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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 28 for the week December 8th - 14th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...
In This Issue
General Community News
Herd 2 Released
The latest development milestone release (Herd 2) for the Ubuntu project’s next release, Feisty Fawn, has been released. This release will become Ubuntu 7.04 in April 2007.
There have been many improvements along the lines of bug fixes, feature implementations, and the latest versions of the most popular Open Source software currently available. We don’t recommend it for use as a stable environment, but it is great for testing Ubuntu and contributing to the next release by filing bugs!
You can also read the the complete release announcement at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/files/herd2release.txt
If you'd like to help out with testing, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing
New Team: Screencast Team
Matthew East has announced the creation of a Screencast Team, and they need your help!
Screencasts are videos which show users how to achieve a specific task in Ubuntu. They can be seriously useful when walking users through a new task and are intended to complement Ubuntu’s other support resources, such as documentation, forums, mailing lists and irc.
The project is led by Alan Pope, who has already done some great work on screencasts. But now the project is expanding, and you can help out! Simply head over to the team wiki page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/) and soak up the material there. You’ll then be ready to contribute to the team by requesting or even making new videos!
Contact the Documentation Team with any questions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Contact/ or simply to get involved!
New Mailing List: xubuntu-users
Cody A.W. Somerville, a member of the Xubuntu Team, has announced the creation of the xubuntu-users mailing list.
- "As you may or may not know, we've recently been discussing setting up an xubuntu-users mailing list. As of today, this mailing list exists and is ready for consumption! This mailing list is for help and support with a bit of user discussion on the side."
If you're interested in Xubuntu, helping others, and building the Xubuntu community, please visit https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users to subscribe today.
Ubuntu Mozilla Team
The first meeting of the Ubuntu Mozilla Team (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam) was held on January 11th at 17 UTC. The Mozilla Team was created in order to help raise the quality of Mozilla application on Ubuntu. The meeting covered the structure of the team and set guidelines on how the team would accomplish their goal. The Mozilla team is just being organized now and if you are interested, please see the link and join #ubuntu-mozillateam on irc.freenode.net.
Ubuntu-Women IRC Meeting
First Ubuntu-Women meeting was held January 11-12th, 2007, on #ubuntu-women on irc.freenode.net. It was a quite exciting roundup and a meet-and-greet with other women using Ubuntu. You can read a summary on Ubuntu-Women Wiki (http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/20070111) and download the full log of the day.
The next meeting will be held on January 25th at 13:00 and 1:00 UTC. Two different times are scheduled to accommodate different timezones. Please see the Ubuntu forums thread at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=337651.
Planet Ubuntu Users
A new aggregation of blogs from Ubuntu users was set up. This differs from Planet Ubuntu (found at http://planet.ubuntu.com), and you do not need to be an official Ubuntu member to join. Please see http://ubuntuweblogs.org/ to discover and http://ubuntuweblogs.org/submit.html to submit your Ubuntu-related weblogs.
Community Council Meeting
The Community Council met again on January 9th, and as usual covered a number of issues. Membership approvals have been making meetings run really long, so are being delegated out. That process is coming along smoothly, and more council members are expected to be set up soon. With regard to translations, Carlos is setting up a team that will be the Rosetta point of contact for the many translation teams. (Rosetta is a tool integrated with Launchpad for making translation easier.) It was decided that the doc wiki would be licensed under CC-BY-SA, but discussion about the main help wiki was deferred for the time being. Forums members Mike and Matthew were both approved for sitting on the Forums Council. The German Kubuntu group (kubuntu-de.net) is well on its way to becoming an official Loco Team. They plan to cooperate with ubuntuusers.de for a unified K/Ubuntu presence in Germany, and have just gotten their mailing list set up. The CanadianTeam and IranianTeam were approved and welcomed as official locoteams now as well.
