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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 86 for the weeks April 6th - April 12th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

We are now one week out from the 8.04 LTS release candidate and two weeks from the final release, so the archive is now frozen and will not thaw again before release.

During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team, so if you have fixes that are important to get in and will need discussion, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Uploads to main should at this point focus on release-critical bugs only.

Uploads to universe should follow the guidelines described here:

The list of release-critical bugs that we want to still try to resolve before the release candidate on April 17 is tracked here:

Additional bugs that are still considered "targets of opportunity" for the release are found at:

If you have bugs which you believe should be listed there but aren't yet, please get in touch with me or another member of the release team.

Ubuntu 8.04 CDs for LoCos

Free Hardy CDs are available for all APPROVED LoCo teams. We will send you a prepared selection of CDs that form the following mix:

  • Ubuntu: PC: 230, AMD64: 20
  • Kubuntu: PC: 30, AMD64: 15
  • Edubuntu: PC: 10
  • Server PC: PC: 30
  • Server 64bit: PC: 15
  • KDE4 Remix: PC: 50

Please note, we can't allow you to add or remove from this mix - this is a pre-prepared selection and cannot be adjusted.

To get your Hardy CDs you must first ensure you are an approved team, and the Team Contact should make the request for the CDs.

To get them, send an email to info@shipit.ubuntu.com with the subject of Request For Hardy CDs: <team name> (e.g. Request For Hardy CDs: ubuntu-au). You must use that subject format to ensure we pick up on the email. The email must contain all of the following details:

  • Name
  • Street Address (do not include a POBOX - it must be a real address) - include your post/zip code!!
  • Full International Phone number (including country code)

The team contact must request the CDs, but it is fine to get the CDs sent to another member of the team if needed.

Each team can have a maximum of one box of CDs.

Orders should be preferably placed before April 18th 2008 to ensure delivery within two weeks after the Hardy release date. Any later orders will have an estimated two week delay before they arrive.

Before you submit the email...

  • Ensure you are an approved team - see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList.

  • Ensure the Team Contact requests the CDs.
  • Check you have included the stand subject line, as shown above.
  • Ensure you have included all of the requested information in the email.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds

Fourth Brainstorm Update

http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/2

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

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;609377314;pp;1

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17601/1090/

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_710_804&num=1

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3257992292.html

http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb040808-story02.html

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/lifeatwork/itadda/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1078882&_EXT_5_groupId=14

In The Blogosphere

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9915064-16.html

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9915064-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad

http://www.ultramobilegeek.com/2008/04/facts-on-ubuntu-mobile-and-moblin.html

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/04/ubuntu_more_doo.html?source=rss

In Other News

http://crn.com/software/207100664?cid=ChannelWebBreakingNews

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

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

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You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed

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

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  • 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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