Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #128
John Crawford
johnc4510 at ubuntu.com
Sun Feb 8 20:40:48 GMT 2009
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #128 for the week
February 1st - February 7th, 2009. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Jaunty
Alpha 4 released, Rock the Docs: Ubuntu LoCo Docs Day, Hall of Fame
Interview: Christophe Sauthier, Fridge Calendar has moved, Ubuntu
HugDay, New Contributing Developer, Launchpod Episode #16, Launchpad
performance weeks, Full Circle Magazine #21, Ubuntu podcast #19, Toshiba
Netbook with Ubuntu Remix, First Ubuntu Event in Monastir Tunisia, Team
Meeting Summaries, and much, much more!
== UWN Translations ==
* Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of
linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the
information you need.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations
== In This Issue ==
* Ubunt Jaunty Alpha 4 released
* Rock the Docs: Ubuntu LoCo Docs Day
* Hall of Fame interview: Christophe Sauthier
* Fridge Calendar Has Moved
* Ubuntu HugDay
* New Contributing Developer
* Ubuntu Stats
* Launchpod Episode #16
* Launchpad performance weeks
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Full Circle Magazine #21
* Ubuntu podcast #19
* Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix
* First Ubuntu EVent in Monastir Tunisia
* Team Meeting Summaries
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
== General Community News ==
=== Ubuntu Jaunty Alpha 4 released ===
Alpha 4 is the fourth in a series of milestone CD images that will be
released throughout the Jaunty 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 Jaunty. You can download it
here:
* Ubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-4/
* Edubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-4/
* Kubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-4/
* Xubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-4/
* Ubuntu Studio:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/jaunty/alpha-4/
* Ubuntu Netbook Remix
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook-remix/releases/jaunty/alpha-4
* Ubuntu MID: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mid/releases/jaunty/alpha-4
See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors.
Pre-releases of Jaunty 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.
* Software updates for testing:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/alpha4
* List of known bugs: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/alpha4
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000530.html
=== Rock The Docs: The Ubuntu LoCo Docs Day ===
What exactly is LoCo Docs Day? In a nutshell, it is when the Ubuntu LoCo
community comes together to refine, add to and otherwise improve our
Online LoCo Documentation. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams
We already have some excellent documentation, but much of it needs a new
lick of paint and a good old fashioned refresh. As such, all the LoCo
team are invited to come together on Feb. 12th to help make this happen.
So, how do you get involved? Simple:
* Save The Date! Put the 12th Feb 2009 in your calendar as the LoCo
Docs Day.
* On the day (or before if you want to join in the usual chit-chat)
join the #ubuntu-locoteams IRC channel on Freenode.
* Contribute some of your time and expertise going in and contributing
content to the wide variety of documentation. If you are unsure of where
to start, why not take a look at our LoCo FAQ and see there are any
questions that you have had in the past that the document does not
answer. We would all love to see the FAQ become a hugely authoritative
document. There is a suggestion of other pages that need a refresh here.
Come out, share the fun, and get involved in helping to bring the LoCo
Wiki Documentation up to date!
http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/02/04/rock-the-docs/
=== Hall of Fame interview: Christophe Sauthier ===
Christophe Sauthier (huats) is involved in various aspects of Ubuntu. He
started helping out in the team doing French translations and among
other things he maintained the French LoCo web site. Now he is the
French LoCo contact and the one they turn to in emergencies:
affectionately referred to as "lé president". Christophe is a MOTU, and
a driving force behind the MOTU Mentoring Reception. A YouTube video of
Christophe speaking about himself is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmXJ0_G2Gk
Read the entire interview:
http://hall-of-fame.ubuntu.com/?feature=christophe-sauthier
=== Fridge Calendar Has Moved ===
The old Fridge calendar has been replaced with a Google Calendar.
The new Fridge calendar is at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar. Please
update your RSS feeds.
Teams needing to add meeting or events to the calendar can now do so
themselves. Please refer to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fridge/Calendar
there is a section on adding your meeting or event to the new calendar.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1825
=== Ubuntu HugDay ===
HugDay is a special day where the Ubuntu Community comes together with a
shared goal of triaging a specific package or set of packages. Working
together allows the team to share knowledge and give some much needed
assistance to the Ubuntu Developers.
