Ubuntu Weekly News: Issue #30

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-03-08

A new edition of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter for the weeks January 28th to February 28th has been published. In this issue you can find these stories:

  • New Team: Ubuntu Scribes
  • Feisty Fawn Herd5 Released
  • No Composite by default in Feisty
  • Weekly Quiz Update
  • Changes in Feisty
  • Upcoming meetings and events
  • 6.06 & 6.10 updates and security notices
  • Bug Stats

You can read Issue 30 of the Ubuntu Weekly News on the wiki.

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Feisty Fawn Herd 5 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-03-08

The latest development milestone release (Herd 5) for the Ubuntu project’s next release, Feisty Fawn, has been released. This release will become Ubuntu 7.04 on April 19th 2007.

Pre-releases of Feisty 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. Installing a milestone and then upgrading through the release cycle should leave you with a close approximation of the final release.

Herd 5 is the fifth (and last one before the beta version) in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Feisty development cycle. The Herd images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing current snapshots of Feisty.

The primary focus during the time from Herd 4 has been bug fixing. Please refer to this link for information on changes in Ubuntu, and this link for changes in Kubuntu.

You can read the complete release announcement which also contains links to the mirrors where you can get Herd 5.

Ubuntu Universe Hug Day

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-03-08

On Friday March 9th, the MOTU will hold an Ubuntu Universe Hug Day. The goals for that day are:

To get you started, please visit the Wiki. You can also get help in #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net the whole Friday
(Mar, 9th), all timezones.

First Launchpad Users meeting

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-03-02

The first Launchpad Users Meeting is on Wednesday 7th March at 17:00 UTC in #launchpad.

Come and join us for your chance to ask Launchpad developers questions or to put forward your ideas for Launchpad.

Add your questions to the meeting agenda, or just come along and join in on the day.

Feisty Fawn Herd 4 Released

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-02-16

The latest development milestone release (Herd 4) for the Ubuntu project’s next release, Feisty Fawn, has been released. This release will become Ubuntu 7.04 on April 19th 2007.

Pre-releases of Feisty 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 members of the community who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

The primary focus during the time betweeen Herd 3 and Herd 4 has been a mix of feature development and bug fixing. More details about recent changes can found on the Ubuntu and Kubuntu Herd 4 pages.

You can read the complete release announcement which also contains links to the mirrors where you can get Herd 4.