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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #35 for the week April 1st - April 8th, 2007. In this issue we cover ... |
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #35 for the week April 1st - April 8th, 2007. In this issue we cover Feisty Fawn's imminent release and the cancellation of Herd6. Launchpad has also been relaunched with a new interface as a public beta, and we review the long awaited change in licensing for the community documentation. |
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* Feisty Herd 6 Cancelled * Feisty Frozen for Release Candidate Preparation * Licensing of the Documentation Wiki Discussed * Launchpad Open for Beta Testing * Migrating from Windows Keeps Getting Easier |
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== LoCo News == ## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name === ## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc. == This Week's Quiz == ## In this section, edit the opening text, then fill in the blanks accordingly. Thanks to the UbuntuTrivia Team, we had another exciting quiz this week. || '''Quizmaster''' || || || '''Champion''' || || || '''Sponsor''' || || || '''Prize''' || || Upcoming for next week: || '''Sponsor''' || || || '''Prize''' || || More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTrivia 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. For more info on prizes, donating, quizzes and giving quizzes see the above link. |
=== Feisty Herd 6 Cancelled === Tollef Fog Heen, Ubuntu Release Manager, has announced there will be no Herd 6 since the kernel will be frozen soon and the Feisty release candidate will be available April 12th. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-April/000272.html. === Licensing of the Documentation Wiki Discussed === Matthew East of the Documentation Team announced that after much discussion with the Community Council, the licensing for the Ubuntu Help Wiki will now be the Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike 2.5 license. It should noted that this doesn't include the regular wiki at http://wiki.ubuntu.com, merely the help wiki at http://help.ubuntu.com/community. If you have any concerns about this relicensing, please contact the community council at community-council@lists.ubuntu.com. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2007-April/008367.html or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiLicensing. === Problems with Archiving of Ubuntu Lists === Because of the high volume of traffic on the ubuntu-bugs and desktop-bugs mailing lists, the archiver is having problems backing up the rest of the mailing lists. For now, ubuntu-bugs and desktop-bugs will not be archived, so the rest of the mailings lists on lists.ubuntu.com can be backed up. Canonical would like to know if subscribers of the ubuntu-bugs and desktop-bugs lists are interested in their respective archives and for what reasons as all bugs are already available on Launchpad. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023542.html |
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## thing will be mentioned under a seperate heading | ## thing will be mentioned under a separate heading === Feisty Frozen for Release Candidate Preparation === Colin Watson, acting release manager, has announced that the Feisty code base is frozen in preparation of the April 12th release candidate, and final release on April 19th. While the universe repository is still open, only release-critical bugs will be accepted to the main repositories. Important issues for Feisty can be tracked at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/ubuntu-7.04. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-April/000274.html. === Ext4 Support Dropped in Feisty === The ext4 file system will not be included in Feisty. While it is not likely to corrupt files, it is not believed to be stable yet. Announced at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-March/000672.html === NetworkManager Release Notes Discussed === There has been a discussion about problems encountered by Edgy users, with manually configured networks, upgrading to Feisty. While the Feisty network manager is installed by default and should ignore the manual configurations, the interfaces should be set to "automatic." This will be documented in the release notes. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023537.html. == Development News == === Help Wanted with OpenOffice.org Bugs === An Open``Office upstream bug team member is needed to join the newly formed Open``Office project on Launchpad. The member should have a login to the Open``Office.org bug tracker, so Ubuntu bugs that are triaged as upstream OOo issues can be properly reported. Read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023534.html. === Experimental Feisty+1 Toolchain Packages === The toolchain packages have been updated for Feisty+1 and should install on top of a current Feisty chroot/installation. The updates involve gcc, glibc, and gcj. There is a performance drop when switching to the new gcc libraries which is known and accepted by the gcc developers. Warning: The toolchain packages are very experimental and installation will likely cause most systems to become unstable. Read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023529.html === BugHelper Reports === BugHelper reports contain bug information and bugs that you can help fix. They are updated hourly and available at http://daniel.holba.ch/bugs/. Clue files are used to search for bugs fitting pre-defined patterns. Documentation for writing and adding clue files are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugHelper. Read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023523.html |
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Canonical has started public beta testing of Launchpad 1.0. Launchpad is a web application that helps track communications between many free software communities. With the tool, its possible to coordinate and collaborate work among projects that have shared code. Launchpad features an interface that allows branding and emphasizes current activity of projects. Launchpad allows for team management, tracking bugs, hosting code, translations, feature and ideas tracking, and community support. Besides Ubuntu, well known projects like Zope, SilverCMS, and Jokosher use Launchpad. Read more: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/LaunchpadRelease (official press release), http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/103 (Mark Shuttleworth's blog) |