The following users were approved as Ubuntu Members:
Mehdi Hassanpour (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MehdiHassanpour)
Rodrigo Pereira (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/pereira)
Dean Sas (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeanSas)
Firdaus Aziz (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirdausAziz)
Matti Lindell (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mlind)
Adrien Cunin (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdrienCunin)
Albin Tonnerre (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlbinTonnerre)
Ubuntu Forums Weekly Update
- Threads: 330,625
- Posts: 2,005,628
- Members: 222,388
Visit http://ubuntuforums.org/ for help, support, discussion and chit-chat about Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
mEDUXa Blog
Those interested in the progress of the Kubuntu rollout in the Canary Island schools can read the (mostly Spanish) mEDUXa blog to find out their successes and problems.
http://agustin.ejerciciosresueltos.com/
LoCo News
Philippines Loco Interview
If you've ever wanted to learn more about any of the members of the Philippines Loco, you can read about Jerome Gotangco. Jerome has been involved with Ubuntu for several years and has helped with many projects such as Edubuntu documentation, translations, and more. To read the full interview, please go [http://ubuntu-ph.org/node/78 here].
This Week's Quiz
Unfortunately, this week's Trivia contest was canceled. However, the Trivia Team reports that next week will occur as usual.
Upcoming for next week:
Sponsor : Prize :
To participate in the quiz, join #ubuntu-trivia on irc.freenode.net on Friday and/or Saturday UTC-nights - the topic will usually tell you when the next quiz is scheduled.
To give a quiz, contact Alexandre Vassalotti (theCore) - we will probably find you a spot.
To donate a prize, please contact Jenda Vancura (jenda) - your generosity is appreciated. The generic prize is an Ubuntu Poster ($5 value).
The quiz usually has a theme, and the quizmaster will sometimes tell you what the theme of the quiz will be. If not, you can always bribe him/her. By winning the quiz and foregoing the prize, you donate it for the next quiz. This is especially appreciated if you are a frequent winner.
Changes In Feisty
scorched3d 40.1d.dfsg-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: games on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:45:12 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> scorched3d - 3D artillery game similar to Scorched Earth scorched3d-data - data files for Scorched3D game scorched3d-dbg - 3D artillery game similar to Scorched Earth, debug data scorched3d-doc - documentation for Scorched3D game LINKS: http://scorched3d.sourceforge.net/ http://packages.ubuntu.com exaile 0.2.7+debian-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: sound on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:06:21 +0200 by Matti Lindell <mlind@cs.joensuu.fi> exaile - flexible audio player, similar to Amarok, but written in GTK+ LINKS: http://www.exaile.org/ http://packages.ubuntu.com acroread 7.0.9-0.0.ubuntu1 Component: multiverse Section: text on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:31:08 -0500 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com> acroread - Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file viewer acroread-escript - Adobe EScript Plug-In acroread-plugins - Plugins for Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader mozilla-acroread - Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / konqueror LINKS: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html http://packages.ubuntu.com evince 0.7.1-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:35:11 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> evince - Document (postscript, pdf) viewer LINKS: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/ http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gossip 0.22-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: gnome on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:31:12 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gossip - friendly Jabber client for GNOME LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gdm 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:02:16 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gdm - GNOME Display Manager LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com liferea 1.2.3-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:15:04 +0100 by Sebastian Droege <slomo@ubuntu.com> liferea - feed aggregator for GNOME liferea-gtkhtml - gtkhtml-based rendering library for Liferea liferea-mozilla - mozilla-based rendering library for Liferea LINKS: http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ http://packages.ubuntu.com nautilus-cd-burner 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:09:29 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> libnautilus-burn-dev - Nautilus Burn Library - development version libnautilus-burn4 - Nautilus Burn Library - runtime version nautilus-cd-burner - CD Burning front-end for Nautilus LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com smart 0.50~rc1-1 Component: universe Section: admin on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:00:00 +0000 by Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> smb4k 0.8.0-1 Component: universe Section: kde on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:35:51 +0000 by Steve Kowalik <stevenk@debian.org> smb4k - A Samba (SMB) share advanced browser for KDE LINKS: http://smb4k.berlios.de/ http://packages.ubuntu.com mailscanner 4.57.6-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: mail on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:00:41 -0800 by Jeremie Corbier <jcorbier@ubuntu.com> mailscanner - email virus scanner and spam tagger LINKS: http://mailscanner.info http://packages.ubuntu.com monodevelop 0.12+dfsg-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: devel on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:11:22 +0100 by Sebastian Droege <slomo@ubuntu.com> monodevelop - C#/Boo/Java/Nemerle/ILasm/ASP.NET Development Environment monodevelop-boo - Boo plugin for MonoDevelop monodevelop-java - Java plugin for MonoDevelop monodevelop-nunit - NUnit plugin for MonoDevelop monodevelop-query - MonoQuery plugin for MonoDevelop monodevelop-versioncontrol - VersionControl plugin for MonoDevelop LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com evolution 2.9.