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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 82 for the weeks March 9th - March 15th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 82 for the weeks March 9th - March 15th, 2008. In this issue we cover the Ubuntu 8.04 beta freeze, Ubuntu Classroom team, the return of Ubuntustats.com, Lo``Co projects from the Jordanian, New Mexico, and UK teams, Ubuntu Studio at Sheffield University, and, as always, much, much more!
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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		  * Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Freeze
 * Ubuntu Classroom
 * Ubuntustats.com Returns
 * FLOSS Introduction - The Jordanian Way
 * Endorphin Power Company Ubuntu Install and Support
 * Ubuntu UK Podcast
 * Ubuntu Forums News & Interviews
 * Tutorial of the Week
 * In The Press & Blogosphere
 * In Other News
 * Meetings & Events
 * Updates & Security
 * Bug & Translations
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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section

=== Ubuntu Classroom (rewrite in third person) ===


What is ubuntu-classroom?

A place for users to learn how to give back to the community. We want to
be able to show the millions of users of Ubuntu, how they, personally,
can make Ubuntu better. Our goal is to help show users how easy it is to
contribute to Ubuntu. We want to follow up with users to make sure they
continue to contribute.

How can you help? Join the team! We have scheduled meetings every Sunday
at 12UTC 2pm (EST) in gobby (gobby.ubuntu.com) We are looking for
presenters, we may approach you asking for help. Blog about the upcoming
presentations. Invite users to check out a presentation. Sit in on an
interesting presentation yourself. We need users to be available to help
with questions on IRC. We basically need help with everything as we are
just getting started (again).

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom (this is being redone, so check back
often!)
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=atiumn3he4s5l83ecgpv5dttm4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Denver
(our schedule calendar)

=== ubuntustats ===

http://beuno.com.ar/archives/61		 === Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Freeze ===

Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS is now only one week away from beta release, and has entered beta freeze. During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team [1], so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Uploads to universe require a manual push through the queue, but are not subject to release management approval.

[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-March/000403.html

=== Ubuntu Classroom ===

What is Ubuntu Classroom? It's a place for users to learn how to give back to the community. The idea is to show the millions of users of Ubuntu how they can personally make Ubuntu better. The goal is to help show users how easy it is to contribute to Ubuntu, and then follow that up to make sure those same users continue to contribute.

How can you help? We need presenters, bloggers and people to be available in IRC to help answer questions. Help get this team on track by volunteering some of you time, you'll be glad you did!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom/Submissions

http://tinyurl.com/2epthg (Ubuntu Classroom planning schedule and events)

=== Ubuntustats.com Returns ===

After a lengthy downtime due to excessive traffic and load to the server, Felipe Lerena finally managed to put some spare time into migrating everything to a new server, provided by Mitch Mahan, and launched Ubuntu``Stats back into the intrawebs. The plan is continue building, to expand the statistics gathered, and start showing trends in different areas. Also of importance will be cleaning up the code to allow other people to contribute code into the project and provide public snapshots of the database. http://beuno.com.ar/archives/61
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=== Ubuntu Jordan ===

http://syntux.net/blog/2008/03/13/ubuntu-jordan-loco-floss-introduction-the-jordanian-way/

=== Endorphin Power Company Ubuntu Install and Support (rewrite in third person) ===

Eric Krieger:

       In September of 2007, while Dave Thomas and I were sitting at
our New Mexico Software Freedom Day event we began to toss around
various thoughts and ideas about open source software. Many that walked
in sat and listened to our rant. Our discussion eventually landed on
the topic of the Philosophy of Ubuntu -- "I am what I am because of who
we all are." A question arose: "How could we, as a group, give back to
our community?" I approached my boss at Charter Bank and asked if we
could donate some PCs to a local non-profit organization. I was given
the okay to donate twenty-five PCs, several switches, and a server.
With this approval I emailed our local Ubuntu LoCo mailing list to ask
if anyone knew of a local non-profit that needed some PCs as well as
help in setting them up. One of the members -- Enrique Cardiel --
replied that he knew of one and put me in contact with the Endorphin
Power Company (EPC), a local shelter with special focus on the
substance-dependent and homeless. I contacted the CEO of EPC, Dr. Sam
Slishman, and offered them the donated equipment as well as help from
the NM LoCo with any computer or network needs they might have. Dr.
Slishman agreed and welcomed our help and was excited by Ubuntu and Open
Source. Our ultimate goal is to bring a highly functional computer
network to EPC by using Ubuntu and Open Source Software with emphasis on
documentation and training.

