Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #207

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-23

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #207 for the week August 15th – August 21st, 2010 and is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • N-imal?
  • Join the fun at the Ubuntu Global Jam
  • Welcome New Ubuntu Members
  • Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS released
  • 10.10.10.10.10…..
  • Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10
  • Ubuntu Translations Interviews: Ricardo Pérez (Spanish Translation Team)
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • LoCo News
  • Ubuntu One Technical Aspects
  • Thankyou, Debian
  • Planet KDE Update
  • Beginners Team
  • Ubuntu at the Creative Arts Charter School
  • Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 Second Edition released
  • UbuCon at Ohio LinuxFest
  • In The Press
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick
  • Canonical Announces the Release of uTouch for Ubuntu OS
  • Interviewing Mr. Gwibber (Ryan Paul)
  • Geode Driver Update
  • Puppy 5.1 codename Lucid is out- Now is compatible with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx package
  • Oracle puts OpenSolaris to rest
  • KDE & GNOME cross-desktop development
  • OpenLuna – An Open Source Project Aimed at Returning Humankind Back to the Moon
  • Ohio LinuxFest Schedule
  • Featured Podcasts
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security
  • And much much more!

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    • Mike Holstein
    • Jonathan Carter
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    • And many others

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Ramping Up for the Ubuntu Global Jam!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-23

Ubuntu Global Jam participants

Wow, our ever amazing community has done it again. Since last time I looked at the LoCo directory, the number of teams participating in the Ubuntu Global Jam has nearly doubled.

There is still time to organise new events and join the fun next weekend – a great opportunity to meet your old and new Ubuntu friends and help improve Ubuntu.

So here’s the question, is your country or area represented in there? Let your region also make the difference by adding your event.

See you there!

[Discuss Ramping Up for the Ubuntu Global Jam! on the Forum]

Originally posted here by David Planella on August 20th, 2010.

11.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit Announced

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-23

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the Natty Narwhal, I am tickled pink to announce the details of the next Ubuntu Developer Summit taking place in Orlando, USA from 25th – 29th October 2010. We also have a brand new Ubuntu Developer Summit website which provides all the details about how to get there and why UDS is interesting if you are in our community, if you are an upstream, and if you are a vendor.

The Ubuntu Developer Summit one of the most important events in the Ubuntu calendar and at it we discuss, debate and design the next version of Ubuntu. We bring together the entire Canonical development team and sponsor a large number of community members across the wide range of areas in which people contribute to Ubuntu. This includes packaging, translations, documentation, testing, LoCo teams and more. UDS is an incredible experience, filled with smart and enthusiastic people, fast paced and exhausting, but incredibly gratifying to be part of the process that builds the next Ubuntu.

For every UDS, Canonical sponsors a number of community members to attend the event. We are looking for those who want to bring some real insight and expertise in their area of Ubuntu, be it development or community governance. If you feel you could offer this but can’t afford to cover your expenses of attending, you should apply for sponsorship. The deadline for sponsorship is 8th September 2010.

[Discuss 11.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit Announced on the Forum]

Originally posted here by Jono Bacon on August 23rd, 2010 at 6:24 pm

Kubuntu Translations QA Day

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-18

This Friday (20th August) me and Ubuntu translations man David Planella want to spend the day making sure translations in Kubuntu are in tip top shape. Do join us on IRC in #kubuntu-devel if you want to help out. See the wiki page for some things we will be checking.

[Discuss Kubuntu Translations QA Day on the Forum]

Originally posted here by jriddell on Wed, 08/18/2010.

Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-08-18

The secret of happiness … is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm, always lucid, always willing "to be joined to the universe without being more conscious of it than an idiot," to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

-Cyril Connolly

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, the first maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 10.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

Numerous updates have been integrated, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

To Get Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
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To download Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, or obtain CDs, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004

About Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
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This is the first maintenance release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until April 2013 on desktops and April 2015 on servers.

Numerous post-release updates have been integrated, and a number of bugs in the installation system have been corrected. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn for a full list of Ubuntu security updates.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu for specific information about a particular bug number. A complete list of post-release updates will be made available tomorrow at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/10.04.1

Helping Shape Ubuntu
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If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

About Ubuntu
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Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information
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You can find out more about Ubuntu on our website:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

[Discuss Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS on the Forum]

Originally sent to the ubuntu-announce mailing list by Robbie Williamson on Wed Aug 18 03:04:01 BST 2010