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Last week saw the release of Launchpad 1.1.7 with a raft of new features, including some of particular interest to the Ubuntu community: * Frequently Asked Questions in the Answer Tracker: answer contacts can now mark frequently asked questions and create a canonical answer that is available to anyone using the Answer Tracker. (See the quick-start guide: https://help.launchpad.net/FrequentlyAskedQuestions) * Teams can now set their default language: teams can become an answer contact for a specific language. * Larger font size: visit launchpad.net and you’ll see that we’ve increased the size of the text used on the site, making it easier to read Launchpad’s default text size. With the release 1.1.7, a major new feature entered beta testing. Personal Package Archives (PPA) allow you to build and publish binary packages for multiple architectures simply by uploading a source package to Launchpad. Each PPA beta tester gets: * An APT repository of up to 1 gigabyte for material licensed with an [WWW] OSI-approved licence. * Binaries built for x86 and AMD64 architectures. To join the PPA beta, see the PPA quick-start guide: https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart As ever, the Launchpad team would love to hear from you. Join them and other Launchpad users on the launchpad-users mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #50 for the week July 21st - July 27th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
LoCo News
New in Gutsy Gibbon
Launchpad News
Last week saw the release of Launchpad 1.1.7 with a raft of new features, including some of particular interest to the Ubuntu community:
Frequently Asked Questions in the Answer Tracker: answer contacts can now mark frequently asked questions and create a canonical answer that is available to anyone using the Answer Tracker. (See the quick-start guide: https://help.launchpad.net/FrequentlyAskedQuestions)
- Teams can now set their default language: teams can become an answer contact for a specific language.
- Larger font size: visit launchpad.net and you’ll see that we’ve increased the size of the text used on the site, making it easier to read Launchpad’s default text size.
With the release 1.1.7, a major new feature entered beta testing. Personal Package Archives (PPA) allow you to build and publish binary packages for multiple architectures simply by uploading a source package to Launchpad. Each PPA beta tester gets:
- An APT repository of up to 1 gigabyte for material licensed with an [WWW] OSI-approved licence.
- Binaries built for x86 and AMD64 architectures.
To join the PPA beta, see the PPA quick-start guide: https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart
As ever, the Launchpad team would love to hear from you. Join them and other Launchpad users on the launchpad-users mailing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users
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
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing-submissions/2007-July/000046.html
Ubuntu Targets IT in Coming Year - In the coming months, Canonical LTD plans to focus on its server software for many of its system improvements. Landscape will help IT administrators evaluate and manage the condition of their servers. Improving Ubuntu's performance while running on VMware will also be a focus. Administrators will then be able to run many instances of Ubuntu in a virtual environment on a single server. As always, luring IT professionals with regular and predictable enterprise releases, is a must. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027630&intsrc=news_ts_head
Blindness To Perceptions Of Average User Is Real Linux Handicap - After several posts in which he bashes Linux, Alexander Wolfe of Information Week, is at it again. He thinks that Linux supporters are more interested in preaching to the converted that in doing the hard work required to make the open source operating system attractive to Windows users. It's not about which OS is best, it's about what the average consumer is comfortable with. And the historic hostility of the Linux community is another drawback even though the Ubuntu community is doing a good job of keeping this behavior at bay. Because of these points, he believes Linux will remain mired in its single digit desktop market share. Read the whole article including point and counterpoint by clicking on the link. http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/blindness_to_pe.html
http://techiqmag.com/2007/07/22/ubuntu-preparing-managed-services-small-business-server-for-vars/
Build a $250 PC That Doesn't Suck - Building a low cost basic computer that will run todays complex operating systems and software has become so hard to do that most are obsolete before they get built. But by picking easy to use off the shelf components, assembling it yourself, and using the right operating system, everyone should be able to have a system for $250 or less. This system would be capable of handling the demands of the average user for a reasonable period of time. All the hardware components were from Newegg.com. The operating system picked was Ubuntu because it offered everything needed for the average computer user at no cost. Get more information by clicking on the link. http://computershopper.com/feature/build-a-250-pc-that-doesnt-suck-200707
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/interviews/6405/1/
http://www.linux.com/feature/118141
http://www.linux.com/feature/118199
http://www.laptopmag.com/Review/Ubuntu-7-04.htm
http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/07/linux_desktop