       To date, our EPC project is progressing nicely. We just
finished setting up and installing the EPC computer lab this past
Saturday; it was a proud day for our Ubuntu community and, hopefully,
for the Endorphin Power Company as well. This is only the beginning!
Our successful installation of the computer lab has given us a solid
foundation upon which to build in the future. There is much left to be
done. Future products include the networking and installation of all of
the computers in the residents' dormitory rooms, the launching of an EPC
intranet (and associated server applications), and the creation of
internet kiosks within a planned cafe. Additionally, the Ubuntu NM LoCo
will be holding regular meetings at EPC and will be going through the
Ubuntu Desktop Course (_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training_) in a series
of classes to be held within their computer lab. New projects continue
to be discussed and will be more fully developed as our involvement grows.

       Any or all help with the EPC project is welcomed. If there is
interest please feel free to visit the project wiki at:

_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Endorphin_Power_Company_Ubuntu_Install_and_Support_

Feel free to contact me at grammatoncleric@ubuntu.com, jump on our irc
channel #ubuntu-us-nm, or contact any one of the NM LoCo members.

_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewMexicoTeam/Members_
 === Ubuntu Jordan LoCo: FLOSS Introduction - The Jordanian Way ===

As part of Ubuntu Jordan Lo``Co Team continuous efforts to spread awareness about GNU/Linux, the team organized a public event at The University of Jordan. A lecture Introducing FLOSS in the Jordanian way, as well as a brief background of FLOSS history, was given by Khamis Seksik. The lecture also included Mr. Seksik explaining some reasons to use FLOSS, as well as information on the selling VS software, and comparing backward compatibility issues between FLOSS and other software. It is worth mentioning that next week the Ubuntu Jordan Lo``Co Team is scheduled to start giving Ubuntu Desktop Courses in cooperation with the Jordan University IEEE Student Branch, who was an important part of this event. Visit the link for pictures of the event. http://syntux.net/blog/2008/03/13/ubuntu-jordan-loco-floss-introduction-the-jordanian-way/

=== Ubuntu New Mexico LoCo: Endorphin Power Company Ubuntu Install and Support ===

In September of 2007, Dave Thomas and Eric Krieger were sitting at the New Mexico Software Freedom Day event when they began tossing around various thoughts and ideas about open source software. The discussion eventually landed on the topic of the Philosophy of Ubuntu -- "I am what I am because of who we all are." A question arose: "How could we, as a group, give back to our community?" Eric approached his boss at Charter Bank and asked if they could donate some PCs to a local non-profit organization. Charter Bank generously agreed to donate twenty-five PCs, several switches, and a server. It was determined, after some discussion on the teams email list, that a deserving organization would be Endorphin Power Company (EPC). EPC is a local shelter with special focus on the substance-dependent and homeless. The ultimate goal is to bring a highly functional computer network to EPC by using Ubuntu and Open Source Software with emphasis on documentation and training.

To date, the team's EPC project is progressing nicely. They just finished setting up and installing the EPC computer lab this past Saturday. It was a proud day for our Ubuntu community, but this is only the beginning! The successful installation of the computer lab has given the team a solid foundation upon which to build. Future projects include the networking and installation of all of the computers in the residents' dormitory rooms, the launching of an EPC intranet (and associated server applications), and the creation of internet kiosks within a planned cafe. Additionally, the team will be holding regular meetings at EPC, and will be giving tutorials by using the Ubuntu Desktop Course in a series of classes at the new computer lab. New projects continue to be discussed and will be more fully developed as our involvement grows.

