Issue77

Differences between revisions 12 and 14 (spanning 2 versions)
Revision 12 as of 2008-02-08 20:17:40
Size: 12451
Editor: 201
Comment:
Revision 14 as of 2008-02-10 05:00:30
Size: 12953
Editor: ip68-0-152-247
Comment: added article summary
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 53: Line 53:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html - polls are now open, describe what the release team actually does == MOTU Release Team election ==

The MOTU UVF team has a new name, the MOTU Release team. This team deals with all "Freeze Exceptions" after the "Feature Freeze" for the Universe and Multiverse repos. There are five nominees for the available positions and the election polls are now open. You can visit the links to vote for or against the nominees. After the polls close, the team should be up and running in about a week.

 * https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev/+poll/mr-themuso-hardy
 * https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev/+poll/mr-scottk-hardy
 * https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev/+poll/mr-norsetto-hardy
 * https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev/+poll/mr-hobbsee-hardy
 * https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-dev/+poll/mr-sistpoty-hardy

A special thanks to all the nominees for there interest in this team.https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html
Line 109: Line 119:
## 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.
http://www.techthrob.com/tech/linux_virtualization.php

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 76 for the weeks February 3rd - February 9th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html (maybe)

MOTU Release Team election

The MOTU UVF team has a new name, the MOTU Release team. This team deals with all "Freeze Exceptions" after the "Feature Freeze" for the Universe and Multiverse repos. There are five nominees for the available positions and the election polls are now open. You can visit the links to vote for or against the nominees. After the polls close, the team should be up and running in about a week.

A special thanks to all the nominees for there interest in this team.https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html

LoCo News

New in Hardy Heron

Clutch BitTorrent WebUI Packaged

attachment:clutch.png

JohnDong of the MOTU-P2P team has packaged Clutch, a web-based BitTorrent client that uses a Transmission engine. Clutch features an attractive and interactive AJAX-powered interface (along with a basic HTML fallback) that make it a compelling alternative to a traditional BitTorrent client. Unlike the already packaged client TorrentFlux which uses an ancient BitTornado engine, Clutch uses the up-to-date lightweight Transmission engine. For the user, this means faster performance, lower memory and CPU overhead, and support for modern encryption, port mapping, and peer exchange resulting in more efficient torrenting.

All Hardy testers are invited to give the package a try and give feedback. If you experience any problems or have any suggestions about how to make the installation more automagic, please [http://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clutch/+filebug file a bug]!

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/02/06/canonical-adds-parallels-to-ubuntu-partner-repository and http://www.ubuntu.com/news/parallels-for-ubuntu (note that keys have to be bought and where)

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16528/1148/1/0/

http://www.linux.com/feature/125977

In The Blogosphere

http://www.techthrob.com/tech/linux_virtualization.php

In Other News

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Firefox 3 for Gutsy

  • firefox-3.0 - (URL not yet available) - As featured in Hardy Heron's latest alpha, the Beta 3 preview of Firefox 3.0 is now available in the Gutsy Backports repository. It is found under the "firefox-3.0" package name and can be installed side-by-side with the Firefox 2.0.0.10 default with Gutsy. Firefox 3 will import and upgrade your Firefox 2 profile upon first launch but it will not modify your existing profile, so feel free to try it out hassle-free. Keep in mind that Firefox 3 is still a beta, the packaging is still in a transitioning phase, and not everything works perfectly. Please file bugs against this package in gutsy-backports, not in Ubuntu! (EDITORS: I thought this backport was worth mentioning, though I wasn't sure where to put it. Please move around and tweak wording as you find appropriate!)

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 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

  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/

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed

Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Nick Ali
  • Your Name Here
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Feedback

If you would like to submit an idea or story you think is worth appearing on the UWN, please send them to ubuntu-marketing-submissions@lists.ubuntu.com. This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Marketing Team. Please feel free to contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email to ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com or by using any of the other methods on the Ubuntu Marketing Team Contact Information Page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam). If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send then ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com.

UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue77 (last edited 2008-08-06 17:01:31 by localhost)