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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 23 for the week of Nov 19 - 25, 2006. In this issue we cover ... Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 23 for the week of Nov 19 - 25, 2006. In this issue we cover the hot new BehindUbuntu interview with Jono Bacon, the mEDUXa release, the free geek burglery, upcoming Ubuntu open week event, changes in Feisty, and (as usual) much more.
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 * mEDUXa Released
 * Jono Bacon Interview
 * Free Geek Burgled
 * Changes in Feisty (Not finished)
 * In the press
 * Meetings
 * Upcoming Events
 * Specification Spotlight
 * Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10 (Not finished)
 * Bug stats (Not finished)
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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 23 for the week of Nov 19 - 25, 2006. In this issue we cover the hot new BehindUbuntu interview with Jono Bacon, the mEDUXa release, the free geek burglery, upcoming Ubuntu open week event, changes in Feisty, and (as usual) much more.

In This Issue

  • mEDUXa Released
  • Jono Bacon Interview
  • Free Geek Burgled
  • Changes in Feisty (Not finished)
  • In the press
  • Meetings
  • Upcoming Events
  • Specification Spotlight
  • Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10 (Not finished)
  • Bug stats (Not finished)

General Community News

mEDUXa Released

The Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Spanish Canary Island's regional goverment have released mEDUXa 1.0. mEDUXa is a Free Software GNU/Linux distribution developed for educational purposes based on Kubuntu. It will be deployed on 35,000 computers in 1100 schools, which represents 325,000 possible users (25,000 teachers and 300,000 students) in the Canary Islands state schools. mEDUXa comes with different profiles, configured thanks to KDE's Kiosk mode. One of mEDUXa's major feature is the profile for young pupils (from 4 to 8 years old).

http://www.grupocpd.com/archivos_documentos/info_meduxa/

Jono Bacon interviewed by BehindUbunutu

If you haven't been keeping up with the BehindUbuntu interviews, now is as a good time as ever! Florida, Sausage Dogs and bash.org! Open your mouth wide in shock as he slips in a full two sentences pimping Jokosher! Get it all in the [http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/JonoBacon/ BehindUbuntu’s revealing interview] with our very own man of metal, Jono Bacon.

Free Geek Burgled

Free Geek is a not for profit community organisation that recycles old computer parts and equipment and supplies them to under-privileged people, schools, and non-profit organisations in exchange for community service. They install Linux on all the machines they distribute.

Sadly, the Free Geek organization was recently the victim of burglary. The value of the stolen hardware has been estimated to be worth approximately $4,500. Numerous people and non-profit organisations are feeling the effects of this, most importantly the local school system. Read the [http://www.freegeek.org/news.php#breakin full statement] concerning the burglary, the [http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/648 original fridge story], and [http://www.katu.com/news/4688221.html KATU (channel 2) news report] for more information about the incident and how you can help.

Changes In Fiesty

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyReleasePlan

In The Press

Kurdish Ubuntu has been [http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/391178.asp promoted] (link in Turkish) in Diyarbakir, Turkey, with a reception. According to the news agency, Ubuntu was the first linux distribution to implement Kurdish localization. Kurdish localization in Linux is an important milestone for Turkey due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_turkey ethnic conflicts]. Kurdish Ubuntu was prepared by [https://launchpad.net/people/kurdish a team of hardworking translators] in [https://translations.launchpad.net/ Rosetta]. In his talk at the reception, the mayor of Sur (a town in Diyarbakir) said that "Whatever language it is in, we wanted it [our service] to be accessible multilingually because multilingualism is our wealth. Our work is being conducted on Kurdish, English, and Turkish language support. ... If we can integrate multilingualism, multi-identities, and multi-culturalism in this nation, this region will be a place of peace instead of conflicts." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_Uzun Mehmed Uzun], a Kurdish writer, speaking about the Kurdish language, told the attendees that "Our most important problem is that the language is not standardized. The Kurdish language should be standardized." Ubuntu was later distributed to the reception's attendees. You can find screenshots of the Kurdish Ubuntu at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_Linux_launched_in_Turkey

http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39284836-1,00.htm

Meetings

[http://xubuntu.org Xubuntu] had a very important meeting (first meeting in almost six months according to [:Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive:Xubuntu Meeting Archives]) on November 25th which was open to the general community. After 2 and a half hours of discussion, it appears that the [http://launchpad.net/people/xubuntu-team Xubuntu Team] and interested community members have made great strides in developing goals, strategies, and organization for the Feisty release cycle.

Upcoming Events

In just two years, Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution in the world with millions of users and a spot regularly at the top of Distrowatch. Ever wondered what all the fuss is about? How we've achieved such a great feat in such a short space of time? With the upcoming Ubuntu Open Week, you can do just that!

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is holding a series of online workshops where you can:

  • learn about the Ubuntu landscape;
  • talk to some of the key developers from the Ubuntu project;
  • find out about the Community and its relationship with Canonical;
  • participate in an open Q&A with Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu; and

  • much more...

The week takes place between Mon 27th Nov and Sat 2nd Dec 2006 and more information about the event (including a schedule of the week's events) can be found at UbuntuOpenWeek.

Specification spotlight

Last week we added a new feature called "Specification highlight" and we discussed the very interesting [https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/network-roaming Network Roaming] and [https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/default-network-services Default Network Services] specification. This week will continue with the network theme and take a look at the much desired [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/winmodem-support Winmodem Support] specification which proposes developing out-of-the-box support for winmodems.

As you may know, a winmodem is a software modem designed to work with the Microsoft Windows operating system. A traditional modem uses hardware to perform its tasks, but Winmodems perform their key tasks with software. This makes them smaller and cheaper to produce, but it also means they cannot be easily used on other operating systems because the driver support requires far more effort to produce. This specification proposes including drivers for support winmodems by default and working with the upstream project [http://linmodems.org linmodems.org] to develop drivers for winmodems that are currently unsupported.

With over 500 individuals strongly supporting this specification (out of 771 respondents) according to an [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=82608 unofficial poll] conducted on the [http://ubuntuforums.org ubuntu forums], it seems like support for winmodems could have a positive impact on the ubuntu experience for a lot of users.

Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10

Security Updates

USN-384-1: OpenLDAP Vulnerability - [http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1]

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Bug Stats

New Bugs: # BR Closed Bugs: #

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

Check out the bug statistics: [WWW] http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/

Infamous Bugs

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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

Credits

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Feedback

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