Project wiki page with pictures here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Endorphin_Power_Company_Ubuntu_Install_and_Support_

Another summary and more pictures can be found on Dave Thomas's blog: http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/new-mexico-locos-computer-lab-project-takes-off/

Contact information

NM Lo``Co Team contact: mrimbert@ubuntu.com

EPC Project Lead: grammatoncleric@ubuntu.com

NM Lo``Co IRC channel #ubuntu-us-nm
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=== Technical Board decisions ===

At Tuesday's meeting of the Ubuntu Technical Board, two technical decisions were taken with regard to the Ubuntu 8.04 release:

 * Automatic indexing in tracker will be disabled for Ubuntu 8.04. While we value the functionality provided by tracker and intend to continue to support its rapid development by including it by default in Ubuntu, the side effects of automatic indexing have a significant impact on users regardless of whether they make use of tracker's search features. Instead, users who desire this functionality can turn on indexing by changing their preference settings.
 * The officially released architectures for Ubuntu 8.04 will be i386 and amd64. The SPARC port will continue to be provided with build infrastructure, and Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.04 and 7.10 will continue to enable SPARC deployments well into the future, but there will not be an official Ubuntu 8.04 release for SPARC.
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== Launchpad News ==

## This section is provided by the infrequent Launchpad updates Christian Reis
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## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.
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Hailing from the town of Kottawa, Sri Lanka, Pm``Dematagoda is a recent addition to the staff, but has at least a decade’s experience working with PC systems and Windows. XP and a virus introduced him to Linux, and from there, Ubuntu was only a short step away… Please learn more here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/an-interview-with-pmdematagoda/  * Hailing from the town of Kottawa, Sri Lanka, Pm``Dematagoda is a recent addition to the staff, but has at least a decade’s experience working with PC systems and Windows. A XP virus introduced him to Linux, and from there, Ubuntu was only a short step away. Read more: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/an-interview-with-pmdematagoda/.
 * Cross the line in the forums and you’ll probably face KiwiNZ as a result. On one hand, he’s the forum strongman — more than likely he’s the one who’ll press the button that bans you — but on the other hand, he’s a father of three and an experienced IT manager. An Ubuntu user since its inception, and a forum member since the earliest days of its existence, KiwiNZ is the last administrator left to be interviewed. Read on to learn more about member No. 9.: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/an-interview-with-kiwinz/.
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This week's tutorial might not be one you need right away, but it might be one you want to keep in mind for the future: Old``Pink's "How``To: Transfer your bootable Ubuntu installation between hard drives." http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=599599 This week's tutorial might not be one you need right away, but keep it in mind for the future: Old``Pink's "How``To: Transfer your bootable Ubuntu installation between hard drives." http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=599599
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http://www.newsday.com/business/yourmoney/ny-bzdolinar5605828mar09,0,7395494.column

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2273486,00.asp		  * OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop - PC Magazine tries to determine the best operating system for an average user who wants something secure, easy to install, and easy to master. Mac OS 10.5.1, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu are put to the challenge. Upgrades from 7.04 to 7.10 on a pre-installed Dell computers causes issues, but the use of Live CDs is highlighted. While GNOME is clean, use of the command line scares away the masses. The variety of applications on Ubuntu is noted, but the gaming market caters to Windows. Similarly, Windows has an advantage with devices and drivers, specifically networking, compared to Mac OS and Ubuntu. Ubuntu and Mac OS receive high marks for security. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2273486,00.asp
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http://allaboutubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/talking-ubuntu-linux-qa-with-system76-president-carl-richell/

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9889681-16.html		  * Talking Ubuntu Linux: Q&A with System76 President Carl Richell - System76, one of the best-known providers of pre-installed Ubuntu systems, recently introduced new servers certified to run the operating system. All About Ubuntu caught up with System76 President Carl Richell to discuss his views on the Ubuntu server market. System76 has offered Ubuntu pre-loaded servers since the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Currently they are providing servers to small businesses, schools, governments, and enterprises. Business customers are deploying web applications, email, telephony, and thin clients. Higher education customers utilize Ubuntu servers for research and complex calculations. Scientists and students will soon be using System76 servers for plant genome sequencing. Ubuntu’s early focus on delivering a stellar desktop operating system has proven extremely valuable to the server side. Many System76 business customers started with System76 laptops and desktops, their first Linux computers, and are now deploying Ubuntu servers. Visit the link to read the entire interview.http://allaboutubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/talking-ubuntu-linux-qa-with-system76-president-carl-richell/