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: mail on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:17:58 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> evolution - groupware suite with mail client and organizer evolution-common - architecture independent files for Evolution evolution-dbg - debugging symbols for Evolution evolution-dev - development library files for Evolution evolution-plugins - standard plugins for Evolution evolution-plugins-experimental - experimental plugins for Evolution LINKS: http://www.novell.com/products/evolution/ http://www.novell.com/products/evolution/ http://packages.ubuntu.com wesnoth 1.2-1 Component: universe Section: games on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:21:29 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> wesnoth - fantasy turn-based strategy game LINKS: http://www.wesnoth.org/ http://www.wesnoth.org/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-system-tools 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:16:55 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> gnome-system-tools - Cross-platform configuration utilities for GNOME LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com quintuple-agent 1.0.4-9ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: utils on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:09:23 -0500 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com> quintuple-agent - secure store for secrets (passphrases, etc.) LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-icon-theme 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:51:03 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gnome-icon-theme - GNOME Desktop icon theme LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com pommed 1.1~dfsg-1 Component: universe Section: utils on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:04:32 +0000 by Gauvain Pocentek <gauvainpocentek@gmail.com> pommed - Apple laptops hotkeys event handler LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com telepathy-gabble 0.5.0-1 Component: universe Section: net on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:19:18 +0000 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> telepathy-gabble - Jabber/XMPP connection manager LINKS: http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/ http://packages.ubuntu.com tcptrace 6.6.1-1.1 Component: universe Section: net on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:57:27 +0000 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@fungus.sh.nu> tcptrace - Tool for analyzing tcpdump output LINKS: http://www.tcptrace.org/ http://packages.ubuntu.com vino 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:08:54 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> vino - VNC server for GNOME LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com python-tz 2006p-0.1 Component: main Section: python on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:56:04 +0000 by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> python-tz - Python version of the Olson timezone database LINKS: http://pytz.sourceforge.net/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-desktop 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: x11 on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:32:15 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gnome-about - The GNOME about box gnome-desktop-data - Common files for GNOME 2 desktop apps libgnome-desktop-2 - Utility library for loading .desktop files - runtime files libgnome-desktop-dev - Utility library for loading .desktop files - development files LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com pyftpd 0.8.4.4 Component: universe Section: net on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:13:54 +0000 by Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> pyftpd - ftp daemon with advanced features LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com evolution-webcal 2.9.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:43:35 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> evolution-webcal - webcal: URL handler for GNOME and Evolution LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com xchat-gnome 1:0.16-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:47:42 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> xchat-gnome - a new frontend to the popular X-Chat IRC client xchat-gnome-common - a new frontend to the popular X-Chat IRC client LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com evolution-data-server 1.9.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:45:24 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> evolution-data-server - evolution database backend server evolution-data-server-common - architecture independent files for Evolution Data Server evolution-data-server-dbg - evolution database backend server with debugging symbols evolution-data-server-dev - Development files for evolution-data-server (meta package) libcamel1.2-10 - The Evolution MIME message handling library libcamel1.2-dev - Development files for libcamel libebook1.2-9 - Client library for evolution address books libebook1.2-dev - Client library for evolution address books (development files) libecal1.2-7 - Client library for evolution calendars libecal1.2-dev - Client library for evolution calendars (development files) libedata-book1.2-2 - Backend library for evolution address books libedata-book1.2-dev - Backend library for evolution address books (development files) libedata-cal1.2-6 - Backend library for evolution calendars libedata-cal1.2-dev - Backend library for evolution calendars (development files) libedataserver1.2-9 - Utility library for evolution data servers libedataserver1.2-dev - Utility library for evolution data servers (development files) libedataserverui1.2-8 - GUI utility library for evolution data servers libedataserverui1.2-dev - GUI utility library for evolution data servers (development files libegroupwise1.2-13 - Client library for accessing groupwise POA through SOAP interface libegroupwise1.2-dev - Development files for libegroupwise libexchange-storage1.2-3 - Backend library for evolution calendars libexchange-storage1.2-dev - Backend library for evolution calendars (development files) LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com libipoddevice 0.5.2-1 Component: universe Section: libs on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:50:56 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> driconf 0.9.0-2build1 Component: universe Section: x11 on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:19:40 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> driconf - DRI configuration applet LINKS: http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf http://packages.ubuntu.com tomboy 0.5.3-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: x11 on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:12:13 +0100 