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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.
 * "Canonical launches Web-based systems management for Ubuntu" - Canonical, the company
behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced on July 22 at the Ubuntu Live conference
in Portland, Ore., the availability of Landscape, its Web-based systems management
program for Ubuntu servers and desktops. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9110241259.html

http://techiqmag.com/2007/07/22/var-case-study-ubuntu-linux-in-k-12-school/

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/10841/ubuntu-launches-update-service-support-subscribers

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/10842/canonical-creates-personal-package-archive-service-ubuntu

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing-submissions/2007-July/000046.html
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/shuttleworth-ub.html

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/ubuntu-must-pla.html

 * "Linux 2.6.23-rc1 Released" - http://lkmltimes.brucalipto.org/announce/linux-2623-rc1/
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=== Tuesday, July 24, 2007 ===
 
==== Kernel Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 15:00
 * End: 16:00
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting

=== Wednesdayday, July 25, 2007 ===
 
==== Edubuntu Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 12:00
 * End: 14:00
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda

=== Wednesday, July 25, 2007 ===
 
==== Xubuntu Developers Meeting ====
 * Start: 20:00
 * End: 22:00
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings

=== Thursday, July 26, 2007 ===
 
==== Ubuntu Development Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 15:00
 * End: 17:00
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: ?

=== Thursday, July 27, 2007 ===
 
==== MOTU Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 12:00
 * End: 14:00
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.comMOTU/Meetings

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #50 for the week July 21st - July 27th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

LoCo News

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

In The Press

  • "Canonical launches Web-based systems management for Ubuntu" - Canonical, the company

behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced on July 22 at the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Ore., the availability of Landscape, its Web-based systems management program for Ubuntu servers and desktops. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9110241259.html

http://techiqmag.com/2007/07/22/var-case-study-ubuntu-linux-in-k-12-school/

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/10841/ubuntu-launches-update-service-support-subscribers

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/10842/canonical-creates-personal-package-archive-service-ubuntu

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing-submissions/2007-July/000046.html

In The Blogosphere

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/shuttleworth-ub.html

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/ubuntu-must-pla.html

Meetings and Events

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Kernel Team Meeting

Wednesdayday, July 25, 2007

Edubuntu Team Meeting

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Xubuntu Developers Meeting

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Ubuntu Development Team Meeting

  • Start: 15:00
  • End: 17:00
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: ?

Thursday, July 27, 2007

MOTU Team Meeting

Community Spotlight

Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, and 7.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 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

Infamous Bugs

Translation Stats

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over last week

Remaining string to translate in Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

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Additional Ubuntu News

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and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Martin Albisetti
  • And many others

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