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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 46 for the week June 17th - June 23rd, 2007. In this issue we cover Dell's live thread about Ubuntu, Jordan Mantha joining the Ubuntu Core Team, planned features for Gutsy, the release of Launchpad 1.1.6 and much more. | Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 47... |
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[https://launchpad.net/~nixternal Richard Johnson] and [https://launchpad.net/~ccheney Chris Cheney] joined the ranks of the MOTUs. Both bring lots of KDE experience. Richard worked a lot on Kubuntu and Chris will work on OpenOffice.org | [https://launchpad.net/~nixternal Richard Johnson] and [https://launchpad.net/~ccheney Chris Cheney] joined the ranks of the MOTUs. Both bring lots of KDE experience. Richard worked a lot on Kubuntu and Chris will work on Open``Office.org === Newly Approved Members === * Aruther Loiret is active packaging and is one of the maintainers of Medibuntu. He has been helping review the work of new packagers and working translating Ubunt documention to French. Arthur plans on being a MOTU in the future. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArthurLoiret * Mathieu Rousseau is a French team administrator and maintains the French documentation for ubuntu-ppc. He is actively involved in #ubuntu-fr-classroom which teaches packaging and everything related to Ubuntu and OSS. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MathieuRousseau * John Crawford is the team leader of the Ubuntu Arizona Lo``Co. He is an Ubuntu US Team Mentor and started the Arizona Team Newsletter. John plans to refine and develop the structure and goals of the Arizona Team and help it become an approved Lo``Co. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Johnc4510 * Jacob Peddicord created the Lo``Co Support System as a module for Drupal that enables Lo``Co teams to easily integrate a callback-based support system into their websites. He the leader of the Unanswered Posts Team on the Ubuntu Forums and an active member of the Ohio Lo``Co. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JacobPeddicord * Joe Terranova is the team leader of the New Jersey Lo``Co. He has given several presentations and been involved in install fests. Joe plans on helping get the New Jersey team approved in the near future. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoeTerranova * Chris Cheney is an employee of Canonical. He maintains various packages for KDE in Debian and is the new Ubuntu Open``Office maintainer. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChrisCheney |
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== Akademy == Mark Shuttleworth spoke at Akademy http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/070307-joint-releases-to-jolt-open.html == LoCo News == === Newly Approved LoCos === * The Serbian Team has close to 1000 members. Articles written by the team have appeared in several magazines and a member was on a TV show with national coverage and gave away CDs to the audience. The team has held an install fest and participated in the Free Software Network Serbia festival. 85 members of the team are also part of the Serbian translation team. The forum is very active and has been successful in attracting new users and supporting them. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SerbianTeam * The Brazilian Team was started two and half years ago. Since then, the team has grown to over 150 members and has 16 Ubuntu members. There are 16 regional teams that cover different states and provide local support by holding install fests, FLOSS events, and discussion meetings. The Brazilian Documentation Team creates new documentation in Portuguese and organizes the Ubuntu Brazilian Wiki. With over 30 bloggers, the Planet Ubuntu Brazil provides Ubuntu news, tips and tricks, and promotes Ubuntu to new users. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BrazilianTeam * The US-Pennsylvania Lo``Co Team has recently held and install fest with a local LUG and their own install fest, while working with non-profits to help underprivileged people benefit from technology and free software. The team is working on participating in Free Software Day by providing a speaker and demonstrations.https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam |
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== In The Press == | == In The News == * Andy Ihnatko, at the Chicago Sun-Times, thinks folks should "try the free (free free free) Linux OS at some point in your life." Andy describes what Linux is, saying "spending $400 for legit copies of Windows and commercial apps can be overkill." Ubuntu is Andy's favorite distro and he likes the huge, active support forum at ubuntuforums.org. The ease of installing restricted drivers with Synaptic is discussed along with trying Live CDs. Read the full article at http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/437301,CST-FIN-Andy21.article * The Times of India talks about installation, features, virus threats, and multimedia options of Kubuntu. Once getting a CD from Ship It and experiencing Kubuntu, "the world of your old OS will look increasingly bad, increasingly archaic, and a environment that makes living life hard." Katapult and Adept``Manager are mentioned as "nifty features" and help users avoid viruses, Trojans, and dangerous code. Amarok is described as a limitless music player that "is in a different league by itself." Read the full article at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Bombay_Times/Time_for_a_switch_/articleshow/2162152.cms * Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, at Desktop``Linux.com, writes that Dell is making Ubuntu available on more computers, specifically the Inspiron 1420 laptop and Inspiron 530 desktop. The base 1420 comes with a 1.5Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 80GB hard drive, and 1GB of memory, along with a 14.1 inch widescreen display. The laptop will also be available in various colors like Midnight Blue, Espresso Brown, and Flamingo Pink and is priced at $774 USD. The 530 is a mini-tower that will include an Intel 1.6Ghz dual-core processor, 160GB hard drive, and 512MB of RAM. A 17 inch LCD monitor is included in the $449 base price. Read the full article at http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6756576859.html |