 * Yes, my grandma can run Ubuntu Linux - Last week Lenovo lent Matt Asay one of its X61 Think``Pad laptops so that he could give Ubuntu a try. A week into a new trial with Ubuntu, it was clear that desktop Linux has come a long way. He found it extremely easy to use, and states that "this is an operating system that my grandma could (and in fact, did) use". This isn't to say that his week with Ubuntu Linux was uneventful. He had a few struggles, which he details in the article. These struggles, however, were almost entirely due to running Ubuntu on unsupported hardware, and not any fault of Ubuntu (or Linux) itself. To test how hard it is for an average user to find their way around Ubuntu, he had his grandmother give it a try. They were able to accomplish several tasks without even knowing that they were using a different operating system. All in all, he was very impressed with Ubuntu. The learning curve required to switch from Windows to Linux is all of 10 seconds long. His grandma did it. The lady who cuts his hair did it. Read the whole article, and see pictures of the ladies using Ubuntu by following the link. http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9889681-16.html
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=== First episode of Ubuntu UK Podcast: A Little Less Conversation ===
Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker and Tony Whitmore present the first episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. Available in OGG or MP3 formats, this first episode includes:

 * A brief intro to the cast, some history of how the podcast was conceived.
 * Discussion on Ubuntu’s Brainstorm site.
   * Introduction, discussion on why Brainstorm
   * Talk about some of the top ideas
 * FOSDEM 2008 - Interviews
   * Andrew Waffa, developer from the Bongo project
   * Becky Hogge of the Open Rights Group
   * Jan Claeys from the Belgian Ubuntu Lo``Co Team
 * Pimp the Ubuntu Demo day
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=== kubuntu-de.org interview: Tobias König about the development of Akonadi ===

Tobias König is a Computer Science student and one of the core developers of Akonadi, one of the innovative technologies that will be implemented in KDE4. Akonadi is not a groupware server. Akonadi is an intermediate storage and abstraction layer for PIM data. This is similar to Phonon, for multimedia or Solid for hardware. Akonadi abstracts the access and maintenance of data for the rest of the system (i.e. the address book or the calendar). This is achieved by offering a common interface for all the data. In turn there are several improvements in comparison to KDE3: (1) PIM data must only be held once in the memory; (2) there is a central instance which monitors any change of the data and hence informs all other components about it; (3) the whole Akonadi framework follows an asynchronous communication design. This means blocking of the user interface or for the loading or storing of data cannot occur anymore. The user will benefit because data that is changed, say in their address book, will automatically change in their birthday data too. Integration, with less memory usage. Read the whole interview by following the link.
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== Meeting Summaries ==

## Any news from any Ubuntu Team listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2008 be sure to udate to current month.		 === Ubuntu Studio at Sheffield University ===

Adapting to change: Working with digital sound using open source software in a teaching and learning environment - The music department at Sheffield University is in the process of installing Ubuntu Studio (dual boot) on all of their studio computers. This is being lead by the head of the studios Adrian Moore and one of the department's technicians the Dave Moore. They have written a rather objective study on the feasibility of the switch along with a case study of creating a composition on Ubuntu Studio. Read the study at http://www.shef.ac.uk/content/1/c6/04/14/88/adapting-to-changer1.pdf
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## Data pulled from mailing lists and http://fridge.ubuntu.com
## Either use bullets or sub-headings to organize content.
## Format:
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## === Friday, March 16, 2007 ===
##
## ==== MOTU Meeting ====
## * Start: 10:00
## * End: 12:00
## * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
## * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings

