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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue #

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue # for the week of Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2006

You can always find this and other Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

In This Issue

General Community News

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

New Apps In Edgy

Don't forget quick installation notes, enable extra repository, package name, use g-a-i where possible, etc...

Ubuntu

Kubuntu

Edubuntu

Xubuntu

Bug Stats

New Bugs: # BR Closed Bugs: #

Infamous Bugs

Vassilis Pandis and Barry deFreese fixed one of the oldest open bugs in Ubuntu, [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firestarter/+bug/569 Bug 569 ], that of Firestart launching Firefox as root.

In The Press

A cartoon found on the web about [http://www.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png the power of Linux's sudo command].

SearchOpenSource.com takes a look at Ubuntu's success and future prospects:

The message from end users is consistent: Ubuntu has the chops to continue on its successful path toward wider adoption in the enterprise. Driving those accolades are factors like ease of installation on the desktop as well as the spirited community that has sprung up around the operating system. Today, according to Web sites like DistroWatch.com, Ubuntu has more than 70,000 developers under its umbrella and is the most popular Linux OS distribution.

More at: http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci1213545,00.html

Feature Of The Week - ???

Additional News Resources

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

• http://www.ubuntu.com/news

and

• http://fridge.ubuntu.com/

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

• Matt Galvin
• Jerome Gotangco
• Jonathan Riddell
• Brian Burger
• John Little
• anyone else that contributes
• And many others

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