The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 90 for the weeks May 4th - May 10th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Brainstorm Growing, Ubuntu Finland receives award from Finland’s Minister of Communications, Ubuntu Featured on Italian TV, submit questions for Launchpad podcast, Forums News and Interviews, Ubuntu UK Podcast Episode 5, and much more.

• Ubuntu Brainstorm Keeps Growing
• Newly Approved Member
• Ubuntu Finland Receives Award from Government
• Ubuntu Featured on Italian TV
• Submit Questions for Launchpad Podcast
• Ubuntu Stats
• Ubuntu Forum News
• In The Press and Blogosphere
• In Other News
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Updates & Security

If you have a story idea for the Weekly News please submit it via email or on the wiki !

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The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 89 for the weeks April 27th - May 3rd, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Open Week, Intrepid Ibex: Open for Business, FLISOL Nicaragua 2008, Launchpad 1.2.4, gNewSense release of DeltaH(based on Hardy Heron), Fox New Responds to Linux Community, Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Windows Vista Power Usage, Interview with Donald Knuth, and much, much more!

• Ubuntu Open Week Review
• Intrepid Ibex: Open for Business
• Ubuntu Stats
• LoCo News
• Launchpad News
• Ubuntu Forum News
• In the Press & Blogosphere
• In Other News
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Updates & Security

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You may have already read about it, heck you may have already heard it yourself! The Minnesota (USA) LoCo team went about contacting local media outlets and agencies to inform them about the recent Ubuntu 8.04 release, the Loco Team’s release party, and the exciting possibilities of using an open source operating system. Jon Gordon of National Public Radio (NPR) hosts a daily segment called Future Tense which brings its listeners the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. Future Tense is heard in the United States during broadcasts of the CBC’s As It Happens. Gordon contacted our very own Tony Yarusso for an interview which was sent over the airwaves this mid last week.

Tony wrote on his blog:

Apparently it went well, as he decided to run it, so without further ado I’m happy to announce that I was on the radio, talking about Ubuntu! So, I got the double-whammy of getting myself personally on the news, plus getting an Ubuntu story in mainstream media (and a quite large, respected outlet of such at that). Nifty.

The premise of the five minute sound bite asks: Is Ubuntu ready for the mainstream?

You can hear Tony’s answer by visiting the show’s archive at Future Tense. MP3, RealAudio, and AAC formats provided.

Kudos and congratulations to Tony and the rest of the Minnesota (USA) LoCo team for their awesome job.

Want to get involved in advocating Ubuntu? You can see this kind of success too! Visit the advocacy page and LoCo Team knowledge base on the Ubuntu wiki for more information, tips, and hints on advocating as a team and as an individual.

Help spread the great news and be sure to pat Tony on the back the next time you see him!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 88 for the weeks April 20th - April 26th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Hardy Heron Release Parties, Ubuntu Open Week, Ubuntu 8.04 press release translations, Forum Interviews & Tutorials, Preinstalled Ubuntu PCs for Russia, Ubuntu UK Poadcast, Full Circle Magazine, Team Meeting Summaries, and much, much more!

• Ubuntu 8.04 Released!
• Hardy Heron Release Parties
• Ubuntu Open Week
• Ubuntu 8.04 Press Release Translations
• Northeast Louisiana Regional Ham RadioFest
• Full Circle Magazine Issue #12
• Ubuntu Stats & Bugs
• Ubuntu Forum News & Tutorials
• In the Press & Blogosphere
• In Other News
• Team Meeting Summaries
• Upcomoing Meetings & Events
• Updates & Security

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Full Circle - the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community is proud to announce the release of the twelfth issue.

This month:

• Flavour of the Year - How Ubuntu and Kubuntu have matured in twelve months.
• How-To : Creating & Distributing Deb files, Ubuntu Disk Usage, Backup with Partimage, Using GIMP Part 1 and Create Your Own Server Part 4.
• Review of Wiki on a Stick.
• Letters, Q&A, MyDesktop, Top5 and more!

Download from: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-12/

Ubuntu 8.04 (sometimes known to its friends as Hardy Heron) has been released.

8.04 is a Long Term Support release and will be supported for 3 years on the desktop and five years on servers.