by Sebastian Droege <slomo@ubuntu.com> tomboy - desktop note taking program using Wiki style links LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com zope-plonearticle 1:3.2.3-1 Component: universe Section: web on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:14:53 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> zope-plonearticle - plone document that can incorporate images and attachment LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com jack-audio-connection-kit 0.102.20-1 Component: universe Section: sound on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:03:21 +0000 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@fungus.sh.nu> duplicity 0.4.2-10.1build1 Component: universe Section: utils on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:19:41 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> duplicity - encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com straw 0.26.dsfg.1-2.1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: gnome on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:05:31 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> straw - desktop news aggregator for GNOME LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com libgda2 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: libs on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:23:17 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gda2-freetds - FreeTDS backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 gda2-mysql - MySQL backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 gda2-odbc - ODBC backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 gda2-postgres - PostgreSQL backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME gda2-sqlite - SQLite backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 libgda2-3 - GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 libgda2-3-dbg - GDA2 library and debugging symbols libgda2-bin - Binnary files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 libgda2-common - Common files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 libgda2-dev - Development files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 libgda2-doc - Documentation files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2 LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com subtitleeditor 0.12.4-1 Component: universe Section: x11 on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:12:29 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> subtitleeditor - Graphical subtitle editor with sound waves representation LINKS: http://kitone.free.fr/subtitleeditor/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gcalctool 5.9.10-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: math on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:26:27 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gcalctool - A GTK2 desktop calculator gcalctool-gtk - A GTK2 desktop calculator LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com alacarte 0.11.1.1-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: utils on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:14:08 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> alacarte - easy menu editing LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com jabber 1.4.3-3.1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: net on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:52:51 +0200 by ville palo <vi64pa@gmail.com> jabber - An instant messaging server using the Jabber/XMPP protocol jabber-dev - Daemon for the jabber.org Open Source Instant Messenger LINKS: http://www.jabberd.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jabber_client_software http://www.jabberd.org/ http://packages.ubuntu.com ltsp 0.131 Component: main Section: misc on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:13:41 +0100 by Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> ldm - LTSP display manager ltsp-client - LTSP client environment ltsp-client-builder - Build an LTSP environment in the installer target ltsp-server - Basic LTSP server environment ltsp-server-standalone - Complete LTSP server environment LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com knoda 0.8.2-1 Component: universe Section: kde on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:37:02 +0000 by Stephan Hermann <sh@sourcecode.de> devede 2.9-0ubuntu1 Component: multiverse Section: utils on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:05:43 +0100 by DUNNEWIND Maxence <maxenced@gmail.com> devede - Video DVD creator LINKS: http://www.rastersoft.com http://packages.ubuntu.com librapi2 0.9.3-3 Component: universe Section: libs on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:06:50 +0000 by Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> librapi2 - Make RAPI calls to a WinCE device, runtime libraries LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gxine 0.5.10-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: graphics on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:13:54 -0500 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com> gxine - the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome user interface gxineplugin - the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome; launcher plugin for Mozilla LINKS: http://xinehq.de/ http://xinehq.de/ http://xinehq.de/ http://packages.ubuntu.com egroupware 1.2.106-2.dfsg-1 Component: universe Section: web on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:56:54 +0000 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@fungus.sh.nu> egroupware - web-based groupware suite LINKS: http://www.egroupware.org/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gnumed-client 0.2.3-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: misc on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:00:40 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> gnumed-client - [Med] Medical practice management - Client gnumed-client-debug - [Med] Medical practice management - Client gnumed-common - [Med] Medical practice management - common files gnumed-doc - [Med] Medical practice management - Documentation LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com rapidsvn 0.9.4-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: x11 on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:05:36 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> libsvncpp-dev - Subversion C++ library (development files) libsvncpp0c2a - Subversion C++ shared library rapidsvn - A GUI client for subversion LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com listen 0.4.3-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: sound on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:11:06 +0100 by