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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 76 for the weeks February 3rd - February 9th, 2008. In this issue we cover...
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## Translations are welcome by anyone. Once you've finished yours, please remove the "Start one!" text.
## Feel free to add any other languages.
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 77 for the weeks February 3rd - February 9th, 2008. In this issue we cover MOTU Elections, Clutch Bit``Torrent WebUI, Parallels in the Ubuntu partner repository, Firefox 3 in 7.10, and much, much more.
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 * На Русском- http://ubunturu.blogspot.com/2008/02/ubuntu-77.html
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 * Español - Start one! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/IssueXX/Es
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Français - http://www.ubuntu-fr.org/lettre/
 * Español - http://doc.ubuntu-es.org/NSU/Edicion_Actual
 * Français -
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue77/Fr
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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
## Format: * <Topic name>
## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share
 * MOTU Release Team Election
 * Clutch Bit``Torrent WebUI Package
 * In The Press & Blogosphere
 * Upcoming Meetings & Events
 * Firefox 3 for 7.10
 * Updates & Security
 * Bug & Translation Stats
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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
=== MOTU Release Team election ===
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html (maybe) 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.
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html - polls are now open, describe what the release team actually does  * 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
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== LoCo News ==

## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.
A special thanks to all the nominees for there interest in this team. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-February/025022.html
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## 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
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attachment:clutch.png John Dong of the MOTU-P2P team has packaged Clutch, a web-based Bit``Torrent client that uses a Transmission engine. Clutch features an attractive interactive AJAX-powered interface (along with a basic HTML fall-back) that makes it a compelling alternative to traditional Bit``Torrent clients. Unlike the Torrent``Flux client which uses the Bit``Tornado engine, Clutch uses the up-to-date lightweight Transmission engine. For the user, this means faster performance, lower memory and CPU overhead, support for modern encryption, port mapping, and peer exchange resulting in a more efficient torrent downloading. For more info and some screen shots, see http://lifehacker.com/346634/remote-control-your-bittorrent-downloads-with-clutch
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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 ==

