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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/ announcement summary can be found at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1402. === Ubuntu Open Week ===

 * When: Monday 28 April 2008 - Saturday 3 May 2008
 * Where: #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode
 * Schedule: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/

The aim of the week is to help grow the Ubuntu community, and they have an awesome set of topics ready for you. If you’ve considered getting involved in Ubuntu and don’t know where to start, then this is a great opportunity to jump in. There will be sessions on all kinds of subjects including an "Ask Mark" session. Remember, being part of Ubuntu does not have to be a technical, hardcore, programming or packaging job. You can be involved with artwork, marketing, advocacy, local community teams, documentation, translations and more. If you are interested in being a part of the Ubuntu project, there is sure to be a session for you, take this time to join the Ubuntu Community and become part of the world-class team that puts Ubuntu together. We are keen to show that everyone can be a part of our growing community. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1402.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 87 for the weeks April 13th - April 19th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Announcing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Release Candidate

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server. Codenamed "Hardy Heron", 8.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The release candidate is considered to be complete, stable, and suitable for testing by any user. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition features incremental improvements to familiar applications, with an emphasis on stability for this second Ubuntu long-term support release. The Ubuntu 8.04 LTS family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, have also reached RC status. The final release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is scheduled for 24 April 2008. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-April/000110.html

Ubuntu Open Week

The aim of the week is to help grow the Ubuntu community, and they have an awesome set of topics ready for you. If you’ve considered getting involved in Ubuntu and don’t know where to start, then this is a great opportunity to jump in. There will be sessions on all kinds of subjects including an "Ask Mark" session. Remember, being part of Ubuntu does not have to be a technical, hardcore, programming or packaging job. You can be involved with artwork, marketing, advocacy, local community teams, documentation, translations and more. If you are interested in being a part of the Ubuntu project, there is sure to be a session for you, take this time to join the Ubuntu Community and become part of the world-class team that puts Ubuntu together. We are keen to show that everyone can be a part of our growing community. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1402.

http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/4

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-April/003868.html

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

Berlin Release Party

release party wiki page, reminder

FISL: summary of what it is (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7635) and some links that are Ubuntu specific:

http://www.bani.com.br/2008/04/17/fisl-first-day/

http://www.bani.com.br/2008/04/18/fisl-second-day/

add link to flickr pictures

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://www.osnews.com/story/19646/A_Year_Later_Sales_of_Linux_on_Dell_Computers_Continue_to_Grow

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1356685/

In The Blogosphere

http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/linux-is-good-for-the-elderly/

http://www.linux.com/feature/132575

http://comphobby.org/archives/163-Ubuntu-8.04-Beta.html

http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/opinion/index.cfm?articleid=1307

http://ubuntuliving.blogspot.com/2008/04/computerworld-linux-ready-for-desktop.html

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007846o-2000469549b,00.htm

In Other News

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/online-desktop-training

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/cnrcom-releases-beta-cnr-client-for-ubuntu-804,354504.shtml (Nick, look at this one and see if you want it somewhere else please)

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9078299

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

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

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

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Nick Ali
  • John Crawford
  • Your Name Here
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Feedback

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