Soren Hansen <sh@linux2go.dk> listen - A nice music player and manager for GNOME LINKS: http://listengnome.free.fr/ http://packages.ubuntu.com packagesearch 2.2.4 Component: universe Section: admin on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:08:39 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> packagesearch - GUI for searching packages and viewing package information LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com nautilus-open-terminal 0.7-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: gnome on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:45:46 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> nautilus-open-terminal - nautilus plugin for opening terminals in arbitrary local paths LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com file-roller 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:06:21 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> file-roller - an archive manager for GNOME LINKS: http://fileroller.sourceforge.net http://fileroller.sourceforge.net http://packages.ubuntu.com criawips 0.0.12-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: gnome on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:32:02 +0100 by Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com> criawips - A Presentation application for GNOME criawips-data - A Presentation application for GNOME criawips-doc - Documentation for criawips libcriawips-dev - libraries necessary to run criawips, headers libcriawips0 - libraries necessary to run criawips libcriawips0-dbg - libraries necessary to run criawips, debug package libcriawipshelper-dev - helper libraries necessary to run criawips, headers libcriawipshelper0 - helper libraries necessary to run criawips libcriawipshelper0-dbg - helper libraries necessary to run criawips, debug package LINKS: http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://www.criawips.org http://packages.ubuntu.com epiphany-browser 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:25:45 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> epiphany-browser - Intuitive GNOME web browser epiphany-browser-dev - Development files for Epiphany web browser LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com qalculate-kde 0.9.4-2ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: math on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:17:05 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> qalculate-kde - Powerful and easy to use desktop calculator - KDE version LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com mailody 0.3.0-1 Component: universe Section: kde on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:15:35 +0000 by Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> mailody - fast IMAP mail user agent for KDE LINKS: http://www.mailody.net/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gossip-telepathy 0.23~svn20070112-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: gnome on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:00:09 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gossip-telepathy - friendly Jabber client for GNOME (using Telepathy) LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-menus 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:25:23 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> gnome-menus - an implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for GNOME libgnome-menu-dev - an implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for GNOME libgnome-menu2 - an implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for GNOME python-gmenu - an implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for GNOME LINKS: http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec http://packages.ubuntu.com openais 0.80.2-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: admin on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:16:50 +0100 by Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@ubuntu.com> libopenais-dev - standards-based cluster framework (developer files) libopenais2 - standards-based cluster framework (libraries) openais - standards-based cluster framework (daemon and modules) LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com ipac-ng 1.31-3ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: net on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:30:50 +0000 by Padmanabhan Palanivelu <padmanabhan.palanivelu@gmail.com> ipac-ng - IP Accounting for iptables (kernel >=2.4) LINKS: https://sf.net/projects/ipac-ng/ http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-themes 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:30:17 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gnome-accessibility-themes - accessibility themes for the GNOME 2 desktop gnome-themes - official themes for the GNOME 2 desktop LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com dolphin 0.8.1-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: kde on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:41:38 +1100 by Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee@ubuntu.com> dolphin - File manager for KDE focusing on usability LINKS: http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de http://packages.ubuntu.com gedit 2.17.3-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 17:55:38 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> gedit - light-weight text editor gedit-common - light-weight text editor support files gedit-dev - light-weight text editor LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com libphp-adodb 4.93a-1 Component: universe Section: web on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:07:43 +0000 by Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> libphp-adodb - The 'adodb' database abstraction layer for php LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com zenity 2.17.3-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:54:01 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> zenity - Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com celementtree 1.0.5-8ubuntu1 Component: main Section: python on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:32:19 +0100 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> python-celementtree - Light-weight toolkit for XML processing LINKS: http://effbot.org/zone/celementtree.htm http://effbot.org/zone/celementtree.htm http://packages.ubuntu.com encadre-image 0.7-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: graphics on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:03:01 +0100 by Cyril LAVIER <cyril.lavier@gmail.com> encadre-image - A simple program to customize and to manage pictures LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-vfs-obexftp 