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

== Ubuntu Forums News ==

## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.
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 easier, please file a bug at http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clutch/+filebug
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## 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.
 * Parallels Workstation for Linux allows users to easily run multiple operating systems side-by-side on a single computer without rebooting. The deal with Parallels, Inc. makes the desktop virtualization product more readily available to Ubuntu users - residing in a drop down menu on the operating system. "We have always been committed to providing Ubuntu users with choice," said Randy Linnell, consumer services manager, Canonical. "Parallels is excellent virtualization technology which many users have requested. Being able to come to a commercial arrangement to make it available is great for Ubuntu users and the project itself. Trial versions of the Parallels Workstation for Linux software are available through the Add/Remove function in Ubuntu and keys for permanent use can be purchased directly through shop.canonical.com or at www.parallels.com. http://www.ubuntu.com/news/parallels-for-ubuntu
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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)  * Canonical adds Parallels to Ubuntu partner repository - The Ubuntu distribution now includes the Parallels virtualization software in the partner repository. The popularity of Ubuntu puts the distribution in a position of high visibility with commercial software vendors who want to bring their applications to the Linux platform. Canonical offers the opt-in "partner" repository in Ubuntu to provide users with easy access to proprietary and closed-source software. Parallels will be included as a free trial that can be unlocked and transformed into a full version by purchasing a key through Canonical's store. http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/02/06/canonical-adds-parallels-to-ubuntu-partner-repository
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16528/1148/1/0/  * System Administration: Ubuntu's Upstart event-based init daemon - Because the traditional System V init daemon (SysV``init) does not deal well with modern hardware, including hotplug devices, USB hard and flash drives, and network-mounted filesystems, Ubuntu replaced it with the Upstart init daemon. The Upstart init daemon is event-based and runs specified programs when something on the system changes. Upstart can start and stop services upon receiving information that something on the system has changed. Such a change is called an event. It can also start and stop services when the system is brought up, when the system is shut down, or when a job changes state.
   *The Upstart system is made of five packages, all of which are installed by default:
     * upstart: provides the Upstart init daemon and initctl utility.
     * upstart-logd: provides the logd daemon and the job definition file for the logd service.
     * upstart-compat-sysv: provides job definition files for the rc tasks as well as the reboot, runlevel, shutdown, and telinit utilities that provide compatibility with SysV``init.
     * startup-tasks: provides job definition files for system startup tasks.
     * system-services provides job definition files for tty services.
Visit the link to learn more about Upstart: http://www.linux.com/feature/125977
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http://www.linux.com/feature/125977  * Debian made this developer unhappy - It's normal to build up a mental picture of a person based on what you know about them, especially if you plan to meet that person. One look at Matthew Garrett and you start wondering: is this the guy who caused such a big furore in the FOSS community in September 2006 when he made plain his reasons for leaving the Debian GNU/Linux project after four years as a developer? Anyone who followed that episode, would have put down Garrett as a troublemaker, arrogant and somewhat prone to narcissism. The reality could not be more different. At 28, Garrett is a little over average height but his height is accentuated by his slimness. He has been working on laptop and power management support in Linux for the past four or five years and getting increasingly involved in power management functionality. Unlike many FOSS people, he is unfailingly polite - it's difficult to imagine him spewing flames on a mailing list though he admits he has. While working with Canonical, Matthew mostly worked on the integration of hardware support for mobile devices. Matthew worked on things to do with the Ubuntu mobile project, which aims to produce a Linux distribution that is optimized for the new Intel Menlow platform that will be coming out shortly. The Menlow platform is based on the Silverthorne processor, and these devices will be similar to the Nokia internet tablet, but with significantly enhanced performance. Read more of the interview with Matthew by clicking on the link: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16528/1148/1/0/

 * The Dayton Daily News Says: If you're broke and need a decent computer, Ubuntu Linux may be for you - You've looked at the newest Dell XPS, maybe a spiffy HP Pavillion. You've surfed over to Apple's Web store to drool over the powerful, stylish machines of Steve Jobs. But there's a problem: You're broke. You just don't have — or shouldn't be spending— the $600 to more than $2,000 you'd have to pay for one of those new digital hot rods. There's still hope if you have the do-it-yourself daring to combine the free, open-source operating system Ubuntu with an inexpensive used personal computer. Linux, is a community-developed operating system, and Ubuntu is one of the most popular among folks seeking computing power for home and office tasks such as word processing, Web browsing and working with spreadsheets. http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/tech/2008/02/07/ddn020808lifeubuntu.html

 * Moving my mother over to Linux - To save money, Michael Reed cobbled together a computer for his mother out of cast-offs left over from his own upgrades. She doesn't need a cutting-edge computer because she's not a power user, but she does need a reliable machine to run a few basic applications and to access the Internet. Michael moved his mother from Windows to Ubuntu, and the experience was a surprisingly smooth one. The challenge was to not only build a working system, but also to maintain consistency with her old system. This meant migrating her data across, finding comparable equivalents for all of her Windows applications, and adjusting the desktop layout to one that was similar to that of Windows. So, is Ubuntu ready for this type of installation? Yes, provided they have someone with some Linux expertise at hand to help them. http://www.linux.com/feature/125799
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## 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.

