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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 85 for the weeks March 30th - April 5th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

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General Community News

FinalFreeze Around the Corner

FinalFreeze will impact on April, 10th. During FinalFreeze, every upload to universe/multiverse will need to be approved by motu-release. To enforce this, no uploads will pass the queue of the archive admins, unless a proper granted exception is present.

Also, please prepare any uploads avoiding all unnecessary changes. Among these are:

  • General package cleanups, like bumping standards-version.
  • Adding a patch system for packages, which don't have one already.
  • Changing text files (in regards to translations), including fixing minor typographical errors.
  • Switching build systems.

To see the full message, please go to https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-April/025259.html

MOTU

  • In just 6 short months of being involved in the MOTU process, Andrea has displayed what it takes to be an outstanding member of the MOTU community. With an interest in games and science, Andrea wasn't fulfilled and has since then taken a liking to the QA process, spending countless amount of hours fixing FTBFS, unmetdeps, as well as library transitions, stuff you typically see seasoned MOTUs go after. It is this dedication that makes [http://launchpad.net/~warp10 Andrea Colangelo] a member of the MOTU community.

  • After outstanding feedback from all people [http://launchpad.net/~mok0 Morten Kjeldgaard] worked with, he was deemed ready for MOTU membership.

Ubuntu Live open for registration

Registration is now open for the second Ubuntu Live conference taking place July 21-22 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

Ubuntu Live is a vibrant and important gathering of IT professionals, government and business leaders, educators, community leaders, enterprise and business users. The two day event will allow participants to share their Ubuntu experiences, learn from each other, and catch up with the latest developments from Ubuntu, our partners, and the free software and open source ecosystem. Ubuntu Live is the meeting place for enterprise users and community developers to come together to exchange ideas and discuss projects face to face. http://en.oreilly.com/ubuntu2008/public/content/home

Register now through June 2 and you'll save $150. Just go to: https://www.ubuntulive.com/register. BR See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us/2008-April/000342.html for more information.

Hardy Release Party Promotional Flyers

Local community (LoCo) teams work together to advocate and promote Ubuntu. Through the 76er program, System76 aims to help LoCo's promote events with free professionally printed flyers and 'Powered by Ubuntu' stickers. The 76er program is only available to US LoCo teams at this time.BR For more information, see http://knowledge76.com/index.php/76er_Program

Ubuntu Stats

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

LoCo News

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

=== Launchpad now OpenId Provider === majorly trim

Hello,

This month I'd like your help in testing Launchpad's new OpenID feature.

OpenID is an open standard that lets you use one username and password to access many different websites. You can use your Launchpad account to log into websites that work with OpenID, including:

  • Blogger - to post blog comments
  • Zoomr - photo sharing
  • LiveJournal

  • ma.gnolia.com - social bookmarking.

The OpenID Directory - http://openiddirectory.com/ - has links to more sites.

As Launchpad's OpenID support is still in beta, you may come across bugs. If so, please report them here, tag them with "openid" and assign them to me (flacoste):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+filebug

You can also find a list of known bugs here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+bugs?field.tag=openid

If you have any questions or feedback about this beta, please email me directly. You can also take a look at our user guide, which is on this page:

https://help.launchpad.net/OpenID

Before I go, Barry Warsaw - who ran last month's mailing list beta test - asked me to thank everyone who took part. As you've probably already seen, mailing lists are now available to all teams in Launchpad!

I look forward to hearing your experiences of Launchpad's OpenID feature.