* When: Feb. 12nd, 2009
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-bugs (freenode)
* Help on bugs: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs/
* Info page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20090212
Anyone can help out reguardless of their skill level. This is a
community effort to help the developers and make Ubuntu even better. Now
is the time to get involved in terminating those pesky bugs.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-February/000405.html
=== New Contributing Developer ===
Nick Ellery (nellery) is now a Contributing Developer. Although Nick was an
Ubuntu Members already, it was decided to add him to the
"universe-contributors" based on his good work in the MOTU team. Give
Nick a warm welcome and congrats next time you speak to him. Launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/~nick.ellery Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NickEllery
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2009-February/027331.html
== Ubuntu Stats ==
=== Bug Stats ===
* Open (47238) +670 over last week
* Critical (24) -2 over last week
* Unconfirmed (19119) +553 over last week
* Unassigned (39732) +631 over last week
* All bugs ever reported (248428) +1804 over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started,
please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
=== Translation Stats Jaunty ===
* Spanish (16717) -387 over last week
* French (52748) +585 over last week
* Brazilian Portuguese (68368) -2260 over last week
* Swedish (71371) +241 over last week
* English (Uk) (75691) +72 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see
more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/
=== Translation Stats Intrepid ===
* Spanish (15788) -27 over last week
* French (61297) -13 over last week
* Swedish (72562) +/-0 over last week
* Brazilian Portuguese (74873) -5 over last week
* English (UK) (81040) +/-0 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more
at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/
=== 5-a-day bug stats ===
==== Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days ====
* crimsun (69)
* chrisccoulson (35)
* dholbach (27)
* itnet7 (26)
* charlie-tca (16)
==== Top 5 teams for the past 7 days ====
* dcteam (70)
* ubuntu-berlin (46)
* ubuntu-de-locoteam (42)
* ubuntu-us-florida (28)
* ubuntu-co (15)
5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See
http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===
* Old problems, new solutions
* Restart control of Grub
* Wireless preference
* Devices icons on desktop are mixed with normal icons
* Human readable timestamp in dmesg
Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your
ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against
another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
== Launchpad News ==
=== Launchpod Episode #16 ===
In this episode:
* Henning Eggers, Launchpad Translations developer, talks about how
Launchpad is making it easier for upstream projects to use translations
made for Ubuntu and why translations style guides can be useful.
* Celso Providelo, Soyuz developer, explains the changes to PPA paths
and signed PPAs!
ogg vorbis download:
http://www.archive.org/download/LaunchpodEpisode16/launchpod-e16-20090202.ogg
podcast feed: http://news.launchpad.net/category/podcast/feed
http://blog.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpoad-16-talking-about-launchpad-221
=== Launchpad performance weeks ===
The purpose of Launchpad performance weeks is to improve the loading of
Launchpad pages that currently take too much time to load or time out
instead of loading. By reducing the soft and hard timeout times each
month, the Launchpad team will be able to focus on those pages that need
to be improved. What it means to you is that you will see improved
performance on the Launchpad site each month.
The first performance week took place last week. The next Launchpad
Performance Week will be the week starting April 6th, with another
starting June 1st. These dates may move depending on future schedules.
Check the Launchpad News blog for corrections to the dates.