== In Other News ==

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

== Meeting Summaries ==

## Any news from any Ubuntu Team listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2008 be sure to udate to current month.
 * Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices - This week Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced a partnership with Parallels, maker of the Virtualization products Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac. Consequently, the Parallels Workstation virtualization software is now available to download and install in Ubuntu, completely supported by Canonical, and done entirely through the Add/Remove programs interface. This article compares four virtualization products available for Ubuntu: the free, open source x86 emulator Qemu; the closed-but-free versions of Virtual``Box and VMware-Server, and the commercial Parallels Workstation. Of these applications, VMware and Virtual``Box definitely come out the clear winners. For individual use, where the ability to run a single Windows desktop inside of Linux is all that is needed, Virtual``Box turns out to be this authors preference. It's much smaller than VMware, which comes packed with extra features that aren't necessary for the end-user. http://www.techthrob.com/tech/linux_virtualization.php
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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, February 13, 2008 ===
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== Community Spotlight == ==== Education Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 13:00 UTC
 * End: 14:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication
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## Specification Spotlight

## This section highlights an approved specification that is going to be implemented
## in Feisty. See the list at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/feisty
## In general, choose user visible features, as the audience are mostly end users.
## Also try and group specs together that belong together, such as network or X.

## Feature of the week

## Pick a feature, piece of software, or package that you'd like to feature.
## Give a brief description, whats so special about it, who works on it,
## where to find it/install it, etc.
== Feature of the week ==
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 * 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!)


## Team of the week

## Pick a team (a ubuntu team) that you'd like to feature.
## Give a brief description of the team, what they work on, what they've
## accomplished, who is involved, how to get involved/join, etc.
 * Firefox-3.0 - As featured in Hardy Heron's latest alpha, the Beta 3 preview of Firefox 3.0 is now available in the 7.10 backports repository. It is found under the "firefox-3.0" package name and can be installed side-by-side with the Firefox 2 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! 
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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
 * [USN-574-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-February/000661.html
 * [USN-575-1] Apache vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-February/000662.html
 * [USN-576-1] Firefox vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-February/000663.html
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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
 * apache2 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-February/012619.html
 * update-manager-core 0.56~dapper3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-February/012620.html
 * firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080202a-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-February/012621.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html
 * linux-source-2.6.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-February/008495.html
 * apache2 2.0.55-4ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-February/008496.html
 * firefox 2.0.0.12+0nobinonly+2-0ubuntu0.6.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-February/008497.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
 * linux-source-2.6.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-February/008844.html
 * apache2 2.2.3-3.2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-February/008845.html
 * apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.3-01-1build1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-February/008846.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu1~7.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-February/008847.html
 * firefox 2.0.0.12+1nobinonly+2-0ubuntu0.7.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-February/008848.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
 * linux-source-2.6.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010123.html
 * db2exc 9.5.0-1gutsy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010124.html
 * apache2 2.2.4-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010125.html
 * db2exc-amd64 9.5.0-1gutsy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010126.html
 * apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.3-04-3build4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010127.html
 * libopensync-plugin-kdepim 0.19-1build1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010128.html
 * ncpfs 2.2.6-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010129.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010130.html
 * wordpress 2.2.2-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010131.html
 * firefox 2.0.0.12+2nobinonly+2-0ubuntu0.7.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-February/010132.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 (39920) -213 # over last week
 * Critical (21) +4 # over last week
 * Unconfirmed (20352) -245 # over last week
 * Unassigned (30393) -185 # over last week
 * All bugs ever reported (150888) +1490 # over last week
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=== Infamous Bugs ===

## Delete if no infamous/funny bugs for this 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 (12406) -8 # over last week
 2. French (37728) +/-0 # over last week
 3. Swedish (49176) +/-0 # over last week
 4. English-UK (24947) -20 # over last week
 5. German (66054) -258 # over last week
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== UWN #: A sneak peek ==

## Articles that should have made it into this release but have been deferred should be listed here.
## Delete if unnecessary.
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## The following list is in chronological order.
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 * Your Name Here  * John Crawford
 * Craig A. Eddy
 * Ruben - Hubuntu
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## Common acronyms  1. MOTU UVF - Masters Of The Universe, Universe Freeze
 1. P2P - Peer To Peer

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 77 for the weeks February 3rd - February 9th, 2008. In this issue we cover MOTU Elections, Clutch BitTorrent WebUI, Parallels in the Ubuntu partner repository, Firefox 3 in 7.10, and much, much more.

