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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #43 for the week May 28th - June 2nd, YEAR. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
New Teams and Member approved
- Swiss Team approved
Ralph Janke https://launchpad.net/~txwikinger/
Michele Angrisano https://launchpad.net/~micheleangrisano/
Brian Murray https://launchpad.net/~brian-murray/
Efrain Valles https://launchpad.net/~effie-jayx/
Sam Cater http://launchpad.net/~sacater
Rafael Sfair https://launchpad.net/~sfair/
Alysson Neto https://launchpad.net/~alysson-neto
Wesley Stessens http://launchpad.net/~wesleystessens
Elizabeth Bevilacqua https://launchpad.net/~lyz
Luigi de Guzman https://launchpad.net/~luigi12081
Sarah Hobbs to ubuntu-core-dev. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-June/023744.html
Mark Shuttleworth Interviewed
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=732&num=1
LoCo News
Interview of the Week
This week we interview Daniel Holbach, one of the recently appointed Community Council members, and a member of the Ubuntu Utah LoCo team.
UWN Reporter: Since when have you been member of the Ubuntu community?
Daniel Holbach: I started using Ubuntu in the no-name-yet.com days and got heavily involved during Hoary (when I should have focused on my thesis instead). I became a MOTU on February 15th, 2005 and member a bit before that.
UWN: What do you think the next year will look like for Ubuntu?
D.H.: We'll see more teams, more people within the community, more people from other communites and groups who will work with us, lots of participation, lots of community action and of course Ubuntu will be better versatile than ever.
UWN: What do you think can be improved in the Ubuntu community?
D.H.: We can all try to make our teams more inviting, more open and make it as easy as possible to join in and get some work done. Also we need to make sure we share the knowledge we have and make it accessible to new contributors.
UWN: What are you most active in the community?
D.H.: I'm currently most active in the MOTU Mentoring program (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU) and in the Desktop Team (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam). We're looking for contributors - join in on the fun!
New in Gutsy Gibbon
Launchpad News
In The Press
http://www.linutop.com/ (sells PCs with Xubuntu)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10442422
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=732&num=1
In The Blogosphere
http://blogs.sun.com/kupfer/entry/what_i_learned_from_ubuntu
http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/another-ubuntu-win-usb-devices/
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_beginning_ubuntu_linux_2nd_ed
http://wbeaton.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-own-ubuntu-experiment.html
http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1062
http://www.oreillygmt.eu/2007/05/dell_to_preload.html
http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/satisfying-the-vocal-minority-why-it-matters21140.html
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=28349
http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=1819
http://jyquentel.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/60-days-with-ubuntu/
http://pimpyourlinux.com/linux-feature-review/installing-ubuntu-easier-than-sowing-a-dress/
http://www.planetc1.com/cgi-bin/n/v.cgi?c=1&id=1180636878
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/15741 (promotes automatix though)
Meetings and Events
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Georgia US LoCo meeting
- Start: 19:00
- End: 20:00
- Location: #ubuntu-georgia
Catalan LoCo meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 21:00
- Location: #ubuntu-cat
Monday, June 4, 2007
Scribes Team Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: #ubuntu-scribes
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Technical Board Meeting
- Start: 19:00
- End: 21:00
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Edubuntu Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Gutsy Tribe CD 1 Release
- Start: 00:00
- End: 23:59
Ubuntu Development Team Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Community Spotlight
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/installer-for-windows
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ
Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, and 7.04
Security Updates
USN-467-1: Gimp vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-467-1
USN-466-1: freetype vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-466-1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
freetype 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-May/012430.html
gimp 2.2.11-1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-May/012431.html
Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
freetype 2.2.1-5ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-May/008339.html
gimp 2.2.13-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-May/008340.html
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
freetype 2.2.1-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-May/008617.html
aircrack-ng 1:0.6.2-7ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-May/008618.html
gimp 2.2.13-1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-May/008619.html
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/HelpingWithBugs
Check out the bug statistics: http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/
Infamous Bugs
UWN #: A sneak peek
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