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In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase
MOTU
- We're pleased to announce that Stefan Ebner joined the MOTU team.
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 - Intrepid Introduced at Udhagamandalam
Udagamandalam, Nov 28. Computer World of Udagamandalam(1) (a.k.a Ooty), hosted Intrepid Ibex release event at Lawly Institute. Wide range of people ranging form School Teachers, Students, Computer Vendors, Government Officials took part in the event.
Variety of topics starting from different modes of Installing Ubuntu, Package Management, Administration, Tamil features were discussed & demonstrated.
Special Thanks to Terrance S Rajesh of Computer World for making arrangements for event despite heavy rains across the week. Sri Ramadoss & Padmanathan of Ubuntu Tamil Team conducted the event.
Pictures at: http://amachu.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/udhagmandalam-ubuntu/
(1) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ootacamund
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
Launchpod #13
http://news.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpod-episode-13-bug-tracker-plugin-api
Meet Henning Eggers
http://news.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-henning-eggers
Launchpad hiring bug tracker
http://news.launchpad.net/were-hiring/passionate-about-bug-tracking-were-hiring
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
IBM pushes "Microsoft alternative" desktop
Based on Ubuntu Linux, virtualization technology from Virtual Bridges and its own Lotus Applications IBM created a desktop that should become an alternative to Microsoft. Usage of Virtual Bridge's VERDE (Virtual Enterprise Remote Desktop Environment) is said to make this solution more cost-efficient than Using Microsoft Office on Microsoft Windows Desktops. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3460383523.html
http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3788981/IBM+Ubuntu+Unveil+MicrosoftFree+PC.htm
In The Blogosphere
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_810_vs_fedora_10&num=1
http://www.workswithu.com/2008/12/04/ibm-canonical-declair-ubuntu-war-against-windows-office/
In Other News
Vibuntu 1.0
Vibuntu is another Ubuntu derivate that is based on Ubuntu 8.10 and targeted for visually impaired users. Therefore it logs on automatically and has Orca enabled by default. Applications that are not or rarely used by blind and otherwise visually impared people, such as GNOME or F-Spot, have been removed. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Adaptive-Technologies/Vibuntu-43337.shtml
Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins
Ever got your DVD-Rom locked by someone else? Harrased your console? Or even forgot the root password (Well, maybe not on Ubuntu)? IBM DeveloperWorks has some tricks for you to deal which such annoyances next time. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-10sysadtips/index.html
tv
http://engage.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/ilumina-tv-runs-on-ubuntu/
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2008/11/george_wright_r.html
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
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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