UWN Translations

In This Issue

  • MOTU Release Team Election
  • Clutch BitTorrent WebUI Package

  • In The Press & Blogosphere

  • Upcoming Meetings & Events

  • Firefox 3 for 7.10
  • Updates & Security

  • Bug & Translation Stats

General Community News

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

New in Hardy Heron

Clutch BitTorrent WebUI Packaged

John Dong of the MOTU-P2P team has packaged Clutch, a web-based BitTorrent client that uses a Transmission engine. Clutch features an attractive interactive AJAX-powered interface (along with a basic HTML fall-back) that makes it a compelling alternative to traditional BitTorrent clients. Unlike the TorrentFlux client which uses the BitTornado engine, Clutch uses the up-to-date lightweight Transmission engine. For the user, this means faster performance, lower memory and CPU overhead, support for modern encryption, port mapping, and peer exchange resulting in a more efficient torrent downloading. For more info and some screen shots, see http://lifehacker.com/346634/remote-control-your-bittorrent-downloads-with-clutch

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 easier, please file a bug at http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clutch/+filebug

In The Press

  • Parallels Workstation for Linux allows users to easily run multiple operating systems side-by-side on a single computer without rebooting. The deal with Parallels, Inc. makes the desktop virtualization product more readily available to Ubuntu users - residing in a drop down menu on the operating system. "We have always been committed to providing Ubuntu users with choice," said Randy Linnell, consumer services manager, Canonical. "Parallels is excellent virtualization technology which many users have requested. Being able to come to a commercial arrangement to make it available is great for Ubuntu users and the project itself. Trial versions of the Parallels Workstation for Linux software are available through the Add/Remove function in Ubuntu and keys for permanent use can be purchased directly through shop.canonical.com or at www.parallels.com. http://www.ubuntu.com/news/parallels-for-ubuntu

  • Canonical adds Parallels to Ubuntu partner repository - The Ubuntu distribution now includes the Parallels virtualization software in the partner repository. The popularity of Ubuntu puts the distribution in a position of high visibility with commercial software vendors who want to bring their applications to the Linux platform. Canonical offers the opt-in "partner" repository in Ubuntu to provide users with easy access to proprietary and closed-source software. Parallels will be included as a free trial that can be unlocked and transformed into a full version by purchasing a key through Canonical's store. http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/02/06/canonical-adds-parallels-to-ubuntu-partner-repository

  • System Administration: Ubuntu's Upstart event-based init daemon - Because the traditional System V init daemon (SysVinit) does not deal well with modern hardware, including hotplug devices, USB hard and flash drives, and network-mounted filesystems, Ubuntu replaced it with the Upstart init daemon. The Upstart init daemon is event-based and runs specified programs when something on the system changes. Upstart can start and stop services upon receiving information that something on the system has changed. Such a change is called an event. It can also start and stop services when the system is brought up, when the system is shut down, or when a job changes state.

    • The Upstart system is made of five packages, all of which are installed by default:
      • upstart: provides the Upstart init daemon and initctl utility.
      • upstart-logd: provides the logd daemon and the job definition file for the logd service.
      • upstart-compat-sysv: provides job definition files for the rc tasks as well as the reboot, runlevel, shutdown, and telinit utilities that provide compatibility with SysVinit.

      • startup-tasks: provides job definition files for system startup tasks.
      • system-services provides job definition files for tty services.