http://blog.launchpad.net/
http://blog.launchpad.net/launchpad-performance-week/introducing-launchpad-performance-weeks
== In The Press ==
=== Canonical Survey Shows Ubuntu Server as Mission-Critical Enterprise
Platform ===
Darryl K. Taft of eWeek reports that Canonical and analyst firm RedMonk
have released the findings of a survey of thousands of Ubuntu users that
show usage patterns for the Ubuntu server product. The survey, completed
by nearly 7,000 respondents, shows that Ubuntu is being used in most
common workloads, such as Web, file, database and mail server, and is
considered "mission-critical" by most respondents. Steve George,
director of support and services for Canonical, said the survey
indicates not only that users are primarily using Ubuntu for such common
workloads, but also that the security, backup and firewall areas are
important workloads being run on Ubuntu. Users strongly indicated their
intent to add Ubuntu servers to their data centers in the immediate and
long term. "Clearly, we have businesses of all sizes using Ubuntu to run
what they consider to be mission-critical applications," George said.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Canonical-Survey-Shows-Ubuntu-Server-as-Mission-Critical-Enterprise-Platform/
=== Survey Shows Ubuntu Not Just for Desktop Anymore ===
Elizabeth Montalbano of PC World tell us that Ubuntu should not be
considered merely the desktop Linux distribution of choice anymore if a
new survey conducted by Canonical and open-source analyst firm RedMonk
is an indicator. The majority of nearly 7,000 businesses surveyed that
are using Ubuntu Linux said they use it for a range of mission-critical
workloads that are typically run on servers, such as proxy/caching,
routing, mail security, clustering, virtualization, data backup and
databases. Stephen O'Grady, analyst with RedMonk, said the range of
applications for which companies are using Ubuntu will surprise some
people. "The workload distribution is all over the map." He also said
that while the survey covered more small businesses than enterprises,
the size mix of companies surveyed was broad, and companies in all
ranges reported using Ubuntu beyond the desktop. Link to the results:
http://www.canonical.com/campaign/serversurvey/survey
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158948/survey_shows_ubuntu_not_just_for_desktop_anymore.html
=== Sibyl Systems to Distribute Ubuntu Linux Exclusively ===
Sibyl Systems, a Central New York based IT solutions provider and
subcontracting firm has announced that it will exclusively distribute
Ubuntu for all its future linux deployments. Ubuntu was selected in
large part because of the company's technical savvy and business acumen.
The partnership will provide Canonical Ltd a local point of presence on
the sales side, as well as hardware and software installation, service
and support.John J Rice, president and lead engineer for Sibyl Systems
states: "Canonical is a wonderful partner for us. This is a highly
capable company with great integrity. They are dedicated, hardworking
and they know their products inside and out. We look forward to
exclusively working with them and to help them grow in the Syracuse area
and north east US marketplace. Linux is the future of the desktop and
server."
http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=165989&Itemid=96
=== The case for Ubuntu on the server ===
In this article Leigh Dyer of PC Authority weighs the pros and cons of
whether Ubuntu has a future in server deployments. Dyer installed an
Intrepid server to play with and is so far quite impressed. The
installer is a nicely streamlined version of the Debian text-mode
installer, and it lets you enable a number of specific profiles, like
‘Visualization host' or ‘PostgreSQL server', that install extra
functionality on top of the base packages. It's definitely still
designed for experienced admins., there are no GUI packages on the CD,
so regardless of what options you select, you'll be staring at a plain
text login screen once your system boots.
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/136027,the-case-for-ubuntu-on-the-server.aspx
== In The Blogosphere ==
=== Ubuntu Server Linux is for business ===
Blogger Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols talks to us about a survey that was
conducted by Canonical and the research company RedMonk. According to
the survey, Ubuntu Server Edition is being used for all the usual
infrastructure and edge services you expect from a first class server
operating system: Web, database, file, print, back-up and mail serving.
He was suprised that larger companies with more than 1,000 employees
were using Ubuntu in roles that he usually sees Red Hat and Novell SUSE.
He even points out that Ubuntu is now powering Wikipedia. The Wikimedia
Foundation recently announced that it was standardizing on Ubuntu across
its farm of several hundred servers. According to Vaughan-Nichols
Canonical has been working towards making Ubuntu a top server for some
time, and that Canonical is quite serious about getting its share of the
server market. He believes that with the results of the survey it should
serve as a "notice" to all the other server systems out there that
Ubuntu server is "here and it's ready to compete."
http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_server_linux_is_for_business
=== Ubuntu developers visiting Ubuntu Berlin and c-base, plus interview
with Mark Shuttleworth ===
Taking the opportunity brought about by the Jaunty Ubuntu Developer
Sprint taking place in Berlin, the Ubuntu Berlin LoCo invited the
developers and Mark Shuttleworth to a "night out". Taking place at
c-base, a mythical crashed extra-terrestrial vehicle that serves as the
home for Ubuntu Berlin as well as a meeting place for other groups, it
turned out to be a night to remember. Members of Ubuntu Berlin got to
meet the developers in a relaxed atmosphere of smalltalk about space,
canoing the c-base project “OpenMoon” (trying to send a rocket to the
moon), and more. They also had an opportunity to interview Mark
Shuttleworth and get his opinions on why he started Ubuntu, and how it
compares to other methods of delivering software. The video interview of
Mark is at the link.
