Weekly Newsletter #92

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-05-26

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 92 for the weeks May 18th – May 24th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Developer Summit Intrepid Ibex, Ubuntu Live canceled, new Ubuntu Membership Approval Boards to meet, new Ubuntu Universe Contributors, a new Launchpad podcast, and much, much more!

  • UDS Intrepid Ibex
  • Ubuntu Live Canceled
  • New Ubuntu Membership Approval Boards to Meet
  • New Ubuntu Universe Contributors
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Launchpad News
  • Ubuntu Forums News
  • In the Press & Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • Meeting Summaries
  • 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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Hardy party in Tehran!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-05-23

Mehdi Hassanpour from the Iranian team, reports that the Iranian Team held a Hardy party yesterday, in Tehran. With more than 50 people in attendance, inspite of looming university examinations, it definitely made a great day for the Team.

They had the following presentations :
– Ubuntu Installation,
– Kubuntu 3.5 Tour,
– KDE 4 features and Tour,
– Desktop Effects in Ubuntu,
– Ubuntu Overview and Hardy Tour,
– Iranian Team report and future plan.

The team also distributed K/ED/Ubuntu CD’s, DVD’s, stickers and mugs. In future, they plan to hold Install fests to enable more face-to-face talk and free chatting.

Enjoy some shots of the event and read the full story and presentation available on their website.

Ubuntu Developer Channel

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-05-20

The Ubuntu Developer Channel on YouTube has gone live – a site that will be stuffed full of videos about Ubuntu development. To kick off the channel, Tony Whitmore will be doing interviews throughout UDS this week. The first couple are with James Westby of bzr fame and Jono Bacon.

Keep an eye on the Ubuntu Developer Channel this week, as more videos are added.

Ubuntu Developer Channel

Weekly Newsletter #91

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-05-18

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 91 for the weeks May 11 – May 17, 2008 is now available.
In this issue we cover: OpenSSL/OpenSSH vulnerability, FOSSCamp 2008 Prague, The Art of Release(Mark Shuttleworth), 5-a-day and Loco teams, Linux distro Smack Down(Podcast), Metalinks, what are those?, Ubuntu on Berlin metro system, Ubuntu featured in Vermist(Movie), and much, much more!

  • OpenSSL/OpenSSH vulnerability
  • FOSSCamp 2008 Prague
  • The Art of Release(Mark Shuttleworth)
  • Making 5-a-day happen in “Your Loco team”
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Launchpad News
  • Ubuntu Forums News
  • In the Press & 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 !

UWN is brought to you by the Marketing Team.

Important Security Advisory

By boredandblogging | Published: 2008-05-13

A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system.

This particularly affects the use of encryption keys in OpenSSH. This vulnerability only affects operating systems which (like Ubuntu) are based on Debian. However, other systems can be indirectly affected if weak keys are imported into them.

We consider this an extremely serious vulnerability, and urge all users to act immediately to secure their systems. The following Ubuntu releases are affected: Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

ISOs available already on ubuntu.com and mirrors will not be updated with the new packages, but using the Update Manager to get security updates will replace the impacted packages. Users should then regenerate new keys.

ShipIt has stopped mailing CDs.

The 8.04.1 point release, expected in July, will include the updated packages.

Please see usn-612-2 for the latest information regarding updating your system and taking appropriate protective measures.