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=== Ubuntu Jordan ===

http://syntux.net/blog/2008/03/13/ubuntu-jordan-loco-floss-introduction-the-jordanian-way/		 === 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 Sek``Sik. The lecture also included Mr.Seksik explaining some reasons to use FLOSS Jordan, as well as information on the selling service VS software, and comparing backward compatibility issues between FLOSS and other software. It is worth mentioning that next week 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/		 

WORK IN PROGRESS

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

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

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? Join the team! Mettings are every Sunday at 12:00 UTC (2:00PM EST) in gobby.(gobby.ubuntu.com) The team needs presenters, people to bolg about upcoming presentations, ambassadors to help spread the news by inviting other users to check out the upcoming presentations, 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 (this is being redone, so check back often!)

http://tinyurl.com/2epthg (our schedule calendar)

ubuntustats

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

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

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 Jordan, as well as information on the selling service VS software, and comparing backward compatibility issues between FLOSS and other software. It is worth mentioning that next week 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/

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_

New in Hardy Heron

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

Launchpad News

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. 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/

Tutorial of the Week

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: 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

http://www.newsday.com/business/yourmoney/ny-bzdolinar5605828mar09,0,7395494.column

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2273486,00.asp

In The Blogosphere

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

In Other News

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

http://www.kubuntu-de.org/english/interview-tobias-k-nig-about-development-akonadi

http://www.shef.ac.uk/content/1/c6/04/14/88/adapting-to-changer1.pdf

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

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 Hardy

  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 8.04 "Hardy Heron", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/

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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Glossary of Terms

Feedback

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