http://www.screenage.de/blog/2009/02/06/ubuntu-developers-visiting-ubuntu-berlin-and-c-base-with-interview-with-mark-shuttleworth/
=== HP releases custom Netbook version of Ubuntu Linux ===
Blogger Andrew Nusca tells us about the HP mini 1000 Mi Edition which
has a custom version of Ubuntu Linux installed on it. It's based off of
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, and has most of the normal preloaded software
installed, including: OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin and
more. It doesn't come preloaded with GIMP though. The GUI is where most
of the changes come in. "When you first boot up the custom OS, you are
greeted with a screen with a web search engine, a list of favorite web
sites and shortcuts to your music and photos." Also included is a custom
media player called HP Media Style which the blogger points out that it
resembles Apple's FrontRow. Experienced Linux users can still get to the
terminal window by hitting Alt+F2 and entering 'gnome-terminal'. He also
points out that HP is has plans to post a utility on its website to
allow users to create a system restore USB flash disk from Windows. It
can already be done in Linux, and it can be used to turn an HP Mini 1000
running Windows XP into a Mi Edition device.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=1221
=== HP drops Linux netbooks in UK ===
Claudine Beaumont of the Telegraph points out that the UK will not have
the privilege of using the HP version of Ubuntu on the HP Mini 1000.
Hewlett Packard has pulled it from the UK. This was a surprise to many
in technology, since the lighter-weight Linux works better on the Atom
processor and smaller storage available on such machines. Also, ". . .
as many technology websites have pointed out, the biggest-selling
netbook in the UK is the Acer Aspire One – which runs a version of the
Linux operating system."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4528830/HP-drops-Linux-netbooks-in-UK.html
== In Other News ==
=== Full Circle Magazine #21 ===
Featured in this issue:
* Command and Conquer - Formatting Output.
* How-To : Program in C - Part 5, Web Development - Part 2, Changing
Video Aspect Ratios & Ubuntu ISO to Bootable USB.
* My Story - Creative Zen V Plus in Ubuntu
* Game Review - Tribal Trouble 2
* My Opinion - Missed Opportunity
* MOTU Interview - Nicolas Valcarcel
* Top 5 - Torrent Tools
* PLUS - FCM#20 Survey Results
*Get it while it’s hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-21/
=== Ubuntu podcast #19 ===
In this episode:
* Ubuntu usability testing
* 8.04.2 released
* French pushing Ubuntu
* Ubuntu Developer Week
* etc, etc, etc
The podcast are announced on dent and tweet when they are about to
stream live. If you want to know when that happens, follow
http://twitter.com/ubuntupodcast or http://identi.ca/ubuntupodcast.
http://ubuntupodcast.net/2009/02/05/ubuntu-podcast-episode-19/
=== Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix ===
Toshiba now has a netbook offering the Ubuntu Netbook Remix OS. The
Toshiba NB100-11R comes with an Intel® Atom processor N270 (1.6), Linux
Ubuntu 8.04, 512 MB DDR RAM (667MHz), and a 8.9" Widescreen TruBrite®
VGA (1024 x 600) High Brightness display. Available in Cosmic Black, it
come equiped with a lithium-ion battery that sports a max up-time of 3
hours 50 mins.
http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Toshiba-NB100-11R/1058543/toshibaShop/true/
=== First Ubuntu Event in Monastir Tunisia ===
Rafik reports on the personal initiative install fest held in Monastir,
Tunisia on February 4 at the High Institute of Computer Sciences and
Mathematics (ISIMM). The dean of the school assisted them by making an
amphitheater available for the event, and a banner was created, saying,
"It's time to forget about Windows". Rafik was assisted in this event by
Badii Mriga and Sabri Ben Dhaou. Some students were unable to attend
due to courses, and some were impatient and installed Ubuntu prior to
the event. Regardless, they had fun and look forward to holding a
Jaunty Jackalop Release Party and install fest.
http://rafiiik.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-ubuntu-event-in-monastir.html
== Meeting Summaries ==
=== Server Team ===
* ebox: 0.12 in jaunty. Intrepid SRU ready to accepted.
* MySQL: 5.0 still available in main, 5.1 is in universe but not
working for now.
* Encrypted private/home with filename encryption available
* KVM documentation re-factored.
