Issue48

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #48 for the week July 8th - July 14th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

LoCo News

This Week's Quiz

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

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New in Gutsy Gibbon

GPG and S/MIME signing and encryption in Kmail

Kmail/Kontact will now install all required dependencies for e-mail signing and encryption. For new installations/users Gnupg will be configured to support this (existing users will still need to configure Gnupg to use-agent). Details are available in the community documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KMailGPGAgent.

Launchpad News

In The Press

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Bombay_Times/Time_for_a_switch_/articleshow/2162152.cms "Kubuntu - easily the best operating system from the Linux stable" says Times of India

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/storm-python-orm-open-sourced "First Open Source component of Launchpad!" says Ubuntu News

http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/66879/Implemented_Ubuntu_Dell_is_50_Less_Than_Windows_Dell#

http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7951

http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/325/

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9743019-7.html?tag=nefd.blog

http://www.linux.com/feature/117562

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201000451

  • A brief review of Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 Tribe 2 by Seopher.com says that although he received some error messages during install, the end result was a smooth and sexy installation. Something he has come to expect from Ubuntu releases. Video codecs and internet connectivity, also got a thumbs up. He goes on to state that the new Xorg. 7.3 should support monitors on a plug and play basis, thus simpliflying the process of mulitply monitor setups. Like most people, Seopher is really looking forward to the inclusion of Comp-Fusion, the 3D desktop that comes from the merger of Compiz and Beryl. http://www.seopher.com/articles/preliminary_review_ubuntu_7_10_gutsy_gibbon_alpha_2

  • Steven Vaughan-Nichols of eWeek.com writes that a recent pricing oversight by Dell caused an outrage by Ubuntu Linux buyers. It seems that a price comparison of the Ispiron 1420 laptops showed the Ubuntu version was $225 more than the same laptop with Vista Home Basic Edition. The week before Dell had announced that the Ubuntu systems would be $50 cheaper than similar Vista systems. A Dell spokesman stated that the problem occured when they offered several free upgrades with the Vista System and didn't adjust the Ubuntu system to correspond with this free offer. He also said Dell would reset the pricing to reflect the appropriate levels. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2158045,00.asp

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/ubuntu_aftermat.html

In The Blogosphere

Meetings and Events

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 (30531) +166 # over last week
  • Critical (23) -1 # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (15145) +162 # over last week
  • Unassigned (22785) +183 # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (109445) +1622 # 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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Conclusion

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