Ladies and gentlemen, dear geeks, the time has come to introduce to you the perfect operating system for your tiny and fancy Asus Eee PC portable computer, the Ubuntu Eee 8.04! Being based on the Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) and compatible with its repositories, the Ubuntu Eee operating system is optimized for the Asus Eee PC. Not only that, but it also has everything we've expected from an Ubuntu OS, such as:

• Mozilla Firefox 3.0 RC1 (web browser)
• Mozilla Thunderbird (mail client)
• Pidgin (multi-protocol instant messenger)
• Skype (VoIP telephony and instant messenger)
• Transmission (BitTorrent client)
• OpenOffice.org (office suite)
• F-Spot (photo manager)
• Movie and Music Player
• Desktop notes

Watch Ubuntu Eee 8.04 in action here!

Gobuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) was launched this week and, along with the release, the development team announced that they intended to merge some of Gobuntu's features into the mainline Ubuntu. Among these features is also the "Free Software Only" option that will be found in the installer and will allow you to have an Ubuntu installation comprising only 100% FREE software.

In other news, the first alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) was delayed a few days and will probably become available in just a short while.

Now, let's move on to the security updates and fixes for all the Ubuntu releases. Let's start with the common security updates for all Ubuntu distros:

• OpenSSL Blacklist update
• OpenVPN regression
• Xorg vulnerabilities

...and now, let's take a closer look at the updates for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

• PostgreSQL 8.1.13-0ubuntu0.6.06
• OpenSSL Blacklist 0.3.3+0.4-0ubuntu0.6.06.1
• Xorg Server 1.0.2-0ubuntu10.13

The updates for Ubuntu 7.04 are:

• PostgreSQL 8.2.9-0ubuntu0.7.04
• OpenVPN 2.0.9-5ubuntu0.3
• OpenSSL Blacklist 0.3.3+0.4-0ubuntu0.7.04.1
• Xorg Server 1.2.0-3ubuntu8.4

Here are the updates for Ubuntu 7.10:

• RPY 1.0~rc1-6ubuntu0.1
• PostgreSQL 8.2.9-0ubuntu0.7.10
• OpenVPN 2.0.9-8ubuntu0.3
• OpenSSL Blacklist 0.3.3+0.4-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
• Xorg Server 1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.4

And, finally, the updates for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:

• VirtualBox OSE Modules 24.0.4 • Evolution 2.22.2-0ubuntu1.3 • File 4.21-3ubuntu1 • Tracker 0.6.6-0ubuntu3.8.04.1 • Klibc 1.5.7-4ubuntu4 • GCC Defaults 1.62ubuntu6 • Base Files 4.0.1ubuntu5.8.04.1 • RPY 1.0.1-1ubuntu1.1 • Wink 1.5.1060-3ubuntu1.1 • Falcon 2.0.5-0ubuntu1.1 • Motion 3.2.9-1ubuntu1 • Firefox 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 • Xulrunner 1.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 • Debian Installer 20070308ubuntu40.3 • App Install Data Ubuntu 0.5.10.3 • Gnome App Install 0.5.2.8-0ubuntu1 • Gnome Applets 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 • Librpcsecgss 0.17-1ubuntu2 • TK-Brief 5.9-1ubuntu3.1 • Openoffice.org Voikko 2.1-1build3 • Linux Restricted Modules Envy-2.6.24 2.6.24.501-501.30 • Hal Info 20080508+git20080601-0ubuntu0.8.04

• Evolution Data Server 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 • Ubiquity 1.8.11 • PostgreSQL 8.3.3-0ubuntu0.8.04 • OpenCryptoki 2.2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 • Start-up Manager 1.9.11-1~hardy1 • OV51X JPEG 1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1 • Amavisd New Milter 2.5.3-1ubuntu3 • OpenVPN 2.1~rc7-1ubuntu3.3 • OpenSSL Blacklist 0.3.3+0.4-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 • Openoffice.org 2.4.1-1ubuntu1 • Base Files 4.0.1ubuntu5.8.04.2 • Openoffice.org L10n 2.4.1-1ubuntu1 • Xorg Server 1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.2 • Python Central 0.6.7ubuntu0.1 • GCC Snapshot 20080607-0ubuntu1 • Alsa Lib 1.0.16-0ubuntu0.1 • Alsa Plugins 1.0.16-0ubuntu0.1 • Rhythmbox 0.11.5-0ubuntu8 • Dkim Milter 2.5.4.dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 • OggConvert 0.3.1-2ubuntu1.1 • Partman Auto Loop 0ubuntu14

As you can see, there were many important updates this week, such as Firefox 3.0 and OpenOffice.org Suite 2.4.1, Xserver 1.4.1, Rhythmbox 0.11.5, Alsa 1.0.16, and much more. Once again, make sure you keep your Ubuntu machines up-to-date! See you again next week for another Ubuntu Weekly Report.

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