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* On the Dell blog, Lionel Menchaca says that Dell has confirmed plans to offer Linux outside of the United States. More details will be released later this summer. Dell is also considering selling Linux to small business customers. The blog also details the new Inspiron machines that will have Ubuntu pre-loaded.Read more at http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/06/27/19470.aspx |
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=== Sunday, July 1, 2007 === ==== Georgia US LoCo meeting ==== * Start: 19:00 * End: 20:00 * Location: #ubuntu-georgia * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GeorgiaUSTeam/Meetings ==== Catalan LoCo meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 21:00 * Location: #ubuntu-cat * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CatalanTeam/Reunions === Tuesday, July 3, 2007 === ==== Technical Board Meeting ==== * Start: 19:00 * End: 20:00 * Location: #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoardAgenda === Wednesday, July 4, 2007 === ==== Edubuntu Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 22:00 * Location: #ubuntu-meeting * Agenda: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda === Thursday, July 5, 2007 === ==== Ubuntu Development Team Meeting ==== * Start: 20:00 * End: 22:00 * Location: #ubuntu-meeting === Saturday, July 7, 2007 === ==== LugRadio Live 2007 ==== * Start: 00:00 * End: 23:59 * Location: Wolverhampton, UK * Agenda: http://www.lugradio.org/live/2007/ |
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* | * USN-479-1: Mad``Wifi vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 * USN-478-1: libexif vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-478-1 * USN-477-1: krb5 vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 |
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* krb5 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-June/012441.html * libexif 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-June/012442.html * linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 2.6.15.12-28.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-June/012443.html |
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* | * krb5 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-June/008349.html * libexif 0.6.13-4ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-June/008350.html * linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 2.6.17.8-11.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-June/008351.html |
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* krb5 1.4.4-5ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008641.html * libexif 0.6.13-5ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008642.html * linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 2.6.20.5-16.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008643.html * python-fam 1.1.1-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008644.html * nautilus-cd-burner 2.18.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008645.html |
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* | * Open (30365) +231 # over last week * Critical (23) -5 # over last week * Unconfirmed (14983) +59 # over last week * Unassigned (22602) +113 # over last week * All bugs ever reported (107823) +1175 # over last week |
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 47...
UWN Translations
In This Issue
General Community News
MOTU
[https://launchpad.net/~nixternal Richard Johnson] and [https://launchpad.net/~ccheney Chris Cheney] joined the ranks of the MOTUs. Both bring lots of KDE experience. Richard worked a lot on Kubuntu and Chris will work on OpenOffice.org
Newly Approved Members
Aruther Loiret is active packaging and is one of the maintainers of Medibuntu. He has been helping review the work of new packagers and working translating Ubunt documention to French. Arthur plans on being a MOTU in the future. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArthurLoiret
Mathieu Rousseau is a French team administrator and maintains the French documentation for ubuntu-ppc. He is actively involved in #ubuntu-fr-classroom which teaches packaging and everything related to Ubuntu and OSS. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MathieuRousseau
John Crawford is the team leader of the Ubuntu Arizona LoCo. He is an Ubuntu US Team Mentor and started the Arizona Team Newsletter. John plans to refine and develop the structure and goals of the Arizona Team and help it become an approved LoCo. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Johnc4510
Jacob Peddicord created the LoCo Support System as a module for Drupal that enables LoCo teams to easily integrate a callback-based support system into their websites. He the leader of the Unanswered Posts Team on the Ubuntu Forums and an active member of the Ohio LoCo. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JacobPeddicord
Joe Terranova is the team leader of the New Jersey LoCo. He has given several presentations and been involved in install fests. Joe plans on helping get the New Jersey team approved in the near future. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoeTerranova
Chris Cheney is an employee of Canonical. He maintains various packages for KDE in Debian and is the new Ubuntu OpenOffice maintainer. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChrisCheney
New in Gutsy Gibbon
Akademy
Mark Shuttleworth spoke at Akademy http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/070307-joint-releases-to-jolt-open.html
LoCo News
Newly Approved LoCos