* screen-profiles in main.
* etc-under-vcs: implementation based on etckeeper and the bzr plugin.
Specs ready to be reviewed.
* drbd 8.3.0 available in Jaunty.
* dkim infrastructure updated to latest version.
* libvirt supports openvz.
* virt-viewer as a mozilla plugin.
* virtualbox 2.1: better support for 64 bit systems and full VMDK/VHD
support including snapshots.
* redhat-cluster-suite updated to 3.0.0alpha2.
* tomcat6 with auto deployment of webapp enabled.
* ufw: new REJECT functionality and debconf questions to enable the
firewall and set simple rules.
A full report can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/ReportingPage/2009-01#long
=== Florida US Team ===
* Chris Crisafulli (itnet7) has taken over leadership of the Florida Team.
* On January 10, the several members of the team attended a Linux
meetup in Tampa that was run by jpugh
* After the meetup itnet7 and thelupine gave a short tutorial on
5-A-Day in preparation for the GlobalBugJam
* dantrevino is currently organizing a BugJam in Miami for the
February GlobalBugJam.
=== Georgia US Team ===
* Progressing with plans for Atlanta Linux Fest 2009
=== Danish Team ===
It's been a quiet month with a lot of people having exams and such, so
the danish team didn't achieve a great deal, most energy was put in
planning future events. A few minor things did happen though.
Also worth to note is the increased Nordic collaboration, between the
Scandinavian countries, here's the highlights.
* Started planning the first ever official danish Ubuntu bug jam.
* The participants of the upcoming Ubuntu-DK podcast had their first
RL meeting.
* #ubuntu-nordic-dev @ freenode was created to get more nordic
Ubunteros interested in Ubuntu developing and bug triaging (during the
bug jam, we will also use the channel for real-time collaboration).
* http://planet.ubuntu-nordic.org/ officially opened, so far it
contains the feeds of the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish
Ubuntu-planets, plus a few nordic persons (from Iceland, I believe).
=== New Mexico USA Team ===
* January 8th 2009 - Had a face to face meeting talked about future
projects
* Continued weekly IRC Meetings. Meeting note details:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewMexicoTeam/January_2009
* January 17th Ubuntu New Mexico LoCo member David Thomas spoke at the
New Mexico Media Industry Mix: http://nm-mix.ning.com A conference for
New Mexico Media includes filmmakers, game developers, animators,
educators, designers, musicians, technology developers - and more.
* Continued work on the New Mexico LinuxFest. http://nmlinuxfest.ning.com/
* January was also spent on preparing a mesh network schedlued install
February 7th, 2009 for our EPC project.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Endorphin_Power_Company_Ubuntu_Install_and_Support
=== Massachusetts US Team ===
* Learn 2 Teach at SETC
* Further expanding community outreach
* Team Meeting, ubuntu advocates rally.
=== Belgian Team ===
* computer fair booth (MicroMegaMarket at Bredene)
* there were less visitors than previous years (but organizer Dipro
acknowledged and promised to look for a better location for the next
event in the region!)
* many more visitors than 1 or 2 years ago at least knew Ubuntu or
even used or tried it--this is good!
* we still got a little more in gifts than we paid for the
booth--existing Ubuntu users seem to like our efforts.
* the West-Flanders booth team decided that it would be good to have
an ubuntu-be national meeting to exchange ideas between booth volunteers
(who operate mostly regionally now)
* computer fair in Antwerp
* no official Ubuntu-be booth, but several Ubuntu-be members were
there with another booth--e.g. one of their regional computer club--and
they promoted Ubuntu that way
* preparations for FOSDEM:
* prepare to bring a multiseat-system from multiseatcomputer.be to
FOSDEM
* prepare for the Ubuntu booth
=== Tunisian Team ===
In the continuation of the ENIS event 8.12, abstract:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReporting#ENIS%20Event%208.12,
the members of the loco redo a second trip of 3 days to the National
Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS). The program of these days is visible
at this address: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/EventENIS9.01.
During these days the LoCo members assured general presentations
(Ubuntu, FOSS, etc.) and targeted presentations (C programming,
visualization, etc.) for public present composed mainly by students and
teachers. Also workshops concerning various subjects (daily use of
Ubuntu, C programming, visualization, etc.) were assured by the LoCo
members.
