Ubuntu Weekly Report: 21st

Ubuntu Developer Summit for Version 8.04 starts today and it will end on Friday. UDS will take place in Boston, Massachusetts. This summit has the goal of shaping the next release of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron 8.04. It's also opened to the public, but it is not a conference, exhibition or other audience-oriented event.

Ubuntu Open Week has ended and it was a lot of fun! I have personally participated in the Kubuntu, Ask Mark and Desktop Team sessions and I can say that I've learned a lot of interesting things about Ubuntu and not only. You can check out the logs here.

Launchpad 1.1.10 was released and it brings new features such as:

? Faster translations imports: more efficient import process to avoid queues at busy times. ? New badges in branch listings: highlight mirroring errors and branches that have blueprint links. ? Create FAQs from solved as well as open questions. ? Easier sprint admin: meeting organizers can now download a CSV file of attendee details. ? Adding a bug watch now checks for dupes: Launchpad will show all bugs that share a bug watch. Ideal for finding duplicate reports. ? File downloads: product and series owners can now add downloadable files to a project. ? PPA packages are now overridden to the main component and can be built against all Ubuntu components.

Read more about this release, here.

You can check out some alternative installation methods for Ubuntu 7.10 here, in case you want to install Ubuntu over a LAN or if you don't have an optical drive on your PC.

Linux Mint team has released the first beta version of Linux Mint 4.0 (codename Daryna), which is now based on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Check out more about the new features that it brings, here.

Pintas from Protech has agreed to give me an interview on topics related to his distribution; you can read this interview here. Protech is a very nice Ubuntu based distribution created for security professionals, programmers and why not... for the general public.

Fluxbuntu 7.10 released candidate was made available for the general public. Fluxbuntu was created for the users who wish to utilize the massively popular and versatile Ubuntu distribution base while minimizing the impact on their system's resources. I have installed it on my computer and it works quite well. Being based on Gutsy Gibbon it also supports encrypted installations!

Also, we expect Dell to ship Ubuntu 7.10 on their special selected desktops and laptops, soon!

Let's move on to the updates and fixes for 6.06 LTS, 6.10, 7.04 Ubuntu releases. This week, there were some important common security updates and you should make a system update right now. Let's have a look at them:

? dhcp vulnerability ? nagios-plugins vulnerability ? util-linux vulnerability ? OpenSSL vulnerability ? Ghostscript vulnerability ? Firefox vulnerabilities ? Thunderbird vulnerabilities ? gnome-screensaver vulnerability ? libpng vulnerabilities

Now, let's take a look at updates for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

? linux-source-2.6.15 2.6.15-51.61 ? linux-backports-modules-2.6.15 2.6.15-51.2 ? linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 2.6.15.12-51.1 ? dhcp 2.0pl5-19.4ubuntu0.1 ? nagios-plugins 1.4.2-5ubuntu3.1 ? util-linux 2.12r-4ubuntu6.1 ? openssl 0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.5 ? firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.14~prepatch071011b-0ubuntu1 ? linux-source-2.6.15 2.6.15-51.62 ? linux-source-2.6.15 2.6.15-51.63 ? linux-meta 2.6.15.51 ? Debian-installer 20051026ubuntu36.10 ? linux-backports-modules-2.6.15 2.6.15-51.3

Here are the updates for Ubuntu 6.10:

? dhcp 2.0pl5-19.4ubuntu1.1 ? nagios-plugins 1.4.3.0cvs.20060707-3ubuntu0.1 ? util-linux 2.12r-11ubuntu2.1 ? openssl 0.9.8b-2ubuntu2.2 ? gs-gpl 8.50-1.1ubuntu1.1 ? firefox 2.0.0.8+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10

The updates for Ubuntu 7.04 are:

? dhcp 2.0pl5-19.5ubuntu2.1 ? nagios-plugins 1.4.5-2ubuntu0.1 ? util-linux 2.12r-17ubuntu2.1 ? openssl 0.9.8c-4ubuntu0.2 ? gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5ubuntu0.1 ? firefox 2.0.0.8+1nobinonly-0ubuntu1

And finaly, here are the updates for Ubuntu 7.10:

? kdesudo 1.1-0ubuntu2.1 ? kdelibs 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu3.1 ? mythbuntu-control-centre 0.10-0ubuntu1.1 ? apt 0.7.6ubuntu14.1 ? adept 2.1.3ubuntu17.1 ? gnumed-client 0.2.6.3-1ubuntu0.1 ? ps3-kboot 20070824-1 ? gnome-panel 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? libgnomeui 2.20.1.1-0ubuntu1 ? gedit 2.20.3-0ubuntu1 ? tomboy 0.8.1-0ubuntu1 ? seahorse 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? libwnck 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? evince 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? gtk2-engines 1:2.12.2-0ubuntu1 ? ghostscript 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.1 ? pango1.0 1.18.3-0ubuntu1 ? dhcp 2.0pl5dfsg1-20ubuntu1.1 ? nagios-plugins 1.4.8-2.1ubuntu1.1 ? openssl 0.9.8e-5ubuntu3.1 ? ghostscript 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.2 ? firefox 2.0.0.8+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ? gdm 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? evolution 2.12.1-0ubuntu1 ? evolution-data-server 1.12.1-0ubuntu1 ? gnome-control-center 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? sound-juicer 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 ? glibc 2.6.1-1ubuntu10 ? bittorrent 3.4.2-11ubuntu3~7.10 ? hwdb-client 0.6.11.1 ? qt-x11-free 3:3.3.8really3.3.7-0ubuntu11.1 ? usplash-theme-ubuntustudio 0.15.1 ? hplip 2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1

As you can see, there are many security updates this week (even for Ubuntu 7.10), so you?d better prepare for an update session!

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