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You can catch up on all 22 videos on the Ubuntu Developers site here: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ubuntudevelopers&p=r You can catch up on all 22 videos on the Ubuntu Developers site: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ubuntudevelopers&p=r

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #95 for the week June 8th - June 14th, 2008.

UWN Translations

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In This Issue

General Community News

Help Needed for Global Bug Jam

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-June/025533.html

Brainstorm Plans

Three months after the launch it is time to do a small recap and lay out the plans for the next months. The project is now working towards a better feedback to your input. Starting this cycle, there should be some regular developer feedback on popular ideas. In the next months, the work will be focused on an easier classification of ideas in projects, so that it can be exploited by non-Ubuntu software developers. Also coming is an easy way for Brainstorm users to contact each other, tools for Ubuntu developers to spot and keep track of the interesting ideas, and in the long rung, the project is heading towards a neutral release, but don't expect it too soon. http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/12

A selection of Intrepid blueprints from the Ubuntu Server Team

With the end of UDS, members of the Ubuntu Server Team are busy writing specifications (aka blueprints) about topics discussed during the summit. Specifications should be finalized by Thursday, June the 5th according to the Intrepid release schedule. Here is a non-exhaustive list of blueprints that are currently been written:

Remember, these are plans, there is no guarantee that they will make it into Intrepid Ibex. http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/a-selection-of-intrepid-blueprints-from-the-ubuntu-server-team/

Intrepid Alpha 1 Release?

New Ubuntu Members

See June 10th, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/AsiaOceania

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-June/000048.html

MOTU News

After some time away, Zhengpeng Hou has again found time to return to MOTU, continuing previous work in package maintenance, CJK support, KDE bugfixing, and helping with the sponsor queues. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-June/025535.html

MOTU Videos

The Ubuntu Developer Channel continues to get crammed with goodness, and it is a pleasure to announce another MOTU video - Packaging 101 Part 1 and Part 2. The video is presented by the esteemed Daniel Holbach, and is geared to teach you how to put together a package. This is a great first step to getting started becoming a MOTU.

You can catch up on all 22 videos on the Ubuntu Developers site: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ubuntudevelopers&p=r

Gobuntu Future(Jono Bacon)

The Gobuntu development team would like to announce that after 8.04 release of Gobuntu, the project will aim to merge many of the Gobuntu changes into mainline Ubuntu, such as our "Free Software Only" installer option which only installs software considered free by the Free Software Foundation's definition of software freedom. The primary focus of the Ubuntu community, Canonical, and our derivative and downstream projects remains the success of free, Open Source software. It is hoped that by providing every Ubuntu user with the ability to install a completely free system, using the standard Ubuntu installer, we will move closer to a world of freedom, choice, and personal liberty with the hardware you own. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gobuntu-devel/2008-June/000795.html

Kubuntu Tutorial Days

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1520

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

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2008-June/003820.html

Ubuntu Forums News

http://www.mikesplanet.net/2008/06/600000_users/, 600,000 register users, see if there is a better link

In The Press

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_3way_pts&num=1

http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6200

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1317353,00.html

In The Blogosphere

http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/07/ubuntu-remix-codecs/, and Mark's response, https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-June/004510.html

http://www.beckymckimmy.com/blog/2008/06/05/technology-today-linux-a-new-users-review/

http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/06/ubuntu-804-lts-still-no-1-for.html

In Other News

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/vienna_failed_to_migrate_to_linux_why

http://lwn.net/Articles/284760/

http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRapOneDarwin, recommends Ubuntu for installing their software

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2489

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/148

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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