== Community Spotlight ==

## 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.

## 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.		 === Wednesday, March 19, 2008 ===

==== Server Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 21:00 UTC
 * End: 22:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

=== Thursday, March 20, 2008 ===

==== Ubuntu Chicago Meeting ====
 * Start: 19:30 US/CST
 * End: 20:30 US/CST
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-chicago
 * Agenda: Discussion of UIC's Flourish open source
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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-585-1] Python vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-March/000673.html
 * [USN-586-1] mailman vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-March/000674.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		  * python2.4, python2.4 2.4.3-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012642.html
 * lighttpd 1.4.11-3ubuntu3.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012643.html
 * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012644.html
 * langpack-locales 2.3.18.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012645.html
 * vlc_0.8.4.debian-1ubuntu6.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012646.html
 * mailman_2.1.5-9ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012647.html
 * phpmyadmin_2.8.0.3-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012648.html
 * wml 2.0.8-11ubuntu0.6.06 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2008-March/012649.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		  * python2.4 2.4.4~c1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008511.html
 * python2.5 2.5-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008512.html
 * lighttpd 1.4.13~r1370-1ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008513.html
 * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.24a-9ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008514.html
 * tzdata 2008a-0ubuntu0.6.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008515.html
 * vlc_0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008516.html
 * mailman_2.1.8-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-March/008517.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		  * python2.4 2.4.4-2ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008866.html
 * python2.5 2.5.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008867.html
 * lighttpd 1.4.13-9ubuntu4.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008868.html
 * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.38-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008869.html
 * tzdata 2008a-0ubuntu0.7.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008870.html
 * vlc_0.8.6.release-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008871.html
 * mailman_2.1.9-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008872.html
 * phpmyadmin_2.9.1.1-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008873.html
 * wml_2.0.11-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008874.html
 * python-cherrypy 2.2.1-3ubuntu1.7.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008875.html
 * mailman_2.1.9-4ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/feisty-changes/2008-March/008876.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
  * python2.4 2.4.4-6ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010159.html
 * python2.5 2.5.1-5ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010160.html
 * lighttpd 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010161.html
 * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010162.html
 * tzdata 2008a-0ubuntu0.7.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010163.html
 * vlc_0.8.6.release.c-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010164.html
 * mailman_2.1.9-8ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010165.html
 * wml_2.0.11-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010166.html
 * cherrypy3 3.0.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010167.html
 * python-cherrypy 2.2.1-3ubuntu1.7.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010168.html
 * mailman_2.1.9-8ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2008-March/010169.html
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 1. SPARC - Scalable Processor Architecture, from Sun Microsystems

Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Freeze
    2. Ubuntu Classroom
    3. Ubuntustats.com Returns
  3. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Jordan LoCo: FLOSS Introduction - The Jordanian Way
    2. Ubuntu New Mexico LoCo: Endorphin Power Company Ubuntu Install and Support
  4. New in Hardy Heron
    1. Technical Board decisions
  5. Ubuntu Forums News
    1. Ubuntu Forums Interviews
    2. Tutorial of the Week
  6. In The Press
  7. In The Blogosphere
  8. In Other News
    1. First episode of Ubuntu UK Podcast: A Little Less Conversation
    2. kubuntu-de.org interview: Tobias König about the development of Akonadi
    3. Ubuntu Studio at Sheffield University
  9. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Wednesday, March 19, 2008
      1. Server Team Meeting
    2. Thursday, March 20, 2008
      1. Ubuntu Chicago Meeting
  10. Updates and Security for 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, and 7.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
    3. Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
  11. Bug Stats
  12. Translation Stats Hardy
  13. Archives and RSS Feed
  14. Additional Ubuntu News
  15. Conclusion
  16. Credits
  17. Glossary of Terms
  18. Feedback

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 82 for the weeks March 9th - March 15th, 2008. In this issue we cover the Ubuntu 8.04 beta freeze, Ubuntu Classroom team, the return of Ubuntustats.com, LoCo projects from the Jordanian, New Mexico, and UK teams, Ubuntu Studio at Sheffield University, and, as always, much, much more!