http://www.linux.com/feature/118226 (if some of the links are repetitive, pick the best one to write about)
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/what_do_we_real.html
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750516-7.html?tag=more
Dell to expand Linux PC offerings - Mark Shuttleworth, who created a version of Linux software named Ubuntu, said Dell is happy with the demand it has seen for Linux PCs that were introduced in May. - http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070726/dell_linux.html?.v=1
In The Blogosphere
Shuttleworth says: Ubuntu Is Enterprise Friendly - Mark Shuttleworth's keynote at the Ubuntu Live Conference centered on the fact that the Ubuntu server is capable of bringing the same values of its desktop version to the server market -- ease of use, performance and compatibility. With Linux already driving the enterprise market through thin clients and dedicated systems, Ubuntu needs to maintain its ability to preform well as a virtual machine. Canonical will therefore be putting more resources behind Landscape, a web-based systems management client for small to medium businesses. In his conclusion, Shuttleworth called for the Linux community to hold discussions on setting a predictable release schedule for major distributions to ease collaboration among kernel developers and afford better stability and support for software developers working on the platform. http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/shuttleworth-ub.html
Ubuntu Must Play To Its Strengths To Beat Microsoft - Stephen O'grady said in his keynote address at the Ubuntu Live Conference that he wants to help solve Ubuntu's biggest problem: Microsoft. Playing to Ubuntu's strengths is what will help free software to succeed on the desktop. Two of Ubuntu's key strengths are apt-get for ease of package maintenance, and Ubuntu's strong community enviornment. Things MS has ignored to date. http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/ubuntu-must-pla.html
Linus Torvalds announces Linux 2.6.23-rc1 - On time and two weeks after 2.6.22 and with a ton of revisions. It includes updates for most all of the architectures, drivers, filesysytems, VM, networking, and ACPI. It also includes the merge of the cfs scheduler, and the UIO driver infrastructure. Find out more by clicking the link below. http://lkmltimes.brucalipto.org/announce/linux-2623-rc1/
http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7968
What's New on Ubuntu 7.10 - At the Ubuntu Live Conference in Portland, Matt Zimmerman of Canonical gave the attendees a look at what is coming in Ubuntu's 7.10 Gusty Gibbon. Desktop features include 3D desktop right out of the box and multiple monitor configuration. If you are a laptop user, power profiling features are planned. On the server side of Gutsy, turn-key Web-based administration via the new Landscape management tool and a proactive security tool-set named AppArmor. http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/070723-170755.html
New Linux computer has 1,024 Dual-Core Processors and 4000 GB of RAM - NASA's new SGI Altix system is expected to be installed in August at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility at the Ames Research Center. The new system will be the first supercomputer to operate 2,048 processor cores and 4TB of memory under a single copy of Linux(R) -- creating the largest Linux single system image (SSI) in the world. - http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQM07923072007-1.htm
Meetings and Events
Tuesday July 31, 2007
Ubuntu Server Team Meeting
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting
Technical Board Meeting
- Start: 19:00 UTC
- End: 21:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting
Community Spotlight
Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, and 7.04
Security Updates
USN-491-1: Bind vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2007-July/000565.html
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
bind9 1:9.3.2-2ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-July/012460.html
langpack-locales 2.3.18.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-July/012461.html
Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
bind9 1:9.3.2-2ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-July/008370.html
tzdata 2007f-0ubuntu0.6.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-July/008371.html
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu1~7.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008667.html
kernel-package 10.065ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008668.html
bind9 1:9.3.4-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008669.html
dbus 1.0.2-1ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008670.html
tzdata 2007f-0ubuntu0.7.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008671.html
vino 2.18.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008672.html
gnome-media 2.18.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-July/008673.html
Bug Stats
- Open (30965) +361 # over last week
- Critical (20) -3 # over last week
- Unconfirmed (15517) +335 # over last week
- Unassigned (23197) +298 # over last week
- All bugs ever reported (111507) +1077 # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Infamous Bugs
Translation Stats
- Spanish (24741) -1177 # over last week
- French (38767) 0 # over last week
- Swedish (54407) -85 # over last week
- English-UK (60210) 0 # over last week
- German (63046) -61 # over last week
Remaining string to translate in Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/
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