Half a day was reserved for an Ubuntu 8.10 install party where
approximately hundred persons were present. Another half day was
reserved for the continuation of the migration project of the ENIS
Computing Center. The last two classrooms (30 PC) have been migrated to
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. This makes a total of 12 classrooms of 180 PCs that
have migrated from windows to Ubuntu. A group of our LoCo has assured
the installation and configuration of an authentication server
(OpenLDAP) to centralize the management of students accounts and assure
that their data and documents will be accessible from all computing
center classrooms. The photo album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ubuntu.tunisia/ENISEvent901
=== Cypriot Team ===
Latest News:
* First team report CypriotTeam/TeamReports/200901
* 2009-01-07: New server is up!!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-cy/2009-January/000157.html
* 2008-12-13 (ongoing): Ubuntu-cy reacts to laptop funding
pre-installed with Vista for high school students, Forum:
http://www.ubuntucy.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=611, "Why Vista?"
letter:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-cy/2008-December/000154.html,
Summary:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-cy/2009-January/000161.html
* 2008-11-10: The team wishes to support open source software use for
ECDL certification in Cyprus
http://www.ubuntucy.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=486
* 2008-11-08: Joint celebration of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex and
Fedora 10 Cambridge releases
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CypriotTeam/Events/2008-11-08
* 2008-09-24: Linux/FOSS Presentation
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CypriotTeam/Events/2008-09-24
* 2008-05-23 (ongoing): The team discusses the implementation of a
joint project http://www.ubuntucy.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=82,
http://www.ubuntucy.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=169
Upcoming Events:
* N/A (April/May 2009): 3rd release party (Jaunty 9.04) preparation:
http://www.ubuntucy.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=674
* 2009-02-26: High school Linux presentation
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CypriotTeam/Events/2009-02-26,
http://www.ubuntucy.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=697
Detailed reports can be obtained at:
1.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CypriotTeam/TeamReports/200901?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=ubuntu-cy_report.odt
2.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CypriotTeam/TeamReports/200901?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=ubuntu-cy_report.pdf
=== Catalan Team ===
* Fortnightly meetings: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CatalanTeam/Reunions
* Some of our LoCo Team members have been, as usual, improving
Freevial (https://launchpad.net/freevial), a trivial-like game that
looks somewhat like on a TV show and is intended for use on community
events.
* Working and improving on our (will be) new web resources and main
page (drupal stuff and the like).
* Planning the Jaunty Jackalope party:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CatalanTeam/JauntyJackalope
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2009
== Upcoming Meetings and Events ==
=== Monday, February 9, 2009 ===
==== Ubuntu Wanted Meeting ====
* Start: 20:00 UTC
* End: 21:00 UTC
* Location: #ubuntu-website
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
=== Tuesday, February 10, 2009 ===
==== Technical Board Meeting ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 16:00 UTC
* Location: #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== Server Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting
==== Desktop Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:30 UTC
* End: 17:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting
==== Kernel Team Meeting ====
* Start: 17:00 UTC
* End: 18:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: Not listed as of publication
=== Wednesday, February 11, 2009 ===
==== Foundation Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== QA Team Meeting ====
* Start: 17:00 UTC
* End: 18:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/
=== Thursday, February 12, 2009 ===
==== Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting ====
* Start: 12:00 UTC
* End: 13:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====
* Start: 14:00 UTC
* End: 15:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
=== Friday, February 13, 2009 ===
==== MC Meeting ====
* Start: 07:00 UTC
* End: 08:00 UTC
* Location: None listed as of publication
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== Jaunty Weekly Release Meeting ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 16:30 UTC
* Location: #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
== Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10 ==
=== Security Updates ===
* None Reported
=== Ubuntu 6.06 Updates ===
* None Reported
=== Ubuntu 7.10 Updates ===
* None Reported
=== Ubuntu 8.04 Updates ===
* linux 2.6.24-23.49 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-February/012175.html
=== Ubuntu 8.10 Updates ===
* foomatic-filters 4.0.0-0ubuntu3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-February/009664.html
* kdebluetooth 1:0.3-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-February/009665.html
* dpkg 1.14.20ubuntu6.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-February/009666.html
* linux 2.6.27-12.28 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-February/009667.html
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