UWN Translations

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Freeze
  • Ubuntu Classroom
  • Ubuntustats.com Returns
  • FLOSS Introduction - The Jordanian Way
  • Endorphin Power Company Ubuntu Install and Support
  • Ubuntu UK Podcast

  • Ubuntu Forums News & Interviews

  • Tutorial of the Week

  • In The Press & Blogosphere

  • In Other News

  • Meetings & Events

  • Updates & Security

  • Bug & Translations

General Community News

Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Freeze

Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS is now only one week away from beta release, and has entered beta freeze. During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team [1], so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Uploads to universe require a manual push through the queue, but are not subject to release management approval.

[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-March/000403.html

Ubuntu Classroom

What is Ubuntu Classroom? It's a place for users to learn how to give back to the community. The idea is to show the millions of users of Ubuntu how they can personally make Ubuntu better. The goal is to help show users how easy it is to contribute to Ubuntu, and then follow that up to make sure those same users continue to contribute.

How can you help? We need presenters, bloggers and people to be available in IRC to help answer questions. Help get this team on track by volunteering some of you time, you'll be glad you did!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom/Submissions

http://tinyurl.com/2epthg (Ubuntu Classroom planning schedule and events)

Ubuntustats.com Returns

After a lengthy downtime due to excessive traffic and load to the server, Felipe Lerena finally managed to put some spare time into migrating everything to a new server, provided by Mitch Mahan, and launched UbuntuStats back into the intrawebs. The plan is continue building, to expand the statistics gathered, and start showing trends in different areas. Also of importance will be cleaning up the code to allow other people to contribute code into the project and provide public snapshots of the database. http://beuno.com.ar/archives/61

LoCo News

Ubuntu Jordan LoCo: FLOSS Introduction - The Jordanian Way

As part of Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team continuous efforts to spread awareness about GNU/Linux, the team organized a public event at The University of Jordan. A lecture Introducing FLOSS in the Jordanian way, as well as a brief background of FLOSS history, was given by Khamis Seksik. The lecture also included Mr. Seksik explaining some reasons to use FLOSS, as well as information on the selling VS software, and comparing backward compatibility issues between FLOSS and other software. It is worth mentioning that next week the Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team is scheduled to start giving Ubuntu Desktop Courses in cooperation with the Jordan University IEEE Student Branch, who was an important part of this event. Visit the link for pictures of the event. http://syntux.net/blog/2008/03/13/ubuntu-jordan-loco-floss-introduction-the-jordanian-way/

Ubuntu New Mexico LoCo: Endorphin Power Company Ubuntu Install and Support

In September of 2007, Dave Thomas and Eric Krieger were sitting at the New Mexico Software Freedom Day event when they began tossing around various thoughts and ideas about open source software. The discussion eventually landed on the topic of the Philosophy of Ubuntu -- "I am what I am because of who we all are." A question arose: "How could we, as a group, give back to our community?" Eric approached his boss at Charter Bank and asked if they could donate some PCs to a local non-profit organization. Charter Bank generously agreed to donate twenty-five PCs, several switches, and a server. It was determined, after some discussion on the teams email list, that a deserving organization would be Endorphin Power Company (EPC). EPC is a local shelter with special focus on the substance-dependent and homeless. The ultimate goal is to bring a highly functional computer network to EPC by using Ubuntu and Open Source Software with emphasis on documentation and training.

To date, the team's EPC project is progressing nicely. They just finished setting up and installing the EPC computer lab this past Saturday. It was a proud day for our Ubuntu community, but this is only the beginning! The successful installation of the computer lab has given the team a solid foundation upon which to build. Future projects include the networking and installation of all of the computers in the residents' dormitory rooms, the launching of an EPC intranet (and associated server applications), and the creation of internet kiosks within a planned cafe. Additionally, the team will be holding regular meetings at EPC, and will be giving tutorials by using the Ubuntu Desktop Course in a series of classes at the new computer lab. New projects continue to be discussed and will be more fully developed as our involvement grows.

