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 * gNewSense releases DeltaH(based on Hardy Heron) - DeltaH is gNewSense's second major release, and is based on Ubuntu Hardy. 2.0 was released on May 1st 2008 - less than a week after Hardy's release.
  * Features Since DeltaD (1.1)

    * Now based on Ubuntu Hardy
    * New Artwork
    * Switched from Burning``Dog(Firefox) to Epiphany
    * Switched to Blag's deblob script for the kernel
    * Non-free GLX removed from X/mesa
    * Builder: Use a chroot for building
    * Builder: Added support for debian src packages

DeltaH is available for i386, with the GNOME desktop, and in Live CD format. You can join the IRC channel #gnewsense on the freenode.net server to chat about the release.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 89 for the weeks April 27th - May 3rd, 2008. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Open Week Review

Maybe summarize highlights, post link to the logs.

Intrepid Open for Business

Intrepid Ibex is now open for general development. Automatic syncs from Debian will begin just as soon as a final set of compiler changes are in place. The release schedule for Intrepid is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseSchedule. To summarise the next few months, the dev team expects to be able to produce the first milestone in mid-June, to cease automatic syncs from Debian near the end of June, and to enter feature freeze near the end of August. We do not recommend that users upgrade to Intrepid at this time; there will likely be considerable flux until the initial round of merges is complete. As always, any developers wishing to take the plunge at this early stage should ensure that they are comfortable with recovering from anything up to complete system failure.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-May/000424.html

Rick Clark is now a MOTU

Rick Clark (a.k.a. dendrobates on IRC) as the newest addition to the MOTU team. Rick is also the manager of the Ubuntu Server team.

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

FLISOL Nicaragua 2008

Some preliminary stats from the FLISOL Nicaragua 2008 event:

  • +1,000 people attended the three local events in Managua, León and Juigalpa
  • 17 conferences
  • 58 installs (*buntu: 38, openSuse: 11, Debian: 4, Fedora: 4, Linux Mint: 1)

See some pictures by visiting the link! http://leogg.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/flisol-nicaragua-2008/

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

Launchpad 1.2.4

The Launchpad team is proud to announce the release of Launchpad 1.2.4 on 1st May 2008!

New features this month include:

  • the ability to build PPA packages for multiple series and copy packages from one PPA to another
  • a new design for project code overview pages
  • an easier way for casual contributors to post to mailing lists.

New information on copying PPA packages, a new project code overview page, contributing to the mail lists without subscribing, and many other changes are available for your review at the link. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2008-May/003665.html

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

  • Tony Yarusso and the Minnesota LoCo decided to gather contact information of the local media outlets to see if they could get a spot for their Ubuntu release parties. John Gordon of NPR, who hosts a daily segment called Future Tense, got in touch and did an interview with Tony about whether Ubuntu is ready for the "Mainstream". It aired on May 1st, the segment is about 5 mins long, and can be heard here: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/4788725/510014/90094709/PUB_90094709.mp3 John also includes a blog piece on why Ubuntu is not ready for the main stream: The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment summarized "In the Blogosphere" below. http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2008/05/01.shtml#017580

  • VIA unveils open source driver development portal - Chip maker VIA has launched a beta version of its VIA Linux Portal. The first offering is graphics drivers for the VIA CN896 digital media IGP chipset for the new Ubuntu 8.04 LTS distribution. Documentation and source code for the drivers will be released over the coming weeks, and official forums and bug tracking will be added later this year. More at http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2215466/via-open-source-driver-portal

  • First Look: Ubuntu 8.04 'Hardy Heron' - The most significant improvement by far in Hardy is Wubi, a new utility that works with Microsoft Windows. Wubi lets a novice user install Ubuntu on top of Windows without having to modify hard disk partitions. Messing with partitions can be dangerous and data can be lost if something goes wrong. Wubi removes all of the risk of a conventional install by creating a large file in the Windows filesystem that is treated like a virtual disk to house the Ubuntu installation. http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=22514

