Launchpad 1.1.8 released!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-23

This week the Launchpad team released version 1.1.8 of Launchpad. There’s a lot in this release to excite the Ubuntu community!

  • The Personal Package Archives beta will soon be available to all members of the Launchpad Beta Testers team who have signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.
  • You can now see your individual translation import queue.
  • If you host code branches with Launchpad, you can now specify which branch, if any, you intend to merge the code into.
  • The bug tracker’s email interface now lets you set a bug’s tag.
  • Also in the bug tracker, bug notification email headers now state which milestone the bug is targeted to.
  • Work is underway to enable you to file bugs against packages in Canonical’s commercial repository.

Other highlights include a new “Deactivate your account” option, Trac bug statuses are correctly interpreted and the bug filing page has been overhauled.

One important note: searching in bug comments has been temporarily suspended, as it was causing timeouts. As soon as the problem is fixed, bug comment searching will return!

You can find out more in the Launchpad 1.1.8 in the release notes.

Kubuntu at FrOSCon

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-22

FrOSCon, the Free and Open Source Software Conference 2007, starts in just 3 days (August 25th and the 26th). During this event KDE, Amarok, and Kubuntu Deutschland will share a room providing talks about Marble, Amarok 2, Kubuntu DE, and KDE 4. So if you are in or around Bonn, Germany, stop by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin, Germany.
You can also check out a live webcam that has been setup!

Weekly News #53

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-19

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 53 for the week August 12th – August 18th, 2007 is now available. In this issue we cover Celebratory Hug Day for GNOME, updates on compromised community servers and LoCo options, LinuxMCE Media Centre addon for Kubuntu, the Portuguese Team’s effort to put FOSS in schools, and much much more.

  • Update on Compromised LoCo Servers and Options
  • Celebratory Hug Day for GNOME
  • LinuxMCE Releases Media Centre Addon to Kubuntu
  • Portuguese Team’s Starts Effort to Put FOSS in Schools
  • In The Press and In the Blogosphere
  • Translation stats
  • Bug Stats

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LinuxMCE Releases Media Center Addon for Kubuntu

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-17

Dot News, the KDE news site, has recently written about the new release of LinuxMCE. LinuxMCE is a free and open source add-on for the Kubuntu operating system. The new release, 0704, provides an add-on CD for Kubuntu 7.04, and turns your computer into the world’s most complete media center.

“The traditional PC user interface doesn’t work well on a TV. So a different interface is needed, which is called the ‘10 foot’ interface”

LinuxMCE’s lead developer, Paul Webber, in an effort to address the ‘10 foot’ interface challenge, has joined up with the KDE Plasma developers and accepted the challenge. The 0704 release is the first step in making a prototype showing how LinuxMCE and KDE can work together.
To understand the power of LinuxMCE, which literally can run your home, read the features list and watch the video walkthrough. To try it out download the CDs or DVD.

Weekly News #52

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-08-16

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 52 for the week August 5th – August 11th, 2007 is now available. In this issue we cover the release of Tribe 4, promoting Ubuntu through the use of viral videos, progress of the US LoCo Teams Project, security breaches in community hosted servers, and much much more.

  • Tribe 4 Released
  • Ubuntu Viral Videos
  • Community Hosted Servers Compromised
  • US LoCo Teams Project Forum
  • In The Press and In the Blogosphere
  • Translation stats
  • Bug Stats

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