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Bill Bennett, in The Sydney Morning Herald, talks about running Ubuntu alongside Windows XP for months. He mentions that Linux can revive an old computer and that Ubuntu runs faster and smoother on his two-year-old PC compared to Windows XP and Vista. Read the full article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/home-office/linux-reloaded/2007/03/31/1174761806748.html | Bill Bennett, in The Sydney Morning Herald, talks about the result of running Ubuntu alongside Windows XP for months. He explains how Linux can revive an old computer and that Ubuntu runs faster and smoother on his two-year-old PC compared to Windows XP and Vista. Read the full article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/home-office/linux-reloaded/2007/03/31/1174761806748.html Marius Nestor, at Softpedia News, writes about the beta version of Feisty. He includes many screenshots along with discussions of the migration assistant, restricted drivers manager, network manager tool, Beagle, the redesigned help center, codec installation, and plug and play network sharing with Avahi. A quick overview on the new features introduced in Feisty. Read the full article: http://news.softpedia.com/news/What-Should-You-Expect-from-Ubuntu-7-04-50206.shtml Michael Stutz, in CIO, talks about what enterprises need to look for when selecting a Linux distribution. Stutz says that Ubuntu has been a success on the desktop and the partnership with Sun will win over a few clients. The full article at: http://www.cio.com/article/100652/Choosing_a_Linux_Distribution_for_Enterprise_Work Marius Nestor, at Softpedia News, comments on what he loves and hates about Ubuntu. Marius suggests creating an Ubuntu+Kubuntu LiveCD and making the GNOME desktop more Windows-user friendly. Read the full article: http://news.softpedia.com/news/What-Do-You-Love-and-Hate-About-Ubuntu-51188.shtml William West, at mercator.net, discusses how Ubuntu derivatives can help parents protect their children from offensive content on the Internet while providing all the tools to do their homework. West covers web filters and Open Office, along with how to customize Ubuntu. While West talks about specific Ubuntu derivatives, all the filtering tools can be installed on any standard Ubuntu installation. Read the full article: http://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=518 |
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== In The Blogoshpere == | == In The Blogosphere == |
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John M. Reese, from Leet``Code.net, has a detailed overview with screenshots of the Gnome enhancements in Feisty. He covers network settings, restricted drivers, desktop effects, HPLIP toolbox, sessions, and themes. It's been dugg over 1000 times. http://www.leetcode.net/2007/04/11-things-you-havent-seen-yet-in-ubuntu-feisty-fawn Sarah, at 3till7.net, talks about the ease of using Ubuntu. She mentions the simplicity of installing by using the LiveCD and how Synaptic makes installing applications very easy. Sarah says that average people like her mom and dormmates have used Ubuntu successfully and can find help quickly on the Ubuntu Forums and wiki. Read more: http://www.3till7.net/2007/04/05/the-ease-of-linux-with-a-focus-on-ubuntu/ Clivecooper.co.uk talks about transitioning from Windows to Ubuntu. The site discusses why a user would want to move to Linux, why Ubuntu, how to install Ubuntu, and Linux equivalents of common Windows applications. Read more: http://www.clivecooper.co.uk/ == LoCo News == === Ubuntu Chicago LoCo at Flourish Conference === The Ubuntu Chicago Local Community recently represented at the Flourish Conference held at the University of Illinois - Chicago campus. With a strong showing at the conference, the team passed out over two hundred Ubuntu CDs. The team also participated in a "Battle of the Distros," an event where guests talked about the various distributions and what set them apart. Richard Johnson has an extensive write up on his weblog: http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.08/flourish-a-success/ |
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=== Tuesday, April 10, 2007 === ==== Technical Board Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 22:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoardAgenda === Wednesday, April 11, 2007 === ==== Edubuntu Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 22:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda ==== Launchpad Users Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 21:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaunchpadUserMeeting/2007-04-11 === Thursday, April 12, 2007 === ==== MOTU Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 21:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings ==== Development Team Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 22:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/DevelTeamMeeting20070412 ==== Ubuntu Development Team Meeting ==== * Start: 21:00 * End: 23:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting === Friday, April 13, 2007 === ==== Forum Council Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 22:00 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncilAgenda |
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## Specification Spotlight ## This section highlights an approved specification that is going to be implemented ## in Feisty. See the list at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/feisty ## In general, choose user visible features, as the audience are mostly end users. ## Also try and group specs together that belong together, such as network or X. ## Feature of the week ## Pick a feature, piece of software, or package that you'd like to feature. ## Give a brief description, whats so special about it, who works on it, ## where to find it/install it, etc. ## Team of the week ## Pick a team (a ubuntu team) that you'd like to feature. ## Give a brief description of the team, what they work on, what they've ## accomplished, who is involved, how to get involved/join, etc. |