And, as usual, Ubuntu 8.04 is also the basis for new 8.04 releases of Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu. Kubuntu 8.04 is not a LTS release and will be supported for 18 months.

Helping Shape Ubuntu

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

Developers should consider attending the upcoming Ubuntu Developer Summit in Prague, Czech Republic starting 19 May. More information is available at the UDS-Intrepid page.

Check out the following announcement for the news:

• Desktop edition
• Server edition

• Ubuntu 8.04 - Bengali
• Ubuntu 8.04 - Brazilian Portuguese
• Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Catalan
• Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop - Catalan
• Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop - Danish
• Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Danish
• Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop - Dutch
• Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Dutch
• Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Finnish
• Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop - Finnish
• Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop - Hungarian
• Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Hungarian
• Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop - Italian
• Ubuntu 8.04 Server - Italian
• Ubuntu 8.04 - Polish
• Ubuntu 8.04 - Spanish
• Ubuntu 8.04 - Tamil

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 87 for the weeks April 13th - April 19th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Release Candidate, Release Candidate Testing, Ubuntu Open Week, Abiword 2.6 needs testers, reviewers, and sponsors, ShipIt 8.04 CD orders, Hardy Heron release parties, FISL (5th International Free Software Forum) in Brazil, Ubuntu Desktop training, Ubuntu ported to ARM, and much, much more!

• Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Release Candidate
• Release Candidate: call for testing
• Ubuntu Open Week
• Needed: Testers, Reviewers, and Sponsors for Abiword 2.6
• ShipIt Accepting 8.04 CD orders
• Ubuntu Stats
• LoCo News
• In the Press & Blogosphere
• In Other News
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Updates & Security

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Monday 28 April 2008 - Saturday 3 May 2008

The always popular Ubuntu Open Week returns this month and we welcome everyone from all walks of life, distros, skills, opinions and curiosities to come along and get involved. The aim of the week is to help grow the Ubuntu community, and we have an awesome set of topics ready for you to attend. If you’ve considered getting involved in Ubuntu and don’t know where to start, thent his is a great opportunity to jump in.

The Ubuntu Open Week will take place from Monday, 28 April to Saturday 3 May on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode.

We have sessions on all kinds of subjects including Reporting and Triaging bugs, Building Upstream Kernels, Kubuntu Development (including KDE4!), Bazaar, Packaging 101, Ubuntu Mobile, Merging Packages, Launchpad Personal Packaging Archives, Ubuntu Server, Security, Xubuntu, Community Q+A, Packaging Firefox Extensions, Artwork, Producing Podcasts, Training, Preeseeding d-i/Ubiquity, the Future of Ubuntu Desktop, Community support with the Forums, Python Packaging, Ask Mark, Wubi, Unwinding Stacktraces, Documentation, and much more!

Remember, being part of Ubuntu does not have to be a technical, hardcore, programming or packaging job. You can be involved with artwork, marketing, advocacy, local community teams, documentation, translations and more. If you are interested in being a part of the Ubuntu project, there is sure to be a session for you, take this time to join the Ubuntu Community and become part of the world-class team that puts Ubuntu together. We are keen that everyone with every discipline can be a part of our growing community.

The session schedule can be seen here.

The Ubuntu Desktop Training program, aimed at new users, is now available. The training provides simulations, practical exercises and information to make daily tasks easy. While prior experience with Linux is not required, basic computer skills are a pre-requisite.

After completing the course, a user should be able to:

• Understand the concepts of open source and how they tie in with Ubuntu
• Customize the look and feel of the Ubuntu desktop
• Navigate through the file system and search for files
• Connect to and use the Internet
• Perform basic word-processing and spreadsheet functions using OpenOffice.org
• Install and play games
• Add, remove and update applications
• View, draw, manipulate and scan images
• Play, edit and organize music and video files
• Seek help on Ubuntu from free and commercial sources
• Create partitions and dual-boot options

The retail price is $100 and can be purchased through shop.canonical.com. Bulk discounts are available for corporations. Any queries regarding this and other Ubuntu training courses should be directed to: training@ubuntu.com.

Other training options are available at http://www.ubuntu.com/training.