  • Ubuntu 8.04 Is Ready to Take On Windows - Ubuntu's deep software catalog, focus on usability and active community combine with long-term support to put desktop Linux's best face forward. Canonical has marshaled the best of what the open-source world has to offer in Ubuntu 8.04, a Linux-based operating system that's capable of mounting a serious challenge to Microsoft Windows on mainstream desktops and notebooks. During his tests of Ubuntu 8.04, both in its final form and in a series of test releases that led up to the official launch April 24, he's been impressed enough with the distribution to award it the eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice designation. http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=47793&pop=1&hide_ads=1&page=0&hide_js=1

In The Blogosphere

  • The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment - Content Consumer was interested to see how far Linux had come in terms of being used easily by the mainstream. So, he tricked his girlfriend Erin into sitting down at a brand new Ubuntu 8.04 installation and performing some basic tasks. There were 12 tasks to complete and the conclusion was: The main issue with the desktop experience is that the geeky programmers and designers assume too much from the average user. Ubuntu also needs a welcome screen for the first time you open up your desktop, with little videos explaining a few key concepts to how Linux and Ubuntu work. Maybe it could ask “What do you want to do?” and then explain how they could do this. Linux won’t truly be ready for the desktop until a computer illiterate can sit down at a the computer and with little effort do what they want to do. http://contentconsumer.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/is-ubuntu-useable-enough-for-my-girlfriend/ got on slashdot and digg

  • Hardy Heron moves into the Black Tower - Last time he wrote about the “Black Tower,” he had just installed Vista and Kubuntu 7.10 in a dual-boot setup. When version 8.04 of Kubuntu (”Hardy Heron”) hit the Web last week, he wasted no time upgrading to it. He goes through both what he did and why he did it in preparing to install Kubuntu 8.04. Read more at http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/04/28/hardy-heron-moves-into-the-black-tower/

  • Interview: Kenneth Wimer of the Ubuntu Art Team - The style of Ubuntu releases has varied throughout the releases, with some differing radically from others and the rest continuing to build the style. But where do all of the art and style ideas come from? FOSSwire talked with Kenneth Wimer of the Ubuntu Art Team to find out. Read the interview at http://fosswire.com/2008/04/25/interview-wiemer-ubuntu-art/

In Other News

  • gNewSense releases DeltaH(based on Hardy Heron) - DeltaH is gNewSense's second major release, and is based on Ubuntu Hardy. 2.0 was released on May 1st 2008 - less than a week after Hardy's release.
    • Features Since DeltaD (1.1)
      • Now based on Ubuntu Hardy
      • New Artwork
      • Switched from BurningDog(Firefox) to Epiphany

      • Switched to Blag's deblob script for the kernel
      • Non-free GLX removed from X/mesa
      • Builder: Use a chroot for building
      • Builder: Added support for debian src packages

DeltaH is available for i386, with the GNOME desktop, and in Live CD format. You can join the IRC channel #gnewsense on the freenode.net server to chat about the release. http://www.gnewsense.org/Main/Deltah

  • Guess What? Fox News is Responsive to the Linux Community. - The Linux community spoke and foxnews.com listened. I received a polite message late today from Mr. Dave Denis the Director, Product Development at Fox News. Mr. Denis stated that Fox News is now aware of the problem with their Video page and is working with Maven Networks to get it fixed. Mr. Denis also stated that most of the Fox News developers use Ubuntu. More at http://blog.eracc.com/2008/04/28/guess-what-fox-news-is-responsive-to-the-linux-community/

  • Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Windows Vista Power Usage - When the Lenovo ThinkPad T60 was idling with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" it had quite an advantage over Windows Vista Ultimate. Ubuntu was consuming five less Watts, which equates to more than 10% less power, over Microsoft Windows Vista. The report and graphs are at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=hardy_power&num=2

  • Interview with Donald Knuth - Andrew Binstock and Donald Knuth converse on the success of open source, the problem with multicore architecture, the disappointing lack of interest in literate programming, the menace of reusable code, and that urban legend about winning a programming contest with a single compilation. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.10 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

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Conclusion

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