0.2-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: gnome on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:49:51 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gnome-vfs-obexftp - Obex FTP GnomeVFS module LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com xfce4-mpc-plugin 0.2.0-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: x11 on Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:28:57 +0100 by Gauvain Pocentek <gauvainpocentek@ubuntu.com> xfce4-mpc-plugin - Xfce panel plugin which serves as client for MPD music player LINKS: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin/ http://packages.ubuntu.com smpeg-xmms 0.3.5-5.1 Component: universe Section: graphics on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:34:23 +0000 by William Grant <william.grant@ubuntu.org.au> smpeg-xmms - SDL MPEG Player Library - XMMS plugin LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com mairix 0.17-2ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: mail on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:49:38 +0900 by Emmet Hikory <emmet.hikory@gmail.com> mairix - indexes and searches email in locally stored email LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com zope-formulator 1.11.2-1 Component: universe Section: web on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:14:08 +0000 by Michael Bienia <michael@vorlon.ping.de> zope-formulator - tool to create and validate web forms in zope LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-utils 2.17.1-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:38:00 +0100 by Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com> gnome-utils - GNOME desktop utilities LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com pastebinit 0.6-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: misc on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:58:31 +0100 by Stephane Graber <stgraber@stgraber.org> pastebinit - A command line pastebin client LINKS: http://paste.stgraber.org http://pastebin.com http://pastebin.ca http://packages.ubuntu.com cowdancer 0.25 Component: universe Section: utils on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:55:36 +0000 by Daniel T Chen <crimsun@fungus.sh.nu> cowdancer - Copy-on-write directory tree utility. LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com eog 2.17.4-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:41:20 +0100 by Sebastien Bacher <seb128@canonical.com> eog - Eye of Gnome graphics viewer program LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com gnome-screensaver 2.17.5-0ubuntu1 Component: main Section: gnome on Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:22:06 +0100 by Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> gnome-screensaver - a screen saver and locker LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com lyricue 1.9.4-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: x11 on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:54:00 +1000 by Chris Debenham <chris@adebenham.com> lyricue - The GNU Lyric Display System LINKS: http://lds.sourceforge.net/ http://packages.ubuntu.com k3d 0.6.0.0.ds1-1ubuntu2 Component: universe Section: graphics on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:20:17 +0000 by Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> k3d - 3D modeling and animation system k3d-dev - 3D modeling and animation system - Development files LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com stetic 0.1.0~svn.64684-1ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: devel on Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:59:24 +0100 by Sebastian Droege <slomo@ubuntu.com> stetic - GNOME and GTK+ GUI designer LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com wine 0.9.29-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: otherosfs on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:30:36 +0100 by Stephan Hermann <sh@sourcecode.de> libwine - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Dummy Package) libwine-dev - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Dummy Package) wine - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Librar wine-dev - Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Development files) LINKS: http://packages.ubuntu.com
In The Press
Ubuntu Lite Vs. Xubuntu
MadPenguin, a Linux news and reviews website has compared the Xubuntu and Ubuntu Lite (a Ubuntu derivative) distributions.
The verdict? Install Xubuntu.
- "And, as surprising as this may sound, I would suggest totally ignoring Ubuntu Lite, as I can’t see any advantage to it over Xubuntu whatsoever. Any speed advantages can be mirrored by simply installing the Ice windows manager after installing Xubuntu."
Read the full article at: http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7707
Meetings and Events
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Technical Board Meeting
Start: 20:00 End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Edubuntu Meeting
Start: 20:00 End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Ubuntu Development Team Meeting
Start: 08:00 End: 10:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Xubuntu Meeting
Start: 15:00 End: 17:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu US LoCo Team Mentor Meeting
Start: 17:00
- Info: US Teams Mentor Wiki
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us
Monday, January 22, 2007
Fiesty Developer Sprint
Start: 2007-01-22 09:00 End: 2007-01-26 23:59
- Location: Oslo, Norway
Community Spotlight
Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10
Security Updates
USN-406-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1
USN-405-1: fetchmail vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-405-1
USN-404-1: MadWifi vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1
USN-403-1: X.org vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-403-1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
langpack-locales 2.3.18.1~prop1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-January/012327.html
Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
tzdata 2006p-0ubuntu6.10~prop1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-January/008128.html
gnome-system-tools 2.15.5-0ubuntu5~prop2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-January/008129.html
Bug Stats
- Open (20873) + 2 over last week
- Critical (21) + 1 over last week
- Unconfirmed (10706) + 75 over last week
- Unassigned (15810) no change over last week
- All bugs ever reported (71251) + 751 over last week
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/
UWN #: A sneak peek
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Conclusion
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