://www.ubuntu.org.zw

  • Monthly article on Ubuntu in Zimbabwe was submitted on 20-11-08 for inclusion in the Computer Society of Zimbabwe's newsletter.
  • The ICT Director for the Parliament of Zimbabwe, who is also a Team Member, was invited to speak at this year's World e-Parliament Conference in Brussels http://www.ictparliament.org/worldeparliamentconference2008/, and will be giving a presentation on the plans for Ubuntu, and open source in the Zimbabwe Parliament. Since the conference is taking place very late in the month, the team will not be able to give a full report until next month.

New Mexico Team

11/25/2008

11/12/2008

11/8/2008

11/3/2008

Italian Team

  • The Italian Gruppo sviluppo, the Italian counterpart of the development team, is organizing a BugDay in Bologna for the second Saturday of December. It will not be a feature-complete BugDay, it's a test to understand what needs to be done, and what are the necessities for organizing for future BugDay. The plan is to hold one in June, always in Bologna. For more information, visit the Italian wiki at: http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/GruppoSviluppo/BugDay

  • The Italian Gruppo web, the team responsible for Ubuntu Italian web site, worked on a restructuring of the home page that now has a new section for rapid access to the contents.

PuertoRican Team

  • Organizing FreeCD Activity for December 4th.
  • Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Launch Party (Pendent)
  • Distribution Ubuntu CDs, and focus on provide Ubunto CDs/DVDs on University of Puerto Rico bookstores.

SouthDakota Team

  • Ownership of the team transfered to MTecknology.
  • Complete redesign of our wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SouthDakotaTeam

  • First Meeting - Set road maps and goals.
  • Joined forces with 1/2 of state LUGs.
  • Hopefully we can achieve much more.

Full Circle Magazine

  • Issue 18 released and doing well, almost 20,000 downloads between 1st Nov and 24th Nov.
  • Issue 16 Italian and 17 Hungarian now available for download.
  • No Starch Press (via FCM) are sending a book, for review in a future issue, to a member of the Ubuntu Women team.
  • FCM has had enquiries from Brazilian and Turkish translators. Let's hope they take up the challenge...
  • Brett Alton will begin writing a Web Dev series from FCM#20 onwards.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Server Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Community Council Meeting

Forum Council Meeting

  • Start: 23:00 UTC
  • End: 00:00 UTC (Wednesday, December 3, 2008)
  • Location: #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Ubuntu Classroom Meeting

Ubuntu-us-pa LoCo team Meeting

  • Start: 12:30 UTC
  • End: 13:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-pa
  • Agenda: None as of publication

Foundation Team Meeting

  • Start: 16:00 UTC
  • End: 17:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

QA Team Meeting

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Maryland LoCo IRC Meeting

  • Start: 00:00 UTC
  • End: 01:00 UTC
  • Location: #ubuntu-us-md
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

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

Ubuntu Java Meeting

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None 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

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

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