=== Ubuntu Case Studies === A great way to promote anything is by showing people it actually works in the real world. Ubuntu has grown a lot in a very short time, and it is being given many different uses we probably can't even imagine. This is why we are trying to collect success stories around the world, and present them as "Use Cases". Any way you use Ubuntu in your school or workplace might be interesting and useful to someone else. The main Ubuntu website has a special place for these at: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies. We would like to encourage you to participate sending your story to mystory@ubuntu.com, using http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mystory as a starting point. === Easier Migration from Windows to Ubuntu === The Windows Migration Wizard is a new migration tool which imports all your Internet Explorer favorites, Firefox bookmarks, desktop wallpaper, AOL IM contacts and Yahoo IM contacts. This offers easier and faster migration for new users of Ubuntu and individuals wanting to run a dual partition. In addition to single accounts, you can migrate several users' settings in Ubuntu. This has been added in Ubiquity, Ubuntu's installer, and it shows the commitment to making Linux as easier to use as possible. You can read the specification at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistance === Ubuntu Marketing Team - Spread the Word === The Marketing Team is responsible for promoting Ubuntu and every single way possible. Ubuntu Bug #1 is their inspiration and its final bugfix is their final goal. Spreading all Free Software is within the interest of the Team, and Ubuntu among that is its main focus. All Ubuntu users are/can be a part of its marketing effort. The Marketing Team is behind projects like "The Fridge", "Ubuntu Weekly News", "Case Studies", "Ubuntu Counter", "Ubuntu Video" and many more. You can join them in IRC in #ubuntu-marketing, in our mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com, or read more about what they do at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/ |
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* USN-449-1: krb5 vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 * USN-448-1: X.org vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-448-1 |
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* glibc 2.3.6-0ubuntu20.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012396.html * freetype 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012397.html * libxfont 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012398.html * xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012399.html * krb5 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012400.html |
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* freetype 2.2.1-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008288.html * libxfont 1:1.2.0-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008289.html * xorg-server 1:1.1.1-0ubuntu12.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008290.html * krb5 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008291.html * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008292.html * eclipse 3.2.1-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008293.html * mpd 0.12.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008295.html * python-kde3 3.15.2+20060422-2ubuntu4.3 -https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008296.html * kdelibs 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008297.html * kdebase 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008298.html * adept 2.1.1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008299.html * squid 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008300.html |
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* 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 [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs Check out the bug statistics: [WWW] http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/ === Infamous Bugs === ## Delete if no infamous/funny bugs for this week. == UWN #: A sneak peek == ## Articles that should have made it into this release but have been deferred should be listed here. ## Delete if unnecessary. |
* Open (26920) +1137 # over last week * Critical (24) +5 # over last week * Unconfirmed (12966) +800 # over last week * Unassigned (19533) +1042 # over last week * All bugs ever reported (91582) +3021 # over last week As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs Check out the bug statistics: http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/ |
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #35 for the week April 1st - April 8th, 2007. In this issue we cover Feisty Fawn's imminent release and the cancellation of Herd6. Launchpad has also been relaunched with a new interface as a public beta, and we review the long awaited change in licensing for the community documentation.
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In This Issue
- Feisty Herd 6 Cancelled
- Feisty Frozen for Release Candidate Preparation
- Licensing of the Documentation Wiki Discussed
- Launchpad Open for Beta Testing
- Migrating from Windows Keeps Getting Easier
General Community News
Feisty Herd 6 Cancelled
Tollef Fog Heen, Ubuntu Release Manager, has announced there will be no Herd 6 since the kernel will be frozen soon and the Feisty release candidate will be available April 12th. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-April/000272.html.
Licensing of the Documentation Wiki Discussed
Matthew East of the Documentation Team announced that after much discussion with the Community Council, the licensing for the Ubuntu Help Wiki will now be the Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike 2.5 license. It should noted that this doesn't include the regular wiki at http://wiki.ubuntu.com, merely the help wiki at http://help.ubuntu.com/community. If you have any concerns about this relicensing, please contact the community council at community-council@lists.ubuntu.com. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2007-April/008367.html or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiLicensing.