The Serbian Team has close to 1000 members. Articles written by the team have appeared in several magazines and a member was on a TV show with national coverage and gave away CDs to the audience. The team has held an install fest and participated in the Free Software Network Serbia festival. 85 members of the team are also part of the Serbian translation team. The forum is very active and has been successful in attracting new users and supporting them. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SerbianTeam
The Brazilian Team was started two and half years ago. Since then, the team has grown to over 150 members and has 16 Ubuntu members. There are 16 regional teams that cover different states and provide local support by holding install fests, FLOSS events, and discussion meetings. The Brazilian Documentation Team creates new documentation in Portuguese and organizes the Ubuntu Brazilian Wiki. With over 30 bloggers, the Planet Ubuntu Brazil provides Ubuntu news, tips and tricks, and promotes Ubuntu to new users. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BrazilianTeam
The US-Pennsylvania LoCo Team has recently held and install fest with a local LUG and their own install fest, while working with non-profits to help underprivileged people benefit from technology and free software. The team is working on participating in Free Software Day by providing a speaker and demonstrations.https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam
Launchpad News
In The News
Andy Ihnatko, at the Chicago Sun-Times, thinks folks should "try the free (free free free) Linux OS at some point in your life." Andy describes what Linux is, saying "spending $400 for legit copies of Windows and commercial apps can be overkill." Ubuntu is Andy's favorite distro and he likes the huge, active support forum at ubuntuforums.org. The ease of installing restricted drivers with Synaptic is discussed along with trying Live CDs. Read the full article at http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/437301,CST-FIN-Andy21.article
The Times of India talks about installation, features, virus threats, and multimedia options of Kubuntu. Once getting a CD from Ship It and experiencing Kubuntu, "the world of your old OS will look increasingly bad, increasingly archaic, and a environment that makes living life hard." Katapult and AdeptManager are mentioned as "nifty features" and help users avoid viruses, Trojans, and dangerous code. Amarok is described as a limitless music player that "is in a different league by itself." Read the full article at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Bombay_Times/Time_for_a_switch_/articleshow/2162152.cms
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, at DesktopLinux.com, writes that Dell is making Ubuntu available on more computers, specifically the Inspiron 1420 laptop and Inspiron 530 desktop. The base 1420 comes with a 1.5Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 80GB hard drive, and 1GB of memory, along with a 14.1 inch widescreen display. The laptop will also be available in various colors like Midnight Blue, Espresso Brown, and Flamingo Pink and is priced at $774 USD. The 530 is a mini-tower that will include an Intel 1.6Ghz dual-core processor, 160GB hard drive, and 512MB of RAM. A 17 inch LCD monitor is included in the $449 base price. Read the full article at http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6756576859.html
In The Blogosphere
On the Dell blog, Lionel Menchaca says that Dell has confirmed plans to offer Linux outside of the United States. More details will be released later this summer. Dell is also considering selling Linux to small business customers. The blog also details the new Inspiron machines that will have Ubuntu pre-loaded.Read more at http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/06/27/19470.aspx
Meetings and Events
Sunday, July 1, 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
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Technical Board Meeting
- Start: 19:00
- End: 20:00
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Edubuntu Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Ubuntu Development Team Meeting
- Start: 20:00
- End: 22:00
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Saturday, July 7, 2007
LugRadio Live 2007
- Start: 00:00
- End: 23:59
- Location: Wolverhampton, UK
Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, and 7.04
Security Updates
USN-479-1: MadWifi vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
USN-478-1: libexif vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-478-1
USN-477-1: krb5 vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
krb5 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-June/012441.html
libexif 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-June/012442.html
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 2.6.15.12-28.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-June/012443.html
Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
krb5 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-June/008349.html
libexif 0.6.13-4ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-June/008350.html
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 2.6.17.8-11.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-June/008351.html
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
krb5 1.4.4-5ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008641.html
libexif 0.6.13-5ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008642.html
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 2.6.20.5-16.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008643.html
python-fam 1.1.1-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008644.html
nautilus-cd-burner 2.18.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-June/008645.html
Bug Stats
- Open (30365) +231 # over last week
- Critical (23) -5 # over last week
- Unconfirmed (14983) +59 # over last week
- Unassigned (22602) +113 # over last week
- All bugs ever reported (107823) +1175 # over last week
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