Visit the link to learn more about Upstart: http://www.linux.com/feature/125977

  • Debian made this developer unhappy - It's normal to build up a mental picture of a person based on what you know about them, especially if you plan to meet that person. One look at Matthew Garrett and you start wondering: is this the guy who caused such a big furore in the FOSS community in September 2006 when he made plain his reasons for leaving the Debian GNU/Linux project after four years as a developer? Anyone who followed that episode, would have put down Garrett as a troublemaker, arrogant and somewhat prone to narcissism. The reality could not be more different. At 28, Garrett is a little over average height but his height is accentuated by his slimness. He has been working on laptop and power management support in Linux for the past four or five years and getting increasingly involved in power management functionality. Unlike many FOSS people, he is unfailingly polite - it's difficult to imagine him spewing flames on a mailing list though he admits he has. While working with Canonical, Matthew mostly worked on the integration of hardware support for mobile devices. Matthew worked on things to do with the Ubuntu mobile project, which aims to produce a Linux distribution that is optimized for the new Intel Menlow platform that will be coming out shortly. The Menlow platform is based on the Silverthorne processor, and these devices will be similar to the Nokia internet tablet, but with significantly enhanced performance. Read more of the interview with Matthew by clicking on the link: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16528/1148/1/0/

  • The Dayton Daily News Says: If you're broke and need a decent computer, Ubuntu Linux may be for you - You've looked at the newest Dell XPS, maybe a spiffy HP Pavillion. You've surfed over to Apple's Web store to drool over the powerful, stylish machines of Steve Jobs. But there's a problem: You're broke. You just don't have — or shouldn't be spending— the $600 to more than $2,000 you'd have to pay for one of those new digital hot rods. There's still hope if you have the do-it-yourself daring to combine the free, open-source operating system Ubuntu with an inexpensive used personal computer. Linux, is a community-developed operating system, and Ubuntu is one of the most popular among folks seeking computing power for home and office tasks such as word processing, Web browsing and working with spreadsheets. http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/tech/2008/02/07/ddn020808lifeubuntu.html

  • Moving my mother over to Linux - To save money, Michael Reed cobbled together a computer for his mother out of cast-offs left over from his own upgrades. She doesn't need a cutting-edge computer because she's not a power user, but she does need a reliable machine to run a few basic applications and to access the Internet. Michael moved his mother from Windows to Ubuntu, and the experience was a surprisingly smooth one. The challenge was to not only build a working system, but also to maintain consistency with her old system. This meant migrating her data across, finding comparable equivalents for all of her Windows applications, and adjusting the desktop layout to one that was similar to that of Windows. So, is Ubuntu ready for this type of installation? Yes, provided they have someone with some Linux expertise at hand to help them. http://www.linux.com/feature/125799

In The Blogosphere

  • Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices - This week Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced a partnership with Parallels, maker of the Virtualization products Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac. Consequently, the Parallels Workstation virtualization software is now available to download and install in Ubuntu, completely supported by Canonical, and done entirely through the Add/Remove programs interface. This article compares four virtualization products available for Ubuntu: the free, open source x86 emulator Qemu; the closed-but-free versions of VirtualBox and VMware-Server, and the commercial Parallels Workstation. Of these applications, VMware and VirtualBox definitely come out the clear winners. For individual use, where the ability to run a single Windows desktop inside of Linux is all that is needed, VirtualBox turns out to be this authors preference. It's much smaller than VMware, which comes packed with extra features that aren't necessary for the end-user. http://www.techthrob.com/tech/linux_virtualization.php

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Education Team Meeting

  • Start: 13:00 UTC
  • End: 14:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: No agenda listed as of the publication

Feature of the week

Firefox 3 for Gutsy

  • Firefox-3.0 - As featured in Hardy Heron's latest alpha, the Beta 3 preview of Firefox 3.0 is now available in the 7.10 backports repository. It is found under the "firefox-3.0" package name and can be installed side-by-side with the Firefox 2 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!

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 (39920) -213 # over last week
  • Critical (21) +4 # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (20352) -245 # over last week
  • Unassigned (30393) -185 # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (150888) +1490 # 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 (12406) -8 # over last week
  2. French (37728) +/-0 # over last week
  3. Swedish (49176) +/-0 # over last week
  4. English-UK (24947) -20 # over last week
  5. German (66054) -258 # 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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