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== In This Issue ==

## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
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== General Community News ==

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## These are big articles that don't fit within another section

=== Every Macedonian Student to Use Ubuntu-Powered Computer Workstations ===
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/macedonia-school-computers

=== MOTU ===

 * [http://launchpad.net/~jdong John Dong] is a MOTU! After years of work in Ubuntu (the Backports team, MOTU team, Forums administration, etc.) John finally became part of the team!

== LoCo News ==

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## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.

== New in Gutsy Gibbon ==

=== Azureus is once again fixed ===

Over the past several weeks [http://launchpad.net/~jdong John Dong] has been working in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/azureus/+bug/57875 bug 57875] to make Azureus packages work again. Thanks to the help of countless package testers, this week the archive managers approved the updated package (2.5.0.4-1ubuntu3~gutsy1) for both the Backports and Updates repositories. We encourage torrenters to give Azureus another try -- you will find it faster, lighter, and more stable than you may expect.

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== Launchpad News ==

## This section is provided by the infrequent Launchpad updates Christian Reis
## sends out via email. Copy that email into here and refactor as needed

Two items of Launchpad News this week!

Personal Package Archives 101 session: join Jordan Mantha (Laserjock) and Launchpad developer Celso Providelo (cprov) to learn the basics of using Launchpad's PPA to build and host your own Ubuntu packages.

Where: #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode.
When: 15.00 - 16.00 UTC Wednesday 28th November.

Inkscape switching to Launchpad: Inkscape is switching its bug tracking to Launchpad. Right now the Launchpad team are importing Inkscape's bug history from their current tracker. Read project founder Bryce Harrington's comments on the Launchpad News blog: http://news.launchpad.net/general/inkscape-moving-to-launchpad

If you have a project and wish to choose Launchpad for your bug tracking system, please send an email to feedback@launchpad.net.

== Ubuntu Forum News ==

## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.
 * Quite a funny timing, this week's interviews features jdong, one of the Forums administrators and FC member. He is also our unofficial security “expert”, and a collector interested in, hum, odd items... Discover the full interview here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/an-interview-with-jdong/
 * Additional forum spaming with malicious code that could corrupt user systems has unfortunately taken place once again this week. It got quickly handled, and a global banner has been set up to warn members: http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?a=54. Next Forum Council meeting (date and time to be set up) will examine the different processes we can implement to deal with this new situation.

== In The Press ==

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/11/23/linux_desktop_survey/

http://m-net.net.nz/2071/latest-news/latest-news/ncomputing-pc-virtualisation-now-comes-in-ubu.php

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/96277/

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3712031

http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/26394/

== In The Blogosphere ==

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== In Other News ==

## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.
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## Either use bullets or sub-headings to organize content.
## Format:
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## === Friday, March 16, 2007 ===
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## ==== MOTU Meeting ====
## * Start: 10:00
## * End: 12:00
## * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
## * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings 		=== Tuesday, November 27, 2007 ===

==== New York Loco Meeting ====
 * Start: 18:00 America/New York
 * End: 19:30 America/New York
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-newyork
 * Agenda: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/NewYorkTeam

=== Wednesday, November 28, 2007 ===

==== Personal Package Archives 101 ====
 * Start: 15:00 UTC
 * End: 16:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom
 * Agenda: Launchpad developer Celso Providelo (cprov) and MOTU member Jordan Mantha (Laserjock) will take you through the basics of Personal Package Archives and, if there’s time, take questions.

=== Thursday, November 29, 2007 ===

==== Desktop Team Development Meeting ====
 * Start: 14:00 UTC
 * End: 15:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication
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=== Security Updates === === Security Updates === 
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
## List all security advisories since last UWN.
## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-#
## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1		  * None Reported
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * lvm2 2.02.02-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2006-November/012305.html		  * Accepted: langpack-locales 2.3.18.6 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-November/012567.html
 * Accepted: cupsys 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.5 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2007-November/012568.html

=== Ubuntu 6.10 Updates ===

 * Accepted: tzdata 2007i-0ubuntu0.6.10 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-November/008449.html
 * Accepted: foo2zjs 20060625dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2007-November/008450.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * lvm2 2.02.06-2ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-March/008083.html		  * Accepted: tzdata 2007i-0ubuntu0.7.04 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008780.html
 * Accepted: 915resolution 0.5.2-10ubuntu3 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008781.html
 * Accepted: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:1.9.94-1ubuntu5 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008782.html
 * Accepted: firehol 1.231-7ubuntu0.7.04 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008783.html
 * Accepted: libfilesys-df-perl 0.92-2ubuntu0.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008784.html
 * Accepted: vmware-server 1.0.4-1feisty3 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008785.html
 * Accepted: strigi 0.3.11-1ubuntu1.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008786.html
 * Accepted: apache2 2.2.3-3.2ubuntu2 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008787.html
 * Accepted: foo2zjs 20061224-0ubuntu3.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2007-November/008788.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.7.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-October/009951.html		  * Accepted: tzdata 2007i-0ubuntu0.7.10 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010022.html
 * Accepted: mythtv 0.20.2-0ubuntu10.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010023.html
 * Accepted: ubufox 0.4~beta1-0ubuntu6 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010024.html
 * Accepted: tagtool 0.12.3-2ubuntu0.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010025.html
 * Accepted: firehol 1.231-7ubuntu0.7.10 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010026.html
 * Accepted: gtkpod-aac 0.99.10-2ubuntu1.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010027.html
 * Accepted: mono-addins 0.2-2ubuntu0.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010028.html
 * Accepted: docbook2odf 0.211-1ubuntu0.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010029.html
 * Accepted: dspam 3.6.8-5ubuntu1.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010030.html
 * Accepted: foo2zjs 20070625-0ubuntu1.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010031.html
 * Accepted: rutilt 0.15-0ubuntu5.2 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010032.html
 * Accepted: linux-backports-modules-2.6.22 2.6.22-14.11 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2007-November/010033.html
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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
    * All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week		  * Open (37590) +220 # over last week
 * Critical (16) +/-0 # over last week
 * Unconfirmed (20263) +114 # over last week
 * Unassigned (28805) +181 # over last week
 * All bugs ever reported (136906) +1048 # over last week
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=== Infamous Bugs === ##=== Infamous Bugs ===
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy (or current release)
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

 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		  1. Spanish (14902) -164 # over last week
 2. French (38688) +/-0 # over last week
 3. Swedish (49226) -16 # over last week
 4. English-UK (45941) -5642 # over last week
 5. German (66535) +/-0 # over last week
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 * John Crawford

Meetings and Events

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

New York Loco Meeting

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Personal Package Archives 101

  • Start: 15:00 UTC
  • End: 16:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom
  • Agenda: Launchpad developer Celso Providelo (cprov) and MOTU member Jordan Mantha (Laserjock) will take you through the basics of Personal Package Archives and, if there’s time, take questions.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Desktop Team Development Meeting

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication

Community Spotlight

Updates and security for 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, and 7.10

=== Security Updates ===

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Bug Stats

  • Open (37590) +220 # over last week
  • Critical (16) +/-0 # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (20263) +114 # over last week
  • Unassigned (28805) +181 # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (136906) +1048 # over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translation Stats

  1. Spanish (14902) -164 # over last week
  2. French (38688) +/-0 # over last week
  3. Swedish (49226) -16 # over last week
  4. English-UK (45941) -5642 # over last week
  5. German (66535) +/-0 # 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

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