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 * Ashton Mills, at APC Magazine, writes about the new Dell Ubuntu PCs. The kernel version is one point newer than the one shipped with Ubuntu 7.04. A full Ubuntu image is stored in a separate FAT32 partition, similar to other PC s sold with Windows. Price differences between comparable Windows machines can vary from $100 to $299 depending on the Vista edition. Read more at http://www.apcmag.com/6339/first_look_at_dells_ubuntu_boxes

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #44 for the week April 3rd - April 9th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-June/000301.html (tribe 1 released)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2007-June/001552.html (launchpad 1.5)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-June/023791.html (new MOTU)

LoCo News

http://coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org/?p=36

This Week's Quiz

Thanks to the UbuntuTrivia Team, we had another exciting quiz this week.

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Prize

Upcoming for next week:

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Prize

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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.

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2007-June/001552.html

In The Press

http://economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9249327

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2139731,00.asp

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/24222.php

http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2191657/hands-ubuntu-04

In The Blogosphere

  • SynergyMX reviews usability and new features in Ubuntu 7.04. Installation works with no problems and "it's hard not to see why this distro is really ruling the Linux word right now." New tools like the Windows Migration tool, easy codec installation, and plug and play network installation are discussed along with support for kernel 2.6.20 and Gnome 2.18. Ubuntu 7.04 is referred to as a "mature, stable and easy to use system." Read more at http://www.synergymx.com/page.php?Title=Ubuntu_7.04_-_Feisty_Fawn_Review/

  • Ian Murray, at OhmyNews, discusses how many users are searching for an alternative OS after the release of Windows Vista. With Vista's price and compatibility issues, "Ubuntu Linux has some amazing visual effects, which consume very little resources compared to Vista." Ian points out that the bundled software which provides a productivity suite, browser, instant messenger, and email client, are all free. The lack of viruses and need to install anti-virus software keeps the PC running faster and efficiently. Read more at http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=364905&rel_no=1

  • Michael Larabel, at Phoronix, has published a guide to building an Ubuntu Myth Tv PC. A primer on Myth TV is provided, describing the front-end and backend, and its many features like the support for plugins. Michael discusses different tuner, hard drive, and video cards options and what he selected for the PC. Ubuntu is selected as the distribution of choice since MythTV is available in the repositories and the Ubuntu Community Wiki provides documentation on many different possible configurations. Read more at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=736&num=1

  • Paul Nowak, at Sys-Con, discusses how well his switch to single-boot Ubuntu has gone. Ubuntu has made installation easy, become a good productivity tool, and the lack of viruses can save considerable amounts of money. Paul describes his experience trying to reinstall Windows XP on an IBM T60 which had a corrupted rebuild partition. The process involved time, money (to buy OEM CDs and a Symantec subscription) , and the hassles of product keys. Maintaining a clean Windows installation has become a burden and and Paul believes IBM and Lenovo should provide Ubuntu as an OEM install. Read more at http://linux.sys-con.com/read/382946.htm

  • Ashton Mills, at APC Magazine, writes about the new Dell Ubuntu PCs. The kernel version is one point newer than the one shipped with Ubuntu 7.04. A full Ubuntu image is stored in a separate FAT32 partition, similar to other PC s sold with Windows. Price differences between comparable Windows machines can vary from $100 to $299 depending on the Vista edition. Read more at http://www.apcmag.com/6339/first_look_at_dells_ubuntu_boxes

Meetings and Events

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Georgia US LoCo meeting

Catalan LoCo meeting

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Kernel Team Meeting

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Edubuntu Meeting

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Ubuntu Development Team Meeting

  • Start: 16:00
  • End: 18:00
  • Location: #ubuntu-meeting

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Xubuntu Developers Meeting

Community Spotlight

Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, and 7.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

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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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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See you next week!

Credits

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