Ubuntu Forums News

Ubuntu Forums Interview

handy, from the "Oz" country, as he calls it, agreed to talk a little bit of himself. What a journey! Please discover the whole article here: http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/an-interview-with-handy/

Tutorial of the Week

Offline users or systems with weak Internet access might find this week's Tutorial of the Week helpful -- it's epimeteo's "Howto: NoNetDebs - upgrade Ubuntu without Internet (or with low-bandwidth connection)". If you've ever been stranded offline with an Ubuntu machine and wanted to install or upgrade your system, this tutorial might be useful to you. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=572819

April Fools Days at UF

So there was a whole series of obnoxious color schemes (that green olive theme with pink fonts will be remembered!), and Staff exchanged their avatars, title, locations, signature, all the visual elements that our eyes depend upon to identify someone. Some got really confused.. We had a lot of fun. Matthew has a summary of what happened, with screenshots. See here: http://matthewhelmke.net/index.php/2008/04/01/47-ubuntu-forums-and-april-fool-s-day-part-2

As a relapse, the Backyard sub-forum kept the April 1st, 2008, renaming and color scheme. You'll find it labeled "OMG pInK pOnIeS" with a bright pink default font color. See you next year!

In The Press

Ubuntu to be Sun certified

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux, said on Wednesday that Sun Microsystems Inc would soon certify that his software is compatible with some Sun products. Sun is the first of the world's major server computer makers to certify that its hardware works with Ubuntu Linux, Shuttleworth told Reuters in an interview. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0236534620080403

Ubuntu 8.04 'Hardy Heron' review

The beta of the next version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system has arrived, although judging by its stability and polish you'd be hard pressed to tell it's a testing release.

Ubuntu 8.04, code-named "Hardy Heron", is scheduled to be an LTS (Long Term Support) edition, and you can tell its developers have worked diligently to make it worthy of the title.

If this first taste is any indication, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is shaping up to be a worthy upgrade for existing users and a good jumping-on point for new ones. Wubi, in particular, makes it ideal for anyone who has hesitated to give Linux a try before now. Look for the final version to be available in April. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1881&pn=2

In The Blogosphere

(maybe combine the blog posts about Sun into one) http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3548185347.html

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/the-real-sun-ubuntu-linux-conn.html

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9911332-16.html

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1641

http://opotumon.blogspot.com/2008/04/small-business-on-ubuntu.html

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/04/01/ubuntu-hardy-the-latest-and-greatest-or-a-total-mess/

http://fosswire.com/2008/04/01/my-first-impressions-of-ubuntu-hardy-heron-804-beta/

http://www.geek.com/first-impressions-ubuntu-804-beta/

http://blogs.eweek.com/lundquist/content/mark_shuttleworth_and_ubuntu_804.html

http://www.thebristows.com/blog/tech/is-ubuntu-ready-for-the-mainstream

http://www.kenneyjacob.com/2008/04/03/ubuntu-linux-my-first-experience/

http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/why-i-ubuntu/

In Other News

Matt Zimmerman Interview(Ubuntu Live Conference)

Matt Zimmerman is the CTO of Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd., and has been involved with Ubuntu since the beginning, and led the team which created the Ubuntu distribution. In this audio interview from the Ubuntu Live Conference, entitled "Collaboration Delivers", he explains the Ubuntu Technical Roadmap. Beginning with a discussion of the development cycles, the importance of continuous community participation, and the completely open development process. Ubuntu's focus remains firmly on the desktop, and Zimmerman discusses the enhancements that Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 provide with improved support for wireless networks, Windows settings migration, codec installation, and additional features that desktop users have asked for. He also touches on the development of the server edition of Ubuntu to address the needs of business users and Ubuntu's recent exploration of the mobile environment in cooperation with Intel. He clarifies the rationale behind the regular six-month releases as compared to the LTS (long term support) releases and how each serves a different segment of the Ubuntu community. He concludes with a look at what's coming for Ubuntu and the role that the growing community of users and developers plays in accelerating innovation. http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3523.html

  • UbuntuHCL is setup to provide a forum for Ubuntu users to share their experiences with different hardware, to ease the transition of new users to Ubuntu, as well as help users pick the right hardware for their Linux system. http://www.ubuntuhcl.org/

  • Ubuntupoint is a news gathering point for everything Ubuntu. Anyone can join and submit, or just read up on the latest Ubuntu news. http://ubuntupoint.com/

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

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