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## Good Luck from Cody Somerville, Corey Burger, Melissa Draper and Martin Albisetti.

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## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list
## of the top articles in this release.

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
 * Italiano - http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/NewsletterItaliana
 * Português - Start one! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/IssueXX/Pt

== 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		 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 71 for the weeks December 30th - January 5th, 2008. In this issue...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

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

New in Gutsy Gibbon

Launchpad News

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

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

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

  • 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

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205208008

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

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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