Project wiki page with pictures here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Endorphin_Power_Company_Ubuntu_Install_and_Support_

Another summary and more pictures can be found on Dave Thomas's blog: http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/new-mexico-locos-computer-lab-project-takes-off/

Contact information

NM LoCo Team contact: mrimbert@ubuntu.com

EPC Project Lead: grammatoncleric@ubuntu.com

NM LoCo IRC channel #ubuntu-us-nm

New in Hardy Heron

Technical Board decisions

At Tuesday's meeting of the Ubuntu Technical Board, two technical decisions were taken with regard to the Ubuntu 8.04 release:

  • Automatic indexing in tracker will be disabled for Ubuntu 8.04. While we value the functionality provided by tracker and intend to continue to support its rapid development by including it by default in Ubuntu, the side effects of automatic indexing have a significant impact on users regardless of whether they make use of tracker's search features. Instead, users who desire this functionality can turn on indexing by changing their preference settings.
  • The officially released architectures for Ubuntu 8.04 will be i386 and amd64. The SPARC port will continue to be provided with build infrastructure, and Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.04 and 7.10 will continue to enable SPARC deployments well into the future, but there will not be an official Ubuntu 8.04 release for SPARC.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-March/000400.html

Ubuntu Forums News

Ubuntu Forums Interviews

  • Hailing from the town of Kottawa, Sri Lanka, PmDematagoda is a recent addition to the staff, but has at least a decade’s experience working with PC systems and Windows. A XP virus introduced him to Linux, and from there, Ubuntu was only a short step away. Read more: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/an-interview-with-pmdematagoda/.

  • Cross the line in the forums and you’ll probably face KiwiNZ as a result. On one hand, he’s the forum strongman — more than likely he’s the one who’ll press the button that bans you — but on the other hand, he’s a father of three and an experienced IT manager. An Ubuntu user since its inception, and a forum member since the earliest days of its existence, KiwiNZ is the last administrator left to be interviewed. Read on to learn more about member No. 9.: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/an-interview-with-kiwinz/.

Tutorial of the Week

This week's tutorial might not be one you need right away, but keep it in mind for the future: OldPink's "HowTo: Transfer your bootable Ubuntu installation between hard drives." http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=599599

Aside from being exceptionally useful, this is another tutorial that's well-designed and easy to follow. Be sure to thank OldPink if it comes in handy, in the future.

In The Press

  • OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop - PC Magazine tries to determine the best operating system for an average user who wants something secure, easy to install, and easy to master. Mac OS 10.5.1, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu are put to the challenge. Upgrades from 7.04 to 7.10 on a pre-installed Dell computers causes issues, but the use of Live CDs is highlighted. While GNOME is clean, use of the command line scares away the masses. The variety of applications on Ubuntu is noted, but the gaming market caters to Windows. Similarly, Windows has an advantage with devices and drivers, specifically networking, compared to Mac OS and Ubuntu. Ubuntu and Mac OS receive high marks for security. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2273486,00.asp

In The Blogosphere

  • Talking Ubuntu Linux: Q&A with System76 President Carl Richell - System76, one of the best-known providers of pre-installed Ubuntu systems, recently introduced new servers certified to run the operating system. All About Ubuntu caught up with System76 President Carl Richell to discuss his views on the Ubuntu server market. System76 has offered Ubuntu pre-loaded servers since the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Currently they are providing servers to small businesses, schools, governments, and enterprises. Business customers are deploying web applications, email, telephony, and thin clients. Higher education customers utilize Ubuntu servers for research and complex calculations. Scientists and students will soon be using System76 servers for plant genome sequencing. Ubuntu’s early focus on delivering a stellar desktop operating system has proven extremely valuable to the server side. Many System76 business customers started with System76 laptops and desktops, their first Linux computers, and are now deploying Ubuntu servers. Visit the link to read the entire interview.http://allaboutubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/talking-ubuntu-linux-qa-with-system76-president-carl-richell/