Problems with Archiving of Ubuntu Lists
Because of the high volume of traffic on the ubuntu-bugs and desktop-bugs mailing lists, the archiver is having problems backing up the rest of the mailing lists. For now, ubuntu-bugs and desktop-bugs will not be archived, so the rest of the mailings lists on lists.ubuntu.com can be backed up. Canonical would like to know if subscribers of the ubuntu-bugs and desktop-bugs lists are interested in their respective archives and for what reasons as all bugs are already available on Launchpad. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023542.html
New in Feisty Fawn
Feisty Frozen for Release Candidate Preparation
Colin Watson, acting release manager, has announced that the Feisty code base is frozen in preparation of the April 12th release candidate, and final release on April 19th. While the universe repository is still open, only release-critical bugs will be accepted to the main repositories. Important issues for Feisty can be tracked at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/ubuntu-7.04. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-April/000274.html.
Ext4 Support Dropped in Feisty
The ext4 file system will not be included in Feisty. While it is not likely to corrupt files, it is not believed to be stable yet. Announced at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-March/000672.html
NetworkManager Release Notes Discussed
There has been a discussion about problems encountered by Edgy users, with manually configured networks, upgrading to Feisty. While the Feisty network manager is installed by default and should ignore the manual configurations, the interfaces should be set to "automatic." This will be documented in the release notes. You can read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023537.html.
Development News
Help Wanted with OpenOffice.org Bugs
An OpenOffice upstream bug team member is needed to join the newly formed OpenOffice project on Launchpad. The member should have a login to the OpenOffice.org bug tracker, so Ubuntu bugs that are triaged as upstream OOo issues can be properly reported. Read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023534.html.
Experimental Feisty+1 Toolchain Packages
The toolchain packages have been updated for Feisty+1 and should install on top of a current Feisty chroot/installation. The updates involve gcc, glibc, and gcj. There is a performance drop when switching to the new gcc libraries which is known and accepted by the gcc developers. Warning: The toolchain packages are very experimental and installation will likely cause most systems to become unstable. Read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023529.html
BugHelper Reports
BugHelper reports contain bug information and bugs that you can help fix. They are updated hourly and available at http://daniel.holba.ch/bugs/. Clue files are used to search for bugs fitting pre-defined patterns. Documentation for writing and adding clue files are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugHelper. Read more at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-April/023523.html
Launchpad News
Canonical has started public beta testing of Launchpad 1.0. Launchpad is a web application that helps track communications between many free software communities. With the tool, its possible to coordinate and collaborate work among projects that have shared code. Launchpad features an interface that allows branding and emphasizes current activity of projects. Launchpad allows for team management, tracking bugs, hosting code, translations, feature and ideas tracking, and community support. Besides Ubuntu, well known projects like Zope, SilverCMS, and Jokosher use Launchpad. Read more: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/LaunchpadRelease (official press release), http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/103 (Mark Shuttleworth's blog)
In The Press
Bill Bennett, in The Sydney Morning Herald, talks about the result of running Ubuntu alongside Windows XP for months. He explains how Linux can revive an old computer and that Ubuntu runs faster and smoother on his two-year-old PC compared to Windows XP and Vista. Read the full article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/home-office/linux-reloaded/2007/03/31/1174761806748.html
Marius Nestor, at Softpedia News, writes about the beta version of Feisty. He includes many screenshots along with discussions of the migration assistant, restricted drivers manager, network manager tool, Beagle, the redesigned help center, codec installation, and plug and play network sharing with Avahi. A quick overview on the new features introduced in Feisty. Read the full article: http://news.softpedia.com/news/What-Should-You-Expect-from-Ubuntu-7-04-50206.shtml
Michael Stutz, in CIO, talks about what enterprises need to look for when selecting a Linux distribution. Stutz says that Ubuntu has been a success on the desktop and the partnership with Sun will win over a few clients. The full article at: http://www.cio.com/article/100652/Choosing_a_Linux_Distribution_for_Enterprise_Work
Marius Nestor, at Softpedia News, comments on what he loves and hates about Ubuntu. Marius suggests creating an Ubuntu+Kubuntu LiveCD and making the GNOME desktop more Windows-user friendly. Read the full article: http://news.softpedia.com/news/What-Do-You-Love-and-Hate-About-Ubuntu-51188.shtml
William West, at mercator.net, discusses how Ubuntu derivatives can help parents protect their children from offensive content on the Internet while providing all the tools to do their homework. West covers web filters and Open Office, along with how to customize Ubuntu. While West talks about specific Ubuntu derivatives, all the filtering tools can be installed on any standard Ubuntu installation. Read the full article: http://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=518
In The Blogosphere
John M. Reese, from LeetCode.net, has a detailed overview with screenshots of the Gnome enhancements in Feisty. He covers network settings, restricted drivers, desktop effects, HPLIP toolbox, sessions, and themes. It's been dugg over 1000 times. http://www.leetcode.net/2007/04/11-things-you-havent-seen-yet-in-ubuntu-feisty-fawn
