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## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 71 for the weeks December 30th - January 5th, 2008. In this issue...


## Translations are welcome by anyone. Once you've finished yours, please remove the "Start one!" text.
## Feel free to add any other languages.
'''UWN Translations'''

 * Deutsch - Start one! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/IssueXX/De
 * Español - Start one! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/IssueXX/Es
 * Français - Start one! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/IssueXX/Fr
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== In This Issue ==

## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
## Format: * <Topic name>
## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share

== General Community News ==

## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-January/000363.html

http://people.ubuntuwire.com/~jpatrick/tutorials/kubuntu-tutorials-day-bugs.pdf

http://ubuntulive.blip.tv/ (ubuntu live 2007 videos, maybe remind folks about ubuntu live 2008?)

== LoCo News ==

## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.

== New in Gutsy Gibbon ==

## This list is pulled by Corey Burger and dumped here in raw form for parsing.
## Choose a something you wish to write about a write a short piece about what
## has changed since the last version in Ubuntu. This might mean several upstream
## releases. To find this data, use the changelog in the package and look on the web.
## If you cannot find a usable changelog, simply drop that package. Try and group packages
## together logically, such as X, the kernel or GNOME.

## After all the package sections are written, organize them logically, based
## on desktop or server, GNOME, KDE, or Xfce4, etc.

## Sometimes bigger changes, such as a new development policy or a major new
## thing will be mentioned under a seperate heading

== 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

## Would you pull this in LP News? Thanks, b.
=== A fantastic result for Inkscape with Launchpad ===
Just a couple weeks after Inkscape moved its bug tracker to Launchpad (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue67), the results are impressive! The Inkscape community has been working very hard, and there is more than a 4-fold decrease in open bugs. Mark Shuttleworth elaborates on the strength of the Open Source community in his article: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/135

== Ubuntu Forum News ==

## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.
=== Ubuntu Forums Interview ===
So, K.Mandla, dedicated interviewer, UF moderator and so much more (running half-marathons, speaking four languages..), has finally answered the "Nine Simple Questions". You can read the article here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/an-interview-with-kmandla/

=== Ubuntu Tutorial of the Week ===
The idea is to highlight a Tutorial every week, as an example, and maybe improve the quality of the Tutorial & Tips sub-forum.

You can subscribe to the closed thread to get the notifications each week: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=655207

The discussion thread regarding the Tutorial of the Week can be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=655209

== In The Press ==

## 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.

http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7601019362.html

http://www.linux.com/feature/123494

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/97912/Windows_97912.html

== In The Blogosphere ==

## 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.

 * Built-in apps get an "A", wireless support an "F" - Dennis O'Reilly at cnet.com blogs has tested Ubuntu. He is very impressed with the overall distribution, and all the applications bundled in Ubuntu, especially the ones he did not expect: F-Spot Photo Manager, GIMP Image Editor, OpenOffice.org Drawing app, XSane Image Scanner, Movie Player, Rhythmbox Music Player, Serpentine Audio CD-Creator, Sound Juicer CD Extractor, Sound Recorder, Ekiga, Evolution, Pidgin client (previously known as Gaim). He also enjoyed the games: "Blackjack, Sudoku, and a Tetris knockoff; there's even a version of my favorite time-waster, Mahjongg". But did not manage to make the wireless work out of the box or with Ndiswrapper. The comments on the article offer different solutions. http://www.cnet.com/8301-13880_1-9838468-68.html

http://enews.penton.com/enews/windowsitpro/security/2008_01_02_0102_sec_upd/display

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23420

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13880_1-9839735-68.html

http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/ubuntubeyondthehype.html

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1848


== In Other News ==

## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205208008
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## Data pulled from mailing lists and http://fridge.ubuntu.com
## Either use bullets or sub-headings to organize content.
## Format:
##
## === Friday, March 16, 2007 ===
##
## ==== MOTU Meeting ====
## * Start: 10:00
## * End: 12:00
## * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
## * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings 		=== Wednesday, January 9, 2008 ===

==== Edubuntu meeting ====
 * Start: 20:00 UTC
 * End: 22:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication

==== US Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 20:00 US/Pacific
 * End: 21:00 US/Pacific
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/MeetingAgenda

=== Thursday, January 10, 2008 ===

==== Desktop Team Development Meeting ====
 * Start: 14:00 UTC
 * End: 15:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: Beyond the normal reporting by each team member, additional agenda items will be listed on the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting Meeting wikipage]
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## This section highlights an approved specification that is going to be implemented  ## This section highlights an approved specification that is going to be implemented
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## In general, choose user visible features, as the audience are mostly end users.  ## In general, choose user visible features, as the audience are mostly end users.
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## accomplished, who is involved, how to get involved/join, etc.  ## accomplished, who is involved, how to get involved/join, etc.
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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 2.3.18.8 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-January/012586.html
 * Accepted: wesnoth_1.1+reverted+to+1.0.2-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-January/012587.html
 * Accepted: opera 9.25-20071214.6dapper1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-January/012588.html

=== Ubuntu 6.10 Updates ===

 * Accepted: tzdata 2007k-0ubuntu0.6.10 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008465.html
 * Accepted: wesnoth_1.1.8-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008466.html
 * Accepted: opera 9.25-20071214.6edgy1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008467.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 2007k-0ubuntu0.7.04 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-January/008807.html
 * Accepted: wesnoth_1.2.3-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-January/008808.html
 * Accepted: opera 9.25-20071214.6feisty1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-January/008809.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 2007k-0ubuntu0.7.10 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-January/010068.html
 * Accepted: avahi 0.6.20-2ubuntu3.1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-January/010069.html
 * Accepted: wesnoth_1.2.6-1ubuntu2.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-January/010070.html
 * Accepted: opera 9.25-20071214.6gutsy1 (source) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-January/010071.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 (38776) +124 # over last week
 * Critical (19) +/-0 # over last week
 * Unconfirmed (19820) +41 # over last week
 * Unassigned (29119) +135 # over last week
 * All bugs ever reported (143449) +1089 # over last week
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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 (12589) -780 # over last week
 2. French (37728) +/-0 # over last week
 3. Swedish (49184) -73 # over last week
 4. English-UK (27547) -11532 # over last week
 5. German (66656) +/-0 # over last week
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Meetings and Events

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Edubuntu meeting

  • Start: 20:00 UTC
  • End: 22:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication

US Team Meeting

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Desktop Team Development Meeting

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

  • Agenda: Beyond the normal reporting by each team member, additional agenda items will be listed on the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting Meeting wikipage]

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 (38776) +124 # over last week
  • Critical (19) +/-0 # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (19820) +41 # over last week
  • Unassigned (29119) +135 # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (143449) +1089 # 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. Spanish (12589) -780 # over last week
  2. French (37728) +/-0 # over last week
  3. Swedish (49184) -73 # over last week
  4. English-UK (27547) -11532 # over last week
  5. German (66656) +/-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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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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