  • Yes, my grandma can run Ubuntu Linux - Last week Lenovo lent Matt Asay one of its X61 ThinkPad laptops so that he could give Ubuntu a try. A week into a new trial with Ubuntu, it was clear that desktop Linux has come a long way. He found it extremely easy to use, and states that "this is an operating system that my grandma could (and in fact, did) use". This isn't to say that his week with Ubuntu Linux was uneventful. He had a few struggles, which he details in the article. These struggles, however, were almost entirely due to running Ubuntu on unsupported hardware, and not any fault of Ubuntu (or Linux) itself. To test how hard it is for an average user to find their way around Ubuntu, he had his grandmother give it a try. They were able to accomplish several tasks without even knowing that they were using a different operating system. All in all, he was very impressed with Ubuntu. The learning curve required to switch from Windows to Linux is all of 10 seconds long. His grandma did it. The lady who cuts his hair did it. Read the whole article, and see pictures of the ladies using Ubuntu by following the link. http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9889681-16.html

In Other News

First episode of Ubuntu UK Podcast: A Little Less Conversation

Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker and Tony Whitmore present the first episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. Available in OGG or MP3 formats, this first episode includes:

  • A brief intro to the cast, some history of how the podcast was conceived.
  • Discussion on Ubuntu’s Brainstorm site.
    • Introduction, discussion on why Brainstorm
    • Talk about some of the top ideas
  • FOSDEM 2008 - Interviews
    • Andrew Waffa, developer from the Bongo project
    • Becky Hogge of the Open Rights Group

    • Jan Claeys from the Belgian Ubuntu LoCo Team

  • Pimp the Ubuntu Demo day

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/03/11/13/

kubuntu-de.org interview: Tobias König about the development of Akonadi

Tobias König is a Computer Science student and one of the core developers of Akonadi, one of the innovative technologies that will be implemented in KDE4. Akonadi is not a groupware server. Akonadi is an intermediate storage and abstraction layer for PIM data. This is similar to Phonon, for multimedia or Solid for hardware. Akonadi abstracts the access and maintenance of data for the rest of the system (i.e. the address book or the calendar). This is achieved by offering a common interface for all the data. In turn there are several improvements in comparison to KDE3: (1) PIM data must only be held once in the memory; (2) there is a central instance which monitors any change of the data and hence informs all other components about it; (3) the whole Akonadi framework follows an asynchronous communication design. This means blocking of the user interface or for the loading or storing of data cannot occur anymore. The user will benefit because data that is changed, say in their address book, will automatically change in their birthday data too. Integration, with less memory usage. Read the whole interview by following the link. http://www.kubuntu-de.org/english/interview-tobias-k-nig-about-development-akonadi

Ubuntu Studio at Sheffield University

Adapting to change: Working with digital sound using open source software in a teaching and learning environment - The music department at Sheffield University is in the process of installing Ubuntu Studio (dual boot) on all of their studio computers. This is being lead by the head of the studios Adrian Moore and one of the department's technicians the Dave Moore. They have written a rather objective study on the feasibility of the switch along with a case study of creating a composition on Ubuntu Studio. Read the study at http://www.shef.ac.uk/content/1/c6/04/14/88/adapting-to-changer1.pdf

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Server Team Meeting

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Ubuntu Chicago Meeting

  • Start: 19:30 US/CST
  • End: 20:30 US/CST
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-chicago
  • Agenda: Discussion of UIC's Flourish open source

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 (39934) -328 # over last week
  • Critical (22) -1 # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (19347) -215 # over last week
  • Unassigned (30706) -113 # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (160432) +2275 # 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 Hardy

  • Spanish (12938)
  • English-UK (38910)
  • French (41141)
  • Swedish (51392)
  • Brazilian Portuguese (56321)

Remaining string to translate in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/

Archives and RSS Feed

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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

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Nick Ali
  • John Crawford
  • Isabelle Duchatelle
  • Craig A. Eddy
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

  1. FLOSS - Free Libre Open Source Software
  2. LTS - Long Term Support
  3. PIM - Personal Information Manager
  4. SPARC - Scalable Processor Architecture, from Sun Microsystems

Feedback

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