Sarah, at 3till7.net, talks about the ease of using Ubuntu. She mentions the simplicity of installing by using the LiveCD and how Synaptic makes installing applications very easy. Sarah says that average people like her mom and dormmates have used Ubuntu successfully and can find help quickly on the Ubuntu Forums and wiki. Read more: http://www.3till7.net/2007/04/05/the-ease-of-linux-with-a-focus-on-ubuntu/
Clivecooper.co.uk talks about transitioning from Windows to Ubuntu. The site discusses why a user would want to move to Linux, why Ubuntu, how to install Ubuntu, and Linux equivalents of common Windows applications. Read more: http://www.clivecooper.co.uk/
LoCo News
Ubuntu Chicago LoCo at Flourish Conference
The Ubuntu Chicago Local Community recently represented at the Flourish Conference held at the University of Illinois - Chicago campus. With a strong showing at the conference, the team passed out over two hundred Ubuntu CDs. The team also participated in a "Battle of the Distros," an event where guests talked about the various distributions and what set them apart. Richard Johnson has an extensive write up on his weblog: http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.04.08/flourish-a-success/
Meetings and Events
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Technical Board Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Edubuntu Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Launchpad Users Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 21:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaunchpadUserMeeting/2007-04-11
Thursday, April 12, 2007
MOTU Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 21:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Development Team Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Development Team Meeting
- Start: 21:00
- End: 23:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Friday, April 13, 2007
Forum Council Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Community Spotlight
Ubuntu Case Studies
A great way to promote anything is by showing people it actually works in the real world. Ubuntu has grown a lot in a very short time, and it is being given many different uses we probably can't even imagine. This is why we are trying to collect success stories around the world, and present them as "Use Cases". Any way you use Ubuntu in your school or workplace might be interesting and useful to someone else. The main Ubuntu website has a special place for these at: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies. We would like to encourage you to participate sending your story to mystory@ubuntu.com, using http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mystory as a starting point.
Easier Migration from Windows to Ubuntu
The Windows Migration Wizard is a new migration tool which imports all your Internet Explorer favorites, Firefox bookmarks, desktop wallpaper, AOL IM contacts and Yahoo IM contacts. This offers easier and faster migration for new users of Ubuntu and individuals wanting to run a dual partition. In addition to single accounts, you can migrate several users' settings in Ubuntu. This has been added in Ubiquity, Ubuntu's installer, and it shows the commitment to making Linux as easier to use as possible. You can read the specification at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistance
Ubuntu Marketing Team - Spread the Word
The Marketing Team is responsible for promoting Ubuntu and every single way possible. Ubuntu Bug #1 is their inspiration and its final bugfix is their final goal. Spreading all Free Software is within the interest of the Team, and Ubuntu among that is its main focus. All Ubuntu users are/can be a part of its marketing effort. The Marketing Team is behind projects like "The Fridge", "Ubuntu Weekly News", "Case Studies", "Ubuntu Counter", "Ubuntu Video" and many more. You can join them in IRC in #ubuntu-marketing, in our mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com, or read more about what they do at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/
Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10
Security Updates
USN-449-1: krb5 vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
USN-448-1: X.org vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-448-1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
glibc 2.3.6-0ubuntu20.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012396.html
freetype 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012397.html
libxfont 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012398.html
xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012399.html
krb5 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-April/012400.html
Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
freetype 2.2.1-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008288.html
libxfont 1:1.2.0-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008289.html
xorg-server 1:1.1.1-0ubuntu12.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008290.html
krb5 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008291.html
mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008292.html
eclipse 3.2.1-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008293.html
mpd 0.12.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008295.html
python-kde3 3.15.2+20060422-2ubuntu4.3 -https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008296.html
kdelibs 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008297.html
kdebase 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008298.html
adept 2.1.1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008299.html
squid 2.6.1-3ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-April/008300.html
Bug Stats
- Open (26920) +1137 # over last week
- Critical (24) +5 # over last week
- Unconfirmed (12966) +800 # over last week
- Unassigned (19533) +1042 # over last week
- All bugs ever reported (91582) +3021 # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs
Check out the bug statistics: http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/
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Conclusion
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Feedback
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