Issue64
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #64 for the week October 28th - November 3rd, 2007. In this issue we cover...
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In This Issue
General Community News
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1193 FOSSCamp
http://www.mythbuntu.org/ mythbuntu 7.10 released
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1199 UDS day 1
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1200 UDS day 2
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1209 UDS day 3
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1211 UDS day 4
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1223 UDS day 5
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1219 UDS Halloween if we still need content
LoCo News
New in Gutsy Gibbon
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forum News
This week's forums interview features Artificial Intelligence, long time moderator and contributor to the forums (he is forum member number 19). Artwork, gaming, documentation, he has multiple talents, and a picture is included. Please read the whole article here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/an-interview-with-artificial-intelligence/
The ubuntuforums tree was reorganized and a new forum was created, Ubuntu Development & Programming. This new location groups pre-existing forums that were moved there. Mike, ubuntu-geek and Daniel Holbach have worked on the blueprint: https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packaging-section-on-the-forum. The forums are a great resource to train users to properly package software for Ubuntu, and MOTUs will provide teaching and training. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=310
In The Press
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138884-c,linux/article.html
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15138/53/
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
http://www.thetimes.co.za/Business/Article.aspx?id=602887
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15171/1023/
In The Blogosphere
$200 Ubuntu Linux PC Now Available at Wal-Mart - Everex's TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores. The gPC aims to joins a popular gang of low-end economy computers leading into the holiday season. Touted as a "green" machine, it has a 1.5 Ghz VIA C7 CPU embedded in a Mini-ITX motherboard, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive. By using the fast Enlightenment desktop manager (instead of heavier-duty alternatives like Gnome or KDE), the makers say it's more responsive than Vista is, even on more powerful computers. It offers a complete, upgradeable system for the lowest possible price, making the gPC a great candidate for home file/media servers and other "experiments." http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/200-everex-gree.html
Ubuntu 7.10: The Best Version - Even when you're not the follow-the-crowd type of Linux user, who can resist the plethora of new features on this new incarnation of Ubuntu 7.10 aka Gutsy Gibbon. Canonical developers are giving more emphasis to security on Ubuntu by enabling the App-Armor security framework by default. With Ubuntu 7.10, you can now encrypt your hard disk partition when by using the Alternate CD. The Wifi support is excellent! No sound problems on all of the notebooks and desktops tested. Plugin Finder Service is particularly excellent. Try Ubuntu 7.10 and you'll not regret it. http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/203/1/
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/95008/
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15177/1023/
In Other News
Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
The Ubuntu-Illinois Team would like to announce the launch of it's campaign for a hackathon/codesprint on Saturday February 9th, 2008. Shooting for the Champaign-Urbana area, this event is designed to help promote the use of free software on all ends, and Ubuntu in specific. Our plans include an Install Fest, hackaton, and talks by the general community. At the moment, we are asking that any coding done by the users is something easily accessible; documentation work, bug triaging, packaging, and other such activities. As always, our team is concerned with the choice of the end user, and we are willing to work with anyone who wants to promote transparency and freedom in their code. Any and all help is appreciated. See the link to find out more: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IllinoisTeam/Events
Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, and 7.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
Ubuntu 7.10 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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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- 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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