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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 (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)

LoCo News

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

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

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/

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

Archives and RSS Feed

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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.

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