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=== gutsy frozen === === Archive Frozen for Gutsy Release ===

The archive for the upcoming Gutsy release has been frozen. This freeze means that only uploads that fix specific release-relevant bugs will be accepted between now and the release.
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=== gutsy countdown script ===

Matthew Nuzum has added a countdown script to the http://www.ubuntu.com homepage. You can add it to your website too.
Just copy and paste the code provided in the link below into your webpage, and each day the image will update showing the days remaining before the release.
Your site needs to allow javascript (the code calculates the date and shows the appropriate image. No tracking, cookies etc.).
Spread the fever!		 === Gutsy Countdown Script ===

Matthew Nuzum has added a countdown script to the http://www.ubuntu.com homepage. You can add it to your website by copying and pasting the code provided in the link below into your website. Each day the image will update showing the days remaining before the release. There are no cookies or any type of tracking involved with the Javascript code. Modifications to the images are welcome and sharing such changes are encouraged. Spread the fever!
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=== MOTU ===

Having been with Ubuntu for quite a while, [https://launchpad.net/~pkern Philipp Kern] finally is part of the ["MOTU"] team.		 === Philipp Kern Joins MOTU Team ===

Having been with Ubuntu for quite a while, Philipp Kern finally is part of the MOTU team. Philipp has been actively taking care of his Debian packages in Ubuntu since 2005. His pet project in Debian and Ubuntu is Gobby, a collaborative editor, for which he is upstream, and the libraries needed for it. Philip is also active in the Ubuntu backmerging team. https://launchpad.net/~pkern		 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #59 for the week September 30th - October 6th, 2007. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Archive Frozen for Gutsy Release

The archive for the upcoming Gutsy release has been frozen. This freeze means that only uploads that fix specific release-relevant bugs will be accepted between now and the release.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-October/000345.html

Gutsy Countdown Script

Matthew Nuzum has added a countdown script to the http://www.ubuntu.com homepage. You can add it to your website by copying and pasting the code provided in the link below into your website. Each day the image will update showing the days remaining before the release. There are no cookies or any type of tracking involved with the Javascript code. Modifications to the images are welcome and sharing such changes are encouraged. Spread the fever!

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/countdown

Philipp Kern Joins MOTU Team

Having been with Ubuntu for quite a while, Philipp Kern finally is part of the MOTU team. Philipp has been actively taking care of his Debian packages in Ubuntu since 2005. His pet project in Debian and Ubuntu is Gobby, a collaborative editor, for which he is upstream, and the libraries needed for it. Philip is also active in the Ubuntu backmerging team. https://launchpad.net/~pkern

LoCo News

Bolivian LoCo Team release UbuntuBolivia

The bolivian team in collaboration with the organization of the 7th Bolivia's Free Software National Congress [http://congreso.softwarelibre.org.bo] made a custom Ubuntu edition called "Ubuntu Bolivia". The next week will start the distribution of 1,000 packs within a hardcover including two CDs and "Powered by" stickers.

That includes a live cd and installer plus add-ons cd with additional software to aims people without internet connection to get and enjoy a complete Ubuntu Linux system. We are planning the next version based on Gutsy Gibbon and including native language support like quechua, aymara and guaraní (if available).

More info: [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BolivianTeam/Proyectos/UbuntuBolivia/UbuntuBolivia20070930 Ubuntu Bolivia 7.04] (Spanish)

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

In The Press

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04basics.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/10/02/2146230.shtml

In The Blogosphere

http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9788692-39.html

http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1250

http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9791926-37.html?tag=nefd.blgs

http://troubledramblings.com/2007/10/02/why-my-mom-can-use-ubuntu/

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13554_1-9792477-33.html

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/upgrade-ubuntu-from-feisty-to-gutsy/

http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/10/06/ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon-and-linux-on-the-desktop/

Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

ubuntuforums has started a series of interviews, to get to know a little better who's behind a nickname. These interviews have been discussed among UF staff and K.Mandla has got them rolling with ubuntu-geek [1] and aysiu [2], both of them well known and part of the UF soul. More will follow, with other staff members and regular and long term UF contributors.

[1] http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/an-interview-with-ubuntu-geek/

[2] http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/an-interview-with-aysiu/

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/BugSquad

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/

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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