| Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #99 for July 6th - July 12th, 2008 |
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #99 for the week July 6th - July 12th, 2008. In this issue we cover: special 100th issue of the UWN next week, Intrepid Alpha 2 released, MOTU news and videos, new Universe contributor, summary of UDS discussions, new Kubuntu website, Ubuntu Venezuela 2 year anniversary, Launchpod episode #7, Tutorial of the week, Technical Update, Ubuntu in US retailers, and much, much more! UWN Translations
In This Issue
General Community NewsSpecial 100th Issue of the UWN Coming Next WeekDon't miss the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter next week as we celebrate our 100th issue with the Ubuntu community. There will be interviews with community members, a retrospect, and insights from past and present UWN staffers. You definitely won't want to miss this issue, so make sure your RSS feed[1] is up to date, your email subscription is current[2], or the wiki[3] bookmarked for a very special anniversary issue of the UWN. [1] - [2] - [3] - Intrepid Alpha 2 releasedAlpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Intrepid development cycle. The Alpha images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Intrepid. You can download it here:
Pre-releases of Intrepid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. New MOTU
You can find the MOTU Team here: New Universe ContributorNathan Handler(nhandler) has spent the last few months tackling merges and syncs with Intrepid as well as patching and triaging bugs. He has even provided some online training for MOTU-development. Congratulations Nathan, and keep up the great work!
MOTU Video - "This is how I fix a bug"There was a lot of good feedback about the MOTU Videos [1] & [2], and work is underway to translate these videos into Spanish. If you have more ideas for MOTU Videos, please add them to [3]. On that page you will also find information on how to do a screencast and mix in your voice. If you're fixing bugs for Ubuntu anyway, why not have a go at it and make a cool video? If you do, please add it to: The processes to fix bugs in Ubuntu are really straight-forward. Some great videos would just underline that fact, and easily show what to do and which tools to use. Summary of UDS DiscussionsThe track leads have collated all their reports from the Ubuntu Developer Summit discussions, and Jorge Castro has made a summary of them that's available here: Track-specific reports with more detail are available here: New Kubuntu WebsiteEveryone should drop by the Kubuntu website and take a look at its new design. It's clean, spiffy, and of course blue. Congrats to the Kubuntu folks on a well thought out webpage! Ubuntu StatsBug Stats
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see Translation Stats HardyThis is the top 5, not specific languages, so the languages might change week to week.
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron," see more at: LoCo NewsThe Ubuntu Venezuela LoCo team just celebrated their 2 year anniversary with a big get together. The pictures at the link show a big group having a great time, so check them out. Launchpad NewsLaunchpod episode #7 availableMatthew Revell, Joey Stanford and Barry Warsaw host the latest edition of Launchpod. In this episode:
Get it here: Send us your ideas and questions to Ubuntu Forums NewsTutorial of the WeekThis week's tutorial pick is a crowd-pleaser. It's "HowTo: Install skype and sms with skype in ubuntu 8.04", by grobar. If you're a Skype fan and want to install it, grobar has links and easy steps for putting it in place, with the added SMS package as a bonus. If you've never used it, this will probably be a good way to try it out. Enjoy! Technical UpdateDid we really release 8.04?What follows is an exert from a recent discussion on the developer mailing list about the LTS release schedule: For some users, Ubuntu 8.04 did not live up to expectations in terms of bugs and regressions. Here are thoughts and questions that posters had: Do we need to reconsider how we approach getting to a release? For an LTS release should we add 2 months to the schedule? The problem is that even with all the alpha/beta/RC testing, the majority of tests really occur when users upgrade or install the release. So, it is better to release and fix afterwards, focusing on the bug fixing, as has been done, and not focusing on the next release immediately. In response, Matt Zimmerman tells us that while there is always room for improvement, Ubuntu is constantly revisiting processes to meet the expanding expectations of Ubuntu. No one likes regressions, and a loss of functionality can be a crippling setback for a casual user. However, casual users should have no need to upgrade their operating system every six months, and this is one reason why we offer multiple maintenance cycles. Firefox 2 may have been more mature, but it was close to two years old, and scheduled for mothballing in December. With Ubuntu Desktop LTS scheduled for three years of maintenance, Firefox 3 was the only reasonable choice. OpenOffice.org 2.4.x was tested for months before this bug, Ubuntu thrives on the efforts of open source developers, and their attention is very focused on the latest code. Most new releases fix many more problems than they create, and the aim is to provide users with the best experience we can. While it is easy to insist that Ubuntu should stop being on the bleeding edge of software and features, in order to achieve this, we would need to rigorously specify every feature in Ubuntu and how it should work. This is almost an impossible task. Instead, we focus on defining a subset of functionality which can be tested in practice. Test plans are here: In The Press
The answers are at:
In The Blogosphere
In Other NewsCanonical and Valusoft bring Ubuntu plus support to Best BuyCanonical has teamed up with ValueSoft to provide an alternative way of getting Ubuntu. The boxed set that has been developed includes the Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD, a quick start guide, and 60 days of support provided by the Canonical trained ValueSoft personnel. ValueSoft will be placing the boxed set with Best Buy[1], a large electronics retailer in the United States, where it will be available in stores or can be shipped. These sets are specially packaged to show that there are programs for web browsing, productivity and email. Upcoming Meetings and EventsTuesday, July 15, 2008Community Council Meeting
Server Team Meeting
Wednesday, July 16, 2008QA Team Meeting
Platform Team Meeting
Thursday, July 17, 2008Desktop Team Meeting
Java Team Meeting
Ubuntu Mobile Meeting
Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 7.04 Updates
Ubuntu 7.10 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
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